Impacts of the Cases on Treaty First Nations: Politically, Historically and Legally
Alternate Title
Between Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in: Reflections From the Centre of Turtle Island
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ovide Mercredi
Description
Presents idea of nationhood whereby indigenous communities are nations within their own right.
Duration: 56:58.
Implementation of a Community Greenhouse in a Remote, Sub-Arctic First Nations Community in Ontario, Canada: A Descriptive Case Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
K. Skinner
R.M. Hanning
J. Metatawabin
L.J. Tsuji
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2014, p. article 2545
Description
Discusses context and process from the perspective of Fort Albany First Nation community participants. Information was gathered through interviews, direct observation, and written and photo-documentation.
Implementing Indigenous Ways of Knowing into Research; Insights into the Critical Role of Dreams as Catalysts for Knowledge Development
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gladys Rowe
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 3, no. 2, December 2014, pp. 1-17
Description
Author uses a Muskego Inninuwuk (Swampy Cree) methodology based on principles of relationality to study experiences of identity in herself and others of Cree and non-Indigenous ancestry.
Improving the Economic Success of Urban Additions to Reserves: Achieving Benefits for First Nations and Local Governments: Stage II Economic and Fiscal Benefits Generated in Urban ATRs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Economic Development Board
Description
Builds on five factors from stage I report: infrastructure and services, governance, land management regime, own source revenues, and community support. Examines eight Additions to Reserves..
Stage I Report: Identifying Success Factors in Urban First Nations.
Improving the Economic Success of Urban Additions to Reserves: Stage 1: Identifying Success Factors in Urban First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fiscal Realities Economists
Description
Assesses economic and fiscal benefits for urban reserves and neighboring municipalities located in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, and New Brunswick.
Stage 2 Report: Economic and Fiscal Benefits Generated in Urban ATRs .
Improving the Reach of Early Childhood Education for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
In Our Camp: Relationality in Native American Knowledge Organization
Alternate Title
University of Saskatchewan Library Dean's Research Lecture
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cheryl A. Metoyer
Description
Speaker discusses Indigenous ways of knowing and worldviews, and how they informed the subject headings developed during the Mashantucket Pequot Thesaurus Project.
Duration: 35:40.
University of Saskatchewan Library Dean's Research Lecture, 2012.
In Pursuit of Dancing the Indian Way: Part 2
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark G. Thiel
Whispering Wind, vol. 6, no. 6, March 1973, pp. 10-14
Description
Commentary looks at historical influences Native American culture had on the prevailing society.
In Pursuit of Dancing the Indian Way: Part 1
In Pursuit of Dancing the Indian Way: Part 3
In the North, For the North: Post-Secondary Education in the Provincial North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William R. Morrison
Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 55-64
Description
Looks at the work of the University of Northern British Columbia which opened in 1994 as a precursor to the University of the Arctic.
The (In)Visibility Paradox: A Case Study of American Indian Iconography and Student Resistance in Higher Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Jessica A. Solyom
Description
Higher Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2014.
The Indian Act - Exemption from Taxation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hugh Neilson
LawNow, vol. 38, no. 6, Bench Marks: Cases that Change the Legal Landscape, July/Aug. 2014, p. [?]
Description
Discusses Section 87 of the Indian Act, legislation that predates the Income Tax Act.
Indian Lands History in Quebec
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Natural Resources Canada
Description
Provides links to description, location, land title history and maps for 41 Aboriginal land areas in Quebec.
Indian Record (Vol. 36, No. 1-2, January-February, 1973)
Documents & Presentations
Description
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
Indian Residential Schools: A Chronology
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Edmond
LawNow, vol. 38, no. 6, Bench Marks: Cases that Change the Legal Landscape, July/Aug. 2014, p. [?]
Description
Presents timeline beginning at 1755 leading up to the inception of the residential school system and ending at 2014 with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings wrap up.
The Indian's Yoke (January 1906)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frances Campbell Sparhawk
The North American Review, vol. 258, no. 4, Special Heritage Issue: The Indian Question, 1823-1973, Winter, 1973, pp. 96-100
Description
Comments on assimilation of Native Americans. Originally published in North American Review, January 1906.
The Indian Title Question in Canada: An Appraisal in the Light of Calder. - K. Lysyk. - Reprint. - September 1973.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kenneth Lysyk
Description
The author, Deputy Attorney General of Saskatchewan, gives his personal views on the Calder vs. Attorney General of British Columbia legal case that established that Aboriginal title exists in modern Canadian law. The Calder case related to the Nishgas (Nisga'a) land claim in northwestern British Columbia. Item found within folder 'XXXII-39'.
Historical note:
Indians
Archival » Archival Items
Description
File contains articles entitled " Indian Magna Carta Urged by Frank Calder" from the Native Voice, "Northern Ontario Indians Face Rising Racism", from the Toronto Star, "BNA Act Battle Looms", "Program to Place Courts, Law in Indian Community" from the Daily Herald, and a booklet from the National Indian Brotherhood. Also contains information relating to reserves, government control of Indigenous affairs, education, employment (esp. in mines), law and law enforcement, and the Indian Act.
Indians in British Columbia: Level of Income, Welfare Dependency and Poverty Rate
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. T. Stanbury
BC Studies, no. 20, Winter, 1973, pp. 66-78
Description
Summarizes data for B.C. Indians in the 1960's. Focuses on findings from survey conducted on B.C. Indians living off reserves.
Indigenous Education Models for Contemporary Practice: In Our Mother's Voice
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jeff Orr
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 47, no. 2, Summer, 2001, pp. 196-201
Description
Book review of: Indigenous Education Models for Contemporary Practice: In Our Mother's Voice edited by Maenette Kae'ahiokalani Padeken Ah Nee-Beham and Joanne Elizabeth Cooper.
Indigenous Experience of War (British Dominions)
Alternate Title
1914-1918-Online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Noah Riseman
Timothy C. Winegard.
Description
Overview of war service motivations, circumstance of service, post-service experiences, and legacies.
Chapter from: 1914-1918-Online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War edited by Ute Daniel, Peter Gatrell, Oliver Janz, Heather Jones, Jennifer Keene ... [et al.]
Indigenous Interventions at Klahowya Village, Xʷay'Xʷəy Vancouver/Unceded Coast Salish Territory
Alternate Title
Recasting Commodity and Spectacle in the Indigenous Americas
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Selena Couture
Description
Chapter in Recasting Commodity and Spectacle in the Indigenous Americas edited by Helen Gilbert and Charlotte Gleghorn.
Looks at tourist encounters and knowledge transmission.
Indigenous Peoples and the Extractive Sector: Towards a Rights-Respecting Engagement
E-Books
Author/Creator
Cathal M. Doyle
Andrew Whitmore
Indigenous Peoples, Land, and Resources
Alternate Title
Climate Change Impacts in the United States: U.S. National Climate Assessment
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
T. M. Bull Bennett
Nancy G. Maynard
Patricia Cochran
Robert Gough
Kathy Lynn ... [et al.]
Description
Looks at effects of climate change on food, water, hunting conditions, health and forced relocations.
Chapter 12 from book: Climate Change Impacts in the United States edited by J. M. Melillo. Terese (T. C.) Richmond, and G. W. Yohe.
Indigenous Water Governance: Insights From the Hydroscoial Relations of the Koyukon Athabascan Village of Ruby, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole J. Wilson
Geoforum, vol. 57, November 2014, pp. 1-11
Description
Studies the importance of water to Indigenous people and their participation in water governance.
Indigenous Women: A Population of Prey
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Eberts
The Gathering: The Newsletter of the Church of the Redeemer, Easter-Pentecost , 2014, pp. 14-18
Description
Presentation from International Women's Day, March 8, 2014. Discusses recommendations from the report Invisible Women: A Call to Action. A Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada.
Injection Drug Users, Aboriginality, and HIV: A Postcolonial Glance from a Strong Ally
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John P. Egan
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, vol. 2014, no. 142, Health and Wellness Concerns for Racial, Ethnic, and Sexual Minorities, Summer, 2014, pp. 37-47
Description
Looks HIV/Aids within the context of Canadian reserve system, effects of Indian Residential schools, and risky behaviors.
Instilling the Earth: Explaining Mounds
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jay Miller
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, 2001, pp. 161-177
Description
Argues that the difference between English and Aboriginal languages influences interpreptation, i.e., Indigenous languages assume that movement, change and uncertainty are inherent in the universe.
Intergenerational Differences in Ethnic Identification in a Northern Athapaskan Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Norman Alexander Easton
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, [Aboriginal Peoples: Special Issue], Spring/Summer, 2001, pp. 105-19
Description
Compares ethnicity in those born after systematic state intervention (1960) and those born before.
The Internationalization of Indigenous Rights: UNDRIP in the Canadian Context: Special Report
Alternate Title
The Internationalisation of Indigenous Rights: UNDRIP in the Canadian Context: Special Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Ken Coates
Cairin Holroyd
Yvonne Boyer
Thierry Rodon ... Bonita Beatty ... [et al.]
Description
Members of the Internationalization of Indigenous Rights
Research Group report on various aspects of Canada's failure to fully implement the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Intersecting Discourses: Closing the Gaps, Social Justice and the Treaty of Waitangi
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louise Humpage
Augie Fleras
Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, no. 16, July 2001, pp. 27-54
Description
Interpretation of Closing the Gaps policy and implementation by the New Zealand and responsibilities of the Crown under the Treaty.
The Intersection of Aboriginal Customary Law with the NT Criminal Justice System: The Road Not Taken?
Alternate Title
[Northern Territory Bar Association 2014 Dili Timor Leste Conference Papers]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Judith Kelly
Description
Paper given at the NTBA Dili Conference, July 10- 12, 2014 in association with the School of Law, [Charles Darwin University: 'Common Issues: Common Solutions'.]
Interview with James Takes a Strong Gun
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
James Takes a Strong Gun
Mike Devine
Indian History Film Project
Description
Short description of Treaty 7 negotiations; and the transfer of chieftainship from Bad Head to Red Crow.
Interview with John Yellowhorn (Hereditary Chief)
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
John Yellowhorn
Johnny Smith
Tom Yellowhorn
Indian History Film Project
Description
Short description of Treaty #7: in preliminaries, taking, understanding of, effect on way of life; ana a comparison of Canadian and U.S. treaties.
Interview with Mrs. Cecile Many Guns (Grassy Water) and Mrs. Annie Buffalo (Bear Child)
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Cecile (Grassy Water) Many Guns
Annie (Bear Child) Buffalo
Dila Provost
Albert Sr. Yellowhorn
Indian History Film Project
Description
Discussion of several topics: taking of Treaty #7, boundaries of Peigan Reserve; permit system; traditional curing practices; obtaining paint forceremonials; significance of rocks in Blackfoot culture; how the Blackfoot learned from the rock spirit how to drivethe buffalo over a cliff.
Introduction to Human Resources Management in First Nations' Early Childhood Development and Care Programs
Alternate Title
Introduction to Human Resources Management in First Nations' ECDC Programs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC Aboriginal Child Care Society (BCACCS)
Description
Provides generic information for both employers and employees and addresses issues specific to First Nations settings.
Invitation to Joeyaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shirley Sterling
BC Studies, no. 131, Autumn, 2001, pp. 7-8
Description
Story of UBC professors taking a cultural tour of a sweat lodge and home of Seepeetza on the Joeyaska Indian Reserve #2 near Merritt.
Iroquois Art, Power and History
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Dunn
Whispering Wind, vol. 43, no. 1, Issue 293, October 2014, p. 31
Description
Book review of: Iroquois Art, Power and History Neal Keating.
Is Time-Structure an Issue for Cowichan First Nations Students in the School System? If So, How Can the School Calendar be Changed to Better Meet Their Educational Needs?
Theses
Author/Creator
H.T. Cadwallader
Description
Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2001.
Isadore Ledoux Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Isadore Ledoux
Carol Pearlstone
Doris McDougal
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Ledoux, aged 99 at the time of the interview is of mixed French and Indian ancestry but is registered as a treaty Indian. He was present during the Riel Rebellion of 1885 and gives an account of what he saw in the Rebellion; views of the rebellion and the people involved.
[The Island of the Anishnaabeg: Thunderers and Water Monsters in the Traditional Ojibwe Life-World]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Carrie Louise Sheffield
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 4, Indigenous Performance 2, Winter, 2014, pp. 82-85
Description
Book review of: The Island of the Anishnaabegby Theresa S. Smith.
Scroll down to page 82 to read review.
"It's Not About Place, It's About What's Inside": American Indian Women Negotiating Cultural Connectedness and Identity in Urban Spaces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy M. Lucero
Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 42, January-February 2014, pp. 9-18
Description
Interviews urban American Indian women about their experiences. Reports cultural identity is a core part to defining self and cultural connectedness was something that was either there or not.
Jack Crow Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jack Crow
Albert Yellowhorn
Indian History Film Project
Description
A discussion of Treaty #7 as remembered by Mr. Jack Crow from information given to him by his parents.
James Bull Interview 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
James Bull
Abraham Burnstick
Indian History Film Project
Description
Discusses taking of Treaty #6 and the promises made by the government as well as changes in diet and trade resulting from initial contact with non-Indians.
Jim Bottle Testimony
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jim Bottle
Harry Shade
Mike Devine
Indian History Film Project
Description
Evidence given to Office of Specific Claims and Research by Jim Bottle, detailing an account of the signing of Treaty #7 and the later leasing of part of the Blood Reserve to the Mormons.
Jimmy and Charlie Chief Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jimmy Chief
Charlie Chief
Alphonse LittlePopular
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview of the grandsons of Little Bear who discuss lifestyle. They tell stories about Cree raids on Blackfoot;the hanging of Little Bear and murder of a storekeeper's son by a medicine man. Interpreter by Alphonse Littlepoplar.
Jimmy Chief Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jimmy Chief
Mary Mountain
Indian History Film Project
Description
The interview includes a story of the Grandson of Little Bear who was hung for his part in the Frog Lake massacre. Other stories included the tale of Chuh Chuh,a warrior who scalped a Blackfoot Chief; stories of medicine men; a gambling tale involving a Cree and Blackfoot.
Job Satisfaction: Officers Policing Aboriginal Communities in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Samantha Kaarina Lytle
Description
Justice Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2014.
Joe Chief Body Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Joe Chief Body
Mike Devine
Indian History Film Project
Description
Detailed description of the happenings at Blackfoot Crossing when Treaty #7 was signed.
Joe Dixon Twoyoungmen Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Joe Dixon Twoyoungmen
Indian History Film Project
Description
A short description of Sharphead's move to the reserve at Morley and the disposal of the Sharphead reserve.