Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Neault
Britta Mullany
Julie Powers
Valerie Coho-Mescal
Sean Parker ... [et al.]
American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, vol. 38, no. 5, September 2012, pp. 395-402
Description
Recommends early prevention measures and intergenerational approaches to reduce substance abuse and improve parenting.
[Fifty Shades of Brown]
Alternate Title
Annual ANU Reconciliation Lecture ; 2012
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alison Page
Description
Presenter discusses her own identity and family, and argues why its important to embrace Aboriginal culture and its values.
Duration: 34:05.
Findings From a National Needs Assessment of American Indian/Alaska Native Child Welfare Programs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Leake
Cathryn Potter
Nancy Lucero
Jerry Gardner
Kath Deserly
Child Welfare, vol. 91, no. 3, Services for Native Children and Families in North America, May/June 2012, pp. 47-63
Description
Present assessment which explored current practices in tribal child welfare to identify unique systemic strengths and weaknesses.
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.
First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS) 2008/10: National Report on Children Living in First Nations Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
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
Alternate Title
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 of Our December 2006 Report: Audit of the Child and Family Services Division Pre-Devolution Child in Care Processes and Practices
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carol Bellringer
Description
Summarizes information from the first report and discusses the progress being made on the initiative to improve the child and family services system.
Material presented as exhibit 43 from the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
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.
For Channa
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeane T'áaw Xíwa Breinig
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 24, no. 2, Summer, 2012, pp. 104-106
Description
Presents a poem by English professor at the University of Alaska.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 104.
Full Circle: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Ways of Knowing: A Common Threads Resource
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alison Wallace
Sherry Ambridge
Christopher Gardner
Allan Howard
Christina Lai ... [et al.]
Description
Intended for use for secondary school students with film: Full Circle: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Ways of Knowing.
Giibinenimidizomin: Owning Ourselves: Critical Incidents in the Attainment of Aboriginal Identity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alanaise O. Goodwill
Rod McCormick
Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, vol. 46, no. 1, 2012, pp. 21-34
Description
Interviewees describe observable events that they thought had either helped or hindered their Aboriginal identity.
The Gitk'a'ata, Their History, and Their Territories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Susan Marsden
Description
Provides information on history of the founding people of Gitk'a'ata and lineages and territories of the Gitk'a'ata along the Douglas Channel out to Campania Island.
The Growth of Aboriginal Youth Gangs in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane P. Preston
Sheila Carr-Stewart
Charlene Bruno
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 32, no. 2, 2012, pp. 193-207
Description
Examines the origins and root causes of Aboriginal youth gangs in major Western Canadian cities.
A Healing Journey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Denise Lajimodiere
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 27, no. 2, Fall, 2012, pp. 5-19
Description
An essay on the history of Native American boarding schools along with a former students' personal experiences.
The Healthy Children, Strong Families Intervention: Design and Community Participation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexandra K. Adams
Tara L. LaRowe
Kate A. Cronin
Ronald J. Prince
Deborah P. Wubben ... [et al.]
The Journal of Primary Prevention, vol. 33, no. 4, August 2012, pp. 175-185
Description
Overview of a family based cultural home-mentoring intervention which addresses several lifestyle factors affecting the child and caregiver in American Indian tribes in Wisconsin.
Healthy Human Attachment & The Client-Therapist Relationship: Attunement, Resistance and Ruptures
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hans Beihl
BC Psychologist, Psychological Services for First Nations, Spring, 2012, pp. 18-21
Description
Offers an example of a client's emotional experiences of a rupture with the relationship with the therapist.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.
Helen's Quilt as Autobiographical, Social, and Political Text in Thomas King's Truth and Bright Water
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah Weagel
Mosaic, vol. 45, no. 2, 2012, pp. 113-130
Description
Tells the story of the transformation of an Aboriginal woman during specific stages of her life.
‘I Like to Let Them Have Their Time’. Hidden Homeless First Nations People in the City and Their Management of Household Relationships
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evelyn Peters
Social & Cultural Geography, vol. 13, no. 4, 2012, pp. 321-338
Description
Looks at the hidden homeless Indigenous people living with friends and families and how they maintain their access to shelter.
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.
Identity and Solidarity in Hybrid Spaces: Narratives of Indigenous Women Political Leaders in Saskatchewan and Guatemala
Theses
Author/Creator
Ruth Michelle Beveridge
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2012.
The Impact of History and Culture on Nursing Care of Native American Elders
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
[Donna M. Grandbois
Valerie Eschiti]
Journal of Gerontological Nursing, vol. 38, no. 10, October 2012, pp. 3-5
Description
Discusses the need for culturally responsive care for American Indian Elders.
The Impact of the Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities (AHSUNC) Program on School Readiness Skills
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Public Health Agency of Canada
Description
Program participants improved significantly in language, motor and academic skills.
The Importance of Spiritual Experiences in First Nations Healing
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Daria Shewchuk
BC Psychologist, Psychological Services for First Nations, Spring, 2012, pp. 40-44
Description
Comments on the human ability to heal from profound trauma and the role that one's personal spiritual experiences can play in the healing.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 40.
Improving Access to Urban and Regional Early Childhood Services
Alternate Title
Resource Sheet (Closing the Gap Clearinghouse) ; no. 17
E-Books
Author/Creator
Vicki-Ann Ware
In Between People: The Metis of Central Montana
E-Books
Author/Creator
Candi Zion
Increasing Indigenous Employment Rates
Alternate Title
Issues Paper (Closing the Gap Clearinghouse) ; no. 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Matthew Gray
Boyd Hunter
Shaun Lohoar
Indigenous Children's 'Best Interests' at the Crossroads: Citizenship Rights, Indigenous Mothers and Child Protection Authorities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kyllie Cripps
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 2012, pp. 25-35
Description
Reflects on the use of the term "best interests' and why state agencies intervene more frequently in Indigenous family situations.
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 Family Violence: An Attempt to Understand the Problems and Inform Appropriate and Effective Responses to Criminal Justice System Intervention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Day
Robin Jones
Martin Nakata
Dennis McDermott
Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, vol. 19, no. 1, 2012, pp. 104-107
Description
Literature review provides a resource for practitioners who work with family violence.
Indigenous Fertility and Family Formation
Alternate Title
2011 Census Paper Series
CAEPR Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers ; no. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mandy Yap
Nicholas Biddle
Description
Findings suggest that patterns of Indigenous females differ from those of non-Indigenous females both in level and timing of fertility. Uses data from the 2006 and 2011 Australian Censuses of Population and Housing.
Indigenous Reunification in Child Welfare: A Scoping Review
Theses
Author/Creator
Teresa Michell
The Intergenerational Effects of Relocation Policies on Indigenous Families
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa L. Walls
Les B. Whitbeck
Journal of Family Issues, vol. 33, no. 9, 2012, pp. 1272-1293
Description
Research reveals government relocations programs negatively affects not only well-being of grandparent-generation but ripples out to affect subsequent generations.
Intergenerational Storytelling and Transhistorical Trauma: Old Women in Contemporary Canadian Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Jodie Lynne Salter
Description
Literary Studies/Theatre Studies in English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Guelph, 2012.
Inuit Subsistence, Social Economy and Food Security in Clyde River, Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Miriam T. Harder
George W. Wenzel
Arctic, vol. 65, no. 3, September 2012, pp. 305-318
Description
Study compared flow of money and country food resources within an extended family in 1999 and 2009.
Inunnguiniq Parenting Support Program for Nunavummiut: Evaluation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Myste Anderson
Gwen K. Healey
Description
Reports results from pilot programs run in eight communities during the winter of 2012. Includes information on evaluation approach, methods of recruiting parents, general program comments, facilitator perspectives, challenges and successful approaches, curriculum specific feedback and recommendations for next phase of project.
Is a Structured, Manualized, Evidence-Based Treatment Protocol Culturally Competent and Equivalently Effective Among American Indian Parents in Child Welfare?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Chaffin
David Bard
Dolores Subia Bigfoot
Erin J. Maher
Child Maltreatment, vol. 17, no. 3, 2012, pp. 242-252
Description
"This study tests recidivism reduction equivalency and acceptability among American Indian parents."
Joy of Apex: Junior Novel Study
Alternate Title
Uqalimaarummaq Reader
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Arctic College
Description
Teacher's resource for use with primary students in Grades 5 and 6. Book explores the life of a young girl growing up during a parental separation.
Joy of Apex: Novel Study
Alternate Title
Joy of Apex: Senior Novel Study
Uqalimaarummaq Reader
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Arctic College
Description
Designed to improve literacy and communication skills. Book explores the life of a young girl growing up during parental separation.
[Justice Murray Sinclair and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada]. Reconciliation Part I
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Presents part I of interview with the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Commissioner for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, regarding the direction towards reconciliation for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.
Duration: 19:46.
[Justice Murray Sinclair and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada]. Reconciliation Part II
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Presentation of Part II of an interview with the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Commissioner for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, regarding the direction towards reconciliation for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.
Duration: 17:22.
Kahneepotaytayo, Big Bear's Head Dancer
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and White photograph of Kahneepotaytayo, Big Bear's Head Dancer in quasi-traditional costume with his wife, the daughter of Apischiscoose.
Kaurareg Report
Alternate Title
Our Healing, Our Way: Kaurareg Healing Forum Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Healing Foundation
Description
Forum participants identify key issues causing disharmony and imbalance in the community and ways to restore balance.
Keeping Up With the Begays: Observations of Competitive Consumption in Contemporary Navajo Society
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sam Pack
Native Studies Review, vol. 21, no. 1, 2012, pp. 83-101
Description
Author uses experiences with the Benally clan as an example to show changes in the Navajo culture from a community focus to an individual focus.
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.
Knitting and Basket-Making Receives an Official Nod
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shauna Lewis
Windspeaker , vol. 30, no. 2, Raven's Eye, May 2012, p. 3
Description
Comments on the designation of Cowichan sweaters and Nlaka'pamux basket making as Aboriginal items of national historic significance by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Page 4 of insert entitled Raven's Eye: Special Section Providing News from BC & Yukon.
Kónitsąąíí gokíyaa Ndé: 'Big Water People's Homeland' a Shadow of Self-Determination in a Bifurcated Traditional Territory
Alternate Title
Strengthening Partnership Between States and Indigenous Peoples: Treaties, Agreements and Other Constructive Arrangements
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margo Tamez
Description
Highlights Ndé concepts and perspectives of self-determination and decision-making with regard to children, mothers, fathers, families and communities.
Presented at the 3rd United Nations Seminar on Treaties, Agreements and Other Constructive Arrangements entitled: "Strengthening Partnership Between Indigenous Peoples and States".
Law Information for Aboriginal Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of the Attorney General [Ontario]
Description
General information about legal issues pertaining to separating or divorcing, division of property and decisions about children.
Learning, Growing and Leading 2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda McDonell
Danielle Alphonse
Description
"A summary of research conducted to investigate philosophical frameworks and management structures to guide the development of Aboriginal Early Childhood Development programs and services."
The Legacy of Residential School Abuse
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Daria Shewchuk
BC Psychologist, Psychological Services for First Nations, Spring, 2012, pp. 36-38
Description
Argues that in order for psychologists to provide effective psychological treatment for Aboriginal people, they need to understand the profound impact the residential school trauma and its ongoing legacy has had on their people.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, Scroll to page 36.
Lenses of Indigenous Feminism: Digging Up The Roots of Western Patriarchy in Perma Red and Monkey Beach
Theses
Author/Creator
Pamela Kay CampBell
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2012.