Manitoba

The Half-Breed "Rising" of 1875

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George F. G. Stanley
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 17, no. 4, December 1936, pp. 399-412
Description
Discusses circumstances leading to the establishment of a provisional government at St. Laurent, Saskatchewan and how conflict among the Métis was misinterpreted as aggression.
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Halfbreeds: Primary Source Material

Alternate Title
Claims and Historical Research Centre ; B.27
Half-Breeds: Primary Source Material
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dennis Madill
Description
Sources include Record Group 10 records relating to Indian Affairs (1872-1950), Sir John A. Macdonald Papers, Alexander Mackenzie Papers, David Laird Papers, Alexander Morris Papers, Edgar Dewdney Papers, and L. Vankoughnet Letterbooks.
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Harm Reduction: Considered and Applied

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Ormond
Description
Evaluates the applicability of strategies and discusses essential components for successful programs given the mobile and marginalized Aboriginal population.
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Harvesters Push the Boundaries of Provincial Law

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 6, September 2010, p. 9
Description

Looks at a court case dealing with the rights of Métis to hunt and harvest across provincial borders.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

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Have Investments in On-Reserve Health Services and Initiatives Promoting Community Control Improved First Nations' Health in Manitoba?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Josée Gabrielle Lavoie
Evelyn L. Forget
Tara Prakash
Matt Dahl
Patricia Martens
John D. O'Neil
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 71, no. 4, August 2010, pp. 717-724
Description
Studies the connection between communities with better access to primary health care and rates of hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC) in Manitoba.
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Health and Safety Issues for Aboriginal Transgender/Two Spirit People in Manitoba

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Taylor
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 2, Winter, 2009, pp. 63-84
Description
Reports the key recommendations that would help provide Aboriginal Transgender/Two Spirit people with the dignity of an everyday life free of anxieties regarding health and safety.
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Health and Well-Being for Métis Women in Manitoba

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judith G Bartlett
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. Supplement 1, Aboriginal Health Research and Policy: First Nations-University Collaboration in Manitoba, January/February 2005, pp. S22-S27
Description
Survey found that perceptions of health centred around physical issues, while well-being was a more holistic concept.
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Health Care Access of Northern Residents: MB/SK Workshop

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alison Moss
Colleen Hamilton
Frances E. Racher
Bonnie Jeffery
Robert C. Annis
Description
Comments on the priorities of a health care workshop including fostering new working relationships and partnerships to generate ideas for improving health services in the north.
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Health Research, Entitlements and Health Services for First Nations and Métis Women in Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Margaret J. Haworth-Brockman
Kathy Bent
Joanne Havelock
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 4, no. 2, Aboriginal Womens Health, December 2009, pp. 17-23
Description
Discusses significant differences in access to health care services based on treaty and historical entitlements and the importance of taking these differences into account for health research.
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Health Services Development in an Aboriginal Community: The Case of Peguis First Nation

Alternate Title
Research Program of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Benita Cohen
Description
Discusses the community's experience with controlling health care delivery beginning with administration of its health centre in 1980 and during the three-year period after signing a health transfer agreement with the federal government.
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Health Services Use of Manitoba First Nations Peoples: Is It Related to Underlying Need

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia J. Martens
Doreen Sanderson
Laurel Jebamani
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. Supplement 1, Aboriginal Health Research and Policy: First Nations-University Collaboration in Manitoba, January-February 2005, pp. S39-S44
Description
Compares the health status and services use of First Nations to all other Manitobans.
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Hearty Co-operation and Efficient Aid, the Metis and Treaty #3

Alternate Title
Hearty Co-operation and Efficient Aid, the Metis and Treaty 3
Hearty Co-operation and Efficient Aid, the Metis and Treaty No. 3
Hearty Co-operation and Efficient Aid, the Metis and Treaty Three
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David T. McNab
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 131-149
Description
Reviews the Metis role in the negotiations of Treaty 3 and disputes Treaty Commissioner Alexander Morris' statement that the Metis had a persuasive influence.
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Henry’s Journal, Covering Adventures and Experiences in the Fur Trade on the Red River, 1799 to 1801

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charles N. Bell
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 31, Series 1, May 4, 1888, p. [?]
Description
Excerpts from Journal of Alexander Henry to Lake Superior, Red River, Assiniboine, Rocky Mountains, Columbia and the Pacific, 1799 to 1811, to establish the fur trade, limiting this paper to July 1800-June 1801.
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Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among First Nation and Non-First Nation People in Manitoba, Canada - A Public Health Laboratory Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Magdy Dawood
Gerry Smart
Michelyn Wood
Hong-Xing Wu
Shirley Paton
Jun Wu
Canadian Journal of Microbiology, vol. 52, October 2006, pp. 999-1005
Description
Explains that even though there was a fourfold increase in the number of specimens tested for anti-hepatitis C virus between 1995 and 2003 there was a decrease in newly identified cases.
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Here is Where We Disembark

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Katie Zdybel
Northern Review, no. 36, Fall, 2012, pp. 137-139
Description
Book review of: Here is Where We Disembark by Clea Roberts.
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Heritage: The Manitoba Experience

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean Friesen
Prairie Forum, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall, 1990, pp. 199-220
Description
Argues that multiculturalism has displaced imperialism as the dominant heritage theology in Manitoba.
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High Mercury Levels in Indian and Inuits (Eskimos) in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clarence T. Charlebois
Ambio, vol. 7, no. 5/6, Toxics and Their Control: A Special Issue , 1978, pp. 204-210
Description
Examines mercury levels in fish and game, contamination compensations, and levels in excess of 200 ppb among Canadian Aboriginal peoples.
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The High Plains and their Utilization by the Indian

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Waldo R. Wedel
American Antiquity, vol. 29, no. 1, July 1963, pp. 1-16
Description
Argues that seasonal residence patterns were feasible, except in periods of severe drought or winter storms, for pre-horse Indigenous peoples.
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The Historical Roots of High Rates of Infant Death in Aboriginal Communities in Canada in the Early Twentieth Century: the Case of Fisher River, Manitoba

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tina Moffat
Ann Herring
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 48, no. 12, June 1999, pp. 1821-1832
Description
Study of 30 year period in the early 20th century found exceedingly high death rates primarily due to acute respiratory infection linked to malnutrition and poverty.
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History of Aboriginal Child and Family Service

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wendy Whitecloud
Description
Discusses the history non-native social workers within Aboriginal communities and the beginning of First Nations' control of child welfare. Duration: 7:11.
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