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.
Okwire’shon:’a, the First Storytellers: Recovering Landed Consciousness in Readings of Trees & Texts
Theses
Author/Creator
Kaitlin Sandra June Debicki
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2017. Refers to the works Power by Linda Hogan, Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, and Truth and Bright Water by Thomas King.
On Reading Grace's Potiki
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eva Rask Knudsen
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, vol. 13, no. 2, Thematic Issue: About Indigenous Literatures, June 2011, pp. 1-10
Description
Discusses how indigenous knowledge is overlooked by non-Indigenous scholars when it comes to the subject of marginalizing and resistance in the 1986 novel, Potiki by Māori writer Patricia Grace.
On Sacred Ground: Medicine People in Native American Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Brianna Burke
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2011.
Discusses works by Susan Power, James Welch, Sherman Alexie, Anna Lee Walters, Louis Owens, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Louise Erdrich.
On-Screen Protocols & Pathways: A Media Production Guide to Working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Communities, Cultures, Concepts and Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marcia Nickerson
Description
Intent is to provide decision-making guidelines for communities, content creators, funding bodies, and industry partners; share best practices; educate industry about cultural practices; and encourage informed, respectful dialogue by participants in productions.
One Nation, Separate Spheres: An Examination of Red Power Activism Between Two Mohawk Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
Carlyn N. Pinkins
Description
Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia Southern University, 2011.
Operation Water Spirit
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Description
Collection of K-12 thematic units and lesson plans which focus on Aboriginal culture and perspectives on water and water quality issues faced by reserves.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eleven: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
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.
Oranga and Māori Health Inequities, 1769–-1992
Alternate Title
Wai 2575, #B25
E-Books
Author/Creator
Fiona Cram
Beverly Te Huia
Tracee Te Huia
Melissa Matutina Williams
Nathan Williams
Organ Donation and Transplantation: A Dialogue with American Indian Healers and Western Health-care Providers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Felicia Schanche Hodge
Patricia Bellanger
Connie Norman
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 3, 2011, pp. 79-90
Description
Discusses the values and beliefs regarding organ donation from traditional and Western viewpoints.
Otavalan Women, Ethnicity, and Globalization
E-Books
Author/Creator
Linda D'Amico
"Our Hope and Our Protection": Misko-biiwaabik (Copper) and Tribal Sovereignty in Michigan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erik M. Redix
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 224-249
Description
Argues that the Smithsonian's refusal to repatriate a sacred boulder illustrates how the Lake Superior Ojibwe experienced colonialism in that its removal was part of the exploitation of rich copper deposits in the area.
Our Interconnected Journey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorna Williams
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 53-75
Description
In this personal essay, the author explores issues rooted in the conflicting worldviews of Indigenous and settler society; she further compares the legal traditions rooted in these worldviews and explores concepts surrounding the rule of law and its failure versus unjust laws within the context of her own Jewish heritage and the legacy of Nazi Germany.
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in BC
Alternate Title
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in British Columbia
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Beringia Community Planning Inc.]
Description
Related Material:
Toolkit Resources.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Outstretched Hands: Reconciling Past and Present Within the Parramatta Riverside Walk
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mona Malamiri
Ideas in History, vol. 3, no. 2, 2011
Description
Examines installation specifically the mural pathway exploring the sense of community that comes from traditional modes of art, storytelling and interpretation.
Palliative Care for First Nations People in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Miranda Falk
Description
Nursing Thesis (MSN)--University of British Columbia (Okanagan), 2019.
La perception du carcajou/glouton par les Inuit du Nord canadien: Du passé au present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
Perception of the Importance of Traditional Country Foods to the Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Health of Labrador Inuit
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erica L. Pufall
Andria Q. Jones
Scott A. McEwen
Charlene Lyall
Andrew S. Peregrine
Victoria L. Edge
Arctic, vol. 64, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 242-250
Description
Study gathered information through focus groups and key informants; reported that while all agreed on the various benefits of the food, there was growing concern about its safety due to environmental contamination.
Phantom Past, Indigenous Presence: Native Ghosts in North American Culture and History
E-Books
Author/Creator
Colleen E. Boyd
Coll Thrush
Michelle Burnham
Geneva M. Gano
Adam John Waterman ... [et al.]
"A Piece of the Endless Body of the World": Gender, Identity, and the Coexistence of Binary Forces in Louise Erdrich's The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, Tracks, and Love Medicine
Theses
Author/Creator
Emily Elizabeth Andersen
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2011.
Plants and Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Focuses on Yukon First Nations Traditional Knowledge.
Plants & Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Plants and Connection to Place
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yukon First Nations Curriculum Working Group
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Teacher's guide.
Poisoning the Body to Nourish the Soul: Prioritising Health Risks and Impacts in a Native American Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jamie L. Donatuto
Terre A. Satterfield
Robin Gregory
Health, Risk & Society, vol. 13, no. 2, April 2011, pp. 103-127
Description
Study examined local meanings of health in reference to seafood where contamination of their aquatic natural resources has been found.
The Politics and Power in Caregiving for Identity: Insights for Indian Residential School Truth and Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Kershaw
Tammy Harkey
Social Politics, vol. 18, no. 4, Winter, 2011, pp. 572-597
Description
Discusses the disruption the system caused in cultural transmission and the efforts of 20 Aboriginal women to reestablish this connection for their children.
A Promise Is a Promise: Lesson Plan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenda Boreham
Description
Story about an Inuit girl who disobeys her mother, goes fishing on the sea ice and is kidnapped by Qallupilluit. Recommended for Preschool to Grade 2.
Promising Practices In Eskasoni
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ken Clement
Merv Thomas
Darko Sikman
CANCON
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network
Description
Members of the Eskasoni Mi'Kmaw Nation talk about their community's experience with harm reduction and addictions treatment and recovery.
Duration: 36:38.
Promising Practices in Timiskaming First Nation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Production
Ken Clement
Merv Thomas
Jason Lawrence
Description
Focuses on the community's efforts to deal with Hepatitis C through education, outreach, and healing.
Duration: 27:33.
Pushing the Needle: Collections Based Museum and Source Community Collaborations
Theses
Author/Creator
Molly Winslow
Description
Museology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2017.
Quantification of Interplaying Relationships between Wellbeing Priorities of Aboriginal Peoples in Remote Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosalie Schultz
Stephen J. Quinn
Tammy Abbott
Sheree Cairney
Jessica Yamaguchi
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, June 25, 2019
Description
Study examines the priorities that Indigenous people living in remote communities in Australia have for defining their own well-being and how they rank those priorities in their own understandings of health.
Rabbits and Flying Warriors: The Postindian Imagery of Jim Denomie
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Martínez
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, 2011, pp. 119-145
Description
Discusses the metaphorical surrealism in Jim Denomie paintings showing historical and contemporary events in American and Native American history, as well as aspects of pop-culture, art history and Anglo-Indian relations.
Racial Necrogeographies and the Making of White Space: The Life and Death of Nineteenth-Century Indigenous and Black Burial Places in Rural Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Felepchuk
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, 2019, pp. 73-87
Description
Looks at burial sites desecrated by settlers, how these acts represent an attempt to erase Indigenous and Black existence, and how these communities have pushed back by reclaiming and reconsecrating their scared places.
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-representing Indigeneity: Approaches to History in Some Recent New Zealand and Australian Films
Alternate Title
New Zealand Cinema: Interpreting the Past
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Janet Wilson
Description
Discusses six films: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Rabbit Proof Fence, Once Were Warriors, Whale Rider, Ten Canoes and The Feathers of Peace.
Chapter in book: New Zealand Cinema: Interpreting the Past edited by Alistair Fox, Hilary Radner and Barry Keith.
Reading Ethnicity in Children's Literature
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Karen Chandler
Children's Literature, vol. 39, 2011, pp. 289-294
Description
Book review of: Ethnic Literary Traditions in American Children's Literature edited by Michelle Pagni Stewart and Yvonne Atkinson.
Reading from the Heart Out: Chief Bromden through Indigenous Eyes
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kimberly Rae Connor
Concentric, vol. 37, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 231-253
Description
Re-reading of the American classic, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, exploring author's choice to narrate the story from the perspective of the character of the Native American chief.
The Real Avatar
Alternate Title
The Nature of Things ; season 2010-2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Roberto Verdecchia
Mike Hanna
Description
Documentary investigates the resource boom's effects on the Indigenous people of Peru.
Episode of The Nature of Things which aired July 7, 2011.
Duration: 1:22:47.
Reanimating Storywork: Indigenous Elders' Reflections on Leadership
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
N"kixw'stn James
Description
Interview with Elder working at the University of British Columbia First Nations House of Learning.
Reanimating Storywork: Indigenous Elders' Reflections on Leadership
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John O'Leary (Sahnbadis)
Description
Interview with Elder working at the University of British Columbia First Nations House of Learning.
Reanimating Storywork: Indigenous Elders' Reflections on Leadership
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Doreen Sinclair (White Cloud)
Description
Interview with Elder working at the University of British Columbia First Nations House of Learning.
Reanimating Storywork: Indigenous Elders' Reflections on Leadership
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shane Pointe (Ti'te-in)
Description
Interview with Elder working at the University of British Columbia First Nations House of Learning.
Reanimating Storywork: Indigenous Elders' Reflections on Leadership
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larry Grant
Description
Interview with Elder working at the University of British Columbia First Nations House of Learning.
Reanimating Storywork: Indigenous Elders' Reflections on Leadership
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerry Oleman
Description
Interview with Elder working at the University of British Columbia First Nations House of Learning
Reanimating Storywork: Indigenous Elders' Reflections on Leadership
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lee Brown
Description
Interview with Elder working at the University of British Columbia First Nations House of Learning.
The Rebirth of a People: Reincarnation Cosmology among the Tundra Yukaghir of the Lower Kolyma, Northeast Siberia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laur Vallikivi and Lena Sidorova
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017
Description
Authors examine rebirth accounts, the commentary of elders, and a varied of socio-cultural circumstances to explore the relationships between Yukaghir reincarnation cosmology and current cultural resurgence, historic contexts, kinship and identity recognition—both on a personal and a cultural level.