Alternate Title
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.
2016 Profile of the Indigenous Population in Surrey
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Reciprocal Consulting
Description
Statistics on age, family profile, housing, mobility, language, income, employment and labour force, and commuting.
Related Material: 2021 Profile of the Indigenous Population in Surrey
An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children, youth and families: Does Bill-92 Make the Grade?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naiomi Walqwan Metallic
Hadley Friedland
Sarah Morales
Jeffery Hewitt
Aimée Craft
Description
Analyzes and assigns grades to the Bill in five areas: national standards, accountability, funding, jurisdiction, and data collecting and reporting.
Related material: Factsheet: Overview and Recommendations
ACWS in Conversation with Lewis Cardinal
Alternate Title
Alberta Councial of Women's Shelters in Conversation with Lewis Cardinal
Building Relations Part 2: Stories from Community
Building Relationships Part 1: Lessons From Lewis
Circle Process
Foundations of Indigenous Worldviews
Indigenous Women in Indigenous Societies
Indigenous Women's Leadership
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Inquiry and Action
Treaty Relations: Spirit, Intent, and First Nations Perspectives
[In Coversation with Lewis Cardinal]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lewis Cardinal
[Tina Fox
Stephanie Harpe
Tracy Bear
Karen MacKenzie
Betty Letendre
Cora Voyageur
Ruth Scalp Lock]
Description
Series of eight hour-long videos developed to educate women's shelter workers, but equally applicable to general audiences. Videos cover wide range of topics such as: treaty relationships; Indigenous worldviews; missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls; Indigenous women in Indigenous societies; women's leadership; and building relationships.
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.
Advertising 'Happy' Children: The Settler Family, Happiness and the Indigenous Child Removal System
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniella Bendo
Taryn Hepburn
Dale C. Spencer
Raven Sinclair
Children & Society, vol. 33, no. 5, 2019, pp. 399-413
Description
Authors conducted analysis of 4300 advertisements promoting adoption of Indigenous children which were featured in the "Today's Child" column in The Toronto Telegram and The Toronto Star from 1964 to 1982, the period known as the Sixties Scoop. Descriptions of happiness were framed in ways which conformed with white society's notions of family and nation.
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.
Aspirational Descent and the Creation of Family Lore: Race Shifting in the Northeast
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darryl Leroux
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 93-114
Description
A discussion of the recent trend for white French-descendants to "self-Indigenize" by using genealogy to create identity. Uses the example of Edmée and Catherine Lejeune, two Acadienne sisters born prior to 1635, who have been turned into “Mi’kmaw” women.
Buffering Effects of Social Support for Indigenous Males and Females Living with Historical Trauma and Loss in 2 First Nation Communities.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharon Bernards
Samantha Wells
Melody Morton-Ninomiya
Sara Plain
Tracey George ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 2, Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North..., 2019
Description
Study uses survey data from 207 males and 279 females from 2 Ontario First Nations to examine whether or not social support can offset the negative results of perceived racism, historical trauma and loss on depression and/or anxiety.
Celebrating Our Magic: Resources for American Indian/Alaska Native Transgender and Two-Spirit Youth, Their Relatives and Families, and Their Health Care Providers
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alessandra Angelino
Center for Native Child and Family Resilience: Environmental Scan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carlos Alcaraz
Jeremy Braithwaite
Matt Burnstein
Anthony J. Ernst
Emily Fisher … [et al.]
Description
Identifies community-level research initiatives and demonstrations of cultural and practice-based strategies for prevention and intervention. Findings are organized around models, and strengths and challenges are listed for each model.
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.
Community-Engaged and Culturally Relevant Research to Develop Behavioral Health Interventions with American Indians and Alaska Natives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine E. McKinley
Charles R. Figley
Sarah M. Woodward
Jessica L. Liddell
Shanondora Billiot... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 3, 2019, pp. 79-103
Description
Article describes a culturally appropriate program development model used with communities in the Southeastern United States. Author illustrate the research and design methodology by describing the development of a resilience-based family-centered substance-abuse and violence prevention program.
Comparative Analysis: Bringing Our Children Home Act (BOCHA) and An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families also known as Bill C-92
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs]
Description
Section by section analysis of the child welfare Act endorsed by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and the proposed federal legislation.
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
Defining the Indefinable: Descriptors of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Cultures and Their Links to Health and Wellbeing: A Literature Review
E-Books
Author/Creator
Minette Salmon
Kate Doery
Phyll Dance
Jan Chapman
Ruth Gilbert … [et al.]
Diet Quality in Canada: Policy Solutions for Equity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dana Lee Olstad
Norman R.C. Campbell
Kim D. Raine
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 191, no. 4, January 28, 2019, pp. E100-E102
Description
Authors note that Canada’s new Healthy Eating Strategy does not address social determinants of health (childhood environments, gender, Indigenous status, income, education and occupation) as root causes of poor diet quality; they suggest that a reduction of diet inequities will require policy change.
Diné Clans and Climate Change: A Historical Lesson for Land Use Today
Alternate Title
Dine Clans and Climate Change: A Historical Lesson for Land Use Today
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Klara Kelley
Harris Francis
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 55-82
Description
Authors describes the Diné system of clans and kinship, and suggest that rooted as it is in an ethic of universal relatedness, it might hold solutions for dealing with environmental and political instability.
Distorted Descent : White Claims to Indigenous Identity
E-Books
Author/Creator
Darryl Leroux
"Don't Even Talk to Me if You're Kinya'áanii [Towering House]": Adopted Clans, Kinship, and "Blood" in Navajo Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristina Jacobsen
Shirley Ann Bowman
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 43-76
Description
Uses historical resources (oral histories, interviews, and archival materials) and contemporary popular culture to describe and discuss the elaborate Diné clan systems and extended kinship relationships and networks.
The Effect of Parental Residential School Attendance and Parental Involvement on Indigenous Youth’s Participation in Sport and Physical Activity during School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Piotr Wilk
Alana Maltby
Martin Cooke
Janice Forsyth
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 31, 2019
Description
Cross-sectional study uses data from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey collected from 4,840 youth aged 12-17. Findings indicate that interpersonal factors and historical contexts’ shape Indigenous Youth’s participation in sports and physical activity.
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.
Ethics Curriculum in Indigenous Pacific: A Solomon Islands Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kabini Sanga
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 3, September 2019, pp. 243-252
Description
Author argues that Indigenous ethics education in Solomon Islands focuses on shaping and sustaining the character of people as members of a family and clan; suggests that character embedded ethics include a strong sense of clan-based citizenship, temperance, and spiritual existence.
Evaluation of a Native Youth Leadership Program Grounded in Cherokee Culture: The “Remember the Removal” Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa E. Lewis
Laurelle L. Myhra
Lauren E. Vieaux
Gloria Sly
Amber Anderson ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-32
Description
Report uses qualitative, community-based participatory research method to evaluate a program designed to empower Indigenous youth. Highlights social, familial, and cultural aspects of the program that were found to be most impactful; recommends extending similar programming to other Indigenous communities.
Evaluation of an Entrepreneurship Education Intervention for American Indian Adolescents: Trial Design and Baseline Sample Characteristics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Francene Larzelere
Lauren Tingey
Allison Ingalls
Feather Sprengeler
Sean Parker ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 3, 2019, pp. 1-20
Description
Study examines the outcomes of a strengths-based Entrepreneurship Education program conducted with Aboriginal youth and articulates how a participant’s baseline socio-demographic, socio-cultural, and family/household characteristics are shown to influence outcomes.
Explorations in Canadian History:; What Can We Learn about Local First Nations Families and Residential Schools from Canada’s History?
Alternate Title
Cross Curricular Unit ; Grade 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nikki Krocke
Tanya Lanigan
Tammy Stoneman
Shari Worsfold
Description
Lesson plan uses the books : Shi-Shi-Etko, Shin-Chi’s Canoe, and Stolen Words.
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.
First Peoples Child and Family Review, Special Issue: Celebrating 15 Years of Wisdom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc St. Dennis
Cindy Blackstock
Raven Sinclair
Kathy Absolon
Suzanne Stewart
Estelle Simard
Robina Thomas
Jacquie Green ...
Marlyn Bennett
Margaret Kovach
Nicole Muir
Yvonne Bohr
Elizabeth Fast ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 14, no. 1, June 06, 2019
Description
Issue features 15 of the most popular contributions published since volume 1 in 2004.
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 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 the Love of Our Children: An Indigenous Connectedness Framework
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Saniguq Ullrich
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 121-130
Description
Author outlines a framework for well-being rooted in the concept of connectedness; the idea that wellness for Indigenous people comes from them being connected to their families, their communities, and the natural world.
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)
Health Care Utilisation Changes among Alaska Native Adults After Participation in an Indigenous Community Programme to Address Adverse Life Experiences: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis
Alternate Title
Health Care Utilization Changes among Alaska Native Adults After Participation in an Indigenous Community Program to Address Adverse Life Experiences: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lily Ray
Bobbi Outten
Katherine Gottlieb
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 79, no. 1, Article: 1705048, December 20, 2019
Description
Study examines participation in Family Wellness Warriors Initiative (FWWI) and whether it changes how Indigenous Alaskans use healthcare services. FWWI participants showed a 36% reduction in total system visits, a 70% reduction in substance use visits, and a 40% reduction in emergency department visits.
Helping Indigenous Students at First Nations University of Canada to Thrive
Theses
Author/Creator
Lisa Bighead
Description
Leadership Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2019.
Hoki ki te Rito - Oranga Whānau: A Parenting Support Approach for Māori Parents
Theses
Author/Creator
Lynaire Doherty
Description
Health Sciences Thesis (Phd) -- University of Auckland, 2019.
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.
How Grandma Kate Lost Her Cherokee Blood and What This Says about Race, Blood, and Belonging in Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Lambert
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2019, pp. 135-167
Description
Describes the minimum blood quantum requirement for tribal membership, the history of its implementation, and how it originated with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI); argues that blood quantum is a bureaucratic tool rather than a genuine measure of Indigeneity.
['I Honoured Him Until the End': Storytelling of Indigenous Female Caregivers and Care Providers Focused on Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias (ADOD)]
Alternate Title
'I Honored Him Until the End': Storytelling of Indigenous Female Caregivers and Care Providers Focused on Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias (ADOD)
Theses
Author/Creator
[Danielle E. Alcock]
Description
[Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Western University, 2019.]
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.