History & Culture eBook
Alternate Title
[Mashantucket Pequot] History & Culture eBook
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center
History, Power, Texts: Cultural and Indigenous Studies
Alternate Title
CSR Books ; no. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tony Birch
Stephen Muecke
Sonia Smallacombe
Heather Goodall
Wendy Brady ... [et al.]
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.
Homelessness & Health in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jeff Karabanow
Sean Kidd
Danielle R. Schwartz
Carolyn A. James
Anne C. Wagner ... [et al.]
Description
Two chapters deal specifically with Aboriginals:
Chapter 3: Helpers, Not Helpless: Honouring the Strength, Wisdom and Vision of Aboriginal Women Experiencing Homelessness or Marginal Housing by Billie Allan and Izumi Sakamoto,
Chapter 4: Homelessness and Health in the Crowded Canadian Arctic: Inuit Arctic Experiences by Nathanael Lauster and Frank Tester.
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.
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.
The Hours That Remain by Keith Barker: Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Angela Code
Description
Provides historical background about issues relating to the play about the murdered and missing women from the "Highway of Tears", a section of highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
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
Housing in Nunavik: Information Document
E-Books
Author/Creator
Société d’habitation du Québec
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 Do I Put That Away" [Part 2]
Alternate Title
[Indian Residential School Personal Stories]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hazel Squakin
Description
Presents a First Nations Elder speaking about her experience with residential schools and the impact on her life.
Access Part 1.
Duration: 6:22.
How Do Light-Skinned Aboriginal Australians Experience Racism? Implications for Social work
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bindi Bennett
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 2, 2014, pp. 180-192
Description
Looks at cultural identity and the social and psychological consequences of racism.
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.
Human Development of Indigenous Sámi People in the Arctic Region: A Human Rights Based Approach
Theses
Author/Creator
Melanie Jessner
Description
International Development Thesis (Masters)--University of Vienna, 2014.
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.
Human Trafficking & Native Peoples in Oregon: A Human Rights Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Hayley Weedn
Joseph Scovel
Jason Juran
"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.
I Want To Tell You A Story
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tibetha Kemble (Stonechild)
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021, pp. 114-121
Description
A discussion of how colonialism created the conditions that were used to justify the removal of Indigenous children from their families, both historically and in modern times. The author use her own personal story as means to discuss its effects.
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.]
Identifying the Foundations: Cultural Perspectives and Solutions for Indigenous Housing in Calgary
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gabrielle Lindstrom
Katelyn Lucas
Katrina Milaney
Identifying Useful Approaches to the Governance of Indigenous Data
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jodi Bruhn
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, The Governance of Indigenous Information, 2014, pp. 1-32
Description
Looks at the efforts to improve the governance of data between governments and Indigenous organizations and communities and presents a selection of initiatives undertaken in Canada, the United States and Australia.
Iling Sidaun: Torres Strait Islands Healing Gathering
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Healing Foundation
Description
Comments on a gathering where community members shared stories, identified causes of disharmony in the community, and discussed ways to achieve their healing objectives.
Impact and Benefit Agreements and the Neoliberalization of Resource Governance and Indigenous-state Relations in Northern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emilie Cameron
Tyler Levitan
Studies in Political Economy, vol. 93, Landscapes of Neoliberalism, Spring, 2014, pp. 25-52
Description
Presents criticism of IBA's by considering the privatization of federal duty to consult, the trend to have market-based solutions for social suffering, and the limiting of political and legal channels.
The Impact of Drug Trafficking on American Indian Reservations With International Boundaries
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Asa Revels
Janet Cummings
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 3, Summer, 2014, pp. 287-318
Description
Looks at two American Indian Nations, that are recognized as drug conduits, and discusses possible solutions to the challenges faced by these and other Nations.
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.
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 on Nature: The Legend Lake Development, Menominee Resistance, and the Ecological Dynamics of Settler Colonialism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Dockry
Kyle Whyte
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 2, Spring, 2021, pp. [95]-120
Description
A discussion of the attempted sale of lands from the terminated Menominee reservation to the large- scale recreational vacation property development and resistance by the Determination of Rights and Unity for Menominee Stockholders or DRUMS to stop the sale and restore tribal status. The U.S. government's withdrawal of tribal status and federal support had created economic issues for the group and the sale of land was looked upon as a means to rectify that issue.
Improving the Economic Success of Urban Additions to Reserves: Achieving Benefits for First Nations and Local Governments: Stage II Economic and Fiscal Benefits Generated in Urban ATRs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Economic Development Board
Description
Builds on five factors from stage I report: infrastructure and services, governance, land management regime, own source revenues, and community support. Examines eight Additions to Reserves..
Stage I Report: Identifying Success Factors in Urban First Nations.
Improving the Economic Success of Urban Additions to Reserves: Stage 1: Identifying Success Factors in Urban First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fiscal Realities Economists
Description
Assesses economic and fiscal benefits for urban reserves and neighboring municipalities located in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, and New Brunswick.
Stage 2 Report: Economic and Fiscal Benefits Generated in Urban ATRs .
In Defence of Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria Freeman
Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, vol. 27, no. 1, January 2014, pp. 213-223
Description
Looks at different evaluations of the idea of reconciliation that mask assimilation or governmental efforts to look good and why the real concept should not be abandoned.
In Pursuit of Equity: COVIC-19, Data and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kalinda Griffiths
Ian Ring
Richard Madden
Lisa Jackson Pulver
Statistical Journal of the IAOS, vol. 37, no. 1, 2021, pp. 37-45
Incentives, Identity, and the Growth of Canada's Indigenous Population
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tom Flanagan
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sophie M. Lavoie
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 3, 2014, pp. 316-318
Description
Book review of: The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King.
The Indian Act - Exemption from Taxation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hugh Neilson
LawNow, vol. 38, no. 6, Bench Marks: Cases that Change the Legal Landscape, July/Aug. 2014, p. [?]
Description
Discusses Section 87 of the Indian Act, legislation that predates the Income Tax Act.
Indian Health Service: Select Issues and Developments
Alternate Title
Health Care Issues, Costs, and Access
E-Books
Author/Creator
United States Government Accountability Office
The Indian Residential School System of Canada: The Search for Truth, the Need for Reconciliation
Alternate Title
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Presentation by the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada on the history of residential schools, treaty promises, abuse in the schools and more.
Duration: 44:59.
Indian Residential Schools: A Chronology
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Edmond
LawNow, vol. 38, no. 6, Bench Marks: Cases that Change the Legal Landscape, July/Aug. 2014, p. [?]
Description
Presents timeline beginning at 1755 leading up to the inception of the residential school system and ending at 2014 with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings wrap up.
The Indian Status Card as Regulator of Traditional Healer Access
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Hankard
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 73-85
Description
Uses the example of applying for travel funding through Health Canada's Non-Insured Health Benefits program to illustrate how the Indian Act controls actions and produces artificial categories of identity.
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.
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 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 Australians and the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Alternate Title
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) ; no. 34
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Fadwa Al-Yaman
Michelle Gourley
Matthew Gray
J. Rob Bray ... [et al.]
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research)
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.
Indigenous Communities and Federal Accessibility Standards: A Situational Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Kiedrowski
p. 5
Description
Focuses on the four accessibility standards developed by the Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization (CASDO): design of public space, employment, plain language, and means of egress/exits from buildings.
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 Educational Attainment in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine E. Gordon
Jerry P. White
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, June 2014, pp. 1-26
Description
Comments on a 2014 reform proposed by government and proposes several policy recommendations to move educational attainment forward.