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A Public Lecture by AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde: Closing the Gap: First Nations' Priorities are Canada's Priorities

Alternate Title
Closing the Gap: First Nations' Priorities are Canada's Priorities
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Perry Bellegarde
Speaks about a plan for collaborative change to close the gap between Canadian and Indigenous people's quality of life. According to the United Nation's Human Development Index country as whole is rated sixth, while Indigenous people are rated at 63rd. Duration: 1:17:26.
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Pulling in the Indigenous Fishery Cooperative Net: Fishing for Sustainable Livelihoods and Food Security in Garden Hill First Nation, Manitoba, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shirley Thompson
Mohammad Rony
Jennifer Temmer
Darcy Wood
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, vol. 4, no. 3, Spring, 2014, pp. 177-192
Discusses participatory community research project involving the Island Lake Opakitawek Cooperative. In addition to needs assessments, team undertook strategic business analysis and development of business plan.
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Pursuing Human Rights for Community-Level Resilience: The Jordan's Principle Case, Process, and Initiative as Resilient Community Action

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Andrea Auger
International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 84-87
Outlines how death of Jordan River Anderson brought attention to denial or delay of services to First Nations children due to juristictional disputes and inspired passage of the child first and needs-based principle, and discusses federal and provincial governments' continuing failure to implement it properly.
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Pursuing Well-being: Lessons from the First Nations Poverty Action Research Project

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Poverty Action Research Project
Project involved collaboration with five First Nation communities: Sipekne’katik First Nation, Opitciwan First Nation, Eabametoong First Nation, Misipawistik Cree Nation, and T'it'q'et. Communities emphasized that they did not want to merely focus on poverty, but take a holistic approach which would build capacity and strengthen the entire community. Concludes with six recommendations for policy and program change.
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The Question of Louis Riel’s Insanity

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Olive Knox
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 6, Series 3, 1949-1950, p. [?]
Considers evidence and critical questions regarding, if or when Riel became mentally ill.
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The Reality of the Social Economy and Its Empowering Potential for Boreal Anishinaabek Communities in Eastern Manitoba

Alternate Title
Linking, Learning, Leveraging: Social Enterprises, Knowledgeable Economies and Sustainable Communities
Research Report Series (Centre for the Study of Co-operatives) ; no. 14-02
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alon Weinberg
Research Report Series (Institute of Urban Studies)
Examines the concept of the social economy and how it can serve as a guide for Aboriginal communities looking to better their members' lives.
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Rebellion, 1885 - Order book of the North-West Field Force.

Archival » Archival Items
Order book of the North-West Field Force, with Winnipeg being the first entry. Entries made from (all NWT / SK) Troy (Qu'Appelle), Fort Qu'Appelle and area, Humboldt, Clark's Crossing, Fish Creek, Gabriel's Crossing, Birch Hills, Batoche, Lepine, Prince Albert, while on board the steamer "North West," Battleford, Fort Pitt, while on board the steamer "Marquis"; (all NWT / MB) Cedar Lake, while on board the steamer "Princess," ending at Selkirk, MB. Entries made by Colonel Houghton, Lord Melgund, General Middleton's Chief of Staff, and a third unidentified officer.
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Recognition, Reconciliation and Healing

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Giokas
Discusses both the technical and common meanings of the term “recognition”, and examines a number of ways in which the existence, history and contributions of the Aboriginal people of Manitoba could be recognized by the Manitoba government.
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Recollections of an Indian Missionary

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maurice Sanderson
Manitoba Pageant, vol. 5, no. 1, September 1959, p. [?]
Memoirs of a Cree minister born in 1877 at Fairford Reserve, ordained in 1902 and his 50 years working for the church.
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Reconsidering Confederation: Canada's Founding Debates, 1864 - 1999

Alternate Title
Compact, Contract, Covenant: The Evolution of First Nations Treaty-Making
Resisting Canada’s Will: Manitoba’s Entry into Confederation
“A More Accurate Face on Canada to the World”: The Creation of Nunavut
E-Books
Author/Creator
J. R. Miller
Daniel Heidt
Marcel Martel
Colin M. Coates
Martin Pâquet
... [et al.]

See:

Chapter Two: Compact, Contract, Covenant: The Evolution of First Nations Treaty-Making by J.R. Miller.

Chapter Six: Resisting Canada’s Will: Manitoba’s Entry into Confederation by Robert Wardhaugh and Barry Ferguson.

Chapter Eleven: “A More Accurate Face on Canada to the World”: The Creation of Nunavut by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Andr&ecaute Légar&eacute.

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Reconsidering Riel: A Necessary Exercise

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathalie Kermoal
INDITERRA, no. 2, [Trajectoires plurielles de Premiers Peuples], 2010, pp. [35]-43
Focuses on Louis Riel's years in exile in Montana and his involvement with the Métis.
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Red Flags for Educators: Lessons for Canada in the PISA Results

Alternate Title
Commentary (C.D. Howe Institute) ; no. 488
Commentary. Education, Skills and Labour Market
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Richards
Commentary (C.D. Howe Institute)
Appendix specifically discusses impact of Indigenous education outcomes on the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment scores in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
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Red River Cart Trains

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Olive Knox
Manitoba Pageant, September 1956, p. [?]
Focuses on James McKay, a famous guide and Métis who later became a Member of Parliament for Manitoba.
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The Red River Crucible

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
J. E. Rea
The Beaver, vol. 71, no. 5, October/November 1991, pp. 50-[?]
Book review of: A Snug Little Flock by Frits Pannekoek.
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