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2006 Aboriginal Population Profile for Winnipeg [Manitoba]

Alternate Title
2006 Aboriginal Population Profiles for Selected Cities and Communities ; no. 3
2006 Aboriginal Population Profiles for Selected Cities and Communities: Praire Provinces
2006 Census Aboriginal Population Profile for Winnipeg, Manitoba
Article (Statistics Canada)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division Analysts
Statistics Canada
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8th Fire: Indigenous in the City

Alternate Title
Doc Zone ; season 6, episode 13
Eighth Fire: Indigenous in the City
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ryszard Hunka
Charlotte Odele
Coleen Rajotte
Michael Sweeney
Al Lawrence ... [et al.]
Description
Looks at "Concrete Indians" living in urban communities. Duration: 45:10.
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91st Battalion, Qu'Appelle, N.W.T. - [1885?].

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
[O.B. Buell] (photographer)
Description
Group photograph of the 91th Battalion of Winnipeg. Men in photograph not identified by rows; Lieut.Col. Thos. Scott, M.P., Commanding; Majors, D.H. McMillan and Stuart Mulvey; Adjutant, Capt. W.C. Copeland; Quartermaster, Capt. W.H. Bruce; Surgeon, Maurice M. Seymour; Asst.-Surgeon, Frank Keele; Inspector of Musketry, A.W. Laws; Capts. J.A. McD. Rowe, Thos. Wastie, Wm. Sheppard, S.J. Jackson, J.H. Kennedy, J.C. Waugh, R.W.A. Rolph, Jno. Crawford; Liets., F.I. Bamford, E.C. Smith, R.C. Brown, J.B. Rutherford, Major A. Cotes, Feo. A. Gilan, A. Monkman, A.P. Cameron; 2nd Lieuts., W.J.
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Aboriginal Income Disparity in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Krishna Pendakur
Ravi Pendakur
Canadian Public Policy, vol. 37, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 61-83
Description
Examines the different patterns of economic disadvantage and notes the evolution from 1995 to 2005.
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Aboriginal Justice Uses Healing Approach

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Penni Mitchell
Herizons, vol. 12, no. 4, Winter, 1999, pp. 9-[?]
Description
Reports on the launch of an Aboriginal program that offers an offender in Canada an alternative form of justice in a culturally appropriate environment.
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Aboriginal Legal Services of Winnipeg

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela A. Jensen
Justice as Healing, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring, 1998, p. [?]
Description
Project offering alternative approaches and services for youth in the present justice system. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
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Aboriginal Organizations in Winnipeg's Inner City

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jim Silver
Canadian Dimension, vol. 43, no. 1, January/February 2009, pp. 41-44
Description
Discusses community-based organizations, many initiated by women, that seek to address the social problems facing urban Aboriginals.
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Aboriginal Women's Community Economic Development: Measuring and Promoting Success

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Quality of Life [Series]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Isobel M. Findlay
Wanda Wuttunee
IRPP Choices, vol. 13, no. 4, August 2007, pp. 1-26
Description
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.
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An Aboriginal Youth Research Learning Circle

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre Inc.
Description
Main goal of the project was to build research capability within urban Indigenous community based on 13 community members aged 16-29 years of age.
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Activists and Scientists Clash Over Genome Project

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Fiona Muldrew
Herizons , vol. 10, no. 3, Summer, 1996, pp. 10-11
Description
Reports on Aboriginal activists lobbing to restrict genetic research on Indigenous cell lines as part of the International Human Genome Diversity Project in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Alzheimer's Disease is Rare in Cree

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hugh C. Hendrie
Kathleen S. Hall
Neelan Pillay
Donald Rodgers
Carol Prince
James Norton et al.
International Psychogeriatrics, vol. 5, no. 1, March 1993, pp. 5-14
Description
Focuses on the statistical differences in the occurrence of this disease in Winnipeg.
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Articles by Z.M. Hamilton on Life in the 19th Century North-West

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Z.M. Hamilton
Description
A series of articles by Z.M. Hamilton published in such Saskatchewan newspapers as the Rouleau Enterprise, Pense Herald, Broadview Express, and Milestone Mail in early 1922. Includes information on buffalo hunting parties,the NWMP and early Prince Albert.
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At Home in Winnipeg: Localizing Housing First as a Culturally Responsive Approach to Understanding and Addressing Urban Indigenous Homelessness: Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jino Distasio
Sarah Zell
Marcie Snyder
Description
Looks at the At Home/Chez Soi project and the unique governance model which evolved through collaboration between community organizations, government and researchers as they modified Housing First approach to suit to the city's context.
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Atlas of Urban Aboriginal People

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Evelyn Peters
Description
Website contains information on Aboriginal population distribution and socio-economic characteristics in six western Canadian cities.
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Banking in Winnipeg's Aboriginal and Improverished Neighbourhood

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thibault Martin
Amelia Curran
Judith Lapierre
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, 2006, pp. 331-359
Description
Discusses client's experiences using fringe banking services and the role of discrimination and 'forced marginalization'.
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Barriers to and Strategies for Engaging Non-Indigenous Canadians in First Nations Water Rights: A Qualitative Inquiry

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katelin H. S. Neufeld
Laura M. Funk
Katherine B. Starzyk
Michelle I. Gorea
Lisette Dansereau
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 2019
Description
Qualitative interview study which engages 22 non-Indigenous Canadians from one city, explores how knowledgeable and how engaged participants are about the issues surrounding drinking water in Indigenous communities. Found that most participants had minimal understanding of the issue and faced barriers to engagement including racism and a lack of resources, capacity, and personal responsibility.
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Before Truth: The Labors of Testimony and the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naomi Angel
Culture, Theory and Critique, vol. 53, no. 2, Special Issue: The Crossroads of Memory, 2012, pp. 199-214
Description
Discusses national gathering held by the Commission in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Argues that survivors' testimonies served as much to repair the family ties, which residential schools had destroyed, as to alleviate suffering of victims or deal with the oppressor/oppressed relationship.
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Bibliography - Grad Theses on Indians

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a photocopy of a bibliography of Canadian theses pertaining to Indians from 1882 to 1979. It is an extensive list compiled by a University of Manitoba student. He found that few theses existed prior to 1920 (only 2), but the number steadily increases from then until 1979.
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[Big Ideas: Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair: Manitowapow!]

Alternate Title
Big Ideas Series
[The Debwe Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair
Description
Author speaks about book: Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water, an anthology of Aboriginal stories, poetry, nonfiction, and speeches. Duration: 44:40.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
James S. Frideres
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 184-185
Description
Book review of: Aboriginal Self-Government in Urban Areas: Proceedings of a Workshop, May 25 and 26, 1994 edited by Evelyn Peters.
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