Looks at how rural and remote First Nations have formed organizations which mediate relationships with federal and provincial agencies while using the e-Community ICT model. The model operates under five broad themes: capacity building, infrastructure and connectivity, human resources, information management and service delivery. Discusses the First Nations Education Council in Quebec as a case study.
Shared Witsuit’en-Settler Relationships in Smithers 1913-1973
Shared Witsuït’en-Settler Relationships in Smithers 1913-1973: Project Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tyler McCreary
Description
Reports information gathered about circumstances which led to relocation to an urban environment, experiences of living in the city in the early twentieth century, and establishment and displacement of "Indiantown".
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 1, Winter, 2013, pp. 25-48
Description
Looks at why Ho-Chunk men from Wisconsin became involved in the Dakota war and were indited for joining the Dakota who attacked settlers in the Minnesota River Valley.
Spirituality in the 21st Century: Journeys Beyond Entrenched Boundaries
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Stephanie McKenzie
Description
Looks at spiritual, moral and physical damages resulting from the destruction of culture and traditional belief systems.
Chapter in book: Spirituality in the 21st Century: Journeys Beyond Entrenched Boundaries edited by Wim Van Moer, Duysal Aşkun Çelik and John L. Hochheimer.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 71-91
Description
Looks at how works by writers such as Jim Northrup, Heid Erdrich, Linda LeGarde Grover, and Gerald Vizenor illustrate the connection between story, culture, and knowledge.
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 1, January 2013, pp. 89-103
Description
Identifies three dimensions of Indigenous political economies (polity size, polity structure, landscape management practices) as important elements in colonial research.
To accompany film The Sun Dagger about discovery of a prehistoric calendar system in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico and the culture that built the site. Guide is for grades seven to twelve. Contains lesson plans, handouts and suggested readings.
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 256-265
Description
Uses two vignettes reflecting Maori students composite experiences where perceived or actual power imbalances took place. Includes nine strategies to use when supervising Indigenous students researching Indigenous peoples.
Reports on Health Canada creating a program that empowers local First Nations residents to take ownership for monitoring of safe drinking water.
Environment, Sustainability and Society and Biology Honours [Paper] (B.Sc.)--Dalhousie University, 2013.
Teacher's guide for use with Thirst, a short documentary by Gail Maurice about the lack of clean, safe water in First Nations communities. Focuses on Keewaywin First Nation in northern Ontario.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, Autumn, 2017, pp. 601-6035
Description
Article draws on royal commission reports and Supreme Court decisions to articulate and examine the perceptions, motivations and discourses surrounding reconciliation in Canada. Discusses the disparity between Indigenous and state understandings of the concept and the considers the political and constitutional implications of reconciliation based relationships with Indigenous communities and with Quebec.