Abstract
In this article, the writer looks at when Elijah Harper's single vote in Manitoba blocked the constitutional reform package known as Meech Lake. The writer maintains that Harper's action elevated the concerns and interests of Canada's First Nations to prominence on the Canadian political scene. The writer points out that while the media celebrated this moment, and can be seen to express sympathy and respect for the peoples of Canada's First Nations and their aspirations, a critical review of media commentary around this time reveals how Aboriginals are effectively marginalized as subordinate "wards" of the state within the Canadian political context.

From the Paper
"The perspective of the Canadian mass media upon the First Nations of Canada is a complex one which, at one and the same time, mingles respect and sympathy for peoples of the First Nations with a view that these peoples are inevitably "wards" of the Canadian state. The articles selected for analysis focus upon a particular "moment" of historic importance in the history of Canada's First Nations ..."

Tags:natives, aboriginals, Canada

Abstract
The paper explores the situation which confronts aboriginals in Canada in the early years of the twenty-first century. Particularly, the paper provides a brief profile and/or portrait of Canadian aboriginals during the present age, as well as offering a critical assessment of Bone's aboriginal/non-aboriginal fault line. Moving forward, the paper also offers a critical commentary on aboriginal land claims and ponders their importance to the future status of aboriginal peoples in Canada. The paper concludes that Canada's modest aboriginal population faces a number of challenges, but the land claims process may also provide it with a number of opportunities otherwise unavailable.

Tags:aboriginal, canadians, land

Abstract
The paper presents a variety of statistics and reveals that members of Vancouver's Aboriginal population are likely to be younger, poorer and less well paid than their non-Aboriginal neighbors. The paper discusses the services and institutions that serve or support them and notes how problems are sometimes exacerbated by the fact that agencies are not status-blind, causing some Aboriginals to fall through the cracks. The paper highlights how there remains substantial work to be done before equality among all Vancouver residents can be attained.

From the Paper
"Approximately 4.4% of the population of Canada identifies as at least partly Aboriginal. This proportion is steadily increasing, due to the fact that the Aboriginal population is growing faster than the non-Aboriginal population - and this trend is intensifying. For example, Statistics Canada notes that during the 20th century, the number of Aboriginal people increased by a factor of 10, while the total population of Canada increased by a factor of only 6. In addition, this difference became much more marked in the second half of the century. In the first half of the 20th century, the total population of Canada more than doubled, growing by 161%, while the numbers of Aboriginal people grew by just 29%."

Tags:political, power, self-governance, services, employment, education, standard-of-living

Abstract
The paper relates that aboriginal peoples who live in the city in Canada live under the worst conditions; compared with other Canadians, they have very low social and economic status and very little education. This paper is concerned with Aboriginal people in Winnipeg. The paper explains that these people have a higher level of education, but the level of poverty is still high. The paper goes on to examine the reasons for this inequality.

From the Paper
"Aboriginal peoples who live in the city in Canada live under the worst conditions. Compared with other Canadians, they have very low social and economic status. They also have very little education. However, all Aboriginal peoples are not the same. Depending on the city, they can be very different from Aboriginal groups in other cities. This paper is concerned with Aboriginal people in Winnipeg. For one thing, these people have a higher level of education, but the level of poverty also is still high. Even when Aboriginal people in the city should be in a good position, they are not. One very important explanation for the condition..."

Tags:racism, poverty, power

Abstract
This paper explains how social determinants of health are linked and identifies the pathways by which they come to influence health. It focuses on Aboriginal people in Canada and how they are more affected by the social determinants of health than any other population in the country. It then discusses policy options to improve the quality of these social determinants of health. Finally, the paper discusses the barriers to implementation of the policy options.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Aboriginal Status
Income
Pathways
Social Exclusion
Gender
Policy Options for Improving Quality of Social Determinants of Health
Barriers to Implementation of Policy Options
Conclusion

From the Paper
"First Nations people have been exploited and oppressed during their colonization. Their socioeconomic conditions are the worst in Canada and lead to poor health. Policy options to help these people have been devised but, for the most part, their implementation seems very unlikely. What is needed is a major ad radical change in government orientation away from the priorities of globalization. That pressure is based in transnational corporations. The future depends on how well the government can be pressured in the opposite direction."

Tags:colonization, gender, income, policy

Abstract
Modern Aboriginal Canadians living in British Columbia suffer from a much higher rate of lifestyle-related health problems than do non-Aboriginals. For example, Aboriginal rates of drug addiction, alcoholism, diseases related to smoking, and diseases related to prostitution, such as STDs and AIDS, are much higher than are the rates of non-Aboriginals (Carter 1). Family violence problems are also much more prevalent (Carter 1). This is a direct result of the unhealthy state of Aboriginal society, and this in turn is a direct result of the fact that the building blocks of Aboriginal society, i.e. Aboriginal families, are in very poor shape. Poor parenting is commonplace. As has been noted, "Poverty and family dislocation are the norm among Aboriginal families" (Robertson 555). This fact has nothing to do with any intrinsic Aboriginal inability to parent properly. Aboriginal families were doing very well before the advent of colonialism. It is since colonialism that Aboriginal families have largely collapsed. Furthermore, it was no accident that colonization caused

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Residential Schools Modern Aboriginal Canadians living in British Columbia suffer from a much higher rate of lifestyle-related health problems than do non-Aboriginals. For example, Aboriginal rates of drug addiction, alcoholism, diseases related to smoking, and diseases related to prostitution, such as STDs and AIDS, are much higher than are the rates of non-Aboriginals (Carter, 2001, 1). Family violence problems are also much more prevalent (Carter, 2001, 1). This is a direct result of the unhealthy state of Aboriginal society, and this in turn is a direct result of the fact that the building blocks of Aboriginal society, i.e. Aboriginal families, are in very poor shape.

Tags:aboriginal, schools, residential

Abstract
The Aboriginals of Canada have suffered a series of interventions since the arrival of white colonists, which have culminated in many negative effects, not least of which is a massive deficit in parenting skills in the community as a whole. As a result, a large number of Aboriginal children end up in the social welfare system, where they may be considered for foster care or adoption. Unfortunately, there are not enough Aboriginal foster and adoptive homes to take in all of these children. However, there are many white families who are interested in adopt

From the Paper
"The Aboriginals of Canada have suffered a series of interventions since the arrival of white colonists, which have culminated in many negative effects, not least of which is a massive deficit in parenting skills in the community as a whole. As a result, a large number of Aboriginal children end up in the social welfare system, where they may be considered for foster care or adoption. Unfortunately, there are not enough Aboriginal foster and adoptive homes to take in all of these children. However, there are many white families who are interested in adopting any..."

Tags:aboriginal, social, work

Abstract
This paper discusses the theories of representation, cross-cultural representation between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals, and representations within the Aboriginal community. The author points out that representations between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals form the basis of the dialogue between them. However, each group's level of understanding of the other is dependant on their interpretations of these representations. The paper concludes that, as the intersubjective dialogue through representation continues, each group should gain a greater understanding of the other. This is not a fixed, state of affairs, but rather, an ongoing, evolving process.

From the Paper
"Furthermore, Aborigines really had no choice in Europeanising themselves as it was thrust upon them in the colonial days. On top of this, their culture was suppressed by white domination. Nowadays, Aborigines make use of technology to spread their identity and culture. ABC occasionally aired five-minute programmes that would retell old Aboriginal dream time stories. These programmes had a specific Aboriginal flavour in that the pictures were still, much like their rock-painting, and the story was told through the use of a narrator, as is the Aboriginal tradition of oral story-telling."

Tags:stereotypes, fetishized, intersubjectivity, community, europeanised

Abstract
This paper relates that the Aboriginals of Australia are central to defining anthropology and to our understanding of what anthropology can say about modern man. The paper goes on to discuss how Aboriginal religion affects every aspect of Aboriginal society and how Aboriginal paintings are a expression of their religion. Lastly, the paper relates that the very survival of indigenous Aboriginal culture in Australia is a source of concern for many people for a wide variety of reasons.

From the Paper
"Aboriginal paintings are expressions of aboriginal religion, of the Dreamtime, the recollection of the collective common story of these peoples. One of the remarkable features of this art is that virtually every aboriginal artist adheres to the same customs and conventions. This reflects that fact that art to aboriginals is not something that individuals do. It is a reflection of their common culture. While many individual artists may have different dreams and visions, the expression of their culture is so tightly bound to a common outlook and attitude that the commonality of the artwork is often more striking than the individuality (Price-Williams & Gaines). "

Tags:Australia, indigenous, communities, art

Abstract
This paper provides a brief history of the colonization of Australia in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by the Europeans and examines the effect it had on the native Aboriginal people. It looks at how an incident in 1926 when a Aborigine killed an Australian causing the murder of the whole tribe, led the Aboriginal to reconsider their situation and to organize themselves to initiate a movement, a protest against the brutality and discrimination against them. It examines how in the late 1920s and 1930s, the modern movement for the Aboriginal rights began and looks at the governmental policies and changes that resulted ever since.

From the Paper
"These organizations made in the 1930s demanded that Native population must be saved and that the government should implement policies which would guarantee the safety and protection of the Native people and their lands. The government of Australia took some steps to provide some sort of relief to the Aboriginal population, the government created more reserves, but these had strict control of the government. The Europeans settled in Australia had always considered the Aborigines as inferior beings with primitive culture and life style. It was believed that the population of Aborigines would soon die out but this was challenged by the mixed race children which started to spring up in Aboriginal settlements. The Native people understood that in order to gain complete freedom and end of racial oppression they have to fight for the rights of the Native people [Miller, 1985]."

Tags:discrimination, government, colonization, freedom, rides