Connecting Urban and Aboriginal Histories: Towards an Urban Aboriginal History in Québec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathalie Kermoal
INDITERRA, no. 5, [Nouvelles géographies des pratiques], 2013, pp. [1]-12
Description
Focuses on two communities, Kahnawake and Wendake, from the 1880s to the turn of the 20th century.
Conservative Visions of Christianity and Community in Early Red River, c1800-1821
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tolly Bradford
Manitoba History, no. 71, Red River Revisited, Winter, 2013, pp. 33-38
Description
Examines how the London Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company and Lord Selkirk used religion to create communities before the arrival of missionaries.
Constitutional Reform at the White Earth Nation
Alternate Title
Leading Native Nations Interview Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jill Doerfler
Ian Record
Description
Discusses the importance of traditional governance systems, and efforts for revising constitutions to support Indian Nations' sovereignty including changing the criteria for White Earth citizenship.
Duration: 55:50. Includes transcript.
Requires creation of free account to access materials.
Constructing Failure and Maintaining Cultural Identity: Navajo and Ute School Leavers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna Dehyle
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 31, no. 2, January 1992, pp. [24-47]
Description
Seven year study indicates culturally specific factors are important in understanding why Navajo and Ute students drop out of school.
Constructing National Community and Indigenous-settler Reconciliation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rachel Busbridge
Description
Comments on the Australian Government's 2008 Stolen Generations apology and notes where it has failed.
Consumer Prices Monitoring in Nunavik: 2011-2013
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gérard Duhaime
Andrée Caron
Contact, Mediation, and Myth in Early Latin American Literatures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanne van der Woude
Early American Literature, vol. 48, no. 1, 2013, pp. 201-212
Description
Book review essay of:
Colonial Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Rolena Adorno.
Indigenous Writings from the Convent: Negotiating Ethnic Autonomy in Colonial Mexico by Mónica Díaz.
On the Wings of Time: Rome, the Incas, Spain, and Peru by Sabine MacCormack.
The Art of Being In-Between: Native Intermediaries, Indian Identity, and Local Rule in Colonial Oaxaca by Yanna Yannakakis.
Contemplating Remote Presence Technology for Culturally Safe Health Care for Rural Indigenous Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tanya Holt
Gregory Hansen
Veronica McKinney
Ivar Mendez
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 1, March 2019, pp. 31-33
Description
Examines the capacity of remote presence robotic technology to overcome barriers of time and distance in providing paediatric health care in rural and remote Aboriginal communities.
Contemporary North Carolina American Indian PowWow Dress: An Exploration of Tradition, Culture, and Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Beth Metcalf Bell
Description
[Consumer, Apparel, Retail Studies] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2013.
Contestations of Resource Extraction Projects Via Digital Media in Two Nunavut Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Willow Scobie
Kathleen Rodgers
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, Développement industriel et impacts miniers / Industrial Development and Mining Impacts, 2013, pp. 83-101
Description
Examines the use of digital media in Pond Inlet and Baker Lake to acquaint residents of issues regarding resource development proposals.
The Continuing Importance of Country Food to Northern Natives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert M. Bone
Focus on Geography, vol. 42, no. 4, Winter, 1992, pp. 7-11
Description
Looks at whether consumption by Dene and Métis families declined during the construction phase of the Norman Wells Pipe Line Project
Continuity and Change: A Cultural Analysis of Teenage Pregnancy in a Cree Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Catherine A. James
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1992.
Continuity and Connection: Characters in Louis Erdrich's Fiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margie Towery
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 4, 1992, pp. 99-122
Description
Character analysis reflects the author's interest in the continuing struggle of Native Americans to survive and maintain their culture.
[Contours of a People: Metis Family, Mobility, and History]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joe Sawchuk
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, 2013, pp. 190-192
Description
Book review of: Contours of a People edited by Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny, Brenda Macdougall; forward by Maria Campbell.
The Contribution of Broadband to the Economic Development of First Nations in Canada
Alternate Title
CSLS Research Report ; 2013-04
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for the Study of Living Standards
CSLS Research Report
Description
Econometric analysis did not find a statistically significant impact of broadband availability on employment growth and average earnings growth in the study sample of 241 First Nations reserves.
Contributions of Culture and Language in Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities to Children’s Health Outcomes: A Review of Theory and Research
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Ken Moselle
Description
Uses social determinants of health model to identify immediate and long term benefits.
Summarizes method and key findings from the report Healthy Aboriginal Child Development and Health Promotion/Chronic Disease Prevention: Prospects for Integration and Inter sectoral Coordination.
Corporeal Punishment: Canadian Legal Culture, The Legacy of Colonialism, and the Bodies of Aboriginal Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Allison Smith
Description
Addresses the issue that Aboriginal women in Canada are regularly abused and murdered and little is done at official levels to counter this.
Cost of the Revised Northern Food Basket in 2018-2019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nutrition North Canada
Description
Shows cost in communities eligible for the Nutrition North Canada program. Amounts are estimates of what it cost to feed family of four a healthy diet for one week.
The Costs of Local Food Procurement in Two Northern Indigenous Communities in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shinjini Pal
François Haman
Michael A. Robidoux
Food and Foodways, vol. 21, no. 2, 2013, pp. 132-152
Description
Looked at costs associated with obtaining nutritionally beneficial country food in order assess its viability as a alternative to expensive purchased foods. Found that while it required significant energy and time, it was economically comparable. Worked with the five Shibogama First Nations.
Country, Native Title and Ecology
Alternate Title
Aboriginal History Monograph ; 24
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica K. Weir
Luke Taylor
Patrick Sullivan
Hanson Boxer
Warford Bujiman ... [et al.]
Aboriginal History Monograph
Crazywater
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Allen
Selwyn Jacob
Description
Life experiences are shared by Alex, Stephen, Paul and Desirae about alcoholism, trauma in childhood, and how maintaining a traditional Indigenous culture has helped with sobriety.
Duration: 58:16.
Creating a Better Future, In Profile: Pefi Kingi from Niue
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pefi Kingi
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Description
Author discusses diasporic identities and cultural hybridity among Native Pacific Islanders.
Creating a Personal Learning Path: A Benchmark Framework for Aboriginal Literacy and Essential Skills
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Literacy and Essential Skills Pilot Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Literacy Victoria
Description
Discusses pilot project to help First Nations communities develop set of benchmarks adapting Aboriginal worldviews to western benchmarks. Uses the Circle of Learning, Saskatchewan Adult Literacy Benchmarks, levels 1 and 2.
Critical Choices: Rural Women, Violence and Homelessness
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Molly Wickham
Description
Study examined factors which influence decisions to leave or stay in communities and assessed the availability of appropriate services. Focus is on Aboriginal women living in Northern British Columbia.
Cross-Cultural Communication: Perceptions on an Educational Institution by Urban and Traditional Indians
Theses
Author/Creator
Grace Marie Boyne
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1992.
Crowns of Honor Sacred Laws of Eagle-Feather War Bonnets and Repatriating the Icon of the Great Plains
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo Killsback
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 1, Winter, 2013, pp. 1-23
Description
Talks about the importance of war bonnets to the Cheyenne and Lakota nations in both a cultural and spiritual context.
Cultivating the Next Generation of Indigenous Leaders: UN Global Indigenous Youth Caucus
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jocelyn Hung Chien
Caitlin Lupton
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, The World on Our Shoulders: Cultivating Indigenous Youth Leadership, September 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the launch of the adolescent-friendly version of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
A Cultural Approach to Aboriginal Youth Sport and Recreation: Observations from Year One
Alternate Title
Moving Forward, Making a Difference ; vol. 2
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 4
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 2nd, 2006
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Janice Forsyth
Michael Heine
Joannie Halas
vol. 4
Description
Reports on first year of three-year research study conducted in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Discusses context, methods and training and mentoring activities.
Chapter six from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 2, which is also vol. 4 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Cultural Chasm: A 1960s Hydro Development and the Tsay Keh Dene Native Community of Northern British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Christina Koyl
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 1992.
Cultural Rights of Aboriginal Children in Canada: Are We Killing the Indian in Our Aboriginal Children?: Discussion Notes of a Trial and Family Court Judge
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert A. Fowler
Description
Judge who has served in Labrador and the Northwest Territories argues that identity issues are largely responsible for social problems.
A Cultural Snapshot: Exploring the Value of Community Photography for the Coquille Indian Tribe in a Climate Change Era
Theses
Author/Creator
Kristen Vinyeta
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Oregon, 2013.
Cultural Survival of the Snoqualmie Tribe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth D. Tollefson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 4, 1992, pp. 29-53
Description
Study traces the symbols, perceptions, and experiences that guided the tribe in its attempt to maintain cultural identity from 1855 to the present.
Culturally Modified Capitalism: The Native Northwest Coast Artware Industry
Theses
Author/Creator
Solen Roth
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2013.
A Culturally Specific Approach: Developing A Métis Methodology for HIV Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renée Monchalin
Carrie Bourassa
Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, vol. 10, Winter, 2019, pp. 3-19
Description
An examination of the methodologies for conducting HIV research in Métis communities.
Cusco: Urbanism and Archaeology in the Inka World
Alternate Title
Ancient Cities of the New World
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ian Farrington
Decentering Durham
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Marie Mithlo
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities, 2019, pp. 25-28
Description
Discussion of the controversy surrounding the identity of artist Jimmie Durham and the exhibition Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World. Durham's claims to having Cherokee ancestry are denied by the Cherokee Nation. Author argues that by displaying Durham's works the art establishment may be seen to be substantiating his claims and invalidating tribes' sovereignty over citizenship.
Decentralized Nursing Education in Northern Norway: Towards a Sustainable Recruitment and Retention Model in Rural
Arctic Healthcare Services
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bente Norbye
Mari Wolff Skaalvik
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 22793
Description
The evaluation revealed that the program is successful in the areas of recruitment and retention.
Deciphering Compositional Patterning in Plainware Ceramics From Late Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherer Sites in the Peninsular Ranges, San Diego County, California
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick S. Quinn
Margie M. Burton
David Broughton
Sophie Van Heymbeeck
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 4, October 2013, pp. 779-789
Description
Compares previously looked at ceramics and field samples to three distinctive compositional groups and suggests cultural processes that may have contributed.
Decolonize Wall Street!: Situating Indigenous Critiques of the Occupy Wall Street Movement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Miranda J. Brady
Derek Antoine
American Communication Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, Special Issue, 2013, pp. 1-10
Description
Examines a social movement that challenges the growing socio-economic inequality and institutional policies that have historically worked to disenfranchise Indigenous groups.
Decolonizing Aboriginal Education in the 21st Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Ann Munroe
Lisa Lunney Borden
Anne Murray Orr
Denise Toney
Jane Meader
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 48, no. 2, Spring, 2013, pp. 317-338
Description
Looks at harmonizing Aboriginal knowledges with tenets of 21st century education in an effort to move forward with Aboriginal education.
Decolonizing Motherhood: Exampining Birthing Experiences of Urban Indigenous Women in Nova Scotia
Theses
Author/Creator
Kayla Rose McCarney
Description
Sociology Thesis (MA) -- Acadia University, 2019.
Decolonizing Public Places and Public Memory: Kingston Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Nelson
Description
Geography and Planning Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2019.
Deconstructing the Cherokee Nation: Town, Region, and Nation Among the Eighteenth-Century Cherokee
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jeff Washburn
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 2, The Settler Complex, 2013, pp. 248-250
Description
Book review of: Deconstructing the Cherokee Nation by Tyler Boulware.
Review located by scrolling to page 248.
Defining the Indefinable: Descriptors of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Cultures and Their Links to Health and Wellbeing: A Literature Review
E-Books
Author/Creator
Minette Salmon
Kate Doery
Phyll Dance
Jan Chapman
Ruth Gilbert … [et al.]
Dementia Care Knowledge Sharing within a First Nations Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothy Forbes
Catherine Blake
Emily Thiessen
Sara Finkelstein
Debra G. Morgan ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal on Aging , vol. 32, no. 4, 2013, pp. 360-374
Description
Looks at the developing of a Sharing Dementia Care Knowledge model to discuss Indigenous dementia care decisions and knowledge sharing.
Demographic Adversities and Indigenous Resilience in Western Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth L. Pratt
Joan C. Stevenson
Phillip M. Everson
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, Reconstructions du passé inuit / Reconstructions of the Inuit Past, 2013, pp. 35-56
Description
Reports on the resilience of Indigenous populations reacting to culturally challenging events such as disease and declining resources in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Demographic Changes in Nunavik 2006-2016
Alternate Title
Nunivaat Analytics ; February 2019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sébastien Lévesque
Gérard Duhaime
Description
Statics for general population and village growth, age of population, and distribution of population by five-year age groups.
A Dene First Nation’s Community Readiness Assessment to Take Action against HIV/AIDS: A Pilot Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Larcombe
Albert McLeod
Sarah Samuel
Jennifer Samuel
Michael Payne ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Northlands Denesuline First Nation (NDFN) identified the need to revisit their level of knowledge and preparedness for responding to the increasing rates of HIV; article describes the use of a community readiness assessment tool (CRA) to evaluate current readiness levels and guide planning for culturally appropriate interventions and programmes.
Dene Hunting Organization in Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories: “Ways We Help Each Other and Share What We Can”
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger McMillan
Brenda Parlee
Arctic, vol. 66, no. 4, December 2013, pp. 435-447
Description
Looks at how meat distribution patterns such "demand sharing" and harvester "giving", vary with respect to game acquired during a community hunt, as opposed to a household-organized hunt.