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Aboriginal Health, Healing, and Wellness in the Downtown Eastside Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kinwa Bluesky
Description
Goal of study was to gather information on extent of culturally appropriate health supports and to make recommendations that would increase integration of traditional, spiritual and cultural practices into existing services and programming.
All My Relations (Identity and Indigeneity)
Alternate Title
Daniels: In and Beyond the Law
All My Relations: Making Kin and Kindred in a Postgenomic World
Ancestry, Genes, and a Colony Chief: Peguis’ People and the Red River Métis
Kinship vs. Race: Reconciling Metis-First Nations Historical Relations
Reflections on Daniels v Canada, Reconciliation and Redress: Setting the Agenda
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Robert Innes
Harold Robinson
Rick Smith
Jessica Kolopenuk
Description
Emphasis on racial distinctions between Métis and First Nations, ignores intermarriage, kinship ties, and shared cultural understandings; recommendations for agenda items for changes in Canada-Indigenous relations in light of the Daniels decision
Duration: 1:50:08.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Armed with an Eagle Feather against the Parliamentary Mace: A Discussion of Discourse on Indigenous Sovereignty and Spirituality in a Settler Colonial Canada, 1990-2017
Theses
Author/Creator
Stacie A. Swain
Description
Religious Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Au Nom du Bon Dieu et du Buffalo: Métis Lived Catholicism on the Northern Plains
Theses
Author/Creator
Émilie Pigeon
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.
“Because our law is our law”: Considering Anishinaabe Citizenship Orders through Adoption Narratives at Fort William First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Damien Lee
Description
Native Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
Being Métis in Canada: An Unsettled Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Sinead O'Sullivan
Description
Social Science Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Manchester, 2017.
Beyond a Number: Inuit Photo Exhibit Brings Controversial 'Eskimo' I.D. System to Light
Alternate Title
Day 6 ; episode 348, July 28, 2017
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Barry Pottle
[Jelena Adzic]
Description
Podcast of Interview with artist about his exhibition Awareness Series which focuses on the government's policy of issuing numbered disks to Inuit rather than referring to them by name.
Duration: 6:54.
Birth of a Family
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tasha Hubbard
Betty Ann Adam
Bonnie Thompson
David Christensen
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Description
Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop".
Duration: 1:19:21.
Birth of a Family [Educational Version]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Film Board (NFB)
Tasha Hubbard
Betty Ann Adam
Bonnie Thompson
David Christensen
Description
Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop". Edited version of the original.
Duration: 45:00.
Related material:
Mini-Lesson.
Building Trust and Accountability: Report on Eligibility in the Indigenous Screen Sector
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Screen Office
APTN
Archipel Research and Consulting
Description
Reports results of national consultation process about eligibility requirements and identifying those entitled to Indigenous specific-funding. Summarizes the findings from 27 interviews, 5 focus groups, 173 survey responses, and 24 participants, including industry professionals, cultural experts, traditional knowledge keepers, academics, artists, and media content creators from across Canada.
Centering A Métis Grandmothers’ Knowledge: Story of Grandmothers’ Teachings and Métis Child Welfare in B.C.
Theses
Author/Creator
Shelley Angela LaFrance
Description
Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Victoria, 2021.
Colonial Trauma and Political Pathways to Healing
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Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration with Counselling Psychology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Description
Looks at the effects of personal and collective trauma through a political lens.
Scroll down to read paper.
Chapter from Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling edited by Suzanne L. Stewart, Roy Moodley, and Ashely Hyatt.
Scroll down to read paper.
La communauté comme sujet et objet du droit: implications
pour les Métis du Canada = The Law of the Community and Community Rights: Implications for the Métis in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natacha Gagné
Claudie Larcher
Sébastien Grammond
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 142-163
Description
Based on analysis of transcripts of Hirsekorn case in which judges had to render a decision on the Métis identity of the accused and his membership in a rights-holding Métis community.
Consultation Process: Indigenous Eligibility Requirements for Funding: Final Report
Alternate Title
[Building Trust and Accountability: Report on Eligibility in the Indigenous Screen Sector: Plain Text]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Screen Office
APTN
Archipel Research and Consulting
Description
Goal of project was to analyze, explore and make recommendations about considerations such as citizenship and membership in community, connections and accountability to community, reconnecting to community, appropriate supporting documents, approaches to reviewing applications, and processes for identifying and remedying fraudulent claims.
Cracking the Glass Ceiling: Contemporary Inuit Drawing
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Fri, 12/01/2017 - 00:00
Theses
Author/Creator
Nancy Campbell
Description
Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.
Daniels Through the Lens of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Alternate Title
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Brenda Gunn
Description
Presenter discusses how the decision aligns with or fails to meet some of the standards set out in international law and human rights instruments, the issue of Indigenous self-definition and membership, and implications in terms of right to traditional lands, territories and resources.
Duration: 49:23.
Presentation is part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Dealing with the “Community Conundrum”: Métis Responses to the Application of R v Powley in British Columbia—Litigation, Negotiation, and Practice
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Aboriginal Rights Litigation, Negotiation, and Practice among the Metis of BC: Community Perspectives on Creating Legal Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kerry Sloan
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 48-86
Description
Case developed requirement that s. 35 rights be vested in "historic" communities (existed before European control) and there must be continuity with present-day communities. Author interviewed 23 people about problems with application of the decision in three cases: Howse, Nunn, and Willison.
Decolonization through Collaborative Filmmaking: Sharing Stories from the Heart
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Carlson
Gladys Rowe
Teddy Zegeye-Gebrehiwot
Sarah Story
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. [23]-49
Description
Explores collective documentary filmmaking as an instrument of decolonizing storytelling, describes the consensus-based work of a diverse group including both Indigenous and settler artists involved in the Stories of Decolonization project's first short film Stories of Decolonization: Land Dispossession and Settlement.
Defining Métis: Catholic Missionaries and the Idea of Civilization in Northwestern Saskatchewan, 1845-1898
E-Books
Author/Creator
Timothy P. Foran
Definition of Indigenous Homelessness in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jesse A. Thistle
Description
Discusses historical and contemporary factors which contribute to high rate of homeless found in the Indigenous population and looks at 12 different dimensions: historic displacement, contemporary geographic separation, spiritual disconnection, mental disruption and imbalance, cultural disintegration and loss, overcrowding, relocation and mobility, nowhere to go, escaping or evading harm, emergency crisis, and climatic refuge,
Dispossessed: The Eviction of Inuit from Hebron, Labrador
E-Books
Author/Creator
Carol Brice-Bennett
Dynamiques culturelles et représentations sociales du chien dans la communauté inuit de Kuujjuaq (Nunavik)
Alternate Title
Cultural Dynamics and Social Representations of Dogs in the Inuit Community of Kuujjuaq (Nunavik)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Brunet
Francis Lévesque
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 265-283
Description
Presents the findings of research conducted in September of 2016 on the changing place of dogs in Kuujjaq, a community where Inuit and non-Inuit live together. Researchers found “that dogs in the community occupy a position that oscillates between appreciation and repulsion—a position shaped by cultural and community contexts.”
Text in French.
Elders Teachings: Wisdom We Need for Addressing Social Exclusion and Building Better Relationships in Society
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John George Hansen
Rose Antsanen
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Looks at interviews of Cree Elders on how to promote respect and acceptance in Indigenous schools and communities.
'A Flag that Knows No Colour Line': Aboriginal Veteranship in Canada, 1914-1939
Alternate Title
'A Flag that Knows No Color Line': Aboriginal Veterans in Canada, 1914-1939
Theses
Author/Creator
Brian R. MacDowall
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.
Flint, Feather, and Other Material Selves: Negotiating the Performance Poetics of E. Pauline Johnson
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Manina Jones
Neal Ferris
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 125-157
Description
Looks at the poet's recitals as part of Mohawk tradition of performance and negotiation of identity which was taking place in the community itself.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
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Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
From New Peoples to New Nations: Aspects of Métis History and Identity from the Eighteenth to Twenty-First Centuries
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert L. A. Hancock
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 164-166
Description
Book review of From New Peoples to New Nations by Gerhard J. Ens and Joe Sawchuk.
[The Future of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Broadcasting: Conversation and Convergence Series: Halifax Gathering, May 18th, 2017]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Francella Fiallos
Maureen Googoo
Aggie Baby
Annie Claire
Morris Prokop
Brian Beaton … [et al.]
Description
Includes links to documents, audio recordings of sessions, and programming.
Pt. 1:
Indigenous Voices? Challenges in Community Radio featuring Francella Fiallos, Maureen Googoo, Aggie Baby.
Review of gatherings in Manitoba, Nunavut, Alberta, and British Columbia.
Pt. 2:
Decolonization? Hand the Media Back! A View from Pjilasi Mi'kma'ki featuring Annie Claire.
Pt. 3:
Preserving Indigenous Language: Challenges and Solutions featuring Morris Prokop.
e-Centres: Community-Based Production/Broadcast Facilities featuring Brian Beaton.
Pt.
Gambling on Authenticity: Gaming, the Noble Savage, and the Not-So-New Indian
Alternate Title
American Indian Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Scott Andrews
Becca Gercken
Jim Donomie
Heid E. Erdrich
Julie Pelletier
American Indian Studies Series
Gathering the Potawatomi Nation: Revitalization and Identity
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paul McKenzie-Jones
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 132-133
Description
Book review of: Gathering the Potawatomi Nation by Christopher Wetzel.
Gendering the Duty to Consult: How Section 35 and the Duty to Consult Are Failing Aboriginal Women: Final Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jula Hughes
Elizabeth Blaney
Roy Stewart
Description
Argues that the legal framework has not kept up with demographic shifts because it focuses on land-related rights and ignores off-reserve and non-status population. As such, it disproportionately affects women who have been displaced through discriminatory effects of the Indian Act.
'Gii-Ikidonaaniwan' = 'It Has Been Said': Queen's University Indigenous Identity Project: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Peoples Group
Description
Addresses the issue of individuals at the university benefiting from fraudulent claims of Indigenous identity.
Glimpsing Our Past: An Archival Photo Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nadine Charabin
Paula Daigle
Andy Miller
Saskatchewan History, vol. 69, no. 1, Winter, 2017-2018, pp. 5-7
Description
Describes a project undertaken collaboratively by First Nations University (FNU) in Regina, the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan (PAS), and the Pasqua First Nation, to research and provide better descriptive information for a number of photos of First Nations people in the FNU library.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 5.
Grade 5: Teliaqewey, Kaqowey net Teliaqeweyminu? = Ah, the Truth. What Is Our Truth? = Wolamewakon. Keq Nit Kwolamewakonon?
Alternate Title
Treaty Education Resources
E-Books
Author/Creator
New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development [Office of First Nations Education]]
Description
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
Related materials: Interactive Activities; Activity Answer Sheet Lesson A: Worldview in Muin/Bear/Muwin and The Seven Hunters
Guidance on the Use of Standards for Race-Based and Indigenous Identity Data Collection and Health Reporting in Canada
Alternate Title
Race-Based and Indigenous Identity Data Collection and Health Reporting in Canada: Supplementary Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Description
Related Material:
Supplementary Report.
Guide to Relationships and Learning with the Indigenous Peoples of Alberta
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
College of Alberta School Superintendents
Description
Interactive resource designed to educate school superintendents. Includes written information, videos and links to supplemental material focused on the topics of identity, language, learning from the land, treaties and agreements, laws and policies, reconciliation and relationships.
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada's Representation of Indigenous History from 1945 to 1982
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Cole
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
How Can Urban Parks Support Urban Indigenous Peoples? Exploratory Cases from Saskatoon and Portland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chance Finegan
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021, pp. 25-48
Description
Uses Fort Vancouver National Historical Site in Portland, Oregon and the Meewasin Valley Authority in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan as case studies to discuss how urban parks might contribute to reconciliation if they support Indigenous identities and cultural activities.
I Want To Tell You A Story
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tibetha Kemble (Stonechild)
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021, pp. 114-121
Description
A discussion of how colonialism created the conditions that were used to justify the removal of Indigenous children from their families, both historically and in modern times. The author use her own personal story as means to discuss its effects.
“I Was Born Asking”: An Interview with Emma Larocque
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elaine Coburn
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 159-178
Description
Interview in which Larocque talks about her work and her focus on collaborative practices; includes discussion of representations of Aboriginal Canadians, identity, post-colonial criticism, decolonization, resistance and resurgence, and colonial schooling of Indigenous peoples.
In Between the Missing and Murdered: The Need for Indigenous-Led Responses to Trafficking
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brianna Olson-Pitawanakwat
Cyndy Baskin
Affilia, vol. 36, no. 1, 2021, pp. 10-26
Description
A discussion on the systematic issues caused by colonization and cultural genocide that impact the increased violence against Indigenous women.
Incentives, Identity, and the Growth of Canada's Indigenous Population
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tom Flanagan
Incorporating Diverse Understandings of Indigenous Identity: Toward a Broader Definition of Cultural Safety for Urban Indigenous Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Fast
Marie-Ève Drouin-Gagné
Nahka Bertrand
Swaneige Bertrand
Zeina Allouche
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Fostering Cultural Safety across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 152-160
Description
Discusses responses of 20 youth living in Montreal, Quebec.
The Indigenous Experience and Cultural Renewal, Decolonization, and Transformation in the Ottawa Area
Theses
Author/Creator
Cheryl Matthew
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2017.
Indigenous Identity Development through Sport
Theses
Author/Creator
James Alexander McCourt
Description
Education Thesis (MA) -- Queen's University, 2021.
Indigenous Identity Fraud:A Report for the University of Saskatchewan
Alternate Title
Teillet Report on Indigenous Identity Fraud Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jean Teillet
Description
A report addressing the false self-identifying of Indigenous heritage for personal benefit within the University of Saskatchewan.
Indigenous Voices on Indigenous Identity: What Was Heard Report
Alternate Title
National Indigenous Identity Forum - March 2022
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations University of Canada
Description
Summarizes presentations and discussions held at the National Indigenous Identity Forum about issues involved when post-secondary institutions are attempting to verify claims of identity. Attendance was by invitation only and limited to First Nations, Métis, Inuit students, staff, faculty, kêhtê-ayak (Elders), and leaders.
Indigenous Women's Writing and the Cultural Study of Law
E-Books
Author/Creator
Cheryl Suzack
Description
Literary works discussed: Ceremony by Lesley Marmon Silko, In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier, The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich, and The Last Standing Woman by Winona LaDuke.
Intersecting Indigenous Identities: Recognition of Two-Spirit Identity in Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Process
Theses
Author/Creator
Joëlle Antonia Blankestijn
Description
Religious Studies Thesis (MA) -- University of Groningen, 2021.
Island Métis K-12 Resources Project: A Living Document of Métis Resources and History for Students and Teachers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lauren McLean
Description
Lists illustrated bboks, novels, videos, DVDs & film, short story/creative writing, and non-fiction for primary, intermediate, secondary grades.