Alternate Title
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 Employment, Housing, Education, and the Law
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
City of Saskatoon
Description
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, June 9, 1980 regarding a report by the Community Liaison Committee (Report No. 3-1980) including items on Aboriginal Employment (Item # 1316), Housing (Item # 1317), Education and Native People and the Law (Item # 1318), as well as a list of Committee members.
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.
Aborigines in Colonial Victoria 1835-86
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
K. R. Howe
Aboriginal History, vol. 4, no. 2, 1980, pp. 205-206
Description
Book review of: Aborigines in Colonial Victoria 1835-86 by M. F. Christie.
To access review, scroll down to page 205.
Aborigines, the Army and the Second World War in Northern Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Hall
Aboriginal History, vol. 4, no. 1, 1980, pp. 72-95
Description
Looks at policies for enlistment of Aborigines.
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
Barbara Mark
Naiti Munungguritj
Barayuura Mununggurr
Wakutjpa Gurruuwiwi
Verna Anderson
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 4, no. 2, June 1980, pp. 40-46
Description
Personal narratives from five primary health workers employed in remote areas of the Northern Territory, Australia.
An Adrian Interpretation of Child Behavior in a Mexican Indian Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Carolyn Zoe Crowder
Description
Counseling and Guidance Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1980.
Adult Education and Land Use Planning
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George A. Van Otten
Ruth J. Narcho
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 19, no. 3, May 1980, pp. [5-7]
Description
Successful techniques used in citizen workshops to provide people of the Navajo Nation with the basic information and tools needed to actively participate in land use planning.
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 Leaders: Studies in Diversity
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
American Indian Reservations and COVID-19: Correlatesof 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.
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.
Arsene Fontaine Interview #2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Arsene Fontaine
Ray Marnoch
Indian History Film Project
Description
Arsene Fontaine reminiscences.
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.
Australian Aborigines, Shadows in a Landscape
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Diane Bell
Aboriginal History, vol. 4, no. 2, 1980, pp. 230-231
Description
Book review of: Australian Aborigines, Shadows in a Landscape. Photography by Laurence Le Guay and text by Susanne Faulkiner.
To access review, scroll down to page 230.
Beauval, Saskatchewan: An Historical Sketch
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Hurly
Saskatchewan History, vol. 33, no. 3, Autumn, 1980, pp. 102-110
Description
Provides information on the founding of the town of Beauval and of the surrounding community: the Grey Nuns Mission at Ile-à-la-Crosse, the Mission build by the Oblate Marie Immaculate order, and the Indian Industrial School located there.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to p.102.
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 BIA School Administrator and Effective Leadership
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carl G. Foster
Sigmund A. Boloz
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 19, no. 2, May 1980, pp. [24-28]
Description
How Public Law 95-561 changes the role of the Bureau of Indian Affair administrators.
Black Reality: Aboriginal Camps and Housing in Remote Australia
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gordon M. Bryant
Aboriginal History, vol. 4, no. 2, 1980, pp. 215-219
Description
Book review of: Black Reality edited by M. Heppell.
To access review, scroll down to page 215.
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.
The Cayuga Claims: A Background Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Howard A. Vernon
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 3, 1980, pp. 21-35
Description
Explains Canadian Cayuga Indian claims against New York State for their share of perpetual annuity payments agreed to in a Treaty.
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.
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.
Committee Proposal to Hire a Person to be involved in Areas which affect Native People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
City of Saskatoon
Description
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Tuesday, February 19, 1980 regarding a proposal to hire an permanent staff member for the purposes of co-ordination, development and research with reference to Aboriginal-Non-Aboriginal Affairs in the City of Saskatoon. The report cites increased Aboriginal migration to the city over the previous two years as one reason behind this proposal.
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.
Community Liaison Committee - Intercultural Dialogue Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
City of Saskatoon
Description
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Tuesday, February 19, 1980 regarding an Intercultural Dialogue Conference held in Saskatoon to discuss social planning and development, as well as promote informal dialogue between the city's Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations.
Conditions Report Shows Indian Complaint of Poor Lifestyle Valid
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 10, no. 8, August 1980, pp. 4-6
Description
Describes report titled Indian Conditions - a Survey prepared by the Federal government.
The Conquest of the Ngarrindjeri
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mary Alice McDonald
Aboriginal History, vol. 4, no. 2, 1980, pp. 207-211
Description
Book review of: The Conquest of the Ngarrindjeri by Graham Jenkin.
To access review, scroll to page 207.
Constraint and Buffering in Communal Survival: With Special Reference to the Dene
Theses
Author/Creator
Charles Singer
Description
Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1980.
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.
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.]