E-Books
Author/Creator
Roland Chrisjohn
Sherri Young
The Circle of Mind and Heart: Integrating Waldorf Education, Indigenous Epistemologies, and Critical Pedagogy
Theses
Author/Creator
Joaquin Muñoz
Description
Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2016.
Circles
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Shanti Thakur
Description
Documentary on innovative program that brings the traditional form of Aboriginal justice-circle sentencing to the Canadian justice system as opposed to prison terms.
Duration: 57:48.
Circles of Life: The Experience of Healing Through the Use of the Shamanic Journey
Theses
Author/Creator
Brooke London Isberg
Description
Clinical Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Union Institute, 1997.
City of Bridges: First Nations and Métis Economic Development in Saskatoon & Region
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shaun Soonias
Heather Exner-Pirot
Mohamed Salat
Asad Shah
Description
Looks at land development through increased Aboriginal involvement in economic opportunities and business ventures as a means to improving Aboriginal employment conditions.
City of Saskatoon Urban Reserves: Frequently Asked Questions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Regional Planning - Planning and Development
City of Saskatoon
Description
Briefly explains what reserves are, why they are being created, differences between urban holdings and reserves, relationship to city government, etc.
Ciulirnerunak Yuuyaqunak = Do Not Live Without an Elder : The Subsistence Way of Life in Southwest Alaska
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alice Rearden
Civic Spaces: Architectural Expressions of Political Organization in the Prehistoric Northern Southwest, A.D. 1000-1300
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Patricia Metcalf
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Virginia, 1997.
The Civil War and Reconstruction in Indian Territory
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Melanie Kendall Toth
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 3, no. 2, 2016, pp. 134-135
Description
Book review of: The Civil War and Reconstruction in Indian Territory edited by Bradley R. Clampitt.
The Civil War in Indian Territory, 1861-1865
Theses
Author/Creator
Zachery Cowsert
Description
History Thesis (PhD) -- Eberly College, 2020.
Classic Salish Twined Robes
Alternate Title
Classic Salish Twined Cloaks
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katharine Dickerson
BC Studies, no. 189, Spring, 2016, pp. 101-127
Description
Discusses Salish Coast classic weavings and unique techniques used by the Salish and design.
Classical Education and the Brothertown Nation of Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
E.J. Vance
The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 2, Spring, 2016, pp. 138-174
Description
Attempts to analyze the Brothertown movement in the context of the founders classical education roots.
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Guidebooks for Indigenous Communities: Guidebook 1: Starting the Planning Process
Alternate Title
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Guidebooks for Indigenous Communities
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Guidebooks for Indigenous Communities:Annexes
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities
Guidebook 2: Climate Change Impacts in the Community
Guidebook 3: Identifying Community Sustainability and Climate Change Vulnerabilities
Guidebook 4: Identifying Solutions
Guidebook 5: Taking Adaptive Action
Guidebook 6: Monitoring Progress and Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Forms part of the Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities. Guidebook 2: Climate Change Impacts in the Community.
Guidebook 3: Identifying Community Sustainability and Climate Change Vulnerabilities.
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities: Introduction
Alternate Title
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities: Guidance Book
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities: Guidance Book Appendices
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities: [Guidebook] Annexes
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Discusses the various components of the toolkit: Anishinaabemowin Climate Change Glossary, Ininímowin Climate Change Glossary, Indigenous Languages Glossary Workbook, guidance book, and six guidebooks.
Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: A Synthesis of Current Impacts and Experiences
Alternate Title
General Technical Report ; PNW-GTR-944
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathryn Norton-Smith
Kathy Lynn
Karletta Chief
Karen Cozzetto
Jamie Donatuto ... [et al.]
Description
Looks at research pertaining to impacts of climate change and strategies for adaptation and mitigation in the areas of sovereignty and self-determination, culture and cultural identity, Indigenous community health indicators, and economies and livelihoods.
Climate, Environment and Cree Observations: James Bay Territory, Canada
Alternate Title
SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marie-Jeanne S. Royer
Close to Home: An Indigenist Project of Story Gathering
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen E. Absolon
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 9, no. 1, Indigenous Research Methodologies, 2020
Description
Author uses the example of collecting stories from her mother over a period of three years to describe an Indigenous methodology for research that is rooted in relationality, seasonal progressions, and wholistic worldviews and that focuses on research through memory and story-telling.
Closing the First Nation Wellbeing Gap Through Natural Resource Projects: A Proposed Federal Strategy
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Centre for the Study of Living Standards]
Description
Describes the elements and case for a more proactive strategy directed at First Nation communities who should be top priority in forging any new initiatives.
Closing the Gap: Beyond Section 35 BC Symposium Summary, February 19-20, 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Institute on Governance
Description
Topics included history of making of the section, subsequent attempts to define it, related issues, and recommendations for future actions.
Closing the Gap: Prime Minister's Report 2016
E-Books
Author/Creator
Malcolm Turnbull
"Co-Existance of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Land Rights: Australia and Canada Compared in Light of the Wik Decision "
Alternate Title
"Co-Existence of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Land Rights: Australia and Canada Compared in Light of the Wik Decision "
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kent McNeil
Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 4, no. 5, 1997, pp. 4-9
Description
Looks at the way courts in Australia and Canada deal with indigenous rights and concludes that Canadian courts do more to preserve rights in the face of Crown grants.
Co-Management of Natural Resources in Canada: A Review of Concepts and Case Studies
Alternate Title
Rural Poverty and Environment Working Paper Series
Working Paper (International Development Research Centre) ; 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerett Rusnak
Description
Discusses organizational structure, mandated functions and goals, representation and participation of stakeholders, use of information and analysis and the approach to decision making of these co-management experiences.
The Co-operative Innovation Project: Community Reports
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Co-operative Innovation Project
Description
Links to results of meetings held in 26 rural, First Nations, and Métis communities.
The Co-operative Innovation Project: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Co-operative Innovation Project
Description
Project examined two questions:
Is the co-operative model feasible for rural and Aboriginal communities in western Canada?
If so, what is needed to develop and support these co-operatives?
Cocopah Identity and Cultural Survival: Indian Gaming and the Political Ecology of the Lower Colorado River Delta, 1850-1996.
Theses
Author/Creator
Shelby Jo-Anne Tisdale
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1997.
Cognitive Functioning of Akwesasne Mohawk Adolescents Exposed to PCBs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Newman
Mia Gallo
Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment
Lawrence M. Schell
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 5, no. 1, 2016, pp. 1-5
Description
Investigated the cognitive functioning of 269 adolescents and related their scores to PCBs in their blood.
Cognitive Metaphors in Hupa
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jocelyn C. Ahlers
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 63-73
Description
Looks at the linguistic language study findings on the cognitive metaphors of Hupa, an Athapaskan language spoken in California.
Collaborating for Community-Engaged Scholarship in Health and Wellbeing: A Co-Autoethnographic Study of Indigenous Self-Determined Researcher Development
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roxanne Bainbridge
Bronwyn Fredericks
Kathleen Clapham
Clair Anderson
Rowena Ball ... [et al.]
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2016, pp. 1-19
Description
Attempts to better understand and improve National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network (NIRAKN) and other similar networks.
Collaborating to Improve Child and Youth Mental Health in Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Fraser
Rémy Rouillard
Lucie Nadeau
Léna D'Ostie Racine
Raymond Mickpegak
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, Inuit Health, 2016, pp. 23-41
Description
Looks at various collaborative care models and interviews administrators, clinicians, and Inuit families about expectations for mental health services and care.
Collaboration and the Complex World of Literary Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alanna Kathleen Brown
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 595-603
Description
Author explores the complicated series of issues around the use of text composed by Indigenous authors and co-created or edited by Euro-American partners; article covers individual vs collective ownership, historical disregard for Indigenous ownership, and inheritance rights.
Collaboration or Colonialism: Text and Process in Native American Women's Autobiographies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Mullen Sands
MELUS, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 1997, pp. 39-59
Description
Argues that Native American women's personal narratives have been marginalized and misinterpreted in academia.
A Collaborative Case Study: The Office of Native Medicine
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennie R. Joe
Robert S. Young
Jill Moses
Ursula Knoki-Wilson
Johnson Dennison
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 2, 2016, pp. 50-63
Description
Describes case study of a patient centered care model created by the Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona.
Collaborative Data Governance to Support First Nations-Led Overdose Surveillance and Data Analysis in British Columbia, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Soha Sabeti
Chloé Xavier
Amanda Slaunwhite
Louise Meilleur
Laura MacDougall ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge, 2020, pp. 338-355
Description
Discusses the collection of Indigenous opioid-related overdoses data that adheres to the OCAP principles and supports Indigenous self-determination.
Collaborative Research With First Nations In Northern Ontario: The Process And Methodology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Denise M. Golden
Carol Audet
M. A. (Peggy) Smith
R. Harvey Lemelin
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, 2016, pp. 81-129
Description
Discusses the process and benefits of bringing in local First Nations peoples as equal partners to examine climate change.
Collaborative Risk-Driven Intervention: A Study of Samson Cree Nation's Application of the Hub Model
Alternate Title
Research Report (Public Safety Canada) ; 2016-R001
E-Books
Author/Creator
Chad Nilson
Research Report (Public Safety Canada)
Colonial Encounters: The Worlds of Arthur Wellington Clah, 1855-1881
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. M. Galois
BC Studies, no. 115/116, Native Peoples and Colonialism, Autumn/Winter, 1997/1998, pp. 105-148
Description
Diaries kept by Clah show the evolution of the colonial Tsimshian culture and his interactions with parts of the non-Native economy and the missionary promoters.
Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America; This Benevolent Experiment: Indigenous Boarding Schools, Genocide, and Redress in Canada and the United States
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
J. R. Miller
BC Studies, no. 191, 2016, pp. 175-177
Description
Book reviews of:
Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America edited by A. J. Woolford, J. Benvenuto and Al. L. Hinton.
This Benevolent Experiment: Indigenous Boarding Schools Genocide, and Redress in Canada and the United States by Andrew Woolford.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 175.
Colonial Mediascapes: Sensory Worlds of the Early Americas
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Angela Calcaterra
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 1, 2016, pp. 202-204
Description
Book review of: Colonial Mediascapes: Sensory Worlds of the Early Americas edited by Matthew Cohen and Jeffrey Glover.
Colonial, Neo-Colonial, Post-Colonial: Images of Christian Missions in Hiram M. Cody's The Frontiersman, Rudy Wiebe's First and Vital Candle and Basil Johnston's Indian School Days
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jamie S. Scott
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 32, no. 3, Fall, 1997, pp. 140-162
Description
Explores the relationship between missionaries and Aboriginals in three fictional works as examples of societal attitudes.
Colonial Policies and Indigenous Women in Canada
Alternate Title
Neo-Colonial Injustice and the Mass Imprisonment of Indigenous Women
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dawn M. Smith
Description
Chapter from Neo-Colonial Injustice and the Mass Imprisonment of Indigenous Women edited by Lily George, Adele N. Norris, Antje Deckert, Juan Tauri. Discusses the connection between colonialism and the large incarceration rates of Indigenous women in Canada.
The Colonial Problem : An Indigenous Perspective on Crime and Injustice in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lisa Monchalin
Colonialism, Capitalism, and the Rise of State Schooling in British Columbia, 1849-1900
Theses
Author/Creator
Sean Carleton
Description
Canadian Studies Thesis (PhD) -- Trent University, 2016.
Colonialism of the Curve: Indigenous Communities and Bad COVID Data
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Courtney Skye
Description
Discusses the large discrepancy between incidence and mortality rates reported by Indigenous Services Canada and those reported by communities themselves and compares the two sets of numbers in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec. Argues that jurisdictional battles between federal and provincial governments have negatively impacted both delivery of services and accumulation of accurate information, with the result being lack of accountability at both levels of government.
Colonialsim, Archives and Yukon First Nations: A Guide to Public Records in Yukon Archives Documenting the History Colonization in Yukon
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yukon Archives
Description
Guide developed in anticipation of request from National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls to identify relevant records with a focus on material created by the Yukon government. Divided into five thematic sections: early colonization, education, justice, health and social programs and intergovernmental relationships.
Colonization, Homelessness, and the Prostitution and Sex Trafficking of Native Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christine Stark
Eileen Hudon
Description
Looks at the current situation of women and girls in the United States, with a particular focus on historical context and the link between trafficking and homelessness.
Colonization Road
Alternate Title
CBC Firsthand ; June 18, 2017
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Michelle St. John
Jordan O'Connor
Ryan McMahon
Description
Ryan McMahon travels across Ontario talking to Indigenous leaders, lawyers, historians, researchers and policy makers about the building of roads and the effects on Indigenous people and their land. Includes stories about isolation from people of Shoal Lake 40.
Duration: 44:07.
Colonized Classrooms: Racism, Trauma and Resistance in Post-Secondary Education
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lee-An
Jiyoung
Alternate Routes, vol. 27, Precarious Work and the Struggle for Living Wages, 2016, pp. 329-331
Description
Book review of: Colonized Classrooms by Sheila Cote-Meek.
The Color of Coronavirus: COVID-19 Deaths by Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.
Alternate Title
The Colour of Coronavirus: COVID-19 Deaths by Race and Ethnicity in the United States
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
APM Research Lab Staff
Description
Disaggregated data for Blacks, Latinos, Indigenous peoples, Pacific Islanders and Asians including actual and age-adjusted mortality rates per 100,000 and total deaths experienced by each group. Current as of Sept. 15, 2020.
July 2022 update.
Colorism’s Effect on the Presentation of Performative Justice for Indigenous Women in Video News Media
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sarah Bernal
Mundi: Global Studies Society Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Global Connections, 2020, pp. 1-33
Description
Using a comparative case study to examine the unequal mainstream media coverage of murdered Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in Mexico. The findings show that non-Indigenous cases are given more and longer media coverage that provides those cases a "higher profile" for law enforcement.
Colouring Book
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jackie Lever
Description
Teaches children the alphabet using images and brief explanations about how they relate to Metis culture. Words are in English and Southern Michif.