Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Fitzgerald
Fred Hill
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 44-48
Description
Examines what the Liberal government has done since coming into power, in October 2015, for the Nutrition North Canada program.
Of the Heart: Scoping Review of Indigenous Youth Suicide and Prevention
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rita Henderson
Lindsay Crowshoe
Brittany Johnson
Naomi Parker
Stephanie Perrin ... [et al.]
Description
Sources of data: Indigenous advisors, academic and grey literature review, and environmental scan. Includes information on general context, promising practices, and knowledge gaps around service provision.
An Offering: Lakota Elders Contributions to the Future of Food Security
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Paul Brewer II
Mary Kate Dennis
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-22
Description
Study works with 25 Elders living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to explore narratives surrounding food and food production over their lives. Four themes emerged: family homestead, food as security, food preservation, and generational gardening. Discusses potential implications for future programming to improve food security.
Offering our Gifts, Partnering for Change: Decolonizing Experimentation in Winnipeg-based Settler Archives
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Story
Description
History-Archival Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
Oil and Gas Exploitation on Arctic Indigenous Peoples’ Territories: Human Rights, International Law and Corporate Social Responsibility
Alternate Title
Gáldu Čála ; no. 4, 2006
Galdu Cala ; no. 4, 2006
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rune S. Fjellheim
John B. Henriksen
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Ten: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Opioid Use in Pregnancy and Parenting: An Indigenous-Based Collaborative Framework for Northwestern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naana Afua Jumah
Lisa Bishop
Mike Franklyn
Janet Gordon
Len Kelly ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 108, no. 5-6, 2017, pp. e616-e620
Description
Describes two workshops that looked at issues from the perspectives of research, health care, social service provision and supportive care.
Opportunities, Impediments and Capacity Building For Enterprise Development by Australian Aboriginal Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louis H. Evans
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2007, pp. 44-55
Description
Discusses the challenges present in order to overcome the social, economic and health deficits that exist in remote Australian Aboriginal communities.
[One or more images have been omitted from this article due to copyright restrictions. These images are accessible in the print version of this journal.]
Our Health Counts: Urban Indigenous Health Database Project: Community Report: Inuit Adults, City of Ottawa
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Janet Smylie
Michelle Firestone
Description
Project gathered information on health, well-being and access to health services that would inform policy planning, delivery of programs, and measurement of outcomes.
Our Identities as Civic Power
Alternate Title
2017 State of Native Youth Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
[Erik R. Stegman
Amber Richardson
Josie Raphaelito
Aaron Slater
Bettina Gonzalez]
Description
Reports on the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Online Roundtable Survey of Native American youth between the ages 18-24. Respondents were asked about their three top priorities, what they are doing to tackle their challenges, and some of the ways they are partnering with their community to build resilience.
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2007: Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Description
Measures the well-being against indicators across a range of areas including health, education and employment, and identifies programs and policies which appear to be improving outcomes.
Partners Team Up to Train Chemical Technicians
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 1, April 2007, p. 26
Description
Reports on a group of Aboriginal students, from northern Saskatchewan, that are taking part in a program that allows them to take the first year of a two-year chemical technology course without having to leave the North.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.
Perceived Community Environment and Physical Activity Involvement in a Northern-Rural Aboriginal Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allison M. Kirby
Lucie Lésque
Virgina Wabano
Jennifer Robertson-Wilson
International Journal of Behavior Nutrition and Physical Activities, vol. 4, no. 63, December 4, 2007, p. [?]
Description
Looks at relationship between walking patterns and perceptions of physical activity in Moose Factory to effectively plan and implement the Kahnawake School's Diabetes Prevention Project.
The Perceptions of First Nations Participants in a Community Oral Health Initiative
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kavita R. Mathu-Muju
James McLeod
Leeann Donnelly
Rosamund Harrison
Michael I. MacEntee
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, no. 1, 2017, p. article no. 1364960
Description
Interviews caregivers enrolled in the program whose children got preventative care at home (0-2) vs. at school (5-7).
Persistence of Colonial Prejudice and Policy in British Columbia's Indigenous Relations: Did the Spirit of Joseph Trutch Haunt Twentieth-Century Resource Development?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Abbott
BC Studies, no. 194, Summer, 2017, pp. 39-64
Description
Looks at how province's first lieutenant-governor's attitudes about the land question continued to exert influence during two periods: the years following entry into Confederation (1871 to 1876) and during the era of postwar hydroelectric development using case studies from 1951 to 1989.
Pharmacists' Views on Indigenous Health: Is there More That can be done?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Stoneman
S.J. Taylor
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 7, 2007, pp. 1-16
Description
Views from Aboriginal health workers in New South Wales and Australia about access to and use of medications.
Pimatisiwin: Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Our Time Has Come
Theses
Author/Creator
Priscilla Settee
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2007.
Plain Talk 17: Role Models
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 17
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Discusses attributes of role models and provides brief biographies of some influential motivators.
Plain Talk 22: Engaging the Community
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 22
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Looks at ways communities can organize and confront issues to allow youth to achieve their potential.
Plain Talk 9: Cultural Competency
Alternate Title
It's Our Time: First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Explores the customs, history, values and languages that contribute to the identity and heritage of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Playing Dead: A Contemplation Concerning the Arctic
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alfred Fisher
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 1, 2007, p. 218
Description
Book review of: Playing Dead by Rudy Wiebe.
Scroll to page 218 to read review.
Policy Options Paper for an Urban and Rural Indigenous Housing Strategy: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cassandra Vink
Description
Academic and grey literature review conducted on: key issues; principles and desired outcomes; recent historical programs and policies; program and policy recommendations; and international program and policy examples. Options were then examined to determine whether they aligned with principles and desired outcomes, as well as feasibility and viability in current social context.
The Political Economy of "Aboriginal Customary Law"
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Widdowson
Description
Paper presented at the 2nd Biennial Conference of the Canadian Initiative in Law, Culture and the Humanities Carleton University, Ottawa, October 12-14, 2007.
Political Responses
Alternate Title
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
[Métisland: Métis Settlements and the Daniels Decision]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Will Goodon
Gerald Cunningham
Description
President of the Métis Settlements General Council discusses its involvement in the Daniels case and actions of the Council since the decision. Second speaker discusses the political and historical context of the case, analyzes the court's judgement, and suggests possible future actions.
Duration: 1:15:01.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Post-Soviet Structures, Path-Dependency and Passivity in Chukotkan Coastal Villages
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bent Nielsen
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Tchoukotka / Chukotka, 2007, pp. 163-181
Description
Article examines and compares conditions during the early Soviet years and the early post Soviet era.
Potlatch and Powwow: Dynamics of Culture through Lives Lived Dancing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tracy J. Andrews
Jon Olney
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 63-108
Description
Looks at the Kwakwaka'wakw potlatch participants' perpspectives and Nez Perce dancers' roles and experience and finds commonalities amid the differences.
Power, Powerlessness and Identity
Alternate Title
[TASA 2007 Conference Proceedings: Public Sociologies: Lessons and Trans-Tasman Comparisons]
[TASA/SAANZ 2007]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tracey McIntosh
Description
Comments on the complexities of Maori identities.
Practice-Based Interdisciplinary Approach and Environmental Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Kumar Datta
Environments, vol. 4, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-14
Description
Compares and contrasts scientific and practice-based approaches, discusses why a move from one to the other is important and how the change would impact future research and researchers.
Precedent and the Aboriginal Response to Global
Incursions: Smallpox and Identity Reformation
Among the Coast Salish
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Keith Thor Carlson
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 18, no. 2, Global Histories / Histoires mondiales, 2007, pp. 165-201
Description
Examines the contact-era epidemics among the Salish as an expression of globalism.
Presentation of Self, Culture, and Other in Public Podium Talk: Constructing Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations in Grassroots Popular Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen Peters
Description
Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2017.
A Profile of Aboriginal Peoples in Ontario
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Noelle Spotton
Description
Provides statistics on key population, cultural, social and economic traits. Based on 2001 Canadian Census data.
Background paper for the Ipperwash Inquiry.
Promising Practice for Maintaining Identities in First Nation Adoption
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeannine Carriere
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 2007, pp. 46-64
Description
Study on the importance of identity in adoption cross-cultural and a list of recommendations from the perspective of First Nation adoptees to improve the process.
Promoting Community Conversations about Research to End Suicide: Learning and Behavioural Outcomes of a Training-of-Trainers Model to Facilitate Grassroots Community Health Education to Address Indigenous Youth Suicide Prevention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Wexler
Lucas Trout
Suzanne Rataj
Tanya Kirk
Roberta Moto ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1345277
Description
Evaluates training of intervention facilitators in Northwest Alaska to develop local capacity for early response to suicide care.
Purveyors of "Religion, Morality, and Industry": Race, Status, and the Roles of Missionary Wives in the Church Missionary Society's North West American Mission
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Derek Whitehouse-Strong
Histoire sociale / Social History, vol. 40, no. 79, May 2007, pp. 143-168
Description
Discusses the racial prejudices faced by Native wives of CMS agents.
Putting a Human Face on Child Welfare: Voices From the Prairies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nico Trocmé
Sharon McKay
Michael Ungar
Shelley Thomas Prokop
Cindy Blackstock ... [et al.]
Quantifying "Two Sides of a Coin": A Statistical Examination of the Central Coast Salish Social Network
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothy Kennedy
BC Studies, no. 153, Spring, 2007, pp. 3-32
Description
Discussion of Wayne Suttles' work on Northwest Coast cultures, including an analysis of marriages, that has become the predominant theory of the region's social organization.
A Quantitative Study on the Influence of Persistence Factors on American Indian Graduate Students
Theses
Author/Creator
Aislinn Rae HeavyRunner-Rioux
Description
Educational Leadership, Higher Education Administration Thesis (Ed.D)--University of Montana, 2017.
Quliaq Tohongniaq Tuunga (Making Histories): Towards a Critical Inuvialuit Archaeology in the Canadian Western Arctic
Theses
Author/Creator
Natasha Lyons
Description
Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2007.
Racial Discrimination and Depression Among On-Reserve First Nations People in Rural Saskatchewan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonnie Janzen
Chandima Karunanayake
Donna Rennie
Tarun Katapally
Roland Dyck ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 108, no. 5-6, 2017, pp. e482-e487
Description
Results of cross-sectional, interviewer-administered survey of 874 adults living on two Cree reserves in Saskatchewan conducted from May 2012 to August 2013. Found association between interpersonal discrimination and depression.
The Rainy Day Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nigel Kidd
Description
"A new and innovative program which seeks to assist those members of the Aboriginal community who are struggling with money management issues by utilizing a pro-active & interactive approach."
Re(claiming) Indigenous Identity within Canada's Prison System: Indigenous Identity and Indigenous-Specific Prison Programming
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephanie Wellman
Description
Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
(Re)Inscription: Reclaiming O'odham Identities through Tattoos
Theses
Author/Creator
Pauline Estela Alvarez
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2017.
Re/making the 'Meeting Place' - Transforming Toronto's Public Spaces Through Creative Placemaking, Indigenous Story And Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Nelly Volpert Knizhnik
Description
Environmental Studies Major Paper (MES)--York University 2017.
The Reading Red Report 2007: A Content Analysis of General-audience Newspapers in Circulation Areas With High Percentages of Native Americans
Alternate Title
A NewsWatch Project Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cristina L. Azocar
Description
Content analysis study on coverage of Native Americans by some of the nations largest newspapers.
Ready to Rumble. Saskatchewan's Métis Nation Heads Into an Election
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Shield
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 5, May 2007, p. 17
Description
Comments on the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan election to be held June 27, 2007.
Article located by scrolling to page 17.
Reclaiming Territories through Indigenous Performance
Theses
Author/Creator
Francine Burning
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017Focusess on experiences of Madelaine McCallum, Mike Dengeli, Mique'l Dangeli, Leela Gilday, and Ronnie Dean Harris.
Reconstructing Tsimshian Culture and History Using Oral Traditions: A Brief Assessment of Two Expert Opinions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alexander von Gernet
Description
Looks at the strengths and limits surrounding Aboriginal oral traditions used in recreating the past in relation to Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band, et al. v. A.G. of Canada and HMTQ.
Redefining How Success in Measured in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Learning: Summary
Alternate Title
Report on Learning in Canada ; 07
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council on Learning
Description
Brochure outlining the main points regarding the basis for developing frameworks to measure lifelong learning success.
Redefining How Success is Measured in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Learning
Alternate Title
Report on Learning in Canada 2007
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Council on Learning