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Surviving Childhood Trauma: First Nations Novels and the Indian Residential School

Theses

Author/Creator

Jay Lewyn

English Literature Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2017. Focuses on Porcupines and China Dolls by Robert Arthur Alexie, Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway, and Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese.

Sustainability Assessment and Conflict Resolution: Reaching Agreement to Proceed With the Voisey's Bay Nickel Mine

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Robert B. Gibson

Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 14, no. 3-4, 2006, pp. 334-348

Examines the sustainability-centred approach and conflict resolution to an innovative environmental assessment and the consequential negotiations.

Sustainability for Whom? Social Indicators for Forest Dependant Communities in Canada

Alternate Title

Project Report (Sustainable Forest Management Network) ; 1999-24

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Tom Beckley

Presents a study that examines the unique problems and issues that effect the sustainability of nine communities that are timber-dependent, tourist dependent, subsistence dependent, and forest dependent.

Sustainable Community Economic Development [SCED] in a Coastal Context: The Case of Alert Bay, British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Kelly Vodden

The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 1, Summer, 2002, pp. 58-75

Study presents SCED experience with one fishing-dependent First Nations community on Canada's Pacific coast. [One or more images have been omitted from this article due to copyright restrictions. These images are accessible in the print version of this journal.]

Sustainable Development for Canada's Arctic and Sub-Arctic Communities: A Case Study of Churchill, Manitoba

Theses

Author/Creator

Steven Timothy Newton

Master of Natural Resource Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--The University of Manitoba, 2000.

Sustainable Development for Canada's Arctic and Subarctic Communities: A Backcasting Approach to Churchill, Manitoba

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Steven Timothy Newton

Helen Fast

Thomas Henley

Arctic, vol. 55, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 281-[?]

Study aimed at identifying local issues and building strategies to help predict future patterns.

Sustainable Reconciliation: Unlocking the Economic Potential of an Australian Indigenous Community

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Duncan Ord

Tim Mazzarol

Comments on the detrimental impact of the European settlement on Indigenous Australian population over the past two centuries. Paper prepared for the Second AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, 10-11 February 2005, Melbourne.

Sustaining Aboriginal Boreal Forest Communities: Exploring Alternatives: Interim Project Report

Alternate Title

Project Report (Sustainable Forest Management Network) ; 2000-35

E-Books

Author/Creator

Mark O. Dickerson

Monique Ross

Interim report.

The Syncretic Continuum: A Model For Understanding the Incorporation of European Goods at Le Caron, a 17th Century Huron Village Site, Ontario

Theses

Author/Creator

Helen Marie Evans

Anthopology Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1999.

Systematic Review of Community-Based Interventions for Children and Adolescents With ADHA and Their Families

Alternate Title

Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP)

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Donna Fitzpatrick-Lewis

Helen Thomas

Reviews successful multi-component programs which include behavioural parent training, self-instructional training and school-based contingency training, that could be incorporated to treat Aboriginal children and youth with FASD.

A Systematic Review of Community Interventions to Improve Aboriginal Child Passenger Safety

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Tukuro Ishikawa

Eugenia Oudie

Ediriweera Desapriya

Kate Turcotte

Ian Pike

American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, June 2014, pp. e1-e8

Evaluates data for scientific and cultural relevance concluding that successful interventions include Aboriginal view of health, community involvement, and are tailored to culture.

A Systematic Review of Western and Aboriginal Research Designs: Assessing Cross-Validation to Explore Compatibility and Convergence

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Michael Saini

Focuses on mixed-method designs to compare Western and Aboriginal research approaches.

"Ta'n teli-ktlamsitasimk (ways of believing)": Mi'kmaw Religion in Eskasoni, Nova Scotia

Theses

Author/Creator

Mary Angela Robinson

Religious Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2002.

Tackling Food Security Issues in Indigenous Communities in Canada: The Manitoba Experience

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Paul Fieldhouse

Shirley Thompson

Nutrition & Dietetics, vol. 69, no. 3, 2012, pp. 217-221

Narrative review draws on international literature and Canadian research and practice. Concludes that community-based action combined with structural changes and supportive policies are needed to facilitate healthy living and chronic disease prevention.

Taking Action! Art and Aboriginal Youth Leadership for HIV Prevention

Documents & Presentations

National research project involving Aboriginal youth and communities across Canada. Report explores Aboriginal youth's understanding of HIV in relation to their communities, culture and colonization; using art as a way to talk about HIV and what are the future HIV preventions.

Taking Care of Bison: Community Perceptions of the Hook Lake Wood Bison Recovery Project in Fort Resolution, NT, Canada

Theses

Author/Creator

Janna Christine van Kessel

Wildlife Ecology and Management Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2002.

Taking Care of Our Own: The Multifaceted Relationship between On-reserve Housing and Tuberculosis Occurrence

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Jessica Moffatt

Richard Long

Maria Mayan

Pimatisiwin, vol. 11, no. 3, 2013, pp. 555-564

Examines the link between the social determinants of health and tuberculosis on a First Nations reserve.

Taking Down the Walls: Communities and Educational

Research in Canada’s 21st Century

Alternate Title

WALL Working Paper ; no. 17, 2000

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Celia Haig-Brown

NALL: New Approaches to Lifelong Learning Working Papers; No. 17, pp. 1-13

Discusses community in relation to Aboriginal cultural education and knowledge.

Taking Soundings

Book Reviews

Author/Creator

Eve D'Aeth

Canadian Literature, no. 167, First Nations Writing, Winter, 2000, pp. 147-149

Book reviews of: Fearless Warriors by Drew Hayden Taylor and Echoing Silence: Essays on Ar[c]tic Narrative edited by John Moss.

Tales That Dead Men Tell - J.E. Pearce.

Documents & Presentations

From foreword: "This paper was written for the purpose of aiding in the proper orientation of archaeology among the other social sciences and in the world of learning generally. It is meant for the intelligent lay reader rather than for the professional archaeologist."

Tanzania: Indigenous Peoples' Recent Engagement in the REDD Process

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Elifuraha Isaya Laltaika

Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, REDD and Indigenous Peoples, 2009, pp. 28-31

Discusses reasons for including Indigenous people in the REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) strategy process.

Taos Factionalism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Omer C. Stewart

American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 1984, pp. 37-57

Author concludes that Peyotism contributed little or nothing to the factionalism at Taos.

Te Reo Māori me te Hapori

Alternate Title

Ngā Whakakitenga a Te Kura Roa: Whaihua ; Pūrongo 4

Te Reo Maori me te Hapori

E-Books

Author/Creator

Rawinia Higgins

Poia Rewi

Vincent Olsen-Reeder

Findings from project involving Maori language.

Tea For Trees: The Impact of State Policies On the Akha In Yunnan

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Janet C. Sturgeon

Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Shifting Cultivation, 2005, pp. 38-44

Looks at the history of Chinese land use and policies toward upland minority nationalities. To access this article, scroll down to page 38.

Teacher and School Leader Quality and Sustainability

Alternate Title

Resource Sheet (Closing the Gap Clearinghouse) ; no. 5

E-Books

Author/Creator

Bill Mulford

Teacher's Guide: From Time Immemorial: The First Peoples of the Pacific Northwest

E-Books

Author/Creator

Diane Silvey

Diana Mumford

"Now contains an expanded unit on treaty making and self government in British Columbia".

Social Studies Grades 4-8.

Teacher Turnover in Isolated Native Communities: A Qualitative Reflection

Theses

Author/Creator

Brendan Banasik

Education Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2002.

Teachers' Work in Canadian Aboriginal Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Terry Wotherspoon

Comparative Education Review, vol. 50, no. 4, November 2006, pp. 672-694

Discusses the changing, contradictory character of teachers' work shaped by the reforms oriented to improve educational prospects for Aboriginal people in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Teaching Indian Children: An Ethnography of a First Grade Classroom

Theses

Author/Creator

Karen Guilfoyle

Teaching and Teacher Education (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1988.

Teachings Around Self-care and Medicine Gathering in Manitoulin Island, Ontario: Rebuilding Capacity Begins with Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

L. Barwin

M. Shawande

E. Crighton

L. Veronis

Pimatisiwin, vol. 11, no. 3, 2013, pp. 323-344

Examines how traditional workshops and programs using culturally relevant methods contribute to capacity rebuilding through self-care.

Teepees and Tents in Onion Lake North West Territories

Images » Photographs

A photograph of Teepees and Tents in Onion Lake North West Territories circa 1890. There is a large group of people amongst the camp; it looks like a Dominion Day celebration or perhaps Treaty day.

Telling a Story of Change the Dene Way: Indicators for Monitoring in Diamond Impacted Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Shirley Tsetta

Ginger Gibson

Linda McDevitt

Sarah Plotner

Pimatisiwin, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 59-69

Discussion of what base indicators should be used to develop a baseline picture of social change in the Yellowknife Dene First Nation.

Telling Our Twisted Histories

Web Sites » Organizations

Media » Sound Recordings

Author/Creator

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Kaniehti:io Horn

Terre Innue

Website contains links to a series of 12 podcasts which explore the impact of words such as reconciliation, indian time, school, reserve, and savage. Host Kaniehti:io Horn engages in conversations with more than 70 people from 15 First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities.

Ten Years of Aboriginal Head Start in the NWT: 1996 to 2006

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Jennifer Chalmers

Booklet provides an overview of Aboriginal Head Start, site by site tour of the eight Northwest Territories Aboriginal Head Start (NWTAHS) programs, and evaluation and summary of the programs.

Tents and Cars [on Treaty Day, Prince Albert area]

Images » Photographs

Image of a possible treaty day celebration in the Prince Albert area; cars in foreground and tents in background. Union Jacks flying over some tents.

Tepees, Fort Simpson, NWT.

Images » Photographs

Author/Creator

Emrys Jones (photographer)

Three tepees (tipis) at center, people sitting on ground near tepees. Body of water and building in background; summer scene.

Tewa Village Rituals

Alternate Title

Dances of the Tewa Pueblo Indians: Expressions of New Life

E-Books » Chapters

Author/Creator

Jill D. Sweet

Chapter two in: Dances of the Tewa Pueblo Indians: Expressions of New Life by Jill D. Sweet.

That the People Might Live: Native American Literatures and Native American Community

E-Books

Author/Creator

Jace Weaver

p. xiv, 240

(The) Hopi-Tewa of Arizona

Alternate Title

University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.44, no.3

E-Books

Author/Creator

Edward P. Dozier

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 44, (pp259-376).

There's No Place Like Home: The Dichotomy Between Ontological and Functional Depictions of Community in Policy Initiatives

Theses

Author/Creator

Vicki Lyn Morrison

p. 122

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 1999.

"These Stories Will Not Lead You to Heaven": An Encounter With Two Sami Narrators

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Ann Helene Bolstad Skjelbred

Folklore, vol. 112, no. 1, April 2001, pp. 47-63

Discusses tales and legends by Berit Anne Blind and sister Ellen Utsi whose stories are published in a volume of Qvigstad's collections.

"They Live in Lonesome Dove": Media and Contemporary Western Apache Place-Naming Practices

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

M. Eleanor Nevins

Language in Society, vol. 37, no. 2, 2008, pp. 191-215

Comments on the history of the place-names given to newly constructed neighbourhoods on the reservation in relation to locally established social idioms.

Third Interim Evaluation Report of Aboriginal Healing Foundation Program Activity

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Kishk Anaquot Health Research

Summarizes the research undertaken from September 2002 to May 2003 including surveys, questionnaires, focus group discussions and minutes.

Third Tory Budget Offers Little

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Doug Cuthand

Leader Post, March 3, 2008, p. A3

Argues that issues like education, health care and jobs for First Nations are being ignored in the Conservatives third (Feb. 2008) Federal budget.

Thirty-Five Dollars: The Politics of Economic Development on Nipissing Reserve

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Lise C. Hansen

The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1982, pp. 269-283

Implications of land leasing on an Ontario reserve.

"This is How We did It": One Canadian First Nation Community's Effort to Achieve Aboriginal Justice

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

E. Barry Warhaft

Ted Palys

Wilma Boyce

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, vol. 32, no. 2, August 1, 1999, pp. 168-181

Discusses the success of a First Nation community-based Aboriginal restorative justice program using Canim Lake as a case study.

"This Is My History, I Know Who I Am": History, Factionalist Competition, and the Assumption of Imposition in the Kahnawake Mohawk Nation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

E. Jane Dickson-Gilmore

Ethnohistory, vol. 46, no. 3, Summer, 1999, pp. 429-450

Describes how imposition of Council Government in 1889 on the Mohawks of Kahnawake, Quebec created two factions and how this still has ramifications for factionalism in the community today.

The Threat Posed By Climate Change To Pastoralists in Africa

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Joseph Ole Simel

Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, 2008, pp. 34-43

Describes coping strategies used by pastoralist communities. Recommends a policy framework to address the negative impacts of environmental change.

Three tepees in an early Indian encampment on the prairies.

Images » Photographs

Author/Creator

Ralph Dill

Three tepees in an early Indian encampment on the prairies. . A few Red River carts are parked beside them, and an Aboriginal woman and a dog are in foreground.

Through Mala's Eyes: Life in an Inuit Community: A Learning Resource

E-Books

Author/Creator

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

Series of lesson plans built around the first-person narrative of a fictitious twelve-year-old boy living in the community of Salluit, Nunavik. Designed for students from 9 to 12 years of age.

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