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Diversifying Aboriginal Forestry: Broad Directions

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Harry Bombay
Argues that First Nation communities must look beyond timber harvesting to develop strategies encompassing new and different approaches to forest-based development.
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Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Carol Geddes
Short documentary profiles five successful Aboriginal women. Duration: 28:42.
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Documenting Historic Métis in Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gwen Reimer
Jean-Philippe Chartrand
Ethnohistory, vol. 51, no. 3, Summer, 2004, pp. 567-607
Identifies sources and methods for documenting Métis during the fur trade period in Ontario in order to investigate legal and historical questions related to contemporary rights of Métis in that province.
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Documents: Introduction

Alternate Title
Document One: Department of Indian Affairs Canada, Ottawa, October 13th, 1926
Document Two: Department of Indian Affairs Canada, Office of the Deputy Superintendent General, Ottawa, Ottawa, October 13th, 1926
[Document One]: Health and Disease at the Norway House Indian Agency
[Document Two]:Report of Medical Services to Indians Located Along the Line of the Canadian National Railways from Cochrane, Ont. to La Tuque, Que., June to October, 1926
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 233--274

Introduction and two archival items on social and economic conditions of Aboriginal people. The first report is on the socio-economic conditions that contributed to the spread of tuberculosis, and the economic measures needed to be taken to improve the lives of the Swampy Cree Indians. The second report is an account of the socio-economic conditions of Aboriginal people and recommendations for improving their health status.

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Dreaming and Journeying Orality: A Mnemonic Pictograph of a Dream Shared at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brent Debassige Ahnungoohs
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 1, 2008, pp. 311-317
Author shares a mnemoic pictograph, symbolic of a dream, with the audience at an American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting held in Chicago in May 2007.
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[Drinking Water in Ontario First Nations Communities: Present Challenges and Future Directions for On-Reserve Water Treatment in the Province of Ontario]

Alternate Title
Chiefs of Ontario: Part II Submissions to the Walkerton Inquiry Commission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jonathon W. Kahn
Allison A. Thornton
Topics include: Aboriginal and Elders' perspectives on water, jurisdiction over water-works, comparison of federal and provincial water treatment regulation, progress report for improving water quality and treatment issues (1995-2001), case studies (Attawapiskat, Beausoleil, and Sandy Lake First Nations and Six Nations of the Grand River Territory), and findings and recommendations. Submission to the Walkerton Inquiry Commission.
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Drinking Water Management: Health Risk Perceptions and Choices in First Nations and Non-First Nations Communities in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl Waldner Lalita Bharadwaj
Ryan Plummer
Blair Carter
Rebecca Zagozewski ... [et al.]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 11, no. 6, 2014, pp. [5889]-5903
A study on the health risks of rural communities tap water and its correlational to the purchasing of bottled water.
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E.A.G.L.E. Project: Socio-Cultural Pilot Project: Technical Report

Alternate Title
Effects on Aboriginals from the Great Lakes Environment
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations
Chiefs of Ontario
Health Canada
Looks at the effects of environmental contamination in the Great Lakes Basin on the communities of Long Lake No.58, Whitefish River, Six Nations and Akwesasne.
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The EAGLE Project: Re-mapping Canada From An Indigenous Perspective

Alternate Title
The Effects on Aboriginals For The Great Lakes Environment: Re-mapping Canada From An Indigenous Perspective
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Beverly Bird
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Geomatics: Who Needs It?, Fall/Winter, 1994
Comments on a project involving an environmental health study and risk assessment on 61 Indigenous communities in central Ontario.
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Earlier Onset of Complications in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allison B. Dart
Patricia J. Martens
Claudio Rigatto
Marni D. Brownell
Heather J. Dean ... [et al.]
Diabetes Care, vol. 37, no. 2, February 2014, pp. 436-443
Study evaluates the risk of complications in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal youth with type 2 diabetes.
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Early Childhood Education

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kim Anderson
Ontario's First Nations look at improving services to support early childhood development.
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Early Childhood Education and Care: Next Steps

Alternate Title
Parliament of Canada ; 2nd Session, 40th Parliamanet
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Art Eggleton
Wilbert Joseph Keon
Overview of early learning policies and programs in provinces and territories as well as from other countries.
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Early Learning for Aboriginal Children: Past Present and Future and an Exploration of the Aboriginal Head Start Urban and Northern Communities Program in Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Mashford-Pringle
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 7, no. 1, 2012, pp. 127-140
Report findings indicate that positive outcomes are occurring and an increase in funding is recommended for future projects as a model for other provinces.
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The Earth Keepers Solid Waste Management Planning Program: A Collaborative Approach to Utilizing Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge and Western Science in Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah McGregor
International Journal of Canadian Studies , no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 69-98
Discusses a unique sustainable development program with Aboriginal community partners to address traditional knowledge and capacity building.
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Eastern Cree Indians

Articles » General
Author/Creator
J. W. Anderson
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 11, Series 3, 1954-1955, p. [?]
Argues that the "optimum period" for the Cree of James Bay was when limited contact kept their way of life intact and that this period ended in 1914 when the area become less isolated because of the railway and other economic interests.
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Echoes of a Proud Nation: Reading Kahnawake's Powwow as a Post-Oka Text

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valda Blundell
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [333-350]
Argues that powwows provide the opportunity to display a rich legacy of signifying materials, that can be modified for the changing political winds in Canada.
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Ecofeminism and First Nations Peoples in Canada: Linking Culture, Gender and Nature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathi Wilson
Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, vol. 12, no. 3, September 2005, pp. 333-355
Includes interviews with Anishinabek describing their connections to Mother Earth (nature) and discusses how such narratives may provide a better understanding of gender-nature connections.
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Economic Recovery in Response to Worldwide Crises: Fiduciary Responsibility and the Legislative Consultative Process with Respect to Bill 150 (Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009) and Bill 197 (COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020) in Ontario, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen R. J. Tsuji
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, 2022

Discusses the consultation, or lack there of, between the Canadian government and its Indigenous populations in regards to green energy policies.   

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Editor's Introduction: Lessons from Experience [Volume 6, Number 1]

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Warren Weir
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 6, no. 1, Fall , 2008, pp. 1-2
Overview of issue which includes interviews with Chief Clarence Louie and Vaughn Sunday, and profiles of Canadian Association of Native Development Officers 2007 Economic Development of the Year award recipients.
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Education of Aboriginal Students

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jim McCarter
Makes 5 recommendations, to help aboriginal students succeed in school and reduce the gap in student achievement, to the Ministry of Education and school boards. Chapter 3 section 3.05 of the 2012 Annual Report of the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario.
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Education of Aboriginal Students: Standing Committee on Public Accounts Follow-Up on Section 4.05, 2014 Annual Report

Alternate Title
Annual Report of the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario ; 2016
Follow-Up Reports on Value-for-Money Audits, Annual Report 2016, Volume 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Auditor General of Ontario
Chapter 3 section 3.02 of the Follow-Up Reports on Value-for-Money Audits, Annual Report 2016, Volume 2. Committee recommendations and detailed status of actions.
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The Education of Indians of Ontario: A Report of the Provincial Committee on Aims and Objectives of Education in the Schools of Ontario

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R. Alex Sim
Three-month study consisted of data collected through secondary sources, field observations, and interviewing. Found that while the province had no specific policy, federal policies were in place for registered Status Indians. Describes policies and educational objectives and makes recommendations.
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"Educational Apartheid" Remains Despite New School at Attawapiskat

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 5, August 2012, p. 24

Examines federal government's promise to provide funding that would ensure First Nations schools be on par with other provincial schools.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.36.

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