Alternate Title
Indian Education for All
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Division of Educational Opportunity and Equity, Montana Office of Public Instruction
Description
Brief overview of Native Americans in Montana including a chronology of important events and dates and information on the contemporary status of Indians in Montana.
Moondani Yulenj: An Examination of Aboriginal Culture, Identity and Education: Artefact and Exegesis
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew Peters
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Swinburne University of Technology, 2017.
Morbidity and Mortality Rates in a Nova Scotia First Nations Community, 1996-1999
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duncan Webster
Swarna Weerasinghe
Peter Stevens
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 5, September/October 2004, pp. 369-374
Description
Data gathered from Eskansoni, a large Mi'kmaq community located on Cape Breton, suggests that health promotion should target respiratory ailments, circulatory disease and diabetic management.
Myths and Realities in American-Canadian Studies: Challenges to Comparing Native Peoples' Experiences
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger L. Nichols
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 33, no. 4, [One Myth, Two Wests: Special Issue on the West(s)], Winter, 2003, pp. 597-606
Description
Examines the issues of comparative scholarly study in the context of differences pertaining to membership recognition.
Nation: Independent Aboriginal Publication Serving Eeyou Istchee Since 1993
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Website serving the James Bay Cree in Northern Quebec and Ontario with a mix of local news and cultural articles in English and Cree.
National Family Caregiver Support Program: North Dakota's American Indian Caregivers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Richard L. Ludtke
Leander McDonald
Lene Vallestad
Description
Examines needs and patterns of service use to find barriers to accessing support. Data was collected from five reservation communities.
Nations Undivided, Indian Land Unearthed: The Dis-Owning of the U.S. Federal Indian Trust
Theses
Author/Creator
Kristin Tanner Ruppel
Description
Arts and Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 2004.
Native American Almanac: More Than 5,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous People
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cameron Shriver
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 242-243
Description
Book review of: Native American Almanac by Yvonne Wakim Dennis, Arlene Hirschfelder, and Shannon Rothenberger Flynn.
Native American Elder Mistreatment: A Community Concern
Theses
Author/Creator
Patricia Ann Holkup
Description
Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Iowa, 2003.
Native Americans & Westward Expansion: Cultures and Conflicts: Reader
Alternate Title
Core Knowledge History and Geography
E-Books
Author/Creator
Core Knowledge Foundation
Description
Related material: Teacher Guide; Timeline Cards; Online Resources.
Native Women, Mean-Spirited Drugs, and Punishing Policies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Luana Ross
Social Justice, vol. 31, no. 4, Native Women and State Violence, 2004, pp. 54-62
Description
Authors speaks about experiences with family members and drug abuse and looks at banishment as a form of punishment in the Lummi Nation tribal community.
Natives Know How Peacemaking Can Succeed
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, March 7, 2003, p. A13
Description
Describes the First Nations experience in peace treaty negotiations using the example of the Blackfoot and Cree settlement at Wetaskiwin 150 years ago.
Navajo Cyber-Sovereignty
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Frances Vitali Jean Whitehorse
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Indigenous People and Information Technology, 2003, pp. 38-43
Description
Reports on the changes technology is bringing to the culture of the Navajo Nation.
To access this article scroll down to page 38.
Navajo Nation Brain Drain: An Exploration of Returning College Graduates' Perspectives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Quintina Ava Bearchief-Adolpho
Aaron P. Jackson
Steven A. Smith
Moroni T. Benally
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-25
Description
Looks at the primary reasons for returning back to the reservation to live and work: family support, community, cultural identity, the simple life, reservation economy, and commitment to the reservation.
Navigating Structural Violence With Indigenous Families: The Contested Terrain of Early Childhood Intervention and the Child Welfare System in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alison J. Gerlach
Annette J. Browne
Vandna Sinha
Diana Elliott
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, July 2017, pp. 1-23
Description
Reports findings from inquiry into Aboriginal Infant Development Program (AIDPs) in British Columbia.
Negotiating Accuracy and Authenticity in an Aboriginal King Lear
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Dean
Rethinking History, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 255-273
Description
Discusses the landmark production opening on May 8, 2012 under the direction of Peter Hinton.
Negotiating Rights, Reconciling History: The Nisga'a Treaty and the Terms of Inclusion in the Canadian State
Theses
Author/Creator
Carole Blackburn
Description
Cultural and Social Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2003.
Neoliberalism in Small Town Alberta: A Look at Personhood, Gender, Race and Poverty
Theses
Author/Creator
Allison Dobek
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 2004.
New Agenda for Strengthening Canada's Aboriginal Population: Individual Treaty Benefits, Reduced Transfers to Bands and Own-Source Taxation
Alternate Title
Backgrounder (C.D. Howe Institute) ; no. 66
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Richards
Description
Argues that Treaty benefits should move from band councils to individuals and that there should be an introduction of taxation on reserves to raise revenue.
The New Deal for Tribes: Resource Extraction & Toxic Waste (Minus the Jobs)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Trahant
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Reprinted from Trahant Reports, April 10, 2017.
New Deal Rumored for Off-Reserve People
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 9, December 2003
Description
Outlines the federal government's political stance on Aboriginal issues as Prime Minister, Jean Chretien, hands over the reins to Paul Martin.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.
New Estimates of Aboriginal Fertility, 1966-1971 to 1996-2001
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bali Ram
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 31, no. 2, 2004, pp. 179-196
Description
Looks at trends in the fertility rates for North American Indians, Registered Indians, Métis and Inuit peoples and the merging of age patterns between different groups over the past 30 years.
New Light on Black Elk and The Sacred Pipe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Fitzgerald
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 71-91
Description
Uses correspondence to and from Joseph Brown to explore his personal philosophy and his process of transcribing and editing The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk’s Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux
A New Menace on the Rez
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrew Murr
Newsweek, vol. 144, no. 13, September 27, 2004, p. 30
Description
Discusses the impact of the drug crystal meth on Native Americans.
Nisga’a Final Agreement
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Government of British Columbia
Nisga'a Nation
Description
Concluded between the Nisg'a Nation, Canada and the province of British Columbia on April 27, 1999.
No Home in a Homeland : Indigenous Peoples and Homelessness in the Canadian North
E-Books
Author/Creator
Julia Christensen
No Means No: Ermineskin's Resistance to Land Surrender, 1902-1921
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Irwin
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, 2003, pp. 165-183
Description
Discusses how the Department of Indian Affairs pushed for the Ermineskin people to surrender their land and how people resisted.
North American First Peoples: Slipping Up Into Market Citizenship?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez
Citizenship Studies, vol. 8, no. 4, December 2004, pp. 349-365
Description
Explores Aboriginal requests for citizenship and compares the Puebla Panama Plan
Northern Tsimshian Elderberry Use in the Late Pre-Contact to Post-Contact Era
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Martindale
Irena Jurakic
Canadian Journal of Archaeology, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 254-280
Description
Argues data collected from the late 18th through early 20th century shows correlation between spatial and social organization of households and presents evidence of changes in subsistence economics.
Northern Tutchone (Athabascan) Poetics
Theses
Author/Creator
Gerald Lee Carr
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2003.
The Northwest Coast
Alternate Title
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Peter H. Stephenson
Steven Acheson
Description
Focuses on the peoples of the northern area of the Northwest Coast including Alaska, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.
Chapter from Volume 2 of Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures edited by Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember.
Now I Will Speak (Nawah Ti Waako'): A Sahnish Perspective on What the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Others Missed
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Loren Yellow Bird
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 73-84
Description
Describes the origin, culture, and survival of Sahnish, or Arikara people, and their early encounters with Euro-Americans including the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804.
Nuu-chah-nulth Voices, Histories, Objects & Journeys
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dan Marshall
BC Studies, no. 141, Spring, 2004, pp. 123-124
Description
Book review of: Nuu-chah-nulth Voices, Histories, Objects & Journeys edited by Alan L. Hoover.
To access this review, scroll to page 123.
Obesity in American-Indian Children: Prevalence, Consequences, and Prevention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Story
June Stevens
John Himes
Elaine Stone
Bonnie Holy Rock ... [et al.]
Preventive Medicine, vol. 37, Supplement 1: Pathways Prevention of Obesity in American Indian Schoolchildren, December 2003, pp. S3-S12
Description
Looks at occurrences of obesity in children and adults and promotes the need for intervention studies that involve the American-Indian community.
Obstacles Facing Tribal Language Programs in Warm Springs, Klamath, and Grand Ronde
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Erin F. Haynes
Coyote Papers , vol. 13, Special Volume Dedicated to the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, 2004, pp. 87-102
Description
Looks at relationship between education system with local districts, funding, state and federal policies, and standards and sovereignty, all external obstacles effecting language revitalization.
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.
Ojibwa Fishing Grounds: A History of Ontario Fisheries Law, Science, and the Sportsmen's Challenge to Aboriginal Treaty Rights, 1650--1900
Theses
Author/Creator
J. Michael Thoms
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2004.
Ojibwa Warrior: Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dennis Banks
Richard Erdoes
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.
"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 Nationhood
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Description
Looks at the Listuguj Mi'gmaq people and their determination to manage the natural resources of their traditional lands.
Duration: 1:36:00.
"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.
Our Voice, Our Survey, Our Future: The "Survey of Choice" by First Nations in Canada!: Presentation to the Workshop on Data Collection and Disaggregation on Indigenous ...
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane Gray
Valerie Gideon
Ceal Tournier
Brian Schnarch
Description
Information on First Nations Longitudinal Regional Health Survey.