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Everyone Counts: 2020 Greater Victoria Point-in-Time Count
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsea Fiorentino
Diana Gibson
Bernie Pauly
Description
Enumeration took place on March 11 and March 12, 2020. Contains some statistics on Indigenous peoples.
2020 Homeless Count in Metro Vancouver: Final Data Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC Non-Profit Housing Association
Description
Snapshot took place March 3rd and 4th, 2020, before the state of emergency was declared due to COVID-19. Indigenous peoples accounted for 33% of the respondents, making them 13.2 times more likely to experience homelessness.
2020 Indigenous Connectivity Summit: Policy Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Internet Society
Description
Contains specific polices and recommendations within each of six categories: effective and accurate mapping; inclusivity, community consultation and engagement; capacity building; spectrum rights and sovereignty; infrastructure and ownership; and affordability.
5 Year Program for Friendship Centres
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 3, no. 7, July 1973, p. 3
Description
Federal funding provided for support of urban centres across Canada.
Aboriginal Families Migrate - Life in Orange N.S.W
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Duncan Burns
Ted Bell
Mary Patton
Betty Fields
John Press ... [et al.]
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, June 1979, pp. 19-24
Description
Reports on a government program that relocates Australian Aboriginal families from poorer outlying areas into five towns with better employment and education opportunities.
Aboriginal Identity and Terminology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linc Kesler
Description
Looks at the ways that Aboriginal peoples in Canada self-identify, are defined by the state, and the ways in which the two can be in conflict.
Academic Treatment of the Indian in Public School Texts and Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Clark Mallam
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 13, no. 1, October 1973, pp. [14-19]
Description
Investigation into textbooks and teachings at an elementary school in Lawrence, Kansas. Sixty of sixty-six books discussed Native Americans/Indians as people of the past.
Across Australia...From Health Worker To Health Worker
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Olga Collis
Isobel Runtjinama
Chloe Foster
Joyce Nice
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, September 1979, pp. 40-48
Description
A series of autobiographical short stories describe various health worker's duties in remote areas of Australia.
Adult Education in the Pitjantjatjara Tribe
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Allen Steel
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 4, December 1979, pp. 38-40
Description
Article describes the best instruction methods with Australian Aboriginal adult students.
Against "Improvement," Toward Relations: Meditations on a Prison Writing Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Van Styvendale
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 2020, pp. 78-88
Description
Commentary on a creative writing program for Saskatchewan and Alberta prisoners called Inspired Minds.
Alcohol and the Identity Struggle: Some Effects of Economic Change on Interpersonal Relations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Howard Robbins
American Anthropologist, vol. 75, no. 1, New Series, February 1973, pp. 99-122
Description
Uses the drinking behaviour of the Naskapi Indians of Quebec to explore the premise that economic change causes an increase in interpersonal conflict.
American Indian Reservations and COVID-19: Correlates
of Early Infection Rates in the Pandemic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear
Nicolás E. Barceló
Randall Akee
Stephanie Russo Carroll
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, vol. 26, no. 4, July/August 2020, pp. 371-377
Description
Study looked at household characteristics most closely associated with variations in incidence in 287 reservations and tribal homelands which had a total of 861 cases. Found that lack of complete indoor plumbing and access to potable water could be an important determinant, as well as relevant information communicated in the language spoken by most tribal members, but that household overcrowding did not appear to be associated with spread of the disease.
American Indians (U.S. & Canada): A Bibliography of Contemporary Studies and Urban Research
Alternate Title
Council of Planning Librarians Exchange Bibliography ; 376-377
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James N. Kerri
Description
Material is dated. Published in 1973.
Analysis of the MNO's Recognition of Six New Historic Métis Communities: A Final Report
Alternate Title
Analysis of the Métis Nation of Ontario's Recognition of Six New Historic Métis Communities: A Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Darryl Leroux
Darren O’Toole
Description
Examines main research reports used in the recognition process for: Mattawa/Ottawa River; Killarney; Georgian Bay; Abitibi-Inland; Rainy Lake/Lake of the Woods; and Northern Lake Superior communities.
Animals and Theme in "Ceremony"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter G. Beidler
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, A Special Symposium Issue on Leslie Marmon Silko's , 1979, pp. 13-18
Description
Looks at the role animals play in Leslie Silko's story and its reflections on Indigenous people needing to learn what to accept and what to resist in order to survive.
Anishinaabe Aadizokaanan: Our Teachings … Video Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Naadweechige-Gamig Wikwemikong Health Centre
FirstTel TV5
Bobby Osawabine
Thecla Neganegijig
Marie Eshkibok-Trudeau
Mark Eshkawkogan
Brian Peltier
Description
In ten videos, Knowledge keepers from Wiikwemkoong (Manitoulin Island) share thoughts and advice about staying physically and spiritually strong during the COVID pandemic. Six of the ten focus on identification and harvesting of plants for food and medicines.
Anxiety at the Gates of Hell: Community Reputation in the Georges, 1908–15
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Swainger
BC Studies, no. 205, Spring, 2020, pp. 57-78
Description
Investigates the community of Fort George, British Columbia and its attempts to increase their reputation by seeking to secure a provincial government officer, constable and jail.
Arctic Housing: Problems and Prospects
Theses
Author/Creator
Enid Jane Buchanan
Description
Community and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1979.
Assiniboine Elders Workshop 3
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Donald Medicine Rope
Indian History Film Project
Description
History of the Qu'Appelle Valley Reserves. No date given, probably in the early 1970's.
Attitudes, Socio-Economic Status, and Achievement of Inuit Students in Labrador
Theses
Author/Creator
Noah Albert Trask
Description
Educational Administration Thesis (M.Ed.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1979.
Becoming Self-in-Relation: Coming of Age as a Pathway towards Wellness for Urban Indigenous Youth in Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Mellor
Denise Cloutier
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 15, no. 2, 2020, pp. 3-22
Description
Discusses the importance of a culturally relevant framework during the coming of age period for Indigenous youth.
Being Indigenous in an Unlikely Place: Self-Determination in the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1920-1991)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evgeniia Sidorova
Roberta Rice
International Indigenous Policy Studies, vol. 11, no. 3, The COVID-19 Pandemic and Indigenous Peoples, 2020, pp. 1-18
Description
Examines and compares the ways Indigenous groups from different places organize and mobilized in different ways.
“Between here and there”: Assertion of the Poetic Voice in the Poetry of Rita Bouvier and Marilyn Dumont
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Molly Kearman
Description
English Honors Thesis (BA) -- University of California, 2020.
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karmen Crey
BC Studies, no. 205, Spring, 2020, pp. 109-110
Description
Discusses Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn's film The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open set in Vancouver, BC. The film is about the interactions between two Indigenous women in a lower income neighborhood.
Bridging Indigenous Studies and Archaeology through Relationality?: Collaborative Research on the Chignecto Peninsula, Mi'kma'ki
Alternate Title
Bridging Indigenous Studies and Archeology through Relationality?: Collaborative Research on the Chignecto Peninsula, Mi'kma'ki
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle A. Lelièvre
Cynthia Martin
Alyssa Abram
Mallory Moran
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 2, Spring, 2020, pp. [171]-195
Description
Uses research performed in Nova Scotia to discuss the ways that the two disciplines can contribute each other to create reciprocal improvement and understanding on both sides.
Bridging the Social Distance between Indigenous and Newcomer Youth during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploration of Identities and Relationship Building through Online and Arts-based Methods
Theses
Author/Creator
Kathleen Vitt
Description
Social Work Thesis (MSW)--University of Manitoba, 2020.
A Brief Guide to the James Bay Controversy
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Canadian Association in Support of Native Peoples
Description
Concerns about man-made environmental damage with the undertaking of the James Bay Project is the focus of this booklet. Also mentioned is relocation of 7000 Cree persons and flooding of land.
Historical note:
Cattle and Sovereignty in the Work of Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathryn Cornell Dolan
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 1, Winter, 2020, pp. [86]-114
Description
An examination of the author's writings about the loss of land and access to food due to the encroachments of cattle ranchers and the impact it had on the Paiute people.
Cautionary Stories of University Indigenization: Institutional Dynamics, Accountability Struggles, and Resilient Settler Colonial Power
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erich Steinman
Scott Scoggins
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 1, 2020, pp. 73-96
Description
Interviews with 23 individuals at a Canadian university revealed three main themes: hidden contributions by Indigenous students, faculty, staff and community members; conflicts in accountability between academia and community; and contradictions and uneven application.
Centering Stories by Urban Indigiqueers/Trans/Two-Spirit People and Indigenous Women on Practices of Decolonization, Collective-Care and Self-Care
Theses
Author/Creator
Melanie Lefebvre
Description
Social Science Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2020.
"Ceremony" as Ritual
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Mitchell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, A Special Symposium Issue on Leslie Marmon Silko's , 1979, pp. 27-35
Description
Reflects on the importance of evolving traditional Indigenous ceremonies in contemporary Indigenous communities.
Chief Joe Williams a Tireless and Accomplished Leader
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Morley Watson
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 9, no. 3, March 1979, pp. 23-24
Description
Biography of Chief Joe Williams of the Sakimay First Nation.
Chief Solomon Sanderson - Address to the 21st General Assembly
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 9, no. 11-12, November/December 1979, pp. 6-10
Description
Speech given at General Assembly of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians.
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.
Commemorating Father Pandosy: Diversification of the Frontier Cultural Complex and Continued Colonial Erasure in Kelowna
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Mudde
BC Studies, no. 207, Autumn, 2020, pp. 35-65,156
Description
Looks at the 2012 unveiling of a sculpture of Father Pandosy and how the use of Sylix knowledge both mitigates the erasure of Indigenous presence and acknowledges the Indigenous community within the framework of a settler-colonial identity.
Community Awareness of Outreach Efforts to Reduce Underage Drinking on California Indian Reservations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy L. Ehlers
Jennifer R. Geisler
Juan A. Luna
David A. Gilder
Daniel Calac … [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 27, no. 1, 2020, pp. [21]-41
Description
Uses surveys to evaluate the potential of three interventions: motivational interviewing and psychoeducation for youths, restricting alcohol sales to minors, and community mobilization and awareness activities.
A Community Development Approach For Introducing Nutrition Programs in Inuit Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
Carol A. Huggett
Description
Community Development Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Alberta, 1979.
Comparing the Self-Concepts of Navajo and White High School Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard A. Heaps
Stanley G. Morrill
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 18, no. 3, May 1979, pp. [12-14]
Description
Results from study held in Arizona using the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale.
Coocoochee: Mohawk Medicine Woman
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen Hornbeck Tanner
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, 1979, pp. 23-41
Description
Biography.
Core Area Report: A Reassessment of Conditions in Inner City Winnipeg
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frank Johnston
Core Principles for Good Healthy Living Messages in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Remote and Isolated Northern Communities: Recommendations from the Task Group on Healthy Living
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Task Group on Healthy Living
Description
Developed to assist communities in mobilizing to promote health and minimize the risk of contracting, or becoming very ill from, COVID-19. Includes environmental scan of existing resources and recommendations to increase effectiveness in providing information by using seven principles: accessibility, context, distictions-based, clarity and brevity, strength-based approaches, grounding in cultural identity and knowledge, and evidence based / wise practices.
Correlates of Perceptions of Bullying at School among First Nations Youth Living Off Reserve
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rubah G. Arim
Evelyn Bougie
Dafna E. Kohen
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, 03 10, 2020, pp. 3-32
Description
Using a distinction-based approach, from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, to identify the relationship between schools, academics, and health in regards to perceived bullying for high school students in Canada.
'Corruption' at Moose
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Frits Pannekoek
The Beaver, Spring, 1979, pp. 4-11
Description
Discusses the problems of isolation and problems in single resource communities.
COVID-19 and Indigenous Health and Wellness: Our Strength is in Our Stories: An RSC Collection of Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chantelle A.M. Richmond
Vanessa Ambtman-Smith
Carrie Bourassa
Chenoa Cassidy-Mathews
Karine R. Duhamel
Miranda Keewatin
Malcolm King
Alexandra King … Nathan Oakes … [et al.]
Description
Essays by scholars, practitioners and learners written with an emphasis on the relational and wholistic nature of Indigenous health discuss how the pandemic has affected individuals and communities.
COVID-19, First Nations and Poor Housing: “Wash hands frequently” and “Self-isolate” Akin to “Let them eat cake” in First Nations with Overcrowded Homes Lacking Piped Water
E-Books
Author/Creator
Shirley Thompson
Marleny Bonnycastle
Stewart Hill
[COVID-19 in Indian Country: The Impact of Federal Broken Promises on Native Americans]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Catherine E. Lhamon
Debo P. Adegbile
Stephen Gilchrist
Gail Heriot
Peter N. Kirsanow … [et al.]
COVID-19 in Manitoba: Public Policy Responses to the First Wave
Alternate Title
COVID-19 Policies Increase the Inequity in Northern Manitoba’s Indigenous Communities
Leading in a Time of Crisis: The Manitoba Métis Federation’s COVID-19 Response Plan
Protecting Our People: Indigenous Sovereignty and Resilience in Manitoba during the Era of COVID-19
E-Books
Author/Creator
Josée G. Lavoie
Wayne Clark
Razvan G. Romanescu
Wanda Phillips-Beck
Leona Star … [et al.]
Description
For Indigenous content see chapters 10, 11, and 12.
COVID-19 in the Arctic: Briefing Document for Senior Arctic Officials
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jennifer Spence
Eydís Kristín Sveinbjarnardóttir
Kristina Baer
Joël Plouffe ... David Natcher ... [et al.]
COVID-19 Magnifies Socio-Economic Challenges Facing Atlantic Indigenous Communities and Businesses
Alternate Title
Briefing Note (Atlantic Provinces Economic Council)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fred Bergman
Description
Highlights the health, financial and socio-economic risks and vulnerabilities for communities, individuals, and businesses.
COVID-19 Testing and Response Strategies in Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities: Key Messages for Health Services
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[University of Melbourne
Kirby Institute
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group on COVID-19]
Description
Examines a range of scenarios for disease transmission, case finding, quarantine, testing and community lockdown.
Related material: Impact of COVID-19 in Remote and Regional Settings:Theoretical Modelling of How the Health System Can Respond