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Blackfoot Mythology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Maclean
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 6, no. 22, July-September 1893, pp. 165-172
Description
Describes legends told by Elders, including the creation story, origin of the wind, the Old Man, and the story of Kutoyis, the blood-clot boy.
Blackfoot Peace Treaties
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hugh A. Dempsey
Alberta History, vol. 54, no. 4, Autumn, 2006, pp. 22-26
Description
Discusses the various types of Blackfoot treaties, including peace treaties between bands, as well as several reasons for their conception.
Blackfoot Talking Dictionary
Alternate Title
Place Names of Alberta: The Land, The People and
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Heritage Community Foundation
Description
Initiated by the Friends of Geographical Names of Alberta, the Aboriginal Talking Dictionary project was a vehicle for the formal recognition of Native values and traditions.
Blackfoot Traditional Knowledge in Resolution of Problem Gambling: Getting Gambled and Seeking Wholeness
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Virgina M. McGowan
Gary Nixon
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 1, 2004, pp. 7-35
Description
Examines problem gambling among individuals through an exploratory study that presents a hypothetical model utilizing traditional knowledge.
Blackfoot Warrior Shirts
Alternate Title
Ao'toksisawooyawa: Our Ancestors Have Come to Visit: Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts]
Lesson Plan: Creative Writing and Drama
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ramona L. Big Head
Description
Lesson plan developed in conjunction with exhibition of Blackfoot shirts loaned from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, to the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta.
Designed for high school students.
Blackfoot Warrior Shirts
Alternate Title
Lesson Plan: Blackfoot Winter Counts and their Stories
[Kaahsinnooniksi Ao'toksisawooyawa: Our Ancestors Have Come to Visit: Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ramona L. Big Head
Description
Lesson plan developed in conjunction with exhibition of Blackfoot shirts loaned from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, to the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta.
Designed for Grade 2 language arts, but can be adapted to other levels.
Blanket Exercise Treaty 8 and Métis (Alberta) Adaptation: Facilitator Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alberta Teachers' Association
Description
Adapted for the Alberta context from the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience focusing on the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada. Themes explored are: assimilation, discrimination, Indigenous rights and reconciliation.
Blood Tribe / Kainaiwa Big Claim Inquiry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Concludes that, although a reserve in the Blood Tribe’s home base was not formally set aside by Treaty 7, a joint reserve along the Bow River was set aside for the Blood Tribe, the Blackfeet, and the Peigan. This reserve should be located within the Blood Tribe's territory subject to the terms of Treaty 7. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Blood Tribe / Kainaiwa Big Claim Inquiry - Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Examines whether the rejected claim was properly resolved. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and Alan C. Holman.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa Inquiry: 1889 Akers Surrender
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) about whether a clerical error by the federal government resulted in 440 acres of mineral-rich land being taken without consent or compensation. No determination by ICC as parties agreed to negotiate a settlement under the Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: P. E. James Prentice, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Carole T. Corcoran. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa Inquiry: Akers Surrender 1889 Claim, July 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains letters/memos, submissions, band council documents, and reports in regards to the dispute over the federal government taking over 440 acres of mineral-rich reserve land without full consent or compensation.
Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa - The Big Claim
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Documents include Treaties, correspondence/letters, reports, submissions, maps and other related historical materials regarding The Big Claim by the Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and Alan C. Holman. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, 2003, pp. 195-205
Description
Book review of 6 books:
Our Son, A Stranger by Marie Adams.
Aboriginal People and Colonizers of Western Canada to 1900 by Sarah Carter.
Trusteeship in Change: Toward Tribal Autonomy in Research Management by R. Clow and I. Sutton (Editors).
In the Shadow of Evil by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier.
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump by Gordon Reid.
Blessing For a Long Time: The Sacred Pole of the Omaha Tribe by Robin Ridington.
Boreal Forest Carbon Sequestration Strategies: A Case Study of the Little Red River Cree First Nation Land Tenures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emina Krcmar
G. Cornelis van Kooten
Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 53, no. 4, December 2005, pp. 325-341
Description
Examines the creation of carbon offset and emission reduction credits from the viewpoint of the Little Red River Cree Nation (LRRCN).
Bouchier Group and the Changing Oil Sands Industry
Alternate Title
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Janice Esther Tulk
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Description
Brief case study of how company dealt with the industry trend towards hiring larger engineering, procurement, and construction firms rather than smaller contractors. It eventually partnered with Carillion plc.
The BRAID Study
Theses
Author/Creator
Sharndeep Singh Kaler
Description
Medical Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2005.
Study of prediabetes and metabolic syndrome, findings indicate highest prevalence in North America found in Métis and First Nation communities in Alberta.
The BRAID Study Design: Believing We Can Reduce the Aboriginal Incidence of Diabetes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharndeep S. Kaler
Malcolm King
Ellen L. Toth
Pimatisiwin, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 95-104
Description
Discussion of project which involved screening all residents from a First Nations community in Northern Alberta over the age six who had not previously been diagnosed with the disease.
Breaking Down Racial Barriers: Honouring Pioneer Aboriginal Nurses From the Blood Reserve.
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Judith Kulig
Sonya Grypma
Alberta RN, vol. 62, no. 8, October 2006, pp. 14-16
Description
Presents a tribute to three of Canada's earliest Aboriginal nurses, Isobel "Bella" Jenny Healy Toth, Nora Gladstone Baldwin and Jennie Tallow Nielsen.
Brucella Infection at Cardia Pacemaker Site in a Patient Who Had Consumed Raw Caribou Meat in Northern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jamil N. Kanji
Lynora Saxinger
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 37, September 17, 2018, pp. E1108-E1110
Description
Case study examines the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of a 82-year-old man who developed an infection at the site of a permanent pacemaker implant.
Buffalo Boy Testifies: Decolonizing Visual Testimony in a Colonial-Settler Society.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynne Bell
Humanities Research, vol. 15, no. 3, Decolonizing Testitmony: On the Possibilities and Limits of Witnessing, 2009, pp. 81-96
Description
Examines two visual projects by Adrian Stimson: Old Sun (2008) and Buffalo Boy's Confessional: Indulgence (2007).
Buffalo River Band, Flying Dust No. 105, Joseph Bighead Band, and Waterhen Lake First Nations - Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry II - Public Release
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of reports, maps, correspondence/letters, legal documents, submissions, oral transcripts, and the French and English versions of the Final Report. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Building First Nations Capacity Through Teacher Efficacy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carmen Mombourquette
Annette Bruised Head
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 105-123
Description
Case study of Alberta school which implemented professional learning communities of practice; reports on the effect it had on teaching methods and student achievement.
Building Sustainable Relationships: Aboriginal Engagement and Sustainability
Alternate Title
Building Sustainable Relationships: A Compendium of Leadership Practices in Aboriginal Engagement and Sustainability
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
William K. McIntosh
Description
Eleven case studies on best practices in business/Aboriginal partnerships.
Building the System: Churches, Missionary Organizations, the Federal State, and Health Care in Southern Alberta Treaty 7 Communities, 1890-1930
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristin Burnett
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 41, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 18-41
Description
Looks at the evolution of institutional structures of western health care in First Nations communities in southern Alberta and the women who were central in the creation and operation of these facilities.
Bull Head's Revenge
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Arni Brownstone
Open Letter, vol. 13, no. 1, Fall, [2006], pp. 136-145
Description
Discusses how the same event produced five different pictographic renditions and textual translations even though they were painted by the same artist.