Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Muskoday First Nation
Government of Saskatchewan
Description
Agreement between Government of Canada, Government of Saskatchewan and Muskoday First Nation.
Myths and Realities of First Nations Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ravina Bains
Description
Argues that increased funding will not solve the problems affecting First Nation education in Canada and that a restructuring is needed.
Narrative Robustness, Post-Apology Conduct, and Canada's 1998 and 2008 Residential Schools Apologies
Alternate Title
Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Matt James
Description
Looks at why the more extensive apology was not followed by actions that would indicate substantive engagement with Aboriginal issues.
Chapter 45 from The Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945 edited by Berber Bevernage and Nico Wouters.
Nation Crie d'Opaskwayak Enquête Relative aux Rues et aux Ruelles
Alternate Title
Opaskwayak Cree Nation Streets and Lanes Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Regarding land surrendered in 1906 to create The Pas town site for which adequate compensation was never received. (French language version) Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, Alan C. Holman, and Sheila G. Purdy.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Nation Crie de James Smith Enquête Relative aux Droits Fonciers Issus de Traité
Alternate Title
James Smith Cree Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Concludes that no outstanding treaty land entitlement is owed to the James Smith Cree Nation. (French version) Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis and Alan C. Holman.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
A Nation in Distress: The Political Economy of Urban Aboriginal Poverty
Theses
Author/Creator
Kate Rexe
Description
Political Economy Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2007.
A "National Emergency" in Australia: The Howard Government's Intervention in Northern Territory Aboriginal Affairs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melinda Hinkson
Indigenous Affairs, vol. 2008, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 38-43
Description
Discusses the protective measures introduced in 73 remote Aboriginal communities as the results of report.
To access this article, scroll down to page 38.
Nationalization of the Native Voice: The White Paper of 1969 and the Growth of the Modern Native Movement
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathleen A. van Dalfsen
Description
Comments on the proposal that was met with great opposition.
History Honours [Thesis]--University of British Columbia, Okanagan, 2014.
Native Education and In-Classroom Coalition-Building: Factors and Models in Delivering an Equitous Authentic Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sabrina E. Redwing Saunders
Susan M. Hill
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 30, no. 4, Coalition Work in Indigenous Educational Contexts, 2007, pp. 1015-1045
Description
Looks at mixed-method study curriculum used by Haudenosaunee students and educators.
Native Language Education: An Inquiry Into What Is and What Could Be
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thecla Neganegijig
Mary Breunig
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 30, no. 2, 2007, pp. 305-322
Description
Explores the current state of Kindergarten to grade 12 and postsecondary Native language education in Canada and examines the possibilities of incorporating outdoor education with Native language programs.
Native Leaders Ask: Where's Our Canada?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 1, April 2007, p. 8
Description
Aboriginal leaders, including National Chief Phil Fontaine of the Assembly of First Nations, are frustrated at the Canadian government's lack of concern for the living conditions of its Aboriginal peoples.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Native Life
Alternate Title
CANADIANHISTORY.CA: The Many Histories of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J .R. Miller
Description
Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.
Natives and Settlers Now and Then: Historical Issues and Current Perspectives on Treaties and Land Claims in Canada
Alternate Title
"The Rights to the Land May be Transferred": Archival Records as Colonial Text—A Narrative of Métis Scrip
Nation-Building as Process: Reflections of a Nihiyow [Cree]
Natives and Settlers Now and Then: Refractions of the Colonial Past in the Present
Remembering Harold Cardinal
Three Treaty Nations Compared: Economic and Political Consequences for Indigenous People in Canada, the United States, and New Zealand
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
Sharon H. Venne
Harold Cardinal
Paul W. DePasquale
Patricia Seed
Erin McGregor
Description
Special issue of Canadian Review of Comparative Literature, vol. 34, no. 1, 2007.
Negotiating Colonial Encounters: (Un)Mapping the Policing of Indigenous Peoples' Protests in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Democratia Dafnos
Description
Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2014.
Neoliberalism and the Evolution of the Urban Aboriginal Strategy in Metro Vancouver
Theses
Author/Creator
Blair Bellerose
Description
Urban Studies Thesis (M.Urb)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
A New Approach: Co‐development of a New Fiscal Relationship between Canada and First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations-Indigenous Services Canada Joint Advisory Committee on Fiscal Relations]
Description
Reports on process and results of consultations between officials from the Assembly of First Nations and Indigenous Services in the 17 months following the Memorandum of Understanding signed in July 2016. Five key issues were identified: insufficient transfers; insufficient and under-utilized revenue generation opportunities; inflexible and unpredictable funding arrangements; excessive administrative and reporting burdens; and excessive focus on compliance rather than results.
The New Buffalo: The Struggle for Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Angela Mashford-Pringle
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 1, 2007, pp. 216-217
Description
Book review of: The New Buffalo by B. Stonechild.
Scroll to page 216 to read review.
New Fisheries Program Reels in Support
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Monte Stewart
Business Edge, vol. 7, no. 15, July 27, 2007
Description
Discusses challenges faced by First Nations and commercial fishers, and the Pacific fisheries support program designed to re-integrate the West Coast fishery.
New Land Claims Plan Questioned
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 6, September 2007, p. 16
Description
Describes why many First Nations people are bewildered at the Harper government's new land claims policy.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.16.
A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Simon
New Vistas on the Income Inequality-Health Debate: The Case of Canada's First Nations Reserve Population
Theses
Author/Creator
Nicholas D. Spence
Description
Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2007.
The Next Northern Challenge: The Reality of the Provincial North
Alternate Title
Commentary (Macdonald-Laurier Institute) ; April 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Greg Poelzer
Description
Discusses the fact that, while northern regions generate significant resource revenue, they remain politically and socially marginalized.
Next Steps for the Idle No More Movement: A Public Law Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander Hudson
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 1 & 2, 2014, pp. 149-163
Description
Discusses one of the most significant political campaigns, in modern history, put on by Canada's First Nations.
The Nisga'a Final Agreement: Negotiating Federalism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sari Graben
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, 2007, pp. 63-94
Description
Examines the text of the agreement and weighs in on whether or not the text supports a Federal relationship.
No Higher Priority: Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education in Canada: Report of the Standing Committee Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Colin Mayes
Jean Crowder
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Harold Albrecht
Steven Blaney ... [et al.]
No Home in a Homeland : Indigenous Peoples and Homelessness in the Canadian North
E-Books
Author/Creator
Julia Christensen
Nobody Here Will Harm You: Mass Medical Evacuation from the Eastern Arctic, 1950-1965
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joanne DeCosse
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 4, August-September 2017
Description
Book review of Nobody Here Will Harm You by Shawn Selway.
Non-insured Health Benefits for First Nations and Inuit People: An Overview For Information Providers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessie Loyer
Marija Small Legs
Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, vol. 35, no. 1, Special Issue on Aboriginal Health Information, April 2014, pp. 24-26
Description
Provides background on the program, differing perspectives on the legal and treaty requirements for service provision, health literacy implications, and the role of a Treaty 7 NIHB Navigator in service delivery.
Northern Indicators 2006
E-Books
Author/Creator
Andrea Street
Description
Incorporates data available as of July 2006. Primary data source is Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM2).
Northern Nishnawbe Education Council & Dennis Franklin
Cromarty High School’s First Annual Joint Report on the
Status & Implementation of Jury Recommendations from
the Inquest into the Deaths of Seven First Nations Youth [2017]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Northern Nishnawbe Education Council
Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School
Description
The youths had relocated from remote communities to Thunder Bay in order to attend high school.
2018 Report.
2019 Report
Northern Visions: Inuit Health Care, Vocational Training, and Social Change during the Early DEW Line Era
Theses
Author/Creator
Sheau Lih Vong
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Waterloo, 2014
Northerners Want Polar Ambassador; Harper Urged to Restore Position that was Cancelled Last Year
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Randy Boswell
The Vancouver Sun, August 4, 2007, p. A6
Description
Urging the Prime Minister to revive the circumpolar ambassador, as Russia plans to plant a flag on the North Pole seabed.
Novel Approach to Land Claim Overlap Proposed
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 1, April 2007, p. 9
Description
Professor Val Napoleon, of the University of Alberta, advocates the blending of Indigenous and Western knowledge to settle Canada's outstanding land claims with Aboriginal peoples.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
Nutrition North Canada: Real Change is Yet to Come
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Fitzgerald
Fred Hill
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 44-48
Description
Examines what the Liberal government has done since coming into power, in October 2015, for the Nutrition North Canada program.
Observations Regarding Bill C-15, the Northwest Territories Devolution Act
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Richard Neufeld
Grant Mitchell
Description
Discusses the pre-study of Bill C-15, an Act to replace the Northwest Territories Act.
Oh, Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Cherrington
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Reparations for Indigenous Peoples, Fall, 2007, p. [?]
Description
Describes abuses suffered by children in residential schools, the settlement process and the system for "grading" abuses in determining reparations.
Old-Time Origins of Modern Sovereignty: State-Building among the Keweenaw Bay Ojibway, 1832-1854
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Doherty
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter, 2007, pp. 165-187
Description
Article examines how the Anishinaabe of Lake Superior' act of asserting Nation/Statehood as an assertion of sovereignty continues to affect contemporary relations and sovereignty movements.
Olympians Call to Close the Gap Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Health
Articles » General
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 3, May/June 2007, p. 25
Description
Brief article discusses the efforts of Australian Olympic athletes to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal citizens.
On Being Here to Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Asch
On Being Here to Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Emily-Jean Gallant
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 241-242
Description
Book review of: On Being Here to Stay by Michael Asch.
On Ethnographic Refusal: Indigeneity, 'Voice' and Colonial Citizenship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Audra Simpson
Junctures, no. 9, Voice, December 2007, pp. 67-80
Description
An anthropological analysis of indigeneity.
On 'Modest Proposals' To Further Reduce the Aboriginal Landbase by Privatizing Reserve Land
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Campbell
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 2, 2007, pp. 219-246
Description
Response to "Individual Property Rights on Canadian Indian Reserves" by Christopher Alcantara in the Canadian Journal of Native Studies vol. 23, no. 2 (2003) at pages 391 to 424.
'The Only Good Thing That Happened at School': Colonising Narratives of Sport in the Indian School Bulletin
Alternate Title
'The Only Good Thing That Happened at School': Colonizing Narratives of Sport in the Indian School Bulletin
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Forsyth
Michael Heine
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [205]-225
Description
Challenges the selective representations of sports and recreation in residential schools.
Ontario First Nations Special Education Review Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario First Nations
Description
Synthesizes published literature and information gathered from educators, administrators and service organizations. Focus is on funding.
Opaskwayak Cree Nation: Streets and Lane Inquiry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Inquiry regarding land surrendered in 1906 to create The Pas town site for which adequate compensation was never received. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, Alan C. Holman, and Sheila G. Purdy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
[Open Letter to the Prime Minister (Australia)]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brian Butler
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 5, September/October 2007, p. 23
Description
Letter written to Australian Prime Minister John Howard commenting on the government's record toward Aboriginal peoples.
[Opening Remarks and Keynote]
Alternate Title
[Patterns of Health and Wellbeing: An Intercultural Symposium ; 02]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Beverly Kiohawiton Cook
Description
Webcast of the keynote speaker from the Patterns of Health and Wellbeing Symposium, Beverly Cook, who speaks on child sexual abuse and the ACE program (Adverse Childhood Experiences)
Duration: 31:58.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Opportunities for Aboriginal Persons in the Workforce: Report of The Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Standing Committee on Human Resources
Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Description
Discusses the challenges and recommendations of employment opportunities for Aboriginal people.