Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Yale D. Belanger
Native Studies Review, vol. 16, no. 1, 2005, pp. 119-121
Description
Book review of: Aboriginal Autonomy and Development in Northern Quebec and Labrador edited by Colin H. Scott.
Aboriginal Peoples Fact and Fiction
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pierre Lepage
Description
3rd edition updated and expanded.
Aboriginal Soldiers From Quebec: The Conflicts at Home and Abroad
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marie White
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 8, 2005, p. 21
Description
Discussion of Aboriginal participation in military service.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.25.
Les Amérindiens dans la Littérature Canadienne Française et Québécoise
Alternate Title
[First Nations, First Thoughts Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Evelyne Méron
Description
Traces the attitudes of French-Canadian society toward Aboriginals as expressed in past and present literature.
Text in French.
Anthropology and Ethnicity's Interplay Among First Nations in Canada: The Case of Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cristhian Teófilo da Silva
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, 2005, pp. 553-569
Description
Depicts Quebec as an ethnically polarized province that inhibits First Nations from developing their own styles of ethnology.
Beating the Odds
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gloria Nelson
Joyce Bonspiel-Nelson
Paediatrics & Child Health, vol. 10, no. 9, Our Children and Youth are Sacred, November 2005, pp. 533-535
Description
Looks at two crises faced by the Kanesatake (Oka) community and the resulting implementation of programs and services to assist the community deal with lasting trauma.
Building on Success: Strategies for Promoting Economic Development in the North: Written Submission for the House of Commons Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Alternate Title
http://www.naedb-cndea.com/reports/anaedb-submission-to-the-standing-committee-on-aboriginal-affairs-and-northern-development.pdf
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Economic Development Board
Description
Discussion on the development of the Federal Framework for Aboriginal Economic Development; recent Federal measures including the Northern Strategy; a series of agreements between government and Aboriginal communities, including self-government and Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements; and examines how they can play a central role in strengthening the northern economy.
Can Capitalism Be Decolonized? Recentering Indigenous Peoples, Values, and Ways of Life in the Canadian Art Market
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Solen Roth
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 3, Summer, 2019, pp. 306-338
Description
Author examines the interdependent nature of colonial and capitalist structures and their collaborative resistance to decolonizing efforts. Explores two different sites in which Indigenous businesses are working to engage in the market while maintaining business practices rooted Indigenous values and principles. Asks how these economic practices can support the dismantling of colonial-capitalist economic institutions.
Child-Targeted Assimilation: An Oral History of Indian Day School Education in Kahnawà:ke
Theses
Author/Creator
Wahéhshon Shiann Whitebean
Description
Individualized Program Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2019.
Co-management - An Attainable Partnership? Two Cases from James Bay, Northern Quebec and Torres Strait, Northern Queensland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. E. Mulrennan
C. H. Scott
Anthropologica, vol. 47, no. 2, 2005, pp. 197-213
Description
Comparison includes the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and the Agreement Concerning a New Relationship between Le Gouvernement du Québec and the Crees of Québec with the Torres Strait Treaty.
Critical Success Factors in the First Nations Fishery of Atlantic Canada: Mi’kmaq and Maliseet Perceptions
Alternate Title
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tom Cooper
Terry Hickey
Leon Sock
Gerald Hare
Description
Purpose of study is to help guide First Nations communities in developing policies, procedures and controls that will ensure effective fisheries management.
Cultural Safety Training for Health Professionals Working with Indigenous Populations in Montreal, Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Victor
Melissa Shouting
Chelsey DeGroot
Les Vonkeman
Mark Brave Rock
Roger Hunt
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 1, Physical Activity and Cultural Safety, May 28, 2019, pp. 42-59
Description
Evaluates a Montreal based program focused on developing empathy and competency around the provision of culturally safe healthcare services. Identifies challenges related to the political will of healthcare practitioners to participate in decolonizing services.
Le Dépistage des Retards de Développement Chez les Jeunes Enfants d’une Communauté des Premières Nations
Alternate Title
[Detecting Developmental Delays in Young Children of a North American Indian Community]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carmen Dionne
Suzie McKinnon
Jane Squires
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 117-123
Description
Study used a sample of 12 teachers involved with 213 Mohawk children between the ages of 29-60 months who attended the Step by Step Child and Family Center of Kahnawake, Quebec. Goal was to assess the Ages and Stages questionnaire as a culturally appropriate tool to recognize young children at risk for social or emotional difficulties.
Article in French.
Final Report of the Honorable Jean-Jacques Croteau Retired Judge of the Superior Court Regarding the Allegations Concerning the Slaughter of Inuit Sled Dogs in Nunavik (1950-1970)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jean-Jacques Crotueau
Description
Inquiry found that harmful consequences occurred due to the actions of individuals acting on behalf of both the Canadian and Quebec governments.
A First Nations Garden in France
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katherine McIntyre
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 6, September 2010, p. 22
Description
Describes Ohtehra Garden in France, the only First Nations garden outside of Canada, which features plants from Quebec's 11 First Nations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.
First Nations in Quebec and Labrador's Research Protocol: Companion Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joannie Gray Roussel
Description
Related material: First Nations in Quebec and Labrador's Research Protocol.
A Glimmer of Hope: A Review of Recent Works on the Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Settler Society
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Keith Smith
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 44, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 219-229
Description
Book reviews of: Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada by J.R. Miller.
Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M.
Healing Through Art: Ritualized Space and Cree Identity
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 41
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nadia Ferrara
Investigating the Inuit-Canadian Government Relationship. Claiming about the Fate of Inuit Dogs and Inuit Leadership
Alternate Title
Inuit Studies Conference ; 17th, 2010
[Inuit People and the Aboriginal World]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Francis Lévesque
Description
In-depth look at the process and strategy of claims made against the Federal government by the Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) and the Makivik Corporation for the killing of Inuit sled dogs between 1950 and 1970.
James Bay Cree Students and Higher Education: Issues of Identity and Culture Shock
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher Darius Stonebanks
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2005.
The Kahnawà:ke Schools’ Diabetes Prevention Project: Perspectives on Data Sovereignty in Indigenous Community-Academic Partnered Health Research
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrea Ianni
Description
Kinesiology and Health Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--Queen's University, 2019.
The Kahnawà:ke Standoff and Reflections on Fascism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Bedford
Thomas Cheney
Socialist Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, Special Section: Twenty Years After Kanehsatà:ke: Reflections, Responses, Analyses, Spring, 2010, pp. 125-136
Description
Discusses media and government reactions to the Oka protest in 1990.
Mapping Geographies of Canadian Colonial Occupation: Pathway Analysis of Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annita Hetoevėhotohke'e Lucchesi
Gender, Place & Culture, vol. 26, no. 6, 2019, pp. 868-887
Description
Uses life course analysis of four women to explore linkages between relationships to the land, colonialism and intergenerational violence, and argues that rather than putting themselves at risk as is popularly perceived, they find themselves subjected to circumstances created and maintained by the Canadian state which make them vulnerable to perpetrators of violence.
Modernity, Resource Development and Constructs of Indigeneity: A Summary Analysis of Canadian Jurisprudence and Aboriginal Rights
Theses
Author/Creator
Stéfanie S. Primeau
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2010.
Northern Québec James Bay Cree Regional Health Governance in Support of Community Participation: Honouring the "Butterfly"
Alternate Title
Northern Quebec James Bay Cree Regional Health Governance in Support of Community Participation: Honouring the "Butterfly"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martine C. Lévesque
Susan Law
Jill Torrie
Robert Carlin
Lucy Trapper ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 4, October 21, 2019
Description
Discusses the revelations of studies conducted by the Quebec regional health and social services agency on community engagement in healthcare planning. Highlights the nuanced differences between Cree perspectives and non-Indigenous perspectives and the need for models based in the recognition and elevation of community knowledges and viewpoints.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Quebec First Nations Information Governance Framework
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emilie Grantham
Quels Sont les Facteurs Favorisant ou Inhibant la Réussite Éducative des Élèves Autochtones?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hélène Archambault
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 107-116
Description
Examines the personal, academic and psychosocial factors that encourage or inhibit educational success. Emphasis is on Aboriginal students in Québec.
Article in French.
(Re)covering Oka: Alanis Obomsawin's Representation of the Crisis at Oka
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lindsey Campbell
Offscreen, vol. 14, no. 3, March 2010, p. [?]
Description
Comments on filmmakers's representation of the Mohawk men, women and children in the her documentaries dedicated to telling the story of the Mohawks of Kanawake involved in the 1990 crisis.
Reclaiming Power and Place Volume 2: A Supplementary Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls; Kepek--Quebec
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Reconciling Differences: The Triumphs are Spectacular, But Few
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 6, September 2010, p. 12
Description
Comments on the twentieth anniversary of the Oka Crisis and the healing and reconciliation done by the sister of slain police officer Corporal Marcel Lemay.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.
Reference Guide: First Nations Employment and Retention
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Human Resources Development Commission of Québec (FNHRDCQ)
Description
Collection of best practices used by companies. Provides information on context, workforce awareness, advantages to workforce diversity, employment challenges, and the elements of a successful integration strategy.
Representations of Mohawk and Native Histories in High School Textbooks: A Comparative Analysis of English-Language and Mohawk Textbooks in Quebec
Theses
Author/Creator
Angela Briscoe
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2005.
‘So, where are you from?’ Glimpsing the History of Ottawa-Gatineau’s Urban Indian Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
Karyn Pugliese
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2005.
The Task Force on Museums and First Peoples, a Decade Later: A Case Study of the McCord Museum of Canadian History
Alternate Title
[First Nations, First Thoughts Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie Bolton
Description
Examines three areas for reform: increased Aboriginal involvement, repatriation of artefacts and improved access.
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.
Two Paths One Direction: Parks Canada and Aboriginal Peoples Working Together
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Steve Langdon
Rob Prosper
Nathalie Gagnon
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.
The White Man's Gonna Getcha: The Colonial Challenge to the Crees in Québec
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cath Oberholtzer
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 3, Autumn, 2005, pp. 575-577
Description
Book review of: The White Man's Gonna Getcha: The Colonial Challenge to the Crees in Québec by Toby Morantz.
Wildlife Management in Nunavik: Structures, Operations, and Perceptions Following the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Gombay
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 2, June 19, 2019 , pp. 181-196
Description
Article extends Lorraine Brooke’s 1995 study of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA) and its effectiveness in creating a wildlife co-management regime; concludes that little progress has been made since 1995, and the power relationships between Inuit and non-Inuit Government agencies remains problematic.