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Native American Symposium ; 12th, 2017
Representations and Realities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Kameron Dunn
Description
Author discusses the subtleties of claiming an American Indian or Indigenous identity; uses Sherman Alexie’s character Junior from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian to illustrate some elements of identity including registration, lineage, affiliation with culture, appearance, and marginalization.
Adapting a Person-Centred Planning Tool for Collecting Qualitative Data on an Indigenous Research Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gill Potaka-Osborne
Heather Gifford
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, vol. 3, no. 1, July 2018, pp. 57-68
Description
Discusses use of the Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope (PATH) tool for collecting data and working with Māori whānau (families) to prevent chronic conditions. Authors found this method useful as it fits with Māori strengths-based values, is responsive to the worldview of participants, and is participatory.
Adoption, Incorporation, and a Sense of Citizenship and Belonging in Indigenous Nations and Culture: A Haudenosaunee Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin J White
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 333-342
Description
Discusses the myriad of legal and customary protocols that contemporary Aboriginal citizens must negotiate in the regards to adoptive cultural practices. Describe the Creation and Great Law narratives which help members of the Iroquois Confederacy makes sense of these conventions.
Alaska Native Men's Voices: Tracking Masculinities through Indigenous Gender Constructs
Theses
Author/Creator
Charlene Aqpik Apok
Description
Indigenous Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2021.
An Array of Opportunities: Building a Sustainable Future at Leech Lake Tribal College
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hannah Buckland
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 29, no. 3, Job Creation, Spring, 2018, p. [?]
Description
Brief discussion on solar gardens installed on the reservation that provide energy assistance to 100 low-income families and how the College is leveraging the new infrastructure to connect with solar energy training and careers.
Centering A Métis Grandmothers’ Knowledge: Story of Grandmothers’ Teachings and Métis Child Welfare in B.C.
Theses
Author/Creator
Shelley Angela LaFrance
Description
Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Victoria, 2021.
Characteristics of Investigations Involving First Nations Children Compared to White Children in Ontario in 2013
Alternate Title
Information Sheet (Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal) ; #192E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kenn Richard
Jennifer Ma
Barbara Fallon
Description
Uses information from the Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect-2013. Statistics for child functioning issues, caregiver risk factor concerns, and household risk factors.
Coast Salish Laws Relating to Child and Caregiver Nurturance and Safety Toolkit
Alternate Title
Abridged Casebook: Coast Salish Laws Relating to Child and Caregiver Nurturance and Safety
Activity Book 1: Coast Salish Laws Relating to Child and Caregiver Nurturance and Safety
Activity Book 2: Coast Salish Laws Relating to Child and Caregiver Nurturance and Safety
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Asch
Tara Williamson
Leslie-Ann Paige
Description
Resources are designed for professionals working with Salish nations, families, caregivers, youth, and communities.
A Consultation Journey: Developing a Kaupapa Māori Research Methodology to Explore Māori Whānau Experiences of Harm and Loss Around Birth
Alternate Title
A Consultation Journey: Developing a Kaupapa Maori Research Methodology to Explore Maori Whanau Experiences of Harm and Loss Around Birth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kendall Stevenson
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 54-62
Description
Methodology designed to keep participants safe involved five components: whānau (family), wāhi haumaru (providing a safe space), whakaaro (engaging in Māori philosophies),
kaitiaki (being empathetic), and hononga (building and maintaining relationships).
Cultural Resources for Alaska Families: Traditional Health & Wellness Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
State of Alaska
Department of Health & Social Services
The Effect of the Colonialist Terms “Orphan” and “Adoption” on the Citizenship status of Indigenous Fijian Adoptees within Their own Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erica Newman
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 309-318
Description
Article interrogates the use of the terms “orphan” and “adoption” in contrast to traditional Fijian practices of kinship and caring for children; discusses the implications of colonial enforcement of these terms and systems on children and their status within their own communities.
The End of Life Is an Auspicious Opportunity for Healing: Decolonizing Death and Dying for Urban Indigenous People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Anderson
Gemma Woticky
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 2, Death and Dying, December 2018, pp. 48-60
Description
Author critiques the colonial framing of death and dying as a medical event; argues for using the teachings contained in the Medicine Wheel and the Two Row Wampum as way to restore respect, balance, and spirit, and view death as an interconnected part of life, community, and culture.
Equal Status for Indigenous Women— Sometime, Not Now : The Indian Act and Bill S-3
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelagh Day
Canadian Women Studies, vol. 33, no. 1-2, Women's Human Rights: Changing the World, 2018, pp. 174-185
Description
An examination of the need for, flaws and impact of amendment Bill S-3 to the Indian Act in 2017.
Family Group Conference: An Indigenous-Based Evaluation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Anthony Hart
Elisa Lacerda-Vendenborn
Don Robinson
Fear and Loathing in Lamanite Territory: Lessons From Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission to the Mormon Indian Placement Program and Beyond
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Snow
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, Winter, 2018, pp. 1-26
Description
Discusses similarities and differences between Canada's residential schools and the practice of fostering out Native American children to Mormon homes.
First Nations Population Health & Wellness Agenda
E-Books
Author/Creator
Office of the Provincial Health Officer British Columbia
First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)
Description
Related material: Summary of Findings.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
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Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
Follow-up Report to the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the Human Rights of the Innu of Labrador
E-Books
Author/Creator
Celeste McKay Consulting
Donald McRae
Description
Related material: 2002 Report.
Ganohonyohk (Giving Thanks): Understanding Prosperity from the Perspectives of Urban Indigenous Friendship Centre Communities in Ontario
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
Description
Results of project showed that the Indigenous perspective was more wholistic than the mainstream and encompassed community safety, environment, beliefs, kinship patterns, social arrangements, and norms of individual, familial and social conduct. Includes case study of a project which failed to move forward because researchers refused to sign a Research Collaboration Agreement.
Related material: Ganohonyohk Tool.
“Going Native”: Indigenizing Ethnographic Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aubrey Jean Hanson
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 83-99
Description
Article pulls together several elements that when implemented together into ethnographic research create a process of Indigenization. These elements include: respecting distinct cultures and nations, rooting methods in culture, understanding the importance of story, language, place, and relationality, committing to an ethic of reciprocity.
Hand in Hand for First Nations Little Ones: Activities Booklet
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC)
How Did Adoption Become a Dirty Word? Indigenous Citizenship Orders as Irreconcilable Spaces of Aboriginality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kahente Horn-Miller
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 354-364
Description
Examines the complexity of identity and community belonging in the context of the Indian Act, colonial influence, Indigenous kinship systems, contemporary spaces, and the 2016 revision of Kahnawà:ke Law on Membership regarding adoption.
I Want To Tell You A Story
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tibetha Kemble (Stonechild)
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021, pp. 114-121
Description
A discussion of how colonialism created the conditions that were used to justify the removal of Indigenous children from their families, both historically and in modern times. The author use her own personal story as means to discuss its effects.
Imaginary Passports or the Wealth of Obligations: Seeking the Limits of Adoption into Indigenous Societies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darcy Lindberg
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 326-332
Description
Examines the nuances of adoption into Aboriginal communities within the frameworks of Nêhiyaw (Cree) law, and wahkotowin (laws of kinship). Discusses how a lack of knowledge on the part of the adoptee can lead to appropriation and extraction of Indigenous knowledge.
In Between People: The Metis of Central Montana
E-Books
Author/Creator
Candi Zion
Indigenous Early Learning & Child Care (IELCC) Environmental Scan: Alberta Region
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cora Voyageur
Description
Study included engagement sessions in Treaty Six, Seven and Eight regions, literature review, and examination of primary data from Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities (AHSUNC) Aboriginal Head Start on Reserve (AHSOR) and First Nations and Inuit Child Care Initiative (FNICCI) sites.
Indigenous Knowledge Network for Infant Child & Family Health: Final Community Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rebeka Tabobondung
Janet Smylie
Laura Sense
Description
The Network was a five-year Knowledge Translation project designed to gather, apply and share information on infant/toddler health promotion and parenting in the context of programs in Ontario and Saskatchewan. Report includes overview of project, research methods and findings, and implications for health policy and research.
Indigenous Peoples and Records: A Guide to Research at the City of Winnipeg Archives
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
City Clerk's Department
Archives and Records Control
City of Winnipeg
Description
Lists sources of information in the following areas: urban
Indigenous population, settler colonialism, building relationships, Indian Residential Schools, the aqueduct, family history, and Indigenous achievement.
Indigenous Reunification in Child Welfare: A Scoping Review
Theses
Author/Creator
Teresa Michell
Inuit Statistical Profile 2018
E-Books
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
Description
Information on language, housing conditions, health indicators, suicide rates, food insecurity, harvesting country food, education, and strength of family ties.
“It’s a Social Thing”: Sociocultural Experiences with Nutrition and Exercise in Anchorage, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Britteny M. Howell
Shoshana H. Bardach
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 2, 2018, pp. 1-16
Description
Study interviews 15 seniors in Anchorage about the socio-cultural factors that influence their level of physical activity and their diet. Researchers identify six major themes: the media, friends and peers, family influences, social opportunities, ethnicity and subsistence practices, and weight loss/body weight concerns.
It’s all about Whanaungatanga: Alcohol Use and Older Māori in Aotearoa
Alternate Title
Alcohol Use and Older Maori in Aotearoa
It’s all about Whanaungatanga: Alcohol Use and Older Maori in Aotearoa
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Herbert
Christine Stephens
Margaret Forster
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 3, September 2018, pp. 200-208
Description
Study of 19 participants notes a bias in research: normally being focused on alcohol misuse rather than on non-problematic use; works to focus on its use in the context of whanaungatanga (maintaining relationships). Findings highlight the importance of whanaungatanga among Māori; suggest events and activities that support whanaungatanga, rather than alcohol use, to enhance the well-being of older Māori.
Joy of Apex: Novel Study
Alternate Title
Inuktut Titiqqiriniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inhabit Education
Description
Geared toward Grades 5 to 8. Story by Napatsi Folger is about a 10-year-old girl who is dealing with her parents' separation.
Ka Oopikihtamashook’: Becoming Family
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Krystl Raven
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 319-325
Description
Describes the Métis customs of adoption (Ka Oopikihtamashook) which are rooted in the wahkootowin (Indigenous frameworks of kinship). Examines the adoptions of several historical figures in the Métis community to further contextualize these practices of creating and maintaining familial and community relationships.
Keetsahnak / Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kim Anderson
Michelle Good
Christi Belcourt
Tracy Bear
Robyn Bourgeois ... Robert Alexander Innes ... [et al.]
Description
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kimotinâniwiw itwêwina = Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence; Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Guide to the Plains Cree Edition
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dolores Greyeyes Sand
Arden Ogg
Description
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather regain his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 9-13 (Grades 4-7) who have completed three or more years of Cree language instruction.
Kinshipwrecking: John Smith’s Adoption and the Pocahontas Myth in Settler Ontologies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rachel Bryant
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 300-308
Description
Reconsiders the colonial narrative surrounding Pocahontas and Wahunsenaca (Powhatan) created by John Smith in Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England and the Summer Isles (1624) as a “mode of storytelling that destroys and moves to supplant traditional Indigenous kinship structures and obligations.” Argues that Smith depicts colonization as a war between British patriarchal structures and Indigenous systems of kinship.
Life Skills Journey: Measuring the Impact of a Resilience-based Intervention for Métis Children in Alberta
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alicia Hibbert
Fay Fletcher
Brent Hammer
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, vol. 3, no. 1, July 2018, pp. 30-44
Description
Discusses a summer day-camp program conducted as part of a community-based participatory research project developed in collaboration four different Métis Settlements. Researchers considered inner strength, a mental toughness, and the capacity to bounce back, learn and thrive when faced with challenges at both the individual and community levels.
Live-In Family Enhancement (LIFE): A Comprehensive Program for Healing and Family Reunification
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence Deane
Jenna Glass
Inez Vystrcil-Spence
Javier Mignone
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 1, 2018, pp. [35]-49
Description
Summarizes the evaluation report of program run by Métis Child, Family, and Community Services in Winnipeg. Aimed at family reunification, the program involves parents and children moving into a full-time foster home with comprehensive support including parenting skills, household management, social support, sobriety, financial stability and employability. Paper briefly describes outcomes, relates these to literature review, describes innovative funding model, and discuses program's potential as prevention tool.
Living in a Cruel Limbo: A Guide to Investigating Cold Missing Person Cases
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason P. Moran
United States Attorney's Bulletin, vol. 69, no. 2, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Legal, Prosecution, Advocacy and Healthcare, March 2021, pp. 131-148
Description
Look at the effects of cold cases on Indigenous communities and the introduction of cold case units to improve the chances of cases being solved.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 131.
Make Healing Happen: It's Time to Act
E-Books
Author/Creator
The Healing Foundation
Description
Discusses the complex needs of Stolen Generation survivors and their descendants.
Manitoba First Nations Oral History Survival Booklet
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre (MFNERC)
Description
Provides guidance to those wishing to record Elders' remembrances including interview tips, and suggested questions about personal information, and home, bush, prairie, social and political, and spiritual-religious life.
Mind, Memory, and the Five-Year-Old
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gary F. Dorr
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Genocide Special Issue, December 30, 2018, pp. 132-135
Description
Creative non-fiction piece in which the Indigenous author reflects on the process of becoming a member of their white adoptive family.
Minogondaagan: The Good Voice
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Elissa Black Wolf Kixen
Sasha Mark
Tim Fontaine
Description
Series of twelve podcasts (approx. 45 min. each) in which Indigenous and non-Indigenous people share stories, ideas and expertise in pursuit of reconciliation. Topics include literature, identity, media, the entertainment industry, comedy, music, and education.
Native Nation Building: The Long Emergence of the Oneida Nation Judiciary
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Larry Nesper
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 1, Winter, 2018, pp. 87-116
Description
Traces the history of the Appeals Commission over the course of 30 years. Case illustrates the difficulties involved when integrating court systems into societies organized by kinship.
Northern and Indigenous Health and Healthcare
E-Books
Author/Creator
Heather Exner-Pirot
Bente Norbye
Sisko Honkala
Eino Honkala
Gert Mulvad
Lalita Bharadwaj
Lori Bradford
Angela Bowen ... Geoffrey Maina ...
Lois Berry ... [et al.]
Our Health Counts Toronto Fact Sheets
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Michelle Firestone
Raglan Maddox
Kelly O'Brien
Chloé Xavier
Janet Smylie
Sara Wolfe … [et al.]]
Description
Survey conducted in 2015-2016 used Respondent Driven Sampling to achieve sample size of 908. In addition to health questions respondents were asked about a wide range of topics including culture, identity, housing, school experience, and parenting.
Policing Morality: Regulating Sexuality across the Canada-United States Border
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Benjamin Hoy
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 30-62
Description
Details the ways that Canadian and United States governments used boarder surveillance, extradition, and deprivation (of access to family and home communities; of intergenerational material wealth) to police interracial unions, adultery/non-marital cohabitation, bigamy, polygamy, divorce, illegitimate children, child stealing, and abortion, and other acts deemed sexually deviant.
Prairie Families: Cree-Métis-Saulteux Materialities as Indigenous Feminist Materialist Record of Kinship-Based Selfhood
Theses
Author/Creator
Lindsay Nixon
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2018.
Pretend Indian Exegesis: The Pretend Indian Uncanny Valley Hypothesis in Literature and Beyond
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Trevino Brings Plenty
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Genocide Special Issue, December 30, 2018, pp. 142-152
Description
A poetic essay in which the author examines questions and politics of identity, and the reasons a person might want (falsely) claim Indigenous heritage.