Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Colin J. McMechan
Kristine Heaney
Elizabeth Araujo
Peter Sperling]
Description
Transcript of presentations for free online course (approx. 3 to 4 hours) designed to give general information on issues such as family law, going to court, access to children, and child support.
The Parents Have to Do Their Part: A Tohono O'odham Language Autobiography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Lopez
International Journal of the Sociology of Language, no. 132, 1998, pp. 43-45
Description
Comments from a bilingual teacher about his experiences and concerns.
Paternal Involvement in a First Nations Community in Canada: The Effects of Perceived Positive Father Relationships on Adolescent Adjustment
Theses
Author/Creator
Alexandra D'Arisso
Description
Psychology Thesis (PhD) -- McGill University, 2019.
Pathways in a Forest: Indigenous Guidance on Prevention-Based Child Welfare
E-Books
Author/Creator
West Coast LEAF
Pathways in a Forest: Indigenous Guidance on Prevention-Based Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elba Bendo
Sharnelle JenkinsThompson
Isabelle Busby
Emily Beier
Description
Focuses on seven topics: eight principles of Indigenous child welfare, understanding the overrepresentation of children in care, legal context, root causes, discrepancies in delivery of services, current approaches and recommendations in the area of family violence, current approaches and recommendations in the area of substance use, and improving financial supports for families.
Pediatric Hospitalizations For Ambultory Care Sensitive Conditions: A Comparative Study of Saskatchewan Registered Indians and Northerners With Rural and Urban Saskatchewan Children
Theses
Author/Creator
James Irvine
Description
Community Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 1998.
Perfect Subjects: Race, Tuberculosis, and the Qu'Appelle BCG Vaccine Trial
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maureen Lux
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall, 1998, pp. 277-295
Description
Examines how children of the File Hills - Qu'Appelle reserves in Saskatchewan became test subjects of a vaccine for tuberculosis.
Phonological Development in Mi'kmaq and the Phonological Characteristics of Child Directed Vocabulary in Mi'kmaq
Theses
Author/Creator
Angela Barkhouse
Description
Thesis (M.Sc.)--Dalhousie University, 1998.
A Place to Call Home: Studying the Indian Placement Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tona J. Hangen
Dialogue, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 53-69
Description
Interviews Navajos who were involved in a voluntary foster-care program sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah which placed Native American Mormon children into white Mormon homes for the school year.
A Place Where It Feels Like Home: The Story of Tina Fontaine
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daphne Penrose
Description
Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth's report on the investigation into several service agencies' involvement with a troubled teen who was eventually found murdered.
Playing Indian: A Consideration of Children's Books by Native North Americans, 1900-1940
Theses
Author/Creator
Deirdre Marisa Kwiatek
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1998.
Playing Indian: A Consideration of Children's Books by Native North Americans, 1900-1940
Theses
Author/Creator
Deirdre Marisa Kwiatek
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1998. Explores Indigenous writings and collections; analysis of works including Mourning Dove, E-Yeh-Shure, Zitkala-Sa, Luther Standing Bear, Charles Eastman, Arthur Parker, Francis LaFlesche.
Positive Self-Reported Health might be an Important Determinant of Student’s Experiences of High School in Northern Sweden
Alternate Title
Positive Self-Reported Health might be an Important Determinant of Students’s Experiences of High School in Northern Sweden
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hanna Forsberg
Heidi Carlerby
Annika Norstrand
Anitha Risberg
Catrine Kostenius
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study used data from the health dialogue questionnaire which surveyed 5035 students between 2013 and 2016; results were analyzed to determine associations between positive self-reported health and student experience. It was found that positive health is associated with positive experiences of school.
A Positive Youth Development Perspective on Mental Distress Among American Indian/Alaska Native Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ozge Ersan
Michael C. Rodriguez
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 28, no. 2, 2021, pp. [1]-32
Description
Using a survey of Indigenous youth to discuss how the presence of protective factors help reduce the likelihood of mental distress.
Prevention Strategies Related to Missing or Murdered Native Americans
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Darling
United States Attorney's Bulletin, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 159-182
Description
An examination of the strategies from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families to focus on prevention and economic mobility to improve the outcomes for Indigenous women and children.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 159.
Primer on Practice Shifts Required with Canada's Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families Act
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.
Project George: An Indigenous Land-Based Approach to Resilience for Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Cindy Gaudet
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge, 2021, pp. 177-191
Description
Discusses using a land-based teaching approach to reconnect and strengthen Indigenous youth with their cultural identities and improve their well-beings.
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.
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.
Promoting Self-Esteem, Defining Culture
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Norbert Witt
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 22, no. 2, 1998, pp. 260-273
Description
Analysis of two proposed programs finds success hinges on Indigenous development based on the culture of the people the program is designed to serve.
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.
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
Public Involvement and Community Planning: The Redesign of Services for Children and Families in Southwest Alberta
Theses
Author/Creator
Sharon Mae Stroick
Description
Environmental Design Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Calgary, 1998.
Quality Indicators and Dispositions in the Early Learning and Child Care Sector: Learning from Indigenous Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsea Freeborn
Alvina Mardhani-Bayne
Cheyanne Soetaert
Description
Results of scoping review organized into five themes for quality indicators (Curriculum/programming, reflection of cultures, family engagement, external perspectives, and barriers) and six themes for educator dispositions (practice of relationships, cultural humility, critical pedagogy, honouring families' knowledge, cultural match, and preservice education).
Race-ing Disney: Race and Culture in the Disney Universe
Theses
Author/Creator
Monika Kin Gagnon
Description
Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 1998.
Re-establishing Their Lives: Issues Relating to Affordable Housing for Women and Their Children Escaping Violent Relationships in Northern Manitoba
E-Books
Author/Creator
Colin Bonnycastle
Judith Hughes
Marleny Bonnycastle
Kendra Nixon
Allison Groening
Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carol Muree Martin
Harsha Walia
Description
A comprehensive report on the participatory research project funded by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG, MMIW) facilitated through the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC). Project engaged 113 Indigenous and 15 non-Indigenous women drawing on their experience and expertise as survivors of gendered colonial violence.
Refugee Camp, N.W. Rebellion, 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of a refugee camp during the Northwest Resistance. Women and children of Batoche were permitted to leave the village to escape enemy fire. Visible are supplies piled up on the ground in front of a cluster of tents.
A Report on Children and Families Together: An Emergency Meeting on Indigenous Child and Family Services
E-Books
Author/Creator
Celeste McKay
Report on Implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action
E-Books
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Affairs
Government of New Brunswick
Reproductive Justice and Indigenous Women in Saskatchewan: Overview and Recommendations
Alternate Title
Policy Brief (Johnson Shoyoma Graduate School of Public Policy)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alana Cattapan
Samantha Moore
Karen Lawford
2021
Description
An examination of Indigenous coerced sterilization, forced evacuations for pregnancies, and child apprehension in Saskatchewan.
Restoring Our Roots: Land-Based Community by and for Indigenous Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Fast
Melanie Lefebvre
Christopher Reid
Brooke Wahsontiiostha Deer
Dakota Swiftwolfe ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge, 2021, pp. 120-138
Description
Restoring Our Roots is research project that creates an inclusive sense of community using traditional land-based teachings to improve mental health by encourage Indigenous youth to reconnect with their own culture.
The Return of the Stolen Generation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Read
Journal of Australian Studies, vol. 22, no. 59, Special Issue: Who Will Look After the Children?, 1998, pp. 8-19
Description
Discusses lasting effects on Australian Aboriginals who, as children, were taken away from their parents and the present day phenomenon of returning to one's Aboriginal family.
A Review of Literature on the Involvement of Children from Indigenous Communities in Anglo Child Welfare Systems: 1973-2018
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vandna Sinha
Johanna Caldwell
Leah Paul
Paulo Roberto Fumaneri
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, 2021, pp. 1-43
Description
An overview of the research on Indigenous children's overrepresentation within the welfare system.
Reviews [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, Vol. 10, No. 4, Winter, 1998]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lisa Bernhagen
Geary Hobson
Tara Prince-Hughes
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1998, pp. 74-82
Description
Book reviews of:
a snake in her mouth by nila northSun.
The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp.
Two-Spirit People: Native American Gender Identity,
Sexuality, and Spirituality edited by Sue-Ellen Jacobs, Wesley Thomas, and Sabine Lang.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Rheumatic Fever in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Richmond
Linda Harris
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, vol. 44, no. 3, June 1998, pp. 148-152
Description
Five-year retrospective study of the incidence and clinical presentation of acute rheumatic fever.
Runners in the Gym: Tales of Resistance and Conversion at an Adolescent Treatment Centre
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joannie Halas
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 22, no. 2, 1998, pp. 210-222
Description
Author recounts her experiences while teaching physical education in a school with a high percentage of Aboriginal students.
Sacred and Strong: Upholding Our Matriarchal Roles: The Health and Wellness Journey of BC First Nations Women and Girls
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Authority
British Columbia Office of the Provincial Health Officer
Saskatchewan’s Aboriginal Youth Shine
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 28, no. 2, Summer, 1998, pp. 22-23
Description
Describes the 1st Annual Aboriginal Youth Awards of Excellence ceremony; those honoured included: Carmen Lewis, Welland Ratt, Standing Buffalo Junior Girls Volleyball Team, Chico Peepeetch, Rachel Jobb, Christopher Ross.
Scapegoating the Indian Residential Schools: The Noble Legacy of Hundreds of Christian Missionaries is Sacrificed to Political Correctness
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Patrick Donnelly
Alberta Report, vol. 25, no. 6, January 26, 1998, pp. 6-11
Description
Commentary and personal reaction to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in 1998.
Screening for Type-2 Diabetes in Aboriginal Children in Northern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather J. Dean
T. Kue Young
Bertha Flett
Pauline Wood-Steiman
Lancet, vol. 352, no. 9139, November 7, 1998, pp. 1523-1524
Description
Outlines a study conducted of schoolchildren in the remote Ojibwa-Cree community of St Teresa Point First Nation to detect early signs of type-2 diabetes, and recommends screening for all people aged 7 years and older.
Season of Birth, Stillbirths, and Neonatal Mortality in Sweden: The Sami and non-Sami Population, 1800-1899
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lena Karlsson
Erling Häggström Lundevaller
Barbara Schumann
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study uses digitised parish records from the Demographic Data Base at Umeå University to compare how the season of birth affected the neonatal and stillbirth risk among the Sami and non-Sami in Swedish Sápmi during the nineteenth century.
Securing the Truth: NSW Government Submission to the Human Rights And Equal Opportunity Commission Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Colin Menzies
Trish Menzies
Rodney Ella
Phil Smith
Mary Kellaher ... [et al.]]
SEED: A Ktunaxa Nation Resource
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Independent School System
Description
Selective Ethnobotanical Education Directory (SEED) compiled by four Ktunaxa/Kinbasket students. Includes information on plants used in daily life, information about the First Nation and a short quiz.
The Sense of Art: A First Nations View
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carolyn Bereznak Kenny
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Creating Power in the Land of the Eagle, 1998, pp. 77-84
Description
Exploration of the Indigenous role in the Arts and how this can contribute to a sense of well being.
'Setting Up a Solid Foundation': Exploring the Capacity of Indigenous Not-for-Profit Early Learning and Child Care Programs in British Columbia: A Summary Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alison Gerlach
Shemine Gulamhusein
Leslie Varley
Magnolia Perron
Description
Looks at the organizational and funding factors which either contribute to success or to enforced closure of centres and makes recommendations about how to support operational requirements; based on interviews with 11 Executive Directors, 6 Indigenous managers, and 2 provincial experts in the field.
Settler City Limits: Indigenous Resrugence and Colonial Violence in the Urban Prairie West
E-Books
Author/Creator
Heather Dorries
Nick Estes
David Hugill
Julie Tomiak
Nicholas Brown …
Chris Andersen
Adam Gaudry ...
Zoe Todd
Sixties Scoop, Historical Trauma, and Changing the Current Landscape about Indigenous People
Theses
Author/Creator
Shandel Valiquette
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor, 2019.