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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russel Lawrence Barsh
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, 1997, pp. 1-29
Description
Discusses the implications for the Aboriginal majority in Northern Quebec should the province separate from the rest of Canada.
The Basis for Native claims in Canada. - L.I. Barber. - Address. - October 1974.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
L.I. Barber
Description
Address to the Rotary Club, Yellowknife, NWT by the Indian Claims Commissioner of Canada. Abstract: "The author believes that the claims of the indigenous people of the Northwest Territories as to ownership of resources and a right to direct participation in resource development, together with a high degree of political autonomy within the larger Canadian society, are just and well-founded. Given control of resources, the indigenous peoples are fully able to cope with the responsibilities that go with large resources and with autonomy..."
Bibliography: Containing Material of Relevance for Researching Matter Concerning Indian History (Particulary History) in Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces
Alternate Title
Claims and Historical Research Centre ; B.7
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Claims and Historical Research Centre
[Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)]
Description
Lists material published before 1974.
Biculturalism in Post-Secondary Aboriginal Education: An Inuit Example
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher Fuzessy
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1997.
Book Review
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ben K. Jukpor
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 360-363
Description
Book review of: Louis 'David' Riel: 'Prophet of the New World.' by Thomas Flanagan.
Bringing Birth Home
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Beth Gallagher
Emanuel Lowi
Canadian Geographic, vol. 117, no. 1, January/February 1997, pp. 50-[?]
Description
Describes an innovative midwifery program in northern Quebec which allows women to give birth in their own community.
Cree Hunters of Mistassini
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Boyce Richardson
Tony Ianzelo
Description
Chronicles a group of three Cree families from the Mistassini region of Quebec, as they set up a winter hunting camp.
Duration: 57:55.
The Devil in New France: Jesuit Demonology, 1611-50
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter A. Goddard
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 78, no. 1, March 1, 1997, pp. 40-63
Description
Discusses 17th century Jesuit perception of Algonquian and Iroquoian peoples.
Discordant Voices, Conflicting Visions: Ojibwa and Euro-American Perspectives on the Midewiwin
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael R. Angel
Description
Interdisciplinary Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 1997.
Dorset Tip Fluting: A Second "American" Invention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick Plumet
Serge Lebel
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 2, 1997, pp. 132-162
Description
Describes and analyzes the characteristic style of tip fluting points in the Early and Middle Dorset.
Elements for Reflection: Active, Independent Elders: The Heart of First Nations Culture and Wellness
E-Books
Author/Creator
Anne-Audrey Jourdain
Annie Brisson-Proulx
Environmental Assessment and Viable Interdependence: The Great Whale River Case in Northern Quebec
Theses
Author/Creator
Peter Royston Mulvihill
Description
Aménagement Thesis (Ph.D.)--Université de Montréal, 1997.
A Feasibility Study to Overcome Barriers for Aboriginal Home Ownership
Alternate Title
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
D. V. York
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Focused on the socio-economic characteristics of the Aboriginal population of the Ottawa-Hull region, with particular attention to households occupying rental properties owned and operated by Gignul Non-Profit Housing Corporation or on their waiting list.
First Follow-Up Report on the Viens Commission: Assessment of the Implementation of the 142 Call for Action of the Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
First Nations Children Investigated in the Quebec Youth Protection System in 2014: Portrait of the Situation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mireille De La Sablonnière-Griffin
Jacinthe Dion
Sonia Hélie
Healing and Conversion: Medical Evangelism in James Bay Cree Society
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronald Niezen
Ethnohistory, vol. 44, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 463-491
Description
Draws parallels between biomedicine and evangelical religion and traces its dissemination in three distinct phases.
High Blood Cadmium Levels are Not Associated with Consumption of Traditional Food Among the Inuit of Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maritza Rey
Fernand Turcotte
Claude Lapointe
Eric Dewailly
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, vol. 51, no. 1, May 1997, pp. 5-14
Description
Attributes high cadmium levels found in Inuit to smoking rather than consumption of liver and kidneys of caribou and sea mammals.
HIV/AIDS and Aboriginal Communities: Impact of HIV/AIDS on Native Populations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Colette Vidal
Description
Examines several aspects of disease; who is at risk of infection social and psychological characteristics, treatments and care in communities.
In Defense of Mohawk Land: Ethnopolitical Conflict in Native North America
E-Books
Author/Creator
Linda Pertusati
p. xvi, 166
Incorporating the Familiar: An Investigation into Legal Sensibilities in Nunavik
E-Books
Author/Creator
Susan G. Drummond
Indigenous Pedagogy on Childhood: A Consultation with the Two Anishinabeg Communities of Long Point First Nation and Rapid Lake, Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carly Heck
Satya Cobos
Franco Carnevale
Mary Ellen Macdonald
Priscilla Pichette Polson
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 18, no. 1, Emerging Research from a Post-Pandemic World, 2023
Description
A study on the education and engagement of Indigenous children to be used to build healthy relationships with professionals that can support reconciliation.
Instructional Discourse of Inuit and Non-Inuit Teachers of Nunavik
Theses
Author/Creator
Alice Eriks-Brophy
Description
Communication Sciences and Disorders Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1997.
Inuit Attitudes Toward Deviant Behavior: A Vignette Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Christopher M. Fletcher
Lucy J. Boothroyd
The Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, vol. 185, no. 2, February 1997, pp. 78-86
Description
Six different cases of a man with strange behaviour were presented to Inuit adults to be rated for a willingness to live, work or hunt with him.
Inuit Concepts of Mental Health and Illness: An Ethnographic Study
Alternate Title
[Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report ; no. 4]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Christopher Fletcher
Ellen Corin
Lucy Boothroyd
Description
Identifies Inuit knowledge and perspectives and the basis of mental health problems with explanations for the behaviour.
It Takes a Community: Framework for the First Nations and Inuit Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects Initiative: A Resource Manual for Community-based Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects
Alternate Title
Framework for the First Nations and Inuit Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects Unitive
E-Books
Author/Creator
FAS/FAE Technical Working Group
National Steering Committee
Description
Reprint 2001.
Jimmy Arnamissak: "Leaving Something That People Remember You By."
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Simeonie Kunnuk
Jimmy Arnamissak
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 1, Spring, 1997, pp. 26-29
Description
Presents an interview with a carver from Inukjuak, Nunavik.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 26.
The Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project: Intervention, Evaluation, and Baseline Results of a Diabetes Primary Prevention Program with a Native Community in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann C. Macaulay
Gilles Paradis
Louise Potvin
Edward J. Cross
Chantal Saad-Haddad ... [et al.]
Preventive Medicine, vol. 26, 1997, p. 779–790
Description
Three-year participatory research project involving program taking place in a Mohawk community near Montreal. Program focused on elementary school children, with supporting programs for teachers, families and the community.
Language Use and Language Socialization in Bilingual Homes in Inuit Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
Clair Chen
Description
Communication Sciences and Disorders Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 1997.
Mohawk Indian Tribe Lesson Plan "Sky Walkers"
Alternate Title
Talking Feather: Lesson Plans about Native American Indians
Documents & Presentations
Description
Lesson plan about the Mohawk men who worked the high steel in New York City. For use with The Mohawks Who Built Manhattan by Renee Valois.
Related video High Steel.
Myths and Methods in Abenaki Demography: Abenaki Population Recovery, 1725-1750
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David L. Ghere
Ethnohistory, vol. 44, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 511-534
Description
Historical study of population levels including migration, impact of conflicts, diseases and epidemics.
A Native American Community Initiative to Prevent Diabetes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
V. L. Hood
B. Kelly
C. Martinez
S. Shuman
R. Secker-Walker
Ethnicity and Health, vol. 2, no. 4, November 1997, pp. 277-285
Description
Description of the formation of a coalition formed in the Mohawk community of Akwesasne and their programs to reduce dietary fat and increase physical activity in children.
Native Minorities and Ethnic Conflict in Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jean Leonard Elliott.
Current History, vol. 66, no. 392, 1974, pp. 177-181
Description
This article places the issue of the James Bay Project for the development of hydroelectric power into a historical and political perspective and discusses its effects upon the Aboriginals of Quebec.
On Being Native and Homeless on the Streets of Montréal
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Irene Glasser
City & Society, vol. 9, no. 1, January 1997, pp. 263-265
Description
Review of film: No Address directed by Alanis Obomsawin.
Palaeoeskimo Cultural Transition: A Case Study From Ivujivik, Eastern Arctic
Theses
Author/Creator
Murielle Ida Nagy
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1997.
PCBs and Dioxin-like Compounds in Plasma of Adult Inuit Living in Nunavik (Arctic Quebec)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. Ayotte
É. Dewailly
J.J. Ryan
S. Bruneau
G. Lebel
Chemosphere, vol. 34, no. 5-7, 1997, pp. 1459-1468
Description
Studies the high exposure of organochlorines, via food-chain contamination, on Inuit in Northern Quebec, and discusses the impact it has on their health.
Physical Activity, Anthropometry and Perception of Body Weight
Alternate Title
Qanuippitaa? How are We?
[Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2004]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bertrand Nolin
Patricia Lamontagne
Angélo Tremblay
Louis Rochette
Poisoned Food: Cultural Resistance to the Contaminants Discourse in Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John D. O'Neil
Brenda Elias
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 1, 1997, pp. 29-41
Description
Discusses risks and benefits of contaminated food and environmental health risk communication strategies.
Proto-Huron/Petun and Proto-St. Lawrence Iroquoian Subsistence as Culturally Defining
Theses
Author/Creator
Frances L. Stewart
p. 593
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1997.
Quaqtaq: Modernity and Identity in an Inuit Community
E-Books
Author/Creator
Louis-Jacques Dorais
Reference Guide: Customary Adoption and Tutorship in First Nations Communities and Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC)
A Selective Bibliography of the Mohawk People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larry Garrow
Richard Jock
Ray Cooke
Description
Approximately 343 sources, dated from 1762 through 1972, focusing on the St. Regis Reservation in New York, but equally applicable to Mohawks of Akwesasne in Ontario and Quebec. Citations are arranged by subject and subdivided by author.
A Sign in the Sky: Dating the League of the Haudenosaunee
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara A. Mann
Jerry L. Fields
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, 1997, pp. 105-163
Description
Evidence for dating the founding of the Haudenosaunee League (Rotinonshón:ni) to August 31, 1142.
Siqqitiqpuq: Conversion et Réception du Christianisme par les Inuit de l'Arctique de l'Est Canadien, 1890-1940
Theses
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Université Laval, 1997.
So I Can Hold My Head High: History and Representations of the Oka Crisis
Theses
Author/Creator
Peter Williamson
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1997.
Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Randy Horne
Description
Ironworker describes the dangers as a Mohawk construction worker and the 1990 Oka crisis.
Duration: 57:50.
State Recognition and the Dangers of Race Shifting
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darryl Leroux
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 46, no. 2, 2023, pp. 53-84
Description
Discusses the disputed Indigenous identity claims of four Abenaki tribes in Vermont.
The Supreme Court's Van Der Peet Trilogy: Native Imperialism and Ropes of Sand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson
Russel Lawrence Barsh
McGill Law Journal, vol. 42, Fall, 1997, pp. 993-1009
Description
Comments on R v. Vanderpeet [1996] S.C.R. 507; R. v. N.T.C. Smokehouse Ltd., [1996] 2 S.C.R. 672 and R. v. Gladstone [1996] 2 S.C.R. 723 (Sept. 1997).
Tradition and Modernity: The Cultural Work of Marius Barbeau
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew Nurse
Description
History Thesis (Ph. D.)--Queen's University,1997.
The Unique Role of Sled Dogs in Inuit Culture: An Examination of the Relationship between Inuit and Sled Dogs in the Changing North
Theses
Author/Creator
Kerrie Ann Shannon
p. 125
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1997.
Using Art to Create Knowledge or Creating Issuma From Art: A Multi-Media, Participatory, Education Project With Post-Secondary Inuit Students in Montreal
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Veroff
Description
Human Development Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Fielding Institute, 1997.