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Finding Mile Zero on the Powwow Trail

Alternate Title
[Aboriginal Lecture Series (Simon Fraser University)] ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Eldon Yellowhorn
Speaker discusses "Brocket Indian Days", the longest running powwow in Canada, and how the gatherings have changed over time. Duration: 58:12.
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First Nation Chiefs’ Wage Disparity: Alberta: Per Capita (Annual Salary)

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP)
Based on information from 2014 generated as a result of the First Nation Financial Transparency Act. "Total compensation is salary plus expenses compared to the total registered population. Per capita income measures the average income earned per individual in a given area (city, region, or reserve) in a stated year. It is calculated by dividing the area’s total income by its total population."
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First Nations and Métis Early Literacy and Language Enrichment Program

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nausheen Khan
Sandy Paddick
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 38, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 2, Summer, 2014, pp. 194-205
Describes the program and presents preliminary outcome data.
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First Nations Food, Nutrition & Environment Study: Results from Alberta 2013

Alternate Title
FNFNES Results from Alberta 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurie Chan
Olivier Receveur
Malek Batal
William David
Study involves five components: household interviews collecting information on dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status; environmental concerns and food security; sampling traditional foods for contaminants; sampling water for trace metals; hair sampling for mercury; and surface water sampling for pharmaceuticals.
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First Nations in Alberta

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Lists all the First Nations' addresses in the three different treaty areas and includes map.
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First Nations in Alberta: A Focus on Health Service Use

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Josie C. Cardinal
Donald P. Schopflocher
Larry W. Svenson
Kenneth B. Morrison
Lory Laing
Looks at health issues affecting First Nations people and describes the pattern of health care utilization.
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First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Education: The Alberta Initiative for School Improvement Approach to Improve Indigenous Education in Alberta

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thelma M. Gunn
Guy Pomahac
Evelyn Good Striker
Johnel Tailfeathers
Journal of Educational Change, vol. 12, no. 3, 2011, pp. 323-345
Presents information to educate and inspire educators with specific, effective strategies and programs that may better serve the educational needs of Aboriginal peoples.
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First Nations' Strategies for Sustainable Forest Management

Alternate Title
Project Reports (Sustainable Forest Management Network) ; 2003/2004
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
E. Krcmar
H. Nelson
G. C. van Kooten
I. Vertinsky
Determines whether the socio-economic needs of the Little Red River/Tall Cree First Nations can be met using the natural resources to which they have access, and discusses appropriate management strategies for the forestlands.
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First Nations Women and Sustainability on the Canadian Prairies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda McLeod
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, Women and Sustainability: From Rio de Janeiro (1992) to Johannesburg (2002), Fall-Winter, 2003, pp. 47-48
Argues Elders in Saskatchewan have been arguing for sustainability ever since the time of the Treaties.
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FirstVoices Kids

Alternate Title
First Voices Kids
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First Peoples' Cultural Foundation
Access to language archives for pre-readers. Links to words, colouring pictures, phrases, and exploring picture games. Over 30 languages represented.
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FirstVoices: Language Legacies Celebrating Indigenous Cultures

Alternate Title
First Voices
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First People's Cultural Foundation
Mainly focusing on British Columbia languages, site supports language archiving, teaching and revitalization. Within each language there are links to alphabets, text and audio of words, phrases, and songs, stories with English translations, and games. Over 30 languages represented.
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Fletcher: A Paleo-Indian Site in Alberta

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard G. Forbis
American Antiquity, vol. 33, no. 1, January 1968, pp. 1-10
Report of a bison butchering site dated between 5,000 and 9,000 B.C. that included Alberta and Scottbluff points.
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{footprints} Dr. Dale Auger

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dianne Meili
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 8, November 2008, p. 26

Depicts the life of Dr. Dale Auger, winner of the Aboriginal Children's Book of the Year award in 2006 and the 2007 R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature.

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

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[For Residential School Survivors, the Hurt Comes Back]

Alternate Title
Alberta Newshour ; March 15, 1991
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rick Boguski
Eva Cardinal
Maggie Hodgson
Everett Soop
Shares personal stories of the physical, sexual and emotional abuses of residential school experiences. Duration 7:27.
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Foremost Man and his Band

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Lee
Saskatchewan History, vol. 36, no. 3, Autumn, 1983, pp. 94-101
Describes the resistance of Nekaneet (Foremost Man or Front Man) and those that followed him, to the attempts of the Canadian government to settle the First Nations onto reserves. Argues that Nekaneet’s goal was a reserve in the Cypress Hills. Entire issue on one .pdf scroll to page 94
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