American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Special Issue on The Shadow Catcher: The Uses of Native American Photography, 1996, pp. 111-128
Description
Looks at the Western image of the Native American as determined by photographs.
Native Studies Review, vol. 11, no. 1, Native People in British Columbia: Recent Research, 1996, p. 49–64
Description
Discusses the issue of Aboriginal fishing & trading practices and how it relates to the present-day controversy on whether Native people should have commercial rights to fishing resources.
Canada. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples : People to People, Nation to Nation: Highlights from the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
E-Books
Author/Creator
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Description
Introduction to some of the main themes and conclusions in the final report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gay Barton
Description
Examines some of Louise Erdrich's more significant familial protagonists, and her intra- and inter-family webs.
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 1987, pp. 31-58
Description
Reviews the evolution of parole legislation in Canada and questions whether the changes will worsen or improve the disproportionate number of Aboriginal inmates.
Examines the domains of science and policy in the context of Aboriginal issues and how film representations of Aboriginal people are linked to media portrayals.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, 1987, pp. 75-92
Description
Book review of:
Through White Men's Eyes; A Contribution To Navajo History: A Chronological Record of the Navajo People from Earliest Times to the Treaty of June 1, 1868. edited by J. Lee Correll.
Discusses the history of higher education services governed by Native American Indians.
Chapter from Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Higher Education edited by Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner.
HIV/AIDS Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: A Continuing Concern
Ethnicity Reporting for AIDS and HIV in Canada: Aboriginal and Black Communities Demand Attention
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division
Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Population and Public Health Branch
Health Canada]
Description
Report published annually; 2004 edition.
Most relevant sections located on p. 40-57.
Entire document on one pdf. To access information, scroll to appropriate page.
Journal of Holistic Nursing, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 200-208
Description
Examines the health care disparities in the American Indian/Alaska Native communities and looks at a proposed holistic approach to diminishing these disparities.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, 1987, pp. 67-79
Description
Studies the movie portrayal of Native Americans from a historical perspective and discusses how the 1950 film has been touted as the first sound picture depicting Native Americans sympathetically.
Border Crossings, vol. 15, no. 1, Winter, 1996, pp. 44-46
Description
Brief discussion of the Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun works mounted in the exhibition Born to Live and Die on Your Colonialist Reservations and those of Eric Robertson, Faye Heavyshield, and Shelley Niro featured in Nations in Urban Landscapes.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 56, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 30-39
Description
Article examines the aspects of the fur trade that led to the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) building Hudson House; describes the day to day life in the HBC’s second trading post, and the way residents interacted with surrounding communities.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 30.
Research and Development Highlights (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation). Socio-economic Series ; no. 27, 1996
Research and Development Highlights. Socio-Economic Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Research and Development Highlights (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation). Socio-economic Series
Description
Combines data from the 1991 Census and Aboriginal Peoples Survey and applies the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation's core housing need model. Compares Aboriginal to non-Aboriginal households.
Canadian Geographer, vol. 31, no. 4, June 1987, pp. 341-346
Description
Used the 1976 Northern Saskatchewan Housing Needs Survey to evaluate Dept. of Northern Saskatchewan's Northern Housing Program; argues that problems of high mortgage arrears,vandalism, abandonments and rapid deterioration of housing indicates that the dwellings provided do not match the needs of the occupants.
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David A. Boivert
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Discusses Métis identity, numbers and locations where they live, data about social and economic conditions with particular attention to income data and analysis of distribution by household type, and review of information on major housing problems in different regions of Canada, numbers in core housing need and the importance of social housing programs.