Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Beatrice Evans
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2015.
Telling Your Story
Alternate Title
Telling Your Story: The Indian Residential Schools Independent Assessment Process
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Charlene Bearhead
Greg Miller
Description
To help former residential school students who have registered a claim of sexual abuse, serious physical abuse and other wrongful acts, prepare for their hearings with the Independent Assessment Process. Video and transcript.
Duration: 17:28.
Temporal Trends of Alcohol and Drug Use among Inuit of Northern Quebec, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marilyn Fortin
Richard E. Bélanger
Olivier Boucher
Gina Muckle
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 74, 2015, p. article no. 29146
Description
Profiles the increase in substance abuse among Inuit in Nunavik and highlights the need for culturally-relevant public health interventions.
Terms of Coexistence: Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Law
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marilyn Poitras
Review of Constitutional Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, 2015, pp. 303-325
Description
Book review of Sébastien Grammond's Terms of Coexistence: Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Law
The Terrible Truth About Canadian Crime: No Justice for Indigenous Women
Alternate Title
Marlee Kline Lecture in Social Justice ; 2015
[Special Lectures (Allard School of Law), 2015-2016]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kim Pate
Description
Discusses incarcerated women, mental illness, incarceration rates and decarceration.
Duration: 1:06:07.
Theatrical Activism in Vancouver: From the Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood of BC to Marie Clements's The Road Forward and Back ...
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Selena Couture
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 164, October 1, 2015, pp. 44-50
Description
Analysis of the performance.
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.
Therapeutic Landscapes of Home: Exploring Indigenous Peoples' Experiences of a Housing First Intervention in Winnipeg
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dominic A. Alaazi
Jeffrey R. Masuda
Joshua Evans
Jino Distasio
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 147, December 2015, pp. 30-37
Description
At Home/Chez Soi (AHCS) project was a mental health and homeless program which ran from 2009 to 2013. Four themes emerged from Interviews conducted with 14 participants: security, mobility, socio-cultural perceptions of home, and separation from ceremony. Suggests that Western model of "home" does not necessarily mesh with that of Aboriginals.
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
"They Have Gone Back to Their Country": French Landscapes and Inuit Encounters in 18th Century Southern Labrador
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda Crompton
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, Les Inuit au Labrador méridional / Inuit in Southern Labrador, 2015, pp. 117-140
Description
Explores how Inuit reacted to the encroachments of the French using historical, cartographic, and archaeological evidence.
"They're Not Called Peace Canoes ... ": Formal Coast Salish War Canoe Racing in Stó:lō History and Identity
Alternate Title
Ethnohistory Field School Report ; 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Davis Rogers
Description
Discusses how colonization impacted traditional racing and the change from White-sponsored events to the modern Indigenous festivals.
Think Before You Appropriate: Things to Know and Questions to Ask in Order to Avoid Misappropriating Indigenous Cultures: A Guide for Creators and Designers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage Project (IPinCH)
Description
Looks at why some products are labelled as "cultural appropriation" and why this invokes strong pushback.
Think Indigenous [1: Intro Crystal Lameman]
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) ; 2015]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Crystal Lameman
Description
Speaker connects Aboriginal ways of knowing to today's world.
From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan.
Duration: 32:50.
Think Indigenous [10: Chris Scribe]
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) ; 2015]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Chris Scribe
Description
Speaker talks about teaching and making a difference.
From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan.
Duration: 22:33
Think Indigenous [2: Terry Brockie]
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) ; 2015]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Terry Brockie
Description
Speaker talks about the importance of language in education.
From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan.
Duration: 27:22.
Think Indigenous [3: Evan Taypotat]
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) ; 2015]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Evan Taypotat
Description
Speaker discusses problems encountered and solutions implemented at Kahkewistahaw Community School (CKCS).
From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan.
Duration: 26:54.
Think Indigenous [4: Deanna Ledoux]
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) ; 2015]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Deanna Ledoux
Description
Speaker talks about finding a healthy pathway to education in Aboriginal communities.
From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan.
Duration: 29:18.
Think Indigenous [5: Colby Tootoosis]
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) ; 2015]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Colby Tootoosis
Description
Speaker talks about the law of disparative structures and systems.
From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan.
Duration: 31:13.
Think Indigenous [6: Curtis Peeteetoos]
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) ; 2015]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Curtis Peeteetoos
Description
Speaker talks about the value of theatre.
From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan.
Duration: 31:21.
Think Indigenous [7: Laryn Oakes & Andre Bear]
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) ; 2015]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Laryn Oakes
Andre Bear
Description
Speakers talk about finding identity at school and experiences with the Eagle Quest program.
From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan.
Duration: 22:16.
Think Indigenous [8: Michael Linklater]
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) ; 2015]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Micheal Linklater
Description
Speaker shares his personal story and philosophy for success.
From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan. Duration: 24:02.
Think Indigenous [9: Eekwol (Lindsay Knight)]
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) ; 2015]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Eekwol (Lindsay Knight)
Description
Lindsay Knight, hiphop artist talks about creativity.
From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan.
Duration: 20:54.
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 Benevolent Experiment : Indigenous Boarding Schools, Genocide, and Redress in Canada and the United States]
Alternate Title
[5th Annual Critical Conversations Series]
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Andrew Woolford
Description
Podcast discusses genocide and compares Canadian boarding schools to those in the United States. Speaks about his book, This benevolent experiment : Indigenous boarding schools, genocide, and redress in Canada and the United States.
Duration unknown.
Accompanying material.
This is Our Life: Haida Material Heritage and Changing Museum Practice.
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
E. Gwyn Langemann
Manitoba History, no. 79, Fall , 2015, pp. 54-55
Description
Book review of This is Our Life by Cara Krmpotich and Laura Peers, with the Haida Repatriation Committee and staff of the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum.
This Land Is Your Land: Exploring The Sea To Sky Land And Resource Management Plan Through The Lens Of Indigenous Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Jocelyn Leah Beatty
Description
Planning Thesis (MES)--University of Waterloo, 2015.
'This Sacred Land is Our Home. Respectful Visitors Welcome': An Indigenized Code of Conduct For Visitors to the Traditional Lands of the Lutsel k'e Dene First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Allison P. Holmes
Description
Recreation and Leisure Studies-Tourism Policy and Planning Thesis (M.A.)--University of Waterloo, 2015.
“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.
Threading, Stitching, and Storytelling: Using CBPR and Blackfoot Knowledge and Cultural Practices to Improve Domestic Violence Services for Indigenous Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily Lindsay Jackson
Julie Coleman
Gayle Strikes with a Gun
Doris Sweet Grass
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 4, no. 1, October 2015, pp. [1]-27
Description
Discusses the process and outcomes of a community-based participatory research project aimed at improving on and off reserve shelter services in rural southwestern Alberta.
Three Indians In Snow Scene
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marie-Paule Robitaille
Canada's History, vol. 95, no. 6, December-January 2015, pp. 14-15
Description
Brief description of a painting attributed to Peter Rindisbacher and completed in the early 1800s in present day Manitoba.
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.
Through an Indigenous Lens: Understanding Indigenous Masculinity and Street Gang Involvement
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert D. Henry
Description
Native Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2015.
Through the Lens of Our Cameras: Children's Lived Experience with Food Security in a Canadian Indigenous Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S. K. Genuis
N. Willows
Alexander First Nation
C. Jardine
Child, vol. 41, no. 4, July 2015, pp. 600-610
Description
Discusses results from Photovoice study involving 26 elementary school children. Five findings emerged: dualistic understanding of health vs. unhealthy foods; packaged foods predominated; importance of family; traditional foods viewed as healthier, but few appeared in photographs; despite lack of photographs, children liked to eat fruits and vegetables when available at home.
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.
The Ties That Blind: Making Fee Simple in the British Columbia Treaty Process
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas Blomley
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, vol. 40, no. 2, April 2015, pp. 168-179
Description
Based on the treaty process, examines ways the state has attempted to dislodge property from recent colonial entanglements.
Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and Swift Water Power Corporation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Business and Investment Council
Description
Comments on successful business partnership and their hydroelectric projects.
Tłicho Co-management and the Bathurst Caribou Herd, 2009-2011
Theses
Author/Creator
Jesse Lever
Description
Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2015.
Tł̨ich̨o Dene Foodways: Hunters, Animals, and Ancestors
Theses
Author/Creator
David Saliba Walsh
To Dignity Through the Back Door: Tsilhqot'in and the Aboriginal Title Test
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrée Boisselle
The Supreme Court Law Review, vol. 71, no. 1, 2015, pp. 27-43
Description
Discusses the concept of "prior occupation" of the land and the clarification of test for Aboriginal title in the judgment of Tsilhquot'in Nation v. British Columbia.
To Dream Together: Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights Dialogue Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ontario Human Rights Commission
To Fish as Formerly: A Resurgent Journey Back to the Saanich Reef Net Fishery
Theses
Author/Creator
Nicholas XEMŦOLTW Claxton
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2015.
"To Instruct the Children of Said Indians as to Her Government of Canada May Seem Advisable": The Implementation of Treaty 7 Education Promises from 1877 to 1923
Alternate Title
"They'd Lost Everything and Were Not Qualified": The Legacy of the Unmet Education Promises Made in Treaty 7
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tarisa [Dawn] Little
Mount Royal Undergraduate Humanities Review, vol. 3, 2015, pp. [32]-47
Description
Focuses on the creation and management of the schools prior to the merging of industrial and boarding schools to form residential schools.
"To rob the world of a people": Language Removal as an Instance of Colonial Genocide in the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalia Ilyniak
Genocide Studies and Prevention, vol. 9, no. 2, Time, Movement, and Space: Genocide Studies and Indigenous Peoples, October 2015, pp. [76]-97
Description
Examines how the schools practices were designed to disrupt child/community relationship by removing Anishinaabe language.
Together in Wellness: Tripartite Committee on First Nations Health: Annual Report, October 2014-October 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Authority
British Columbia Ministry of Health
Health Canada
Description
"A report on the fourth year of the B.C. Tripartite Framework Agreement on First Nation Health Governance Implementation".
Tool Box: First Nations Parental and Community Involvement
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Council (FMEC)
Description
Makes suggestions for promoting involvement through support, communication, training, and parents' committees.
A Toolkit for On-reserve Matrimonial Real Property Dispute Resolution
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hadley Friedland
Jessica Asch
Val Napoleon
Description
Discusses: typical mechanisms, community-based justice models, and processes derived from Indigenous legal traditions; governance, community and participant considerations for discussion; and guiding questions and building blocks. Includes examples of existing models and how they function.
A Toolkit for Understanding Aboriginal Heritage & Burial Rights & Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anishinabek Nation
Description
Brief summary of pertinent federal and provincial legislation, processes, and considerations and best practices.
Top 5 Indigenous Issues All Canadians Should Care About
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Trina Roache