Alternate Title
Developing a Community Health Toolkit with Indigenous Health Organizations
The Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research: Knowledge Translation with Indigenous Communities
Understanding Knowledge Translation in an Urban Inuit Community
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Sylvia Abonyi
Bonnie Jeffrey
Brenda Elias
John O'Neil
Janet Smylie
Kelly McShane
Description
Scroll to p. 9 for Aboriginal content.
Mt. Rushmore
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tony Perrottet
Smithsonian, vol. 37, no. 2, May 2006, pp. 78-83
Description
Studies the monument in the Black Hills of South Dakota and the changes since 2004 when Gerald Baker became the facilities first Native American superintendent.
A Multifaceted Approach to Recognizing Canadian First Nations Governments: What Courts May Decide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathleen Burrage
Description
Argues that while, on the surface Canada may seem to have respected the right to self-government, in practical terms it has done little and a landmark decision is needed to speed the process.
Muskeg Lake Cree Nation
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Christian Thompson
The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
Description
Brief paragraph on this Treaty 6 First Nation located near Saskatoon.
Musqueam: A Living Culture
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Musqueam Indian Band
Description
Looks at different aspects of Musqueam life.
Myth, Metaphor, and Meaning in The Boy Who Could Not Understand: A Study of Seneca Auto-Criticism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jay Hansford C. Vest
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, 2006, pp. 41-62
Description
Contends that Native Americans do not lack an historic tradition of philosophy, that wisdom is apparent in American Indian oral tradition, and that what they do have is often misunderstood or rejected by the Western culture.
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.
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 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-Directed Social Change in Canada and the United States
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane Champagne
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 50, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples: Canadian and U.S. Perspectives, December 2006, pp. 428-449
Description
Compares coercive and consensual social change through historical periods: pre-contact, competitive colonialism from 1600 to 1760, British hegemony from 1760 to 1770, colonial competition from 1777 to 1820, U.S. and Canadian hegemony from 1820 to 1871, absolute control of Aboriginal communities from 1872 to 1968, and 1969 to present.
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.
Native Women's Association of Canada's Report in Response to Canada's Fourth and Fifth Reports on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Covering the Period of September 1999-December 2004
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Presents the Native Women's Association of Canada's (NWAC) perspective on Canada's compliance with articles in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
Navajo Cultural Identity: What Can the Navajo Nation Bring to the American Indian Identity Discussion Table?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lloyd Lee
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 21, no. 2, Fall, 2006, pp. 79-103
Description
Discusses Navajo cultural identity and its significance to the Native American society.
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.
Needs, Rights, Nationhood, and the Politics of Indigeneity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dominic O'Sullivan
MAI Review, no. 1, 2006, p. article 1
Description
Answers the question, "Are Māori peoples with rights, or individuals with needs?".
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.
The Negotiation of Native American Identity: A Narrative Analysis of the Controversy Over the Storing of Nuclear Waste on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation
Theses
Author/Creator
Tracy Lee Clarke
Description
Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Utah, 2006.
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.
Neshnabemwen Renaissance: Local and National Potawatomi Language Revitalization Efforts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Wetzel
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 1/2, Indigenous Languages and Indigenous Literature, Winter - Spring, 2006, pp. 61-86
Description
Author considers the current status of the Potawatomi language, describes different efforts being made by both tribal and National authorities to revitalize the language, and examines the impacts of these projects.
Nevada Children's Justice Act Task Force: Indian Child Welfare Resource Guide
Alternate Title
ICWA Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Family Programs Office Child Protective Services
Description
Discusses the Indian Child Welfare Act and suggests how to be culturally responsive in child welfare practices.
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 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 FSIN Vice-Chiefs Job Needs Running Start
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, December 8, 2006, p. A15
Description
Article introduces Lyle Whitefish from Big River First Nation and his accomplishments in the educational field.
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.
Nindoodemag: Anishinaabe Identities in the Eastern Great Lakes Region, 1600 to 1900.
Theses
Author/Creator
Heidi Rosemary Bohaker
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2006.
No Home in a Homeland : Indigenous Peoples and Homelessness in the Canadian North
E-Books
Author/Creator
Julia Christensen
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.
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.
Nursing in First Nations and Inuit Communities in Atlantic Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer L. Dobbelsteyn
The Canadian Nurse, vol. 102, no. 4, April 2006, pp. 32-35
Description
Argues that addressing the health care needs in Inuit and First Nations communities requires an understanding of the cultural richness of the people and an ability to see things from another perspective.
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.
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
An Ojibwe American Indian Vew of Adult Learning in the Workplace
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda LeGarde Grover
Karen M. Keenan
Advances in Developing Human Resources, vol. 8, no. 3, 2006, pp. 391-399
Description
Uses cultural group located in North Central United States and southern Canada ito illustrate how knowledge of culture, world view and learning-styles can inform human resource development practices
An Ojibwe Perspective on the Welfare of Children: Lessons of the Past and Visions for the Future
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol A. Hand
Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 28, no. 1, January 2006, pp. 20-46
Description
Discusses an over reliance on child welfare agencies.
Ojibwe Treaty Rights: Understanding and Impact
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sue Erickson
Description
Designed to introduce younger readers to Ojibwe history, culture and exercising rights and resource management.
5th edition
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.
One Person, One Vote for Grassroots
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 11, February 2006, p. 8
Description
Recounts the 47 recommendations proposed by the Assembly of First Nations renewal commission, including allowing grassroots people to vote for the national chief, a new political body and the formation of a national council.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
"The One Who Did Not Break His Promises": Native Americans in the Evangelical Race Reconciliation Movement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Smith
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 50, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples: Canadian and U.S. Perspectives, December 2006, pp. 478-509
Description
Examines Native American people within the New Charismatic movements focusing on the Promise Keepers organization.
Onondaga Pronominal Prefixes
Theses
Author/Creator
Percy W. Abrams
Description
Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2006.
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