Quebec

Urban Living is Not Associated with Better Birth and Infant Outcomes among Inuit and First Nations in Quebec

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fabienne Simonet
Russell Wilkins
Maureen Heaman
Janet Smylie
Patricia Martens
et al.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 25-31
Description
Looks at the differences in rural versus urban birth and infant outcomes for Indigenous peoples in Quebec.
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Using Participatory Action Research to Understand the Meanings Aboriginal Canadians Attribute to the Rising Incidence of Diabetes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Boston
Steven Jordan
Elizabeth MacNamara
Karne Kozolanka
Emily Bobbish-Rondeau
et al.
Chronic Diseases in Canada, vol. 18, no. 1, 1997
Description
Discusses lessons that can be learned from collaborative inquiry and the advantages of involving the people of the communities that are affected when conducting studies involving Aboriginal groups.
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Using Traditional Environmental Knowledge and a Geographical Information System to Identify Sites of Potential Environmental Concern in the Traditional Territory of the Oujé-Bougoumou Cree

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric P. VanSpronsen
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
Harry Manson
Joseph Shecapio-Blacksmith
Tommy Rabbitskin
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 1, 2007, pp. 189-205
Description
Concerns about the impact of mining, on the environment, brought about a traditional land use study that documented 73 potential sites of concern.
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Viewing Oka Through Aboriginal Lens Valuable

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, September 15, 2006, p. A11
Description
Observations of the resistance and determination of the Mohawk people in the Oka crisis, which became a source of pride within the First Nations community across Canada.
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Views of Traditional Ecological Knowledge [TEK] in Co-Management Bodies in Nunavik, Quebec

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evelyn J. Peters
Polar Record, vol. 39, no. 1, January 2003, pp. 49-60
Description
Results of a survey of members of committees formed pursuant to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement; three elements emerged: complex views of traditional knowledge, role of Inuit in attempting to shape the role of TEK in decision-making and need for financial support to collect TEK.
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Vitamin A Concentration in Umbilical Cord Blood of Infants From Three Separate Regions of the Province of Québec

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Dallaire
Eric Dewailly
Ramesh Shademani
Claire Laliberté
Suzanne Bruneau
et al.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 94, no. 5, September-October 2003, pp. 386-390
Description
Comparative study findings indicate that regular Vitamin A supplements during pregnancy can play a role in improving infant health development.
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Wabanaki "Family Hunting Territories"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dean R. Snow
American Anthropologist, vol. 70, no. 6, December 1968, pp. 1143-1151
Description
Explores the unique nature of Wabanaki territoriality and argues that this concept existed before the introduction of the fur trade. [alt. sp. Wabenaki]
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The Walking-out Ceremony: A Model for Development of Character

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Davis
Native Studies Review, vol. 17, no. 1, 2008, pp. 71-81
Description
An official tour guide of the James Bay Region invites tourists to discover the region and gives a description of the Cree Walking-out ceremony that celebrates the complex link between people and environment.
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The Wapikoni Mobile and the Birth of a New Indigenous Cinema in Québec

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karine Bertrand
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Québec Cinema in the 21st Century , 2013, pp. 283-289
Description
Discusses the travelling production unit which has visited 19 Aboriginal communities with the goal of inspiring creativity in youth through involvement in filmmaking and multimedia production skills.
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War, Wampum, and Recognition: Algonquin Transborder Political Activism during the Early Twentieth Century, 1919-1931

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dennis Leo Fisher
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 1, Winter, 2021, pp. [56]-79
Description
Discusses the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg's push for recognition of their traditional lands and treaty rights following the First World War in Eastern Canada through collaborations with Chief Richard and the Tuscaroras of New York.
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We Are All Crees

Alternate Title
cs canada 17.2
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, Behind the Headlines, Summer, 1993
Description
Highlights an excerpt from a testimony to the Massachusetts legislature given by Grand Chief MathrewCoon Come of the Grand Council of the Cree regarding hydroelectric developments in Quebec.
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We Can Do Better: Housing in Inuit Nunangat

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lillian Eva Dyck
Dennis Glen Patterson
Lynn Beyak
Gwen Boniface
Dan Christmas
Tobias Enverga ... [et al.]
Description
Discusses current conditions, consequences, contributing factors, and ways to alleviate the situation.
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The Western James Bay Cree: Aboriginal and Early Historic Adaptations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles A. Bishop
Prairie Forum, vol. 8, no. 2, Fall, 1983, pp. 147-155
Description
Examines evidence, from the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, on how the involvement in the fur trade altered the social and economic lives of the Western James Bay Cree.
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Who Are the Haudenosaunee?

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Iroquois Indian Museum]
Description

General introduction to the history, culture and art of members of the confederacy made of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onodagas, Cayugas and Senecas.

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Who Owns the Problem?: Crime and Disorder in James Bay Cree Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol LaPrairie
Eddie Diamond
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 34, no. 3-4, July-October 1992, pp. [417]-434
Description
Compares methods of dealing with crime on-reserve (communities with a majority Aboriginal population) which may not involve formal processes and off-reserve (communities with a minority Aboriginal population) which are dealt with through the criminal justice system.
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