Alternate Title
National Household Survey, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
NHS Aboriginal Population Profile, Prince Albert, CA [Census Agglomeration], Saskatchewan, 2011
Alternate Title
National Household Survey, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
NHS Aboriginal Population Profile, Regina, CMA [Census Metropolitan Area], Saskatchewan, 2011
Alternate Title
National Household Survey, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
NHS Aboriginal Population Profile, Saskatoon, CMA [Census Metropolitan Area], Saskatchewan, 2011
Alternate Title
National Household Survey, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
NHS Aboriginal Population Profile, Swift Current, CA [Census Agglomeration], Saskatchewan, 2011
Alternate Title
National Household Survey, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
NHS Aboriginal Population Profile, Yorkton, CA [Census Agglomeration], Saskatchewan, 2011
Alternate Title
National Household Survey, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
No Home in a Homeland : Indigenous Peoples and Homelessness in the Canadian North
E-Books
Author/Creator
Julia Christensen
Northern Voices: A Look Inside Political Attitudes and Behaviours in Northern Saskatchewan: Northern Aboriginal Political Culture Study
Alternate Title
[Northern Political Engagement Study Report 2013]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bonita Beatty
Loleen Berdahl
Greg Poelzer
Kelton Doraty
Meritt Kocday
Sara Waldbillig
Dana Carriere
[Evelyn Peters]
Description
Looks at findings from three-year research project on voter engagement.
Related material:
Community Engagement Factsheet.
Nurturing the "Beginning" in Protecting Our Traditional Practices From the End: Family, Kinship and Kamilaroi Aboriginal First Nation Knowledge in Australia
Alternate Title
Getting it Right: Protecting Family, Kinship and Traditional Practices in Kamilaroi Aboriginal First Nation Knowledge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcus Waters
Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia, vol. 4, no. 1-2, Indigenous Marriage, Family and Kinship in Australia:The Persistence of Life and Hope, 2013, pp. 177-192
Description
Discusses the survival of Aboriginal knowledge and definitions of identity and values in the Australian and Torres Strait Island Academy.
Off Balance: Reflecting on the Economic Impacts of Pregnancy in Aboriginal Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wanda Wuttunee
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Indigenous Early Parenthood, 2013, pp. 1-13
Description
Examines how community economic development can be employed to influence social behaviour regarding positive sexuality and lifestyles.
An Offering: Lakota Elders Contributions to the Future of Food Security
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Paul Brewer II
Mary Kate Dennis
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-22
Description
Study works with 25 Elders living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to explore narratives surrounding food and food production over their lives. Four themes emerged: family homestead, food as security, food preservation, and generational gardening. Discusses potential implications for future programming to improve food security.
Offering our Gifts, Partnering for Change: Decolonizing Experimentation in Winnipeg-based Settler Archives
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Story
Description
History-Archival Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
One Flea-Bitten Gray Horse: Women, Horses, and Economy on the Yakama Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clifford E. Trafzer
T. Robert Przeklasa
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 5-29
Description
Authors use bills of sale for horses from 1909-12 as primary documents to explore the roles women on the Yakima reservation played in their nation’s economy and their resistance to conforming to Western or Christian gender roles.
Open Letter to Massachusetts Joint Committee on Education to Ban Native American Mascots
Articles » General
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Reprinted from Cultural Survival, June 6, 2017.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Opioids and Substances of Misuse among First Nations People in Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Analytics and Performance Reporting Branch
Alberta Health
Description
Data for: mortality (apparent accidental deaths from fentanyl/non-fentanyl opioids), confirmed drug and alcohol toxicity deaths (both accidental and suicides), opioid dispensing, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and emergency medical response.
Opportunities For First Nation Prosperity Through Oil and Gas Development
Alternate Title
Studies in Energy Transportation, November 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ravina Bains
Description
Shows First Nations communities are in a unique position geographically and have the demographics and labour force to increase employment through skills training and collaboration.
The Orenda
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kirsten Madsen
Northern Review, no. 37, Fall, 2013, pp. 215-218
Description
Book review of The Orenda by Joseph Boyden.
"Our Hope and Our Protection": Misko-biiwaabik (Copper) and Tribal Sovereignty in Michigan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erik M. Redix
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 224-249
Description
Argues that the Smithsonian's refusal to repatriate a sacred boulder illustrates how the Lake Superior Ojibwe experienced colonialism in that its removal was part of the exploitation of rich copper deposits in the area.
"Our Next Generation": Moving Towards a Surveillance and Prevention Framework for Youth Suicide in Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline L. Tait
Peter Butt
Robert Henry
Roger Bland
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 36, no. 1, 2017, pp. 55-65
Description
Report reviews suicide data for Saskatchewan's Indigenous populations.
An Overview of Aboriginal Health in Canada
Alternate Title
Setting the Context
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre For Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Description
Fact sheet looks at the social, economic and political determinants impacting health, policies and programs for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.
Passionate Nation: the Epic History of Texas
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Dunn
Whispering Wind, vol. 41, no. 5, Issue 285, January 2013, p. 29
Description
Book review of: Passionate Nation: the Epic History of Texas by James L. Halley.
"People Try and Label Me as Someone I'm Not": The Social Ecology of Indigenous People Living with HIV, Stigma, and Discrimination in Manitoba, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roberta L. Woodgate
Melanie Zurba
Pauline Tennent
Carla Cochrane
Mike Payne
Javier Mignone
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 194, December 2017, pp. 17-24
Description
Based on study that looked at barriers such as access to supports and long and short-term health services.
Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I: Module 1: Introduction
Alternate Title
Module One: Introduction
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]
Description
Overview of third-year class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II: Module 1: Introduction
Alternate Title
Module One: Introduction
University of the Arctic – CS 322
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Heather Exner
Greg Poelzer
Tamara Andreyeva
Kristina Fagan
Heather Harris
Terry Wotherspoon ... [et al.]
Description
Overview of course which focuses on issues around revival of northern cultures and languages. Discusses concepts of identity, culture and self-determination.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
La perception du carcajou/glouton par les Inuit du Nord canadien: Du passé au present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
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).
Perceptions of Implementation: Treaty Signatory Views of Treaty Implementation
Alternate Title
Moving Forward, Making a Difference ; vol. 2
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 4
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 2nd, 2006
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jean‑Pierre Morin
vol. 4
Description
Uses Treaties 4 and 6 as case studies.
Chapter eight from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 2, which is also vol. 4 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Perimeters of Democracy: Inverse Utopias and the Wartime Social Landscape in the American West by Heather Fryer
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert T. Hayashi
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 102-104
Description
Book review of Perimeters of Democracy by Heather Fryer.
Entire article on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 102.
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.
Perspectives of Accessing and Providing Prenatal Nutrition Care in a Rural First Nations Community: A Collaborative, Qualitative Case Study
Theses
Author/Creator
Rebecca Mercer
Description
Human Nutrition Thesis (M.S.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
Perspectives of Water and Health Using Photovoice with Youths Living on Reserve
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lori E. A. Bradford
Rebecca Zagozewski
Lalita A. Bharadwaj
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 61, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 178-195
Description
Looks at the use of photovoice and postervoice to connect with and provide a voice to Indigenous youth in regards to water and health issues on their reserves.
A Phonic Reading Program for Navajo Students
Alternate Title
Developmental and Remedial: A Phonic Reading Program For Navajo Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen C. Wieczkiewicz
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 18, no. 3, May 1979, pp. [20-27]
Description
Study to determine whether a highly-structured, phonetic approach to reading might be useful for Navajo children at the Rough Rock Demonstration School.
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 2: Pre-Contact
Alternate Title
It's Our Time: First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Provides a description of First Nations in the land area of Canada prior to the colonization and occupation by Europeans, primarily prior to 1500s.
The Plains Cree: An Ethnographic, Historical and Comparative Study
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Donald B. Smith
Prairie Forum, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1979, pp. 146-149
Description
Book review of: The Plains Cree: An Ethnographic, Historical and Comparative Study by David G. Mandelbaum.
Polyvalent Metaphors in South-Central California Missionary Processes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Robinson
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 2, April 2013, pp. 302-321
Description
Looks at metaphors and missionary and Indigenous relationships.
Portrait of First Nations and Inuit In the Quebec Labour Market: Final Report
Alternate Title
Portrait of First Nations and Inuit In the Quebec Labor Market: Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Régent Chamard
Description
Primary source is the 2006 Canadian Census.
Portrait of First Nations in Quebec Living with Disability or Having Special Needs
E-Books
Author/Creator
Linda Simon
Portrait of the Situation for English-speaking First Nations: Accessing Health and Social Services in English in the Province of Québec: Final Research Report
Alternate Title
Expanding and Building Our Partnerships to Improve Access Health Canada: Health Services Integration Fund (HSIF) Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amy Chamberlin
Description
Focus groups, interviews and questionnaires were used to gather information about general access and language and culture issues, positive experiences accessing services and suggestions for improvement.
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.
Poverty or Prosperity: Indigenous Children in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Macdonald
Daniel Wilson
Premières Nations au Canada = First Nations in Canada [Map, 2013]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Geomatics Services
[Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)]
Description
Shows locations and whether community is under the Indian Act, Land Management Act or is self-governing.
Insets for certain areas of British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario.
Presentation of Self, Culture, and Other in Public Podium Talk: Constructing Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations in Grassroots Popular Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen Peters
Description
Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2017.
A President in Indian Country: Calvin Coolidge and Lakota Diplomacy in the Summer of 1927
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Steven Zimmer
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 215-234
Description
Looks at how Henry Standing Bear and Chauncey Yellow Robe capitalized on the historical presidential visit to the Pine Ridge reservation.
Prevalence and Associated Factors of COPD among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: A Cross-Sectional Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yelena Bird
John Moraros
Razi Mahmood
Savenaz Esmaeelzadeh
Nway Mon Kyaw Soe
International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, vol. 12, 2017, pp. 1915-1922
Description
A study to determine the prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (OBCD) among the 35-year-old Indigenous people in Canada.
Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Chronic Bronchitis in First Nations People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Punam Pahwa
Chandima P. Karunanayake
Donna C. Rennie
Joshua A. Lawson
Vivian R. Ramsden ... [et al.]
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, vol. 17, 2017, pp. [1]-10
Description
A study on the determinants that impact the prevalence of chronic bronchitis among Indigenous people compared to the rest of the Canadian population.