- Abbotsford
- Agassiz
- Alert Bay
- Alexis Creek
- Alice Arm
- Armstrong
- Barkerville
- Bella Bella
- Bella Coola
- Burnaby
- Burns Lake
- Campbell Island
- Campbell River
- Canim Lake
- Chase
- Chemainus
- Chetwynd
- Chilliwack
- Clinton
- Courtenay
- Cranbrook
- Dawson Creek
- Douglas Lake
- Duncan
- Endako
- Esquimalt
- Fernie
- Fort Nelson
- Fort St. John
- Galiano Island
- Gingolx
- Gitanyow
- Gitwinksihlkw
- Good Hope Lake
- Greenville
- Haida Gwaii
- Hartley Bay
- Hazelton
- Hope
- Invermere
- James Bay
- Kamloops
- Kelly Lake
- Kelowna
- Keremeos
- Kispiox
- Kitamaat Village
- Kitimat
- Kitsumkalum
- Kitwanga
- Lax Kw\'alaams
- Laxgalts\'ap
- Lillooet
- Lytton
- Merritt
- Metlakatla
- Mica Creek
- Middle River
- Mission
- Moberly Lake
- Mount Currie
- Nanaimo
- New Aiyansh
- New Denver
- New Westminster
- Okanagan
- Oliver
- Osoyoos
- Penticton
- Port Alberni
- Port Coquitlam
- Port Essington
- Port Hardy
- Port Moody
- Port Simpson
- Powell River
- Prince George
- Prince Rupert
- Queen Charlotte Islands
- Richmond
- Rock Creek
- Saanich
- Salmon Arm
- Sardis
- Shelley
- Skidegate
- Smithers
- Sooke
- Spuzzum
- Squamish
- Surrey
- Telegraph Creek
- Terrace
- Tofino
- Tsawwassen
- Ucluelet
- Vancouver
- Vancouver Island
- Vanderhoof
- Vernon
- Victoria
- Whistler
- White Rock
- Williams Lake
New Relationships with Aboriginal People and Communities in B.C.: Measuring Outcomes 2010-2011
Alternate Title
New Relationships with Aboriginal People and Communities in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation [British Columbia]
Description
Measures and reports on five keys areas: improving Crown - Aboriginal relationships, education, housing and infrastructure, health and economic opportunities. Includes data for Métis and urban Aboriginal people.
Related material: Annual Report on Progress, 2010-2011.
New Relationships with Aboriginal People and Communities in British Columbia: Annual Report on Progress [2007-2013]
Alternate Title
New Relationships with Aboriginal People and Communities in B.C.: Annual Report on Progress
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation British Columbia
Description
Looks at progress in communities affected by the Transformative Change Accord and the Métis Nation Relationship Accord in five keys areas: improving Crown - Aboriginal relationships, education, housing and infrastructure, health and economic opportunities.
New Treaty, Same Old Problems
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Morales
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 1, Bridging the Gap Between Law and Reality, Spring, 2006
Description
Comments on treaty negotiations between the Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group and the Canadian government including the need for a mediator.
A New Type of Ceremonial Blanket from the Northwest Coast
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles C. Willoughby
American Anthropologist, vol. 12, no. 1, New Series, January-March 1910, pp. 1-10
Description
Detailed description of a Salishan blanket obtained by Captain Benjamin Swift around the year 1800.
"A New Understanding of Things Indian": George Raley's Negotiation of the Residential School Experience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paige Raibmon
BC Studies, no. 110, Summer, 1996, pp. 69-96
Description
Article discusses the work of the principal of the Coqualeetza Indian Residential School, which is generally viewed in a positive light, to illustrate both the limitations and the latitude present in the system.
Nges Siy (I Love You): A Community-Based Youth Suicide Intervention in Northern British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Henry George Harder
Travis Holyk
Virginia L. Russell
Tammy Klassen-Ross
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 10, no. 2, Valuing Indigenous Peoples in Health Research, 2015, pp. 21-32
Description
Looks at factors contributing to youth suicide including self-esteem and depression. Joint venture between the Carrie Sekani Family Services and the Northern British Columbia University.
Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, 2000, c.7
Alternate Title
An Act to give effect to the Nisga’a Final Agreement
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Government of British Columbia
Nisga First Nation
Description
Legislation bringing into effect the Treaty and land Agreement among Canada, British Columbia and the Nisga'a First Nation concerning land settlement and taxation matters.
The Nitinaht Chronicles
Alternate Title
Film Title: The Nitinaht Chronicles
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Schuyler Webster
Lucilla Douglas
Helen Goddard
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Applying Circles in Aboriginal Social Work Practice, 1999, pp. 163-164
Description
Film review of the 1998 film The Nitinaht Chronicles.
The Nk'Mip Cellars: Wine and Tourism with an Aboriginal Flavour
Alternate Title
http://search.proquest.com/docview/304957305?accountid=14739
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Robert B. Anderson
Scott McGillivray
Robert J. Giberson
Description
Explores the economic development activities of the Osoyoos Indian Band.
Chapter 27 from International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship edited by Léo Paul Dana and Robert B. Anderson.
Entire e-book on one pdf. To access chapter, scroll to page 336 or select chapter 27 on side bar.
The Nk’Mip Cellars: Wine and Wine Tourism with an Indigenous Flavour
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert B. Anderson
Scott McGillivray
Robert J. Giberson
Description
Explores the Osoyoos Indian Band Aboriginal alliances with non-Aboriginal companies and their approach to economic development; and looks at the Nk’Mip Project including an overview and potential of the wine, cultural and eco tourism industries.
Nk'Mip: Creating a "Taste of Place"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brent A. Hammer
Totem, vol. 19, no. 1, 2011, pp. 93-108
Description
Looks at the concepts terroir (earth), taste, and taste of place and how they shape the cultural identity of the Osoyoos Indian Band who own and manage a winery in the Okanagan Valley.
Nlaka’pamux Women’s Headgear: An Examination
of Design Elements
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholette Prince
Material Culture Review, vol. 61, Spring, 2005, pp. 52-61
Description
Looks at styles, patterns, and designs of headgrear collected by James Teit for Franz Boas and the American Museum of Natural History. Includes photographs.
The Nlha7kápmx Meeting at Lytton, 1879, and the Rule of Law
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas Harris
BC Studies, no. 108, Winter, 1995, pp. 5-25
Description
Examines the meeting in which that the Nlha7kápmx people displayed to the Queen solidarity, organization and the ability to live by acceptable rules of law.
“No One Cares More About Your Community Than You”: Approaches to Healing With Secwépemc Children and Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalie Clark
Jeffrey More
Lynn Kenoras-Duck Chief
Duanna Johnston-Virgo
Sharnelle Matthew ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 15, no. 2, 2020, pp. 67-86
Description
Looks at Secwépemc healers storytelling to provide a form of healing for Indigenous children and youth.
Non-Standard English Dialects and the Effect of Supplementary Funding on Educational Achievement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michele Battisti
Mark Campbell
Jane Friesen
Brian Krauth
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 35, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis in Canada: Part 1, Summer, 2011, pp. 190-197
Description
Study found that additional funding substantially improved the reading levels of the average Aboriginal student.
Nooksack Place Names: Geography, Culture, and Language
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Bill Angelbeck
BC Studies, no. 179, Ethnobotany in BC, Autumn, 2013, pp. 216-218
Description
Book review of Nooksack Place Names by Allan Richardson and Brent Galloway.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 216.
Nootka Sound
Alternate Title
Historic Nootka Sound
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Nootka Sound Service Ltd.
Description
History of a coastal region on Vancouver Island where Aboriginal, Spanish and English claims overlapped. Check out under 'History' two areas - "Early Exploration" and "The Nootka People".
The Nootka Sound Controversy in Anglo-French Diplomacy--1790
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Howard V. Evans
Journal of Modern History, vol. 46, no. 4, December 1974, pp. 609-640
Description
How Captain John Mears' exaggerated account of the ship's seizure nearly triggered war and William Pitt's efforts to diffuse the situation.
North American Indian, Métis and Inuit Women Speak about Culture, Education and Work
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carolyn Kenny
Description
Study researchers conducted interviews with 140 Aboriginal women in eight sites, both urban and rural, across Canada in order to formulate policy recommendations that would support full cultural lives while pursuing contemporary work or education.