Alternate Title
The Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fred Bergman
Description
Study comprised of an online survey and interviews with businesses, government officials, including Economic Development Officers, and organizations that provided financial support. Five main obstacles were identified: economic conditions, high cost of doing business, access to equity or capital, high cost of borrowing, and restrictive government policies.
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada's Representation of Indigenous History from 1945 to 1982
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Cole
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
The History of Chemawa Indian School
Theses
Author/Creator
Patrick Michael McKeehan
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 1981.
A History of the Poncas in Nebraska: A Struggle for Survival
Theses
Author/Creator
Scott Eugene White
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2003.
Hoea te waka: Indigenous Suicide Prevention Outcomes Framework and Evaluation Processes. Part 1
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kahu McClintock
Rachel McClintock
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 2, September 2017, pp. 68-76
Description
Provides a summation of the outcomes framework and evaluation methodology and recommends a partnership with the government and the community.
Homicide and Indigenous peoples in North America: A structural analysis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Monchalin
Olga Marques
Charles Reasons
Prince Arora
Aggression and Violent Behavior, vol. 46, 2019, pp. 212-218
Description
A discussion about the link between violence against Indigenous women and embedded colonialism within social structures.
Honoré Joseph Jaxon: A Man Who Lived For Others - Donald B. Smith. - Article. - Autumn 1981.
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donald B. Smith
Description
Detailed article on the life of Honoré Joseph Jaxon, known as Louis Riel's secretary immediately before the Northwest Rebellion. The article also details the unfortunate trashing of Jaxon's papers upon his death in New York City in 1952.
Honouring Jordan's Principle: Obstacles to Accessing Equitable Health and Social Services for First Nations Children with Special Healthcare Needs Living in Pinaymootang, Manitoba
Alternate Title
Honoring Jordan's Principle: Obstacles to Accessing Equitable Health and Social Services for First Nations Children with Special Healthcare Needs Living in Pinaymootang, Manitoba
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Luna Vives
Vandna Sinha
Eric Burnet
Lucyna Lach
Description
Findings from interviews with primary caregivers, local and regional service providers and First Nations leaders centred on funding disparities and uncertainties about sustained funding, difficulties in administration due to distribution of responsibilities between provincial and federal governments, and the travel required to access specialized services.
Honouring Our Ancestors by Trailblazing a Path to the Future: Interim Report of the Joint Advisory Committee on Fiscal Relations: For Engagement Purposes
Alternate Title
Honoring Our Ancestors by Trailblazing a Path to the Future: Interim Report of the Joint Advisory Committee on Fiscal Relations: For Engagement Purposes
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joint Advisory Committee on Fiscal Relations
Description
Makes 24 recommendations based set of principles which includes respect for treaties, autonomy, sustainability, sufficiency, predictability, accountability, objectivity and efficiency.
Housing and Indigenous Disability: Lived Experiences of Housing and Community Infrastructure
E-Books
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Grant
George Zillante
Amit Srivastava
Selina Tually
Alwin Chong
How Did We Get Here?: A Concise, Unvarnished Account of the History of the Relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canada
Alternate Title
Interim Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lillian Dyck
Scott Tannas
Daniel Christmas
Mary Coyle
Norman Doyle … [et al.]
How Grandma Kate Lost Her Cherokee Blood and What This Says about Race, Blood, and Belonging in Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Lambert
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2019, pp. 135-167
Description
Describes the minimum blood quantum requirement for tribal membership, the history of its implementation, and how it originated with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI); argues that blood quantum is a bureaucratic tool rather than a genuine measure of Indigeneity.
How Has Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Been Considered? A Student Reflects on the 2018 ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea N. Hanke
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 1, March 31, 2019, pp. 98-100
Description
A brief op-ed piece that discusses the author’s observations and analysis of the shifting perspectives in Arctic research, and the inclusion and engagement of Indigenous Inuit knowledge in the research process and in policy making.
How Many Separated Aboriginal Children?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Read
Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 49, no. 2, 2003, pp. 155-163
Description
Discusses how many Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their families and cultural heritage as a result of Australian government laws, policies and practices.
Human Rights Complaint Filed Against MP Pankiw
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 11, March 2003, p. 8
Description
Discusses the Canadian Human Rights Commission complaint filed by John Melenchuk regarding a controversial pamphlet sent out by Saskatoon Member of Parliament Jim Pankiw. At one point in the article Michael Woodiwiss contends that the essential difference between crimes committed by colonizers and contemporary Aboriginals is that the formers’ crimes went unpunished and mostly unrecorded.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Human Trafficking: Investigations in Indian Country or Involving Native Americans and Actions Needed to Report on Victims Served
Alternate Title
Testimony before the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gretta L. Goodwin
Description
Statement by director of Homeland Security and Justice before the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate. Discusses the extent to which: federal agencies collect and maintain data on investigations and prosecutions; tribal and major urban law enforcement agencies have encountered human trafficking and what factors affect the ability to investigate and prosecute; and available federal grants and how well positioned service providers are to know the numbers served.
Hybridism as a Means of (De)Constructing the Old Paradigm: The Good Guys (White) Versus the Bad Ones (Red)
Alternate Title
Culture and the State ; v. 2
Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jane Brodbeck
pp. 124-132
Description
Demonstrates how the process of homogeneity imposed on Indian communities by the US government has created individuals possessing Indian roots but heavily influenced by American pop-culture. Uses two short stories by Sherman Alexie (Assimilation and Class) in his analysis.
Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 124.
"I'm not really healed- I'm just bandaged up": Perceptions of Healing Among Former Students of Indian Residential Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tracey Carr
Brian Chartier
Tina Dadgostari
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. 39-56
Description
Interviews focus on the participants' conceptions and experiences of healing regarding their residential school experiences.
Ice Blink: Navigating Northern Environmental History
Alternate Title
Canadian History and Environmental Series ; no.7
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jonathan Peyton
Andrew Stuhl
Marionne Cronin
Tina Adcock
Liza Piper ... [et al.]
"If the Story Could be Heard": Colonial Discourse and the Surrender of Indian Reserve 172
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steve Roe
BC Studies, no. 138/139, Native Geographies, Summer/Autumn, 2003, pp. 115-136
Description
Examines governmental correspondence and newspaper articles from 1933-1946 to describe history and illustrate prevalent attitudes of the day.
Imperial or Settler Imperative? Indigenous Reserves as a Case Study for a Transcolonial Analysis of British Imperial Indigenous Policy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darren Reid
Arbutus Review, vol. 8, no. 1, 2017, pp. 55-71
Description
Based on a comparison of correspondence between local and imperial administrators in British North America and Australia, argues that development of system reveals entrenched conflict which lasted throughout the nineteenth century.
Implementation of Comprehensive Land Claim and Self-Government Agreements: A Handbook for the Use of Federal Officials
E-Books
Author/Creator
Implementation Branch
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
The Implications of Self-Government with Respect to Aboriginal Justice Initiatives
Theses
Author/Creator
Kornelia Katalin Kaloczi
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2004.
Improving Access to Indigenous Medicine for Patients in Hospital-based Settings: A Challenge for Health Systems in Northern Canada
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 2017 Northern, Rural, and Remote Health conference
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Redvers
Justina Marianayagam
Be’sha Blondin
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 2, Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North..., 2019
Description
Commentary article argues that Indigenous patients in the Northwest Territories should have access to traditional health care practices and to self-determined wellness as part of a continuum of medical care. Authors address barriers to policy development and in implementation and make recommendations for the integration of traditional wellness practices.
[Improving First Nations and Métis Health Outcomes: A Call to Collaborative Action]
Alternate Title
First Nations and Métis Health: Working Together Towards Excellence Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Working Together Towards Excellence Project Team
Description
Report of Working Towards Excellence Project.
In Canada: First Nations Governance Act Dies : Will a New Government Do Any Better?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael W. Posluns
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Policy Network, vol. 14, no. 2, Fall, 2003
Description
Very brief article discusses the death of the First Nations Governance Act, and looks at the serious concerns to resolving "specific claims" under the Specific Claims Resolution Bill.
Access through table of contents.
The Incarceration of Aboriginal Offenders: Trends from 1978 to 2001
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julian V. Roberts
Ronald Melchers
Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice, vol. 45, no. 2, April 2003, pp. 211-242
Description
Examines provincial custodial sentenced admissions for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal offenders, finding that little progress has been made in reducing the number of Aboriginal sentenced admissions even with policy changes.
Incentives, Identity, and the Growth of Canada's Indigenous Population
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tom Flanagan
Inclusivity and Diversity at the Macro Level: Aboriginal Self-government
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Herbert Nabigon
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 5, Articulating Aboriginal Paradigms: Implications for Aboriginal Social Work Practice, November 2003, pp. 287-293
Description
Looks at a community-based healing approach to establishing self-government.
Income Tax Rules for Aboriginal People
Alternate Title
Income Taxation of Aboriginal People
Research Paper (Scow Institute)
Fact Sheet (Scow Institute)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Merle Alexander
Description
Research paper analyzes Section 87 of the Indian Act and finds that only 5.6% of Aboriginal people could potentially qualify for income tax exemption.
Related Material: Fact Sheet.
Indian Acts and Amendments: 1868-1950
Alternate Title
Contemporary Indian Legislation, 1951-1978
E-Books
Author/Creator
Treaties and Historical Research Centre, Corporate Policy, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Description
Indian and Northern Education Program
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Education Program
Description
Materials relating to the 20th Reunion & Language Workshop of the Indian and Northern Education Program, including correspondence, pamphlets and a rough draft of Dr. Spinks's remarks at the banquet.
The Indian Arts and Crafts Board: An Aspect of New Deal Indian Policy
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Fay Schrader
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Marquette University, 1981.
Indian Claims Commission Proceedings (2003) 16 ICCP Special Issue on Interim Rulings Rulings on Government of Canada Objections
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
vol. 16
Description
Reports include rulings on Government of Canada objections relating to First Nations: Athabasca Denesuline, Lac La Ronge, Mikisew Cree, Walpole Island, Sand Bay. Alexis, James Smith, Kluane, Peepeekisis, and rulings on First Nations objections regarding First Nations of: Canupawakpa Dakota and James Smith. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Indian Equity Foundation Lacks Signing
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, Special Edition, November 1981, p. 27
Description
Noel Starblanket describes the benefits of the Saskatchewan program and explains why the Agreement is not yet signed by the Federal government.
Indian Gaming in the U.S.: A Broad Introduction
Alternate Title
Triptych Case Framing: Economics, Social-cultural and Political Frames
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shalin Hai-Jew
[Alan Parker]
Description
Brief discussion of American legislation, tribal sovereignty, and financial, social, and ethical issues. Includes interview with Alan Walker, Commissioner with Washington State Gambling Commission.
Indian Governance Law Doomed to Failure
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, May 2, 2003, p. A15
Description
Supports a grassroots approach to self-government rather than federally imposed rules of governance.
Indian Infant Mortality in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Marilyn Baker-Anderson
Description
Community and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1981.
Indiana School Days: Native American Education at St. Joseph's Indian Normal School and White's Manual Labor Institute
Theses
Author/Creator
Alysha Danielle Zemanek
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2017.
Indians, Bureaucrats, and Land: The Dawes Act and the Decline of Indian Farming
Alternate Title
Contributions in Economics and Economic History ; no. 36
E-Books
Author/Creator
Leonard A. Carlson
Indigenous Activism, Community Sustainability, and the Constraints of CANZUS Settler-Colonial Nationhood.
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul R McKenzie-Jones
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 104-131
Description
Author considers different cases of Indigenous resistance; offers a critique of the process of settler-colonial nationhood citing Audra Simpson’s assertion in Mohawk Interruptus that “continued Indigenous defense undermines and corrupts the absolutism of settler-colonial nationhood”
Indigenous Advocacy in Central Africa
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dorothy Jackson
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples in Africa, 2003, pp. 8-13
Description
Looks at the cultural survival of the hunter-gatherer peoples and their land rights. Focuses on the Pygmy and Twa people.
To access this article, scroll down to page 8.
Indigenous and Western Environmental Resource Management: A Learning Experience With the Laitu Khyeng Indigenous Community in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Datta
Jebunnessa Chapola
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 52-80
Description
Focuses on everyday practices and traditional experiences within Indigenous regions.
Indigenous Child Welfare Legislation: A Historical Change or Another Paper Tiger?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 14, no. 1, Celebrating 15 Years of Wisdom , 2019, pp. 5-8
Description
Reviews 2018 Indigenous child welfare legislation to address the welfare of Indigenous children and families.
The Indigenous Economic Progress Report 2019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Indigenous Economic Development Board
Description
Looks at three core indicators: employment, income, and community well-being; and five underlying indicators: education, entrepreneurship and business development, governance, lands and resources, and infrastructure.
Indigenous Economic Reconciliation: Recommendations on Reconciliation and Inclusive Economic Growth for Indigenous Peoples and Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Indigenous Economic Development Board (NIEDB)
Description
Summarizes discussions which took place during the Expanding the Circle: What Reconciliation and Inclusive Economic Growth Can Mean for Indigenous Peoples and Canada? forums held in 2017 and 2018, and looks at four key recommendations in the areas of procurement, access to capital, capacity development and wealth sharing.
Indigenous Federation: The Case of Borana Oromo, Ethiopia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dejene Gemechu Chala
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-22
Description
Explains an Indigenous the democratic political system Gadaa. Includes suggestions on how to include the values and principles of the system.
Indigenous Health
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Saunders
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 6, November-December 2003, pp. 10-13
Description
Excerpt of a speech describes the health inequities that exist in the Australian Indigenous community
Indigenous Health Primer
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Health Writing Group of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeon
Indigenous (Her)oes and their Healing Work: Ending Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle Kennedy
Description
Indigenous Relations Thesis (MIR)--Laurentian University, 2019.