Our Homes are Bleeding: A Short History of Indian Reserves
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ruben Ware
Description
Looks a definitions for reserve, the Indian land policy, the Indian Reserves Commission, the McKenna-McBride Commission, what is a Cut-off, the Cut-off lands, and the first Cut-off.
Our National Competitiveness and Canada's Territories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Description
Discusses the adaptability of businesses in Canada's territories and the necessity of the federal and territorial governments to do the same.
Our Women and Girls Are Sacred: Interim Report: The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marion Buller
Michèle Audette
Brian Eyolfson
Qajaq Robinson
Paddling Together: Co-Governance Models for Regional Cumulative Effects Management
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Clogg
Gavin Smith
Deborah Carlson
Hannah Askew
Description
Includes case studies of co-management models from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Florida.
Paradoxes of Power: The Lands for Life Public Consultations
Theses
Author/Creator
Patricia Ballamingie
Description
Geography and Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2006.
Participatory Video For Policy Development in Remote Aboriginal Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
George A. Ferreira
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Guelph, 2006.
The Perceptions of First Nations Participants in a Community Oral Health Initiative
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kavita R. Mathu-Muju
James McLeod
Leeann Donnelly
Rosamund Harrison
Michael I. MacEntee
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, no. 1, 2017, p. article no. 1364960
Description
Interviews caregivers enrolled in the program whose children got preventative care at home (0-2) vs. at school (5-7).
Persistence of Colonial Prejudice and Policy in British Columbia's Indigenous Relations: Did the Spirit of Joseph Trutch Haunt Twentieth-Century Resource Development?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Abbott
BC Studies, no. 194, Summer, 2017, pp. 39-64
Description
Looks at how province's first lieutenant-governor's attitudes about the land question continued to exert influence during two periods: the years following entry into Confederation (1871 to 1876) and during the era of postwar hydroelectric development using case studies from 1951 to 1989.
Plain Talk 14: First Nations Accountability
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 14
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Looks at Bill C-27, The Financial Accountability and Transparency of First Nations Bill.
Plain Talk 24: Practical Guidelines for Writing Proposals
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 24
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations
Description
Offers practical suggestions on how to craft a suitable grant proposal for obtaining funding.
Plain Talk 5: The Indian Act
Alternate Title
It's Our Time: First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 5
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Provides a history of the impacts of the implementation of the Indian Act, which was passed in 1876.
Plain Talk 6: Residential Schools
Alternate Title
It's Our Time: First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Describes the history of Canada's residential schools which were financed by the federal government, but largely run by various religious organizations.
Plan of Action for Drinking Water in First Nations Communities: Progress Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Description
Highlights 6 major plans of action since March 2006.
PM Boiling Native Rights Into Question of Race
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, July 28, 2006, p. A11
Description
Commentary on developments regarding issues surrounding the West Coast salmon fishery.
Policy Options Paper for an Urban and Rural Indigenous Housing Strategy: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cassandra Vink
Description
Academic and grey literature review conducted on: key issues; principles and desired outcomes; recent historical programs and policies; program and policy recommendations; and international program and policy examples. Options were then examined to determine whether they aligned with principles and desired outcomes, as well as feasibility and viability in current social context.
The Political Economy of Aboriginal Dependency: A Critique Of The Royal Commission On Aboriginal Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Frances Widdowson
Description
Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2006
Political Responses
Alternate Title
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
[Métisland: Métis Settlements and the Daniels Decision]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Will Goodon
Gerald Cunningham
Description
President of the Métis Settlements General Council discusses its involvement in the Daniels case and actions of the Council since the decision. Second speaker discusses the political and historical context of the case, analyzes the court's judgement, and suggests possible future actions.
Duration: 1:15:01.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Political Season
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen Hendrie
Inuktitut, no. 99, Winter, 2006, pp. 1-2
Description
Editor's brief comments on the contents of issue and current events such as the 2006 Federal Election.
Postcard From the 2016 Yukon Election
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Roddick
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 63-68
Description
Contends that the new Liberal government needs to make renewed investment for intergovernmental relationships with First Nations.
Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jaskiran Dhillon
Preliminary Report on the Investigation into Missing School Files for the Shingwauk Indian Residential School
Alternate Title
Shingwauk Project Archive
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Edward G. Sadowski
Description
Records and documents that were destroyed between 1936 and 1956 due to federal government policy.
Presentation for the Standing Committee on the Status of Women on the Impacts of Funding Cuts on the Native Women's Association of Canada and All Aboriginal Women in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Argues that they are the only independent organization advocating for Aboriginal women's rights and discusses impact of less funding on the Sisters in Spirit Campaign.
"The Primitive Has Escaped Control": Narrating the Nation in The Heartsong of Charging Elk
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Opitz
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 98-106
Description
Describes how Blackfeet author James Welch contributed to decolonization by questioning the relationship between government policies of removal, extinction and assimilation and stereotypical representations of Native American identity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 98.
Progressing on Several Fronts
Articles » General
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, 4 2006, p. 24
Description
Commentary on a recent Australian federal budget which increased funding for health in rural and remote Australia.
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC)
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Federal government site providing links to emergency management and preparedness, national security, community safety, crime prevention, law enforcement and corrections. Responsible for all aspects of safety across Canada, deals with crime, natural disasters, terrorism etc.
Public Servant Schools in Canada: A Concept for Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Weiler
The Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, vol. 29, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 1-20
Description
Discusses call to action 57 from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission regarding the provision of education to public servants on the history of Aboriginal peoples and residential schools.
R. v. Marshall; R. v. Bernard: The Return of the Native
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul L. A. H. Chartrand
University of New Brunswick Law Journal, vol. 55, 2006, pp. 135-145
Description
Argues that recognition of title or ownership, as shown by these court cases, is a function of the executive and legislative branches of government.
Racial Extractivism: Neoliberal White Settler Colonialism and Tar Sands Extraction
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Preston
Description
Social and Political Thought Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.
Racially "Indian", Legally "White": The Canadian State's Struggles to Categorize the Métis, 1850-1900
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Hayter
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2017.
Rebuilding Indigenous Nations through Constitutional Development: A Case Study of the Métis in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janique Dubois
Kelly Saunders
Nations and Nationalism, February 20, 2017, pp. 1-24
Description
Concludes that the Metis Nation must build legitimacy internally amongst members and externally with the state.
Reconciliation is an English Word
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jason Mercredi
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 2, Innovations in Community Health and Wellness, July 2017, pp. 58-61
Description
Comments on the proposed >Indigenous Languages Act
The Red Man's On the Warpath: The Image of the "Indian" and the Second World War
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert Alexander Innes
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2, Spring, 2006, pp. 132-133
Description
Book review of: The Red Man's On the Warpath by R. Scott Sheffield.
The Red Man's On the Warpath: The Image of the "Indian" and the Second World War
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Thomas A. Britten
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 2, Summer, 2006, pp. 372-374
Description
Book review of: The Red Man's On the Warpath: The Image of the "Indian" and the Second World War by R. Scott Sheffield.
Redeeming Hollow Promises: The Case for Mandatory Spending on Health Care For American Indians and Alaska Natives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Timothy M. Westmoreland
Kathryn R. Watson
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 4, April 2006, pp. 600-605
Description
Argues that the reliance on discretionary spending has produced a system that is unreliable and insufficient for health disparities.
Remote Avant-Garde: Aboriginal Art under Occupation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rosita Henry
Amercian Anthropologist, vol. 119, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 369-370
Description
Book review of Remote Avant-Garde by Jennifer Loureide Biddle.
Report 4: First Nations' Governance and Climate Change: Key Issues
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
March 2006
Description
Provides insight into the challenges facing First Nations people and the ability to demonstrate effective governance that would lead to responses and decisions that could minimize climate change impacts.
Reproductive Narratives: Settler-Colonialism and Neoliberalism in Alberta's Child Welfare System
Theses
Author/Creator
Miranda Sophia Leibel
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2017
Researching and Revealing Indian Hospitals in Canada
Alternate Title
Canada's History Forum ; 9th
Engaging Authentic Indigenous Histories
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Maureen Lux
Description
Author of Separate Beds speaks about the history of segregation, discrimination, and substandard facilities, care and funding in the Indian Hospital Service.
Duration: 15:56.
Residential Schools and Reconciliation: Canada Confronts Its History
E-Books
Author/Creator
J.R. Miller
Resort Development on First Nations Land
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pushor Mitchell LLP
Description
Discusses the demand for land development and how the requirements and procedures vary from First Nation to First Nation.
Review of Accountability and Mutual Accountability Frameworks: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Institute on Governance
Description
Focuses on funding agreements used in different levels of government including: land claims/modern treaties, territorial formula financing, international agreements and treaties, block funding, transfer payments, municipal transfer payments, and institutional authorities.
Review of the Indian Studies Support Program Component of the PSE Program: Final Report Presented to the Joint AFN-INAC PSE Working Group
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Katenies Research and Management Services
Chignecto Consulting Group Inc.
Description
Purpose of the study was to evaluate the program administered by Indian and Northern Affairs, the applicability of First Nation University of Canada's structures to other Aboriginal institutes of higher learning, and the benefits of existing Aboriginal intuitions to students.
"Riel … vivra dans notre histoire": The Response of French Canadians in the United States to Louis Riel's Execution
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Paul Richard
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, Autumn, 2017, pp. 697-724
Description
Author explores the response from French-Canadian peoples living in the United States in the mid-1870s to the execution of Louis Riel; argues that the reaction can help to understand religious and ethnic transnationalism, and resistance to social and political forces in the Canada and the U.S. in the late nineteenth century.
"A Rink at This School is Almost as Essential as a Classroom": Hockey and Discipline at Pelican Lake Indian Residential School, 1945-1951
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Braden Te Hiwi
Janice Forsyth
Canadian Journal of History, vol. 52, no. 1, Spring-Summer, 2017, pp. 80-108
Description
"This article examines the disciplinary effects of hockey at Pelican Lake Indian Residential School from 1945 to 1951".
Safe Drinking Water Standards for First Nations Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Eggertson
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 174, no. 9, April 25, 2006, p. 1248
Description
Presents news about drinking water standards and the Federal government.
The Saugeen Ojibway Nation and Canada: Historical Relationships, Settler Colonialism, and Stories of a Shared Space
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher James Wright
Description
History Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--King's College London, 2017.
Schools Deal Goes Under Scrutiny
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Marites N. Sison
Anglican Journal, vol. 132, no. 2, February 2006, p. 1
Description
Revised agreement between Church and federal government significantly reduces liability in residential schools settlement.
Searching for Aboriginal/Indigenous Self-Determination: Urban Citizenship in the Winnipeg Low-Cost-Housing Sector, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan C. Walker
Environment and Planning A, vol. 38, no. 12, 2006, pp. 2345-2364
Description
Explores urban citizenship and the pursuit of self-determination. Provides recommendations for improvement.
Separate Beds: A History of Indian Hospitals in Canada, 1920s–1980s
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alison Norman
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. 609-611
Description
Book review of Separate Beds by Maureen Katherine Lux.