Clear Skies: A Family Violence Story
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Healthy Aboriginal Network
Zoe Hopkins
Ezra Claytan Daniels
Sean Muir
Tara Audibert
Description
Video version of graphic novel.
Duration: 15:01.
Clearing the Path to Truth: Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation and the Loss of Aboriginal Life, by James Daschuk, and the Narrative of Canadian history. A Commentary
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary-Ellen Kelm
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 26, no. 2, 2015, pp. 43-52
Description
Discusses how the work, through its examination of colonial policies, helps to contextualize the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Clearing the Plains and Changing the National Conversation: James Daschuk’s Clearing the Plains as a Work of Popular and Public History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian Mosby
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 26, no. 2, 2015, pp. 53-59
Description
Examines the reasons why the book held interest for the general population, rather than just within academic circles.
Clearing the Plains and Teaching the Dark Side of Canadian History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Neylan
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 26, no. 2, 2015, pp. 60-69
Description
Professor discusses students' responses while using the book by James Daschuk in a third-year Canadian Native History course.
Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Russell S. Kirby
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, Summer, 2015, pp. 312-314
Description
Book review of: Clearing the Plains by James Daschuk.
Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry Wotherspoon
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 47, no. 1, 2015, pp. 179-181
Description
Book review of Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life by James Daschuk.
Climate Change Impacts on Odawa Contemporary Use Plants and Culture at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Richard Stoffle
Katherine Brooks
Evelyn Pickering
Christopher Sittler
Kathleen Van Vlack
Climate Change in the North American Arctic: A One Health Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily J Jenkins
Joseph P Dudley
Eric P Hoberg
Alan J Parkinson
Ecohealth, vol. 12, no. 4, 2015, pp. 713-725
Description
Looks at the effects of climate change on the wildlife, vegetation, and lifestyles on north communities.
Climate Change Influences on Environment as a Determinant of Indigenous Health: Relationships to Place, Sea, Ice, and Health in an Inuit Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Agata Durkalec
Chris Furgal
Mark W. Skinner
Tom Sheldon
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 136-137, July 2015, pp. 17-26
Description
Study suggests that while use of sea ice can result in physical injury, there are also benefits related to mental/emotional, spiritual, social and cultural health which need to be considered when discussing the impact of changing environmental conditions.
Climate Change through an Intersectional Lens: Gendered Vulnerability and Resilience in Indigenous Communities in the United States
Alternate Title
General Technical Report (Pacific Northwest Research Station) ; PNW-GTR-923
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kirsten Vinyeta
Kyle Powys Whyte
Kathy Lynn
Description
Literature synthesis.
Climate Change Working Group Meets at SIPI
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laura Paskus
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 4, Tribal College Governance, Summer, 2015
Description
Group at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute campus has identified four actionable priorities as part of their strategy addressing climate change.
Closing Canada's Indigenous Education Gap
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Universities Canada
Description
Comments on the principles Canadian universities adopted to improve Indigenous student success.
Closing the Aboriginal Education Gap in Canada: The Impact on Employment, GDP, and Labour Productivity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Calver
International Productivity Monitor, no. 28, Spring, 2015, pp. 27-46
Description
Suggests there could be large economic gains from further investments to improve Aboriginal education.
Closing the Circle: A Case for Reinvesting in Aboriginal Child, Youth and Family Services in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
British Columbia Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Description
Outlines detailed recommendations on ways to improve the Aboriginal child welfare system.
Closing the Circle: Discussing Indigenous Homelessness in Canada: What We Heard at the National Indigenous Gathering in Winnipeg
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Closing the Education Gap in Canada: Assessing Progress and Estimating the Economic Benefits
Alternate Title
CSLS Research Report ; 2015-03
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Matthew Calver
CSLS Research Report
Description
Assessment of educational attainment and labour market outcomes between 2001 and 2011 and updated estimates of benefits accrued by eliminating the gap. Statistics broken down by province, sex, age, Aboriginal identity, registered Indian status, and residence on- and off- reserve.
Appendix.
Closing the Gap: Ethics and the Law in the Exhibition of Contemporary Native Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tahnee M. Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 115-122
Description
Discusses how decreased funding for museums and art galleries has lead to an increased effort to secure Indigenous art in order to acquire grants. Uses Jimmie Durham as a case study and an examination of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 to illustrate how the art community's haste to secure Indigenous art has allowed those with a fraudulent identity to benefit.
Closing the Gap: Prime Minister’s Report 2015
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tony Abbot
Closing the Gap Report 2019
E-Books
Author/Creator
Australian Government
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Closing the Gap: Seeking Reconciliation, Advancing First Nations Well Being and Human Rights: Submission to Canada's Premiers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Description
Lists proposed commitments to address issues.
Clowning Tops Hip Hop: Reflections on Teaching at a First Nations School
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Davis
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Victoria, 2015.
The CMHR and the Ongoing Crisis of Murdered or Missing Indigenous Women: Do Museums Have a Responsibility to Care?
Alternate Title
Canadian Museum of Human Rights and the Ongoing Crisis of Murdered or Missing Indigenous Women: Do Museums Have a Responsibility to Care?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amber Dean
Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, vol. 37, no. 2-3, Caring for Difficult Knowledge: Prospects for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights , 2015, pp. 147-165
Description
Discusses whether the Canadian Museum of Human Rights has a responsibility to address the ongoing impact of Canada's colonization of Indigenous peoples, examines the controversy surrounding The Forgotten exhibition and looks at Rebecca Belmore's performance pieces Vigil and Trace.
Coast Salish Gambling Music
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Wendy B. Stuart
Canadian Journal for Traditional Music , vol. 2, 1974, p. [?]
Description
Looks at a certain style in the music and games in British Columbia and Washington.
Coded Territories: Tracing Indigenous Pathways in New Media Art
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Elise Huffer
AlterNative, vol. 11, no. 4, 2015, pp. 428-430
Description
Book review of: Coded Territories edited by Steven Loft and Kerry Swanson.
Codes Of Conduct For Indigenous-Inspired Spa And Wellness Tourism
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura Ell
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2015.
Cognitive and Personality Testing Use and Abuse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph N. Cress
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 13, no. 3, May 1974, pp. [16-19]
Description
Cultural factors should be considered when testing Native American students.
The Coldwater Narrows Specific Land Claim: A Story of Colonization?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Samantha Craig-Curnow
HPS: The Journal of History and Political Science, vol. 4, 2015, pp. 1-13
Description
Uses example of the Chippewas Tri-Council land claim to show the process of colonial government of Indigenous communities.
Colin Trindle Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Colin Trindle
Alfred J. Beaver
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Trindle, aged 78, has spent most of his adult life in the Trout Lake/Peerless Lake area and is a former chief--talks about promises of a reserve in the area; surveying of boundaries; duration of occupation of area; and traditional lifestyles.
Collaborative Conservation and Contexts of Resistance: New (and Enduring) Strategies for Survival
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna J. Willow
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 2, 2015, pp. 29-52
Description
Questions benefits and risks of participation in natural resource management due to the fact that the process rules were established in advance of Aboriginal participation.
Collaborative Game Development with Indigenous Communities: A Theoretical Model for Ethnocultural Empathy
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura K. Horton
Description
New Media Game Design and Production Thesis (M.A.)--Aalto University, 2019.
Looks at Never Alone, Mulaka and the Sámi Game Jam.
Collaborative Process on Indian Registration, Band Membership and First Nation Citizenship: Report to Parliament
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada]
Collaborative Process on Indian Registration, Band Membership and First Nation Citizenship: Report to Parliament
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations]
Description
Initiated in response to the Descheneaux decision dealing with denial of status to some members of First Nations due to sexual discrimination. Took place to seek input on implementation of removal of 1951 cut-off from the Indian Act, remaining inequities related to registration and membership and transferring responsibility for membership and citizenship to First Nations. Consisted of community consultations, online survey, regional events and expert panels.
Collaborative Public Health System Interventions for Chronic Disease Prevention Among Urban Aboriginal Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Piotr Wilk
Martin Cooke
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 4, September 2015, pp. 1-14
Description
Argues that collaborative or cross-sector approaches may enhance ability of public health system to address risk of chronic disease among urban Aboriginal peoples.
The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life: Special Issue Introduction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
DenYelle Baete Kenyon
Melissa Buffalo
Jessica Heinzmann
Michaela Seiber
Dorothy Castille
Amy Elliott
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 1-14
Description
In this piece the authors discuss the funding, structure, goals, and vision of The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s (CRCAIH) Partnership River of Life to provided context for the rest of the special issue which shares some of the research and community results which came out of the partnership.
Collapse/X Artifact/Whirling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Crisosto Apache
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 4, 2015, pp. 121-132
Description
Poem by Crisosto Apache, an enrolled Mescalero Apache member from New Mexico.
Collapsing the Distance: Indigenous-Youth Engagement in a Circumpolar Study of Youth Resilience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Olga Ulturgasheva
Stacy Rasmus
Phyllis Morrow
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 52, no. 1, 2015, pp. 60-70
Description
Discusses the Circumpolar Indigenous Pathways to Adulthood (CIPA) Study.
Collection of Documents on Gender Discrimination and the Indian Act
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Includes legislative histories of Bill C31, its predecessors and successors, committee reports, United Nations periodic reports, reports and background information from social organizations, domestic and international challenges.
Collective Memory in Transition: Macdonald, Cornwallis and Statue Removal in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Ben McHutchion
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A) -- Queen's University, 2019.
College Indian Art Program Will Begin Second Course
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 4, no. 6, July 1974, p. 9
Description
Main objective of Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College course is to "train Native people to teach art to Native children."
Colonel Otter Attacking the rebels at Cut Knife Hill, North-West Territory - Sketch. - 1885.
Documents & Presentations
Description
Sketch of the battle scene between Lt.-Col. William Otter's troops and Poundmaker's men at Cut Knife Hill.
Historical note:
On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.Colonel Otter's Brigade Approaching the South Saskatchewan
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch of Col. W.D. Otter's brigade of men and equipment approaching the South Saskatchewan River; tents scattered in foreground and background.
Colonial Costuming: Representations of Playing Indian in Photographs, Settler Colonialism and the Appropriation of Native North American Culture
Theses
Author/Creator
Hilkka Ingrid Forster
Description
Film and Photography Preservation and Collections Management Thesis (M.A.)--Ryerson University, 2015.
Colonial Exploitation: The Canadian State and the Trafficking of Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robyn Bourgeois
UCLA Law Review, vol. 62, no. 6, 2015, pp. 1426-1463
Description
Argues that colonialism and state's actions are responsible for Aboriginal women's vulnerability to trafficking.
[Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Stefanie Kunze
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 35, no. 1, 2015, pp. 190-192
Description
Book review of: Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America edited by Andrew Woolford, Jeff Benvenuto, Alexander Laban Hinton.
Colonial Legacies and Collaborative Action: Improving Indigenous Peoples’ Health Care in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lloy Wylie
Stephanie McConkey
Ann Marie Corrado
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, Special Issue: The Impact of Reserve and Reservation Systems on Indigenous Well-Being, November 22, 2019
Description
Research uses qualitative interviews with Indigenous and non-Indigenous health care and social services providers to examine the barriers that Indigenous people face when accessing healthcare; suggests possible strategies to improve responsiveness.
Colonial Order and the Origins of California Native Women's Mass Incarceration: California Missions and Beyond
Theses
Author/Creator
Jacquelyn May Teran
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2015.
Colonial Trauma: Complex, Continuous, Collective, Cumulative and Compounding Effects on the Health of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Beyond
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 31, 2019, pp. 74-94
Description
Authors examine colonial traumas—Indigenous separation from land, culture, and relations—which occur as a result of ongoing and neo-colonial practices, as a determinant of Indigenous peoples’ physical and mental health.
Colonial Violence in Sixties Scoop Narratives: From In Search of April Raintree to A Matter of Conscience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Petra Fachinger
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 115-135
Description
Author analyzes three different novels in order to provide a complex and nuanced perspective on the different ways that the ‘60’s Scoop has been treated by Indigenous authors over a prolonged period (1983-2018). Includes discussion of Beatrice Mosionier In Search of April Raintree, Robert Arthur Alexie's The Pale Indian, and James Bartleman's A Matter of Conscience.
The Colonizer & the Colonizer Who Refuses: Cultural Production and Colonial Crisis at Oka, Ipperwash, Burnt Church & Caledonia
Theses
Author/Creator
Katherine L.E. Milley
Description
Education Thesis (PhD) - University of Toronto, 2019.