Investigate review into the circumstances surrounding the death of a two-week-old infant whose family was involved with Alberta's child intervention system.
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, The Governance of Indigenous Information, 2014, pp. 1-11
Description
Looks at the type of obstacles (legal, knowledge and capacity, and institutional) that obstruct OCAP (ownership, control, access, and possession) and the supports available (legal, policy, and knowledge) specifically in the context of data holdings.
Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 199-222
Description
Study results identifies requirements for improving economic and social welfare including effective governance, community capacity, and involving communities to build regional self-reliance for sustainability. Looks at literature from Scandinavian and Canadian experiences.
Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, vol. 27, no. 1, 2014, pp. 89-112
Description
Uses an online survey to gather data from Aboriginal women who are living on and off reserve and are entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs. Concludes with recommendations.
Alberta History, vol. 62, no. 4, Autumn, 2014, pp. 10-17
Description
Article contains three separate accounts of the battle between the Blackfoot and Cree that occurred in January 1866 just east of the present day Hobbema, Alberta.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 1885, p. 196
Description
Note: The description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A short article on the ongoing Northwest Resistance, including four sketches: 1. The fort at Battleford; 2. The South Saskatchewan; 3. Steamers loading at Medicine Hat; 4. The Revolt of the Half-Breeds.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 2, Spring/Summer, 2014, pp. 8-14
Description
Comments on what it is like to be an Inuit artist working in the North today including the challenges and opportunities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 8.
This file contains excerpts from Reginald Beatty's diary, correspondence about his encounters with Cree people, and letters home to his parents detailing his experience in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. Mr. Beatty was a farmer and fur trader in what is now known as the Melfort area of Saskatchewan.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 10, no. 1, Sharing Knowledge Across Nations, 2014, pp. 16-34
Description
Findings show that arts-based approaches to the development of HIV-prevention knowledge and Indigenous youth leadership are helping to involve youth in a critical dialogue about health.
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. 218-223
Description
Comments on the high prevalence of hearing loss due to otitis media and noise exposure.
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. 2, no. 4, December 1996, pp. 683-701
Description
Examines reincarnation of gender among the Dene Tha of northern Alberta and how dual gender identities may be created through dream interpretation and socialization.
Speaker discusses her blog, which she developed to critique cultural appropriation by mainstream designers and retailers, and the online boutique she created to promote products made by Indigenous people.
Duration: 17:45.
Capstone Seminar Series, vol. 4, no. 1, (Re)Negotiating Artifacts of Canadian Narratives of Identity, Spring, 2014, pp. 3-26
Description
Examines Monkman's work from Sakahà: International Indigenous Art exhibition to show how he challenges concealment of Indigenous gender, sexualities, and western stereotypes.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 139-143
Description
Book review of: Biomapping Indigenous Peoples edited by Susanne Berthier-Foglar, Sheila Collingwood-Whittick, and Sandrine Tolazzi.
Review located by scrolling to page 139.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Winter, 1996, pp. 135-138
Description
Book review of: Bitter Feast: Amerindians and Europeans in Northeastern North America. 1600-64 by Denys Delage; translated from the French by Jane Brierly.
Highlights from an exhibit of "nearly 200 images of everyday objects, art pieces” and tools made from natural, barter, and/or modern materials by Canada's First Nations in the 18th-20th centuries.