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.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2019, p. [9]
Description
Links to a short video biography of Little Thunder Woman (Katrina Harrison) in which the narrator discusses her experiences and the teachings she has received as a two-spirit person.
Thunder Finder
Duration: 3:10
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 4, October 21, 2019
Description
Article draws on a multi-year collaborative community study to articulate Indigenous understandings of and perspectives on the practice of FPIC in a Canadian Context.
Presents evidence gathered from focus groups involving youth, parents, service providers and community leaders, as well as statistical information, program inventory, and social network analysis. Focuses on indicators related to education, employment, health and mental health, and sense of belonging.
Brochure includes brief information on the medicine wheel, thirteen grandmother moon teachings, the seven grandfathers' teachings, powwows, smudging and the four sacred medicines.
Summary of discussions, during May and June of 2005, between the Department of Canadian Heritage and Aboriginal people to develop practical strategies for working in areas where the mandate, expertise and experience of the Department coincide with Aboriginal aspirations.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 191, no. 47, November 25, 2019, pp. E1291-E1298
Description
Study aims to determine if First Nations people with diabetes have experienced the same decrease in cardiac disease as other people in Ontario. Findings indicate that the incidence of cardiac events has declined among First Nations people with diabetes, but remains higher than other people with diabetes in Ontario.
George Wright Forum, The, vol. 27, no. 2, 2010, p. 222–233
Description
Examines the unique legal and constitutional relationship with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples and Parks Canada including the legislative policy and corporate changes that have occurred over the last 30 years.
Part I discusses historical and colonial context, provides snapshot of general communities and statistical indicators of families accessing services, and looks at the Indigenous Outcomes model found in Raising the Village.
Part II explores needs of families with children requiring specialized services, perspectives on partnership-building, and eight themes which emerged from discussions with non-Indigenous service providers.
[A National Conversation among Aboriginal Canadians Living in the Cities]
[Canadian Public Opinion and the Policy Agenda]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Indian Communication Arts (INCA)
First Nations University]
Paul Francis James
Geoffrey Prantau
Tina Pisuktie
Kenneth Chakasim
Collin Graham ... [et al.]
Description
In interviews, thirty-three individuals from across Canada discuss living in urban centres, identity, and contemporary issues they consider to be important.
Each interview is approximately 30 min. long.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, pp. 83-116
Description
Looks at the experiences of the Fort Albany First Nation during the Environmental Assessment process of the proposed Victor Diamond Mine and reflects on associated social justice issues.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 119-136
Description
Discussion, at the structural level, about the kind of education that is provided to Canada’s Indigenous peoples. The article also discusses a social activist, Shannen Koostachin, and her campaign to engage in social action in order to pressure the federal government to build a new school.
Story of a twelve-year-old boy who perished from exposure and starvation while running away from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in Kenora, Ontario.
Chapter two from The Poverty Wall by the same author.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 217-222
Description
Author reflects on the role of women in contemporary Aboriginal communities and more specifically her home community of Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek.