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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Virginia P. Miller
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. 447-455
Description
Historical overview of the evolution of Yuki tribal chiefs from precontact to the acculturation era of the late nineteenth century.
Chasing Paper: Forms over Function in First Nation Administration
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Alternate Title
Research Report (Northern Policy Institute) ; no. 47
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Caitlin McAuliffe
Description
Discusses the reporting relationship between federal funders and First Nations governments using the Nipissing First Nations as a case study. Looks at discrepancies and challenges faced by communities and funders' accountability and transparency, as well as best practices in data governance, partnerships, and data collection models.
Cherokee Women and the Trail of Tears
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theda Perdue
Journal of Women's History, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 1989, pp. 14-30
Description
Comments on role women play in removal, how removal affected their lives, and questions whether their views differed from those of men.
Chipewyan Ethno-Adaptations: Identity Expression for Chipewyan Indians of Northern Saskatchewan
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Wesley Heber
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 1989.
Clean Water for First Nations: Is the Government Spending Enough?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jill Giswold
Description
Report provides updated estimate of costs associated with providing public water and wastewater systems using data and expenditure recommendations from the 2011 National Assessment of First Nations Water and Wastewater Systems; period of analysis covered is 2016-2017 to 2025-2026.
COVID-19 and Drinking Water Security in Rural, Remote and Indigenous Communities: the Role of Collaboration among Diverse Actors in Responding to a Global Pandemic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sondra Eger
Sarah Minnes
Amy Hudson
Kelly Vodden
Kathleen Parewick ...[et al]
Journal of Rural and Community Development, vol. 16, no. 4, COVID-19 and Rural Canada: Rural Impacts and Resilience , 2021, pp. [112]-140
Description
Uses a collaborative analysis of Newfoundland Indigenous experiences to examine the impact of the COVID pandemic on their access to drinking water.
[The Curtain Within: Haida Social and Mythical Discourse]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael Kew
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 1989, pp. 196-200
Description
Book review of, The Curtain Within by Marianne Boelscher.
Destroying a Homeland: White Earth, Minnesota
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard H. Weil
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, 1989, pp. 69-95
Description
Describes the shrinking land mass, due to encroaching civilization, of the White Earth reservation.
Final Report: Cost Analysis of Current Housing Gaps and Future Housing Needs in First Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy
Description
Includes 10 case studies.
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 Reserves and Métis Settlements [Map]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Alberta
Description
Province of Alberta.
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]
Gambling Away the Inheritance: The Cherokee Nations and Georgia's Gold and Land Lotteries of 1832-33
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
H. David Williams
The Georgia Historical Quarterly, vol. 73, no. 3, Special Issue Commemorating The Sesquicentennial of Cherokee Removal 1838-1939 , Fall, 1989, pp. 519-539
Description
Looks at the plight of the Cherokee Nation during this period ending with their removal to Oklahoma.
Historic Archaeology and Ethnohistory at Healy Lake, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John P. Cook
Arctic, vol. 42, no. 2, Current Perspectives on Western Boreal Forest Life: Ethnographic and Ethnohistoric Research in Late , June 1989, pp. 109-118
Description
Looks at the prehistory of the upper Tanana Valley by looking at Healy Lake Village using source records, photographs, oral history from descendants of the trader who owned a post near the village, and ethnographic information from fieldwork.
Improving on Nature: The Legend Lake Development, Menominee Resistance, and the Ecological Dynamics of Settler Colonialism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Dockry
Kyle Whyte
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 2, Spring, 2021, pp. [95]-120
Description
A discussion of the attempted sale of lands from the terminated Menominee reservation to the large- scale recreational vacation property development and resistance by the Determination of Rights and Unity for Menominee Stockholders or DRUMS to stop the sale and restore tribal status. The U.S. government's withdrawal of tribal status and federal support had created economic issues for the group and the sale of land was looked upon as a means to rectify that issue.
In and Against the Image of Our Ancestors: Language, Leadership, and Sovereignty in the 2014 Navajo Nation Presidential Election Controversy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J Jeffery Clark
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 1, Winter, 2021, pp. [1]-32
Description
Focuses on the Supreme Court of the Navajo Nation's decision to remove a candidate from the ballot because of lack of language fluency. Argues that while Diné sovereignty regarding identity is necessary to secure a vision of the future, this same sovereignty can be used to exclude people and contribute to settler colonial goals of erasure of Indigenous people and culture.
Indigenous Housing Management: A Comparative Evaluation of On Reserve and Off Nation Housing Programs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joanne Nellas
Description
"This report presents key findings from a four-month study exploring the gap between on reserve and off nation Indigenous housing through the lens of two core funding streams, Section 95 (serving First Nations on reserves) and the Urban Native Housing Program (serving urban Indigenous populations)."
The Laughing People: A Tribute to My Innu Friends
Alternate Title
Le peuple rieur: Hommage à mes amis Innus
E-Books
Author/Creator
Serge Bouchard
A Low-Profile Subsistence Fishery: Pike Fishing in Minto Flats, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth F. Andrews
Arctic, vol. 42, no. 4, December 1989, pp. 357-361
Description
Discusses resource management problems and compatibility of development of sport fishery in area of pre-existing subsistence fishery.
Native Socio-Economic Development in Canada: Change, Promise and Innovation
Alternate Title
Native Issues (Institute of Urban Studies) ; no. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sandy Lockhart
Jackie Wolfe
Gordon Cunningham
Lynn Convey
Douglas McArthur
J.D. House
Native Issues (Institute of Urban Studies)
A New Era for Navajo Phone Service
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott Chesbro
Telephony, vol. 216, no. 6, February 6, 1989, pp. 31-34
Description
Development of better technology to serve the entire Navajo Nation.
Ontario First Nations On-Reserve Housing and Related Infrastructure Needs: Technical Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
Description
Reports on housing capacity, subsidy and ownership, and age, condition, replacement needs and costs, and water and waste system capacity and condition.
Ontario region results from the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) On-Reserve Housing and Related Infrastructure questionnaire. Most respondents were the Housing/Band Managers.
Real Indians: Policing or Protecting Authentic Indigenous Identity?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dwanna L. McKay
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, vol. 7, no. 1, 2021, pp. 12-25
Description
Examines the challenges for authenticity of Indigenous identity claims in the United States.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joanna L. Endter
Allan R. Taylor
Thomas Biolsi
Jerome Klinkowitz
James Ruppert
Douglas R. Parks
Yasuhide Kawashima
Sidner Larson
Cornelius J Jaenen
Donald A Grinde
Helen Jaskoski
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, 1989, pp. 107-138
Description
Book reviews of:
A Stranger in Her Native Land: Alice Fletcher and the American Indians by Joan Mark.
Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots and Affixes by D. G. Frantz and N. J. Russell.
The Indians' New World: Catawbas and Their Neighbors From European Contact Through the Era of Removal by James H. Merrell.
American Women Writing Fiction edited by Mickey Pearlman.
New Voices From the Longhouse: An Anthology of Contemporary Iroquois Writing edited by Joseph Bruchac.
Spirit of the New England Tribes: Indian History and Folklore, 1620-1984 by William S.
Social and Economic Well-Being: A First Nations Gender-Balanced Analysis
Alternate Title
FNIGC Research Series
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
Telling Our Twisted Histories
Web Sites » Organizations
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Kaniehti:io Horn
Terre Innue
Description
Website contains links to a series of 12 podcasts which explore the impact of words such as reconciliation, indian time, school, reserve, and savage. Host Kaniehti:io Horn engages in conversations with more than 70 people from 15 First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities.
Termination by Decentralization? Native American Responses to Federal Regional Councils, 1969-1983
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas A. Britten
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 2, Spring, 2021, pp. [121]-151
Description
An examination of opposition to the Nixon administration's creation of councils as a means to decentralize government support. Most tribal governments and national organizations resisted the use of these councils because they were implemented without consultation, the possibility that states would have control over decision-making and fears about termination of tribal status.
The Theory and Practice of Aboriginal Self-Government: Canada in a Comparative Context
Theses
Author/Creator
Kathy Lenore Brock
Description
Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1989.
To Our Readers
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, June 1989, p. 2
Description
Introduction to issue featuring health workers from Elcho Island.
Tsilhqot’in in the Time of COVID: Strengthening Tsilhqot’in Ways to Protect Our People
Alternate Title
Dada Nentsen Gha Yatastig = I am Going to Tell You about a Very Bad Disease
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emma Feltes
Jocelyn Stacey
Crystal Verhaeghe
Unfinished Justice: Completing the Restoration and Acknowledgement of California Indian Tribes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allogan Slagle
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. 325-345
Description
Looks at the creation of the US Acknowledgement and Research Branch to investigate California Indigenous tribes seeking federal recognition. Also includes a list of California tribes seeking federal recognition during the 1980s.
The View From Eagle Butte: National Archives Field Branches and the Writing of American Indian History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frederick E. Hoxie
Journal of American History , vol. 76, no. 1, June 1989, pp. 172-180
Description
Author comments on his historical research into the impact of the 1908 statute on the Cheyenne River Sioux and an opportunity to examine everyday life of American Indian communities.
War, Wampum, and Recognition: Algonquin Transborder Political Activism during the Early Twentieth Century, 1919-1931
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dennis Leo Fisher
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 1, Winter, 2021, pp. [56]-79
Description
Discusses the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg's push for recognition of their traditional lands and treaty rights following the First World War in Eastern Canada through collaborations with Chief Richard and the Tuscaroras of New York.