Drama Review: TDR, vol. 26, no. 2, Summer, 1982, pp. 73-88
Description
Describes the origin of the Thunderbird American-Indian Dancers, made up of Cherokee and Hopis Native Americans, who operate out of New York City, often holding powwows at the YMCA.
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 25-27
Description
Study drew data from case files in order to compare socio-demographic, case needs and criminal offence/history characteristics of offenders from each group.
Comments on the three key elements needed to realize good governance as discussed at "A Vision for the Future" conference held in Vancouver, June 10-11, 2002.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, Populations et Migrations / Populations and Migrations, 2002, pp. 199-204
Description
Book review of: Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory by Lucien M. Turner, with an introduction by Stephen Loring.
Review in French.
Book is reprint of paper which originally appeared in the Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, published in 1894.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 1982, pp. 55-56
Description
Memoir of Fredrick Arthur Deane Bourke who joined the NWMP in 1877 and was posted at Fort Walsh, and later in Battleford; Bourke retired from the police force and with a partner bought 80 head of cattle and took up cattle ranching. Notes that in 1877 the buffalo were plentiful and after that they vanished from the plain.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 55.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 1982, pp. 55-56
Description
Memoir of Fredrick Arthur Deane Bourke who joined the NWMP in 1877 and was posted at Fort Walsh, and later in Battleford; Bourke retired from the police force and with a partner bought 80 head of cattle and took up cattle ranching. Notes that in 1877 the buffalo were plentiful and after that they vanished from the plain.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 55.
Discusses specific partnerships from across British Columbia in numerous industry sectors including forestry, fisheries, renewable energy, and hospitality. Looks at how relationships were started and critical turning points that served as a catalyst for change.
Diabetes, vol. 51, no. suppl.1, February 2002, pp. S262-S265
Description
Discusses Type 2 diabetes mellitus of the Pima Indians of Arizona including why they are susceptible and why rate of incidence is among highest in the world.
National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS) Minnesota HotSpot Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenna Greenfield
Erin Russell
Hannah Youngdeer
Melissa Walls
Clinton Alexander
Description
Study conducted in collaboration with the Gaa-waabaabiganikaag (White Earth Nation) performed five fatality reviews and held four focus group discussions to identify risk and protective factors.
First Nations Human Resources Development Commission of Québec (FNHRDCQ)
Description
Collection of best practices used by companies. Provides information on context, workforce awareness, advantages to workforce diversity, employment challenges, and the elements of a successful integration strategy.
Urban economic development; different tax treatment of Aboriginal lands; and cost recovery for municipalities has lead to a more complicated relationship. Discusses principles and recommendations for provinces and territories to help local governments and First Nations evade conflicts.
Summarizes events leading to the Settlement Agreement and illustrates role of Indian Claims Commission (ICC) as facilitator in the resolution process. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 53, no. 1, Winter, 2019, pp. 123-151
Description
Discusses the failure of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) in 1927 to consider the perspectives of the Inuit, Innut, and Algonquian peoples when resolving the question of the border between Newfoundland and Quebec in the Labrador region. Highlights this practice as a reflection of Canada’s colonial past and how the inclusion of Indigenous knowledge would have changed the process.
Good Public Works Management in First Nations Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Neegan Burnside
Description
Miawpukek First Nation, Moose Cree First Nation, Oujé-Bougoumou Cree Nation, Peigan First Nation, Six Nations of the Grand River and Westbank First Nation.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 26, no. 2, 2002, pp. 152-201
Description
Explores one northern First Nation's response to deafness in the community and examines deafness from a cultural perspective rather than from a medical or pathological framework.
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, vol. 87, no. 2, February 2002, pp. 724-727
Description
Report on the development of reagents for the amplification and sequencing PTP-1B gene and the resulting identification of a single nucleotide polymorphism. It is noted that these very preliminary results suggest genomic variation in PTP-1B is linked with less risk of developing diabetes.
Story about Charlie Smoke who comes from the Akwasasne Mohawk Nation by way of the Oglala Nation in South Dakota and his quest to be recognized by the Canadian government.