Engaging Aboriginal Cultures: An Emergency Responder's Guide

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
British Columbia. Ministry of Environment
Description
Resource offers information on cultural understanding, how culture might conflict with environmental emergencies, relationship building, emergency planning and emergency response phase.
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English First Peoples: Grade 10-12 Resource Guide

Alternate Title
FNESC/FNSA English First Peoples 10, 11, and 12 Teacher Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
First Nations Schools Association (FNSA)
Description
Includes advice for non-Indigenous teachers teaching the class, list of recommended texts, and instruction and assessment units. Course conforms to the British Columbia curriculum, but incorporates literature from across Canada and the United States.
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English First Peoples: The Course We Can't Ignore

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naryn Searcy
English Practice, vol. 57, no. 1, Starting a Circle: Exploring Aboriginal Education, Fall, 2015, pp. 43-[45]
Description
Provides observations about the challenges of implementing the English First Peoples curriculum. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 43.
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Enquête sur la Revendication de la Première Nation des Chipewyans D'Athabasca: Revendication Concernant le Barrage WAC Bennett et les Dommages Causés à la Réserve No 201

Alternate Title
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Inquiry: WAC Bennett Dam and Damage to Indian Reserve 201 [Inquiry Report, French Language Version]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Indian Claims Commission Final Report which examines whether the Crown has obligations relating to damages sustained by the construction of the dam, French language version. Commissioners include : P.E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, Aurélien Gill. Historical background and submissions to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding Canada breaching its fiduciary obligations to the Band for environmental damages to Reserve 201 caused by construction and operation of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam.
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Entwined with Life: Native American Basketry

Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Robin K. Wright
Rebecca Andrews
John A. Putnam
Pat Courtney Gold
Colleen Jollie ... [et al.]
Description
Website for virtual exhibit contains links to images listed by artist and region, study lab, resources, basket game and the Burke Museum database.
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Environmental Impact Assessment and Resource Management, A Haida Case Study: Implications for Native People of the North

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Shapcott
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 1989, pp. 55-83
Description
Studies the existing process and suggests a more appropriate system for Aboriginal participation in environmental and resource management that takes into account the traditional world view.
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Environmental Scan and Gap Analysis on Programs and Services Available to Métis Members

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlane Christensen
Janet Newbury
Description
Lists resources available to Métis people in British Columbia through federal, provincial and regional agencies in the areas of children and families, education, economic opportunities, health, housing, identification and data collection, wildlife stewardship, and arts and culture. Based on results of scan makes four recommendations about accessible information, accountable distribution of resources, increased Métis-specific resources, and equitable access to services.
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Environmental Scan of Métis Health Information, Initiatives and Programs

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Lamouche
Description
Examines the historical, political, and social issues that affect the health outcomes of Métis; looks at Métis organizations directly involved in the areas of health policy, programs, or services; and discusses federal and provincial initiatives that deal with the health issues of Métis.
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[Episode 8. Part 1: Calvin Helin]

Alternate Title
David Berner: Ending the Dependency Trap ; episode 8, part 1
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Calvin Helin
David Berner
Description
Interview with the author of two books which discuss First Nations reliance on the government and the need for self-sufficiency. Duration: 14:18. Part II.
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Erasing Indigenous Indigeneity in Vancouver

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean Barman
BC Studies, no. 155, Autumn, 2007, pp. 3-30
Description
Focuses on the forced relocation of the Kitsilano Reserve, originally located near the Burrard Street Bridge in Vancouver. (For illustrations, see EBSCOhost version)
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Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout

Alternate Title
Twentieth Century North American Drama
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tomson Highway
Description
Retelling of concluding treaties in trickster style about how the First peoples of British Columbia lost their land, languages, fishing and hunting rights. Print version published by Talonbooks, 2005.
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Esketemc First Nation Inquiry: IR 15, 17, 18 and Claim

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background, submissions and recommendations from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine whether Canada failed to satisfy its fiduciary obligation to the Band for exclusion of reserves from its land base. ICC found in the Band's favour and recommended claim be accepted for negotiation under Specific Claims Policy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Esketemc First Nation: Wright's Meadow Pre-Emption Inquiry

Alternate Title
Indian Claims Commission: Esketemc First Nation: Wright's Meadow Pre-Emption Inquiry
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
p. 103
Description
At issue is the pre-emption of a meadow used by the Esketemc First Nation or as it was then known the Alkali Lake Band. The inquiry found that Canada breached its fiduciary duty by not protecting the meadow, which was clearly in the band's settlement lands. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Estimating Economic Activity in Canada’s Northern Regions

Alternate Title
Briefing (Conference Board of Canada) ; February 2011
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-201]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Palladini
Description
This report calculates and compares the gross domestic product output in Canada’s Northern regions, including the three territories and the Northern parts of seven provinces, between 1999 and 2009.
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Ethical Spaces and Places: Indigenous Cultural Safety in British Columbia Health Care

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margo Greenwood
Nicole Lindsay
Jessie King
David Loewen
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Fostering Cultural Safety across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 179-189
Description
Discusses how two organizations, the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) and Northern Health, have approached incorporating Indigenous knowledge about health and wellness into their healthcare practices.
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Ethics, Economics, and Ecosystems

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jon Kosek
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Resource and Sanctuary, Spring, 1993
Description
Presents interviews, with indigenous leaders from British Columbia, that address the logging industry in Canada.
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Ethnological Survey of Canada -- Report of the Committee consisting of ... [1899]

Alternate Title
Appendix II: Studies of the Indians of British Columbia
Notes on the N'tlaka'pamuQ of British Columbia, a Branch of the Great Salish Stock of North America
Notes on the Nlaka'pamux of British Columbia, a Branch of the Great Salish Stock of North America
Report - 1899 on the Ethnological Survey of Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Charles Hill-Tout]
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European Ways of Talking About the Art of Northwest Coast First Nations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Graeme Chalmers
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, 1995, pp. 113-127
Description
Earlier Euro-centric views caused Northwest Coast Aboriginal Art to be viewed as a "quaint variant of 'real' art." This art is finally being recognized as art in itself, which has its own inherent value.
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