E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Gender, Indigenous Rights, and Energy Development in Northeast British Columbia, Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International
Description
Report makes recommendations to: the Governments of Canada and British Columbia, to the RCMP, to local governments in Northeast British Columbia, and to private industry.
Outsourcing Reconciliation: The Government of Canada's #IndigenousReads Campaign and the Appropriation of Indigenous Intellectual Labor
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pauline Wakeham
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 1-30
Description
Author examines the #IndigenousReads campaign, considering it as a case study of reconciliatory gestures made by the Canadian Government; points out that reconciliation projects rely too heavily on the work of Indigenous writers and scholars, and fail to build cross-cultural relationships.
Overrepresentation of Indigenous People in the Canadian Criminal Justice System: Causes and Responses
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Clark
Description
Literature review includes topics of colonialism, socio-economic marginalization, culture clash, systemic discrimination in policing, courts and corrections, and initiatives such as Gladue courts and changes to sentencing policy. Identifies gaps in efforts to reduce overrepresentation and suggests ways to improve the situation.
Palliative Care for First Nations People in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Miranda Falk
Description
Nursing Thesis (MSN)--University of British Columbia (Okanagan), 2019.
The Path to Self-Governance: How the Alliance of American Indian Leaders Envisioned a New Relationship Between American Indian Governments and the Federal Government
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Edward Minnema
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, Summer, 2016, pp. 1-11
Description
Focuses on the role of leaders from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
Pathways to Mino Biimadiziwin in the City: A Profile of Urban Aboriginal Economic Success in Sudbury
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kevin FitzMaurice
Suzanne Shawbonquit
Description
Research conducted with 82 participants and involved in-depth interviews, sharing and discussion circles, and individual sharing of life stories. Criteria was household income over $40,000, not employed in the social services sector, and coming from a diversity of backgrounds. Information collected about demography, perceptions of home and community, Aboriginal cultures in the city, racism and internal discriminations, supports and challenges in professional life, economic and political relations, defining success and future aspirations.
Paul Simon Money
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Terese Mailhot
Transmotion, vol. 2, no. 1 - 2, November 28, 2016, pp. 131-135
Description
Creative prose piece in which the author describes her mother’s role in the creation of Paul Simon’s play The Capeman.
Perspective: A Haunting Spectre No More: The Canadian Indigenous Condition
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald McFarling
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, 2019, pp. 193-199
Description
Argues that the Canadian Indigenous condition is not related to colonialism rather it is based on an European socioeconomic structure.
Photo Vignette – Whale Watching, Salish Style
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Maracle
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 27-29
Description
Author shares a personal story as a means of teaching about cross-cultural relationships.
Physician Burnout May Contribute to Racial Bias
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ, vol. 191, no. 34, August 26, 2019, p. E951
Description
Study interviews 3380 second-year residents for self-reported symptoms of burnout; also asks participants to rate their feelings towards black or white people, and measures unconscious bias. Findings suggest that burnout in doctors might be contributing to disparity in patient care.
Pinasuutitsaq: Reference Guide for Career Development Counsellors Working with Inuit Clients
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sophie Mathers
Place-Based Readings Toward Disrupting Colonized Literacies: A Métissage
Alternate Title
Place-Based Readings Toward Disrupting Colonized Literacies: A Metissage
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adrian Downey
Rachael Bell
Katelyn Copage
Pam Whitty
In Education, vol. 25, no. 2, 10th Anniversary Online Special Issue: Teaching in the 21st Century Intercultural/Multilingual/Multi, Autumn, 2019, pp. 39-58
Description
Authors discuss ways to teach land-based or place-based literacies and how doing so can expose settler-colonial narrative and disrupt them.
Place, Indigeneity, and Identity in Australia's Gulf Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Trigger
Richard J. Martin
American Anthropologist, vol. 118, no. 4, December 2016, pp. 824-837
Description
Studies the different ways Aboriginal and non-Aboriginals see connections between identity, land and water.
The Place of the "Indio" in Social Research: Considerations From Mapuche History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Héctor Nahuelpan
AlterNative, vol. 12, no. 1, 2016, pp. 3-17
Description
Mapuche researcher talks about historical events that have lead to racial hierarchies and contradictions becoming normalized.
Planting the Seeds: Insights for Researchers Interested in Working With Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Macklin
Chris Marchand
Eric Mitchell
Roberta Price
Vanessa Mitchell ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 1, Honouring the Sacred Fire: Ending Systemic Racism toward Indigenous Peoples, 2021, pp. 208-222
Description
Examines workshops created by Indigenous elders and academic researchers to improve culturally safe research practices amongst Indigenous populations.
Playing Indian, between Idealization and Vilification: Seems You Have to Play Indian to be Indian
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosy Simas
Sam Aros Mitchell
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 133-140
Description
Two Indigenous dancers who discuss the ongoing trend on non-Indigenous people "playing Indian" and how this trend reinforces stereotypes and could lead to the erasure of Indigenous culture over time.
Point-in-Time Count Toolkit: Fostering Aboriginal Partnerships and Cultural Competence During Your Point-in-Time Count
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Description
Brief discussion of definition of Aboriginal homelessness, historic and contemporary root causes, successful approaches, ethical research, and practical strategies for engaging with the community.
Police Stops and Searches of Indigenous People in Minneapolis: The Roles of Race, Place, and Gender
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marina M. Gorsuch
Deborah T. Rho
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 2019
Description
Study examines the ratios of Indigenous people and Indigenous woman that are stopped, searched, and arrested in Minneapolis within the study period.
Policing First Nations: Community Perspectives
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nicholas A. Jones
The Politics of Indigenous Peoples-Settler Relations in Quebec: Economic Development and the Limits of Intercultural Dialogue and Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Salée
Carole Lévesque
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 2, 2016, pp. 31-50
Description
Discusses the Agreement-in-Principle that the Quebec and Canadian governments have with four Innu communities in the Lac Saint-Jean and North Shore areas in 2003.
Positive Youth Development in Aboriginal Physical Activity and Sport: A Systematic Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark W. Brunner
Sean Hillier
Colin P. T. Baillie
Lynn F. Lavallee
Brenda G. Bruner ... [et al.]
Adolescent Research Review, vol. 1, no. 3, September 2016, pp. [257]-269
Description
Divides the review articles into seven themes: empowerment, overall health and fitness, traditional culture and values, education, barriers to participation, resiliency and mental health, and negative physical activity and sport experiences and provides descriptions of each theme.
Pow-wow with Chief Beardy (plumes on hat) and Chief Okamesis [after] N.W. Rebellion, 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of a pow-wow with Chief Beardy (plumes on hat) and Chief Okamesis [after] the Northwest Resistance. A group of non-Aboriginal men stand behind the Chiefs.
The Power of Hope for Māori Youth Suicide Prevention: Preliminary Themes From the Aotearoa/New Zealand HOPE Studies
Alternate Title
The Power of Hope for Maori Youth Suicide Prevention: Preliminary Themes From the Aotearoa/New Zealand HOPE Studies
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Keri Rose Lawson-Te Aho
Journal of Indigneous Research, vol. 5, no. 2, 2016, pp. 1-10
Description
Comments on the known risk factors for adverse health and mental health outcomes including racism and discrimination.
Powerful Communities, Health Communities: A Twenty Year Journal of Healing and Wellness
Alternate Title
[Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future Forum, November 2016]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Caroline L. Tait
Amy Bombay
Christopher Mushquash
William Mussell
Description
Paper given at the Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future Forum, dialog and conference marking the 20th anniversary of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, November 2-3, 2016.
Presentation To The CALACS (Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies) University of Costa Rica, July 8-10, 2015.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Georges E Sioui
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, 2016, pp. 225-230
Description
Paper calls for settlers to view the Western Hemisphere through a more balanced perspective.
Primary Source Learning: The Wampanoag, the Plimoth Colonists & the First Thanksgiving
Alternate Title
Primary Source Learning: The Wampanoag, the Plymouth Colonists & the First Thanksgiving
Teaching Now: Separating Myths from History
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Bickford
Description
Lesson plan designed for elementary students.
Related material: Teaching Guide.
Production, Development, and Environmental Policies: Paradoxical Landscapes in Colonia Aborigen Chaco (Ex-Aboriginal Reserve of Napalpí, Argentina)
Alternate Title
Production, Development, and Environmental Policies: Paradoxical Landscapes in Colonia Aborigen Chaco (Ex-Aboriginal Reserve of Napalpi, Argentina)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carlos Salamanca
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, Special Issue: The Impact of Reserve and Reservation Systems on Indigenous Well-Being, November 22, 2019
Description
Author discusses the results of an Indigenous development plan carried out between 2005 and 2010 in Colonia Aborigen Chaco, an Indigenous settlement originally established in 1911 as the Aboriginal Reserve of Napalpí, discusses the ongoing effects of colonial violence and programs of assimilation.
Progressive Traditions: Identity in Cherokee Literature and Culture; Sovereign Stories: Aesthetics, Autonomy, and Contemporary Native American Writing; Settler Common Sense: Queerness and Everyday Colonialism in the American Renaissance
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jessica Bardill
American Literature, vol. 88, no. 1, March 2016, pp. 191-193
Description
Review of three books:
Progressive Transitions by Joshua B. Nelson
Sovereign Stories by Padraig Kirwan
Settler Common Sense by Mark Rifkin
The Promise and the Price of Contact: Puyallup Indian Acculturation, Federal Indian Policy and the City of Tacoma, 1832-1909
Theses
Author/Creator
Kurt Kim Schaefer
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Universtiy of Washington, 2016.
Protocols for Non-Indigenous Health Care Organizations Seeking to Work with Indigenous Knowledge Keepers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Primary Health Care Council
Description
Guidance on creating a welcoming environment and considerations before, during and after an event.
Protocols for Using First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Arts
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terri Janke
Description
Includes: overview of important concepts including rights to cultural heritage and Australian and international legal and policy protections; ten guiding principles and their accompanying protocols; numerous case studies; and project checklist and templates.
Provinces of Meaning: Determining Cultural Affiliation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jerry Williams
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 3, Summer, 2021, pp. [272]-293
Description
A critique of the disadvantages for oral history in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) in regards to the identifying and returning of Indigenous human remains.
Provincial Gang Strategy: Forum & Community Consultation Reports
Alternate Title
Building Healthier Communities: Final Report on Community Recommendations for the Development of the Saskatchewan Prevention / Intervention Street Gang Strategy
Saskatchewan Communities Speak: Provincial Gang Strategy Phase 2 Community Consultation Forums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Robert Henry
Dave Shanks]
Description
Reports on Phase I and II of the project. Five overarching themes emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports. Consultations took place in communities throughout Saskatchewan.
Psychological-Mindedness and American Indian Trauma: Interviews with Service Providers from a Great Plains Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William E. Hartmann
Joseph P. Gone
American Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 229-242
Description
Shows how cultural assumptions can encourage perspectives based on psychological concepts, limiting social, economic, and political aspects of health determinants.
Public Engagement and the Nunavut Roundtable for Poverty Reduction: Attempting to Understand Nunavut's Poverty Reduction Strategy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maggie Crump
The Northern Review, no. 42, Northern Inequalities - Global Processes, Local Legacies, 2016, pp. 69-96
Description
Looks at different approaches to defining poverty and the continuing effects of relocation and separation of Inuit families on well being.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Pulling Together Manitoba Foundations Guide: Brandon Edition
Alternate Title
Pulling Together: Manitoba Foundations Guide Facilitator's Guide: A Resource for Facilitator Led Self and Group Study
E-Books
Author/Creator
Brielle Beaudin-Reimer
Michelle Bessette
Crystal Bunn
Kris Desjarlais
Alyssa Desrochers …
Jason Gobeil
Deidre Gregory
Janet Kanayok
Chris Lagimodiere,
Leah LaPlante
Velvet Maud ...
Renée McGurry
Susan McPherson Derendy
Lorraine Pompana
Brent Rosnoski ...
Deborah Tacan ... [et al.]
Description
Related Material:
Facilitator's Guide for Group Learning.
Pursuing Openings and Navigating Closures for Aboriginal Knowledges in Environmental Governance of Uranium Mining, Saskatchewan, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bethany Haalboom
The Extractive Industries and Society, vol. 3, no. 4, 2016, pp. 1010-1017
Description
Looks at the knowledge bridging of traditional Indigenous knowledge with scientific knowledge within the extractive industries.
A Qualitative Study on Stigma and Discrimination Experienced by Indigenous Peoples Living with HIV or Having TB at Work
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
Secretariat of the International Indigenous HIV and AIDS Working Group
Quality Indicators and Dispositions in the Early Learning and Child Care Sector: Learning from Indigenous Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsea Freeborn
Alvina Mardhani-Bayne
Cheyanne Soetaert
Description
Results of scoping review organized into five themes for quality indicators (Curriculum/programming, reflection of cultures, family engagement, external perspectives, and barriers) and six themes for educator dispositions (practice of relationships, cultural humility, critical pedagogy, honouring families' knowledge, cultural match, and preservice education).
Quebec First Nations Information Governance Framework
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emilie Grantham
Race, Colonialism, and the Politics of Indian Sports Names and Mascots: The Washington Football Team Case
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Bruyneel
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 3, no. 2, 2016, pp. 1-24
Description
Looks at the history and examines the role of race in the contemporary debate over this issue.
Racial Equality Review of Basketball Australia
E-Books
Author/Creator
Australian Human Rights Commission
Racial Necrogeographies and the Making of White Space: The Life and Death of Nineteenth-Century Indigenous and Black Burial Places in Rural Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Felepchuk
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, 2019, pp. 73-87
Description
Looks at burial sites desecrated by settlers, how these acts represent an attempt to erase Indigenous and Black existence, and how these communities have pushed back by reclaiming and reconsecrating their scared places.
Racial-Settler Capitalism: Character Building and the Accumulation of Land and Labor in the Late Nineteenth Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah E. K. Fong
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, [Rethinking Blackness and Indigeneity in the Light of Settler Colonial Theory], May 2019, pp. 25-48
Description
Using a comparative approach to the two institutions argues that their primary goal was to mold Indigenous and Black students into a labor force for U.S. racial-settler capitalism.
Racism Experiences of Urban Indigenous Women in Ontario, Canada: “We All Have That Story That Will Break Your Heart”
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anita C Benoit
Jasmine Cotnam
Doe O'Brien-Teengs
Saara Green
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Mixed methods research study explores how Indigenous women in two Canadian urban centers experience racism. Findings indicate that participants experience racism in ways that can be classified as individual, collective or institutional, and cultural and rage from historical events to contemporary manifestations.
Racism, Popular Culture, and the Everyday Rosebud Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Biolsi
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 77-110
Description
Discusses the intricacies and nuances of Lakota performances of popular culture. Challenges perspectives which dismiss Indigenous engagement in contemporary culture as mimicry or assimilation, and that portray contemporaneity as opposed to indigeneity.