Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Statistical data of crime victims, by sex of victims and by province/territory.
The Steamer "Northcote" Running the Gauntlet at Batoche, May 8, 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch of the steamer "Northcote" being fired upon during the Northwest Resistance.
Stories from the First Mile: Digital Technologies in Remote and Rural Indigenous Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Innovation and First Mile Connectivity Consortium
Stories of Oka: Land, Film, and Literature
E-Books
Author/Creator
Isabelle St-Amand
Stories of Survival and Revenge from Inuit Folklore: Traditional Story Study
Alternate Title
Inuktut Titiqqiriniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inhabit Education
Description
Geared toward Grades 7 to 10. The three stories are: :Nuliajuk, Kaugjagjuk, and Nanurluk.
The Story of Louis Riel, the Rebel Chief
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Joseph Edmund Collins]
A Storytelling Approach to Second-Generations Survivors of Residential School: The Impact and Effects
Theses
Author/Creator
Ti7na Lósi Shannon McDonald
Description
Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Victoria, 2018.
Storytelling in Play: Upisaski Theatre Revisited
Theses
Author/Creator
Lon Borgerson
Description
Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.Ed.)--Unviersity of Saskatchewan, 1993.
Structures of Indifference: An Indigenous Life and Death in a Canadian City
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Logan McCallum
Adele Perry
Study on the Vision of Self-Government of the Montagnais Nation in the Fields of Education and Culture: Final Report: Submitted within the Context of the Proceedings of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Institut Culturel et Éducatif Montagnais (ICEM)
Description
Includes description of communities and consultation and analysis reports.
Subject to the Tourist Gaze: A Response to "Weesageechak Begins to Dance"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Bennett
Jennifer Preston
Doris Linklater
Bill Henderson and Richard Schechner
TDR [The Drama Review], vol. 37, no. 1, Spring, 1993, pp. 9-17
Description
Letter to the editor regarding the article Weesageechak Begins to Dance: Native Earth Performing Arts Inc. (published in vol. 36 , no.1, 1992) as well as several letters in rebuttal.
Subsistence Hunting in a Global Economy: The Contributions of Northern Wildlife Co-Management to CED
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gary Kofinas
Making Waves, vol. 4, no. 3, 1993, pp. 14-18
Description
Discusses how the styles of wildlife management and approaches to economic development are linked.
Success and Sustainability: Understanding Aboriginal Businesses in the Agriculture Sector--Winter 2018
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
Description
Topics include agricultural traditions, characteristics and performance of businesses, and current challenges and future opportunities for growth and development. Results of report based on ten in-depth interviews with business owners.
Supporting First Nations, Métis & Inuit Students Transitioning from First Nations Schools to Provincial Schools: A Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Native Education Counselling Association (ONECA)
Description
Provides information about select resources in the areas of education policies, commissions and inquiries, supportive organizations, fostering success, learning about culture, language and history, alternative secondary schools, Indigenous institutes, and supporting health lifestyles.
Supporting Indigenous Families in the Cree Territory: Lessons from the  Mashkûpímâtsît Awash Initiative
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Faisca Richer
Emilie Robert
Michèle Boileau-Falardeau
Anne-Lou McNeil Gauthier
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 109, no. 5-6, December 2018, pp. 710-716
Description
Examines the successes of a culturally appropriate early childcare and development program and challenges in implementing home visits in three communities in Québec; stresses the importance of hiring local Indigenous female family support workers (FSW) to provide culturally safe programming and outreach services.
Supporting Indigenous Students: A Critical Analysis of the Sociocultural Context of Nursing Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Kay E. Vallee
Description
Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2018.
The Supreme Court's Indian Residential Schools Cases: The Beatings Continue
Alternate Title
Supreme Court's IRS cases
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Thomas L. McMahon
Description
Discussion of 8 cases:
R. v. O'Connor, 1995
John Doe v. Bennett, 2004
Gardypie v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005
H.L. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005
Cloud v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005
Blackwater v. Plint2005
E.B. v. Order of the [Roman Catholic] Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia,2005
Canada (Attorney General) v. Fontaine, 2017
Surrender of White Cap's Warriors
Alternate Title
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch showing the surrender to French's Scouts, led by Lord Melgund, General Middleton's chief of staff. Sketch caption : "Three Dakota scouts told their captors that they had been forced to join Riel."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Survey of First Nations Child Welfare Agencies across Canada: Budgets, Operations, and Outputs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helaina Gaspard
Description
Results from 63 agencies (57%). Objective was to establish baseline of costs, identify cost drivers, and gain an understanding of current context. Study was conducted between September 25 and November 22, 2017. Includes questionnaire.
Surviving as Indians: The Challenge of Self-Government
E-Books
Author/Creator
Menno Boldt
Surviving In-Between: A Case Study of a Canadian Aboriginal-Operated Criminal Justice Organization
Theses
Author/Creator
Marianne O. Nielsen
Description
Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1993
The Sweat Lodge Ceremony: A Healing Intervention for Intergenerational Trauma and Substance Use
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teresa Naseba Marsh
David C. Marsh
Julie Ozawagosh
Frank Ozawagosh
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, 2018, p. Article 2
Description
Provides qualitative evidence of the benefits of integrating traditional Indigenous healing practices -- in particular the sweat lodge ceremony -- into the Western treatment model, Seeking Safety.
"Swing Up the Dead" for Burial at Fish Creek, 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of soldier preparing [a body] for burial after the battle of Fish Creek.
Swords and Ploughshares : War and Agriculture in Western Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
George F.G. Stanley
Donald B. Smith
Maurice F.V. Doll
Patricia Roy
E. Brian Titley ... [et al.]
Taitsumanialuk, les collections de l’Arctique canadien et du Groenland dans les musées français au XIXe siècle
Alternate Title
Taistumanialuk, the Arctic Collections from Canada and Greenland in Nineteenth century French Museums
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gwénaële Guigon
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, Arctic Collections and Museology: Presentations, Disseminations, and Interpretations, 2018, pp. 87-115
Description
Article offers a historical perspective on the cataloguing and description of various undocumented Arctic artifacts in French Museums.
Taking the “Aboriginal Perspective” Seriously The (Mis)use of Indigenous Law in Tsilhqot’in Nation v British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fraser Harland
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 16/17, no. 1, 2018, pp. 21-50
Description
Article examines Supreme Court of Canada decision in the landmark case to see to what extent judges gave equal weight to Indigenous legal traditions.
Legislation and Cases Cited:
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Constitution Act, 1867,
Constitution Act, 1982,
Forest Act, R.S.B.C. 1996
Royal Proclamation (1763)
Tales from the Tenant: The Quest for Housing in a Colonized Country
Alternate Title
Finding Housing Off Reserve with Jim & Ella
Finding Housing on Reserve with Jim & Ella
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Francesca Fionda
Joshua Pawis-Steckley
no. 3
Description
Two comics which illustrate the challenges associated with finding adequate housing both on and off reserve.
Talking about Special Education
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
First Nations Schools Association (FNSA)
Description
Series of 14 information booklets. Topics include individual education plans, parents' guide to plans, speech and language therapy, attention deficit/hyperactive disorder, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, Autism spectrum disorders, gifted education, trauma-sensitive teaching, occupation therapy, physiotherapy, assistive technology, and positive behaviour interventions.
Talking Together to Improve Health: Key Informant Interviews
Alternate Title
Talking Together to Improve Health = Gi-noondidaa ji mina-maajiishkag noojimoowin
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Talking Together To Improve Health Research Team]
Description
Purpose of project was to identify principles and practices of effective and respectful engagement between First Nations communities and public health units in Northeaster Ontario. Interviewees were drawn from five organizations: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Aboriginal Engagement and Outreach, Health Sciences North/Northeastern Ontario Cancer Centre, North-East Local Health Integration Network, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, and Weeneebayko Area Health Authority.
Tangled Webs of History: Indians and the Law in Canada's Pacific Coast Fisheries
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dianne Newell
Teacher Guide: Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ian McCallum
Description
For use with the CBC website which tracks progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action in child welfare, education, language and culture, health, justice and reconciliation.
Teacher's Resource Guide: North American Indians
Alternate Title
North American Indians: Smithsonian Institution Teacher's Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Anthropology Outreach and Public Information
Department of Anthropology
Smithsonian Institution]
Description
Topics include "questions and answers", stereotypes, and myths and legends. Also includes teacher and student general bibliographies.
Teaching Aboriginal Education : Responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action for Early Childhood Classrooms
Theses
Author/Creator
Danielle Desjardins
Description
Education Graduating Paper (MEd) -- University of British Columbia, 2018.
Teaching History for Truth and Reconciliation: The Challenges and Opportunities of Narrativity, Temporality, and Identity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Miles
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 294-311
Description
Contends history educators are especially implicated in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action through their responsibility to teach Indigenous and Canadian history, including the injustices of settler colonialism. Identifies three challenges of teaching history for truth and reconciliation and suggests strategies for reframing these challenges as opportunities.
Teaching Native Students at the College Level
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Collier
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 20, no. 1, 1993, pp. 109-117
Description
An author's personal reflection of teaching post-secondary Indigenous students.
Technology and Inuit Identity: Facebook Use by Inuit Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander Castleton
AlterNative, September 2018, pp. 228-236
Description
Article interviews students from the Arctic college in Iqaluit to explore how they use the social network, Facebook. Discusses the relationship between technologies and Inuit identity and argues that, like other contemporary cultures, Indigenous cultures are dynamic and integrating and evolving with modern technologies.
Telling a Message: Cree Perceptions of Custom and Administration
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronald Niezen
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 13, no. 2, 1993, pp. 221-250
Description
James Bay Cree communities incorporate customary ways into their formal administration in an effort to help deal with social problems.
"A Tendency to Discourage Them from Cultivating": Ojibwa Agriculture and Indian Affairs Administration in Northwestern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo G. Waisberg
Tim E. Holzkamm
Ethnohistory, vol. 40, no. 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 175-211
Description
Studies the progress and problems of Ojibwa farming over the last century.
Their Voices Will Guide Us: Student and Youth Engagement Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Charlene Bearhead
Description
Teacher's resource for educating students about the important role Indigenous women fulfill in their families, communities, and nations, the impact of the high levels of violence experienced by women and girls and how this violates their Treaty, Constitutional, and human rights. There are seven focus areas under each age group (ESC-Grade 4, Grades 5-8, and Grades 9-12): foundational learning, inquiring minds, resources, themes, finding their voices, sharing the message and inspiring change; and sample activities.
There Is No Question of American Indian Genocide
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melissa Michal Slocum
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Genocide Special Issue, December 30, 2018, pp. 1-30
Description
Article introduces the special edition on the genocide of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas; the author examines the way that international definitions of genocide actively work to exclude Native Americans and works to redefine the term from a Haudenosaunee perspective.
There Is Truth Here: Creativity and Resilience in Children’s Art from Indian Residential and Indian Day Schools: Inkameep Indian Day School
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Legacy Art Gallery, University of Victoria
The Third Space
Alternate Title
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, Lecture 3
[2018 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Tanya Talaga
Description
Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the the third of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Vancouver.
Talaga discusses Indigenous kinship structures and the way in which colonial laws have created a disconnect between Indigenous peoples and their communities and cultures.
Duration: 53:59
“This Story Needs a Witness”: The Imbrication of Witnessing, Storytelling, and Resilience in Lee Maracle’s Celia’s Song
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura J. Beard
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 151-178
Description
Examines themes of testimony, trauma, storytelling, and witnessing in Maracle’s novel; discusses the role that narrating and observing can play as a means of collaborating in the decolonization of settler systems and violence.
Those Who Run in the Sky: Novel Study
Alternate Title
Inuktut Titiqqiriniq
E-Books
Author/Creator
Department of Education, Government of Nunavut
Description
Story about a young Inuit shaman who finds himself in the world of the spirits and must master all his powers to make his way home.
Three Inquiries to be Held into Lac La Ronge First Nation Claims
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 22, no. 3, March 1993, p. 11
Description
Indian Claims Commission will look at specific inquiries in the La Ronge area.
The Three Men Who Captured Riel in 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Folder containing photographs of Robert Armstrong and William Diehl, with a sketch of Tom Houri [Hourie]. all items glued to folder.
Thunder Bay Police Services Board Investigation: Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Investigation came about due to complaints by leaders from Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Grand Council Treaty 3 and the Rainy River First Nations that the Board was not responding to deaths and race-based violence against Indigenous peoples.
Time and the Grand Hall of the Canadian Museum of Civilization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Laforet
Museum Anthropology, vol. 17, no. 1, February 1993, pp. 22-32
Description
Development of an exhibition on the Northwest Coast has challenged assumptions about assigning artifacts to a particular timeframe and representation of cultural matters; some photos included.
To Dream Together: Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights Dialogue Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ontario Human Rights Commission
To the Charlottes: George Dawson's 1878 Survey of the Queen Charlotte Islands
E-Books
Author/Creator
[George M. Dawson]