Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 12th, 2017
Representations and Realities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Kameron Dunn
Description
Author discusses the subtleties of claiming an American Indian or Indigenous identity; uses Sherman Alexie’s character Junior from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian to illustrate some elements of identity including registration, lineage, affiliation with culture, appearance, and marginalization.
2017 On The Land Summit: Videos
Alternate Title
The Pan-Territorial On-The-Land Summit
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
HSSCommunications [Health and Social Services Communications Department]
Government of the Northwest Territories]
Description
A YouTube playlist of 21 videos of conference presenters and panels from the summit.
Aboriginal Camps as Urban Foundations?: Evidence from Southern Queensland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ray Kerkhove
Aboriginal History, vol. 42, December 2018, pp. 141-172
Description
Author explores oral traditions which document what is now Musgrave Park in South Brisbane, Queensland as a pre-settlement Aboriginal camp and meeting place; offers critical assessment of settler narratives surrounding Indigenous camps as inaccurate and marginalizing.
Aboriginal Identity and Terminology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linc Kesler
Description
Looks at the ways that Aboriginal peoples in Canada self-identify, are defined by the state, and the ways in which the two can be in conflict.
Adoption, Incorporation, and a Sense of Citizenship and Belonging in Indigenous Nations and Culture: A Haudenosaunee Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin J White
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 333-342
Description
Discusses the myriad of legal and customary protocols that contemporary Aboriginal citizens must negotiate in the regards to adoptive cultural practices. Describe the Creation and Great Law narratives which help members of the Iroquois Confederacy makes sense of these conventions.
Against "Improvement," Toward Relations: Meditations on a Prison Writing Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Van Styvendale
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 2020, pp. 78-88
Description
Commentary on a creative writing program for Saskatchewan and Alberta prisoners called Inspired Minds.
Analysis of the MNO's Recognition of Six New Historic Métis Communities: A Final Report
Alternate Title
Analysis of the Métis Nation of Ontario's Recognition of Six New Historic Métis Communities: A Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Darryl Leroux
Darren O’Toole
Description
Examines main research reports used in the recognition process for: Mattawa/Ottawa River; Killarney; Georgian Bay; Abitibi-Inland; Rainy Lake/Lake of the Woods; and Northern Lake Superior communities.
Anxiety at the Gates of Hell: Community Reputation in the Georges, 1908–15
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Swainger
BC Studies, no. 205, Spring, 2020, pp. 57-78
Description
Investigates the community of Fort George, British Columbia and its attempts to increase their reputation by seeking to secure a provincial government officer, constable and jail.
An Arts-Based Curriculum Encounter: What Does It Mean to Live on This Land?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diane Conrad
Patricia Jagger
Victoria Bleeks
Sarah Auger
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 379-392
Description
The authors describe their experience in a graduate course on arts-based research methods. Their research touches on contexts of and relationships with/as land, Indigenous peoples, settlers, environmental crisis, and personal journey and the art they created in the process of the course.
Bannock as Medicine
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan Giroux
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 11, March 19, 2018, pp. E335-E336
Description
Author discusses his process of connecting with his Métis culture, and with other Indigenous peoples.
Being Indigenous in an Unlikely Place: Self-Determination in the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1920-1991)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evgeniia Sidorova
Roberta Rice
International Indigenous Policy Studies, vol. 11, no. 3, The COVID-19 Pandemic and Indigenous Peoples, 2020, pp. 1-18
Description
Examines and compares the ways Indigenous groups from different places organize and mobilized in different ways.
“Between here and there”: Assertion of the Poetic Voice in the Poetry of Rita Bouvier and Marilyn Dumont
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Molly Kearman
Description
English Honors Thesis (BA) -- University of California, 2020.
Beyond the Berger Inquiry: Can Extractive Resource Development Help the Sustainability of Canada’s Arctic Communities?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Southcott
Frances Abele
David Natcher
Brenda Parlee
Arctic, vol. 71, no. 4, December 19, 2018, pp. 393-406
Description
Authors discuss the 2011 Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic (ReSDA) research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC); research indicates gaps in understanding of cumulative impacts, regulatory processes which exclude local participation, and factors of community well-being separate from economic factors.
Bridging Indigenous Studies and Archaeology through Relationality?: Collaborative Research on the Chignecto Peninsula, Mi'kma'ki
Alternate Title
Bridging Indigenous Studies and Archeology through Relationality?: Collaborative Research on the Chignecto Peninsula, Mi'kma'ki
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle A. Lelièvre
Cynthia Martin
Alyssa Abram
Mallory Moran
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 2, Spring, 2020, pp. [171]-195
Description
Uses research performed in Nova Scotia to discuss the ways that the two disciplines can contribute each other to create reciprocal improvement and understanding on both sides.
Bridging the Social Distance between Indigenous and Newcomer Youth during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploration of Identities and Relationship Building through Online and Arts-based Methods
Theses
Author/Creator
Kathleen Vitt
Description
Social Work Thesis (MSW)--University of Manitoba, 2020.
Broadcasting Sovereignty: Exhibiting Nuxalk Radio at the University of British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Kramer
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 151-170
Description
Discusses the student-curated exhibition Nuxalk Radio: One Nation, Many Voices and the role that the Indigenous-led, non-commercial radio station plays in promoting language, culture and sovereignty.
Centering A Métis Grandmothers’ Knowledge: Story of Grandmothers’ Teachings and Métis Child Welfare in B.C.
Theses
Author/Creator
Shelley Angela LaFrance
Description
Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Victoria, 2021.
Charting Continuation: Understanding Post-Traditional Six Nations Militarism, 1814-1930
Theses
Author/Creator
Evan Joseph Habkirk
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2018.
Closing the Health Service Gap: Métis Women and Solutions for Culturally Safe Health Services
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renée Monchalin
Lisa Monchalin
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, vol. 3, no. 1, July 2018, pp. 18-29
Description
Recommends drawing on the traditional knowledge and historical roles of Métis women to create healthcare services that can bridge the culturally-safe healthcare gap and overcome disparities in health determinants.
A Collaborative Sharing of Stories on a Journey toward Reconciliation: “Belonging to This Place and Time”
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kauʻi Keliipio
Kim Perry
Colleen Elderton
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 350-361
Description
Three non-Indigenous teacher-educators reflect on the ways their responses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and the corresponding provincial mandates have been positively and constructively influenced by their professional relationships with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people.
Commemorating Father Pandosy: Diversification of the Frontier Cultural Complex and Continued Colonial Erasure in Kelowna
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Mudde
BC Studies, no. 207, Autumn, 2020, pp. 35-65,156
Description
Looks at the 2012 unveiling of a sculpture of Father Pandosy and how the use of Sylix knowledge both mitigates the erasure of Indigenous presence and acknowledges the Indigenous community within the framework of a settler-colonial identity.
Communing with the Dead The “New Métis,” Métis Identity Appropriation, and the Displacement of Living Métis Culture
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam Gaudry
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 162-190
Description
Discusses the growing trend for self-identifying as Métis, particularly in Eastern Canada, based genealogical records rather than cultural ties to long-established communities located in Western Canada.
Community Based Participatory Research as a Long-Term Process: Reflections on Becoming Partners in Understanding Social Dimensions of Mining in the Yukon
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gertrude Saxinger
First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun
Northern Review, no. 47, Dealing with Resource Development in Canada's North, August 03, 2018, pp. 187-207
Description
Based on the Labour Mobility And Community Participation in the Extractive industries (LACE) research project, this article outlines the key elements of CBPR (community based participatory research): establishing partnerships, knowledge sharing and co-production, and data and research-product ownership.
The Concept of Indigenous Peoples in Asia: A Resource Book
Alternate Title
IWGIA Document ; no. 123
E-Books
Author/Creator
Erica-Irene A. Daes
Jeff J. Corntassel
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
Benedict Kingsbury
James C. Scott ... [et al.]
Contested Destinies: Aboriginal Advocacy in South Australia's Interwar Years
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Foster
Aboriginal History, vol. 42, December 2018, pp. 73-95
Description
Author lists and describes many of the associations that were formed in Australian in the early part of the 20th century; discusses the agendas of the different organizations and how they affected government policy and social discourses.
Core Principles for Good Healthy Living Messages in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Remote and Isolated Northern Communities: Recommendations from the Task Group on Healthy Living
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Task Group on Healthy Living
Description
Developed to assist communities in mobilizing to promote health and minimize the risk of contracting, or becoming very ill from, COVID-19. Includes environmental scan of existing resources and recommendations to increase effectiveness in providing information by using seven principles: accessibility, context, distictions-based, clarity and brevity, strength-based approaches, grounding in cultural identity and knowledge, and evidence based / wise practices.
Cowboys and Pretendians
Alternate Title
APTN Investigates
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)
John Murray
Description
Examines the practice of employing whites actors to play Indigenous peoples in television and films and stereotypical representations on screen.
Duration: 23:51.
Craig Carpenter and the Neo-Indians of LONAI
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian D. Haley
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 215-245
Description
Explores the relationship between the phenomenon of people who lack expected ancestry or affiliation claiming Native American identity, the Hopi Traditionalist movement and League of North American Indians. Concludes with the paradox that many modern Indians, neo-Indians, and New Agers draw their beliefs, practices, and identities from a common source.
The Creator's Game: Lacrosse, Identity, and Indigenous Nationhood
E-Books
Author/Creator
Allan Downey
Cree Elders’ Perspectives on Land-Based Education: A Case Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Hansen
Brock Education , vol. 28, no. 1, 2018, pp. 74-91
Description
Explores land-based education through interviews with six Swampy Cree Elders from Northern Manitoba. Five themes emerged: counseling from the Elders, traditional teachings, ceremonies, and a connection to the land.
Cultural Continuity from Pre-Dorset to Dorset in the Eastern Canadian Arctic Highlighted by Bone Technology and Typology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claire Houmard
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 1, 2018, pp. 24-47
Description
Discusses a revised timeline proposed for human-cultural development in the Western Canadian Arctic; revisions are based on new technological and typographic analyses of bone artifacts from sites in the area.
Culturally and Geographically Adapted Boating Safety Interventions in the Northwest Territories, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mitchell Crozier
Audrey Giles
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 43-64
Description
Research project uses community-based research methodology to collect data from residents of Fort Simpson and Deline, NWT. Thematic analysis shows that individual communities require tailored interventions to improve boating safety.
The Culture is Prevention Project: Measuring Culture As a Social Determinant of Mental Health for Native/Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Masotti
John Dennem
Shir Hadani
Karina Banuelos
Janet King
Bonnie Lockhart ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 27, no. 1, 2020, pp. [86]-111
Description
Phase 4 of the project involved validating the Cultural Connectedness Scale – California using a sample of 344 Indigenous adults from the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Determinants of Racial Misclassification in COVID-19 Mortality Data: The Role of Funeral Directors and Social Context
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Kalweit
Marc Clark
Jamie Ishcomer-Aazami
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 3, COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples: Tools to Promote Equity and Best Practices, 2020, pp. 15-36
Description
Describes the determinants of misidentification on death certificates, discusses them in relation to changes in the funeral industry, death registration process, and social context during the pandemic, and expected impacts of changes and opportunities for prevention.
Developing an Indigenous Cultural Values Based Emoji Messaging System: A Socio-Technical Systems Innovation Approach
Alternate Title
WebSci '20: 12th ACM Conference on Web Science Companion
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Chu Hiang Goh
Narayanan Kulathuramaiyer
Description
Discusses the socio-cultural technological challenges for Indigenous communities by examining the use of Emojis as means of communication that does not sustain Indigenous values.
Chapter from WebSci '20: 12th ACM Conference on Web Science Companion.
The Downtown Eastside and Aboriginal Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shawna Narayan
Selina Demetrick
Canadian Journal of Native Studies , vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 165-168
Description
Authors examine the intersecting social, economic, racial, and colonial/systemic factors that create a reality for Indigenous women living in the Vancouver DTES that includes elevated incidences of poverty, violence, substance use, and health concerns. Provide commentary and recommendations surrounding the creation of policy, programs, and interventions.
Education for Reconciliation: Métis Professional Learning
Alternate Title
[Métis Learner Series]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis Nation British Columbia
Description
Meant to educate people about who the Métis are, where they come from, and where they live today in British Columbia. First part focuses on identity and its importance; second part focuses on contemporary life.
The Effect of the Colonialist Terms “Orphan” and “Adoption” on the Citizenship status of Indigenous Fijian Adoptees within Their own Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erica Newman
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 309-318
Description
Article interrogates the use of the terms “orphan” and “adoption” in contrast to traditional Fijian practices of kinship and caring for children; discusses the implications of colonial enforcement of these terms and systems on children and their status within their own communities.
The End of Life Is an Auspicious Opportunity for Healing: Decolonizing Death and Dying for Urban Indigenous People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Anderson
Gemma Woticky
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 2, Death and Dying, December 2018, pp. 48-60
Description
Author critiques the colonial framing of death and dying as a medical event; argues for using the teachings contained in the Medicine Wheel and the Two Row Wampum as way to restore respect, balance, and spirit, and view death as an interconnected part of life, community, and culture.
The Energy Efficiency and Cultural Significance of Traditional Housing: Comparing the Navajo Nation and Pueblo of Acoma in an Effort to Reform Federal Indian Programs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kayla DeVault
Indigenous Policy Journal , vol. 29, no. 2, Fall, 2018, pp. 22-33
Description
Publication of paper presented at Western Social Science Association 2018 Meeting, American Indian Studies Section; compares energy efficiency of the home-building materials and techniques of the Navajo Nation with those of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Public and Indian Housing. Argues for federal policies and programs that incorporate local Indigenous knowledge.
Enunciation: Urban Indigenous Being, Digital Storytelling and Indigenous Film Aesthetics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan D. Dion
Angela Salamanca
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, 2018, pp. 183-207
Description
This project examines a collection of digital stories created by urban Indigenous youth, parents and educators; using theories of self-determination, sovereignty and survivance article argues that urban living can contribute to the strength and endurance of Indigenous identities and ways of being.
Environmental Scan and Gap Analysis on Programs and Services Available to Métis Members
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlane Christensen
Janet Newbury
Description
Lists resources available to Métis people in British Columbia through federal, provincial and regional agencies in the areas of children and families, education, economic opportunities, health, housing, identification and data collection, wildlife stewardship, and arts and culture.
Based on results of scan makes four recommendations about accessible information, accountable distribution of resources, increased Métis-specific resources, and equitable access to services.
“Enwau Prydeinig gwyn?” Problematizing the Idea of “White British” Names and Naming Practices from a Welsh Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sara Louise Wheeler
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 3, September 2018, pp. 251-259
Description
Compares the names and naming processes of different “White” Indigenous peoples in “Britain,” and challenges the assumptions of a cultural homogeneity, among the original peoples of Britain.
Equal Status for Indigenous Women— Sometime, Not Now : The Indian Act and Bill S-3
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelagh Day
Canadian Women Studies, vol. 33, no. 1-2, Women's Human Rights: Changing the World, 2018, pp. 174-185
Description
An examination of the need for, flaws and impact of amendment Bill S-3 to the Indian Act in 2017.
“Eskimo” Immigrants and Colonial Soldiers: Icelandic Immigrants and the North-West Resistance, 1885.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laurie K. Bertram
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 99, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 63-97
Description
Examines the way in which racialized ethnic immigrants were able to gain access to land, state support, and upward mobility by participating in the colonial agenda of Indigenous suppression through voluntary military service.
Examining Cultural Identification and Alcohol Use among American Indian and Caucasian College Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Martell
Justin Douglas McDonald
Brenda Barragan
Stephanie Ziegler
Victoria Williams
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 27, no. 2, 2020, pp. [23]-36
Description
Results of study suggest that strengthening identification with culture may help to reduce alcohol consumption. Responses to survey also challenge the stereotype that Indigenous students drink at higher rates than their non-Indigenous peers.
First Nation Networks Help Protect Indigenous Languages and Culture
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kevin Burton
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 6, no. Special Issue 2, Connectivity in Northern and Indigenous Communities, October 2018, pp. 46-49
Description
Describes the development and administration of Atlantic Canada's First Nation Help Desk network, which provides broadband services to 30 Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, and Innu First Nation communities.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
Following the Trails of Our Ancestors: Re-Grounding Tłįchǫ Knowledge on the Land
Alternate Title
Following the Trails of Our Ancestors: Re-Grounding Tlicho Knowledge on the Land
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John B. Zoe
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 6, no. Special Issue 1, The Pan-Territorial on-the-Land Summit, July 2018, pp. 18-23
Description
Author uses traditional stories of Yamozha to talk about the relationship that the Tłįchǫ (Tlicho) have historically had and are rebuilding with the land; draws on teachings of Elders to discuss the importance of language, sacred place names, and people “living in spirit with the environment, with the animals.”
Video of conference presentation: Trails of our Ancestors
Duration: 47:22
Food Frequency Questionnaire Assessing Traditional Food Consumption in Dene/Métis Communities, Northwest Territories, Canada
Alternate Title
Food Frequency Questionnaire Assessing Traditional Food Consumption in Dene/Metis Communities, Northwest Territories, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mylène Ratelle
Kelly Skinner
Sara Packull-McCormick
Brian Laird
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 79, no. 1, Article: 1760071, May 13, 2020
Description
Article describes the refinement and implementation of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) in Dene/Métis Communities to assess what traditionally harvested foods are being consumed and what the potential is for exposure to environmental contaminants as a result.