Indian and Inuit Nurses of Canada; Profiles

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jean Cuthand Goodwill
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 117-124
Description

Examines the development and work of the Indian and Inuit Nurses of Canada [today known as the Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association (C.I.N.A.)].

Includes profiles of Inuit nurses Jean Cuthand Goodwill, Kathy Bird, Madeleine Dion-Stout, Teresa Fox, Carol Prince, Donna Rear, Claudette Smith, Fran Williams. 

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Pregnancies and Mohawk Tradition

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sakokwenonkwas
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 115-116
Description

Discusses the recommendations from Mohawk elders for pregnant Indigenous women.

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Wanepuhnud Corporation; Wanepuhnud Trainees: Personal Narratives

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Lawson
Bernice Lush
Mary Ann Morningstar
Suzanne Polson
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 95-100
Description

Looks at the retail store Wanepuhnud, developed by the Ontario Native  Women's Association, to provide training and employment opportunities for Indigenous women.  

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Lovesick Lake Native Women's Association

Articles » General
Author/Creator
A. Caskanette
P. Terbasket
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 93-94
Description

A brief look at the creation of the Lovesick Lake Native Women's Association in the 1980s.

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Child Sexual Abuse: Words From Concerned Women

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Women's Council of Saskatchewan
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, 1989, pp. 90-92
Description

Discusses domestic abuse that effects Indigenous woman and children.

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Entrenched Social Catastrophe: Native Women in Prison

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Fran Sugar
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 87-89
Description

Using a fictional account to examine the experiences of Indigenous women in the prison system.

This article first appeared in Tightwire, Vol, XX, No. 4, pp. 26-2.

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The Story of the Rabbitskin Blanket

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sarah Keesic Olsen
Canadian Women Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 85-86
Description

A telling of a trout lake oral story told by Sarah Keesic Olsen. The story is told in Cree syllabic and orthography.

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Yukon Indian People: Education as Empowerment

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sharon Jacobs
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 81-83
Description

A personal reflection the author's educational journey paralleled with the growth of Indigenous education in Yukon.

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Maria Seymour: Native Language Instructors Program

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alice Williams
Maria Seymour
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 75-78
Description

An interview with Maria Seymour about Indigenous languages being taught in Ontario schools.

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Mother Tongue: Aboriginal Cultures and Languages

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joy Asham Fedorick
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 69-72
Description

Discusses the importance of Indigenous languages and the introduction of the Earthtones North Project to provide and teach technology to Indigenous artists.  

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Chaka-Pesh and the Moon Legend

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jemima Morris
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, p. 64
Description

Two versions of the Chaka-Pesh and the Moon legend presented in Attawapiskat syllabics font.

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Native Women and the Fur Industry

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kaaren Olsen
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 55-56
Description

Looks at the changing roles of Indigenous women in the fur trade into modern times.

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Foster Care and After

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leanne Green
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 41-43
Description

A personal reflection of one Indigenous women's journey through adoption and foster-care.

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In Loving Memory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marlene Brant Castellano
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 25-26
Description

A brief overview of Mohawk Elder Pearl Antoinette Hill from Tyendinaga Indian Reserve. 

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Gladys Taylor: A Portrait

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gladys Taylor
Alice Williams
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 21-23
Description

A collection of excerpts of writings from Indigenous Elder Gladys Taylor.

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Native Women and Literacy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim Anderson
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 79-80
Description

Examines literacy and literacy program for Indigenous women in Canada.

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Our Health Counts Kenora

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie McConkey
Genevieve Blais
Marcie Snyder
Nicole Muir ...
Janet Smylie
Description

Sample of 320 individuals participated in the survey between April 2019 to April 2021. Respondents were primarily First Nations (96%).

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Summary of Qualitative Research from the National First Nations Homelessness Action Plan Survey

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NVision Insight Group
Description

Reports on 137 responses from First Nations members, leaders, staff and technicians (primarily in-community) and service delivery organizations (primarily out-of-community). Results are arranged under four themes: understanding homelessness; program and service needs and gaps; improvements, solutions, and best practices; and national action plan.

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[Gabriel Dumont Institute Handbook]

Archival » Archival Items
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
Description

A handbook outlining the mission, governing structure, central programs, and professional/training programs of the Gabriel Dumont Institute.  SUNTEP is mentioned.

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Final Report: Study of the Quality of Education of First Nations' People

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Evaluation and Strategic Management Associates Ltd.
Description

Discusses standards, curriculum practices and issues, school facilities, teaching staff and special education services. Includes list of proposed demonstration projects and comparative survey of Indian and provincial schools.

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Housing Solutions for Indigenous Youth Aging Out of Care in Winnipeg: Final Lab Report

Alternate Title
Housing Solutions Lab for Indigenous Youth Aging Out of Care: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Darrien Morton
Zoë Mager
Stacy Barter
Description

Reports on initiatives developed by those who were or had been in the system and by those working within or around it. Seven prototypes and action plans were developed and tested. They were: residential transition house, coordinated access to social housing, youth aging out website, community safety host social enterprise, kinship support initiative, independence board game, and aging out party.

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Walking Together, Working Together: Engaging Wisdom for Indigenous Well-Being

Alternate Title
Patterns of Northern Traditional Healing ; vol. 4
E-Books
Author/Creator
Leslie Main Johnson
Harry Watchmaker
Camille (Pablo) Russell
Hal Eagletail
Darlene P. Auger
Mary Maje
Ann Maje Raider
Ruby E. Morgan
Gary Ferguson
Meda DeWitt
Margaret David ...
Annie I. Goose ...
Angela Grier
Rick Lightning ...
Allison Kelliher ... [et al.]
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Neo-Colonial Injustice and the Mass Imprisonment of Indigenous Women

Alternate Title
Palgrave Studies in Race, Ethnicity, Indigeneity and Criminal Justice
E-Books
Author/Creator
Cassandra Lewis
Adele N. Norris
Waimirirangi Heta-Cooper
Juan Tauri
Naomi Sayers
Dawn M. Smith ...
Lisa Monchalin ...
Gemma Sentance ...
Dorinda Cox
Helena Rattray-Te Mana
Te Atawhai Nayda Te Rangi
Stormy Ogden ...
Tracey McIntosh ...
Lily George
Elaine Ngamu
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Sustaining Indigenous Languages: Connecting Communities, Teachers, and Scholars

Alternate Title
Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Conference ; 25th, 2018
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jon Reyhner
Wesley Y. Leonard
John Peacock
Sharla Mskokii-Kwe Peltier
Heather Blair
Belinda Daniels
Noreen Buffalo
Velvalee Georges ...
Richard Littlebear ...
Alyce Sadongei ...
Sheilah E. Nicholas
Ricky W. DeFoe ...
Naatosi Fish ...
Eldon Yellowhorn
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This Place: 150 Years Retold

E-Books
Author/Creator
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
Sonny Assu
Brandon Mitchell
Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
David A. Robertson
Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair
Jen Storm
Richard Van Camp
Katherena Vermette
Chelsea Vowel
Description

Illustrated short stories.

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Climate Change in the Arctic Study

Alternate Title
[FNMI Elementary Curriculum Resources]
[Indigenous Peoples' Curriculum Resources]
Indigenous Knowledge and Science: Climate Change in the Arctic Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Science Teachers of Ontario]
Description

Designed for Grades 10-12.

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Case Studies for Indigenous Science

Alternate Title
Indigenous Knowledge and Science Case Studies
[FNMI Secondary Curriculum Resources]
[Indigenous Peoples' Curriculum Resources]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Science Teachers of Ontario]
Description

Three fictional case studies are presented to help teachers approach topics in an appropriate way when teaching science to Grades 10-12. They are: smudging; Can trauma be passed on in your genes?; and frog dissection.

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Indigenous Knowledge and Science: Plant Unit

Alternate Title
[FNMI Secondary Curriculum Resources]
[Indigenous Peoples' Curriculum Resources]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Science Teachers of Ontario]
Description

Designed for Grade 11 Biology.

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The Life of Beads

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Maureen Matthews
Description

The curator of cultural anthropology at the Manitoba Museum discusses works held in their collection. Duration: 39:38.

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Two-Eyed Seeing and Biodiversity

Alternate Title
Indigenous Knowledge and Science: Two-Eyed Seeing and Biodiversity
[FNMI Secondary Curriculum Resources]
[Indigenous Peoples' Curriculum Resources]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Science Teachers of Ontario]
Description

Designed for Grade 11 science classes.

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Hands On: Contemporary Indigenous Beading

Alternate Title
First Friday Lecture
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jennifer Smith
Description

Looks at the work of Jennine Krauchi, Whess Harman, Christi Belcourt, Nadia Myre, Bev Koski, Dayna Danger, Lita Fontaine, Catherine Blackburn, and Margaret Nazon and the ways in which their art relates to healing, culture and community. Duration: 29:01.

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'I Would Like the Girls at Home': Domestic Labor and the Age of Discharge at Canadian Indian Residential Schools

Alternate Title
Colonization and Domestic Service: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
[Routledge International Studies of Women and Place]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Logan McCallum
Description

Discusses the struggle between families and Department of Indian Affairs and school staff about when female students should leave the system. Argues that the schools' main motivation was to retain their supply of manual labour.

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Indigenous Representation in the Canadian Media: A Critical Analysis of the Wet'suwet'en and Coastal GasLink Pipeline Conflict

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jadhurie Dhanrajh
Annie Ding
Alexander Lawson
Lily Yu
Description

Surveyed articles from nine news media sites including: APTN and Windspeaker (Indigenous); The Province and Vancouver Sun (British Columbia); Calgary Herald and Edmonton Sun (Alberta); and CBC, The Globe and Mail, and National Post (national). Ninety articles were analyzed  in terms of Indigenous and protest stance, balance, type of impact described, terminology, and quotation distribution. Five case studies are included.

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Global Femicide: Indigenous Women and Girls Torn from Our Midst

Alternate Title
Conference on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women ; 2008
Canadian Plains Proceedings
E-Books
Author/Creator
Maria Campbell
Morningstar Mercredi
Crystal J. Giesbrecht
Gordon Barnes
Wendee Kubik ...
Leonzo Barreno ...
Shauneen Pete ...
Jennifer Brant
Danielle Jeancart
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First Nations, Metis and Inuit Art

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
North East School Division [Melfort, Saskatchewan]
Sun West School Division
[Elisa Thorp]
[Rosella Carney]
Description

Lesson plan for Grade 4.

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First Nations Art Plans: Grades 6-8

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Office of First Nation Education, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, New Brunswick
Description

Ten lessons per grade.

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Gabriel Dumont Institute Annual General Meeting, 2009

Archival » Archival Items
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute
Description

A report from the Gabriel Dumont Institute 2009 Annual General Meeting. Document includes: A media release, the slides from the presentation, financial highlights, and the minutes of the annual general meeting.

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Executive Summary: S.T.E.P, Phase Two Saskatchewan Training for Employment Program

Alternate Title
Executive Summary, Saskatchewan Training for Employment Program, Phase Two
A Proposal Under the National Training Act
Archival » Archival Items
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
Description

A proposal for funding to launch of the second phase of the Saskatchewan Training for Employment Program (S.T.E.P.).

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Education for Economic Progress

Archival » Archival Items
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
Description

Outlines the development an Indigenous economy through education. 

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Career Candidates '86: Early Childhood Development

Archival » Archival Items
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
Description

Highlights the graduates from the Gabriel Dumont Institute Early Childhood Development Program.

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Photography of the ancestral: visual narratives about Kankuamo people in Colombia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeannette Plaza Zuñiga
Catalina Campuzano Rodríguez
Martin Kanek Gutiérrez Vásquez
AlterNative, vol. 18, no. 3, 2022, pp. 344-353
Description

Examines five images of the Indigenous community of Kankuamo from the early 1950's and what they can tell researchers about Indigenous cultural identity and social struggles.

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“I Would Just Like to See More Acknowledgement, Respect and Services for the People Who are in between, Just Métis People”: Recommendations by Métis Women to Improve Access to Health and Social Services in Victoria, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renée Monchalin
Monique Auger
Carly Jones
Willow Paul
Charlotte Loppie
AlterNative, vol. 18, no. 3, 2022, pp. 327-334
Description

Discusses the need for diverse culturally safe health service delivery for Métis communities.

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On Indian Ground: Northern Plains

Alternate Title
On Indian Ground: A Return to Indigenous Knowledge: Generating Hope, Leadership and Sovereignty through Education
E-Books
Author/Creator
Cynthia Young
RoseMary Clairmont
Nadine Eastman
Christopher G. Bordeaux
Roger C. Bordeaux
Michael Jetty
Urla Marcus ...
Burnett L. Whiteplume Sr. ...
Sweeney Windchief
Cheryl Crazy Bull ... [et al.]
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Inuit Testimonies

Alternate Title
The Franklin Mystery: Life & Death in the Arctic
Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
John Rae
Frederick Schwatka
William R. Hobson
Francis Leopold McClintock
Charles Francis Hall
In-nook-poo-zhe-jook
Eveeshuk
Innookpoozhejook
Ikinnelikpatolek
Ahlangyah
Adlekok
Ogzenekjenwoek
Peowat
Seeuteetuar
Toolooah
Ooping
Tooktoocheer
Ogzeuckjeuwock
Ockarnawole
Uchyuneiu
Arviligjuarmiut
Iggiarâjuk
Frank Analok
Tommy Angattitauraq
Lena Kimiatook
Description

Divided into those gathered in: 1850s, 1860s, 1878-1880, early 1900s and late 20th and early 21st centuries.

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Intellectual Culture of the Iglulik Eskimos

Alternate Title
Report of the Fifth Thule Expedition, 1921-24 ; v. 7, no. 1
Intellectual Culture of the Hudson Bay Eskimos ; pt. 1
The Danish Expedition to Arctic North America in Charge of Knud Rasmussen
E-Books
Author/Creator
Knud Rasmussen
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Bridging the Aboriginal Education Gap in Saskatchewan

Alternate Title
Bridging the Aboriginal Education Gap in Saskatchewan (Report)
Mishchet aen kishkayhtamihk nawut ki wiichiihtonaan
E-Books
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Eric Howe
Description

A report on the benefits of education for Saskatchewan Indigenous populations but for the economic growth of the province itself.

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Background: Gabriel Dumont Institute

Archival » Archival Items
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Gabriel Dumont Institute]
Description

A one page document about the development of the Gabriel Dumont Institute.

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A Solid Foundation for a Brighter Future

Archival » Archival Items
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Métis Studies and Applied Research
Description

An overview of the Gabriel Dumont Institute and programs offered through it.

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Gabriel Dumont Institute Annual Reports

Alternate Title
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Métis Studies and Applied Research
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute
Description

A collection of the Gabriel Dumont Institute annual reports and financials statements starting in 1981.

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