Gains Are Being Made in Language and Culture Retention
Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 4, July 2012, p. 20
Description
Comments on the findings from the First Nations Regional Health Survey (FHS) which offers an accurate picture of health and living conditions in First Nations communities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.28.
Gambling on Authenticity: Gaming, the Noble Savage, and the Not-So-New Indian
Alternate Title
American Indian Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Scott Andrews
Becca Gercken
Jim Donomie
Heid E. Erdrich
Julie Pelletier
American Indian Studies Series
Ganawenimaa nimamainan aki = Respect Our Mother Earth: A Kid's Environmental Activity Booklet
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission]
Description
General environmental education resource with some references to the Lake Superior watershed.
The Gang Alternative: A Participant Perspective
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Graham Mills
Description
Police Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2012.
Gap Analysis Research Project
Alternate Title
Analysis of Services to Aboriginal Entrepreneurs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eagle Spirit Community Solutions
Description
Findings from the study suggest that while there are things to be corrected, programs to be developed and changes to be made, the overall support system for Aboriginal entrepreneurs is functioning at a high level. Report is followed by a supplement which provides an analysis by program area.
Garden of Native Prairie Plants: Botany and Ethnobotany
E-Books
Author/Creator
Penny Dodd
Marion Jankunis
Gardens of Rongo: Applying Cross-Field Anthropology to Explain Contact Violence in New Zealand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian Barber
Current Anthropology, vol. 53, no. 6, December 2012, pp. 799-808
Description
Re-examines the violent first contact encounters between Indigenous people and Europeans.
Gathering Knowledge: Indigenous Methodologies of Land/Place-Based Visual Storytelling/Filmmaking and Visual Sovereignty
Theses
Author/Creator
Dorothy Christian
Description
Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
Gathering Strength
Alternate Title
Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples ; Vol. 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Description
Volume 3 of Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Gathering the Potawatomi Nation: Revitalization and Identity
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paul McKenzie-Jones
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 132-133
Description
Book review of: Gathering the Potawatomi Nation by Christopher Wetzel.
GDI Wins Big at Saskatchewan Book Awards
Alternate Title
Gabriel Dumont Institute Wins Big at Saskatchewan Book Awards
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Morin
Eagle Feather News, vol. 15, no. 5, May 2012, p. 23
Description
Looks at Darren Préfontaine, winner of the Saskatchewan Book of the Year award for his book Gabriel Dumont: Li Chef Michif in Images and in Words.
Article located by scrolling to page 23.
Gender and Sexuality in Indigenous North America, 1400-1850
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sandra Slater
Fay A. Yarbrough
M. Carmen Gomez-Galisteo
Jan. V. Noel
Dorothy Tanck de Estrada ... [et al.]
Gender as a Social Category in Native Southern New England
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Bragdon
Ethnohistory, vol. 43, no. 4, Native American Womens Responses to Christianity, Autumn, 1996, pp. 573-592
Description
Looks at the evidence that suggests status was mediated by class as well as by gender.
Gender Differences in Comorbidity of Conduct Disorder Among Adolescents in Northern Finland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Essi Ilomäki
Helinä Hakko
Risto Ilomäki
Pirkko Räsänen
STUDY-70 Workgroup
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 17393
Description
Findings revealed that girls appeared to have more instances of suicidality than boys.
Gender Identity, Ethnic Identity, and Smoking Among First Nations Adolescents
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lorraine Greaves
Joy Johnson
Annie Qu
Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
Natalie Hemsing ... [et al.]
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 8, no. 2, Connecting Place, People, and Health, March 2012, pp. 37-46
Description
Contends that understanding the gendered and cultural aspects of smoking may be instrumental in advancing prevention and cessation efforts.
Gender Matters: Building Strength in Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Arrest the Legacy: From Residential Schools to Prisons: [Final Report]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Gender, Navajo Leadership and "Retrospective Falsification"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lloyd L. Lee
AlterNative, vol. 8, no. 3, 2012, pp. 277-289
Description
Looks at the interpretation of a Navajo creation story and the implications on contemporary Navajo government elections.
Gender, Race, and Policy: Aboriginal Women and the State in Canada and Australia
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ann McGrath
Winona Stevenson
Labour/Le Travail, vol. 38, Special edition: Australia and Canada: Labour Compared, Fall, 1996, pp. [37]-53
Description
Compares policies that oppressed Aboriginal women in Australia and Canada during the 19th and 20th centuries. Special Joint issue with Labour History, volume 71.
Gendered Indigenous Health and Wellbeing within the Australian Health System: A Review of the Literature
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bronwyn Fredericks
Carolyn Daniels
Jenni Judd
Roxanne Bainbridge
Kathleen Clapham ... [et al.]
Gendering the Duty to Consult: How Section 35 and the Duty to Consult Are Failing Aboriginal Women: Final Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jula Hughes
Elizabeth Blaney
Roy Stewart
Description
Argues that the legal framework has not kept up with demographic shifts because it focuses on land-related rights and ignores off-reserve and non-status population. As such, it disproportionately affects women who have been displaced through discriminatory effects of the Indian Act.
Generating and Sustaining Positive Spaces: Reflections on an Indigenous Youth Urban Arts Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julian Robbins
Warren Linds
Benjamin Ironstand
Erin Goodpipe
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Special Issue: Fostering Cultural Safety Across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 161-169
Description
Looks at youth, cultural safety, arts, and Indigenous knowledge in urban spaces.
The Genesis of Indigenous Australian Characterisations in Feature Films
Alternate Title
The Genesis of Indigenous Australian Characterizations in Feature Films
Theses
Author/Creator
Bruce Lawrence Dennett
Description
Modern History, Politics & International Relations Thesis (Ph.D.)--Macquarie University, 2012.
Genetic Factors for the Development of Alzheimer Disease in the Cherokee Indian
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger N. Rosenberg
Ralph W. Richter
Richard C. Risser
Kevin Taubman
Ivette Prado-Farmer
et al.
Archives of Neurology, vol. 53, no. 10, October 1996, pp. 997-1000
Description
Study findings indicated that a greater genetic degree of Cherokee ancestry reduces the risk of Alzheimer Disease (AD).
Genetic Research in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities: Continuing the Conversation: Discussion Paper
Alternate Title
Discussion Paper (Lowitja Institute)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emma Kowal
Ian Anderson
Discussion Paper (Lowitja Institute)
The Genoa Indian School: A Mixed Legacy: 50 Years of Transformation, Survival, and Hope in a United States Government Indian Boarding School on the Nebraska Plains
Theses
Author/Creator
Shelley R. Frear
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Nebraska at Kearney, 2012.
A Genocidal Legacy: A Case Study of Cultural Survival in Northwestern California
Theses
Author/Creator
Aimee L. VanHavermaat-Snyder
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Chico, 2017.
The Genocide Question and Indian Residential Schools in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David B. MacDonald
Graham Hudson
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 45, no. 2, June 2012, pp. 427-449
Description
Discusses using the term cultural genocide for the legacy of the residential school system and its legal, social, and political implications.
Genocide, Reconciliation, and the Residential Schools: A Survey of Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Attitudes among Elected Officials in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David B. MacDonald
Mark Mitchell
Canadian Political Science Review, vol. 6, no. 2, 2012, pp. 117-130
Description
Survey results show that Canadian elected officials are divided over Aboriginal issues, with left of centre parties the most in favour of promoting reconciliation and right of the centre parties least inclined to see the residential school system as genocidal.
Scroll down to view article.
Geoarchaeology of the Midland (Paleoindian) Site, Texas
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vance T. Holliday
David J. Meltzer
American Antiquity, vol. 61, no. 4, October 1996, pp. 755-771
Description
Study on human remains and artifacts which may be Folsom age or younger.
Geology of National Parks, 3D and Photographic Tours: American Indians of the Southwest, 1871-1875
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
U.S. Department of the Interior
Description
Websites includes photographs of American Indians posing in Aboriginal dress or activities during the U.S. Geological and Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian and the Powell Survey of the Colorado River Canyons.
George Catlin: American Indian Portraits
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Whispering Wind, vol. 41, no. 4, December-January 2012, p. 16
Description
Brief exhibition review.
George Catlin and His Indian Gallery – Classroom Activities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Education Office
Description
Focuses on portraits of Indigenous subjects painted by George Catlin, who traveled the United States during the 1830s to capture images of the "vanishing race". Includes general historical background, extracts from primary sources, and exercises and discussion questions.
George Catlin's Indian Gallery: Art, Science, and Power in the Nineteenth Century
Theses
Author/Creator
Bridget Luette Goodbody
Description
[Art History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 1996.
[George Sword's Warrior Narratives: Compositional Processes in Lakota Oral Tradition]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Martínez
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 92-95
Description
Book review of: George Sword's Warrior Narratives by Delphine Red Shirt.
Getting Connected: Improving Online Distance Education for Rural and Remote First Nations
Theses
Author/Creator
Milan Aleksandar Pavlica
Description
Public Policy Project (MPP)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
Getting Good Crops: Economic and Diplomatic Survival Strategies of the Montana Bitterroot Salish Indians, 1870-1891
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jaakko Puisto
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 2, 2012, pp. 190-193
Description
Book review of: Getting Good Crops by Robert J. Bigart.
Review located by scrolling to page 190.
Getting in Before the Heart Starter
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Barbara Flick
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, May/June 1996, pp. 13-14
Description
Discusses two initiatives being tested to control alcohol abuse and violence in northern Australia: partial prohibition and night patrols.
Getting It Right: Assessing and Building Resilience in Canada's North
Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; May 2012
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 12-294]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stefan Fournier
Description
Provides four recommendations: recognize the inherent resilience of these communities, encourage sustainable investment, understand the sources of risk, and ensure that assessment processes follow key principles.
Ghost Dances and Identity: Prophetic Religion and American Indian Ethnogenesis in the Nineteenth Century
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Whispering Wind, vol. 41, no. 1, Issue 281, April 2012, p. 30
Description
Book review of: Ghost Dances and Identity by Gregory E. Smoak.
Ghost Dancing With Colonialism
Alternate Title
Ghost Dancing With Colonialism Part 1
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Grace Woo
Description
Dr. Grace Woo, author of the book Ghost Dancing with Colonialism: Decolonization and Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court of Canada, discusses the continued colonization of Indigenous Canadians enabled within the judicial system.
Duration: 28:12
Part 1 of 2. Link to Part 2 record: Ghost Dancing With Colonialism Part 2
Ghost Dancing with Colonialism
Alternate Title
Ghost Dancing with Colonialism Part 2
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Grace Woo
Description
Dr. Grace Woo, author of the book Ghost Dancing with Colonialism: Decolonization and Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court of Canada, discusses the continued colonization of Indigenous Canadians enabled within the judicial system.
Duration: 30:56
Part 1 of 2. Link to Part 1 record: Ghost Dancing With Colonialism Part 1
Ghost Dancing With Colonialism: Decolonization and Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court of Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Larry Chartrand
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 32, no. 2, 2012, pp. 224-228
Description
Book Review of:Ghost Dancing With Colonialism by Grace Woo.
Gi-gikinomaage-min (We Are All Teachers): Using History to Give Voice to Urban Native American Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melanie Shell-Weiss
Belinda Bardwell
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 98-105
Description
Discusses development of oral history project focusing on the impact the American government's Urban Relocation Programs.
The Giant Bear: Book Study
Alternate Title
The Giant Bear: Senior Book Study
Uqalimaarummaq Reader ; 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Arctic College
Description
Designed to improve literacy and communication skills while looking at differences between modern life and Inuit traditions. Topics include hunting and survival, courage and Arctic animals.
The Giant Bear: Junior Book Study
Alternate Title
Uqalimaarummaq Reader
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Arctic College
Description
Teacher's resource for use with primary students in Grades 4, 5, and 6. Goal is to improve students' literacy and communication skills while teaching about Arctic animals and hunting.
Gigawaabaa-bye-bye
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Margaret Noodin
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 129-136
Description
Article is the author’s tribute to the writer Jim Northrup.
Giibinenimidizomin: Owning Ourselves: Critical Incidents in the Attainment of Aboriginal Identity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alanaise O. Goodwill
Rod McCormick
Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, vol. 46, no. 1, 2012, pp. 21-34
Description
Interviewees describe observable events that they thought had either helped or hindered their Aboriginal identity.
Ginter Taking a Long Walk in Quest for New Shoes
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mike Gosselin
Eagle Feather News, vol. 15, no. 5, May 2012, p. 26
Description
Looks at a walk-a-thon organized to collect shoes for disadvantaged youth.
Article located by scrolling to page 26.
The Gitk'a'ata, Their History, and Their Territories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Susan Marsden
Description
Provides information on history of the founding people of Gitk'a'ata and lineages and territories of the Gitk'a'ata along the Douglas Channel out to Campania Island.