First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2019, p. [12]
Description
Links to short video which discusses the ACHH's research on helping healthcare professionals to understand pain and hurt from a Mi'kmaw perspective. Research done in collaboration with Artist Alan Syliboy, illustrates how participants think about and express pain.
ACHH Initiative
Duration 5:03
Resource guide includes information on: Aboriginal Communities and Services, Spirituality, Aboriginal Culture, Cultural Beliefs and Practices, Mi'kmaq Language, Mi'kmaq History and Band Governance and Identity.
Discusses sustainable cultural tourism and the value of product authenticity on Cape Breton Island and provides an overview of some Mi'kmaq First Nations tourism initiatives.
Findings based on literature review, survey (250 respondents), and three case studies. Produced as part of the National Reading Campaign's Aboriginal Policy Initiative.
The Supreme Court Law Review, vol. 71, no. 1, 2015, pp. [67]-89
Description
Looks at changes to inherent limit and extension resulting from the Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia case. Focuses on changes to provincial jurisdiction over Aboriginal titled lands and land use.
Clcahl (Hullcar) Aquifer: Splatsin Drinking Water Contamination
Creating a Blue Dialogue
POLIS Project on Ecological Governance
Water Realities in Indigenous Communities
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lalita Bharadwaj
Kukpi7 (Chief) Wayne Christian
Description
First presenter discusses the current state of water in First Nations communities and challenges in the areas of source water, treatment, and water supply systems.
Second speaker discusses the groundwater contamination in British Columbia's Hullcar Valley and what the crisis means for the Splatsin people.
Related Material:
Webinar Summary.
Issues in Social and Environmental Accounting , vol. 9, no. 2, 2015, pp. 117-145
Description
Examines the relationship which has developed with federal government departments as part of program devolution, and argues that because procedures are based on Western practices and worldviews, it undermines the concept of nation-to-nation relationship.
Statistics for: apparent accidental poisoning deaths (fentanyl & non-fentanyl opioids); demographics and recent medical history of decedents; confirmed drug and alcohol poisoning deaths; dispensing data; opioid agonist therapy (OAT); emergency department visits; hospitalizations; and emergency medical response. Includes data for 2016, 2017, and 2018.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 7, no. 9, September 1977, p. 5
Description
Indian Affairs Minister informs the Medicine Wheel Ranch Company band members that they must wait for the settlement of their land claim of the Harold Lees ranch until the legitimacy of the surrender of that land by the Ocean Man and Pheasant Rump reserves in 1902 is decided in court.
Chapter in book: Contemporary Tendencies in Mediation edited by Humberto Dalla Bernardina de Pinho, Juliana Loss de Andrade.
Looks at the use of mediation in reconciliation of lands and resources.
Scroll down to page 67 for chapter.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, Winter, 1977-1978, pp. 335-356
Description
Author argues that violence in Cherokee communities can be attributed to the combination social-structural problems found on reservations and the erosion of traditional cultural norms.
Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Research Program: A Joint Initiative of Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre and Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority: Research Compilation, vol. 3
Community-Based Emergency Care: An Open Report for Nishnawbe Aski Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre
Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority
Description
Material is full text of peer-reviewed literature.
Consists of an interview that tells of the arrival of Simon Fraser amongst the Thompson Indians. Annie York discusses the life of her grandfather and speaks at great length of her devotion to the Christian religion.
Looks at Native American art in museums in three areas: Native American art in American art museums in the early twentieth century, multiculturalism: museum initiatives between 1970 and 2000, and twenty-first century approaches: 'dialogical imperatives'.
Burke Museum's ArtTalk Symposium: Conversations on Northwest Native Art
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Pat Courtney Gold
Nadia Jackinsky Sethi
Kathryn Bunn Marcuse
Kaleb Child
Coreen Child ... [et al.]
Description
Presentations on collaborative research:
Part 1: Research in Museums and it’s Contribution to Native Communities by Pat Courtney Gold.
Part 2: Remembering Heritage Through the Arts in Alaska's Communities by Nadia Jackinsky Sethi.
Part 3: G̱a̱lg̱a̱poła (Working Together) – A Collaborative Reframing of Kwakiutl Film and Audio Recordings with Franz Boas by Kathryn Bunn Marcuse, Kaleb Child, Coreen Child and Tom Child.
Duration: 2:02:05
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.
Health Reports, vol. 26, no. 8, August 2015, pp. 10-16
Description
Longitudinal analysis compares statistics for First Nations adults to those for non-Aboriginals. Uses data from the 1991-2005 Canadian Census Mortality and Cancer Follow-up Study.
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 2019
Description
Qualitative interview study which engages 22 non-Indigenous Canadians from one city, explores how knowledgeable and how engaged participants are about the issues surrounding drinking water in Indigenous communities. Found that most participants had minimal understanding of the issue and faced barriers to engagement including racism and a lack of resources, capacity, and personal responsibility.
Summarizes results of discussions held in focus groups involving 27 entrepreneurs and survey completed by 25 of those participants. Some of the challenges identified were disparity in funding opportunities, lack of awareness of support systems, credit and financial literacy, and issues of access to business services, training, internet service and workspace.
Information on the First Nation located between Fort Carlton and Duck Lake, Saskatchewan. Provides links to listing of Chief and Council, blog, newsletter, and community information.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, Special Issue: The Impact of Reserve and Reservation Systems on Indigenous Well-Being, 11 22, 2019
Description
Author offers a critical perspective on the perspectives in discussion papers being released by municipal government agencies in response to reserves being created within and adjacent to urban centers; argues that many of the perspective within these documents reinforce settler colonialism and ignore Indigenous sovereignty.