Manitoba

Fasting Triglycerides as a Predictor of Incident Diabetes, Insulin Resistance and B-Cell Function in a Canadian First Nation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalie D. Riediger
Kirsten Clark
Virginia Lukianchuk
Joanne Roulette
Sharon Bruce
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1310444
Description
Looks at fasting serum triglycerides and incident diabetes, changes in insulin resistance in Sandy Bay First Nation.
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Epidemic on Manitoba Reserve

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 157, no. 1, July 1, 1997, pp. 59-60
Description
Suggests that frequency of fetal alcohol syndrome and possible fetal alcohol effects in Canada's Aboriginal populations may be increasing.
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Fighting for Survival: The Swampy Cree of Treaty No. 5 in an Era of Transition, 1875-1930

Alternate Title
Fighting for Survival: The Swampy Cree of Treaty #5 in an Era of Transition, 1875-1930
Fighting for Survival: The Swampy Cree of Treaty 5 in an Era of Transition, 1875-1930
Fighting for Survival: The Swampy Cree of Treaty Five in an Era of Transition, 1875-1930
Fighting for Survival: The Swampy Cree of Treaty No. Five in an Era of Transition, 1875-1930
Theses
Author/Creator
Raoul J. McKay
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1991.
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Filling Scripts: A Multi-Sited Ethnography of Pharmaceutical Sales Practices, Psychiatric Prescribing, and Phamily Life in North America

Alternate Title
Filling Scripts: A Multi-Sited Ethnography of Pharmaceutical Sales Practices, Psychiatric Prescribing, and Family Life in North America
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael James Oldani
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Princeton University, 2006. Contains material on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and Aboriginal prescriptive healing practices.
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Final Report: Summative Evaluation of INAC's Food Mail Program

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lorraine Gabor
Jason Pelletier
Martine Vadnais
Natalia Chenier
Janine Hunt ... et al.]]
Description
Evaluation looked at rationale and relevance; design and delivery; accountability; effectiveness; cost effectiveness; and alternatives.
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The First Manitobans

Articles » General
Manitoba Pageant, vol. 16, no. 1, 1970, p. [?]
Description
Describes the inhabitants of the area of what is now known as Manitoba at the time of European contact.
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First Nation Chiefs’ Wage Disparity: Manitoba: Per Capita (Annual Salary)

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP)
Description
Based on information from 2014 generated as a result of the First Nation Financial Transparency Act. "Total compensation is salary plus expenses compared to the total registered population. Per capita income measures the average income earned per individual in a given area (city, region, or reserve) in a stated year. It is calculated by dividing the area’s total income by its total population."
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First Nations HIV/AIDS

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Helen Young
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, March/April 1996, pp. 49-50
Description
Overview of health promotion and services provided by the Manitoba Regional HIV/AIDS Steering Committee.
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First Nations to Benefit from Improved Internet Access

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marie White
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 8, November 2008, p. 21
Description

Reports on the joint venture of three Indigenous organizations that created the first inter-provincial community-owned-and-operated broadband satellite in Canada to serve northern Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.21.

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First Nations Traditional Teaching Units

Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Contains links to lesson plans for bannock making (preschool), fish unit (Grade 2), moose unit (Grade 3), beaver unit (Grade 5), and rabbit snaring unit (Grade 9). Each unit includes rationale, web diagram, advance material preparations, lesson plans, evaluations/reflections, and brief profile of Elder.
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First Nations Women and Sustainability on the Canadian Prairies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda McLeod
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, Women and Sustainability: From Rio de Janeiro (1992) to Johannesburg (2002), Fall-Winter, 2003, pp. 47-48
Description
Argues Elders in Saskatchewan have been arguing for sustainability ever since the time of the Treaties.
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"Fleury, Patrice"

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Patrice Fleury
Description
File contains the reminiscences of Patrice Fleury who was born in Red River in 1842. He describes Metis Buffalo hunts and the debates in the community leading up to the Riel Rebellion of 1885.
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A Flint Site in Northernmost Manitoba

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. L. Giddings
American Antiquity, vol. 21, no. 3, January 1956, pp. 255-268
Description
Compares flint implements found at this site with those from circumpolar sites.
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The Flock Divided

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frits Pannekoek
The Beaver, vol. 70, no. 6, December/January 1990/91, pp. 29-?
Description
Profiles the effect demographic changes in the Red River Valley during the 1850s and 1860s had on the political and social climate.
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