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Topographies: Aspects of Recent BC Art

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charlotte Townsend-Gault
Canadian Art, vol. 14, no. 1, Spring, 1997, pp. 68-71
Critiques the exhibition which featured works by 41 Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artists.
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The Totem Pole

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
S.A. Barrett
Short documentary explains the customs and symbolism associated with the poles, and the process of construction. Duration: 21:01.
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A Totem-Pole from the Nass River, British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Kerr
Man, vol. 31, February 1931, pp. 20-21
Totem pole removed and sold, with the permission of the Government of Canada, to the ethnographical collection of the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh.
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[Totem Poles]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Solen Roth
BC Studies, no. 161, Spring, 2009, pp. 136-137
Book review of:Totem Poles by Pat Kramer. Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 136.
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Totem Poles

Alternate Title
Totem Poles According to Crests and Topics
Bulletin (National Museum of Canada ; no. 119, vol. 1
Bulletin (National Museum of Canada). Anthropological Series ; no. 30
Totem Poles According to Location
Bulletin (National Museum of Canada ; no. 199, vol. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marius Barbeau
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Totem: Return and Renewal

Alternate Title
Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox Pole
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gil Cardinal
Concludes the powerful story of the Haisla and their efforts to repatriate a totem pole after 77 years of being in the Swedish Museum. Accompanying Study Guide. Duration: 24:04.
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Totem Talk

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Film Board (NFB)
Teacher's guide for film of the same name.
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Totems of Kitwanga and North Central British Columbia

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian National Railways
Illustrated booklet of totems, including five postcards: three are entitled 'Indian Totem Poles, Kitwanga, BC'; one entitled 'The Lion Totem of Kitwanga, BC'; and one entitled 'Totem Poles Stanley Park Vancouver B.C.' Description sheet duplicates some text in booklet.
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Toward a New Era of Policy: Health Care Service Delivery to First Nations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Miranda D. Kelly
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Health and Well-being, 2011, pp. 1-12
Examines the shift towards equal partnership between federal, provincial and First Nations governments in British Columbia regarding health care services and implications for the rest of Canada.
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Towards a New Relationship: Toolkit for Reconciliation/Decolonization of Social Work Practice at the Individual, Workplace, and Community Level

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Working Group of the British Columbia Association of Social Workers
Objectives: encourage dialogue, raise awareness regarding history and future of First Nations peoples in Canada, promote recognition of impacts of colonization, work towards respectful and meaningful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, and promote the Commission's recommendations to advocate for systemic change.
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Towards an Art History of Northwest Coast First Nations: A Review Essay of Recent Literature

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ira Jacknis
BC Studies, no. 135, Perspectives on Aboriginal Culture, Autumn, 2002, pp. 177-185
Book reviews of: Spirits of the Water: Native Art Collected on Expeditions to Alaska and British Columbia, 1774-1910 edited by Steven C. Brown. Souvenirs of the Fur Trade: Northwest Coast Indian Art and Artifacts Collected by American Mariners, 1788-1844 by Mary Malloy. The Transforming Image: Painted Arts of Northwest Coast First Nations by Bill McLennan and Karen Duffek. Northwest Coast Indian Paintings: House Fronts and Interior Screens by Edward Malin Susan Point: Coast Salish Artist edited by Gary Wyatt.
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Towards Indigenizing Higher Ed: An Online Storytelling Series

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Shelly Johnson
Roxane Letterlough
Lloyd Bennett
Naowarat Cheeptham
Natalie Clark … [et al.]]
Four-part video series featuring faculty from Thompson Rivers University looks at questions such as: What does indigenizing post-secondary education mean, why does it matter, and what are the benefits? What does an indigenized university look like? and How do you indigenize the curriculum?
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Towards More Effective Missing Women Investigations: Police Relationships with Victims' Families, the Community and the Media: A Policy Discussion Report Prepared for the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry

Alternate Title
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry
Oppal Commission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Melina Buckley
Developed on the basis of review of Canadian and international reports and best practices. Summarizes major issues and questions likely to inform the Commission analysis.
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Toxic Drug Crisis Data

Alternate Title
First Nations and the Toxic Drug Poisoning Crisis in BC: January - December 2022
First Nations in BC and the Toxic Drug Crisis
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)

Infographics.

2021 Data; 2020 Data; 

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Tracing Roots

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cara Krmpotich
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 3, no. 1, 2016, pp. 135-136
Film review of: Tracing Roots directed by Ellen Frankenstein.
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Trading in My White Person's Gaze

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorna J. Johnson
BC Studies, no. 193, Spring, 2017, pp. 12-14
Author briefly describes how participating in University of British Columbia's Humanities 101 Community Programme has educated her about residential schools and their impact.
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Traditional and Contemporary Kwakiutl Winter Dance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bill Holm
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 14, no. 1, 1977, pp. 5-24
Comments on the survival of the Winter Ceremonial of the Southern Kwakiutl but predicts a decline in the ritual with the passing of the elderly and mobility of the younger generation.
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Traditional Decision Making in Contemporary Child Welfare: Relying on Dane-zaa Laws to Care for and Protect Children and Families

Alternate Title
Summer Institute in Indigenous Mental Health Research, Montreal, Quebec, June 2014
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Vanessa Currie
Speaker describes process of building and applying the model which guides the Nenan Dane ẕaa Deh Zona Family Services Society in its attempts to see that children are not removed from their families and sent into care. The Society operates in the Peace River area of British Columbia. Duration: 24:46.
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Traditional Environmental Knowledge in Practice

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erin Sherry
Heather Myers
Society and Natural Resources, vol. 15, no. 4, April 2002, pp. 345-358
Authors address the myths surrounding aboriginal peoples' relationships with the environment through use of a case study of the Vuntut Gwitchin which illustrates ideology, resource use and management practice.
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Traditional Foods and Indigenous Recipes in B.C.'s Public Institutions

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Queenswood Consulting Group
Looks at barriers and facilitators to serving traditional foods with a focus on the health care system and post-secondary institutions, and current programs and initiatives. Qualitative study based on interviews with 60 individuals.
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Traditional Knowledge For Health

Theses
Author/Creator
Nancy Elizabeth MacPherson
Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2009.
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Traditional Plant Knowledge of the Tsimshian Curriculum: Keeping Knowledge in the Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judith C Thompson
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 28, no. 1-2, Transformative Sites of Indigenous Education, 2004, pp. 61-65
How traditional knowledge has been adapted to be used in a high school classroom in the Hartley Bay School. The curriculum is being used as a way for students to learn about their people's ways of knowing, and to be involved in the intergenerational transmission of traditional ecological knowledge and wisdom.
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