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Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Dominic Eshkawkogan
Norman Agounie
Jim McGregor
Wilfred Owl
Ron Wakegijig
Smith Atimoyoo
Indian History Film Project
Description
A conference where several speakers discuss the role of elders in educating young people and the loss of respect for the elders in modern Indian society. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
2021 Compendium of Indigenous Knowledge and Local Knowledge: Towards Inclusion of Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Global Reports on Climate Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Jo Belasco
Dawn Hill Adams
Jamie Donatuto
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
Rider Panduro Meléndez ... [et al.]]
Description
Submissions from Indigenous peoples and local knowledge holders in a variety of formats.
“Wounded Leaving for Saskatoon" [from Fish Creek, May 2, 1885], N.W. Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of wounded soldiers leaving for Saskatoon likely from Fish Creek on 2 May 1885 during the Northwest Resistance. A trail of men on horseback and horse-drawn wagons are visible.
Aboriginal Rights Position Paper [1978]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)
Description
Paper is based on the fundamental belief that Aboriginal rights are inherent rights that cannot be extinguished or terminated.
Across Australia ... From Health Worker to Health Worker
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rae Mick
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, December 1978, pp. 32-34
Description
Describes the, 'bush' foods and medicinal choices available to Aboriginal people before widespread European influence appeared in the Australian outback.
Adult Competencies among Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Findings from the First Cycle of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
The American Indian: A Fire Ecologist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph D. Mitchell
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, 1978, pp. 26-31
Description
Brief survey of the ways in which fire was used to manage vegetation and discussion of how prescribed burning is gaining acceptance as an environmentally sound practice.
American Indian Genes in the Media: Representations of the Havasupai Indian Tribe in Their Case against Arizona State University
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raymond I. Orr
Justin Reedy
Dalaki Livingston
Paul Spicer
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 45, no. 2, 2021, pp. 65-80
Description
Discusses the media's framing of the Havasupai case against the Arizona State University's genomic research as a matter of ethics rather than an issue of Indigenous sovereignty.
Art, Indigenous Sovereignty, and Resistance in the Age of Big Oil: Corwin Clairmont's Two-Headed Arrow/The Tar Sands Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katie Kane
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 2, Spring, 2021, pp. [152]-195
Description
An analysis of the art installation performed and exhibited in 2018 and discussion of how the artist's works express resistance to the proposed oil pipeline and energy extraction projects going through or near Indigenous lands in the U.S. and Canada.
The Art of Snowshoe Making
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Department of Northern Saskatchewan
Description
The 25-minute black-and-white video filmed and produced by staff of the Department of Northern Saskatchewan in 1978 at Deschambault Lake It records the making of snowshoes, from the splitting of a log to the completed snowshoes.
"Beatty, Reginald Bird-Diary & Correspondence"
Archival » Archival Items
Description
This file contains excerpts from Reginald Beatty's diary, correspondence about his encounters with Cree people, and letters home to his parents detailing his experience in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. Mr. Beatty was a farmer and fur trader in what is now known as the Melfort area of Saskatchewan.
The Berger Inquiry: An Impact Assessment Process
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D. J. Gamble
Science, vol. 199, no. 4332, New Series, March 3, 1978, pp. 946-952
Description
Looks at how the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry was conducted and methodology developed by the Inquiry.
Bridging the Digital Divide: The Role of Community Online Access Centres in Indigenous Communities
Alternate Title
Discussion Paper (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) ; no. 273/2005
E-Books
Author/Creator
E. E. Daly
Discussion Paper (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research)
Building Bandwidth: Preparing Indigenous Youth for a Digital Future
Alternate Title
RBC Thought Leadership
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Royal Bank of Canada
Description
Report developed from consultations with Indigenous youth, leaders, employers and other stakeholders and findings from the RBC Future Launch participant surveys which included 2,000 Indigenous respondents.
Building Indigenous Future Zones: Four Tribal Broadband Case Studies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
H. Trostle
Description
Highlights initiatives undertaken for provision and operation of internet infrastructures which enhance economic development and sovereignty by keeping power and data within the community. Initiatives are: Red Spectrum Communications, Nez Perce Department of Technology Services, Aaniin Fiber Services, and Mohawk Networks.
Butchering and Stone Tool Function
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phillip L. Walker
American Antiquity, vol. 43, no. 4, October 1978, pp. 710-715
Description
Experiments regarding obsidian tools with different edge treatment for meat processing.
Campaigning in the North West Territories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Mortimer Austin
Description
A write up on the experiences of James Austin, a member of the Ontarian Midland Battalion involved in the suppression of the 1885 uprising. Austin relates the story of his trek west from Ontario, but missed all major actions. Austin later became a Presbyterian minister.
Clarence Oliver Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Clarence Oliver
Burton Jacobs
Patricia Soney
Indian History Film Project
Description
General discussion of ferry boats that serviced Walpole Island.
Climate Change and Vibrio cholerae in Herring Eggs: The Role of Indigenous Communities in Public Health Outbreak Responses
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paivi Abernethy
Shannon Waters
Tim Kulchyski
Dave Rolston
Helena Swinkels ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge , 2021, pp. 13-35
Description
Using the 2018 Vibrio cholerae outbreak to discuss the need for stronger institutional relationships and partnerships with local Indigenous communities when dealing with the impact of climate change trends.
Close Encounters of the Colonial Kind
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim TallBear
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 45, no. 1, Settler Science, Alien Contact, and Searches for Intelligence, 2021, pp. 157-167
Description
Using a fictional character named IZ to examine an Indigenous perspective on alien existence.
Colonel Otter's Brigade Approaching the South Saskatchewan
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch of Col. W.D. Otter's brigade of men and equipment approaching the South Saskatchewan River; tents scattered in foreground and background.
Compendium of Community and Indigenous Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation; Focus on Addressing Water Scarcity in Agriculture
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jean-Marc Mwenge Kahinda
Nwabisan Budaza
Ngowenani Nina Nohayi
Ruhiza Jean Boroto
Patrick-Moise Mulengera Baha'okwibale
Connecting on Country: Closing the Digital Divide for First Nations Students in the Age of COVID-19
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
World Vision Australia
The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation
Description
Discusses the nature and scale of the problem of lack of internet access in remote communities, which caused greater issues during the pandemic as schools closed ,and possible solutions; concludes with five recommendations.
A Convoy of Northwest Police on the March - Sketch. - 1885.
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch of a convoy of Northwest Police on the march.
Copy of illustration: "Escape of the McKay family through the ice to Prince Albert"
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Grip Printing & Publishing (staff artist)
Description
A copy of illustration: "Escape of the McKay family through the ice to Prince Albert", from souvenir number of CANADIAN PICTORIAL & ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, 4 Jul 1885. It depicts Metis rowing boat through ice as his wife and children huddle in back. McKay was a farm instructor near Battleford. Incident described p.21.
Cost of the Revised Northern Food Basket in 2019-2020
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nutrition North Canada
Description
Measures cost of nutritious diet for a family of four for one week using 67 standard food items. Used by Nutrition North Canada to determine subsidies. Prices from 2011 to March of 2020.
COVID-19 – Price Trends in Nunavik During the Public Health Crisis in the Spring of 2020
Alternate Title
Nunivaat Analytics ; 2021 (1)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sébastien Lévesque
Gérard Duhaime
Description
Statistics on price index for all products and prices indices for major product categories, selected non-perishable and selected food products, fruit and vegetables, baby products, and butter.
The Creation of a Dependent People: The Inuit of Cumberland Sound, Northwest Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert G. Mayes
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1978.
The Cultural Ecology of the Chipewyan
Theses
Author/Creator
Donald Stewart Mackay
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1978.
Cutting And Cooking Caribou... Feast At Wollaston
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gill Gracie (photographer)
Department Of Northern Saskatchewan (photographer)
Description
The Great Caribou Feast was held at the community's school in February with great success. Page one: two pictures of cutting up caribou meat. Page two: one picture of caribou processing, one picture of community residents. Page three: two pictures of caribou being cooked, one picture of it being eaten.
"The Darkest Tapestry": Indian Residential School Memorialization at the Keeping Place Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan
Theses
Author/Creator
Amber DVA Johnson
Description
Canadian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Trent University, 2021.
Department of Health and Welfare, Medical Services Branch, Indian and Northern Health Services Directorate Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1977-1978
Alternate Title
IHS Annual Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of National Health and Welfare
Description
To see all annual reports between 1945-1992, search 'IHS Annual Report'.
This reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada. See full reproduction credits
Diachronic and Cultural Variations in Chukchi Ethnobotany
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Olga Belichenko
Valeria Kolosova
Kevin Jernigan
Maria Pupyninai
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 45, no. 1/2, Chukotka: Understanding the Past, Contemporary Practices, and Perceptions of the Present, 2021, pp. 315-340
Description
Highlights the results of interviews with Chukchi people about the local plants they collect and their various uses.
An Explorer's Guide to Treaties in Manitoba: An Exercise in Mapping Skills
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba
Description
Activities teach about types of maps, using a map grid, absolute and relative location, latitude and longitude, reading a key, determining directions, etc. Maps appear at end of document.
The Face Pullers: Ch. 2 Images - Unidentified Blood Warrior
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Alex J. Ross
Description
Subject holding rifle, sitting on animal hide wearing traditional clothing. Shot in studio. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Feast: Growing Indigenous Food Tourism in Ontario
Alternate Title
Indigenous Food Tourism: Standards and Best Practices Checklist
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Trevor Jonas Benson
Caroline Morrow
Camilo Montoya-Guevara
James Arteaga
Description
Explains the development and key features of a five-year strategic plan designed to increase business opportunities in the sector.
Related material:
Indigenous Food Tourism: Standards and Best Practices Checklist.
Films
Articles » General
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, September 1978, pp. 50-52
Description
Provides reviews of 2 short films from a series of 14 films that range from 5 to 13 minutes in length.
Finger Ridge Counts of the Ammassalimiut Eskimo of Greenland and Other Eskimo Population Groups: The Founder Effect and Interbreeding
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Ducros
Man, vol. 13, no. 4, New Series, December 1978, pp. 651-656
Description
Focuses on the Angmagssalik and Scoresbysund people of Greenland and how their fingerprint patterning differs from other Indigenous populations of the Arctic.
Fish Creek From the North
Images » Photographs
Description
Image from the north of Fish Creek, Saskatchewan during the Northwest Resistance.
The Fishweirs at Atherley Narrows, Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard B. Johnston
Kenneth A. Cassavoy
American Antiquity, vol. 43, no. 4, October 1978, pp. 697-709
Description
Underwater survey reveals structures dating from Late Archaic period.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
Food Security in Northern and Isolated Communities: Ensuring Equitable Access to Adequate and Healthy Food for All: Report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bob Bratina
Jamie Schmale
Sylvie Bérubé
Gary Anandasangaree
Jaime Battiste ... [et al.]
Description
Based on information gathered through 38 witness testimonies, eight meetings and 10 written briefs, report discusses causes of food insecurity, effects of climate change and food degradation, the Nutrition North Canada program, and the need for government support of community-based solutions.
"June 2021, 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session".
Frequency of Internet Use by Aboriginal Identity, Age Group and Sex
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Data table.
From Interstellar Imperialism to Celestial Wayfinding: Prime Directives and Colonial Time-Knots in SETI
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Lempert
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 45, no. 1, Settler Science, Alien Contact, and Searches for Intelligence, 2021, pp. 45-70
Description
Examines the parallels of James Cook's eighteenth-century expedition and the current SETI project, in particular their scientific appeal and colonial roots.
G-Men, Green Men, and Red Land: Extraterrestrial Miscreants, Federal Jurisdiction, and Exceptional Space
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fantasia Painter
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 45, no. 1, Settler Science, Alien Contact, and Searches for Intelligence, 2021, pp. 123-136
Description
Using first native studies to discuss what could be expected if mankind were to meet an alien life form.
Gambling, Internet and Media Use: Qanuilirpitaa? 2017: Nunavik Inuit Health Survey
Alternate Title
Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2017: Qanuilirpitaa? = How are we now?
E-Books
Author/Creator
Richard E. Bélanger
Gina Muckle
Yohann Courtemanche
Natalia Poliakova
Christopher Fletcher
Marie-Claude Lyonnais
Description
George Woodcock's Peoples of the Coast: A Review Article
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert D. Levine
Peter L. MacNair
BC Studies, no. 40, Winter, 1978-79, pp. 57-70
Description
Book review of: People of the Coast by George Woodcock.
The Haida Raven: A Zoological and Symbolic Interpretation
Theses
Author/Creator
Daphne von Hopffgarten
Description
Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1978.
Harry D. Williams Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Harry D. Williams
Patricia Soney
Indian History Film Project
Description
General discussion of his life.
High Mercury Levels in Indian and Inuits (Eskimos) in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clarence T. Charlebois
Ambio, vol. 7, no. 5/6, Toxics and Their Control: A Special Issue , 1978, pp. 204-210
Description
Examines mercury levels in fish and game, contamination compensations, and levels in excess of 200 ppb among Canadian Aboriginal peoples.