- Alonsa
- Berens River
- Birch River
- Brandon
- Brochet
- Camperville
- Churchill
- Cranberry Portage
- Cross Lake
- Dauphin
- Deloraine
- Duck Bay
- Ebb and Flow
- Elkhorn
- Flin Flon
- Gimli
- Grand Rapids
- Lac Brochet
- Leaf Rapids
- Lorette
- Manigotagan
- Minnedosa
- Moose Lake
- Morden
- Norway House
- Oxford House
- Pigeon Lake
- Pine Falls
- Portage la Prairie
- Powerview
- Pukatawagan
- Selkirk
- Shamattawa
- Shoal Lake
- Skownan
- South Indian Lake
- Split Lake
- St. Boniface
- St. Francois Xavier
- St. Laurent
- St. Theresa Point
- Stonewall
- Swan River
- The Pas
- Thompson
- Traverse Bay
- Victoria Beach
- Virden
- Wabowden
- Winnipeg
- Woodridge
- York Factory
The History of the North-West Rebellion of 1885
E-Books
Author/Creator
Charles Pelham Mulvaney
Description
"Comprising a full and impartial account of the origin and progress of the war ... scenes in the field, the camp, and the cabin; including a history of the Indian tribes of North-Western Canada," including chapters about Poundmaker.
HIV / AIDS Community-Based Research Needs, Interests, Capacities and Challenges: An Environmental Scan of Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Paula Migliardi
Description
Objectives of study were to: describe current and future perceptions, and barriers among AIDS serving organizations; describe resources available through local universities and research centres; assess current capacities and enabling factors; and identify gaps between needs and capacities.
Honouring Jordan: Putting First Nations Children First and Funding Fights Second
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Trudy L. Lavallee
Paediatrics & Child Health, vol. 10, no. 9, Our Children and Youth are Sacred, November 2005, pp. 527-529
Description
Explores the confusion over jurisdiction by government departments for funding foster homes in Manitoba by using Jordon's case as an example.
Honouring Jordan's Principle: Obstacles to Accessing Equitable Health and Social Services for First Nations Children with Special Healthcare Needs Living in Pinaymootang, Manitoba
Alternate Title
Honoring Jordan's Principle: Obstacles to Accessing Equitable Health and Social Services for First Nations Children with Special Healthcare Needs Living in Pinaymootang, Manitoba
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Luna Vives
Vandna Sinha
Eric Burnet
Lucyna Lach
Description
Findings from interviews with primary caregivers, local and regional service providers and First Nations leaders centred on funding disparities and uncertainties about sustained funding, difficulties in administration due to distribution of responsibilities between provincial and federal governments, and the travel required to access specialized services.
"Honouring Their Spirits": The Child Death Review: A Report to the Minister of Family Services & Housing Province of Manitoba
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Billie Schibler
James H. Newton
Description
Review found that there is a need for affordable mental health services for children and youth and recommends an increase to prevention funding which specifically targets at risk youth and adolescents.
How Did the Confederation of Manitoba Take Place?
Alternate Title
Shaping Canada: Our Histories from the Beginning to Present
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Linda Connor]
[Brian Hull]
[Connie Wyatt Anderson]
Description
For use with high school students. Excerpt from Shaping Canada: Our Histories from the Beginning to Present by Linda Connor, Brian Hull, and Connie Wyatt Anderson.
How Do Young Children Learn Language? Perspectives of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Mothers
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Luella B. Jonk
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, 2008, pp. 74-97
Description
Explores the differences of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal mothers in cultural influences and practices as they relate to language learning.
Hybrid Identities in Canada's Red River Colony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharron A. Fitzgerald
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 51, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 186-201
Description
Author analyzes of two different legal cases involving Métis women: Foss v. Pelly and The Queen v. Corbett, examines the role that gender and race played in the culture of the Red River Colony, and in the fur trade.
Hydro-Electric Development and the Process of Negotiation in Northern Manitoba, 1960-1977
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, 1984, pp. 205-309
Description
Describes negotiation process involving several parties, including the Cree communities of Easterville and South Indian Lakes, as it developed during the Grand Rapids and Churchill-Nelson River projects.
Hydroelectric Development and Dietary Delocalization in Northern Manitoba, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Waldram
Human Organization, vol. 44, no. 1, Spring, 1985, pp. 41-49
Description
Discusses the social and economical impact of the construction of the Churchill-Nelson River Hydro Project in Northern Manitoba.
"I Want to Get Rid of the White Problem": The Struggle to Reclaim Indigenous Education for Indigenous Children
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leslie Spillett
Canadian Dimension, vol. 43, no. 1, January/February 2009, pp. 48-50
Description
Comments that while there have been some positive changes in Aboriginal education in the past 25 years, the retention rate of Aboriginal students is still low.
I Want To Tell You A Story
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tibetha Kemble (Stonechild)
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021, pp. 114-121
Description
A discussion of how colonialism created the conditions that were used to justify the removal of Indigenous children from their families, both historically and in modern times. The author use her own personal story as means to discuss its effects.
Identification of Anthropogenic Burning in the Paleoecological Record of the Northern Prairies: A New Approach
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Boyd
Annuals of the Association of American Geographers, vol. 92, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 471-487
Description
Reconstructs a local grassland fire record for the past five thousand years and argues that it corresponds with the deliberate burning by the Senota-Besant (Plains Woodland) people.
Identifying and Quantifying Métis 'Élite': An Analysis of Relative Wealth, Based on Red River Settlement Censuses of 1835
Alternate Title
A Casualty of Colonialism
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norma J. Hall
Description
Uses primary source which recorded heads of households, their age, religion, country of origin, martial status, number of offspring, and agricultural data (livestock numbers, kind and number of buildings and number of cultivated acres). Concludes that at that point in time, the socio-economic structure of the Red River Settlement was not necessarily arranged in a hierarchy with a powerful settler élite at its apex.
Identifying the Former Contents of Late Precontact Period
Pottery Vessels from Western Canada Using Gas
Chromatography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. E. Malainey
R. Przybylski
B. L. Sherriff
Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 26, no. 4, April 1999, pp. 425-438
Description
Residue identification criteria used with 200 vessel samples taken from 18 Western Canadian sites to identify the food which had been cooked in the vessels.
"If You Don't Care, I Don't Care": Aboriginal Students as Post-Secondary Educational Institutions in Manitoba
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kimberly Embleton
Description
Looks at the institutional supports necessary for success as well as the importance of personal and reciprocal relationships with instructors and other students, and the opportunity to connect with cultural activities.
Igniting the Power Within: Level 1 Curriculum: Essential Skills and RPL Certification for Advisors/Counsellors
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)
Igniting the Power Within (ITPW)
Description
Curriculum for two-day workshop designed for program developed to introduce and teach nine Essential Skills (ES) and Recognizing Prior Learning (RPL) in Aboriginal communities in Manitoba. Level 2 Curriculum Level 3 Curriculum Level 4 Curriculum
Igniting the Power Within: Level 2 Curriculum: Building Portfolios Certification for Advisors/Counsellors
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)
Igniting the Power Within (ITPW)
Description
Curriculum for two-day workshop designed for program developed to introduce and teach nine Essential Skills (ES) and Recognizing Prior Learning (RPL) in Aboriginal communities in Manitoba.
Level 1 Curriculum
Level 3 Curriculum
Level 4 Curriculum
Igniting the Power Within: Level 3 Curriculum: Essential Skills and Portfolios for Your Community
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)
Igniting the Power Within (ITPW)
Description
Curriculum for two-day workshop designed for program developed to introduce and teach nine Essential Skills (ES) and Recognizing Prior Learning (RPL) in Aboriginal communities in Manitoba.
Level 1 Curriculum
Level 2 Curriculum
Level 4 Curriculum
Igniting the Power Within: Level 4 Curriculum: Level 4 Curriculum: Celebrating Our Voice
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)
Igniting the Power Within (ITPW)
Description
Curriculum for two-day workshop designed for program developed to introduce and teach nine Essential Skills (ES) and Recognizing Prior Learning (RPL) in Aboriginal communities in Manitoba.
Level 1 Curriculum
Level 2 Curriculum
Level 3 Curriculum
The Impact of Diabetes Mellitus Among the Métis of Western Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharon G. Bruce
Ethnicity & Health, vol. 5, no. 1, February 2000, pp. 47-57
Description
Discusses how individuals, with diabetes, reported activity limitations at work, home and in leisure activities.This same group were also at greater risk for suffering heart disease.
Impact of Diabetes on Employment and Income in Manitoba, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allen Kraut
Randy Walld
Robert Tate
Cam Mustard.
Diabetes Care, vol. 24, no. 1, January 2001, pp. 64-68
Description
Study shows that diabetics with complications earn only 85% of non-diabetic incomes and are twice as likely to be out of the labour force when compared to the general population while the disease has less influence on rates of employment for Aboriginals.
Impacts of the 1985 Indian Act Amendments: A Case Study of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Stewart Clatworthy
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 5
Description
Looks at impacts of Bill C-31 including population, demography, membership, demand for programs and services, and key social and political changes. Chapter four from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Implementation Evaluation of the Nutrition North Canada Program: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Evaluation
Performance Measurement and Review Branch
Audit and Evaluation Sector
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development (AANDC)
Description
Finds a continued need for program to increase access to healthy foods for residents of isolated northern communities.
Implementation of a Community Greenhouse in a Remote, Sub-Arctic First Nations Community in Ontario, Canada: A Descriptive Case Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
K. Skinner
R.M. Hanning
J. Metatawabin
L.J. Tsuji
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2014, p. article 2545
Description
Discusses context and process from the perspective of Fort Albany First Nation community participants. Information was gathered through interviews, direct observation, and written and photo-documentation.