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Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Although Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) has made progress in areas regarding empowerment, education, economic development, specific land claims, and reconciliation, governance and self-government, the issues of leadership selection, Indian Government Support programs, and registration and membership are issues the government intends to work on incrementally in 2008-09.
Anishinabek Police Service
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Provides policing services for 16 individual First Nations located throughout Ontario.
The Benefits of Being Indian: Blood Quanta, Intermarriage, and Allotment Policy on the White Earth Reservation, 1889–1920
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katherine Ellinghaus
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 29, no. 2 & 3, 2008, pp. 81-105
Description
Discussion on how the United States government used the intermarriage between Indians and non-Indians to undermine Indian control of their own lands and legal identity.
Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation Turtle Mountain Surrender Claim - Public Edition, July 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Contains historical documents, memos, reports, correspondence/letters, maps and submissions regarding validity of the 1909 surrender claim. Commissioners include: Roger J. Austine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Sheila G. Purdy. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
The Capacity of Montreal Lake, SK to Provide Safe Drinking Water
Theses
Author/Creator
Pierre Mathieu Lebel
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.
Cape Breton Home Care Discharge Planning Program: Evaluation Findings
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Health Transition Fund Project
Improving the Provision of Home Care for First Nations Living on Reserve in Nova Scotia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nova Scotia Aboriginal Home Care Steering Committee
Description
Looks at pilot program for handling First Nations clients living on reserve, themes arising from interviews about program, and gaps in services and challenges.
Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream
E-Books
Author/Creator
Charlie Angus
Climate Change and Water: Impacts and Adaptations for First Nations Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations Environmental Stewardship Unit
Description
Looks at the projected climate change impacts to water resources and identifies possible adaptation strategies for those First Nations communities to cope with those changes.
Culture Clash: Ojibwe Identity in Erdrich's Tracks
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lauren Cotham
Reason and Respect, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 1-9
Description
Review essay of book:Tracks by Louise Erdrich with focus on three main characters loss of cultural heritage.
Custom Election Codes for First Nations: A Double-Edged Sword
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joseph Quesnel
Kayla Ishkanian
Examining the Provisions of Section 87 of the Indian Act as a Means to Promote Economic Participation and Treaty Implementation
Theses
Author/Creator
Myra J Tait
Description
Law Thesis (M.LL.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
Exploring Water Insecurity in Canadian Indigenous Communities: A Literature Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ayotumde Omosule
Description
Focuses on challenges and proposed and implement/attempted policy responses.
First Nations and Adaptive Water Governance in Southern Ontario, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Thomas Dyck
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2017.
Focuses on the Six Nations of the Grand River, Oneida Nation of the Thames, and Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation.
First Nations Lag Behind in Connectivity
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Monte Stewart
Business Edge, vol. 8, no. 7, April 04, 2008
Description
Discusses the need for better connectivity to First Nations reserves, such as telephone lines,underground cables, and cellphone towers to provide Internet and other communication services.
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Regional Longitudinal Health Survey 2002/03: Environmental Health Impact Assessment Survey: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
FNQLHSSC [First Nation of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission] Research Department
Description
Topics included external environment, housing and infrastructure, nutrition, employment and economic development, education, justice and safety, health and social services, identity, and governance.
First Nations Women's Mental Health: Results from an Ontario Survey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harriet L. MacMillan
Ellen Jamieson
Christine A. Walsh
Maria Y.-Y. Wong
Emily J. Faries ... [et al.]
Archives of Women's Mental Health, vol. 11, no. 2, June 2008, pp. 109-115
Description
Compared results of First Nations women living on reserve to those from the National Population Health Survey (NPHS) and found higher rates of depression but lower rates of alcohol consumption.
From One Colonization Road to Another? Everyday Memories of the Social and Economic Conditions in Minnewakin, Stone Lake, and Lundar, Manitoba, 1940-1960
Theses
Author/Creator
David Parent
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2017.
Genocide, Assimilation, or Incorporation: Indigenous Identity and Modes of Resistance
Alternate Title
New College Conference on Racism & Consciousness ; 2008
White Supremacy and the Regulation of Identity
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bonita Lawrence
Description
Keynote address by associate professor of Native Studies at York University.
Duration: 1:05:11.
Getting Connected: Improving Online Distance Education for Rural and Remote First Nations
Theses
Author/Creator
Milan Aleksandar Pavlica
Description
Public Policy Project (MPP)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
Glass Half Empty? Year 1 Progress toward Resolving Drinking Water Advisories in Nine First Nations in Ontario
Alternate Title
Glass Half Empty? Year One Progress toward Resolving Drinking Water Advisories in Nine First Nations in Ontario
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Lukawiecki
Description
Communities assessed: Constance Lake First Nation, North Spirit Lake, Slate Falls Nation, Anishinabe of Wauzhushk Onigum, Shoal Lake 40, Obashkaandagaang, Wawakapewin First Nation, Northwest Angle No. 33, and Nibinamik First Nation.
Group Rights of First Nations Need Protection, too
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, April 18, 2008, p. A13
Description
Presents an overview of individual vs collective rights as they pertain to First Nations.
James Miles Venne
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 11, February 2008, p. 26
Description
Brief profile of James Miles Venne, Lac La Ronge Indian Band chief, who helped create Kitsaki Development Corporation, set up band control of the local education system and lobbied for Aboriginal and treaty rights to be included in the Canadian Constitution.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.
Justice in Aboriginal Communities: Working to Increase Synergy
E-Books
Author/Creator
Maurice Galarneau
The Leadership of Ross O. Swimmer 1975-1985: A Case Study of a Modern Cherokee Principal Chief
Theses
Author/Creator
Jo Layne Kehle
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Austin, 2008.
Membertou First Nation Indigenous People Succeeding as Entrepreneurs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harvey Johnstone
Journal of Enterprising Communities, vol. 2, no. 2, 2008, pp. 140-150
Description
Looks at the success of an Aboriginal community in the area of economic development and discusses some of the challenges and barriers faced by First Nations people pursuing opportunities as entrepreneurs.
Municipal Colonialism in Vancouver: City Planning and the Conflict over Indian Reserves, 1928–1950s
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jordan Stanger-Ross
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 89, no. 4, December 2008, pp. 541-580
Description
Looks at the conflict of city planning with settler claims to Indian reserves in Vancouver, and discusses the municipal governments decisions regarding land-use planning, land claims, and their attempts to acquire and control the Kitsilano and Musqueam reserves.
National Inuit Position Paper Regarding the CCME Canada-Wide Strategy For the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent and Environment Canada's Proposed Regulatory Framework for Wastewater
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Johnson
Description
A review of the strategy and the framework show a lack of research in science, applied science and social science.
Navajo Nation Brain Drain: An Exploration of Returning College Graduates' Perspectives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Quintina Ava Bearchief-Adolpho
Aaron P. Jackson
Steven A. Smith
Moroni T. Benally
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-25
Description
Looks at the primary reasons for returning back to the reservation to live and work: family support, community, cultural identity, the simple life, reservation economy, and commitment to the reservation.
'Nehiyawewin Askîhk': Cree Language on the Land: Language Planning Through Consultation in the Loon River Cree First Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Schreyer
Current Issues in Language Planning, vol. 9, no. 4, 2008, pp. 440-463
Description
Looks at the Traditional Land Use Study and Consultation Unit created to act as an intermediary between industry, the provincial government of Alberta and First Nations to protect language and culture.
An Offering: Lakota Elders Contributions to the Future of Food Security
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Paul Brewer II
Mary Kate Dennis
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-22
Description
Study works with 25 Elders living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to explore narratives surrounding food and food production over their lives. Four themes emerged: family homestead, food as security, food preservation, and generational gardening. Discusses potential implications for future programming to improve food security.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Our Home on Native Land: Pauingassi
Alternate Title
Our Home on Native Land Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jonathan Craven
Description
Documentary on the Ojibwa community of Pauingassi, Manitoba.
Duration: 59:29.
Our Home on Native Land: Wikwemikong
Alternate Title
Our Home on Native Land Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Johnathan Craven
Description
Documentary aboutthe scars and legacy of residential schools on the First Nations Reserve of Wikwemikong on Manitoulin Island In Georgian Bay Ontario.
Duration: 59:29.
The Plains Cree: The Little Pine First Nation, A Heuristic Inquiry
Theses
Author/Creator
Kelvin Frank
Description
Leadership Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Gonzaga University, 2008.
Private Reservations: Liberal Forms and Indigenous Norms in the Theory and Practice of Property
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Soroski
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 131-158
Description
Author examines and compares different social narratives around property ownership with close attention to the differences and similarities between Indigenous and mainstream-liberal societies.
Representing Indigenous Self-Determination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael A. Murphy
University of Toronto Law Journal, vol. 58, no. 2, Spring, 2008, pp. 185-216
Description
Article attempts to "clarify the various functions that Indigenous electoral representation can and cannot be expected to perform."
Return to Aboriginal Diet, Exercise Wise Choice
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, March 14, 2008, p. A13
Description
Outlines the results of two studies, one Canadian, the other from the United States comparing urban and reserve aboriginal health.
Self-Reported Effects of Water on Health in First Nations Communities in Saskatchewan, Canada: Results from Community-Based Participatory Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl L. Waldner
Hubert Tote Alimezelli
Lianne McLeod
Rebecca Zagozewski
Lori E.A. Bradford
Lalita A. Bharadwaj
Environmental Health Insights, vol. 11, 2017, p. article no. 1178630217690
Description
Study involved 579 participants from eight communities responding to four health-related questions: individual health concerns about drinking tap water; household concerns about drinking tap water; reported impact on physical health; and reported impact on mental health.
Suffering and Excessive Burden: Housing as a Health Determinant in the First Nations Community of Northwestern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Robson
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 71-87
Description
Examines the causes of poor living conditions on the general health of Aboriginals in the Treaty 3 area.
Trauma Exposure in American Indian/Alaska Native Children
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dolores Subia BigFoot
Sadie Willmon-Haque
Janie Braden
Description
Explains the experience of trauma and the vulnerability of youth because of lack of services, education, poverty, high death rates, victimization and chronic health problems.
Treaty Land Entitlement and Urban Reserves in Saskatchewan: A Statistical Evaluation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tom Flanagan
Lee Harding
Description
Uses the Community Well-Being Index, which combines measurements of income, education, housing and labour market participation, to evaluate whether participating First Nations have shown more rapid improvement than those who have not pursued the option.
Understanding the Experiences and Processes of Health Canada's Evacuation Policy for Pregnant First Nations Women in Manitoba
Theses
Author/Creator
Karen Lawford
Description
Feminist and Gender Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
A Victim-Centered Approach to Domestic Violence Against Native Women: Resource Guide for Drafting or Revising Tribal Laws Against Domestic Violence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sarah Deer
Carrie A. Martell
Hallie Bongar White
Maureen White Eagle
Description
Guide to assist tribal governments with laws regarding the safety of Aboriginal women and children. Written so that revised tribal laws reflect tribal values. Provides examples from different tribal codes.
Voices of the File Hills Farm Colony
Theses
Author/Creator
Cheyanne Marie Irene Desnomie
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2017.
The Waiting Game: Exploring the Lived Experiences of First Nations Who Are Waiting for Housing to Determine Appropriate Policy and Planning Directions
Theses
Author/Creator
Catriona Moggach
Description
Urban Development Thesis (MPl)--Ryerson University, 2017.