Alberta

Looks at mortal combat over street corners, schools, and community centres as gangs vie for dominance in the illegal drug trade.

Looks at risk levels, types of burns and burn experiences of Treaty Indians and Métis in an Alberta hospital.

Focuses on the lived experiences of two men of colour who, because of their uncommon skills, had access to social and economic prospects not usually available to men of non-European descent.

Explores three interrelated ethical issues: current spoken dialect and ancestral language, implications for classroom, and issues for researchers working in Aboriginal fields.

Describes Lieut. William Francis Butler’s journey, in the winter of 1870, to distribute small pox medicines and instructions for treatment of the disease to people and communities between the Red River Settlement and the Rockies; includes some details about Cree, Métis, and Blackfoot peoples. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 24.

Shows inhabited and uninhabited Indian reserves, settlements situated on Crown lands, and other communities (distinct centres of population) by size.

Travel narrative with a focus on the Westcoast First Nations of British Columbia.

Highlights cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls over the last three decades. Discusses why this group is at risk and makes recommendations to address the problem.

Discussion of the opposition to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary by the Lubicon Lake Cree.

Discusses the negative effects on people and the environment due to oil sands mining operations.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1994.

Study period was 2007-2012. Standardized cancer incidence and mortality rates were estimated by Métis status, top four cancer sites, and all cancers combined.

Study shows that compared with non-Métis people, overall incidence and mortality associated with cancer was not higher among Métis people.

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Documents consist of documents, correspondence/letters, claim submissions, and the final report in regards to the inquiry, which examined the seizure of 4,500 square miles of land for the weapons range. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice. [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.]

Architecture Thesis (M.Arch.)--Dalhousie University, 2000.

Focuses on the quilting process as a means to capture the social world and experiences of the participants.

Remembering an early activist who was president of the Indian Association of Alberta as well as a noted academic.

Looks at the traditional ecological knowledge of Elders, hunters, and trappers of the Little Red River Cree Nation and the Tallcree First Nation regarding the local critical wildlife habitat for moose, caribou and bison.

Argues that there is conclusive evidence regarding Blackfoot pottery.

Looks at context of the tour, how collaboration between the musician and Indigenous communities was carried out, and outcomes of the project.

Human Kinetics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2012.

Communication and Culture Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2011.

Looks at the benefits of working with Alberta's Future Leaders Program (AFL) in Alberta.

Provides a perspective on how Aboriginal women were viewed during the settlement period in 1884 in Alberta.

Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Lethbridge, 2006.

Literature review focuses on rate of criminal activity and re-offense, stigma, lack of support services, and the ongoing effects of intergenerational trauma. Suggests future research on aging with FASD and helpful interventions.

Book review of: Challenging Frontiers: The Canadian West by Lorry Felske and Beverly Rasporich.

Goal of study was to identify factors related to risky behaviours and provide strategies to promote healthy lifestyles.

Law Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2014.

Looks at the demographics of HIV-positive patients across the prairie provinces.

Environment and Geography Thesis (M.Env.)--University of Manitoba, 2015.

Chief Shot-Both-Sides of the Blood Nation bestows an honorary Chieftainship on Governor-General Viscount Alexander.

Website includes photographs of students, staff, and buildings, and histories of United Church-run schools.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.10 (p.171-200).

Interlinear translations of stories collected from the Dene people of the Cold Lake area. Anthropological Papers of the Museum of Natural History, vol. X, pt. I.

Includes stories and interlinear translations of: "How the Indian children were taught;" "Fishing;" "How copper was first found" (this story continues in the next notebook).

Historical note:

The Li Collection is comprised of 10 volumes containing stories in Dene collected in northern Alberta in 1928 by linguist Fanggui Li. Recorded in the field, these texts consist of phonetic transcriptions of stories elicited from Francois Mandeville and Baptiste Ferrier, with interlinear English translations.

Includes stories and interlinear translations of: "How iron was first found;" "how dà ts á í lived" (this story continues in next notebook).

Historical note:

The Li Collection is comprised of 10 volumes containing stories in Dene collected in northern Alberta in 1928 by linguist Fanggui Li. Recorded in the field, these texts consist of phonetic transcriptions of stories elicited from Francois Mandeville and Baptiste Ferrier, with interlinear English translations.

Includes stories and interlinear translations of: "The story of bèts ú é yè nèt cà;" "How dà ts á í lived;" and two untitled stories.

Historical note:The Li Collection is comprised of 10 volumes containing stories in Dene collected in northern Alberta in 1928 by linguist Fanggui Li. Recorded in the field, these texts consist of phonetic transcriptions of stories elicited from Francois Mandeville and Baptiste Ferrier, with interlinear English translations.

Includes stories and interlinear translations of: three untitled stories, and "The story of turi."

Historical note:

The Li Collection is comprised of 10 volumes containing stories in Dene collected in northern Alberta in 1928 by linguist Fanggui Li. Recorded in the field, these texts consist of phonetic transcriptions of stories elicited from Francois Mandeville and Baptiste Ferrier, with interlinear English translations.

Includes stories and interlinear translations of one untitled story, a continuation from the previous notebook (VIII), and: "The man who cheated in gambling;" The last Dogribs who ran in flight;" "How I made a canoe;" "How moose hide is tanned;" "The prophet of the Yellow-Knives;" "My Beaver Hunt."

Historical note:

Includes stories and interlinear translations of: one untitled story, and "The story of Oa  tOe ti."

Historical note:

The Li Collection is comprised of 10 volumes containing stories in Dene collected in northern Alberta in 1928 by linguist Fanggui Li. Recorded in the field, these texts consist of phonetic transcriptions of stories elicited from Francois Mandeville and Baptiste Ferrier, with interlinear English translations.

Includes stories and interlinear translations of: "The story of the man-eater;" "The story of a man who has slept with a bear;" "The adventures of Beaulieu."

Historical note:

The Li Collection is comprised of 10 volumes containing stories in Dene collected in northern Alberta in 1928 by linguist Fanggui Li. Recorded in the field, these texts consist of phonetic transcriptions of stories elicited from Francois Mandeville and Baptiste Ferrier, with interlinear English translations.

Includes stories and interlinear translations of one untitled story, a continuation from the previous notebook (VI).

Historical note:

The Li Collection is comprised of 10 volumes containing stories in Dene collected in northern Alberta in 1928 by linguist Fanggui Li. Recorded in the field, these texts consist of phonetic transcriptions of stories elicited from Francois Mandeville and Baptiste Ferrier, with interlinear English translations.

Includes stories and interlinear translations of one untitled story, a continuation from the previous notebook (VII), and "The story of a man who became a wolf."

Historical note:

The Li Collection is comprised of 10 volumes containing stories in Dene collected in northern Alberta in 1928 by linguist Fanggui Li. Recorded in the field, these texts consist of phonetic transcriptions of stories elicited from Francois Mandeville and Baptiste Ferrier, with interlinear English translations.

Includes stories and interlinear translations of one untitled story, a continuation from the previous notebook (IX), and: "The story of a wise man," in two parts.

Historical note:

The Li Collection is comprised of 10 volumes containing stories in Dene collected in northern Alberta in 1928 by linguist Fanggui Li. Recorded in the field, these texts consist of phonetic transcriptions of stories elicited from Francois Mandeville and Baptiste Ferrier, with interlinear English translations.