Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 19-36
Description
Argues that First Nation subsistence hunters of migratory birds should have an extended period of grace regarding the 1999 ban on the use of lead shot.
Provides information on background of the national survey, recommendations of feasibility study, development Manitoba survey and questionnaire, and presents results of key variables in graphic form.
Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies
The History of Cartography; vol, 2, bk. 3
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
G. Malcolm Lewis
Description
Attempts to describe Native American ways of representing worlds and landscapes.
Chapter 4 in book: Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies edited by David Woodward and G. Malcolm Lewis.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
This review uses the First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum (FNMWC) Model’s Continuum of Essential Services to collect, organize, and assess data on mental wellness services in the NWT. The findings highlight current services and gaps, and guide communities coordinating a full range of services.
Assessment conducted to determine teams' needs with respect to: capacity. governance, infrastructure, training, networking/community of practice, defining practice-based evidence and evaluation.
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 19-26
Description
Armstrong gives her personal account of the Indigenous rights movements that took place in British Columbia and across Canada, connecting the events and attitudes of the time to the larger Civil Rights Movement taking place across the continent and to other contemporary social/cultural shifts.
[Northern Perspective: New Approaches to First Nation Infrastructure Development]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Amanjit Garcha]
Dwayne Nashkawa
Description
Outlines challenges faced in addressing infrastructure needs and gaps, and discusses how this First Nation went about planning and financing improvements.
Virtual exhibition divided into six sections: how we lived with the buffalo; how we lived with the land; how we lived with other people; our world; and traditional stories.
Includes link to teacher toolkit.
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.
Discusses the role the Oblates played in British Columbia's Native land claims based on cultural conceptions of property and the government policies that provided a framework.
Collection of K-12 thematic units and lesson plans which focus on Aboriginal culture and perspectives on water and water quality issues faced by reserves.
Statistical information on number of prescriptions, number of prescriptions by type, rates of opioid-related hospitalization and emergency department visits, and mortality
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study of 100 parents of AI/AN children 71 months or younger attending outpatient paediatric primary care appointments found that the odds of regular child toothbrushing were 49.10 times higher when the parent brushed their own teeth regularly.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education , vol. 30, no. 4, Tribal College Women, Summer, May 5, 2019, p. [?]
Description
Article profiles two women who were instrumental in the creation of tribal colleges and universities (TCUs): Ruth Roessel founder and president of Navajo Community College (now Diné College), and Carol Davis, a founding member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC).
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, Special Issue: The Impact of Reserve and Reservation Systems on Indigenous Well-Being, November 22, 2019
Description
Results from a study which examines a dozen watershed plans indicates limited inclusion of First Nations in watershed plans created by the Saskatchewan Watershed authority.
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the flooding of reserve lands submitted by Qu'Appelle Valley Indian Development Authority (QVIDA) that represents eight First Nations from the area. ICC recommended that Canada has a lawful obligation to the QVIDA over the flooding of their reserve lands. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]