Northern Assets: Transportation Infrastructure in Remote Communities

Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; December 2011
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 12-139]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marta Bristow
Vijay Gill
Description
Highlights the challenges facing northern transportation that result from higher costs, limited capacity and a harsh climate.
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Northern Flood Agreement Case Study in a Treaty Area: Phase II Report: Contemporary Aboriginal Land, Resource and Environmental Regimes Origins, Problems and Prospects: Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
P.M. Larcombe
Description
Discusses rights and benefits under the agreement, compares intended to actual implementation, identifies key issues, and makes recommendations for future agreements. Agreement between Canada, Province of Manitoba, Manitoba Hydro, and Northern Flood Committee reached as a result of hydro-electric mega project.
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Northern Grocers Forum Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Manitoba Food Charter
Description
Outlines the process and findings of forums and identifies opportunities to increase access to affordable healthy foods in Manitoba.
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Northern Healthy Food Initiative

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Northern Healthy Food Initiative (NHFI)
Description
Overview of activities generated by program that provides funding for community-based regional food systems projects such as food programs, greenhouse pilot projects, gardens and food business development in northern Manitoba.
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Northern Manitoba Treaty Party, 1949

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce Noton
Manitoba History, no. 39, Spring/Summer, 2000, pp. 15-21
Description
Author travelled with the party, taking x-rays in an effort to detect and control tuberculosis.
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[Northern Politics in Manitoba]

Alternate Title
Cafe Politique ; ninth
U2011: Understanding the Manitoba Election
Understanding Politics in Northern Manitoba
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Greg Poelzer
Description
Discusses Aboriginal voting patterns and participation in the electoral process. Duration: 9:28.
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[Northern Politics in Northern Manitoba]

Alternate Title
U2011: Understanding the Manitoba Election
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bonita Beatty
Description
Bonita Beatty discusses the political culture found in the north. Duration:10:02.
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Northern Radio Big Hit

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 3, no. 1, January 1972, p. 6
Description
Manitoba's first all Cree regular radio broadcast on CHIM in Thompson.
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Northwest Changes

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Kerri Martin]
Description

Power point looks at how the conflict between the Hudson's Bay Company and the Northwest Company influenced events in the Red River Settlement which ultimately led to the Battle of Seven Oaks.

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The Northwest Scrip Commissions as Federal Policy - Some Initial Findings

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ken Hatt
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 117-129
Description
Argues that the 13 Scrip Commissions that heard Métis claims in Manitoba and the Northwest Territory during 19th and 20th centuries represented a policy change that was inappropriate for the Métis.
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Norway House Residential School and Tuberculosis, 1900-1946

Alternate Title
Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand
RAL-e ; no.3, 2008
Research in Anthropology & Linguistics-e ; no. 3, 2008
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Melissa Stoops
Description
Looks at TB impact in one residential school. Chapter 12 from: Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Judith Littleton, Julie Park, Ann Herring and Tracy Farmer. Scroll down to page 149 to read chapter.
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Not Wanted in the Boundary: The Expulsion of the Keeseekoowenin Ojibway Band from Riding Mountain National Park

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Sandlos
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 89, no. 2, June 2008, pp. 189-221
Description
Examines the eviction of the Keeseekowenin Ojibway Band from a small reserve within the Riding Mountain National Park boundary in response to local economic development, tourism, and federal administrative priorities.
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A Note on the Red River Hunt by John Norquay

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Arnett MacLeod
John Norquay
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 38, no. 2, June 1957, pp. 129-130
Description
Description of Métis' annual buffalo hunt.
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Note Taking Frame: 1885 Resistance

Alternate Title
Manitoba Enters Confederation
Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to Present)
Building a Nation (1867 to 1914)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Manitoba Education and Early Learning]
Description

Black line master designed for use with chapter Manitoba Enters Confederation in the Grade 6 Social Studies textbook Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to Present) by Graham Broad and Mathew Rankin.

Answer key.

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Notes and Comments on Harmon’s Journal 1800-1820

Articles » General
Author/Creator
George Bryce
D.W. Harmon
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 9, Series 1, December 13, 1883, p. [?]
Description
Author of journal was employed in the fur trade by the North West Company.
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Nurturing the Learning Spirit of First Nation Students: The Report of the National Panel on First Nation Elementary and Secondary Education for Students on Reserve

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Haldane
George E. Lafond
Caroline Krause
Description
Report to identify ways to improve achievement and positive learning outcomes for Aboriginal students. Looks at recommendations for improving quality of education by strengthening governance & accountability, and addressing the need for stable and predictable funding.
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Oblates Seek Protection

Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 128, no. 6, June 2002, p. 10
Description
Roman Catholic order applies for bankruptcy protection due to being named in 2,500 lawsuits.
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The Offending Trajectories of Youthful Aboriginal Offenders

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annie K. Yessine
James Bonta
Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice, vol. 51, no. 4, October 2009, pp. 435-472
Description
Examines trajectories of Aboriginal youths under a probation sentence in Manitoba, and compares them to those of non-Aboriginal juvenile probationers.
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The Ojibway Moccasin Game

Alternate Title
Moccasin Game Rules and Regulations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terrence Nelson
Description

Version of the game as played by members of the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation.

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Ojibwe Dialect Relationships

Theses
Author/Creator
Jerry Randolph Valentine
Description
Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Austin, 1994. Dialects include: Saulteaux, Chippewa, Odawa, Eastern Ojibwe, Northwestern Ojibwe, Severn Ojibwe, Nipissing, and Algonquin.
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Old Keyam: A Framework for Examining Disproportionate Experience of Tuberculosis among Aboriginal Peoples of the Canadian Prairies

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathleen McMullin
Sylvia Abonyi
Maria Mayan
Pamela Orr
Carmen Lopez-Hille ... [et al.]
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 9, no. 1, November 2012, pp. 30-40
Description
Explores the concept of keyam (to give up) in relation to tuberculosis transmission. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 30.
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The Old Settlers of the Red River

Alternate Title
Manitoba Historical Society Transactions ; series 1, no. 19
MHS Transactions ; series 1, no. 19
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
George Bryce
Description
Two sections deal with the "bois-brules" and the English half-breeds.
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Omushkego Oral History Project

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Centre for Rupert's Land Studies
University of Winnipeg
Description
Swampy Cree stories told by Louis Bird can be listened to in either English or Cree. Includes links to storytelling lessons for grades K-8.
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On Public Appropriation of Indian Water Rights

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Colin J. Gillespie
Resources (Canadian Institute of Resources Law), vol. 18, Special Issue: Legal Issues in Aboriginal Water Rights, Spring, 1987, pp. [4-6]
Description
Discusses the Northern Flood Agreement ("NFA"). Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 4.
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