Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naiomi Walqwan Metallic
Hadley Friendland
Sarah Morales
Description
Act asserts Indigenous peoples' jurisdiction over child and family services and establishes national standards. Paper examines issues related to national standards, jurisdiction, funding, accountability and data collection.
Promise: Bozeman's Trail to Destiny
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Philippina Halstead
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 2, Traditional Wisdom Our Strength, Winter, 2006
Description
Book review of: Promise: Bozeman's Trail to Destiny by Serle L. Chapman.
Promises of the "Vanishing" Worlds: Re-Storying "Civilization" in the Philippine National Imaginary
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S Lily Mendoza
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, 2019, pp. 119-143
Description
Using the literary work of Filipino author Nick Joaquin to examine the Philippine discursive between the "normal" civilized and the defined "primitive" Indigenous populations.
The Promises, Purposes, and Possibilities of Montana's Indian Education for All
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Rogers Stanton
Jioanna Carjuzaa
Brad Hall
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 58, no. 3, Fall, 2019, pp. 78-104
Description
A reflection on the Indian Education for All (IEFA) Act, encouraging Montana educators to teach Indigenous perspectives and experiences.
Promising Practices in First Nations Child Welfare: Kinosao Sipi Minisowin Agency: Creating a Community Response for Special Needs Children
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Charlene Ducharme
Doreen Muskego
Alfred Muswagon
Clarence Paupanekis
Mike Muswagon ... [et al.]
Description
Highlights factors which led to the creation of the program, conditions and indicators of success, and challenges involved in delivery of services.
Promising Practices in First Nations Child Welfare Management and Governance: Touchwood Child and Family Services: Reflecting on the Elements of Good Leadership
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Derald Dubois
Jacqueline Ramdatt
Description
Focuses on the administrative structure of Saskatchewan's oldest agency.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat
Alternate Title
NISPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Firelight Research
Description
Study includes results of literature review, working group and key informant interviews, and an environmental scan of actions and interventions. Focus is on Inuit youth and report is organized around six topic areas: links between childhood adversity and suicide, and promising practices with respect to addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters, current supports within the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat: NIPSPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Reports results of environmental scan which involved a literature review of both grey and academic publications, a series of key informant interviews with 20 individuals working in the field. Six topic areas are covered: links between childhood adversity and suicide and promising practices for addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters focusing on children and youth, current supports in the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
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.
Promoting Tobacco Control Policies in Northwest Indian Tribes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edward Lichtenstein
Russell E
Glasgow
Kerri Lopez
Roberta Hall
Suzanne Gilbert McRae
et al.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 85, no. 7, July 1995, pp. 991-994
Description
Discusses 39 randomized groups in which early intervention or late intervention programs were examined.
Promotion of Traditional Lifestyles
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ediriweera Desapriya
Ian Pike
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 175, no. 8, October 10, 2006, pp. 919-920
Description
Letter to the editor discusses the challenges surrounding the work being done to alleviate the problem of diabetes among Aboriginals.
Proof-sheets of a Bibliography of the Languages of the North American Indians
E-Books
Author/Creator
James Constantine Pulling
Prophet River Ethnobotany: A Report on Traditional Plant Knowledge and Contemporary Concerns of the Prophet River First Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kelly Bannister
Description
Summarizes the results of an ethnobotanical study, conducted during 2002-2006, which documented traditional plant knowledge and ecological values of Elders and other knowledgeable community members.
Proposals for Measuring Determinants and Population Health/Well-Being Status of Métis Peoples in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis National Council
Description
Looks at indicators pertaining to health/well-being for the Métis population, and to identify options for capturing data on those indicators.
Proposed Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education Strategy: Discussion Draft
Documents & Presentations
Description
Discusses a commitment of the Ministry of Advanced Education to improve levels of participation and success for Aboriginal learners in post-secondary education and training in British Columbia.
The Proposed "Direct Access" Model Equals Less Access to Human Rights for the Most Marginalized and Disadvantaged in Ontario!
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Ontario Native Women's Association
Description
Examines concerns and recommendations about Bill 107 in regards to human rights standards for Aboriginal women in Ontario.
A Proposed Glossary of Spruce Root Basketry Terms
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter L. Corey
Alaska State Museums Concepts, April 1995, pp. [1]-[8]
Description
Presents terms for Tlingit and Haida basketry.
Proposed Tribal College Cataloging Systems: From Isolation to Association
Theses
Author/Creator
George Gregory Chester
Description
Education Policy and Administration Thesis (D.Ed.)--University of Minnesota, 2006.
Prosodic and Morphological Factors in Squamish (Skwxwú7mesh) Stress Assignment
Theses
Author/Creator
Ruth Anne Dyck
Description
Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2004.
Protect Women Through Tradition, Not Politics
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, October 13, 2006, p. A13
Description
Argues that the Federal government's changes to the Indian Act to change matrimonial property rights is long overdue.
Protecting Australian Indigenous Art: Ownership, Copyright and Marketing Issues for NSW Schools
E-Books
Author/Creator
Board of Studies NSW
Protecting Indigenous Rights in International Adjudication
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. Michael Reisman
American Journal of International Law, vol. 89, no. 2, April 1995, pp. 350-362
Description
Assertion that Aboriginal peoples have legitimate claims for a place in international law to protect them and to help restore lost rights.
Protecting Our Gifts and Securing Our Future: First Nations Children and Obesity: A Growing Epidemic
Documents & Presentations
Description
Looks at the First Nations Wholistic Policy and Planning Model, an action plan for communities across Canada. Recommendations are provided.
The Protest Actions of Indigenous Peoples: A Canadian-U.S. Comparison of Social Movement Emergence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rima Wilkes
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 50, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples: Canadian an U.S. Perspectives, December 2006, pp. 510-525
Description
Examines why Canadian movements did not lead to on-going national movements as they did in the United States.
Protocols for Using First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Arts
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terri Janke
Description
Includes: overview of important concepts including rights to cultural heritage and Australian and international legal and policy protections; ten guiding principles and their accompanying protocols; numerous case studies; and project checklist and templates.
Providing Housing Services for Off-reserve Aboriginal Peoples: Analysis and Recommendations
Alternate Title
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Looked at housing delivery problems related to funding, government policy, and delivery system and explored factors essential to new policy such as methods of financing and changes to administration processes.
Province Honors Women
Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 8, November 2006, p. 16
Description
For Women's History Month, ten Aboriginal women from British Columbia were honored for their contributions to the political and cultural lives of their communities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.16.
Provincial Gang Strategy: Forum & Community Consultation Reports
Alternate Title
Building Healthier Communities: Final Report on Community Recommendations for the Development of the Saskatchewan Prevention / Intervention Street Gang Strategy
Saskatchewan Communities Speak: Provincial Gang Strategy Phase 2 Community Consultation Forums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Robert Henry
Dave Shanks]
Description
Reports on Phase I and II of the project. Five overarching themes emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports. Consultations took place in communities throughout Saskatchewan.
Psychiatric Research in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986: A Systematic Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jouko Miettunen
Marianne Haapea
Lassi Björnholm
Sanna Huhtaniska
Teija Juol ...[et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Systematic literature search of PubMed and Scopus reveals 94 articles on psychiatric research conducted on the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986. Research includes information on early predictors of several psychiatric diagnoses, and novel findings related to brain imaging and cognition.
The Psychological Impact of White Settlement on Aboriginal People
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pat O'Shane
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, May/June 1995, pp. 24-29
Description
Paper given at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 30th Congress held in Cairns, Queensland, May 1994. Discusses the issue of dispossession,
Psychosocial Aspects of Body Mass and Body Image Among Rural American Indian Adolescents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Denise L. Newman
Lisa M. Sontag
Rebecca Salvato
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, vol. 35, no. 2, April 2006, pp. 265-275
Description
Survey finds that, on average, boys were more likely to be overweight or obese than were girls.
Psychosocial Factors Influencing the Academic Persistence of American Indian College Students
Theses
Author/Creator
Lynn Lakota Brown
Description
[Counseling Psychology] Thesis (P.h.D.)--Arizona State University, 1995.
Psychosocial Foundations of Academic Performance in Culture-Based Education Programs for American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: Reflections on a Multidisciplinary Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald V. Mohatt
Joseph Trimble
Ryan A. Dickson
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 45, no. 3, 2006, pp. 38-59
Description
Contends that the education system has unfairly become a scapegoat for the socio-economic ills of the Native American Indian culture.
Public Health Should Promote Co-operative Housing and Cohousing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Lubik
Tom Kosatsky
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 2, April 2019, pp. 121-126
Description
Advocates models of housing based on First Nations’ Longhouses in order to promote social cohesion and combat social isolation. Argues that this strategies would be especially helpful to seniors.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Occasions, Indigenous Selves: Three Ngarrindjeri Autobiographies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tim Rowse
Aboriginal History, vol. 30, 2006, pp. [187]-207
Description
Presents three Aboriginal women, Doris Kartinyeri, Veronica Brodie and Dulcie Wilson and their stories of suffering.
Public Power and the Public Purse: Governments, Budgets and Aboriginal Peoples in the Canadian North: Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael J. Prince
Gary Juniper
Description
Describes fiscal arrangements in the Yukon and Northwest Territories between 1980-1995, discusses factors which influenced public finance and budgeting, and the implications for self- and public government.
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC)
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Federal government site providing links to emergency management and preparedness, national security, community safety, crime prevention, law enforcement and corrections. Responsible for all aspects of safety across Canada, deals with crime, natural disasters, terrorism etc.
Pugtallgutkellriit: Developing Researcher Identities in a Participatory Action Research Collaborative
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sabine Siekmann
Joan Parker Webster
Sally Angass'aq Samson
Catherine Keggutailnguq Moses
Panigkaq Agatha John-Shields ... [et al.]
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 58, no. 1/2, Spring/Summer, 2019, pp. 124-146
Description
Examines a collaborative effort by Indigenous graduate students and non-Indigenous professors on Indigenous community research.
Pulling Silko's Threads through Time: An Exploration of Storytelling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alanna Kathleen Brown
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 171-179
Description
Literary Criticism Article in which the author explores the ways which Indigenous storytelling and the worldview it conveys have affected her scholarship and her individual understanding and experience of the world.
Pump up the Volume
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Megan Perry
Herizons, vol. 19, no. 4, Spring, 2006, pp. 22-25
Description
Discusses how throat singing has evolved and how current artists have helped revive the tradition.
"Pushing From Their Hearts a New Song": The (Re)Construction of the Feminine in American Indian Women's Poetry
Theses
Author/Creator
Amanda Nicole Bass Cagle
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Connecticut, 2006.
Putting Aboriginal Justice Devolution into Practice: The Canadian and International Experience: Workshop Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Curt Taylor Griffiths
Charles Horn
Deborah Seysener
Finn B. Larsen
Jean-Charles Coutu ... [et al.]
Description
Covers topics such as defining parameters, international context, community and devolution, case studies, alternative models of justice, and lessons and future directions.
Putting Co-operative Principles into Practice: Lessons Learned from Canada's North
Alternate Title
Putting Cooperative Principles into Practice: Lessons Learned from Canada's North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Isobel Findlay
Review of International Co-operation, vol. 99, no. 1/2, 2006, pp. 44-52
Description
Looks at how co-operative principles can impact northern Indigenous communities.
Article in issue PDF scroll down to page 44.
Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Mark Sandiford
Description
Humorous look at the culture of white people from an Inuit perspective. Accompanying study guide found here.
Duration: 52:08.
Qallunaat: Why White People are Funny: Teacher's Guide and Student Worksheets
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Film Board
Description
Guide to accompany movie Qallunaat: Why White People are Funny.
To be used with grades 7-12.
Qualitative Analysis of Oral Testimony: Information Retrieval and Data Management of Electronic Transcripts From the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Commanda
Seymour Hamilton
Canadian Review of Social Policy, no. 36, 1995, pp. 39-54
Description
Looks at the electronic and textual information system which contains 80,000 pages of verbatim hearing established by the Commission.
Qualitative Identification and Characterization of Self-reported Symptoms Arising in Humans during Experimental Exposure to Cold Air
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rita Sjöström
Lars Söderström
Carolina Klockmo
Alexander Patrician
Thomas Sandström ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study aims to describe and categorize symptoms experienced by people exposed to cold air. 50 distinct symptoms were reported by 34 participants, symptoms were grouped into ten sub-categories and two major categories; airway versus whole body symptoms.
A Qualitative Study of the Factors Related to the Academic Success of American Indian Students
Alternate Title
A Qualitative Study of American Indian Children
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Boyd L. Bradbury
Description
Theorizes that Native American students in Waubun-Ogema-White Earth school district underachieve because those with a vested interest in their education have lowered standards to a point that under-achievement is more likely than not.
Paper from AERA Annual Meeting, 2006.