La communauté comme sujet et objet du droit: implications
pour les Métis du Canada = The Law of the Community and Community Rights: Implications for the Métis in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natacha Gagné
Claudie Larcher
Sébastien Grammond
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 142-163
Description
Based on analysis of transcripts of Hirsekorn case in which judges had to render a decision on the Métis identity of the accused and his membership in a rights-holding Métis community.
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.
Conceptualization of Family: Complexities of Defining an Indigenous Family
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Benita Tam
Leanne Findlay
Dafna Kohen
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Looks at alternate ways to define Indigenous families and the limitation of using one definition over another.
Conducting Food Sovereignty Assessments in Native Communities: On-the-Ground Perspectives
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Vena A-dae Romero
Dana Eldridge
Vicky Karhu]
Description
Three case studies illustrate the use of the Food Sovereignty Assessment Tool: Cochiti Pueblo, Diné Policy Institute, and the Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative.
Contemporary Practice of Traditional Aboriginal Child Rearing: A Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Muir
Yvonne Bohr
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental, Spiritual and Cultural Health, 2014, pp. 66-79
Description
Looks at Aboriginal child rearing practices to determine if traditional ways are still in use and if so, how these practices differ from mainstream child rearing.
Contours of a People: Métis Family, Mobility, and History
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Scott P. Stephen
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 140-141
Description
Book review of Contours of a People edited by Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny, and Brenda Macdougall.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access review scroll to p. 140.
Correlates of Physical Activity among First Nations Children Residing in First Nations Communities in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian Janssen
Lucie Lévesque
Fei Xu
First Nations Governance Centre
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 105, no. 6, November/December 2014, pp. 412-417
Description
Factors examined: demographics, use of language and involvement in culture, community size and culture, school attendance, chronic conditions, and family structure, socio-economic status, and culture. Uses data from the 2008/10 First Nations Regional Health Survey.
Cultivating the Arctic's Most Valuable Resource: An Analysis of Barriers to High School Completion Among Inuit Youth in Nunavut
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Melanie O'Gorman
Manish Pandey
Description
Looks at 50% dropout rate for Nunavut youth and delves into reasons for it.
Cultural Identity and Practices Associated with the Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Males
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mick Adams
Peter J. Mataira
Shayne Walker
Michael Hart
Neil Drew
Jesse John Fleay
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 42-61
Description
Authors connect the health and well-being of Indigenous males with the practice of cultural identities, obligations, and kinship systems; make policy recommendations that aim to improve the cultural engagement and consequently the well-being of Indigenous men.
Cultural Permanence for Indigenous Children and Youth in Care: Advancing Knowledge and Current Practices for Promoting Resiliency and Belonging
Theses
Author/Creator
Kathleen Bennett
Description
Social Work Thesis (MSW)--University of Victoria, 2014.
Culture, Housing, Remoteness and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Development: Evidence from the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children
Alternate Title
Working Paper (Cooperative Research Centre for Remote Economic Participation) ; CW028
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alfred Michael Dockery
Working Paper (Cooperative Research Centre for Remote Economic Participation)
Dad and Nicotash: True Friends
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peggy Looby
Saskatchewan History, vol. 66, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 18-19
Description
Author recounts her family’s relationship with a man named “Ou-qui-chass” or Squirrel [possibly Ankwacas, Squirrel in Cree], whom the children in her family called Nicotash, from Nut Lake [now Yellow Quill First Nation].
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 18.
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.]
The Demographic and Economic Characteristics of the
Aboriginal Population in Saskatchewan
Alternate Title
Sask Trends Monitor
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Doug Elliott
Description
Most information derived from the 1996, 2001, and 2006 Statistics Canada census and the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS).
Final version.
Descheneaux Information Session--PTMA Toolkit
Alternate Title
Descheneaux Information Session Toolkit
Backgrounder: Descheneaux and Bill S-3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Court case involved sex-based discrimination in the Indian Act with respect to status entitlement. Includes chronological list of federal legislation concerning Indian status and summary of issues in the case.
Dharmalan Dana: An Australian Aboriginal Man's 73-year Search for the Story of His Aboriginal and Indian Ancestors
Alternate Title
Aboriginal History Monograph ; [28]
E-Books
Author/Creator
George Nelson
Robynne Nelson
Aboriginal History Monograph
Dharmalan Dana: An Australian Aboriginal Man's 73-Year Search for the Story of His Aboriginal and Indian Ancestors
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Laura Rademaker
Aboriginal History, vol. 38, 2014, pp. 201-203
Description
Book review of: Dharmalan Dana by George Nelson and Robynne Nelson.
Scroll down to page 201 to read review.
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
Diverse Family Characteristics of Aboriginal Children Aged 0 to 4: Census of Population, 2016
Alternate Title
Census in Brief
E-Books
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Tamara Hudon
Vivian O'Donnell
[Domestic Subjects: Gender, Citizenship, and Law in Native American Literature]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cristina Stanciu
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 110-115
Description
Book review of: Domestic Subjects by Beth H. Piatote.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 110.
"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.
Duwamish History in Duwamish Voices: Weaving Our Family Stories Since Colonization
Theses
Author/Creator
Julia Anne Allain
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2014.
L'écho des autres : l'analyse basique en anthropologie
E-Books
Author/Creator
Daniel Clément
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 Social Support on the Health of Indigenous Australians in a Metropolitan Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pippa Waterworth
Michael Rosenberg
Rebecca Braham
Melanie Pescud
James Dimmock
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 119, October 2014, p. 139–146
Description
Examines the influence of a social connections on the health outcomes of Indigenous people.
The Eighteenth-Century Wyandot: A Clan-Based Study
Alternate Title
Indigenous Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
John L. Steckley
Indigenous Studies Series
Emerging LTSS Issues in Indian Country: Caregiver Training in Indian Country
Alternate Title
Emerging Long Term Services and Support in Indian Country: Caregiver Training in Indian Country
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kaufman & Associates
Description
Includes literature review focused on need for and benefits of training and assessment of existing programs, recommendations, and a profile of an innovative program.
Empires, Nations, and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800-1860
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean Barman
BC Studies, no. 182, The Great War, Summer, 2014, pp. 226-227
Description
Book review of Empires, Nations, and Families by Anne F. Hyde.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 226.
Engaging Indigenous Parents in Their Children's Education
Alternate Title
Resource Sheet (Closing the Gap Clearinghouse) ; no. 32
E-Books
Author/Creator
Daryl Higgins
Sam Morley
Engaging Māori Fathers: A Literature Review: Father Involvement, Māori Parenting, and Engaging Māori Fathers in Parenting
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Will Edwards
Mihi Ratima
Description
Topics include characteristics of men, families and households, pre-colonial and contemporary modes of parenting, and effective parenting programs.
Erdrich’s Crusade: Sexual Violence in The Round House
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Tharp
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 25-40
Description
Examines how this novel about sexual abuse against Native women disrupts readers and scholars' expectations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.
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.
Ethnographic Explorations of the Foodways of Three Generations of Women in Kasabonika Lake First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle Kehoe
Description
Human Kinetics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2014.
An Ethnographic Study about the Lived Experiences of Transracial Adoption from a Haudenosaunee Adult Adoptee Perspective
Theses
Author/Creator
Tricia Lyman
Description
Executive Leadership Thesis (Ed.D.)--St. John Fisher College, 2017.
An Ethnohistorian in Rupert’s Land: Unfinished Conversations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jennifer S. H. Brown
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.
An Evaluation of the National Empowerment Project Cultural, Social, and Emotional Wellbeing Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tjalaminu Mia
Pat Dudgeon
Carolyn Mascall
Glenis Grogan
Bronwyn Murray
Roz Walker
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 2, September 2017, pp. 33-48
Description
Participant interviews describe how the Program significantly changed their lives in constructive and positive manners.
The Everyday Lives of Young Māori Fathers: An Explorative Study
Alternate Title
An Xxplorative Study into the Everyday Lives of Young Māori Fathers
The Everyday Lives of Young Maori Fathers: An Explorative Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angus Elkington
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing : Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 3, December 2017, pp. 3-17
Description
Reports views, opinions and experiences of eight fathers between the ages of 16 to 25, and provides ideas to enhance parent resources.
Experiences in Tribal Self-Determination: Strengthening Native Community Identity and Dealing With Public Perceptions Since the 1960's
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard M. Wheelock
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2014 WSSA American Indian Studies Section, Fall, 2014, pp. 1-25
Description
Author reflects on his personal pathway to self-determination.
An Exploration of the Effects of Mentor-Apprentice Programs on Mentors' and Apprentices' Wellbeing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Jenni
Adar Anisman
Onowa McIvor
Peter Jacobs
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 25-42
Description
Comments on the link between language, health and wellbeing.
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 and Youth Vulnerability to Suicidal Behaviour in First Nations: A Comparison of Reserve and Non-Reserve Groups
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michel Tousignant
Nathalie Morin
Livia Vitenti
Antoine Bibaud De Serres
Arlene Laliberté
International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, Special Issue on Youth Suicide Prevention: Research, Policy and Practice, 2014, pp. 70-88
Description
Looks at an analysis of the epidemiology of suicide in Aboriginal communities, presents the evidence relating family factors to suicide and follows with statistics from welfare agencies on First Nations.
Family-Centred Interventions by Primary Healthcare Services for Indigenous Early Childhood Wellbeing in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States: A Systematic Scoping Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janya McCalman
Mario Heyeres
Sandra Campbell
Roxanne Bainbridge
Catherine Chamberlain ... [et al.]
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, vol. 17, 2017, pp. [1]-21
Description
Review suggests promise for generating diverse healthcare outcomes for Indigenous children and their parents.
Family Matters: Household Size in Relation to the Well-Being of Aboriginal School-Aged Children Living Off-Reserve
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacqueline M. Quinless
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 1 & 2, 2014, pp. 5-28
Description
Study shows as household size increases so does a child's involvement in social activities plus the number of chronic health conditions decrease.
Family Matters Report 2017: Measuring Trends to Turn the Tide on the Over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children in Out-of-Home Care in Australia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Natalie Lewis
John Burton
Peter Lewis
Joanne Lau
Claire Stacey ... [et al.]
Description
Looks at shortcomings of the current system, provides statistical data, and advocates for changes that will reduce the number of children in care.
Follow-up to the 2016 report.