Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
M. E. Turpel-Lafond
Description
The Act provides support for First Nations' authority over child and family services. Document discusses national legal principles, positive principles, standards and norms, restricting or constraining provisions, the interplay between elected Indian Act Band Councils and traditional governance structures, and the applicability of First Nations laws.
Primitive Subversions: Totalization and Resistance in Native Canadian Politics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Kulchyski
Cultural Critique, vol. 21, Spring, 1992, pp. 171-195
Description
Discusses the struggle between Indigenous people and the Canadian government over the assimilation of Canada's Indigenous population.
Princes and Princesses of Ragged Fame: Innu Archaeology and Ethnohistory in Labrador
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen G. Loring
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Massachusetts, 1992.
Principles, Approaches, and Methods for Evaluation in Indigenous Contexts: A Grey Literature Scoping Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kriti Chandna
Michelle M . Vine
Susan J . Snelling
Rachel Harris
Janet Smylie
Heather Manson
Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, vol. 34, no. 1, Spring, 2019, pp. [21]-47
Description
Review conducted to identify principles, approaches, methods, tools and frameworks reported from 2000-2015 in Canada, United States, New Zealand and Australia.
Prior to the Negotiations
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Louis Rain
Richard Lightning
Richard Price
Indian History Film Project
Description
An overall summary of Treaty #6, the hows and whys of the difference in interpretation between Indian and non-Indian, based on field interviews and historical documents.
The Problem(atics) of Post-Colonisation: The Subject in Settler Post-Colonial Discourse
Alternate Title
The Problem(atics) of Post-Colonization: The Subject in Settler Post-Colonial Discourse
Theses
Author/Creator
Christine A. Prentice
Description
[English] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Canterbury, 1992.
Focusess on fiction by Kate Grenville, Elizabeth Jolley, and Sally Morgan, from Australia; Alice Munro, Audrey Thomas, Aritha Van Herk and Rudy Wiebe, from Canada; and Stevan Eldred-Grig, Patricia Grace, Keri Hulme, Witi Ihimaera and Ian Wedde, from New Zealand.
Problems of Order in Nishnawbe-Aski Nation Communities
Alternate Title
Research: Problems of Order in Nishnawbe-Aski Nation Communities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donald J. Auger
Anthony N. Doob
Raymond P. Auger
Paul Driben
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 34, no. 3/4, July-October 1992, pp. 535-536
Description
Examines Euro-Canadian criminal justice system, aboriginal systems of control and circumstances leading to incarceration.
Production and Delivery of Gladue Pre-sentence Reports: A Review of Selected Canadian Programs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patricia Barkaskas
Vivienne Chin
Yvon Dandurand
Dallas Tooshkenig
Description
Based on the Supreme Court Of Canada's decision in the Gladue case, when sentencing, judges are required to take into consideration the unique circumstances of Indigenous peoples.
Production, Development, and Environmental Policies: Paradoxical Landscapes in Colonia Aborigen Chaco (Ex-Aboriginal Reserve of Napalpí, Argentina)
Alternate Title
Production, Development, and Environmental Policies: Paradoxical Landscapes in Colonia Aborigen Chaco (Ex-Aboriginal Reserve of Napalpi, Argentina)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carlos Salamanca
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
Author discusses the results of an Indigenous development plan carried out between 2005 and 2010 in Colonia Aborigen Chaco, an Indigenous settlement originally established in 1911 as the Aboriginal Reserve of Napalpí, discusses the ongoing effects of colonial violence and programs of assimilation.
A Profile of Businesses in Indigenous Communities in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Haaris Jafri
Alessandro Alasia
Description
The primary data source used in this analysis is the Business Register (BR), January 2017 reference period.
Progress Audit: The Education of Aboriginal Students in the B.C. Public School System
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Sheila Dodds
Jessica Schafer
Emily Yearwood-Lee]
Description
Examines whether the Ministry of Education had implemented the recommendations for actions which would close the gap in outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students found in the earlier report An Audit of the Education of Aboriginal Students in the B.C. Public School System.
The Promise and Pitfalls of C-92: An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children, youth and families
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.
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 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.
Pronouns and Pronominals in Eastern Labrador Eskimo
Theses
Author/Creator
Leila Mirjam Clase
Description
Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1974.
Proscription of Cross-Cousin Marriage among the Southwestern Ojibwa
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James G. E. Smith
American Ethnologist, vol. 1, no. 4, November 1974, pp. 751-762
Description
Argues that changes in the kinship system took place in the early 19th century due environmental, economic and demographic factors that became more acute during the reservation period.
Protestant Missionaries and Native Culture: Parallel Careers of Asher Wright and Silas T. Rand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas S. Abler
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 25-37
Description
Author examines the writings and compares the careers of two missionaries working to convert Indigenous peoples in North America; focuses on the missionaries’ engagement with the elders, storytellers and culture of the nations.
Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pi "younger sister" -> "great-grandmother"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexis Manaster Ramer
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, 1992, pp. 111-117
Description
Reports on detailed linguistic work conducted on kinship terminology of the Uto-Aztecan language Tubatulabla, perhaps still spoken in Kern County, California.
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.
Province Approves Plans to Train Indian Mounties
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 4, no. 6-7, August-September 1974, p. 4
Description
Special Constable program awaits final approval by Chiefs of Saskatchewan.
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.
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 Hearings: Overview of the First Round
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Cassidy
Description
Summarizes presentations given before the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
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
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.
Qualifying Margins: The Discourse of Death in Native and African American Women's Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Sharon Patricia Holland
Description
English Language and Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Michigan, 1992.
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 on Stigma and Discrimination Experienced by Indigenous Peoples Living with HIV or Having TB at Work
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
Secretariat of the International Indigenous HIV and AIDS Working Group
Quanah Parker: A Great Indian Spokesman
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn R. Osborn
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, 1974, pp. 14-17
Description
Brief look at the speaking career of the advocate and representative for the Apache, Comanche, Kiowa peoples of Oklahoma.
Quantification of Interplaying Relationships between Wellbeing Priorities of Aboriginal Peoples in Remote Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosalie Schultz
Stephen J. Quinn
Tammy Abbott
Sheree Cairney
Jessica Yamaguchi
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, June 25, 2019
Description
Study examines the priorities that Indigenous people living in remote communities in Australia have for defining their own well-being and how they rank those priorities in their own understandings of health.
Quaslametko and Yetko: Two Grandmother Models for Contemporary Native Education Pedagogy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shirley Sterling
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 19, no. 2, 1992, pp. 165-174
Description
Discusses the importance of oral stories for Indigenous education.
Quebec First Nations' Health and Social Services Governance Process: Effective Governance for the Wellness of First Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Georges A. Legault
Quebec First Nations Information Governance Framework
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emilie Grantham
Queensland Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Education Program
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Janie Smith
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 16, no. 3, May/June 1992, pp. 6-9
Description
Provides student review of program.
The Quest for Pasquatinow: An Aboriginal Gathering Centre in the Saskatchewan River Valley
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Meyer
Terry Gibson
Dale Russell
Prairie Forum, vol. 17, no. 2, Native Studies, Fall, 1992, pp. 201-223
Description
Examines the history, geography, archeology and ethnography related to the area known as Pasquatinow.
Questions of the Spirit: Bloodlines in Louise Erdrich's Chippewa Landscape
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annette Van Dyke
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 15-27
Description
Explores the inspiration of the symbols of water and the water god shown in Erdrich's Love Medicine and Tracks.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Race, Gender, and Homicide: Comparrisons Between Aboriginals and Other Canadians
Alternate Title
Race, Gender, and Homicide: Comparisons Between Aboriginals and Other Canadians
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sharon Moyer
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 34, no. 3/4, July-October 1992, pp. 387-402
Description
Uses homicide data collected by the Homicide Program of the Canadian Centre for Justice over the period of twenty-three years.
Racial Necrogeographies and the Making of White Space: The Life and Death of Nineteenth-Century Indigenous and Black Burial Places in Rural Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Felepchuk
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, 2019, pp. 73-87
Description
Looks at burial sites desecrated by settlers, how these acts represent an attempt to erase Indigenous and Black existence, and how these communities have pushed back by reclaiming and reconsecrating their scared places.
Racial-Settler Capitalism: Character Building and the Accumulation of Land and Labor in the Late Nineteenth Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah E. K. Fong
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, [Rethinking Blackness and Indigeneity in the Light of Settler Colonial Theory], May 2019, pp. 25-48
Description
Using a comparative approach to the two institutions argues that their primary goal was to mold Indigenous and Black students into a labor force for U.S. racial-settler capitalism.
Racism Experiences of Urban Indigenous Women in Ontario, Canada: “We All Have That Story That Will Break Your Heart”
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anita C Benoit
Jasmine Cotnam
Doe O'Brien-Teengs
Saara Green
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Mixed methods research study explores how Indigenous women in two Canadian urban centers experience racism. Findings indicate that participants experience racism in ways that can be classified as individual, collective or institutional, and cultural and rage from historical events to contemporary manifestations.
Racism, Nationalism, and Nostalgia in Cowboy Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Gray Sweeney
The Oxford Art Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, 1992, pp. 67-80
Description
Interprets cowboy art form from the western United States and suggests why these paintings continue to have loyal audiences for the past century.
Racism, Popular Culture, and the Everyday Rosebud Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Biolsi
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 77-110
Description
Discusses the intricacies and nuances of Lakota performances of popular culture. Challenges perspectives which dismiss Indigenous engagement in contemporary culture as mimicry or assimilation, and that portray contemporaneity as opposed to indigeneity.
Radiocarbon Dating as a Probabilistic Technique: The Childers Site and Late Woodland Occupation in the Ohio Valley
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael J. Shott
American Antiquity, vol. 57, no. 2, April 1992, pp. 202-230
Description
Resolving the conflict between the archaeological record and radiocarbon dates.
Radiocarbon Dating of Fremont Anthropomorphic Rock Art in Glen Canyon, South-Central Utah
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phil R. Geib
Helen C. Fairley
Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 19, no. 2, Summer, 1992, pp. 155-168
Description
Challenges in accurate dating of artifacts has implications for researchers who use dating to provide context for interpreting cultural items.
Raising the Standards of Aboriginal Health Care
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 16, no. 4, July/August 1992, pp. 6-7
Description
Looks at the training of Aboriginal doctors at the University of Newcastle.