Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Alberta
Description
Province of Alberta.
First Nations, Residential Schools, and the Americanization of the Holocaust: Rewriting Indigenous History in the United States and Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David MacDonald
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 40, no. 4, December 2007, pp. 995-1015
Description
Compares the Americanization of the Holocaust to the social, cultural, economic and psychological implications in the First Nations residential schools.
First Nations Right to Timber With Respect to the Management of Lands for Hunting, Fishing & Livelihood, and Housing: Case Law Summary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
P. Dawn Mills
Description
Case law summary of the major Aboriginal rights and title litigation, and an outline of the resulting forest and range agreements that British Columbia has entered into with community members.
First Nations Special Education Procedure Handbook for Resource Teachers
Documents & Presentations
Description
Support document aims to build on the recommendations from the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Special Education Policy document in order to guarantee, protect and enhance the rights of all children.
[First Nations Telehealth Strategic Plan]
Alternate Title
Premières Nations du Québec: Plan Stratégique de Télésanté 2007-2010
E-Books
Author/Creator
Catherine Poser
Jocelyne Picot
Description
"Revision October, 2009."
First Nations Traditional Models of Wellness [Traditional Medicines and Practices]: Environmental Scan in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Society
Description
Survey conducted between September 2009 and March 2010 gathered information from 123 First Nations Health Centers.
First Nations Traditional Models of Wellness [Traditional Medicines and Practices]: Environmental Scan in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
FN Health Society
Description
Results of the scan demonstrate that many community respondents define traditional models of wellness as 'having a healthy mind, body and spirit' with a connection to the land, culture and beliefs.
First Nations University of Canada Governance Plan: An Opportunity to Lead the World in First Nations Higher Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
M. A. Begay II & Associates
LLC
Description
Makes recommendations based on successful practices employed in the administration of higher education institutions and First Nations governments.
First Nations Votes Carry Clout in Sask. Politics
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, November 9, 2007, p. A13
Description
Illustrates influences on the Saskatchewan political scene of First Nations support during the 2007 Saskatchewan provincial election.
First Nations Wholistic Policy and Planning Model: Discussion Paper for the World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health
Alternate Title
AFN Discussion Paper for WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeffrey L. Reading
Andrew Kmetic
Valerie Gideon
Description
Discussion on the historic, cultural, social, economic and political forces affecting health and creating disparities that First Nations peoples experience.
A First Nations Woman With Disabilities: “Listen To What I Am Saying!”
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Douglas Durst
Georgina Morin
Sharon Wall
Mary Bluechardt
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, Resistance and Resiliency: Addressing Historical Trauma of Aboriginal Peoples, March 2007, pp. 57-77
Description
Looks at the life story of resistance and resiliency of a First Nations woman against multiple forms of oppression and her concern for the improved well-being of Aboriginal people with disabilities.
First Nations Women's Knowledge of Menopause: Experiences and Perspectives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharen Madden
Natalie St. Pierre-Hansen
Len Kelly
Helen Cromarty
Barbara Linkewich ... [et al.]
Canadian Family Physician, vol. 56, September 2010, pp. e331-e337
Description
Study confirms that menopause is not typically discussed by First Nations women with others including their health care providers.
First Nations Youth and Restorative Healing Project
Alternate Title
Building the Evidence. Evaluation Summaries ; 2007-ES-5
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Crime Prevention Centre
First Nations Youth Smoking: Factors Associated with Resilience
Alternate Title
FNIGC Research Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
First Peoples' Heritage, Language & Culture Council
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First Peoples’ Heritage
Language and Culture Council
Description
Website contains consultation, guidance, support and funding for First Nations’ people of British Columbia’s communities for language, arts and culture projects.
First Peoples: Indigenous Cultures and Their Futures
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kim McCaul
Aboriginal History, vol. 31, 2007, pp. [188]-190
Description
Book review of: First Peoples by Jeffrey Sissons.
Review located by scrolling to page 188.
First Peoples Worldwide
Alternate Title
First Peoples Worldwide, an Indigenous-Led Development Organization
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Rebecca Adamson
Description
Website dedicated to equipping Indigenous Peoples with assets (physical, natural, financial, etc.), resources and strategies to help put an end to injustices. The website includes links to programs, grants, resources and more.
First Speakers: Restoring the Ojibwe Language
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John Whitehead
Stephanie Mosher
Description
Video highlights efforts to increase number of Ojibwe speakers through establishment of immersion schools and by recording elders' stories. Focuses on two schools: Niigaane School in Minnesota and Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Immersion Charter School in Wisconsin.
Duration: 56:41.
The First Tribal/State Court Forum and the Creation of MCR 2.615
Alternate Title
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Occasional Paper Series
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper ; 2007-16
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael F. Cavanagh
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper
Description
Comments on the history of the relationship between the Michigan tribal courts and the Michigan judicial branch.
First Voices: An Aboriginal Women's Reader
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Judy Iseke
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2010, pp. 429-430
Description
Book review of: First Voices edited by Patricia A. Monture, Patricia C. McGuire.
Fisheries and First Nations: Report From Research Stay in Canada: March-July 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Camilla Brattland
Description
Looks at Mi'kmaq fisheries in Atlantic Canada and salmon farming in British Columbia.
Fisheries and Oceans: An Intergrated Aboriginal Policy Framework, 2006-2010
Alternate Title
Fisheries and Oceans: An Integrated Aboriginal Policy Framework, 2006-2010
E-Books
Author/Creator
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Fishing for Foresters: A New Institutional Analysis of Community Participation in an Aboriginal-Owned Forest Company
Theses
Author/Creator
Darryn Anne DiFrancesco
Description
Globalization and International Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2010.
Five Contemporary Manitoba Artists, Who Happen to Be Aboriginal
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cathy Mattes
ConunDrumOnline, vol. 4, June 2007, p. [?]
Description
Comments on the impacts Woodland School artists have made.
The Flemish Bastard and the Former Indians: Métis and Identity in Seventeenth-Century New York
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom Arne Midtrød
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 1, Winter, 2010, pp. 83-108
Description
Examines the lives of three Metis people, Smits Jan, Jacques van Slyck, and Hilletie van Olinda, in seventeenth-century New York.
A Flexible New System For Indigenous Corporations
Articles » General
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, July/August 2007
Description
Briefly explains changes made to the, Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 which amends out of date legislation. The intent is to modernize the legislation while still retaining special measures to meet the needs of aboriginal people.
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]
FNUC Students Continue to Fight for Their 'Home'
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Delaney Windigo
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 4, April 2010, p. 9
Description
Comments on how students staged a "live-in" to try to convince the federal government to restore funding for the First Nations University of Canada.
Article found by scrolling to page 9.
Focus Inuit Research Agenda on Best Outcomes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Cunningham
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 182, no. 3, February 23, 2010, pp. 228-229
Description
Comments on research articles by Luo Zhong-Cheng on birth outcomes and food insecurity by Grace M. Egeland.
Focus on Literacy: Policy Landscape: Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Education Association
Description
Brief descriptions of literacy in the Aboriginal context, present situation, historical context, central goals, etc.
Focusing on Long-Term Language Goals in Challenging Times: A Yup'ik Example
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leisy Wyman
Patrick Marlow
Fannie Cikuyaq Andrew
Gayle Sheppard Miller
Rachel Cikigaq Nicholai ... [et al.]
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 28-49
Description
"This article evidences how bilingual programming and academic achievement in English can go hand in hand".
Follow-up Report to the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the Human Rights of the Innu of Labrador
E-Books
Author/Creator
Celeste McKay Consulting
Donald McRae
Description
Related material: 2002 Report.
Following the Nyinkka: Relations of Respect and Obligations to Act in the Collaborative Work of Aboriginal Cultural Centers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kimberly Christen
Museum Anthropology , vol. 30, no. 2, September 2007, pp. 101-124
Description
Looks at the collaboration between various Warumungu groups, government agencies, and Aboriginal organizations to negotiate and produce the Nyinkka Nyunya Art and Culture Centre at Tennant Creek.
Folsom: New Archaeological Investigations of a Classic Paleoindian Bison Kill
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Douglas H. MacDonald
American Antiquity, vol. 72, no. 4, October 2007, pp. 793-794
Description
Book review of: Folsom: New Archaeological Investigations of a Classic Paleoindian Bison Kill by David J. Meltzer.
Fond du Lac Reorganizes College in Cloquet, MN
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Our Story, Our Way, Winter, 2007, p. 34
Description
Announcement of the splitting of Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College into two separate colleges in an effort to enhance programs and services to students.
Fontaine Looking for Delicate Balance
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 3, June 2007, p. 8
Description
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Phil Fontaine referees dispute between railroad, government and First Nations demonstrators in order to bring about some form of justice.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Food Customs of Rural and Urban Inupiaq Elders and Their Relationships to Select Nutrition Parameters, Food Insecurity, Health, and Physical and Mental Functioning
Theses
Author/Creator
Janell Smith
Description
Dietetics and Nutrition Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida International University, 2007.
Food Fish, Commercial Fish, and Fish to Support a Moderate Livelihood: Characterizing Aboriginal and Treaty Rights to Canadian Fisheries
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas C. Harris and Peter Millerd
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 1, no. 1, 2010, pp. 82-107
Description
Looks at characteristics and meaning of Aboriginal fishing rights within context of in Canadian law and goals of effective management and fair distribution.
Food Insecurity among Inuit Preschoolers: Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey, 2007–2008
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Grace M. Egeland
Angela Pacey
Zirong Cao
Isaac Sobol
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 182, no. 3, February 23, 2010, p. 243–248
Description
Looks at the results of a cross-sectional survey on the prevalence of inadequate food security among preschool-aged children.
Food Insecurity among Inuit Women Exacerbated by Socio-economic Stresses and Climate Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maude C. Beaumier
James D. Ford
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 3, May/June 2010, pp. 196-201
Description
Looks at a community-based study in Igloolik, Nunavut on food insecurity, and how it is influenced by social, economic, political and environmental conditions.
The Food Mail Program: "When Pigs Fly": Dispatching Access and Affordability to Healthy Food
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kashef Majid
Sonya Grier
Social Marketing Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 78-95
Description
Looks at a program that subsidizes the cost of food transport to those in isolated communities.
FOOD RELATED: An Online Platform to Invigorate the Social and Cultural Experience of Food in the Arctic
Alternate Title
Inuit People and the Aboriginal World
Inuit Studies Conference ; 17th, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rosanne Van Klaveren
Description
Looks at virtual platform which collects experiences and practices related to food in the North.
Food Security For First Nations and Inuit in Canada: Background Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elaine Power
Description
Overview of the issues surrounding food security including role of traditional food, social and environmental issues, quality, cost and accessibility.
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".
Food Security in Paulatuuk, NT - Opportunities and Challenges of a Changing Community Economy
Theses
Author/Creator
Zoe Sarah Croucher Todd
Description
Rural Economy Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2010.
Foodways of the First Nations
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christopher Webb
The Beaver, vol. 87, no. 6, December/January 2007/2008, p. 31
Description
Looks at some of the essential foods of the First Nations, such as wild rice, corn and maple sap.
Foot Abnormalities in Canadian Aboriginal Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Chuback
J. M. Embil
E. Sellers
E. Trepmant
M. Cheang
H. Dean
Diabetic Medicine, vol. 24, no. 7, July 2007, pp. 693-807
Description
Discusses the need for improved living conditions and preventative foot care due to the high prevalence of foot abnormalities found among Aboriginal adolescents with diabetes.
Foot of the Mountain and Other Stories
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 4, Issue 272, September-October 2010, p. 26
Description
Book review of: Foot of the Mountain and Other Stories by Joseph Bruchac
For All My Relations: An Autobiographical Narrative Inquiry into the Lived Experiences of One Aboriginal Graduate Student
Theses
Author/Creator
Trudy Cardinal
Description
Indigenous Peoples Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alberta, 2010.
“For Better or Worse, I am Canadian”: Demand for Ethnic Recognition in Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King and Obasan by Joy Kogawa
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rakel Sigurðardóttir
Description
Examines the discriminatory policies Canadian governments have imposed on Aboriginals and Japanese Canadians, and the way the two writers respond to those practices in their novels.
English Paper (B.A)-- University of Iceland, School of Humanities, 2010.