Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Suzanne Scollon
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. 8, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 594-6
Description
Book review of: Defending the Land by Ronald Niezen.
The Destiny of Education for First Nations Children : Priority Intervention Areas
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Council (FNEC)
Description
Looks at programs that foster innovation and facilitate academic success for young adults, as well as improvements to accountability, resources and control to enhance educational services.
"Dialogue on Aboriginal Health: Sharing Our Challenges and Our Successes": Aboriginal Forum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Raincoast Ventures
Description
Draft proceedings of conference held June 26, 2002 in Aylmer, Quebec.
Échange Commercial et Usages Monétaires Non-Marchands dans le Cadre du Programme d'Aide aux Chasseurs du Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yohann Cesa
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, Populations et Migrations / Populations and Migrations, 2002, pp. 175-186
Description
Discusses the Nunavik Hunters Supports Program which has the goals of promoting traditional hunting activities, ensuring a supply of country foods, and maintains harvesting equipment such as community freezers and boats.
Élaboration du Gouvernement Régional du Nunavik et Construction de l'Identité Collective Inuit
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jérôme Bouchard
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, Inuit Urbains / Urban Inuit, 2008, pp. 137-153
Description
Discusses differing representations of identity demonstrated during negotiations to establish the region of Nunavik.
Elements for Reflection: Active, Independent Elders: The Heart of First Nations Culture and Wellness
E-Books
Author/Creator
Anne-Audrey Jourdain
Annie Brisson-Proulx
Emerging Obesity and Dietary Habits Among James Bay Cree Youth: 3 Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
Cynthia Bou Khalil
Description
Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2008.
Environmental Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Placental CYP1A1 Activity in Inuit Women from Northern Québec
Alternate Title
Environmental Exposure to PCBs and Placental CYP1A1 Activity in Inuit Women from Northern Québec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 110, no. 6, June 2002, pp. 607-612
Description
Study findings indicate that dietary exposure to PCBs in Inuit women does not influence activity in the placenta, but factors related to smoking do.
The Ermatingers: A 19th-Century Ojibwa-Canadian Family
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Susan Elaine Gray
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, p. 217
Description
Book review of: The Ermatingers by Brian W. Stewart.
Scroll to page 217 to read review.
Ethnohistoric Analogues for Storage as an Adaptive Strategy in Northeastern Subarctic Prehistory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marianne P. Stopp
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, vol. 21, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 301-328
Description
Argues there is storage evidence in archaeological cache pits and that there was practical food storage among the Beothuk of Newfoundland and the early historic Innu and Inuit of the Labrador–Quebec peninsula.
Evaluating the Co-Management Institutions Created By the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and The Inuvialuit Final Agreement With Planning Criteria
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew Kenneth John Bickmore
Description
Urban and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2002.
Final Report: Health Transition Fund Project (NA1012): Diabetes Community/Home Support Services for First Nations and Inuit
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joan Wentworth
Fire, Plants and People: Exploring Environmental Relations Through Local Knowledge of Postfire Ecology at Wemindji, Quebec
Theses
Author/Creator
Katherine Scott
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2008.
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
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Regional Longitudinal Health Survey 2002/03: Environmental Health Impact Assessment Survey: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
FNQLHSSC [First Nation of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission] Research Department
Description
Topics included external environment, housing and infrastructure, nutrition, employment and economic development, education, justice and safety, health and social services, identity, and governance.
First Nations to Benefit from Improved Internet Access
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marie White
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 8, November 2008, p. 21
Description
Reports on the joint venture of three Indigenous organizations that created the first inter-provincial community-owned-and-operated broadband satellite in Canada to serve northern Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.21.
[Foreword, Introduction]
Alternate Title
Dignity and Power
Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree
Nature, History, Society
Why James Bay?
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Hans M. Carlson
Graeme Wynn
Description
Author explains why he believes studying Cree hunters' relationship with their environment is important, and how this relationship has been effected by hydroelectric dams and integration into the modern Canadian economy.
Excerpt from Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M. Carlson, foreword by Graeme Wynn.
From Palace to Longhouse: Portraits of the Four Indian Kings in a Transatlantic Context
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin R. Muller
American Art, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 26-49
Description
Comments on four commissioned portraits by Verelst that are among the first painted portraits of Native Americans from the colonial period.
From Vision to Venture: An Account of Five Successful Aboriginal Businesses
Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; May 2008
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 08-103]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ashley Sisco
Rodney Nelson
Growing a Sustainable Community From Our Roots: Mohawk Experiences in Sustainable Housing - The Kanata Healthy Housing Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Katsitsaronkwas Jacobs
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 1, Special Issue on Sustainability, Summer, 2002, pp. 21-23
Description
Discusses the experiences surrounding the development in a Mohawk community of 7,000 people near Montreal, Quebec.
Homeless Inuit in Montreal
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nobuhiro Kishigami
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, Inuit Urbains / Urban Inuit, 2008, pp. 73-90
Description
Studies the homeless in Montreal, Quebec where according to recent figures, it is estimated that more than 90 of 800 Inuit that live there are homeless.
How the Fiddle Flows
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gregory Coyes
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Streaming Fiddles Media
Description
Discusses how the fiddle and music relate to Metis history and culture. Narrated by Tantoo Cardinal. Duration: 48:03.
I Dream of Yesterday and Tomorrow: A Celebration of the James Bay Cree
E-Books
Author/Creator
David Boult
Brian Craik
Jennifer Latham
Andrew Orkin
Boyce Richardson
Geoff Quaile
Andrew Webster
Identification de Facteurs Favorisant ou Nuisant l'Integration des Inuit dans une Structure Industrielle de Travail: Le Cas de la Mine Raglan
Theses
Author/Creator
Dominique Simard
Description
Social and Preventative Medicine Thesis (M.Sc.)--Laval University, 2002.
Text in French.
The Impact of Mining Development On Subsistence Practices of Indigenous Peoples: Lessons Learned From Northern Quebec And Alaska
Theses
Author/Creator
Paul E. Koke
Description
International Studies (Global Environmental Policy) Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2008.
The Impact of the Marshall Decision on Fisheries Policy in Atlantic Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Chantal A. March
Description
Fisheries Resource Management, Marine Studies Thesis (M.M.S.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2002.
'In the Eyes of the State': Memories of Indian Agents Agency and Resistance in Kahnawake
Theses
Author/Creator
Cori Simpson
Description
Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies Program (M.A.)--Trent University, 2008.
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.
Indigenous Peoples’ Land And Resource Rights
Alternate Title
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert B. Anderson
Bettina Schneider
Bob Kayseas
Description
Examines Roque Roldán Ortiga’s six criteria for judging the quality of a particular land and resources rights regime with regards to Indigenous governments; and looks at how those criteria can be used to measure the degree to which Aboriginal peoples in Canada have been successful with their struggle to have of their land, resource and other rights recognized.
Les Innus et les Euro-Canadiens: Dialogue des Cultures et Rapport à l'Autre à Travers le Temps (XVIIe-Xxe Siècles)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joëlle Gardette
An Integrated Arctic Strategy
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami]
Description
Submitted to the Canadian Federal Government to ensure that the Inuit are involved in any Arctic strategies that would affect their destinies. Seven themes are explored, as well as key pressures and key risks.
An Interview With Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, of the Kanien'kehá:ka Nation, Turtle Clan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim Anderson
Ellen Gabriel
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 52-58,14
Description
Interview with Ellen Gabriel, president of the Quebec Native Women's Association since 2004.
Inuit & Cancer: Discussion Paper
Alternate Title
Inuit and Cancer: Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
p. 27
Description
Opens a dialogue on the unique needs and issues relating to cancer among the Inuit.
Inuit Identities in Montreal, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nobuhiro Kishigami
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, Inuit and Qallunaaq perspectives: Interacting points of view, 2002, pp. 183-191
Description
Comments on the challenges of maintaining Inuit ways of life and language in an urban setting.
Inuit Identities, Language, and Territoriality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna Patrick
Diversite Urbaine, vol. 8, Special Issue: Plurilinguisme et identites au Canada, Autumn, 2008, pp. 91-108
Description
Discuses how the use of Inuktitut, French, and English languages affect linguistic and social-cultural identities in Nunavik and Ottawa.
Inuit Position on the Management of Municipal Wastewater
Alternate Title
Inuvialuit Regional Impact Assessment
National Inuit Position Paper regarding the CCME Canada-Wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent and Environment Canada’s Proposed Regulatory Framework for Wastewater
Nunatsiavut Regional Impact Assessment
Nunavik Regioinal Impact Assessment
Nunavut Regional Impact Assessment
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Contains links to the National Inuit Position Paper regarding the CCME Canada-Wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent and Environment Canada’s Proposed Regulatory Framework for Wastewater and regional appendices.
Inuit Statistical Profile [2008]
Alternate Title
Inuit in Canada: A Statistical Profile
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Includes variables related to age, language, health, and education of Canadian Inuit people.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami: 2007-2008 Annual Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Inuktitut Online in Nunavik: Mixed-Methods Web-Based Strategies for Preserving Aboriginal and Minority Languages
Theses
Author/Creator
Timothy James Pasch
Description
Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2008.
An Investigation of Teacher Role Definitions in Educating Inuit Students in Nunavik
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher Fuzessy
Description
Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2002.
Iroquois Population History and Settlement Ecology, AD 1500-1700
Theses
Author/Creator
Eric E. Jones
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Pennsylvania State University, 2008.
"It feels like a healing process..."
-The Maintenance of Traditional Values among the Mohawk of Akwesasne
Theses
Author/Creator
Elisabeth Holm
Description
Social Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Tromsø, 2008.
“It's Hard to Change Something When You Don't Know Where to Start”: Unpacking HIV Vulnerability with Aboriginal Youth in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Flicker
June Larkin
Christine Smilie-Adjarkwa
Jean-Paul Restoule
Kevin Barlow
Michelle Dagnino
Christina Ricci
Ruth Koleszar-Green
and Claudia Mitchell
Pimatisiwin, vol. 5, no. 2, 2008, pp. 175-200
Description
Discusses an approach to understanding issues related to HIV risk among Aboriginal youth and how best to address those issues.
Justice in Aboriginal Communities: Working to Increase Synergy
E-Books
Author/Creator
Maurice Galarneau
Kateri Tekakwitha
Alternate Title
Memories of Kateri Tekakwitha Renews Faith in Believers
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dianne Meilin
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 2, May 2008, p. 26
Description
Author chronicles the life of the first Native American woman to be declared blessed by the Roman Catholic church.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.34.
Kichi Sibi
Alternate Title
Kichi Sibi: Tracing Our Region's Ancient History
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Description
Site traces the Ottawa Valley's ancient history through artifacts found at archaeological sites in the region.
Knowledge and Perceptions of Tuberculosis Among a Sample of Urban Aboriginal People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Brassard
Kelly K. Anderson
Dick Menzies
Kevin Schwartzman
Mary Ellen Mcdonald
Journal of Community Health, vol. 33, no. 4, August 2008, pp. 192-198
Description
A study of awareness of tuberculosis (TB) causes, risk factors and symptoms; and their experiences with health services among a group of Aboriginal peoples living in Montreal.
The Last French and Indian War: An Inquiry into a Safe-Conduct Issued in 1760 that Acquired Value of a Treaty in 1990
E-Books
Author/Creator
Denis Vaugeois
Learning to Ask: An Aboriginal Custom for Respecting Forests Brings Appreciation and Understanding
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorne Peterson
Alternatives Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, Summer, 2002, pp. 31-32
Description
Describes ceremony regarding the loss of a forest due to construction of a four lane highway.