Promoting From Within the Community: Employing Local Residents in Culture-Based Inner-City Family Services Organizations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason Brown
Cheryl Fraehlich
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 3, Winter, 2010, pp. 85-101
Description
Studies the responses of forty-four staff members to the question "How did you get connected to the agency?"
Proposal Writing for Health Communities: Workbook
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lincoln Heaney
Travis Holyk
Description
Manual takes a systematic approach to developing a well-written and well-organized proposal with all the necessary elements that most funding agencies require.
Protecting Aboriginal Children
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bill Simon
Christopher Walmsley
Description
Forward and introduction to book, Protecting Aboriginal Children by Christopher Walmsley.
Protecting Aboriginal Knowledge, Culture and Art Under Canadian Intellectual Property Laws
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Spratley
Description
Discusses existing laws, issues of compatibility with Aboriginal culture, and how laws could be altered to better serve Aboriginal interests.
Psychological Decolonization: Getting Back My Indian Soul
Alternate Title
American Academy of Religion Eastern International Regional Conference, Ottawa, Ontario
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Robinson
Description
Looks at self investigation of identity, racialization and linking to Native history.
Püao-te-Ata-tü and Mäori Social Work Methods
Alternate Title
Puao-te-Ata-tu and Maori Social Work Methods
Theses
Author/Creator
Äwhina Hollis
Description
Arts Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Otago, 2005
Pubic Libraries as Aids to Sense Making in Urban Aboriginal Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Monique Woroniak
Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, vol. 5, Spring, 2010, pp. 1-16
Description
Reports on the possibilities that exist in urban library settings for Aboriginal outreach programming.
Putting the ‘Last-Mile’ First: Re-framing Broadband Development in First Nations and Inuit Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rob McMahon
Susan O’Donnell
Richard Smith
Jason Woodman Simmonds
Brian Walmark
Description
Looks at how First Nations and Inuit communities are using broadband networks and information and communication technologies; and discusses the broadband projects and federal broadband Initiatives in First Nations and Inuit communities.
Q'epethet ye Mestiyexw, A Gathering of the People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carolyn Kenny
Jo-ann Archibald
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 24, no. 1, Q epethet ye Mestiyexw, 2000, pp. 1-5
Description
Introduces a special edition of the Canadian Journal of Native Education (CJNE), regarding a collection of scholarly work on the spirit of the "gathering of the people." Articles include oral tradition, curriculum, language, policy and governance.
The Qikiqtani Truth Commission: Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Sources relevant to the Commission's research.
QTC Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Alternate Title
Qikiqtani Truth Commission Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Commission was established to create a record of how government policies between 1950 and 1975 affected the Inuit living in the Baffin region. Report based testimonies and interviews, and archival research. Includes recommendations.
Quality of Life and Perceptions of Crime in Saskatoon,
Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Kitchen
Allison Williams
Social Indicators Research , vol. 95, no. 1, January 2010, pp. 33-61
Description
Looks at the relationship between crime and quality of life in Saskatoon, and discusses how perceptions of crime and safety affect the quality of life of residents living in different neighbourhoods.
A Quantitative Evaluation of Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Training in an Urban Health Service
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Natasha Mooney
Adrian Bauman
Barbara Westwood
Brendan Kelaher
Bill Tibben
Bin Jalaludin
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, July/August 2005, pp. [23]-[30]
Description
Survey results indicate that the half-day cultural awareness training (CAT) workshops did not make a measureable improvement in changing beliefs and attitudes.
Quels Sont les Facteurs Favorisant ou Inhibant la Réussite Éducative des Élèves Autochtones?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hélène Archambault
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 107-116
Description
Examines the personal, academic and psychosocial factors that encourage or inhibit educational success. Emphasis is on Aboriginal students in Québec.
Article in French.
Quest for Identity in Native Canadian Fiction: A Study of Jeannette Armstrong, Ruby Slipjack, and Tomson Highway
Theses
Author/Creator
Shyamali Kar
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Assam University, Silchar, 2010.
Focuses on the works Slash, Whispering in the Shadows, Honour the Sun, Silent Words, and Kiss of the Fur Queen.
Race and Nation-Building: A Comparison of Canadian Métis and Mexican Mestizos
Theses
Author/Creator
Samantha Hill
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2000.
Race, Colour and Identity
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Frances Peters-Little
Aboriginal History, vol. 24, 2000, pp. 280-284
Description
Book review of: Race, Colour and Identity edited by John Docker and Gerhard Fischer.
Review located by scrolling to page 280.
Race, Gender and Colonialism: Public Life Among the Six Nations of Grand River, 1899-1939
Theses
Author/Creator
Alison Elizabeth Norman
Description
Theory and Policy Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)-- University of Toronto, 2010.
Racial Folly: A Twentieth-Century Aboriginal Family
Alternate Title
Aboriginal History Monograph ; 20
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gordon Briscoe
Aboriginal History Monograph
The Racial Paradox of Tribal Citizenship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steve Russell
American Studies, vol. 46, no. 3-4, Indigeneity at the Crossroads of American Studies, Fall/Winter, 2005, pp. 163-185
Description
Discusses the issue of Cherokee law of citizenship.
Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.
The Racialization of Dine (Navajo) Youth in Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Vincent Werito
Description
Language, Literacy, and Socio Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2010.
Raising the Status of Lappish Communities through Tourism Development
Alternate Title
Cultural Tourism in a Changing World: Politics, Participation, and (Re)presentation
Tourism and Cultural Change ; 7
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Satu Miettinen
Description
Describes how the municipality of Inari, Finland has used Sami arts and crafts in tourism development projects aimed at generating income and employment opportunities.
Chapter ten from book: Cultural Tourism in a Changing World: Politics, Participation, and (Re)presentation edited by Melanie Smith and Mike Robinson.
Entire book on one pdf. To access chapter scroll to p. 159.
Raven Feather and the Tsimshian: A Look at The Mountain Goats of Temlaham illustrated by Elizabeth Cleaver
Alternate Title
Picturing Children and Youth: A Canadian Perspective
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lisa Polkosnik
Description
This story illustrates the importance of respecting and protecting the environment and wild life.
Raven's Children II: Aboriginal Youth Health in B.C.
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kim van der Woerd
Brittany Dixon
Tricia McDiarmid
Aileen Murphy ... [et al.]
Re-Conceptualizing Research: An Indigenous Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naadli Todd Ormiston
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 50-56
Description
Discusses various Indigenizing approaches to research including concepts of actualizing, regeneration of cultures and communities, and sustainable self-determination.
Re-Imagining Aboriginality: An Indigenous Peoples’ Response to Social Suffering
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naomi Adelson
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 37, no. 1, March 2000, pp. 11-34
Description
Explores "the pain of being Aboriginal", specifically Cree and from Whapmagoostui, Quebec.
Re-Imagining the Contact Zone: Ethnic Theory and the Friction of Clarence Major, Maxine Hong Kingston, Ana Castillo, and Gerald Vizenor
Theses
Author/Creator
Benjamin D. Carson
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska, 2005.
(Re)membering the Subject: the Politics of History, Memory, and Identity in Maria Campbell, Joy Kogawa, and Larissa Lai
Theses
Author/Creator
Leanne Marie Harry
Description
Women's Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2000.
(Re)presenting the Living Landscape: Exploring Community Mapping as a Tool for Transformative Learning and Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Maeve Frances Lydon
Description
Environmental Studies (Interdisciplinary) Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2002.
See : "Indigenous Maps and Mapping" on page 71-80.
Re-Searching Métis Identity: My Métis Family Story
Theses
Author/Creator
Tara J. Turner
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2010.
Reaching Agreement for an Aboriginal E-health Research Agenda: The Aboriginal Telehealth Knowledge Circle Consensus Method
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M.A. Maar
A. Seymour
B. Sanderson
L. Boesch
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 10, no. 1, January-March 2010, pp. 1-13
Description
Discusses the development of eHealth research agenda initiatives including the knowledge gaps which impede adoption in rural Aboriginal communities in Canada.
"Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margaret Connell Szasz
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 759-761
Description
Book review of: "Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood by Bonita Lawrence.
Recasting Alaska Native Students: Success, Failure and Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Denise Grantham-Campbell
Description
Cultural and Social Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2005.
Reclaiming Culture: Indigenous People and Self-Representation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joy Hendry
Reclaiming the Inner City: An Assessment of Community Organizing Practice in Winnipeg's Core
Theses
Author/Creator
Megan Hopkins
Description
City Planning Thesis (MCP)--University of Manitoba, 2000.
Reclaiming Tradition Around The Kitchen Table: a Model for HIV, Hepatitis and Sexual Health Education
Alternate Title
Around The Kitchen Table: a Model for HIV, Hepatitis and Sexual Health Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chee Mamuk Aboriginal Program
Description
Outlines the successes and challenges Chee Mamuk had in the creation of a culturally appropriate traditional model and provides recommendations for future implementations.
A Recognition of Being: Reconstructing Native Womanhood
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Shannon Simpson
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 24, no. 2, 2000, pp. 208-209
Description
Book review of: A Recognition of Being: Reconstructing Native Womanhood by Kim Anderson.
Recognizing Indians: Place, Identity, History, and the Federal Acknowledgment of the Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Philip Blair Laverty
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2010.
Recommendations From the CRANA Conference
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 5, September/October 2000, p. 29
Description
Brief article reports on the 9 recommendations and resolutions that arose from the Council of Remote Area Nurse of Australia Inc (CRANA) conference held in Alice Springs, Central Australia.
Reconciliation and Healing: Alternative Resolution Strategies for Dealing with Residential School Claims
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)
Description
Reviews the results of eight regional and one wrap-up dialogue which took place in 1999-2000. Dialogues were meant to explore different options to manage litigation and resolve cases of abuse.
Reconciling Indigenous Need With the Urban Welfare State? Evidence of Culturally-appropriate Services and Spaces for Aboriginals in Winnipeg, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Geoffrey DeVerteuil
Kathi Wilson
Geoforum, vol. 41, no. 3, May 2010, pp. 498-507
Description
Discussion on the effectiveness of a non-Aboriginal recovery system and the provision of culturally appropriate
services and programs to meet the needs of Aboriginal people.
Reconfiguring Aboriginal-State Relations
Alternate Title
Canada: The State of the Federation ; 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Murphy
Evelyn J. Peters
Calvin Hanselmann
Roger Gibbins
Gordon Christie ... [et al.]
Reconfiguring Identities: Tacana Retribalization in Bolivia's Amazonia
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura Ann Bathurst
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2005.
Reconstructing Australia’s Shameful Past: The Stolen Generations in Life-Writing, Fiction and Film
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Susan Barrett
Lignes, no. 2, 2005, pp. 1-13
Description
Discusses how Indigenous authors narrate personal experiences to document the removal of Aboriginal children from their parents.
Recovering From Colonization: Perspectives of Community Members on Protection and Repatriation of Kwakwaka'wakw Cultural Heritage
Alternate Title
Recovering From Colonization: Perspectives of Community Members on Protection and Repatriation of Kw KW Akw Aka'Wakw Cultural Heritage (January 2005 Draft)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Catherine Bell
Heather Raven
Heather McCuaig
Description
Examines community efforts to revive cultural practices, reclaim knowledge, and get back cultural objects, specifically involving the potlatch system. Scroll to page 51
Red and White and Blue: Whiteness and Identity in American Indian Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Scot David Andrews
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2000.
The Rediscovered Self: Indigenous Identity and Cultural Justice
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jessica R. Cattelino
American Anthropologist, vol. 112, no. 2, June 2010, pp. 334-335
Description
Book review of: The Rediscovered Self by Ronald Niezen.
The Rediscovered Self: Indigenous Identity and Cultural Justice
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mark K. Watson
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 2, 2010, pp. 150-152
Description
Book review of: The Rediscovered Self by Ronald Niezen.
Reduced Prevalence of Impaired Glucose Tolerance and No Change in Prevalence of Diabetes Despite Increasing BMI Among Aboriginal People from a Group of Remote Homeland Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin G. Rowley
Andrew Gault
Robyn McDermott
Sabina Knight
Toby McLeay
Kerin O'Dea
Diabetes Care, vol. 23, no. 7, July 7, 2000, pp. 898-904
Description
Australian study tracked the glucose tolerance and coronary risk over a seven-year period.