Journal of Global Citizenship & Equity Education, vol. 5, no. 1, September 2016, pp. 1-16
Description
Reports on statements used from the United Nations' 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to evaluate preservation of culture, lands and resources, self-governance, restitution, and services and representation.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
This review uses the First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum (FNMWC) Model’s Continuum of Essential Services to collect, organize, and assess data on mental wellness services in the NWT. The findings highlight current services and gaps, and guide communities coordinating a full range of services.
Assessment conducted to determine teams' needs with respect to: capacity. governance, infrastructure, training, networking/community of practice, defining practice-based evidence and evaluation.
Métis Settlements and First Nations in Alberta: Community Profiles
Alternate Title
Métis Settlements and First Nations in Alberta: Community Profiles
Profiles: Métis Settlements and First Nations
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Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
[Ministry of Indigenous Relations
Government of Alberta]
Description
Basic information about Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie, and Peavine settlements and each First Nation in Alberta including population, land base, location and community contacts.
Contains links to both superseded and current versions published between 2010 and April 2022.
Métis Settlements and First Nations in Alberta: Community Profiles: October 2010 UpdatehintherFri, 03/28/2014 - 00:00
E-Books
Author/Creator
Government of Alberta
Aboriginal Relations
Description
Basic information about Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie, and Peavine settlements and each First Nation in Alberta.
First Nations - Health Trends Alberta ; February 23, 2016
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alberta First Nations Information Governance Centre
Description
Presents age-standardized mortality rates for all causes of death in both males and females for 172 countries and for non-First nations and First Nations in Alberta separately.
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.
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 19-26
Description
Armstrong gives her personal account of the Indigenous rights movements that took place in British Columbia and across Canada, connecting the events and attitudes of the time to the larger Civil Rights Movement taking place across the continent and to other contemporary social/cultural shifts.
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.
Report has information about demographics, reservations and land maps, community issues, educational issues, schools types, Indian Education Legislation and Native organizations.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 5, 2016, pp. 59-77
Description
Looks at assessment of health communication campaign directed at caregivers promoting increased use of culturally specific resources in health care, support services and programs.
Provides information, tools and resources for all phases in the process: visioning, planning and development, securing funding, site selection and design, construction and stewardship.
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.
BC Studies, no. 190, Histories of Settler Colonialism, Summer, 2016, pp. 135-137
Description
Book reviews of:
Native Peoples of the Olympic Peninsula by Jacilee Wray.
The Sea is My Country by Joshua L. Reid.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 135.
Defines Pimicikamak Okimawin as a body politic and corporate under Canadian municipal law and uses archival research and oral history analysis to address inquiries by the Government of Manitoba.
[Northern Perspective: New Approaches to First Nation Infrastructure Development]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Amanjit Garcha]
Dwayne Nashkawa
Description
Outlines challenges faced in addressing infrastructure needs and gaps, and discusses how this First Nation went about planning and financing improvements.
Reports results of consultations about issues raised by bill S-3 and Canada's revision of the Indian Act in response to the Superior Court of Quebec's ruling in the Deschenaux case.
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.
Virtual exhibition divided into six sections: how we lived with the buffalo; how we lived with the land; how we lived with other people; our world; and traditional stories.
Includes link to teacher toolkit.