Articles » General
Author/Creator
Janet Catherine Berlo
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1995, pp. 17-21
Description
Comments on a group of women who knit with qiviut (muskox hair), a fiber which is eight times warmer than sheep's wool.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 17.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Ten: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Opioid Use in Pregnancy and Parenting: An Indigenous-Based Collaborative Framework for Northwestern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naana Afua Jumah
Lisa Bishop
Mike Franklyn
Janet Gordon
Len Kelly ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 108, no. 5-6, 2017, pp. e616-e620
Description
Describes two workshops that looked at issues from the perspectives of research, health care, social service provision and supportive care.
Oral Disease Prevalence Among HIV-Positive American Indians in an Urban Clinic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Greg Goddard
Carolyn Brown
Ahmad Saleen G. Ahmad
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 37, no. 3, Face of HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse in Native American Communities , September 2005, pp. 313-319
Description
Study confirms the prevalence of dental disease in American Indian population with HIV/AIDS as compared to general population.
Organized Crime and Policing in Rural and Remote Canadian Communities: A Study of Police Officers' Perceptions and Current Actions: Preliminary Field Research Results
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marcel-Eugène LeBeuf
Orphans within Our Family: Intergenerational Trauma and Homeless Aboriginal Men
Theses
Author/Creator
Peter M. Memzies
Description
Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ontario Institute of Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, 2005.
The Other Side of the Story: The Importance of James Welch’s Fools Crow Novel
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 5th, 2003
Native Being -- Being Native: Identity and Difference : Proceedings of the Fifth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Patricia DiMond
Description
Discusses the realistic portrayal of Native American life and culture during the period of initial westward expansion.
Our Health Counts: Urban Indigenous Health Database Project: Community Report: Inuit Adults, City of Ottawa
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Janet Smylie
Michelle Firestone
Description
Project gathered information on health, well-being and access to health services that would inform policy planning, delivery of programs, and measurement of outcomes.
Our Identities as Civic Power
Alternate Title
2017 State of Native Youth Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
[Erik R. Stegman
Amber Richardson
Josie Raphaelito
Aaron Slater
Bettina Gonzalez]
Description
Reports on the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Online Roundtable Survey of Native American youth between the ages 18-24. Respondents were asked about their three top priorities, what they are doing to tackle their challenges, and some of the ways they are partnering with their community to build resilience.
Our Stolen Grandmother: The Entanglement of Slavery and Colonization in Anna Lee Walters's Ghost Singer
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reid Gómez
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 70-90
Description
This literary criticism article examines the intersections and lasting consequences of settler colonialism and the chattel enslavement of African people on North American lands, cultures and identities in the context of the novel.
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2005 Report
Alternate Title
Second Report on Indigenous Disadvantage
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Description
Measures the well-being against indicators across a range of areas including health, education and employment, and identifies programs and policies which appear to be improving outcomes.
Paradoxes of Modernism and Indianness in the Southeast
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Anthony Paredes
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 341-360
Description
Author (an Anthropology Professor) attempts to define contemporary Indigenous identity in the Southwestern United States from an ethnographic perspective.
Parasuicide, Self-Harm and Suicide in Aboriginal People in Rural Australia: A Review of the Literature with Implications for Mental Health Nursing Practice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas G. Procter
International Journal of Nursing Practice, vol. 11, no. 5, October 2005, pp. 237-241
Description
Contends innovative leadership and clinical practices can benefit the design and delivery of mental health services as well as the individuals for whom it is intended.
Pathogenic Emotions: Sentiment, Sociality, and Sickness Among the Tzotzil Maya of San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, Mexico
Theses
Author/Creator
Kevin Patrick Groark
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2005.
People and Place: Croatan Indians in Jim Crow Georgia, 1890–1920
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Malinda Maynor
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 1, 2005, pp. 37-63
Description
Examines how the Croatan used the building of a school and church to maintain their identity and reinforce their community ties.
"People Try and Label Me as Someone I'm Not": The Social Ecology of Indigenous People Living with HIV, Stigma, and Discrimination in Manitoba, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roberta L. Woodgate
Melanie Zurba
Pauline Tennent
Carla Cochrane
Mike Payne
Javier Mignone
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 194, December 2017, pp. 17-24
Description
Based on study that looked at barriers such as access to supports and long and short-term health services.
The People Who Own Themselves: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis
Alternate Title
The People Who Own Themselves: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis in a Canadian Family, 1660-1900
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brenda Macdougall
Heather Devine
Native Studies Review, vol. 16, no. 2, 2005, pp. 151-157
Description
Book review of: The People Who Own Themselves: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis in a Canadian Family, 1660-1900 by Heather Devine.
Peoples and Cultures II: An Introduction
Alternate Title
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section One: Introduction to Peoples and Cultures II]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Description
Overview of class offered through the University of the Arctic which focused on the circumpolar North.
Perceived Community Resources and Physical Activity Involvement in a Northern-Rural, Aboriginal Community: A Participatory Investigation of Physical Activity Opportunities in Moose Factory, Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Allison M. Kirby
Description
Physical and Health Education Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University at Kingston, 2005.
The Perceptions of First Nations Participants in a Community Oral Health Initiative
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kavita R. Mathu-Muju
James McLeod
Leeann Donnelly
Rosamund Harrison
Michael I. MacEntee
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, no. 1, 2017, p. article no. 1364960
Description
Interviews caregivers enrolled in the program whose children got preventative care at home (0-2) vs. at school (5-7).
Perceptions of Leadership Expectations on the Blackfeet Reservation
Theses
Author/Creator
Lester R. Johnson
Description
Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Montana-Missoula, 2005.
Performing Identity in an Ancient Maya City: The Archaeology of Houses, Health and Social Differentiation at the Site of Baking Pot, Belize
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Claire Piehl
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tulane University, 2005.
Persistence of Colonial Prejudice and Policy in British Columbia's Indigenous Relations: Did the Spirit of Joseph Trutch Haunt Twentieth-Century Resource Development?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Abbott
BC Studies, no. 194, Summer, 2017, pp. 39-64
Description
Looks at how province's first lieutenant-governor's attitudes about the land question continued to exert influence during two periods: the years following entry into Confederation (1871 to 1876) and during the era of postwar hydroelectric development using case studies from 1951 to 1989.
Photography, Criticism, and Native American Women's Identity: Three Works by Jolene Rickard
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura E. Smith
Third Text, vol. 19, no. 1, 2005, pp. 53-66
Description
Discusses three photographic works: Three Sisters, The Bird that Carries Language Back to Another and Corn Blue Room.
Pictures From My Memory: My Story as a Ngaatjatjarra Woman
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Shannon Spears
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 91-92
Description
Book review of: Pictures From My Memory by Lizzie Marrkilyi Ellis.
The "Placing" of Identity in Nomadic Societies: Aboriginal Landscapes of the Northwestern Plains of North America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael C. Wilson
Material Culture Review, vol. 62, Fall, 2005, pp. 7-19
Description
Looks at the interaction between people and environment and and ties to landscape.
Plain Talk 17: Role Models
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 17
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Discusses attributes of role models and provides brief biographies of some influential motivators.
Plain Talk 22: Engaging the Community
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 22
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Looks at ways communities can organize and confront issues to allow youth to achieve their potential.
Plain Talk 9: Cultural Competency
Alternate Title
It's Our Time: First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Explores the customs, history, values and languages that contribute to the identity and heritage of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Playing and Nothing: European Appropriations of Native American Cultures in the Late 20th Century
Theses
Author/Creator
German Valentinovich Dziebel
Description
Cultural and Social Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2005.
Playthings and Curios: Historic Inuit Art at the Canadian Museum of Civilization
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Maria von Finckenstein
Description
Online exhibition of artifacts from the contact-traditional period 1770 to 1948. Includes bibliography.
"Please Eunice, Don't Be Ignorant": The White Reader as Trickster in Lee Maracle's Fiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susie O'Brien
Canadian Literature, no. 144, Native, Individual, State, Spring, 1995, pp. 82 - 96
Description
Discusses how Lee Maracle leads her readers to see the realities of a world that is rigid and unequally divided by using "we", "I" and "you" to flip the idea of "others".
Policing First Nations and Métis People: Progress and Prospects
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rick Linden
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 68, no. 2, 2005, pp. 303-312
Description
Explores need for change and issues that remain in policing in spite the many inquiries and commissions.
Policy Options Paper for an Urban and Rural Indigenous Housing Strategy: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cassandra Vink
Description
Academic and grey literature review conducted on: key issues; principles and desired outcomes; recent historical programs and policies; program and policy recommendations; and international program and policy examples. Options were then examined to determine whether they aligned with principles and desired outcomes, as well as feasibility and viability in current social context.
Policy Recommendations for Native Elders: Prepared for the National Congress of American Indians 2005 Mid-year Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rick Ludtke
Leander McDonald
Description
Brief discussion of recommendations from five policy papers generated from the Identifying Our Needs: A Survey of Elders about disease prevention efforts, chronic disease management programs, availability of home/community-based long term care services, and availability of health care and other services.
Political Responses
Alternate Title
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
[Métisland: Métis Settlements and the Daniels Decision]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Will Goodon
Gerald Cunningham
Description
President of the Métis Settlements General Council discusses its involvement in the Daniels case and actions of the Council since the decision. Second speaker discusses the political and historical context of the case, analyzes the court's judgement, and suggests possible future actions.
Duration: 1:15:01.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
The Politics of Accommodation in Winnipeg: The Dynamics Involved in Developing a Policy of Aboriginal Inclusion
Alternate Title
[First Nations, First Thoughts Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yale D. Belanger
Description
Expands on issues effecting policy formation aimed to increase participation of urban Aboriginal people in initiatives and processes of sustainable community development.
The Politics of Identity: Who Counts as Aboriginal Today?
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Suzi Hutchings
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 83-84
Description
Book review of: The Politics of Identity by Bronwyn Carlson.
Population Reporting an Aboriginal Identity, by Age Group, by Census Metropolitan Areas (2001 Census) (Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
Poverty, Racism Obstacles Overcome
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deirdre Tombs
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 2, May 2005, p. 19
Description
Focuses on the achievements of Emma LaRocque, a winner of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the education category, and describes how she overcame many obstacles to achieve her goals.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.33.
Power Suits: Sartorial Politics in Portraits of Black Hawk, 1833–1837
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Simonsen
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 4, Fall, 2017, pp. 336-367
Description
Discusses the significance of choosing to wear either traditional or European clothing or a combination of the two.
Practice-Based Interdisciplinary Approach and Environmental Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Kumar Datta
Environments, vol. 4, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-14
Description
Compares and contrasts scientific and practice-based approaches, discusses why a move from one to the other is important and how the change would impact future research and researchers.
Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jaskiran Dhillon
Preparing the Ground for Partnership: Exploring Quality Assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Care: A Literature Review and Background Paper
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kathryn Priest
Presentation of Self, Culture, and Other in Public Podium Talk: Constructing Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations in Grassroots Popular Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen Peters
Description
Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2017.
Primary and Specialty Medical Care Among Ethnically Diverse, Older Rural Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: The ELDER Diabetes Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronny A. Bell
Sara A Quandt
Thomas A. Arcury
Beverly M. Snively
Jeanette M. Stafford
et al.
The Journal of Rural Health, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 2005, pp. 198-205
Description
Study shows low utilization of specialty diabetes health care providers across ethnic groups in a rural setting, confirming the importance of primary care providers.
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.
Promise of Investment in Community-led Renewal: State of the Inner City Report: 2005. Part 1: Policy Considerations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Margart Howarth-Brockman
Darren Lezubski
Shauna MacKinnon
Tara Rudy
Jim Silver
Description
Focus on Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Access Part II.