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Awareness Raising To Reach Aboriginal Populations

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
TAP Resources and Associates
Description
Provides overview of Aboriginal health and outlines strategic plan to better serve the population through education, cultural accommodation and by partnering with health providers.
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B.I.G. and First Nations: Cautions for Implementation

Alternate Title
Basic Income Guarantee and First Nations: Cautions for Implementation
Basic Income Guarantee Series
Research Paper (Northern Policy Institute) ; no. 19
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gayle Broad
Jessica Nadjiwon-Smith
Description
Discusses suitability of Ontario's basic income guarantee program. Looks at differences between poverty experienced by First Nations as opposed to general population, challenges associated with administration, results of literature review on implementation, and identifies questions that should be asked during the evaluation phase.
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Bartleman's Efforts Continue to Benefit Youth

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laura Suthers
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 6, September 2007, pp. 26-27
Description

Relates James Bartleman’s initiatives to institute educational programs that provide more learning opportunities, suicide counseling, and promote literacy and education to the youth.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.

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Beardy Returns to Ministry

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 134, no. 6, June 2008, p. 11
Description
Discusses Bishop Gordon Beardy's resignation and return to volunteer ministry in northern Ontario.
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Bearskin Lake First Nation Searching Together Report, March 8-11, 2009

Alternate Title
Mamow Na-nan-da-we-ki-ken-chi-kay-win: Searching Together Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mamow Sha-way-gi-kay-win North South Partnership for Children
Description
Assessment focuses on six key areas: livelihoods, infrastructure, community participation, education/recreation, children and parents and mental and physical health.
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“Because we are Natives and we stand strong to our pride”: Decolonizing HIV Prevention with Aboriginal Youth in Canada Using the Arts

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Flicker
Jessica Danforth
Erin Konsmo
Ciann Wilson
Vanessa Oliver ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 5, Winter, 2013, pp. 4-24
Description
Description of the Taking Action! Building Aboriginal Leadership in HIV Prevention Using Arts-based Methods research project. Focuses on four pieces created by participants from Kahnawá:ke First Nation, Kettle and Stony Point & Aamjiwnaang First Nations, Montreal, Toronto, and Charlottetown.
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Becoming a Role Model: Experiences of Native Student Teachers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryll Duquette
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 53, no. 4, Winter, 2007, pp. 387-400
Description
Looks at women graduates from the Native Teacher Education Program (NTEP), the three stages of becoming a role model and how the program can support role modeling.
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Being a Native Researcher in Your Own Community

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Agnes Manadamin
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 5, Articulating Aboriginal Paradigms: Implications for Aboriginal Social Work Practice, November 2003, pp. 294-298
Description
Looks at effective and culture-based approaches to research that is grounded in a holistic methodology from the physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional aspects, not only from the researcher's point of view, but also from the community members themselves.
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Being Idle No More: The Women Behind the Movement

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Febna Caven
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, The Electronic Drum: Community Radios Role in Indigenous Language Revitalization, March 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the grassroots movement that is challenging the legislative onslaught upon Indigenous treaty rights, sovereignty, and the environment.
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Below the Hamelin Line: CKRZ and Aboriginal Cultural Survival

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles Fairchild
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 23, no. 2, 1998, pp. [163-?]
Description
Examines the evolution and development of the radio station serving First Nations in Southwestern Ontario and evaluates its success as a viable community institution.
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Belt Comes with Responsibility

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Raymond Lawrence
Windspeaker, vol. 17, no. 6, October 1999, pp. 17-[?]
Description

Wampum belt being transported from community to community to raise awareness of diabetes.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.17.

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Beyond Expectations: Why Do Aboriginal and Euro-Canadian Patients with Type 2 Diabetes on a Northern, Rural Island Demonstrate Better Outcomes for Glycemic, Blood Pressure and Lipid Management than Comparison Populations?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marion Maar
Danusia Gzik
Tricia Larose
Canadian Journal of Diabetes, vol. 34, no. 2, June 2010, pp. 127-135
Description
Examines the results of a cross-sectional study of patients with type 2 diabetes comparing screening frequencies, laboratory values and medications.
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Beyond the Woodlands: Four Manitoulin Painters Speak Their Minds

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theresa S. Smith
Blake Debassige
Shirley Cheechoo
James Simon Mishibinijima
Leland Bell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 1, Winter-Spring, January 1, 1994, pp. 1-[?]
Description
Often dismissed by art critics, artists of the "Woodland School" challenge misconceptions about their work and share insights on their artistic style.
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Bidwewidam: Indigenous Masculinities, Identities & Mino-bimaadiziwin

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sylvia Maracle
Magda Smolewski
Katherine Minich
Lance Logan-Keye
Jessica Danforth ... [et al.]
Description
Twelve Elders who participated project were asked questions about men's traditional roles and responsibilities, changes which occurred due to colonization, and what is needed to see men achieve the good life.
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Birch Bark Legends of Niagara Founded on Traditions Among the Iroquois or Six Nations; A Story of the Lunar-Bow, (Which Brilliantly Adorns Niagara Falls by Moonlight), or, Origin of the Totem of the Wolf

Alternate Title
A Story of the Lunar-Bow, (Which Brilliantly Adorns Niagara Falls by Moonlight), or, Origin of the Totem of the Wolf
E-Books
Author/Creator
Owahyah
Description
"Dedicated to the memory of Joinstaga, from whom many legends of the almost forgotten past were obtained by the author."
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Birch Bark Talking: A Resumé of the Life and Work of the Rev. James Evans

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Evans Centenary Committee
Description

Booklet on the life of Rev. James Evans, a Wesleyan / Methodist missionary who initially translated Bible passages and psalms into Ojibway, and later created writing systems for several Aboriginal languages, including Ojibwe, Cree, and indirectly Inuktitut.

 

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Bishops Discuss New Model for Native Church

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathy Blair
Anglican Journal, vol. 124, no. 8, October 1998, p. 1
Description
Discussion centers on bringing aboriginal dioceses under leadership of Bishop Gordon Beardy.
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Bloodsucking Colonizers and the Undead Anishinabe: History, Cultural Continuity, and Identity in Drew Hayden Taylor's The Night Wanderer

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristin Burnett
Judith Leggatt
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 3, no. 1, 2016, pp. 96-115
Description
"Uses the genre of young adult vampire novel to explore the ways in which different practices and understandings of history shape both national and personal identities".
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