Residential Schools and the Kamloops Tragedy
Reports results of series of questions asked of 1,539 respondents regarding residential schools.
Resilience: Teaching Guide
Developed to accompany the exhibition Resilience which featured Indigenous women artists' works displayed on billboards in inner cities and on highways.
Related material: Project Templates; curatorial essay The Resilient Body by Lee-Ann Martin and her curator's talk.
Respecting Tobacco: Traditional vs. Commercial Use
Educational animated short (8:26 min.).
Restoring Our Roots: Land-Based Community by and for Indigenous Youth
Restoring Our Roots is research project that creates an inclusive sense of community using traditional land-based teachings to improve mental health by encourage Indigenous youth to reconnect with their own culture.
A Review of Literature on the Involvement of Children from Indigenous Communities in Anglo Child Welfare Systems: 1973-2018
An overview of the research on Indigenous children's overrepresentation within the welfare system.
The Right Space: The Impact of Meaningful Dialogue in Informing Culturally Safe Care in the Emergency Department in a Rural Northern Community
Looks at a project that interweaves Indigenous and Western point-of-views to improve emergency care for northern communities.
The Roots of Western Discontent : An Interpretation of the White Settlers’ Role in the Rebellion of 1885
History Thesis (MA) University of British Columbia, 1985.
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Documentary looks at the little-known story of Indigenous influences on and contributions to the evolution of contemporary rock and blues music. Artists profiled include Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, Jesse Ed Davis, Stevie Salas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Randy Castillo, Jimi Hendrix, and Taboo.
San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training as an Educational Intervention: Promoting Anti-Racism and Equity in Health Systems, Policies, and Practices
Examines an anti-racism educational program to address racism in Canada.
Seen but Not Seen: Influential Canadians And The First Nations from The 1840s to Today
Selected Children’s Fiction by Canadian Indigenous Authors Related to Truth and Reconciliation Themes
Lists approximately 150 works.
Shuvinai Ashoona: Life & Work
Sky Woman, Trickster, Windigo: Reflections of Traditional Storytelling in Contemporary Canadian Indigenous Novel
Anglophone Literatures and Cultures Thesis (PhD) -- Charles University, 2021.
A Snapshot: Status First Nations People in Canada
Social Justice Picture Books: Lesson Plans for the Junior-Intermediate Classroom
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
Sovereign Acts II
Curatorial essay which accompanied exhibition of the same name.
Spirit-Based Research: A Tactic for Surviving Trauma in Decolonizing Research
Looks at the mental and emotional toll of trauma-based research for Indigenous researchers and provides a pathway for copying.
Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence and Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Teaching Guide
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather learn his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 6-9 (Grades 1-4). Text in English with some Cree vocabulary.
Stories of Indian Days: O-ge-mas-es Relates Many Incidents Of Early Life in the West.
Compilation, edited and annotated, mainly consisting of newspaper articles published between 1920 and 1921. Text in bold, footnotes and words in square brackets are the editor's.
Swampy & Moose Cree Flora & Fauna Glossary = Ka-Nihtâwikihk Nêsta Awêyâšîšak
Tail/Tale/Tell: The Transformations of Sedna into an Icon of Survivance in the Visual Arts Through the Eyes of Four Contemporary Urban Inuit Artists
Art History Thesis (M.A) -- Concordia University, 2019
Tate and the Flyers
Primary reading level storybook.
Tech Anishinaabe Medicine Wheel: Decolonial Design Principles within Digital Technologies through the Development of the Indigenous Friends Platform
Communication and Culture Thesis (PhD) -- York University, 2021.
Telling Our Twisted Histories
Website contains links to a series of 12 podcasts which explore the impact of words such as reconciliation, indian time, school, reserve, and savage. Host Kaniehti:io Horn engages in conversations with more than 70 people from 15 First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities.
“There Needs to Be Full Recognition of Who We Are Beyond Symbolic Gestures”: Indigenous People's Stories About Their Education and Experiences
Using the experiences of Indigenous university students to discuss the importance of using Indigenous ways of knowing within contemporary school pedagogy.
The Three Sisters: Renewing the World
Discusses the long history of Indigenous agriculture, how plants from the New World spread to the Old. and the need to return to traditional practices and regain food sovereignty. Educators share their experiences and lesson plans which use the story of the Three Sisters to teach a variety of subjects. Created to accompany the video.
"To Bring a Little Bit of the Land": Tanya Tagaq Performing at the Intersection of Decolonization and Ecocriticism
Music and Culture Thesis (M.A) - Carleton University, 2019.
To Serve and To Heal: Native Peoples, Government Physicians, and the Rise of a Federal Indian Health Care System, 1832-1883
History Thesis (PhD) -- University of California San Diego, 2019.
Towards a Safer Social Work for Indigenous Peoples Seeking Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
Social Work Mémoire (MSW) -- University of Ottawa, 2019.
Tracking Justice: The Constitution Express to Shared Sovereignty
Treaties and the Law
General information on treaties in Canada.
Trigger Points: Current State of Research on History, Impacts, and Healing Related to the United States’ Indian Industrial/Boarding School Policy
Understanding the Indian Act
Speakers discuss how the Act has defined the government's and Crown's relationship with First Nations peoples; how it has impeded development of communities; and how fundamental changes are needed to give First Nations' control over governance and the ability to develop mechanisms to improve access to capital.
Duration: 1:09:15.
The Violence of Colonization and the Importance of Decolonizing Therapeutic Relationship: The Role of Helper in Centring Indigenous Wisdom
Looks at the impact of decolonization within the mental health community amongst Canadian Indigenous populations.
Walking on Our Lands Again: Turning to Culturally Important Plants and Indigenous Conceptualizations of Health in a Time of Cultural and Political Resurgence
Examines the role of ethnobotany in decolonization.
'What We Heard': Report to Employment and Social Development Canada on the Feedback Received Regarding the
Where Are the Children Buried?
General overview of historical context along with examples of specific schools for illustrative purposes and 'gap analysis' to recommend areas where further research is required. Second part of report is a more detailed summary of information on each school’s location and construction sequence, duration of operation, and reported cemeteries.
The White Man’s Camera: The National Film Board of Canada and Representations of Indigenous Peoples in Post-War Canada
History Thesis (PhD) -- University of Manitoba, 2021.
A Woodland Creation Story: A Concise Version
Based on the Iroquois story as told by John A. Gibson in the 1890s. Done in a glossary format.
Working Together: Indigenous Recruitment and Retention in Remote Canada
Written by the Body: Gender Expansiveness and Indigenous Non-Cis Masculinities
Youth Crime Prevention Projects in Native Communities: Interim Report
Discusses four programs: Skeena Youth Work Incentive Program, Rediscovery Project, Wilderness Alternatives Society, and the Neyunan Project.