Alternate Title
First Nations, First Thoughts Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robin Jarvis Brownlie
Description
Examines the impact of Aboriginal thinkers on the mid-nineteenth century colonial approach to historical thought and writings.
First Nations’ Survivance and Sovereignty in Canada during a Time of COVID-19
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robyn K. Rowe
Julia Rowat
Jennifer D. Walker
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 2, COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples, Part 1, 2020, pp. 89-99
Description
A discussion of community responses to the pandemic that asserted sovereignty and ensured the safety of their members by keeping infection rates low, and how this challenges the stereotype of Indigenous groups being helpless.
The First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier, 1607-1814
Alternate Title
The First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Grenier
Flooding in Kashechewan First Nation: Is it an Environmental Justice Issue?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arshi Shaikh
Carol Kauppi
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 105-130
Description
Examines the reoccurring flooding in Kashechewan as a case study; finds that the repeated flooding and the corresponding damage to housing and community resources is a result of colonial practices, disregard for traditional knowledge, and forced relocations of First Nations people to flood zones.
The Formal Australian Reconciliation Process: 1991-2000
Alternate Title
National Reconciliation Planning Workshop
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrew Gunstone
Description
Argues that education and document of reconciliation aspects were met, but the socio-economic goal was not. Attributes limited success of the process to: its establishment; emphasis on the symbolic and practical; nationalist discourse; restricted notion of justice; and emphasis on improving relationships.
Fostering Safe Spaces for Dialogue and Relationship-building between Newcomers and Indigenous Peoples: Wise Practices for the Relationship-building Process and Recommendations for the Development of an Orientation Toolkit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aliraza Alidina
Darrien Morton
Jenna Wirch
Description
Study gathered information semi-structured interviews with community leaders, knowledge keepers, Elders, academics, support workers and activists involved in both communities in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Framing the Past
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Colin Reid
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 1, February/March 2017, p. 8
Description
Editor's introductory article to issue comments on the exploitation of Indigenous peoples in the late 1800s by photographers looking to capture, "cowboys and Indians".
The Freedom and the Privacy of an Indian Boarding School’s Sports Field and Student Athletes Resistance to Assimilation
Theses
Author/Creator
Curtis A. Kachur
Description
Arts Thesis (M.A.)--Bowling Green State University, 2017.
The French Explorers and the Aboriginal Australians 1772-1839
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tiffany Shellam
Aboriginal History , vol. 29, 2005, pp. 174-176
Description
Book review of: The French Explorers and the Aboriginal Australians 1772-1839 by Colin Dyer.
Review located by scrolling to page 174.
From Captives to Slaves: Commodifying Indian Women in the Borderlands
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Juliana Barr
The Journal of American History, vol. 92, no. 1, June 2005, pp. 19-46
Description
Discusses captured and enslaved Indian women used as currency by Mexican Spaniards, Frenchmen from south Illinois and Canada and Apaches, Comanches and Wichitas in north-central Texas.
From "Indians" to "First Nations": Changing Anglo-Canadian Perceptions of the North American Indian in the Twentieth Century
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donald B. Smith
Constitutional Forum, vol. 13-14, 2005, pp. 80-87
Description
Looks at three conferences held during 1939, 1966 and 1997 to examine the changing awareness of Aboriginal issues within academic circles.
From Self-Determination to Community Health Empowerment: Evolving Aboriginal Health Services on Manitoulin Island, Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Marion Andrea Maar
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2005.
From Sovereignty to Minority: As American as Apple Pie
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane Champagne
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 20, no. 2, Fall, 2005, pp. 21-36
Description
Personal perspectives, by the author, on the emergence of American Indian Studies as an autonomous discipline in the United States.
From Stonechild to Social Cohesion: Anti-Racist Challenges for Saskatchewan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joyce Green
Description
Reports how racism is damaging the province's future economic and social viability.
From Strength to Weakness: Changing Position of Women in Societies of New France and British North America
Alternate Title
Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives=Lieu et Mémoire au Canada: Perspectives Globales
[Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies ; 3rd]
[International Conference of Central European Canadianists ; 3rd]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Magdalena Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek
Description
Traces changes from the 16th century when women (both immigrant and First Nations) had significant power and autonomy, through fur trade relationships, to influx of British immigrants which brought with it a paternalistic and patriarchal model.
Conference paper from: Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives: 3rd Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies and 3rd International Conference of Central European Canadianists, April 30-May 3, 2004, Cracow, Poland edited by Magdalena Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek, Anna Reczyńska, and Anna Śpiewak.
From the Caribbean to the South Pacific: Cultural Hybridity, Resistance, and Historical Difference
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria E. Posse Emiliani
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 62-80
Description
Author uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the processes of cultural hybridization and resistance and their presence in film, music, and art. Discusses how these factors can combine to preserve and revitalize traditional knowledges and cultures in the contemporary globalized world.
From the Fourth World to the Art World: Dan Namingha, Katsinam, and the Ethics of Creativity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Martinez
Third Text, vol. 19, no. 3, May 2005, pp. 243-258
Description
Discusses the artist's use of Hopi-Tewa imagery combined with techniques from the Western tradition of painting.
From the Land to the Supreme Court, and Back Again: Defining Meaningful Consultation With First Nations in Northern British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Tara Marsden
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Northern British Columbia, 2005.
From the "Original Affluent Society" to the "Unjust Society": A Review Essay on Native Economic History in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 2, Special Edition: The State of the Aboriginal Economy: 10 Years After RCAP, Fall, 2005, pp. 30-70
Description
Discusses how economic security is fundamental to the well-being of Aboriginal communities, and that there is a need for changes in government policy to allow Aboriginal people to become full participants in Canadian society without having to give up their culture or treaty rights.
From Treaties to Reserves: The Federal Government and Native Peoples in Territorial Alberta, 1870-1905; From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for All Canadians
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean Barman
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 3, June-July 2017, pp. 119-120
Description
Book reviews of From Treaties to Reserves by D. J. Hall and From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation by Greg Poelzer and Ken S. Coates.
From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for all Canadians
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christian Allan Bertelsen
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 18-19
Description
Book review of: From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for all Canadians by Greg Poelzer and Ken S. Coates.
Several book reviews on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 18.
Frontier Diplomats: Alexander Culbertson and Natoyist-Siksina' Among the Blackfeet
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Richmond L. Clow
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 3, Autumn, 2005, pp. 562-563
Description
Book review of: Frontier Diplomats: Alexander Culbertson and Natoyist-Siksina' Among the Blackfeet by Lesley Wischmann.
Frontier Justice: A History of the Gulf Country to 1900
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Carment
Aboriginal History , vol. 29, 2005, pp. [149]-150
Description
Book review of: Frontier Justice by Tony Roberts.
Gathering and Sharing Learning with First Nations Communities
Alternate Title
Talking Together to Improve Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christ Bowes
Sheila Cote-Meek
Hilary Cutler
Shannon Labre
Suzanne Lemieux
Description
Reports on project designed to provide guidance to public health units trying to promote productive relationships with First Nations communities in northeastern Ontario. Four key themes emerged during focus groups and interviews: positive experiences and ways of working, opportunities for collaboration, barriers to collaboration and solutions for effective engagement.
Gathering Hopewell: Society, Ritual, and Ritual Interaction
E-Books
Author/Creator
Christopher Carr
D. Troy Case
Gathering Strength: Canada's Will to Reconcile, Recover and Repair
Alternate Title
[First Nations, First Thoughts Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Robert Kristy]
Description
Explores healing potential of the Canadian government's Aboriginal Action Action Plan by examining Indigenous philosophy, Canada's multicultural legacy and motivation to recover.
Gender Balance and Cultural Renewal in Oyate / Sioux Literature
Alternate Title
Gender Balance and Cultural Renewal in Oyate/Sioux Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Cecilia Ragaini
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Dakota, 2005.
Considers the extent to which traditional gender roles are reflected in writings of authors including: Charles Eastman, Zitkal-Sa, Luther Standing Bear, Ella C. Deloria, Joseph Marshall and Elizabet Cook Lynn.
Gender, Nationalism, Citizenship, and Nunavut's Territorial "House": A Case Study of the Gender Parity Proposal Debate
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elana Wilson
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 42, no. 2, 2005, pp. 82-94
Description
Analyzes the gender parity proposal debate in Nunavut.
Genealogies of the Land: Aboriginality, Law, and Territory in Vancouver's Stanley Park
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renisa Mawani
Social and Legal Studies, vol. 14, no. 3, 2005, pp. 315-339
Description
Discussion of how the government/judicial category of "half-breed" was developed to facilitate appropriation of land and resources.
A Genocidal Legacy: A Case Study of Cultural Survival in Northwestern California
Theses
Author/Creator
Aimee L. VanHavermaat-Snyder
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Chico, 2017.
Genocide and Colonialism, III
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lorenzo Veracini
Australian Humanities Review, no. 35, June 2005, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: Genocide and Settler Society: Frontier Violence and Stolen Indigenous Children in Australian History edited by A. Dirk Moses.
Ghost Brothers: Adoption of a French Tribe by Bereaved Native America: A Transdisciplinary Longitudinal Multilevel Integrated Analysis
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rony Blum
Gitxsan Phrase Book for Health Care Providers [Volume 1]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Northwest East Aboriginal Health Improvement Committee
Description
Includes terms such as greetings, health phrases, community terms, people, and leaders.
Volume II.
Gold on Haida Gwaii: The First Prospects, 1849-53
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Galois
BC Studies, no. 196, Perspectives on the Gold Rush, Winter, 2017/2018, pp. 15-42
Description
Looks at the role played by the First Nation in the discovery of gold and their interactions with those who came to exploit the resource.
Goodbye, Columbus: Take Two
Alternate Title
A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jean Paine Mendoza
Description
Compares the treatment of the "discovery" of North America in two children's books: Encounter by Jane Yolen and A Coyote Columbus Story by Thomas King.
Excerpt from A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children edited by Doris Seale and Beverly Slapin.
The Government of Alberta’s First Nations Consultation Policy on Land Management and Resource Development
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Alberta
Description
Policy outlines Alberta's approach to how it will meet its consultation responsibilities and Alberta's expectations of resource companies and First Nations in achieving the goal of increasing certainty for all parties with respect to land management and resource development activities.
Grade 3: Mawi-amskwesewey Ankukumkewey na ujit Kkijinu Maqamikew = The First Treaty is with Our Earth Mother = Amsqahsewey Lakutuwakon Wiciw Kci Kikuwosson
Alternate Title
Treaty Education Resource
E-Books
Author/Creator
New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development [Office of First Nations Education]]
Description
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
Grade 5 Social Studies: People and Stories of Canada to 1867: A Foundation for Implementation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Renée Gillis
Ron Munro
Description
Modules: First Peoples, Early European Colonization (1600 to 1763), Fur Trade, and From British Colony to Confederation (1763 to 1867).
Grand Portage as a Trading Post: Patterns of Trade at "the Great Carrying Place"
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bruce M. White
Greenland: Danish-Speaking Students in Denmark Language and Identity Conflicts
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laila Chemnitz
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Indigenous Youth, 2005, pp. 54-59
Description
Focuses on Greenlanders studying in Denmark and how they are harassed for being "half-Danes".
To access this article, scroll down to page 54.
The Grog Book Goes Offshore: Adapting an Australian Indigenous Resource for Use in South Africa
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maggie Brady
Kirstie Rendall-Mkosi
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, July/August 2005, pp. 18-20
Description
Describes how a book on alcohol abuse found cultural relevance in South Africa.
Growing Up North: Exploring the Archaeology of Childhood in the Thule and Dorset Cultures of Arctic Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert W. Park
Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, vol. 15, no. 1, January 2005, pp. 53-64
Description
By looking at artifacts belonging to children, author compares childhood in the two cultures.
Guilty by Design: A Critical Race Analysis of the Over-Incarceration of Indigenous Peoples in an Era of Reconciliation
Theses
Author/Creator
Karlie Gurski
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2017.
The Guise of Deliberation: A Rhetorical Criticism of Arguments in the Yucca Mountain Site Authorization Controversy
Theses
Author/Creator
Danielle Endres
Description
Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2005.
Handbook on Approaches to Teaching about Treaty Education Grades 3-5
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bill Flowers
Dave Perley
New Brunswick Department of Education
Tim Borlase
Imelda Perley
Description
Some content specific to New Brunswick, but much is applicable to Canada as a whole..
A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-Off
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Annemarie McLaren
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 115-116
Description
Book review of: A Handful of Sand by Charlie Russell Ward.
‘The happiest time of my life …’: Emotive Visitor Books and Early Mission Tourism to Victoria’s Aboriginal Reserves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nikita Vanderbyl
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 95-120
Description
Article looks at mission guest books from Indigenous reservations in Victoria, Australia in order to examine the mind set and fixations of visitors participating in mission tourism in the region.
Healing Inner Conflict
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandi-Leigh Bell
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 2, March/April 2005, pp. 28-30
Description
Discusses a women's struggle with her identity and the priority of healing inner conflict.
"Healing on Both Sides": Strengthening the Effectiveness of Prison–Indigenous Community Partnerships Through Reciprocity and Investment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Colleen Varcoe
Helen Brown
Kelsey Timler
Melissa Taylor
Elizabeth Straus
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, The COVID-19 Pandemic and Indigenous Peoples, 2020, pp. 1-26
Description
Examines the participation of inmates in the Work 2 Give program, were the inmates made items for Indigenous communities, and how participation in the program helped with the inmates healing process.