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Aboriginal Peoples: Fact Sheets
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Paula Arriagada
Description
Data from the 2011 National Household Survey and the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.
Appendix Table 2: The Adequacy, Suitability, and Affordability of Off-reserve Status Indian Households, Canada, Provinces and Territories; 2011
Alternate Title
[Appendix Tables for 2011 Census/National Household Survey Housing Conditions Series: Issue 10: The Housing Conditions of Off-reserve Status Indian Households]
[Off-reserve Housing Conditions Online Appendix Tables]
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Source: CMHC (National Household Survey-based housing indicators and data).
Assessing Clinical Support and Inter-professional Interactions Among Front-Line Primary Care Providers in Remote Communities in Northern Canada: A Pilot Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie K. Young
T. Kue Young
International Journal on Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, 2016, p. article no. 32159
Description
Survey of primary care providers to identify issues relating to communication, clinical support and patient evaluation.
Assessing Mercury Risks for the Optimization of Nutrient Benefits from Wild-Harvested Fish Consumption in the Northwest Territories, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Ellen Stephanie Reyes
Description
Health Studies and Gerontology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Waterloo, 2016.
Best Part of Life: Subsistence Hunting, Ethnicity, and Economic Adaptation among Young Adult Inuit Males
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard G. Condon
Peter Collings
George Wenzel
Arctic, vol. 48, no. 1, March 1995, pp. 31-[?]
Description
Change in lifestyle in younger generation related to changes in livelihood including hunting and fishing for survival.
Camp Setup = Dechı̨tah ats’et’ı̨ gha seenı ́ots’ı̨ ́ ɂáh
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Describes setting up a tent and benefits of spruce matting.
Cancer Among Circumpolar Populations: An Emerging Public Health Concern
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. Kue Young
Janet J. Kelly
Jeppe Friborg
Leena Soininen
Kai O. Wong
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, 2016, p. article no. 29787
Description
Compares the incidence of cancer among the 8 Arctic States and their northern regions with a special focus on Inuit, Athabaskans and Sami.
Care, Cooperation and Activism in Canada's Northern Social Economy
E-Books
Author/Creator
Matthew Beaudoin
Jean-Sébastien Boutet
Cédric Drouin
Frédéric Moisan
Lucille Villaseñor-Caron ... [et al.]
Chipewyan Hunting, Scientific Research and State Conservation of the Barren-Ground Caribou, 1940-1970
Theses
Author/Creator
Veronica V. Cranstonsmith
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1995.
Creating Exclusive Breastfeeding Knowledge Translation Tools with First Nations Mothers in Northwest Territories, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pertice Moffitt
Raissa Dickinson
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, Sexual and Reproductive Health Promotion in Circumpolar North, 2016, p. article no. 32989
Description
Study look at social determinants that influence breastfeeding in Tlicho mothers in remote locations.
Creating Opportunity in Inuit Nunangat: The Crisis in Inuit Education and Labour Market Outcomes
Alternate Title
CSLS Research Report ; 2016-12
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nico Palesch
CSLS Research Report
Description
Looks at past and present outcomes in conjunction with developments in the public sector and mining, effects of socio-economic factors, makes recommendations for improvement, and identifies areas for further study.
Criminal Victimization in the Territories, 2014
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Samuel Perreault
Laura Simpson
Juristat, vol. [36], no. [1], April 27, 2016, pp. [1]-45
Description
Primarily statistics from the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS), combined with some from the 2009 General Social Survey (GSS).
Culture in Schooling in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Berger
Jennifer Johnston
Melissa Oskineegish
In Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Indigenous Education, Spring, 2016, pp. 61-76
Description
Study suggests that policy to move towards more culturally responsive schooling is yet to be realized.
Dene Laws = Mek’éé Dene Ts’ı̨lı
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Elders' brief descriptions of nine rules to live by.
Dene Medicine: An On-the-Land Healing Resource for Dene Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dene Nation
Description
Lists uses, location, harvesting, medicinal properties, preparation, and Elder's teachings for each plant.
Development and the Changing Gender Roles of Gwich'in Women
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the CRIAW-ICREFF Conference 1995
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Karim-Aly S. Kassam
Wanda Wuttunee
Description
Based on interviews in two northern communities and looks at traditional wage economy, leadership role and impacts of Land Claim Agreement.
Chapter three in book: Proceedings of the CRIAW-ICREFF Conference 1995 edited by Deborah Poff and Toni Fletcher.
Doing Things the Right Way: Dene Traditional Justice in Lac La Martre, N.W.T.
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joan Ryan
Drawing and Printmaking at Holman
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Janet Catherine Berlo
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 3, Fall, 1995, pp. 22-30
Description
Looks at a printmaking program, started by Father Henri Tardy, as a means for economic growth in the community.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 22.
Evaluating Food Use by Canadian Aboriginal Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eleanor E. Wein
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, vol. 73, no. 6, 1995, pp. 759-764
Description
Comments on necessary modifications to standard methods for assessing food consumption when researching Aboriginal communities.
Evaluation of the Aboriginal Peoples Program 2009-10 to 2013-14
E-Books
Author/Creator
Evaluation Services Directorate
[Canadian Heritage]
Description
Discusses the Northern Aboriginal Broadcasting program, the Canada-Territorial Cooperation Agreements on Aboriginal Languages, and support for National Aboriginal Day activities.
Examining the Vulnerability of an Inuit Food System to Climate Change in the Context of Climatic and Non-Climatic Stressors: A Case Study of Ulukhaktok, NT
Theses
Author/Creator
Colleen Parker
Description
Geography Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Guelph, 2016.
First Peoples Law 2016
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bruce McIvor
Description
Focuses on duty to consult and Indigenous rights.
Food Frequency Questionnaire Assessing Traditional Food Consumption in Dene/Métis Communities, Northwest Territories, Canada
Alternate Title
Food Frequency Questionnaire Assessing Traditional Food Consumption in Dene/Metis Communities, Northwest Territories, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mylène Ratelle
Kelly Skinner
Sara Packull-McCormick
Brian Laird
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 79, no. 1, Article: 1760071, May 13, 2020
Description
Article describes the refinement and implementation of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) in Dene/Métis Communities to assess what traditionally harvested foods are being consumed and what the potential is for exposure to environmental contaminants as a result.
Food Sovereignty and Self-Governance: Inuit Role in Managing Arctic Marine Resources
E-Books
Author/Creator
Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska
Description
Related Material: Summary and Recommendations Report.
From New Peoples to New Nations: Aspects of Métis History and Identity From the Eighteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gabrielle Legault
BC Studies, no. 192, Nikkei History, Winter, 2016/2017, pp. 152-153
Description
Book review of: From New Peoples to New Nations by Gerhard J. Ens and Joe Sawchuk.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 152.
From the Great River to the Ends of the Earth: Oblate Missions to the Dene, 1847-1921
Alternate Title
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Canadian North West
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Canadian North West
E-Books
Author/Creator
Martha McCarthy
p. xxiii, 269
Getting Started in Oral Traditions Research
Alternate Title
Occasional Papers of the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, No. 4
E-Books
Author/Creator
Elisa Hart
Description
Presents discussion of approaches, methodologies and protocols relevant to oral testimony with an emphasis on the Northwest Territories.
The Grey Nuns Northwest Territory Collection: Embroidery in the Mackenzie Valley
Theses
Author/Creator
Abra Wenzel
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2016.
Growth and Development of Physical Fitness in Igloolik Inuit and Volochanka nGanasan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andris Rode
Roy J. Shephard
Pediatric Exercise Science, vol. 7, no. 4, 1995, pp. 432-444
Description
Looks at the effect of physical activity on child and adolescent development in two circumpolar communities in the different phases of a sedentary lifestyle.
Identifying Seasonality in Pre-Dorset Structures in Back Bay, Prince of Wales Island, NWT
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Ramsden
Maribeth Murray
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 32, no. 2, 1995, pp. 106-118
Description
Discusses structure type, location and faunal content.
The Impact of Aboriginal Land Claims and Self-Government on Canadian Municipalities: The Local Government Perspective
E-Books
Author/Creator
Theresa M. Dust
Indigenous Knowledge and Colonial Power: The Oral Narrative as a Site of Resistance
Theses
Author/Creator
Elizabeth W. McIsaac
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 1995.
Inquiry into the Treaty Land Entitlement Claim of the Fort McKay First Nation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background, analyses and recommendations from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing on the issue of whether, under Treaty 8, the correct allotment of land had been reserved. ICC ruled that the land entitlement had not been fully satisfied and recommended that the claim be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Integrating Gwich'in and Inuvialuit Perspectives in a Community School in the Northwest Territories: A Case StudySchool in the Northwest Territories: A Case Study
Theses
Author/Creator
Janna M. Wolki
Description
Education Thesis (MEd) -- University of Western Ontario, 2020.
Introduction: Nursing Education in the Circumpolar North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Exner-Pirot
Northern Review, no. 43, Nursing Education in the Circumpolar North, 2016, pp. 1-10
Description
"This compendium includes ten reports outlining baccalaureate level nursing programs, delivered in all corners of the Circumpolar North, that have unique but often analogous challenges and contexts".
Inuit Relocation Policies in Canada and Other Circumpolar Countries, 1925-60: A Report for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alan R. Marcus
Description
Discusses economic, social and geopolitical motivations for policy, officials' descriptions of projects, and participants' reactions to the moves.
Inuit Women's Conceptualizations of, and Approaches to, Health in a Changing Climate
Alternate Title
Inuit Women's Conceptualisations of, and Approaches to, Health in a Changing Climate
Theses
Author/Creator
Linnaea Jasiuk
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 2016.
Is Nutrition North Canada on Shifting Ground? A Food Banks Canada Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Food Banks Canada
Description
Federal program is meant to reduce cost of food in remote communities by subsidizing transportation costs for northern retailers. Paper argues that the system has been built on flawed and overly ambitious policy rationale. Lists steps needed to address issues with program.
Land-based Practice for Indigenous Health and Wellness in Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Metisse Redvers
Description
Environmental Design Thesis (MEDes)--University of Calgary, 2016.
“The land is a healer”: Perspectives on Land-Based Healing from Indigenous Practitioners in Northern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer MétisseRedvers
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 15, no. 1, 2020, pp. 90-107
Description
Looks at the experiences of Indigenous practitioners from the three territories to discuss how a strong land relationship can lead to better mental health for Indigenous communities.
The Landscape of Midwifery Care for Aboriginal Communities in Canada: A Discussion Paper to Support Culturally Safe Midwifery Services for Aboriginal Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rachel Olson
Description
Includes background, three case studies, identification of key issues and policy recommendations.
Life in Hay River's High Rise
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lindsay Bell
Jesse Colin Jackson
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 4, no. 1, Reshaping the Northern Imaginary, February 2016, pp. [26-30]
Description
Looks at the Mackenzie Place High Rise originally built in 1975 to house anticipated employees coming to work on the Mackenzie Valley pipeline.
Living on the Land: Indigenous Women's Understanding of Place
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kahente Horn-Miller
Shalene Jobin
Carole Lévesque
Denise Geoffroy
Geneviève Polèse ... [et al.]
Long Ago Will Be in the Future: Interruptus, Residential Schools Research, and Gwich'in Continuities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Crystal Fraser
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 4, no. 1, Reshaping the Northern Imaginary, February 2016, pp. [20-22]
Description
Anthropologist discusses experience while conducting research for doctoral on Indian residential schools in the Northwest Territories.
Mary Okheena: Graphic Artist
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christine Lalonde
Mary Okheena
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 3, Fall, 1995, pp. 34-37
Description
Interview with a prominent Inuit artist.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 34.
Métis Land Claim Participation in the North: Implications for Southern Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Larry Chartrand
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 4, no. 2, The Right to Free, Prior & Informed Consent, May 2016, pp. 56-60
Description
Looks at the Sahtu Dene and Métis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, and Métis participation in Gwitch'in and Tlicho land claims in the Northwest Territories.
Midwifery in the North: A Research Paper Submitted to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lesley Paulette
Description
Discusses traditional practices, medicalization of childbirth, including evacuation of women, and current and future status of midwifery. Includes results of literature search and key informant interviews.
Mobilizing Decolonized Nursing Education at Aurora College: Historical and Current Considerations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
LeAnne Howe
Northern Review, vol. , no. 43, Nursing Education in the Circumpolar North, December 2016, pp. 67-81
Description
"The purpose of this report is to share the evolution of the program and the movement towards decolonized pedagogy and epistemology throughout its development."
Moose Hide = Golǫdhéh
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Media » Film and Video
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Describes the process of preparing and curing moose hide.
N.W.T. Abortion Review puts Spotlight on the Politics of Medicine
Articles » General
Author/Creator
JoAnn Lowell
Herizons, vol. 9, no. 1, Spring, 1995, pp. 27-28
Description
Investigation of physicians in the Northwest Territories performing abortions on women without using anaesthesia.