Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Simona Achitei
Journal of New Zealand Literature, no. 24, Part 2: Special Issue: Comparative Approaches to Indigenous Literary Studies, 2007, pp. 117-134
Description
Compares two plays Gulpilil by David Gulpilil and Tales of the Urban Indian by Darrell Dennis to show different perspectives of what it means to be Aboriginal.
Performing Aboriginality at the Venice Biennale: The Performance Art of Rebeca Belmore and James Luna
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carla Taunton
Revista Mexicana de Estudios Canadienses, no. 13, New Series, primavera-verano, 2007, pp. 55-68
Description
Argues that the artists use a combination of storytelling and technology to express viewpoints on contemporary issues.
Performing Arts: Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian Performing Arts
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Terri Janke]
Description
2nd edition.
Personal Reflections on Whiteness and Three Film Projects
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rolf de Heer
Australian Humanities Review, no. 42, August 2007, p. [?]
Description
Looks at a number of film projects with Indigenous themes.
Le Peuple Yupik et saes Voisins en Tchoukotka: Huit Decennies de Changements Acceleres / The Yupik People and its Neighbours in Chukotka: Eight Decades of Rapid Changes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yvan Csonka
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Tchoukotka / Chukotka, 2007, pp. 7-37
Description
Introductory article to themed issue on the people of Chukotka, the easternmost region of Russia.
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.
Physical Activity and Healing through the Medicine Wheel
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn F. Lavallée
Pimatisiwin, vol. 5, no. 1, 2007, pp. 127-153
Description
Looks at the impact of a martial arts program, and identifies the interconnection to mental, emotional and spiritual well-being of Aboriginal adults.
Physical Activity of Aboriginal People in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. Kue Young
Peter T. Katzmarzyk
Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, vol. 32, no. S2E, 2007, pp. S148-S160
Description
Summarizes available information on patterns of activity, their determinants and consequences and results of interventions.
Physicians' Attitudes Toward Collaboration with Traditional Healers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yvon Gagnon
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 175-186
Description
Discusses the views of doctors on the advantages and disadvantages of joint co-operation between traditional practitioners and non-traditional practitioners for a better health care system.
Piaranut For Our Children: Quality Practices for Inuit Early Childhood Education Programs
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Piercing the Ground: Balgo Women's Image Making and Relationship to Country
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Stuart Cooke
Aboriginal History , vol. 31, 2007, pp. 193-195
Description
Book review of: Piercing the Ground by Christine Watson.
Review located by scrolling to page 193.
Pigiasilluta oKalagiamik: Culturally Relevant Assessment in Nunatsiavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Godfrey Anderson
Jodie Lane
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 44, no. 1/2, Builiding and Dwelling in Inuit Nunangat, 2020, pp. 351-372
Description
Examines how school based assessments impact Inuit students and the strength of culturally relevant curriculum.
Pihtikwahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker's Escape)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stan Cuthand
Saskatchewan Indian, January/February 1989, p. 14
Description
Story of how Poundmaker escaped the Blackfoot after a scouting mission.
Pimatisiwin: Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Our Time Has Come
Theses
Author/Creator
Priscilla Settee
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2007.
The Piping Plover - A Species At Risk
Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 2, February 2007, p. 15
Description
Highlights a few reasons, including disturbed nesting sites from human and animal activity, for the endangered status being placed on the Piping Plover.
Article located by scrolling to page 15.
pīsim miskam ōmiskanaw = Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw [Excerpt]
Alternate Title
Six Seasons Series ; Book One
Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
William Dumas
Description
Story inspired by the discovery of the remains of young woman who lived during the 1600s, at time where there had yet to be contact with Europeans.
Revised edition.
Pivut
Alternate Title
Fantastic Beings from Arctic Stories
Two Stories about Arctic Giants & Qallupilluit (Beings of the Ocean Depths)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rachel A. Qitsualik
Sean A. Tinsley
Neil Christopher
Michael Austin
Todd Lockwood
Larry MacDougall
Wayne Reynolds
Description
First issue of graphic magazine designed to support literacy in Inuktitut and English and promote Inuit culture. This issue focuses on supernatural beings from traditional stories.
Place-Based Sustainability Planning: Implications & Recommendations for Rural Northwestern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Schiff
Northern Review, no. 49, Place-Based Sustainability Research in the Provincial North, February 20, 2020, pp. 67-88
Description
Article examines “smart growth” approaches to rural planning for Northern Ontario; suggests that sustainable strategies require planners to prioritize healthy environments, resilient communities, and robust economies.
A Place of Serenity
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rachel Hanon
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 1, Tribal College Students Today, Fall, 2007, p. 43
Description
Personal narrative about a visit St. John's Episcopal Church on a cold winter day.
The Place of Story and the Story of Place: How the Convergence of Text and Image Marks the Opening of a New Literary Frontier
Theses
Author/Creator
Marie Elizabeth Lynn
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--Montana State University, 2007.
Place, Performance, and Social Memory in the 1890s Ghost Dance
Theses
Author/Creator
Kristen Jean Carroll
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2007.
The Placebo Effect: International Patent Law and the Protection of Traditional Plant Medicine
Theses
Author/Creator
Konstantia Koutouki
Description
Law Thesis (LL.D)--Université de Montréal, 2007.
The Plains Cree Connective Stones Theory: Earth-Sky Vertebral Spines and Umbilical Cords
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Line Laplante
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, 2020, pp. 37-61
Description
Using an Indigenous sweat lodge ceremony to analyze the connective stones theory as a research tool.
Planning a Common Ground for an Uncommon Future: Indigenous People, Land-Use Planning and Sustainable Development in Northern Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Paul Gerrald Sneed
Description
Community and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1989.
Planning Through Land Acknowledgments
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Emma Nelson
Description
Environmental Studies Major Project Report (MES) -- York University, 2020.
Plant Wisdom = Dechı̨tah t’ahsı́ı nezheh met’áhodéɂá
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Describes uses of moss and the soapberry bush.
Play Provides Sex Education Roadmap
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carmen Pauls Orthner
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 4, July 2007, p. 13
Description
Comments on the positive feedback the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company received when performing their interactive play on sex education to three schools in Saskatoon and La Ronge.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.13.
The Playbook: Indigenous Games in the Classroom: A Play-Based Approach to Cultural Inclusion
Theses
Author/Creator
Karalee Smith
Description
[Graduate Education Project--Queen's University, 2020]
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.
Playing (the Casino) Indian: Native American Roles in Peak TV
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Courtney Elkin Mohler
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 4, 2020, pp. 79-100
Description
Looks at the representation of Indigenous characters on television and how these depictions distorts the facts that casino tribes still suffer from disproportionate social and economic suffering due to centuries of colonization.
The Plurality of Meanings Shouldered by the Term "Aboriginality": An Analysis of the Delgamuukw Case
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dimitrios Panagos
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 40, no. 3, September 2007, pp. 591-613
Description
Looks at how the number of meanings for the term "Aboriginality" impacts aboriginal rights by examining the Delgamuukw decision and the impact the case had in determining the nature and extent of Aboriginal rights and title.
PM's Use of Aboriginal Front Group May Backfire
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, October 19, 2007, p. A15
Description
Highlights content related to First Nations issues in Prime Minster Stephen Harper's throne speech.
Poems by Ralph Salisbury
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ralph Salisbury
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, June 21, 2020, pp. 241-254
Description
Creative work. Poems by the late Ralph Salisbury.
“Sometimes Likely”
“With the Wind and the Sun”
“Swimming in the Morning News”
“A Coastal Temple Ruin, 1992”
“For Robert Wessels”
“Old German Woman, Some Wars”
“My Country Again Threatening Aggression (This time, for oil in Iraq)”
“An American-Indian Success Story in India”
“Medicine-Meeting, Hoopa, 1994”
“Respecting Uktena”
“My Brother's Poem: Vietnamese War, 1969”
“A Genesis”
“Awakened by Cell Phone”
“Around the Sun, the Alaskan Oil-Spill"
The Poetry of Ralph Salisbury: Syntax as Vehicle for Conveying an Ethical Vision
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Eleanor Berry
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 19-38
Description
Literary criticism article which discusses the poet’s use of different parts of language and sentence structures to disrupt the flow of the poetry forcing the reader to attend to ethical issues discussed in the text.
[Polar Bear Monitor Looking into the Distance]
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans Dommasch
Description
Side view of Inuk man with hand up to face; two ships in background. "Caption by Dommasch: "BeauDril 40 km off shore, Arctic Ocean, 24 hour watch polar bear monitor". [Near Tuktoyaktuk, NWT.]
[Polar Bear Monitor on Ski-Doo]
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans Dommasch
Description
Adult male Inuk facing camera. "Caption by Dommasch: "BeauDril 40 km off shore, Arctic Ocean, 24 hour watch polar bear monitor". [Near Tuktoyaktuk, NWT.]
The Polemics of Eating Fish in Tasmania: The Historical Evidence Revisited
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebe Taylor
Aboriginal History, vol. 31, 2007, pp. [1]-26
Description
Looks at the contested assertion that traditional Tasmanian Aboriginals ate fish with scales.
Police Services and Inuit in Nunavik (Arctic Québec): Knowing Each Other Better to Help Each Other Better
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marie-Ève Marchand
Pascale Laneuville
Caroline Hervé
Francis Lévesque
Description
Discusses the history of policing in the area, main characteristics and challenges of the Kativik Regional Police Force, and Nunavimmiut perceptions and experiences of law enforcement. Concludes with specific action priorities to improve relations.
Policing a Natural Fit for Aboriginal RCMP Officer
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Morgan Beaudry
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 3, March 2007, p. 14
Description
Looks at a female RCMP constable who feels that policing is a natural extension of what women do naturally such as protect and advocate for justice.
Article located by scrolling to page 14.
Policy Challenges in American Indian/Alaska Native Health Professions Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald Warne
Journal of interprofessional care, vol. 21, no. S2, October 2007, pp. 11-19
Description
Looks at the US federal Indian policy over the last two centuries and opportunities for tribal self-determination to improve funding for health and education programs.
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.
The Political Epidemiology of Infant Mortality: A Health Crisis Among Montana American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gregory R. Campbell
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 3/4, 1989, pp. 105-148
Description
Primary purpose of the study is to assess the relationship between social disadvantage and infant mortality among American Indians in Montana.
Political Mobilization and Conflict Among Western Urban and Reservation Indian Health Service Programs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rodney L. Brod
Ronald LaDue
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 3/4, 1989, pp. 171-214
Description
Comments on the rapidly growing Native American population, which accompanied by urbanization, creates service delivery challenges.
Political Protest, Conflict, and Tribal Nationalism: The Oklahoma Choctaws and the Termination Crisis of 1959-1970.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Lambert
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Spring, 2007, pp. 283-309
Description
Argues that contrary to accepted wisdom, there was a movement to resist the process of assimilation advocated by Harry J. W. Belvin and that this resistance began with the Choctaw youth movement.
Politics in the Canadian Novel
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lisa Chalykoff
Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 5, September/October 2007, pp. 35-38
Description
Looks at the the issue of class in Canadian fiction and discusses how the class content is hidden.
The Politics of Form and Alternative Autonomies: Indigenous Women, Subsistence Economies and the Gift Paradigm
Alternate Title
Globalization Working Papers ; 07/02
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rauna Kuokkanen
Description
Contends that the role and perspective of Indigenous women is essential to the restoration of sovereignty and self-determination.
The Politics of Heritage: Native American Museums and the Maintenance of Ethnic Boundaries on the Contemporary Northwest Coast
Theses
Author/Creator
Julie Anne Broyles
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 1989.
The Politics of Kith and Kin: Observations on the British Columbia Government’s Reaction to the Death of Sherry Charlie
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald Cradock
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 2007, pp. 15-33
Description
Discussion of the difficulties Aboriginal child welfare agencies face when operating in a system that is not designed for their needs.
The Politics of Policy Development to End Obesity for
Aboriginal Youth in the Educational Environment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelley Spurr
First Peoples Child & Family Services, vol. 3, no. 3, 2007, pp. 72-83
Description
Highlights the tools outlined in Deborah Stone's book ,Policy Parodox: The Art of Political Decision Making, to demonstrate why school policies should be developed to prevent obesity in schools.
Porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum, Ojibway: gaag) in the First Nations Communities of Black River and Hollow Water: Using Traditional Knowledge of Wildlife in Sustainable Forest Management
Theses
Author/Creator
Monique Wall
Description
Environment and Geography Thesis (M.Env.)--University of Manitoba, 2007.