Residence Aboriginal

In Their Own Voices: Building Urban Aboriginal Communities
$19.95
An examination of the Canadian, urban-aboriginal experience based on the voices of native peoples, this study focuses on innovative community-based solutions being created and run by and for urban aboriginal people. Set primarily in Winnipeg's inner city, this sourcebook examines such topics as aboriginal involvement in community development, adult education, and the mainstream political process.

Resting Lightly on Mother Earth: Aboriginal Experience Urban Education
$26.95
Resting Lightly on Mother Earth contributes to the discourse on cross-cultural studies in urban contexts. The chapters in this book illustrate how class differences, access to resources and education differentially shape Aboriginal people's experiences in urban centres. For some, adapting to urban life has meant opportunities for educational advancement and a chance to live and work with a wide range of people from different backgrounds. For others, city living is an unremitting struggle for survival among daily encounters with overt racism. Still, there are common struggles: Indigenous peoples, whatever their circumstance, continue the struggle to maintain strong cultural identities as they seek full membership in society. Despite the challenges presented by an environment where relationships are fragmented and impersonal, and where meeting basic needs is sometimes a daily struggle, Indigenous people are certain that their identities were not left at the! edge of the city when they arrived in this place and space. Understanding the context of Aboriginal peoples' experiences in urban centres is crucial to determining the strategies that might be employed through education systems that are devoted to the "public common good."