Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 45, no. 7, September 2000, pp. 607-616
Description
Reviews research on mental health and finds that despite challenges Aboriginal communities have done well, but feel more research is needed to help identify factors that promote wellness.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 181-196
Description
Looks at impact of story line involving fictional Ojibway community. Thirty surveys were conducted with non-Aboriginals to investigate whether readers had learned anything about Ojibway culture from the comic strips and if it was considered a realistic portrayal.
Metis casualty, identified as John Ross shown lying dead on the ground. He was the Metis who shot and killed General Strange, commander of platoon of scouts at Batoche. The scouts lassoed this man and dragged him behind horses until his body was mutilated as shown. He was believed to be 18 years old. [Source: Wes Fineday. Another source says he shot Capt. French.
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 141-142
Description
Book review of Métis in Canada edited by Christopher Adams, Gregg Dahl, and Ian Peach.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 141.
Prairie Forum, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2000, pp. 243-270
Description
Describes archaeological finds, in the Lauder Sandhills of Southwestern Manitoba, that appear to be rudimentary farmsteads of Métis peoples from the mid to 19th century.
Book review of:
What It Is to Be Métis: The Stories and Recollections of the Elders and the Prince George Métis Society edited by Mike Evans, Marcelle Gareau, [... et al.]
I Knew Two Métis Women: The Lives of Dorothy Scofield and Georgina Houle Young by Gregory Scofield.
Thunder through My Veins: Memories of a Métis Childhood by Gregory Scofield.
Prairie Forum, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2000, pp. 283-295
Description
Describes the difficulty of defining the term Métis and how most Métis people in Lethbridge, Alberta choose to remain invisible due to identity ambivalence or in an attempt to avoid possible discrimination.
Proceedings of the IDEAS: Rising to Challenge Conference
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Yvonne Poitras Pratt
D. Lyn Daniels
Description
Looks at what significant Indigenous memories are missing from official histories and what it might mean to hear these memories.
Chapter from Proceedings of the IDEAS: Rising to Challenge Conference edited by Paulino Preciado Babb.
Basic information about Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie, and Peavine settlements and each First Nation in Alberta.
Metis Student Self-Identification in Ontario's K-12 Schools: Education Policy and Parents, Families, and Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Anuik
Laura-Lee Bellehumeur-Kearns
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, vol. 153, 2014
Description
Using an online survey and interviews with Ontario school administrators to explore how the Ontario Education system has fostered a more welcoming environment for students to self declare their Indigenous status. These changes are implementation from the 2007 Ontario First Nation, Métis and Inuit Education Policy Framework.
[Carved in Stone: Mi'kmaq Petroglyphs Recorded by George Creed 1887-88]
[Carved in Stone: Mi'kmaw Petroglyphs Recorded by George Creed: 1887-88]
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Nova Scotia Museum of Cultural History
Description
Site provides general information about petroglyphs, how they are recorded, and includes biographical information about George Creed who traced and documented a number of petroglyph sites in Nova Scotia.
Family members, entertainers and organizer of the Walk 4 Justice discuss the issue of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls.
Duration: 54:35.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 24918
Description
Study involved secondary analysis of 3 cross-sectional studies as part of the Multi-Community Environment and Health Longitudinal Study in Iyiyuu Aschii and focus groups from Cree Nation of Mistissini, Cree Nation of Eastmain, and Wemindji Cree First Nation.
Bob Gannicott and Pierre Gratton speak about natural resource development in the north and how communities can benefit currently and in the future.
Duration: 57:59.