Manitoba

Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2017.

Explores many issues concerning Métis people of Manitoba and provides recommendations to the justice system regarding operations.

Analyzes significant recommendations from the inquiry to illustrate changing attitudes towards Aboriginal justice.

Examines Aboriginal people's labour market experiences and the challenges and opportunities for their future employment growth.

Presents 33 tables showing economic indicators by Canada, by province, by gender, by age group, and employment by industry, occupation and educational attainment.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.

This survey provides information on children’s Aboriginal language knowledge, and their ability to express their needs in an Aboriginal language or to understand an Aboriginal language when someone speaks it to them.

Results of the survey based on responses of 80% of superintendents and 31% of school principals.

Largely based on Statistics Canada's 2001 Census of Population, and supplemented by information from Labour Force Survey and Manitoba Bureau of Statistics' demographic projections.

Describes the background and goals, activities, resources, key learnings, approved contribution and contact information for the AMEP.

Looks at how Aboriginal children develop language in Lac Brochet, a First Nations community in northern Manitoba. Scroll down to page 35 to read article.

19th edition.

Book review of: Aboriginal People and Colonizers of Western Canada to 1900 by Sarah Carter.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Ottawa, 1993.

Includes statistics on health, education, social and economic conditions.

Based on Manitoba government program data and statistics gathered from Government of Canada's 2006 Census.

Focuses on strategies that promote recruitment and retention such as financial support, transition programs, community delivery, Aboriginal control, and partnerships between mainstream institutions and Aboriginal communities.

Focuses on demographics and statistical tables.

Looks at a survey of Aboriginal poverty in Canada; discusses the political nature of Aboriginal poverty; and examines the actual state practices that condition Aboriginal life chances and welfare state practices.

Original work published in 2000. Listing of materials available from Instructional Resources Unit, Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth for use by classroom teachers.

Discusses political activity of Aboriginal people. Duration: 20:33.

Discusses issues of voter turnout and participation in democracy. Duration: 15:49.

Construction, surfacing and decoration of pottery found north of Winnipeg with illustrations of the shards.

Examines party preferences and reasons for variations. Data sources were aggregate Elections Manitoba vote returns in 2007 provincial election and survey conducted between March 2005 and December 2008.

Anthropology and Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1974.

Examines changes in control in child and family services in Northern Manitoba.

Presents an article at the Issues in the North 1996 Seminar Series advocating the recognition of Aboriginal self-government within Canada.

Provides statistics on total numbers, ancestry, ability to speak an Aboriginal language, and educational programs attended.

Provides statistics on total numbers, ancestry, ability to speak an Aboriginal language, and educational programs attended.

Discusses three case studies: Great Bear Co-op in the Northwest Territories, Neechi Foods Co-operative Limited in Winnipeg, Manitoba and ET Development in northern Manitoba.

Outlines programs and strategies to prevent Aboriginal youth gangs, and discusses positive opportunities for youth to interact with community role models and participate in community programs.

Account of the events written by the Agent of Dominion Lands for Manitoba.

Physician Assistant Studies Capstone Project (M.P.A.S)--University of Manitoba, 2015.

Explains the history of the differences in legal entitlements to health services for First Nations and Métis women. From the report Entitlements and Health Services for First Nations and Métis Women in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Contents include: status of the Métis (referred to as Half-Breeds) of Manitoba, who could not be "accounted" as an Indian or entitled to be admitted to a treaty, land sold for taxes, and exemption from taxation.

Most of the amendments dealt with imprisonment for the selling of liquor to "any Indian man, woman or child in Canada".

Concerns CBC radio program "The Riel Commission: An Investigation into the Survival of a People," starring Donald Sutherland and August Schellenberg. Includes broadcast information and the purpose of the production to commemorate the centennial of the Northwest Resistance of 1885.

Book review of: Acadohkiwina and Acimowina: Traditional Narratives of the Rock Cree Indians by Robert A. Brightman.

Provides an introduction by Adam Beach to the movie/play "Kigeet, which is based on the true story of a foster boy who committed suicide.

Brief explanation of process and discussion of feedback gathered through interviews with key informants from nine communities.

Focuses on two separate long-term studies done without the consent of participants, who were viewed as "experimental materials". Partial motivations were to further researchers' careers and correct "Indian problems" of disease and dependency on the state.

Looks at the 1782 expedition of Count Jean François de la Pérouse, his leadership of the mission, encounters with Indigenous Peoples, and observations made by the crew.

Memoir of surveyor William Thomas Thompson; introduction by Lewis H. Thomas. Describes Thompson’s route, work, and experiences in Western Canada; includes encounters with Tatanka Iyotake (Sitting Bull), Chief Sakimay, Métis and Saulteaux people, the RCMP, and several government representatives. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 81.

Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.

Examines the data collected on the differences in rates of mortality, technique failure, and peritonitis between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients receiving peritoneal dialysis; and looks at whether the differences may be accounted for by urban versus rural residence.