Northern Aboriginal Offenders In Federal Custody: A Profile

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joseph C. Johnston
Forum on Corrections Research , vol. 9, no. 3, Special Issue, September 1997
Description
Argues that the offence patterns that have landed offenders in custody can be viewed as a mirror image of their backgrounds.
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Northern Rivers Ecosystem Iniative: Context and Prevailing Legacy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William D. Gummer
F. Malcolm Conly
Frederick J. Wrona
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, vol. 113, February 2006, pp. 71-85
Description
Goals include watershed initiatives aimed at achieving sustainability and providing reliable drinking water quality.
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Northern Student Education Initiative

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nona R. German
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Inaugural Edition, May 1997, pp. 33-41
Description
Looks at the Northern Student Education Initiative that assists Aboriginal students pursuing post-secondary education in finding a sense of balance and harmony, while striving to futher their education in an unfamiliar environment.
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The Northwest Scrip Commissions as Federal Policy - Some Initial Findings

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ken Hatt
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 117-129
Description
Argues that the 13 Scrip Commissions that heard Métis claims in Manitoba and the Northwest Territory during 19th and 20th centuries represented a policy change that was inappropriate for the Métis.
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Notes from Blackfoot Agency Letter Books

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Magnus Begg
Description
Indian Agent's notes on the Blackfoot (Siksika) reserve in southern Alberta. Includes comments about day schools, prairie fires, doctors and medical care, cattle, the Sun Dance, and the timber reserve at Castle Mountain.
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Oil and Lubicons Don't Mix: A Land Claim in Northern Alberta in Historical Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darlene Abreu Ferreira
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, 1992, pp. 1-35
Description
History of the Lubicon, and their struggle for recognition as a people, with discussion about the changing positions of the Federal and Provincial governments regarding the right of the Lubicon to determine their own membership.
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Ojibwe Dialect Relationships

Theses
Author/Creator
Jerry Randolph Valentine
Description
Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Austin, 1994. Dialects include: Saulteaux, Chippewa, Odawa, Eastern Ojibwe, Northwestern Ojibwe, Severn Ojibwe, Nipissing, and Algonquin.
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Old Keyam: A Framework for Examining Disproportionate Experience of Tuberculosis among Aboriginal Peoples of the Canadian Prairies

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathleen McMullin
Sylvia Abonyi
Maria Mayan
Pamela Orr
Carmen Lopez-Hille ... [et al.]
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 9, no. 1, November 2012, pp. 30-40
Description
Explores the concept of keyam (to give up) in relation to tuberculosis transmission. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 30.
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Old Sun ...

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lynne Bell
Description
Discusses the exhibition of installations by Adrian Stimson which focus on the Chief Old Sun Residential School.
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Old Sun Community College

Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Website for the Siksika Nation Community College that develops post secondary programs and services to promote their culture, language and history.
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Old Sun Indian Industrial School Attendance Registers

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Old Sun Industrial School
Description
"Consists of lists of students who attended Old Sun Industrial School (also known as St. John's Boarding School or Old Sun Residential School) on the Blackfoot (Siksika) reserve in southern Alberta. The registers give the students' names, ages, and band, and include comments on their health and progress."
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Old Swan, Big Man and the Siksika Bands, 1794-1815

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theodore Binnema
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 77, no. 1, March 1996, pp. 1-31
Description
Argues that the scant knowledge of the First Peoples of Western Canada has resulted in generalizations.
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Olive Dickason at the University of Alberta

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rod MacLeod
Native Studies Review, vol. 21, no. 2, Special Issue, 2012, pp. 69-72
Description
Story of the hiring of Oliver Dickason, founder of academic study of First Nations history in Canada.
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On the Old Saskatchewan Trail

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bruce Peel
Saskatchewan History, vol. 1, no. 2, Spring, 1948, pp. 1-9
Description
Author uses historical information to create a narrative describing the journey from Winnipeg to Edmonton on the Saskatchewan Trail circa 1880. Entire Issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 1.
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The One-and-A-Half Men

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
A. S. Lussier
Prairie Forum, vol. 7, no. 1, Spring, 1982, pp. 146-147
Description
Book review of: The One-and-A-Half Men by Murray Dobbin.
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One West, Two Myths: A Comparative Reader

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael Childers
The American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 739-741
Description
Book review of: One West, Two Myths edited by Carol Higham and Robert Thacker; book deals with the impact of the 49th parallel on the relations between and among First Nations and governments.
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Onion Lake First Nation

Alternate Title
The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Christian Thompson
Description
Discusses the signing of Treaty 6, after the Frog Lake Massacre in 1885, and looks at the Federal Governments refusal to recognize a Chief until 1914, when they amalgamated as the Onion Lake Band.
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Opening Sacred Bundles

Alternate Title
One Native Life
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard Wagamese
Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 6, November/December 2007, pp. 12-13
Description
Story about opening a Beaver Bundle from the Peigan people in southern Alberta.
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Opioids and Substances of Misuse among First Nations People in Alberta

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Analytics and Performance Reporting Branch
Alberta Health
Description
Data for: mortality (apparent accidental deaths from fentanyl/non-fentanyl opioids), confirmed drug and alcohol toxicity deaths (both accidental and suicides), opioid dispensing, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and emergency medical response.
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Orthodontic Treatment Outcome in a First Nations Population in Alberta, Canada: A Comparative Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kirby C. Cadman
Kenneth E. Glover
Giseon Heo
Sharon Warren
Paul W. Major
American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, vol. 121, no. 4, April 2002, pp. 396-402
Description
Compares the degree of improvement after orthodontic treatment between 60 First Nations orthodontic patients to 60 non-First Nations patients.
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Our Children Are Our Future

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald J. Bougeois
Harry S. Coblentz
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1982, pp. 391-394
Description
Two reviews of the film: Our Children Are Our Future produced/directed by Tony Snowsill.
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