[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: 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
The Opinions of Ambulance Personnel Regarding Using a Heated Mattress for Patients Being Cared for in a Cold Climate - An Intervention Study in Ambulance Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonas Aléx
Tom Uppstu
Britt-Inger Saveman
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1379305
Description
Ambulance personnel from northern Sweden rate their experiences as being positive for patient comfort.
Opioid 101: A Guide for Responding to the Opioid Crisis
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council
Description
Designed to educate Indigenous service providers and clients about substance use issues and healing options locatef in Vancouver. Focuses on community strengths and resiliency.
The Opioid Crisis: Impact on Native American Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center (AASTEC)
Description
Infographic with statistics on usage of individual drugs and overdose deaths between 2014 and 2016.
Opioid Use among First Nations in Ontario: A Report of Current Findings
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Description
Statistical information on number of prescriptions, number of prescriptions by type, rates of opioid-related hospitalization and emergency department visits, and mortality
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.
Opioids and Substances of Misuse among First Nations People in Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Analytics and Performance Reporting Branch
Alberta Health
Description
Data for: mortality (apparent accidental deaths from fentanyl/non-fentanyl opioids), confirmed drug and alcohol toxicity deaths (both accidental and suicides), opioid dispensing, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and emergency medical response.
Opportunities for Standards to Contribute to Health, Safety, Resiliency, and Environmental Protection in Canada’s North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Steenhof
Northern Review, no. 48, October 18, 2018, pp. 33-50
Description
Author draws on a white paper published by CSA Group (2017) to focus on four topic areas: provision of clean and accessible water, provision of emergency response, safe and resilient buildings, and environmental protection and management. Identifies 14 different opportunities for standards in those areas.
Opportunity and Transition: Veterans Find Growth and Healing at College of Menominee Nation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sherrole Benton
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 29, no. 2, Honoring Veterans, Winter, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Profiles three veterans and discusses how the College facilitates transition from the military back into tribal life.
Opposing Views: The Story Of Custer's Defeat Depends On Who Is Telling It
Articles » General
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 1, February/March 2017, pp. 30-31
Description
Article contains two pieces of art depicting, 'opposing views' of the 1876 Battle of Greasy Grass or the Battle of Little Bighorn involving George Custer.
Oral Health Beliefs and Oral Hygiene Behaviours among Parents of Urban Alaska Native Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka
Jamuir M. Robinson
Robert Greenlee
Amany Refaat
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study of 100 parents of AI/AN children 71 months or younger attending outpatient paediatric primary care appointments found that the odds of regular child toothbrushing were 49.10 times higher when the parent brushed their own teeth regularly.
Oral Health in a First Nations and a Non-Aboriginal Population in Manitoba
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Katryn Blanchard
Xikui Wang
Hani El-Gabalawy
Qier Tan
Pam Orr
Brenda Elias
Patricia Rawsthorne
Donna Hart
Shirley Chubey
Charles N. Bernstein
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, no. 1, 2012, p. article no. 17394
Description
Smoking and oral-health related behaviours were determined to be the chief factors of poor oral health of First Nations compared to Caucasians.
Oral Health of Adults in Northern Norway: A Pilot Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah M. Adekoya
Magritt Brustad
Norsk Epidemiologi, vol. 22, no. 1, Oral Helse, 2012, pp. 31-38
Description
Presents results of pilot study to develop and test tools for a larger epidemiological study of oral health.
Orality & Literacy: Reflections Across Disciplines
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter Cole
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 2012, pp. 213-214
Description
Book review of: Orality & Literacy edited by Keith Thor Carlson, Kristina Fagan, Natalia Khanenko-Friesen.
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
Order Up! The Decolonizing Politics of Howard Adams and Maria Campbell with a Side of Imagining Otherwise
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Voth
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2018, pp. 16-36
Description
Discusses the texts Halfbreed (Campbell, 1973) and Prison of Grass (Adams, 1975), contrasting their treatments of gender in the discussion of colonial violence; calls on contemporary scholars to consider in their works “the way gender is animated in a decolonizing political movement.”
[The Orders of the Dreamed: George Nelson on Cree and Northern Ojibwa Religion and Myth, 1823]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Olive Dickason
Native Studies Review, vol. 21, no. 2, Special Issue, 2012, pp. 129-131
Description
Book review of: The Orders of the Dreamed by Jennifer S. H. Brown and Robert Brightman.
[Organizational Traps: Groupthink, Rumor and Ego]
Alternate Title
Criminal Investigative Failures
Oppal Commission
Organizational Traps: Groupthink, Rumour and Ego
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kim Rossmo
Description
Comments on the murders committed by Robert Pickton.
Excerpt from chapter in the book Criminal Investigative Failures by Kim Rossmo.
Exhibit no. 69 from the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry.
Original Men's Straight Dance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Jones
Whispering Wind, vol. 41, no. 1, Issue 281, April 2012, pp. 32-33
Description
Describes traditional outfits worn by dancers at the Delaware Powwow 2012 Copan, Oklahoma. Includes photographs.
Oscelola and the Great Seminole War
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Dunn
Whispering Wind, vol. 41, no. 1, Issue 281, April 2012, p. 30
Description
Book review of: Oscelola and the Great Seminole War by Thorn Hatch.
Oskayak Students Speak up for Indigenous Rights
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andréa Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 15, no. 5, May 2012, p. 19
Description
Looks at three high school students selected to attend a youth conference in Geneva with students from around the world.
Article located by scrolling to page 19.
The Other Movement: Indian Rights and Civil Rights in the Deep South
Alternate Title
Contemporary American Indian Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Denise E. Bates
Other Picture Boards in Van Diemen’s Land: The Recovery of Lost Illustrations Of Frontier Violence and Relationships
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas Dean Brodie
Kristyn Harman
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 3-21
Description
Article examines textual descriptions from the letters and journals of Australian settlers of painted story boards depicting colonially prescribed behaviors and threatened consequences for not conforming. The journals and letters also describe how these picture boards were installed in various wilderness locations where known to be frequented by Indigenous peoples.
Otter's Journey through Indigenous Language and Law
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lindsay Keegitah Borrows
Our Bodies, Our Stories: Sexual Violence among Native Women in Seattle, WA
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Abigail Echo-Hawk]
Description
Brief paper reports on results of survey of 148 women and analysis of health outcomes and associations such as suicide attempts or substance misuse among victims of rape and/or coercion.
Our Children, Our Dreaming: A Call for a More Just Approach for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Healing Foundation
Description
Comments on the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families in statutory child protection services across Australia.
Our Greatest Challenge: Aboriginal Children and Human Rights
E-Books
Author/Creator
Hannah McGlade
Our Healing, Our Solutions: Volume 3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Healing Foundation
Description
Comments on 17 healings that continue to be successful for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities.
"Our Healing Starts with Our Women": Wolamsotuwakonol of the Indian Residential School Experience
Theses
Author/Creator
Amanda E. Reid
Description
Nursing Thesis (MN)--University of New Brunswick, 2019.
Our Health Counts London
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Michelle Firestone
Raglan Maddox
Kristen O’Brien
Chloé Xavier
Gertie Mai Muise
Brian Dokis
Janet Smylie]
Description
Surveyed over 750 Indigenous people living, working or accessing health/social services in the city. In addition to health questions, respondents were also asked about other topics such as culture and identity, criminal justice, parenting and involvement with child protection agencies, and missing persons.
Our Health Counts: Population-Based Measures of Urban Inuit Health Determinants, Health Status, and Health Care Access
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Smylie
Michelle Firestone
Michael W. Spiller
Tungasuvvingat Inuit
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 109, no. 5-6, December 2018, pp. 662-670
Description
Researchers partnered with Tungasuvvingat Inuit (TI), an Ottawa cultural service agency, to study key indicators of health. Found health services poorly rated, multiple barriers to access, elevated rates of emergency room access, and high rates of poverty, unemployment, household crowding and food insecurity.
Our Health Counts Toronto: An Inclusive Community-Driven Health Survey for Indigenous Peoples in Toronto: Draft
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Janet Smylie
Sara Wolfe
Cheryllee Bourgeois]
Description
Survey conducted in 2015-2016 and used Respondent Driven Sampling to achieve sample size of 908. In addition to health questions, participants were asked about other topics such as culture, identity, housing, school experience and parenting.
Our Health Counts Toronto Fact Sheets
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Michelle Firestone
Raglan Maddox
Kelly O'Brien
Chloé Xavier
Janet Smylie
Sara Wolfe … [et al.]]
Description
Survey conducted in 2015-2016 used Respondent Driven Sampling to achieve sample size of 908. In addition to health questions respondents were asked about a wide range of topics including culture, identity, housing, school experience, and parenting.
Our Health Counts: Urban Indigenous Health Database Project: Community Report: Inuit Adults, City of Ottawa
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Janet Smylie
Michelle Firestone
Description
Project gathered information on health, well-being and access to health services that would inform policy planning, delivery of programs, and measurement of outcomes.
"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 Identities as Civic Power
Alternate Title
2017 State of Native Youth Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
[Erik R. Stegman
Amber Richardson
Josie Raphaelito
Aaron Slater
Bettina Gonzalez]
Description
Reports on the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Online Roundtable Survey of Native American youth between the ages 18-24. Respondents were asked about their three top priorities, what they are doing to tackle their challenges, and some of the ways they are partnering with their community to build resilience.
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 Land, Our Language: Connecting Dispossession and Health Equity in an Indigenous Context
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen J. Brown
Gladys McPherson
Ruby Peterson
Vera Newman
Barbara Cranmer
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research , vol. 44, no. 2, Indigenous Peoples Health and Health-Care Equity, 2012, pp. 44-63
Description
Discusses how neoliberal ideologies sustain medical colonialism and inequities and the implications for nursing actions.
Our Land, Our Languages: Language Learning in Indigenous Communities
Alternate Title
[Inquiry into Language Learning in Indigenous Communities]
E-Books
Author/Creator
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
Our Languages, Our Stories: Towards the Revitalization and Retention of Indigenous Languages in Urban Environments: Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Association of Friendship Centres
Description
Reports on National Association of Friendship Centres' Indigenous Language Symposium held in 2018. The symposium was convened in response to the Federal Government's intention to "enact and Indigenous Languages Act" in collaboration with Indigenous peoples.
Our Living Ecosystem: What Are the Interconnections among the Elements Surrounding Us? A Classroom-Based Activity in Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mélanie Lemire
Mylène Riva
Maria Ruiz-Castell
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 9, no. 2, Inuit Health and Well-Being, 2012, pp. 25-37
Description
Comments on an environmental education activity designed to promote an ecosystem approach to health.
NOTE: Also published as Journal of Aboriginal Health, Summer, 2015.
Our National Competitiveness and Canada's Territories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Description
Discusses the adaptability of businesses in Canada's territories and the necessity of the federal and territorial governments to do the same.
"Our Next Generation": Moving Towards a Surveillance and Prevention Framework for Youth Suicide in Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline L. Tait
Peter Butt
Robert Henry
Roger Bland
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 36, no. 1, 2017, pp. 55-65
Description
Report reviews suicide data for Saskatchewan's Indigenous populations.
‘Our Place, Our Home’: Indigenous Planning, Urban Space, and Decolonization in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Theses
Author/Creator
Jonathan Hildebrand
Description
City Planning Thesis (M.C.P.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.
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 Sacred Water: Theorizing Kuuyam as a Decolonial Possibility
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles Sepulveda
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 40-58
Description
Describes the polluted state of the Santa Ana River in southern California and how it came to be so. Considers traditional perspectives of the Acjachemen and Tongva tribes regarding "guests" as a way to re-center a Indigenous view of the land.
Our Stolen Grandmother: The Entanglement of Slavery and Colonization in Anna Lee Walters's Ghost Singer
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reid Gómez
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 70-90
Description
This literary criticism article examines the intersections and lasting consequences of settler colonialism and the chattel enslavement of African people on North American lands, cultures and identities in the context of the novel.
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.