Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas A. Jones
Rick Ruddell
Rob Nestor
Kaitlan Quinn
Breeann Phillips
Description
Cites material dealing with historical context, funding, administration, policing arrangements, characteristics of the current model, crime, and victimization. Current as of 2013.
First Nations Population Health & Wellness Agenda
E-Books
Author/Creator
Office of the Provincial Health Officer British Columbia
First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)
Description
Related material: Summary of Findings.
First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS) Ontario Region Phase 2 (2008/10): People's Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chiefs of Ontario
Description
Looks at spiritual, cultural, social, emotional, mental, and physical well-being and compares results with those from the Phase 1 (2002/03) survey. Responses gathered from 24 First Nation communities.
First Nations Remember the Star from Sandy Lake
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sam Laskaris
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 11, February 2010, p. 20
Description
Brief article on Fred Sasakamoose being honored at the Kamloops Blazers First Nations Night.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.20.
First Nations Reserves and Métis Settlements [Map]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Alberta
Description
Province of Alberta.
First Nations Right to Timber With Respect to the Management of Lands for Hunting, Fishing & Livelihood, and Housing: Case Law Summary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
P. Dawn Mills
Description
Case law summary of the major Aboriginal rights and title litigation, and an outline of the resulting forest and range agreements that British Columbia has entered into with community members.
[First Nations, Second-Class Care]
Alternate Title
White Coat, Black Art
[First Nations, Second-Class Care: An Encore]
[Second-Class Healthcare for First Nations People?]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Alika Lafontaine
Brian Goldman
Marcia Anderson-DeCoteau
Description
Discussion of the issue of racism in healthcare system.
Duration: 27:30.
First Nations Traditional Foods Fact Sheets
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Authority
Description
Includes information on the history of use, traditional harvesting, traditional use, and nutrition for: fish, general seafood, small mammals, deer, moose, birds, seaweed, berries, and roots native to British Columbia.
First Nations Traditional Models of Wellness [Traditional Medicines and Practices]: Environmental Scan in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Society
Description
Survey conducted between September 2009 and March 2010 gathered information from 123 First Nations Health Centers.
First Nations Traditional Models of Wellness [Traditional Medicines and Practices]: Environmental Scan in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
FN Health Society
Description
Results of the scan demonstrate that many community respondents define traditional models of wellness as 'having a healthy mind, body and spirit' with a connection to the land, culture and beliefs.
First Nations University of Canada Governance Plan: An Opportunity to Lead the World in First Nations Higher Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
M. A. Begay II & Associates
LLC
Description
Makes recommendations based on successful practices employed in the administration of higher education institutions and First Nations governments.
First Nations Women, Games, and Sport in Pre- and Post-Colonial North America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thierry Terret
Frabrice Delsahut
Women's History Review, vol. 23, no. 6, 2014, pp. 976-995
Description
Using a gendered approach to look at the history of Indigenous women's participation and impact on sports culture. Focuses on the Indigenous boarding school basketball team the Fort Shaw Blues.
First Nations Women's Knowledge of Menopause: Experiences and Perspectives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharen Madden
Natalie St. Pierre-Hansen
Len Kelly
Helen Cromarty
Barbara Linkewich ... [et al.]
Canadian Family Physician, vol. 56, September 2010, pp. e331-e337
Description
Study confirms that menopause is not typically discussed by First Nations women with others including their health care providers.
First Nations Youth Smoking: Factors Associated with Resilience
Alternate Title
FNIGC Research Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
First Peoples: A Guide for Newcomers
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kory Wilson
Jane Henderson
First Peoples Child & Family Review [Vol. 9 no. 2, 2014, Special Edition by Children and Youth]
Alternate Title
Respect and Equity Through Reconciliation
Documents & Presentations
Description
Highlights submissions by children and youth including songs, poetry, drawings, and letters to the Prime Minister regarding inequities in child welfare, education, and health for First Nations children and youth.
First Peoples' Heritage, Language & Culture Council
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First Peoples’ Heritage
Language and Culture Council
Description
Website contains consultation, guidance, support and funding for First Nations’ people of British Columbia’s communities for language, arts and culture projects.
First Peoples Law 2014
Alternate Title
Making the Ring of Fire a Reality
New Human Rights Museum a Monument to Contradiction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bruce McIvor
[Cornelius Wabasse
Erwin Redsky
Cathy Merrick]
Description
Topics include the implications of the Tsilhqot’in and Grassy Narrows decisions, duty to consult, provincial treaty obligations, and proposed federal land claims policy.
First Peoples Worldwide
Alternate Title
First Peoples Worldwide, an Indigenous-Led Development Organization
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Rebecca Adamson
Description
Website dedicated to equipping Indigenous Peoples with assets (physical, natural, financial, etc.), resources and strategies to help put an end to injustices. The website includes links to programs, grants, resources and more.
First Speakers: Restoring the Ojibwe Language
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John Whitehead
Stephanie Mosher
Description
Video highlights efforts to increase number of Ojibwe speakers through establishment of immersion schools and by recording elders' stories. Focuses on two schools: Niigaane School in Minnesota and Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Immersion Charter School in Wisconsin.
Duration: 56:41.
First Voices: An Aboriginal Women's Reader
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Judy Iseke
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2010, pp. 429-430
Description
Book review of: First Voices edited by Patricia A. Monture, Patricia C. McGuire.
Fish Pluralities: Human-Animal Relations and Sites of Engagement in Paulatuuq, Arctic Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zoe Todd
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 38, no. 1-2, Cultures Inuit, Gouvernance et Cosmopoliqitues / Inuit Cultures, Governance and Cosmopolitics, 2014, pp. 217-238
Description
Looks at two case studies that demonstrate how the Inuvialuit employ multiple ways of knowing and defining fish to negotiate the complexity of the environment.
Fisheries and First Nations: Report From Research Stay in Canada: March-July 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Camilla Brattland
Description
Looks at Mi'kmaq fisheries in Atlantic Canada and salmon farming in British Columbia.
Fishing for Foresters: A New Institutional Analysis of Community Participation in an Aboriginal-Owned Forest Company
Theses
Author/Creator
Darryn Anne DiFrancesco
Description
Globalization and International Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2010.
Fishing in Contested Waters: Place and Community in Burnt Church/Esgenoôpetitj
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Len M. Findlay
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 211-213
Description
Book review of Fishing in Contested Waters by Sarah J. King.
The Flemish Bastard and the Former Indians: Métis and Identity in Seventeenth-Century New York
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom Arne Midtrød
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 1, Winter, 2010, pp. 83-108
Description
Examines the lives of three Metis people, Smits Jan, Jacques van Slyck, and Hilletie van Olinda, in seventeenth-century New York.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
FNUC Students Continue to Fight for Their 'Home'
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Delaney Windigo
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 4, April 2010, p. 9
Description
Comments on how students staged a "live-in" to try to convince the federal government to restore funding for the First Nations University of Canada.
Article found by scrolling to page 9.
Focus Inuit Research Agenda on Best Outcomes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Cunningham
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 182, no. 3, February 23, 2010, pp. 228-229
Description
Comments on research articles by Luo Zhong-Cheng on birth outcomes and food insecurity by Grace M. Egeland.
Focus on Literacy: Policy Landscape: Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Education Association
Description
Brief descriptions of literacy in the Aboriginal context, present situation, historical context, central goals, etc.
Focusing on Long-Term Language Goals in Challenging Times: A Yup'ik Example
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leisy Wyman
Patrick Marlow
Fannie Cikuyaq Andrew
Gayle Sheppard Miller
Rachel Cikigaq Nicholai ... [et al.]
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 28-49
Description
"This article evidences how bilingual programming and academic achievement in English can go hand in hand".
Foe, Friend, or Critic: Native Performers with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and Discourses of Conquest and Friendship in Newspaper Reports
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Scarangella McNenly
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 143-176
Description
Highlights the performing and travelling experiences of Native American performers.
Follow-up Report to the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the Human Rights of the Innu of Labrador
E-Books
Author/Creator
Celeste McKay Consulting
Donald McRae
Description
Related material: 2002 Report.
Fontaine v. Canada (Attorney General), 2014 ONSC 283
Alternate Title
Court File Number: 00-CV-129059
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Description
Judgement in case where the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and various other claimants under the Independent Assessment Process brought a suit to force the Canadian government and the Ontario Provincial Police to produce documents relating to abuse of students at St. Anne's Indian Residential School.
Food and Medicine
Alternate Title
[Patterns of Health and Wellbeing: An Intercultural Symposium ; 07]
[The Medicine of Food: The Primary Relation]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Renee Dufault
Description
Webcast of a presentation given at the Patterns of Health and Wellbeing Symposium by an Environmental Health Officer regarding food ingredient safety and exposure to chemicals during food consumption.
Duration: 27:37.
Food Fish, Commercial Fish, and Fish to Support a Moderate Livelihood: Characterizing Aboriginal and Treaty Rights to Canadian Fisheries
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas C. Harris and Peter Millerd
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 1, no. 1, 2010, pp. 82-107
Description
Looks at characteristics and meaning of Aboriginal fishing rights within context of in Canadian law and goals of effective management and fair distribution.
Food Insecurity among Inuit Preschoolers: Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey, 2007–2008
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Grace M. Egeland
Angela Pacey
Zirong Cao
Isaac Sobol
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 182, no. 3, February 23, 2010, p. 243–248
Description
Looks at the results of a cross-sectional survey on the prevalence of inadequate food security among preschool-aged children.
Food Insecurity among Inuit Women Exacerbated by Socio-economic Stresses and Climate Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maude C. Beaumier
James D. Ford
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 3, May/June 2010, pp. 196-201
Description
Looks at a community-based study in Igloolik, Nunavut on food insecurity, and how it is influenced by social, economic, political and environmental conditions.
Food Insecurity of Nutritional Biomarkers in Relation to Stature in Inuit Children From Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine M. Pirkle
Michel Lucas
Renée Dallaire
Pierre Ayotte
Joseph L. Jacobson ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 105, no. 4, July/August 2014, pp. e233-238
Description
Findings indicated that children affected by food insecure experienced greater nutritional challenges and physical growth deficiencies.
Food Insecurity Within the Island Lake First Nation Communities in Northern Manitoba, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Shauna Zahariuk
Description
Environment and Geography Thesis (M.E.)--University of Manitoba, 2014.
The Food Mail Program: "When Pigs Fly": Dispatching Access and Affordability to Healthy Food
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kashef Majid
Sonya Grier
Social Marketing Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 78-95
Description
Looks at a program that subsidizes the cost of food transport to those in isolated communities.
FOOD RELATED: An Online Platform to Invigorate the Social and Cultural Experience of Food in the Arctic
Alternate Title
Inuit People and the Aboriginal World
Inuit Studies Conference ; 17th, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rosanne Van Klaveren
Description
Looks at virtual platform which collects experiences and practices related to food in the North.
Food Security and Food Sovereignty: The Case of British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Barbara Leslie
Description
Integrated Studies Project (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2014.
Food Security, Depression and Quality of Life in the Northern Plains Indians
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jacqueline S. Gray
Kevin Gonzaga
James G. Penland
Henry C. Lukaski
Patty Stensland
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 4, no. 2015, 2014, pp. 1-15
Description
Reports findings from study to identify the relationship between food, security, ethnicity, health, and nutrition.
Food Security in Northern and Isolated Communities: Ensuring Equitable Access to Adequate and Healthy Food for All: Report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bob Bratina
Jamie Schmale
Sylvie Bérubé
Gary Anandasangaree
Jaime Battiste ... [et al.]
Description
Based on information gathered through 38 witness testimonies, eight meetings and 10 written briefs, report discusses causes of food insecurity, effects of climate change and food degradation, the Nutrition North Canada program, and the need for government support of community-based solutions.
"June 2021, 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session".
Food Security in Paulatuuk, NT - Opportunities and Challenges of a Changing Community Economy
Theses
Author/Creator
Zoe Sarah Croucher Todd
Description
Rural Economy Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2010.
Food Systems Among Native American Peoples in Oakland, California: An Examination of Connection and Heath
Theses
Author/Creator
Rachel Valerie Vernon
Description
Ethnic Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Colorado State University, 2014.
Foot of the Mountain and Other Stories
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 4, Issue 272, September-October 2010, p. 26
Description
Book review of: Foot of the Mountain and Other Stories by Joseph Bruchac
Footsteps: Following in Dad's Tradition
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Jones
Chris Roberts
Whispering Wind, vol. 42, no. 5, Issue 291, May-June 2014, pp. 28-29
Description
Describes costumes worn by performers in Chicken Dance competitions held in Alberta and Montana. Includes photographs.
For All My Relations: An Autobiographical Narrative Inquiry into the Lived Experiences of One Aboriginal Graduate Student
Theses
Author/Creator
Trudy Cardinal
Description
Indigenous Peoples Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alberta, 2010.