Building on the Definition of Social and Emotional Wellbeing: An Indigenous (Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand) Viewpoint
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stewart Sutherland
Michael Adams
ab-Original, vol. 3, no. 1, 2019, pp. 48-72
Description
Article reframes the discussion surrounding mental health recognizing that Indigenous peoples have a holistic view of health that encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and environmental spectrum of wellbeing. Notes implications for government policy and for frontline practice.
The Burning of Kitsegukla, 1872
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R.M. Galois
BC Studies, no. 94, The Historical Geography of British Columbia, Summer, 1992, pp. 59-81
Description
Discusses Constable Robert Brown's encounter at Kitsegukla and the Gitksan perception of and response to the burring of Kitsegukla.
Business Ethics and Sovereignty in Settler Colonial States
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jurgen Poesche
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, June 25, 2019
Description
Conceptual article argues that Indigenous sovereignty remains valid throughout the Americas and that the settler colonial laws are therefore illegitimate and illegal; all systems that function on the assumption of settler colonial sovereignty must be re-centered around Indigenous laws and ethics.
"But it doesn't look Indian": Objects, Archetypes and Objectified Others in Native American Art, Culture and Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Ann Croteau
Description
Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2008.
Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas; vol. I: North America, pt. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Peter Nabokov
Wilcomb E. Washburn
Bruce G. Trigger
Dean R. Snow
Linda S. Cordell ... [et al.]
Description
Originally published 1996.
Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas; vol. I: North America, pt. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Loretta Fowler
Howard R. Lamar
Sam Truett
Robin Fisher
Frederick E. Hoxie ... [et al.]
Description
Originally published 1996.
Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas; vol. II: Mesoamerica, pt. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Murdo J. MacLeod
Susan M. Deeds
David Frye
Eric Van Young
Sarah L. Cline ... [et al.]
Description
Originally published 2000.
The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas; vol. III: South America, pt. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Juan Carlos Garavaglia
Thierry Saignes
Kristine L. Jones
Anne Christine Taylor
James Schofield Saeger ... [et al.]
Description
Originally published 1999.
Can Capitalism Be Decolonized? Recentering Indigenous Peoples, Values, and Ways of Life in the Canadian Art Market
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Solen Roth
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 3, Summer, 2019, pp. 306-338
Description
Author examines the interdependent nature of colonial and capitalist structures and their collaborative resistance to decolonizing efforts. Explores two different sites in which Indigenous businesses are working to engage in the market while maintaining business practices rooted Indigenous values and principles. Asks how these economic practices can support the dismantling of colonial-capitalist economic institutions.
Canada's Aboriginal People, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & The Criminal Justice System
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Denis C. Bracken
British Journal of Community Justice, vol. 6, no. 3, Autumn, 2008, pp. 21-33
Description
Examines the broader connection between health, social development issues and incarceration.
Canada's Relationship with Inuit: A History of Policy and Program Development
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sarah Bonesteel
Public History Inc.
Canadian Cultural Exchange / Échanges Culturels au Canada: Translation and Transculturation / Traduction et Transculturation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sherry Simon
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 131-133
Description
Book review of: Canadian Cultural Exchange / Échanges Culturels au Canada: Translation and Transculturation / Traduction et Transculturation edited by Norman Cheadle and Lucien Pelletier.
Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice: The Gerald Stanley and Colten Boushie Case
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kent Roach
no. 3
Canadian Youth Reconciliation Barometer 2019: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Environics Institute for Survey Research
Description
Survey conducted online between March 22 and April 29, 2019, with stratified samples of 682 Indigenous and 695 non-Indigenous youth (ages 16 to 29), distributed across the 10 provinces and three territories.
Related material:
Detailed Data Tables: Indigenous Youth.
Canadians Have Favorable Opinion of Aboriginals in Canada: Especially Those in Contact with Members of Aboriginal Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jack Jedwab
Description
Presents results of survey commissioned by the Association for Canadian Studies.
Canadians Not Ready to Elect Aboriginal as PM
Alternate Title
Canadians Not Ready to Elect Aboriginal as Prime Minister
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, November 7, 2008, p. A15
Description
Explores the possibility of an Aboriginal Canadian Prime Minister after Barack Obama was elected President in the United States.
Captive Sisters: Cultural Intermediaries on the Pennsylvania Frontier
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Lynn Miller
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--North Carolina University, 2008.
Caribou Inuit Traders of the Kivalliq
Theses
Author/Creator
Matthew D. Walls
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2008.
Caroline Tait: Aboriginal Health Researcher
Alternate Title
Engaging Minds: Profiles of Discovery and Creativity at the U of S
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Caroline Tait
Description
Short video on researcher's interests in Indigenous health, social justice, and the challenges faced by women.
Carrying the Burden of Peace: The Mohawks, the Canadian Forces, and the Oka Crisis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, Winter, 2008, pp. [1]-71
Description
Chronicles the history and circumstances leading up to the Crisis, including issues with governments, the rise of the Mohawk War Society (Rotishkenhrakete), and the provincial and federal governments' response in terms of police and military presence during the conflict.
Case Studies of Indigenous Knowledge and Science in Impact Assessments
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Two Worlds Consulting
Description
Study consisted of a literature review, ten interviews, and four case studies: Tłı̨chǫ All‐season Road Project, Hope Bay Mining Ltd, Offshore Oil and Gas Strategic Environmental Assessment, and Adams Lake Cumulative Effects Land Use and Management Assessment
.
Celebrated at First, Then Implied and Finally Denied: The Erosion of Aboriginal Identity in Circus, 1851-1960
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Valentine St Leon
Aboriginal History , vol. 32, 2008, pp. [63]-81
Description
Discusses the social standing of circus performers and the proportion of Aborigines compared to the total population.
Challenging Lifestyles: Aboriginal Men and Women Living with HIV
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judy E. Mill
Denise T. Lambert
Kecia Larkin
Ken Ward
Jean N. Harrowing
Pimatisiwin, vol. 5, no. 2, 2008, p. 151–174
Description
Goal of study was to identify factors related to risky behaviours and provide strategies to promote healthy lifestyles.
Challenging the New Canadian Myth: Colonialism, Post-colonialism, and Urban Aboriginal Policy in Thompson and Brandon, Manitoba
Theses
Author/Creator
James Moore
Description
City Planning Thesis (MCP)--University of Manitoba, 2008.
Changing Patterns of Conflict Management and Aggression Among Inuit Youth in the Canadian Arctic: Longitudinal Ethnographic Observations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard G. Condon
Native Studies Review, vol. 8, no. 2, 1992, p. 35–49
Description
Discusses the social, material, and political changes taking place in Inuit communities and their impact on behaviours, attitudes, and lifestyle of the younger generation.
The Changing Relationship Between First Nations Peoples and Museums
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Meagan Gough
Our Legacy
kã-ki-pe-isi-nakatamãkawiyahk
Description
Looks at the repatriation process of Canadian museums and asks 'what information do First Nations individuals and communities need to successfully participate in this process?'
The Changing Symbolism of Flags in Plains Indian Cultures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael H. Logan
Douglas A. Schmittou
Whispering Wind, vol. 37, no. 4, Issue 260, March-April 2008, pp. 4-12
Description
Interprets the use of the American flag in Indian art and daily life. Includes photographs.
A Chapter Closed?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
America Meredith
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities, 2019, pp. 37-40
Description
The author examines the creation of the Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World exhibit at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, California, his supporters questioning of tribal denial of his claim to Cherokee ancestry and its importance regarding Indigenous identity and sovereignty.
Charles Alexander Eastman's From the Deep Woods to Civilization and the Shaping of Native Manhood
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter L. Bayers
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 52-73
Description
Comments on Eastman's work, From the Deep Woods to Civilization, and his notion that Aboriginals had little choice but to assimilate into white society if they were to survive.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 52.
The Charter of Whiteness: Twenty-Five Years of Maintaining Racial Injustice in the Canadian Criminal Justice System
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David M. Tanovich
Supreme Court Law Review, vol. 40, Second Series, 2008, pp. [655]-686
Description
Maintains that although possibilities for reform exist, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms has yet to produce substantial improvements in the situation of Aboriginals.
Check Your Local Listings: Indigenous Representation in Television
Theses
Author/Creator
Monica Lynnette Butler
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2008.
Cherokee Healing: Myth, Dreams, and Medicine
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Irwin
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 237-257
Description
Author draws on historical manuscripts and ethnological studies of Cherokee spiritual and wellness practices; works to articulate the interaction between the healer, the patient, and the framework of cultural and spiritual beliefs around wellness and healing.
Cherry-Picking Principles Bad for FSIN, Chiefs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, April 4, 2008, p. A11
Description
Discusses David Ahenakew, how the FSIN now needs to move forward to address social, economic and political issues, and again build a good working relationship with the federal and provincial governments.
Chief's Feast in Regina Marks New Beginning
Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 1, January 2008, p. 10
Description
Looks at a feast that gathered Saskatchewan cabinet ministers, members of the Legislative assembly and First Nations Chiefs to mark the beginning of a long-lasting, respectful relationship between First Nations and non-First Nations.
Article located by scrolling to page 10.
Chiefs with Lt. Gov. Dewdney
Images » Photographs
Description
Subtitled: "Entered according to act of Parliament of Canada, in the year 1885 by Prof. Buell in the office of the ministry of agriculture." Image of Lt. Gov. Dewdney and a troop of military men in uniform. In the foreground are 6 chiefs.
Child-Targeted Assimilation: An Oral History of Indian Day School Education in Kahnawà:ke
Theses
Author/Creator
Wahéhshon Shiann Whitebean
Description
Individualized Program Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2019.
Children and the Future: Indian Education at Wallaceburg District Secondary School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edmund J. Danziger
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 19, no. 1, 1992, pp. 20-34
Description
Examines a collaboration between the Walpole Island First Nation and the neighboring Wallaceburg District Secondary School to improve the education of Indigenous students and what can be learned to address persistent educational issues for Indigenous populations nationwide.
Christopher Columbus: Lost Havens in the Ruins of Representation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald Vizenor
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Shamans and Preachers, Color Symbolism and Commercial Evangelism: Reflections on Early Mid-Atlantic , Autumn, 1992, pp. 521-532
Description
Author engages with the narrative surrounding Christopher Columbus and the sociocultural implications of that narrative in the USA.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' Indian Student Placement Service: A History
Theses
Author/Creator
Lynette A. Riggs
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Utah State University, 2008.
Churches Rejoice at Australian Apology
Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 134, no. 4, April 2008, p. 9
Description
Comments on the Australian Prime Minister's February 13th, 2008 apology to the country's indigenous peoples for past wrong doings.
Circling the Question of Nationalism in Native Canadian Literature and its Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristina Fagan
Sam McKegney
Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, vol. 41, no. 1, May 2008, pp. 31-42
Description
Examines to what extent Native writers, critics, and researchers, as well as non-Native people who work in Native Studies, are led or constrained by beliefs about what is traditional, spiritually appropriate, politically effective and beneficial to Native communities.
Circumpolar Indigeneity in Canada, Russia, and the United States (Alaska): Do Differences Result in Representational Challenges for the Arctic Council?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evgeniia Sidorova
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 1, March 31, 2019, pp. 71-81
Description
Examines the different definitions of Indigeneity used by the different nation-states in the Arctic regions. Finds that Russian definitions exclude large Indigenous groups (Sakha & Komi) and shows that not all Arctic Indigenous groups are included in the Arctic Council.
[City of Thunder Bay 2019 Report Responding to the Seven Youth Inquest]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
City of Thunder Bay
Description
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
2017 Report.
2018 Report
Civilized, Roughly: Gender, Race, and the politics of Leisure in Colonial British Columbia, 1860-1871
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alice Gorton
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 273-299
Description
Article examines the construct of white masculinity in the interior of British Columbia during the Cariboo Gold Rush; discusses how the intersection with the settler-colonial agenda created a socially enforced code of behavior that demanded that men both subscribe to Victorian values, but also present with a roughness or heartiness about their person. Also illustrates how this construct of white masculinity justified violence towards women and racialized persons.
Claiming Indigenous Land Rights from the Bottom Up: Dispossession of the Ogiek in Mau Forest, Kenya
Theses
Author/Creator
Symphorosa Oundo
Description
Human Rights Development and Social Justice Thesis (M.A.)--[International] Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, 2008.
Claims to Native Identity in Children’s Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Debbie Reese
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 123-132
Description
Discusses successful children's writers that falsely claim Indigenous ancestry and the effect their success had on maintaining stereotypes that fit the popular conception of what constitutes an Indigenous person. The four of the writers profiled are: Jamake Highwater Anpao, Paul Goble, Sharon Creech, and Asa Carter.
Clan Destined Communities: The Persistence and Revitalization of Ojibwe Clan Identity in Ojibwe Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Benjamin Vincent Burgess
Description
Native American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California (Davis), 2008.
The Class Action as a Remedy for Abuse Experienced in Residential Schools: Institutional Abuse & Public Response: A NWAC Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Provides clarification of the Canadian law of class actions and gives guidance for anyone considering a class action suit regarding residential school abuse.
Closing the Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal Education Gaps
Alternate Title
Backgrounder (C.D. Howe Institute) ; no. 116
Backgrounder (C.D. Howe Institute). Social Policy
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Richards
Description
Sets forth strategies for school districts both off-reserve and on-reserve to expand practices in successful school districts to other districts.