A Promising Approach: Best Practices in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shelley Svidal
ATA Magazine, vol. 86, no. 1, 2005-2006, p. [?]
Description
Talks about literacy programs developed for FNMI students in the Grasslands Regional Division No. 6 ,Lethbridge School District No. 51 and Pincher Creek.
Promising Practices in First Nations Child Welfare Management and Governance: Weechi-it-te-win Family Services: Utilizing a Decentralized Model in the Provision of Bi-Cultural Services
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Ferris
Estelle Simard
George Simard
Jacqueline Ramdatt
Description
Highlights the structure and philosophy of an agency which provides services to 10 communities in the Rainy Lake District of Ontario
Pronghorn Procurement on the Northern Plains: A Case for Small-Scale Hunting
Theses
Author/Creator
Alan James Youell
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2005.
Prostitution in Vancouver: Violence and the Colonization of First Nations Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa Farley
Jacqueline Lynne
Ann J. Cotton
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 42, no. 2, June 2005, pp. 242-271
Description
Fifty-two percent of the 100 women surveyed identified as First Nations. Results are separated into First Nations and non-First Nations.
Protecting Aboriginal Children
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bill Simon
Christopher Walmsley
Description
Forward and introduction to book, Protecting Aboriginal Children by Christopher Walmsley.
Protecting Aboriginal Knowledge, Culture and Art Under Canadian Intellectual Property Laws
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Spratley
Description
Discusses existing laws, issues of compatibility with Aboriginal culture, and how laws could be altered to better serve Aboriginal interests.
Protecting the Health of First Nation Personnel at Contaminated Sites: A Case Study of Mid-Canada Radar Line Site 050 in Northern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
Bruce C. Wainman
Jean-Philippe Weber
Celine Sutherland
Billy Katapatuk
Evert Nieboer
Arctic, vol. 58, no. 3, September 2005, pp. 233-241
Description
Description of the safety precautions used and the testing of the health monitoring protocol.
Protein Intake Is Inversely Associated with Abdominal Obesity in a Multi-Ethnic Population
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anwar T. Merchant
Sonia S. Anand
Vlad Vuksan
Ruby Jacobs
Bonnie Davis
Koon Teo
Salim Yusuf
Journal of Nutrition, vol. 135, no. 5, May 2005, pp. 1196-1201
Description
Evaluates the dietary and lifestyle determinants of abdominal obesity in a population which includes Canadians of Aboriginal ancestry.
Public Meeting on PA Indian Student Residence
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 5 negatives from a meeting in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan held on October 18, 1979 on the topic of the Prince Albert Indian Student Residence. The scanned negative shows three men sitting at a table.
Qallunaat Crossing: The Southern-Northern Divide and Promising Practices for Canada's Inuit Young People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shannon Moore
Wende Tulk
Richard Mitchell
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 2005, pp. 117-129
Description
Describes the challenges faced by non-Inuit teachers and communities in a cross-cultural educational setting and suggests that teachers would benefit from learning about Inuit culture before beginning to teach.
R. v. Decorte, [2005] 1 S.C.R. 133, 2005 SCC 9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Description
Decision on the powers of First Nations Constables and whether they remain "peace officers" within the meaning of the Criminal Code.
R. v. T.D.P.: A Young Offender, His Sentencing Circle, and the YCJA
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charmaine Panko
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 68, no. 2, 2005, pp. 455-474
Description
Discusses a case where the accused young offender used a sentencing circle, and comments on the difference a restorative approach can make.
Race and Ethnicity: Finding Identities and Equalities
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dominique Clément
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 772-773
Description
Book review of: Race and Ethnicity: Finding Identities and Equalities by Leo Driedger.
Race Is On in First Nations' Elections
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, October 17, 2005, p. B1
Description
Commentary on the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) elections for the positions of Second and Fourth Vice-Chiefs.
Racism, Sexism, and Colonialism: The Impact on the Health of Aboriginal Women in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Hampton
Carrie Bourassa
Kim McKay-McNabb
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 24, no. 1, Womens Health and Well-Being, Fall, 2005, pp. 23-29
Description
Argues that because Aboriginal women suffer from multiple oppressions there are even greater impacts on their health than that of Aboriginal men.
Raven's Children II: Aboriginal Youth Health in B.C.
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kim van der Woerd
Brittany Dixon
Tricia McDiarmid
Aileen Murphy ... [et al.]
Re-Constructing the Colonizer: Self-representation by First Nations Artists
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shandra Spears
Atlantis, vol. 29, no. 2, [Indigenous Women: The State of Our Nations], 2005, pp. 1-18
Description
Examines how women artists resist the colonial perspective to produce social change in educational ways.
(Re)presenting the Living Landscape: Exploring Community Mapping as a Tool for Transformative Learning and Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Maeve Frances Lydon
Description
Environmental Studies (Interdisciplinary) Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2002.
See : "Indigenous Maps and Mapping" on page 71-80.
Reading Beyond Words: Contexts For Native History
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Roger Carpenter
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 754-756
Description
Book review of: Reading Beyond Words: Contexts for Native History edited by Jennifer S. H. Brown and Elizabeth Vibert.
The Ready-to-Work Program: Opening Doors to the Tourism Industry
Alternate Title
Case Study (Conference Board of Canada) ; September 2005
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 061-06]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Douglas Watt
Description
Discusses the program that introduces Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals into the tourism workforce.
"Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margaret Connell Szasz
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 759-761
Description
Book review of: "Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood by Bonita Lawrence.
Realizing the Social Contract: The Case of Colonialism and Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Lee Nichols
Contemporary Political Theory, vol. 4, no. 1, February 2005, pp. 42-62
Description
Examines the historical events of the 1920s, the League of Nations and the development of the international society of states as it relates to the Indigenous peoples of North America.
Recalling a Former Cabinet Minister
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, May 2, 2005, p. B1
Description
Tribute to the late Gordon MacMurchy, a senior member of the Allan Blakeney cabinet and MLA from 1971 to 1982 whose responsibilities included First Nations affairs.
[Recensions/Book Reviews]
Book Reviews
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la Langue et les Savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 371-374
Description
Review of Au Pays des Inuit: Un Film, un Peuple, une Légende (Atanarjuat, La Légende de l'Homme Rapide) by Bernard Saladin D'Anglure and Igloolik Isuma Productions.
Review in French.
Recent Dissertations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathon Erlen
Jay Toth
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Special Issue: The National Museum of the American Indian, Summer - Autumn, 2005, pp. 738-743
Description
A list of Indigenous-related theses and dissertations, 2000-2005 alphabetical by author.
Reclaiming Connections: Understanding Residential School Trauma Among Aboriginal People: A Resource Manual
E-Books
Author/Creator
Deborah Chansonneuve
Reclamations of the 'Dis-Possessed': Narratives of Survivance by Indigenous Survivors of Canada's Residential Schools
Theses
Author/Creator
Sam Walker McKegney
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2005.
Reconciliation: Gitxsan Property and Crown Sovereignty
Theses
Author/Creator
Patricia Dawn Mills
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2005.
Reconciliation in Northern British Columbia?: Future Prospects for Aboriginal-Newcomer Relations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
K. S. Coates
W. R. Morrison
Northern Review, no. 25/26, Summer, 2005, pp. 17-34
Description
Discusses how Northern reconciliation has been emerging organically from the changing dynamics of northern society and the regional economy.
Reconciling Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Perspectives in Aboriginal Literacy Practice
Alternate Title
[First Nations, First Thoughts Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eileen M. Antone
Description
Paper examines Aboriginal perspectives and historical relations impacting literacy .
Reconciling Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Perspectives Through Modern Treaty Negotiations
Alternate Title
First nations, First thoughts Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael R. Hudson
Description
Examines legal framework used by the courts to advance relations between the Crown and Aboriginals.
Reconciling Dispossession? The Legal and Political Accommodation of Native Title in Canada and Australia
Theses
Author/Creator
Karen E. Lochead
Description
Political Science (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2005.
Reconfiguring Aboriginal-State Relations
Alternate Title
Canada: The State of the Federation ; 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Murphy
Evelyn J. Peters
Calvin Hanselmann
Roger Gibbins
Gordon Christie ... [et al.]
Recovering Aboriginal Cultural Property at Common Law: A Contextual Approach
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tamara Kagan
University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review, vol. 63, 2005, pp. 1-43
Description
Author argues that litigation, using property as its basis, may be the best avenue for repatriation.
Red Circles, White Boxes: How Wolastoq Women Understand the Processes of Their Own Learning
Theses
Author/Creator
J. Leigh Gillis
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of New Bruswick, 2005.
The Red Man's on the Warpath: The Image of the "Indian" and the Second World War (Book Review)
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
J.R Miller
International Journal, vol. 60, no. 4, Autumn, 2005, pp. 1160-1162
Description
Book review of: The Red Man's on the Warpath by R. Scott Sheffield.
Red Power in Canada (1970)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Richard Fidler
Description
Reprint of a pamphlet originally from Labor Challenge, February 23, April 6, April 20, 1970 issues. Includes an added 2005 introduction.
Original material presents exploration of developing movement of aboriginal people for self-determination and self-government within Canada.
Red River 1859 - 1869: Through the Eyes of a Nor'Wester
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Louessa Newman
The Atlas: Undergraduate Journal of World History, 2005
Description
Looks at the content found in the Red River settlement's first newspaper, The Nor'Wester.
Red Sky Presents Sun Spirits: Caribou Song and Raven Stole the Sun: Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pat McCarthy
Tomson Highway
Drew Hayden Taylor
Description
Includes discussion questions, classroom activities, and curriculum connections.
Redefined Rhetorics: Academic Discourse and Aboriginal Students
Alternate Title
First Nations, First Thoughts Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda-Ruth Dyck
Description
Discusses opportunities to redefine writings in ways that allow for Aboriginal students to engage their own oral discourse with the traditional print paradigm.
Reducing Health Disparities: A Priority for Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Morton Beiser
Miriam Stewart
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. Supplement 2, Reducing Health Disparities in Canada, March/April 2005, pp. S4-S5
Description
Discusses initiatives taken by the Canadian government to address the problem of health care for "vulnerable populations" such as Aboriginals, immigrants, refugees and the poor.
Reel Artists: National Film Board of Canada Portrayals of Contemporary Aboriginal and Inuit Artists and Their Art
Theses
Author/Creator
Carmen Robertson
Description
Educational Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2005.
Reflections of Yesterday & Today
E-Books
Author/Creator
Education Program of the Manitoba Metis Federation
Description
Includes interviews of: Albert Ballantyne, Laddie Ballantyne, Elsie Bear, Doreen Beaupre, Barney Brown, Leonard Budd, Al J.C. Chartrand, Amy Clemons, Lenore Clouston, John Cuthand, Jim Day, Johnny Dietrich, Norman Fleury, Rod Garrick, St.
A Regional Profile of Non-Timber Forest Products Being Harvested from the Cariboo-Chilcotin, British Columbia Area
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
George W. Powell
Description
Outlines the commercial and First Nations use of non-timber forest products including wild mushrooms and other wild foods, botanical medicinals, arts and crafts, floral greenery, bio-fuels, and forest recreation/tourism based on the forest botanical resources.
Registered Indian Population By Sex and Residence 2004
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations and Northern Statistics Section
Corporate Information Management Directorate
Information Management Branch
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Description
Register of names compiled by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development as a requirement of the Indian Act.
Registered Indians and Tobacco Taxation: A Culturally-Appropriate Strategy?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. E. Dennis Wardman
Nadia A. Khan
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 6, November/December 2005, pp. 451-454
Description
Discusses aspects of tobacco use, unique taxation aspects on-reserve, and rates of respiratory infection.
Rejecting, Revitalizing, and Reclaiming: First Nations Work to Set the Direction of Research and Policy Development
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Keely Ten Fingers
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. Supplement 1, Aboriginal Health Research and Policy: First Nations-University Collaboration in Manitoba, January-February 2005, pp. S60-S63
Description
Argues that First Nations peoples must develop their own quality-of-life indicators, research ethics and protocols.
Relating Practice to Theory in Indigenous Entrepreneurship: A Pilot Investigation of the Kitsaki Partnership Portfolio
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Hindle
Robert B. Anderson
Robert J. Giberson
Bob Kayseas
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 1/2, Winter/Spring, 2005, pp. 1-23
Description
Discusses the Kitsaki business partnership initiative of the Lac La Ronge band in northern Saskatchewan.
Relational Dimensions of Intercultural Communication for Public Dialogue and Decision-Making: A Case Study of Modern Day Treaty Negotiation in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Marcella Anne LaFever
Description
Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2005.