Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kiera E. Royle
Description
Contends that despite an inquiry now in process, governmental response is low to this serious problem facing the Canadian population.
Murders and Disappearances of Aboriginal Women and Girls in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA)
Description
Briefing Paper for Thematic Hearing Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights - 147th Period of Sessions, March 12, 2013.
Muslims, Navajos, and Peaches
Articles » General
Author/Creator
George H. Junne
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Looks at how an Asian fruit was cultivated by Navajo Indians in the Chelly Canyon.
"Must Fluently Speak and Understand Navajo and Read and Write English": Navajo Leadership in a Language Shift World
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lloyd Lance Lee
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Overview of traditional Navajo leadership and western influences.
The Mutuality of Citizenship and Sovereignty: The Society of American Indians and the Battle to Inherit America
Alternate Title
American Indian Quarterly ; vol. 37, no. 3, Summer 2013
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
K. Tsianina Lomawaima
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 2, The Society of American Indians and Its Legacies, Summer, 2013, pp. 331-351
Description
Discusses the members' attitudes about rights and restrictions that resulted from the U.S. government's wardship of Native Americans.
Special combined issue of Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 331.
My Country, Mine Country: Indigenous People, Mining and Development in Remote Australia
Alternate Title
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) ; no. 33
E-Books
Author/Creator
Benedict Scambary
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research)
The Mystery Man of Sand Creek: George Laird Shoup
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joy Masoff
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 2, Spring, May 04, 2019, pp. 179-209
Description
The author works to recontextualize the life of Colonel George Laird Shoup illustrating his role and responsibility in the Sand Creek Massacre (November 29, 1864), an event which led to the deaths of 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho people.
[Nancy Greyeyes: A Sacred Walk for Future Generations]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Nancy Greyeyes
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Interview with a participant of a march to Parliament Hill in support of the Idle No More movement opposing Bill C-45.
Duration: 28:53.
Narrative Robustness, Post-Apology Conduct, and Canada's 1998 and 2008 Residential Schools Apologies
Alternate Title
Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Matt James
Description
Looks at why the more extensive apology was not followed by actions that would indicate substantive engagement with Aboriginal issues.
Chapter 45 from The Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945 edited by Berber Bevernage and Nico Wouters.
Native Acts: Law, Recognition, and Cultural Authenticity
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jennifer Denetdale
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 191-193
Description
Book review of: Native Acts by Joanne Barker.
Review located by scrolling to page 191.
[The Native American Apology Resolution]
Alternate Title
[Harvest of Hope: A Symposium on Reconciliation ; pt. 5]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Description
Senator speaks about the need for an apology from U.S.government to tribal governments and native people nationwide for past mistreatment, and the difficulties involved in getting the bill passed.
Duration: 22:21.
Native American Identity: A Review of Twenty-first Century Research
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bridgett G. Giordmaina
Carolee Dodge Francis
Description
Search of EBSCO Host, JSTOR, and Web of Science for peer-reviewed social research articles published from 1990 to 2016 yielded 86 results.
Native American Music from Wounded Knee to the Billboard Charts: A Document Based Exploration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
TeachRock
Description
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
Native American Students’ Perceptions of the Manoomin STEM Camp
Theses
Author/Creator
Courtney C. Kowalczak
Description
Environmental Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Minnesota Duluth, 2013.
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 and National in Brazil: Indigeneity After Independence
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tracy Devine Guzmán
Native Life
Alternate Title
CANADIANHISTORY.CA: The Many Histories of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J .R. Miller
Description
Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.
Native Minorities and Ethnic Conflict in Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jean Leonard Elliott.
Current History, vol. 66, no. 392, 1974, pp. 177-181
Description
This article places the issue of the James Bay Project for the development of hydroelectric power into a historical and political perspective and discusses its effects upon the Aboriginals of Quebec.
Native Narratives: The Representation of Native Americans in Public Broadcasting
Alternate Title
American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Library of Congress
GBH Archiv
Sally Smith
Description
Looks at radio and television coverage of key events or issues in both non-Native American-produced and Native American-created programs found in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting collection. Divided into five sections: (Mis)Representations of Native Americans; Termination, Relocation, and Restoration; The American Indian Movement; Native Americans in Contemporary News Media; and Visual Sovereignty: Native-Created Public Media.
Native Nations and U.S. Borders: Challenges to Indigenous Culture, Citizenship, and Security
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Andrew Bard Epstein
AlterNative, vol. 9, no. 4, 2013, pp. 373-374
Description
Book review of: Native Nations and U.S. Boarders by Rachel Rose Starks, Jen McCormack and Stephen Cornell.
Native People in Areas of Internal National Expansion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D.E. Sanders
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 38, no. 1, 1974, pp. 63-87
Description
Examines issues of native land claims affected by different projects like the Bennett Dame in the Peace-Athabasca Delta area.
#Nativevote18 - Pueblo Woman. Mom. Gourmet Cook. Runner. It's Time to Add Member of Congress to That List
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Trahant
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Republished form Trahant Reports, May 3, 2017
Naturalizing Race Relations: Conservation, Colonialism, and Spectacle at the Banff Indian Days
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Johnathan Clapperton
The Canadian Historical Review, vol. 94, no. 3, September 2013, pp. 349-379
Description
Looks at relations between Indian Days organizers, park staff, Banff residents, spectators and the Stoney Nakoda.
A Necessary Evil: Framing an American Indian Legal Identity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dwanna L. Robertson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 4, 2013, pp. 115-139
Description
Comments on the vast complexity regarding the requirements of American Indians to prove racial heritage and why many cannot.
[Negotiating the Deal: Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements in Canada]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kelly Saunders
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, 2013, pp. 165-166
Description
Book review of: Negotiating the Deal by Christopher Alcantara.
Negotiating the Deal: Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Christopher Alcantara
Neither Citizen Nor Nation: Urban Aboriginal (In)Visibility and Co-Production in a Small Southern Alberta City
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yale D. Belanger
Katherine A. Dekruyf
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-28
Description
Article examines some of the barriers to the engagement and participation of urban Indigenous communities in municipal policy-making. Author asserts that racial and cultural stereotyping and discrimination against Aboriginal peoples and communities are key issues.
“Neoliberal Apartheid”: Challenges for Decolonization from South Africa to Palestine (An Interview with Andy Clarno)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chandni Desai
Andy Clarno
Decolonization, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 96-98
Description
Author of Neoliberal Apartheid discusses commonalities between two states, including the patterns of extreme inequality, racialized poverty and advanced securitization which are symptomatic neoliberal regimes.
Neoliberalism and the Evolution of the Urban Aboriginal Strategy in Metro Vancouver
Theses
Author/Creator
Blair Bellerose
Description
Urban Studies Thesis (M.Urb)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
Network Sovereignty: Building the Internet across Indian Country
Alternate Title
Indigenous Confluences
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marisa Elena Duarte
Network Sovereignty: Understanding the Implications of Tribal Broadband Networks
Theses
Author/Creator
Marisa Elena Duarte
Description
Information School Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2013.
“Never mind the logic, give me the numbers”: Former Australian Health Ministers’ Perspectives on the Social Determinants of Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frances E. Baum
Paul Laris
Matthew Fisher
Lareen Newman
Colin MacDougall
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 87, June 2013, pp. 138-146
Description
Study involved qualitative interviews with Federal, State or Territory representatives. Found that while most exhibited some awareness of issues, actions taken to reduce health disparities were limited.
A New Approach: Co‐development of a New Fiscal Relationship between Canada and First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations-Indigenous Services Canada Joint Advisory Committee on Fiscal Relations]
Description
Reports on process and results of consultations between officials from the Assembly of First Nations and Indigenous Services in the 17 months following the Memorandum of Understanding signed in July 2016. Five key issues were identified: insufficient transfers; insufficient and under-utilized revenue generation opportunities; inflexible and unpredictable funding arrangements; excessive administrative and reporting burdens; and excessive focus on compliance rather than results.
[New Approaches to First Nation Infrastructure Development: The Nipissing First Nation Experience]
Alternate Title
Rural Ontario Foresight Papers 2019
[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.
New Beginnings: How Canada's Natural Resource Wealth Could Re-shape Relations With Aboriginal People
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Canada and the Natural Resource Economy Series ; 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Brian Lee Crowley
Description
Looks at engagement, collaboration and growing Aboriginal empowerment within resource development.
A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Simon
New Treaty New Tradition: Reconciling New Zealand and Maori Law; Fragile Settlements: Aboriginal Peoples, Law, and Resistance in South-West Australia and Prairie Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Neil Valance
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 156-158
Description
Book review of New Treaty New Tradition by Carwyn Jones and Fragile Settlements by Amanda Nettelbeck, Russell Smandych, Louis A. Knafla, and Robert Foster.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 156.
No Home in a Homeland : Indigenous Peoples and Homelessness in the Canadian North
E-Books
Author/Creator
Julia Christensen
“No Other Weapon Except Organization”: The Métis Association of Alberta and the 1938 Metis Population Betterment Act
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole C. O’Byrne
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 24, no. 2, 2013, pp. 311-352
Description
Discusses the act that provided for Métis land settlements.
Nobody Here Will Harm You: Mass Medical Evacuation from the Eastern Arctic, 1950-1965
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joanne DeCosse
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 4, August-September 2017
Description
Book review of Nobody Here Will Harm You by Shawn Selway.
Norms of Consultation with Indigenous Peoples: Decentralization of International Law Formation or Reinforcement of States' Role?
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Dwight Newman
Description
An analysis of the role of the Special Rapporteur on the advancement of the norms of Indigenous consultation.
Chapter in International Law in the New age of Globalization edited by Andrew Byrnes, Mika Hayashi, Chris Michaelsen
The North-West Rebellion and Its Effects on Settlers and Settlement in the Canadian West
Articles » General
Author/Creator
André N. Lalonde
Saskatchewan History, vol. 27, no. 3, Autumn, 1974, pp. 95-102
Description
Articulates the anxieties of settlers in and prospective immigrants to the North-West during the conflict and following its suppression; contains a number of quotations from archival materials demonstrating the biases, beliefs, and fears of the settlers and governing officials.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 95.
Northern Governance & Economy Conference Message From the Co-Chairs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox
Willard Hagen
Stephen Kakfwi
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 1, Special Issue: Pathways to Prosperity: Voices from the Northern Governance and Economy Conference, 2013, pp. [7]-8
Description
Overview of topics discussed at conference held in Yellowknife, NWT, 2012.
Northern Nishnawbe Education Council & Dennis Franklin
Cromarty High School’s First Annual Joint Report on the
Status & Implementation of Jury Recommendations from
the Inquest into the Deaths of Seven First Nations Youth [2017]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Northern Nishnawbe Education Council
Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School
Description
The youths had relocated from remote communities to Thunder Bay in order to attend high school.
2018 Report.
2019 Report
Northern Voices: A Look Inside Political Attitudes and Behaviours in Northern Saskatchewan: Northern Aboriginal Political Culture Study
Alternate Title
[Northern Political Engagement Study Report 2013]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bonita Beatty
Loleen Berdahl
Greg Poelzer
Kelton Doraty
Meritt Kocday
Sara Waldbillig
Dana Carriere
[Evelyn Peters]
Description
Looks at findings from three-year research project on voter engagement.
Related material:
Community Engagement Factsheet.
Not One More: Addressing the Data Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Urban Areas
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Justina Rothenberg
Description
Public Management Capstone Project (M.A.)--John Hopkins University, 2019.
Not Your Grandfather's Horse: Automobiles Performing the Trickster in Modern and Contemporary Work by Artists from Plains Cultures
Theses
Author/Creator
Aaron Moses
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Oklahoma State University, 2017
Refers to the works of Horace Poolaw, Dallin Maybee, Arthur Amiotte, Jay Polite Labor, and Wendy Red Star
Nunavut: A Health System Profile
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gregory P. Marchildon
Renée Torgerson
Nunavut, Sovereignty, and the Future for Arctic Peoples’ Involvement in Regional Self-Determination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather N. Nicol
Northern Review, no. 37, Special Collection: The Arctic Council, the EU and Polar Politics: Canada, France, Germany, Russia &, Fall, 2013, pp. 127-142
Description
Discusses how global warming has resulted in move from concept of "global north" to focus on nation states' control of resources and economic development. Examines how this change may impact non-state actors involved in Arctic governance.
Nurturing the Seeds of Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care in Canada
Alternate Title
Early Years Education and Care in Canada: A Historical and Philosophical Overview
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Description
Discusses the importance of early childhood services tailored to Indigenous children and their families, gives examples of government and community initiatives, identifies barriers to establishing and maintaining programs, and strategies for supporting and furthering development in the sector.
Chapter from Early Years Education and Care in Canada: A Historical and Philosophical Overview edited by Susan Jagger.