Collection of photographs depicting individuals from the Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana and some scenes from Glacier National Park (U.S.) during the early twentieth century. Images included were digitized from photographic negatives.
Basic information about Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie, and Peavine settlements and each First Nation in Alberta.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 1, Winter, 1989, pp. 30-57
Description
Considers the influence of both federal administration and personal vision on the translated responses of tribal people who testified before the committee that investigated fraudulent land allotment at the White Earth Reservation at the turn of the century.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 1, Winter, 1989, pp. 30-57
Description
Delves into the creation of the White Earth Reservation, the allotment periods, and tribal bingo as a source of income, education, and the evolution of their religion for the Chippewa Nation.
Arctic, vol. 42, no. 2, Current Perspectives on Western Boreal Forest Life: Ethnographic and Ethnohistoric Research in Late , June 1989, pp. 97-108
Description
Looks at the effects of climate change on the moose and caribou populations, ethnoarchaeological study of moose hunting and butchering in Alaska and Yukon, and the importance of caribou to the Athapaskan lifestyle.
Looks at the negotiation for sacred lands in South Dakota and Arizona as an example of the relationship between Native populations and the American government.
Website includes material addressing Native issues and links to art gallery samples, online and print resources, Indian Affairs annual reports, audio and video collections, etc.
File contains 2 negatives from an unidentified National Chief's Conference Panel (Prince Albert?) held on March 5, 1989. The negatives show a variety of unidentified officials sitting at a table, during a panel discussion.
Report has information about demographics, reservations and land maps, community issues, educational issues, schools types, Indian Education Legislation and Native organizations.
Book review of: Native Peoples and Water Rights: Irrigation, Dams, and the Law in Western Canada by Kenichi Matsui.
Scroll down to page 138 to read review.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 1, Fall, 2010, pp. 86-94
Description
Looks at the FFAED which focuses on federal governmental action to realize the full economic potential of Aboriginal Canadians and six related policies.
Examines the conceptual challenges of a national cinema; describes the political and creative utility in the Native Southwest; looks at the work of Larry Blackhorse Lowe, Nanobah Becker, and Bennie Klain; and discusses the challenges that might undermine the prospects for a Navajo national cinema.
Non-Insured Health Benefits Ontario Region: Prescription Drug Trends
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Health Canada
Description
Statistics for opiate use and the medications used in treatment of diabetes, heart conditions, mental health conditions, inhalers for respiratory conditions, smoking cessation products, and reproductive and sexual health. Covers the years 2000 to 2009.
State Center for Health Statistics And Office Minority Health and Health Disparities
Description
Facts about mortality, chronic diseases, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, access to health and health of children from infant to adolescent in the American Indian population.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 27, no. 1, April 1997, p. 18
Description
Ocean Man First Nation elects an all-female Council and Chief for the first time in this country. The first election for Chief resulted in a tie, and in the runoff one month later Chief Laura Big Eagle was elected on February 14, 1997.
Internal Evaluation: the Urban Aboriginal Education Pilot Project Simcoe County District School Board
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Haig-Brown Research & Consulting
Description
"Internal Evaluation: The Urban Aboriginal Education Pilot Project Simcoe County District School Board."
Addresses three central questions: How true to the guiding principles has this project been? How successful was the project team in implementing the aspects laid out in the original plan? and What is the model that results from assessment and analysis of this pilot project?