Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The First Nations Post-Secondary Education: Access
Opportunity and Outcomes Panel
Description
Presents a dialogue between AFN members to inform and advance a policy regarding the need to support post-secondary education and skills training for First Nations youth and adults.
Taking Action: Thinking Out of the Box: An Action Plan on Maternal-Infant Care for Aboriginal Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenda Gatto
Description
Plan developed in response to consultations with women, front-line health care workers, professionals, and nurses about needs of women who must leave their communities to give birth.
Taking Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Eileen M. Angelini
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 40, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 541-542
Description
Book review of: Taking Back Our Spirits by Jo-Ann Episkenew.
Taking Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sam McKegney
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, pp. 166-168
Description
Book review of: Taking Back Our Spirits by Jo-Ann Episkenew.
Taking Risks: Incorporating Gender and Culture into the Classification and Assessment of Federally Sentenced Women in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kelly Hannah-Moffat
Margaret Shaw
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.
Talk Medicine: Envisioning the Effects of Aboriginal Language Revitalization in Manitoba Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brent Delaine
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 2010, pp. 65-88
Description
Looks at the seven indigenous languages of Manitoba, some more threatened then others, and the possibility of revitalizing these languages in Manitoba schools.
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.
Taonsayontenhroseri:ye’ne: The Power of Art in Indigenous Research with Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kawennakon Bonnie Whitlow
Vanessa Oliver
Kim Anderson
Kari Brozowski ... [et al.]
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 180-189
Description
Describes an arts based research project which uses graffiti art to make Haudenosaunee symbols and images accessible and relevant for Indigenous youth. Discusses cultural bridging and exchange, decolonization, identity, cultural values, and Indigenous solidarity.
"Tapwewin 'Speaking the Truth' Muskeg Lake Cree Nation Reflections on Community"
Theses
Author/Creator
Jarita Greyeyes
Description
Human and Social Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2010.
Taxation and Economic Development in the Aboriginal Context
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Schulze
Description
Discusses tax laws focusing on the Indian Act tax exemption, section 87.
Taxation on the Little Portage Reserve: An Issue for First Nation Governance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ken Medd
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 17-22
Description
Fictional case study. Debates the merits of First Nations imposing taxes on Non-Aboriginals and/or Aboriginals.
Taxidermic Signs: Reconstructing Aboriginality
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Greg Johnson
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 101-104
Description
Book review of: Taxidermic Signs by Pauline Wakeham.
Taxpayer Organization Pushes for Taxing On-Reserve Purchases
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Isha Thompson
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 10, January 2010, p. 8
Description
Brief article claiming that First Nations tax exemptions give their businesses an unfair advantage.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
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 Guide for K.C. Adam's Perception: A Photo Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Reuben Boulette
Description
The Perception series features pairs of photographs which challenge stereotypes of Aboriginal peoples.
Teacher Resource Guide: English 10 and 11 First Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karmen Brillon
Anne Hill
Carol Arnold
Starleigh Grass
Joyce Johnston ... [et al.]
Description
Topics include planning for instruction, instruction and assessments units, and text recommendations.
[Teacher's Guide]: No Time to Say Goodbye by Sylvia Olsen
Documents & Presentations
Description
Stories in book are based on accounts from Indigenous people who attended Kuper Island Residential School. Lesson plan is intended for use with Grades 9 and 10.
Teachers' and Principals' Perceptions of Citizenship Development of Aboriginal High School Students in the Province of Manitoba: An Exploratory Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Deer
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 110, September 20, 2010, pp. [1]-33
Description
Looks at citizenship education and the need for traditional Aboriginal ways of learning to be incorporated into the curriculum to provide practical experiences in citizenship development.
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 at the Top of the World: An Autobiographical Inquiry
Theses
Author/Creator
Odette Barr
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Prince Edward Island, 2001.
Teaching Civilization: Gender, Sexuality, Race and Class in Two Late Nineteenth-Century British Columbia Missions
Theses
Author/Creator
Kim Greenwell
Description
Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia.
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 in the Taiga: Learning to Live Where I Am
Theses
Author/Creator
Shanna Hagens
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2010.
Teaching Tuberculosis: A Resource Guide for Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Youth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Richard Long
Malcolm King
Sylvia Abonyi
Maria Mayan
Paul Hackett ... [et al.]
Description
Guidebook developed for high school teachers with the intent to prevent the spread of TB and to encourage healthy behaviours through activities and lesson resources.
Teachings of the Seven Sacred / Seven Grandfathers: Basic Level Teachings Unit 1: Student Manual
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Native Literacy Coalition
Description
Students learn about the traits associated with each teaching: respect, wisdom, love, bravery, humility honesty, and truth and why they are important for living well.
Related material: Teacher's Manual.
Teachings of the Seven Sacred / Seven Grandfathers: Basic Level Teachings Unit 1: Teacher's Manual
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Native Literacy Coalition
Description
A series of lesson plans for each of the teachings: respect, wisdom, love, bravery, humility, honesty and truth. Related material: Student Manual.
[Teamwork and Job Involvement Training]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Meeka Arnakaq
Tears From a Grandma's Story
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Spiritriver Striped Wolf
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Fall, 2010
Description
Presentation of a story told by the author's Grandmother who survived residential schools and alcoholism.
Technical Considerations: Implementing the Decision
Alternate Title
Mackenzie Gas Project: Reasons for the Decision; vol. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Energy Board
Description
Discusses the Mackenzie Gas Project including environmental and socio-economic matters, development fields, routing and land matters, and disposition.
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.
Teeth for Life: The First Nations Oral Health Strategy
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurel Lemchuk-Favel
Description
Discusses model based on client-centered care and a multi-pillard approach combining health promotion and disease prevention.
Teionkwakhashion Tsi Niionkwariho:Ten "We Share Our Matters": A Literary History of Six Nations of the Grand River
Alternate Title
A Literary History of Six Nations of the Grand River
Theses
Author/Creator
Rick Monture
Description
English & Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2010.
Ten Thousand Years of Population Relationships at the Prairie-Woodland Interface: Cranial Morphology in the Upper Midwest and Contiguous Areas of Manitoba and Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Mary Thurston Myster
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Tennessee, 2001.
Terra Nova: Enacting Videogame Development through Indigenous-Led Creation
Theses
Author/Creator
Maize Longboat
Description
Media Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2019.
The Terror of the Coast: Land Alienation and Colonial War on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands 1849-1863
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Keith Thor Carlson
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 82, no. 2, June 2001, p. 361
Description
Book review of: The Terror of the Coast by Chris Arnett.
[The Terror of the Coast : Land Alienation and the Colonial War on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, 1849-1863]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Susan Neylan
Native Studies Review, vol. 14, no. 1, 2001, pp. 119-123
Description
Book review of: The Terror of the Coast by Chris Arnett.
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.
Then and Now, For the Land
Alternate Title
Special Section: Twenty Years After Kanehsatà:ke: Reflections, Responses, Analyses: Then and Now, For the Land
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Taiaiake Alfred
Socialist Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, Twenty Years After Kanehsatà:ke: Reflections, Responses, Anaylses, Spring, 2010, pp. 93-95
Description
Author reflects on the aftermath of events in Kanehsatà:ke (Oka crisis) and the reasons why Mohawak people took action.
There Are Doorways in These Huts: An Empirical Study of Educational Programs, Native Canadian Student Needs, and Institutional Effectiveness in British Columbia and Ontario, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Keith James
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 40, no. 3, 2001, pp. [24-35]
Description
Comparative study of post-secondary institutions in the two provinces yielded seven categories of issues related to improving education outcomes.
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
"These Paintings Have Spirit": Voices Found in Childhood Artwork from Indian Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Adele Bibault
Description
Discusses the repatriation and exhibition of paintings produced at the Alberni Indian Residential School and the Mackay Indian Residential School by exploring the views of a Survivor, Mark Atleo, and Intergenerational Survivor, Lorilee Wastasecoot.
Anthropology Honours Paper (B.A.)--University of Victoria, 2019.
"They are Strongly Attached to the Country of Rivers, Lakes, and Forests": The Social Landscapes of the Northwest
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Brenda Macdougall
Description
Looks at the familial relationships which developed in the community of Île à la Crosse as well as those established with representatives of the fur trade and the Church.
Introduction and Chapter 1 of: One of the Family: Métis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan.
Thinking About Aboriginal KT: Learning From the Network Environments for Aboriginal Health Research British Columbia (NEARBC)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth A. Estey
Andrew M. Kmetic
Jeffery L. Reading
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 1, January/February 2010, pp. 83-86
Description
Looks at a case study to identify areas where future discussion is needed to improve the understanding and meaning of knowledge translation in Aboriginal health research.
Third-Person Object Prefixes in Babine-Witsuwit'en
Alternate Title
Third Person Object Prefixes
Third-Person Object Prefixes in Babine Witsuwiten
Third-Person Object Prefixes in Nadoten Witsuwiten
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Gunlogson
International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 67, no. 4, October 2001, pp. 365-396
Description
Linguistic study of Babine-Witsuwit'en, an Athapaskan language spoken in central British Columbia.
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
Thirteen Moons Curriculum: Ojibway, Cree, Mohawk: Practitioner Guide LBS Levels 2 and 3
Alternate Title
Thirteen Moons Teacher's Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Native Literacy Coalition
Description
Resource for instructing students in the teachings associated with the moons in the three cultures, as well as numbers, days of week, months, and seasons in each language.