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Inussuk: Arctic Research Journal ; vol. 2, 2002
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert Petersen
Henriette Rasmussen
Igor I. Krupnik
Michael P. J. Kennedy
Louis-Jacques Dorais ... [et al.]
A 150-year-old Kuril Islands Tragedy: Yet Another Solution to the Copper Island Aleut Enigma
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M A Chlenov
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 45, no. 1/2, Chukotka: Understanding the Past, Contemporary Practices, and Perceptions of the Present, 2021, pp. 207-231
Description
Examines the origins and evolution of Aleutian language spoken by the Yupik people of Copper Island.
Aboriginal Literacy and Learning: Annotated Bibliography & Native Languages Reference Materials
E-Books
Adapting to Diversity: Where Cultures Collide - Educational Issues in Northern Alberta
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Tim Goddard
Rosemary Y. Foster
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 27, no. 1, 2002, pp. 1-20
Description
Case study on northern education in the communities of Moose River and Church Point where students are mostly Dene, Cree or Métis.
Addressing Racism in the Healthcare System: A Policy Position and Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Description
Makes six recommendations: improve and expand healthcare delivery in Inuit Nunangat, increase numbers of Inuit healthcare providers, support traditional midwifery approaches, foster wrap-around care services for specialized care, ensure cultural competency training, and preserve traditional language rights.
Adult Mohawk Language Immersion Programming
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonnie Jane Maracle
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 37, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Education: Ways of Knowing, Thinking, and Doing, 2002, pp. 387-404
Description
Looks at study conducted to determine factors keeping adult students in immersion classes.
Advice To the Next Generation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jose A. Kusugak
Inuktitut, no. 91, 2002, pp. 2-11
Description
Excerpts from a speech given by John Kusugak at the February 2002 NIYC Summit (National Inuit Youth Council)
Ah-ayitaw isi e-ki-kiskeyihtahkik maskihkiy: They Knew Both Sides of Medicine: Cree Tales of Curing and Cursing Told by Alice Ahenakew
Fowler
Mon, 05/01/2006 - 00:00
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mary-Ellen Kelm
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 83, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 432-434
Description
Book review of: Âh-âyîtaw isi ê-kî-kiskêyihtahkik maskihkiy stories from Alice Ahenakew, edited, translated and with a glossary by H.C. Wolfart and Freda Ahenakew.
Assiniboine
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
C. L. Higham
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 32, no. 3, Autumn, September 1, 2002, pp. 496-8
Description
Book review of: The Assiniboine by Edwin Thompson Denig (1812-1858), edited by J. N. B. Hewitt, with a new introduction and index by David R. Miller. Originally published as Forty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1928-1929.
Bilingual Curriculum Among the Northern Arapaho: Oral Tradition, Literacy, and Performance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Cowell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 1, Winter, January 1, 2002, pp. 24-44
Description
Negative impact of education based on the written word as opposed to oral cultural traditions.
The Bungee dialect of the Red River Settlement
Author/Creator
Eleanor M. Blain
Description
Linguistics Thesis (MA) -- University of Manitoba, 1989.
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2021 Status Update on Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2019 Status Update on Reconciliation
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2020 Status Update on Reconciliation
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2023 Status Update on Reconciliation
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2022 Status Update on Reconciliation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eva Jewell
Ian Mosby
Description
Looks at which of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call2 to Action have been completed. 2023 Report, 2022 Report, 2020 Report.
Causativization in North Sámi
Theses
Author/Creator
Erling Mikael Vinka
Description
Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2002
The Changing Arctic Community: Discussions with Inuit Women in Iqaluit, Nunavut
Theses
Author/Creator
Anita Lynn Connolly
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Brunswick, 2002.
Cherokee Fishing: Ethnohistorical, Ethnoecological, and Ethnographic Perspectives
Theses
Author/Creator
Heidi Maryanna Altman
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2002.
A Companion to American Indian History
Alternate Title
Blackwell Companions to American History ; 4
E-Books
Author/Creator
Philip J. Deloria
John E. Kicza
Gregory Evans Dowd
Russell Thornton
Clara Sue Kidwell ... [et al.]
Comparing Cross-Cultural Histories: Christianity, Translation, and Colonialism in Eastern Australia and Northwestern America
Theses
Author/Creator
Anne Burnett Keary
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2002.
Compendium of Research Undertaken in Nunavut 2002
Alternate Title
Nunavut Research Compendium, 2002
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Research Institute
Description
Lists title, location of research, principal investigator, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: health related, physical science, social science and traditional knowledge
Composing Processes of Native Americans: Six Case Studies of Navajo Speakers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Ann Gregory
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 28, no. 2, January 1989, pp. [1-6]
Description
Findings indicate more focus on transcription and changes in the semester system are needed to produce the expertise required for academic writing.
Considerations for Evaluating 'Good Care' in Canadian Aboriginal Early Childhood Settings
Alternate Title
Early Childhood Education Publications and Research: Paper 7
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arlene Holland Stairs
Judith K. Bernhard
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 37, no. 3, Indigenous Education: Ways of Knowing, Thinking, and Doing, Fall, 2002, pp. 309-330
Description
Looks at evaluation approaches and discusses some methods grounded in Aboriginal experiences and values.
Coyote's Eyes: Native Cognition Styles
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry Tafoya
Journal of American Indian Education, Special Edition, August 1989, pp. [29-42]
Description
Discusses learning through the analyses of a traditional legend.
Cree: Words/nêhiýawêwin:itwêwina
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Keren Rice
Prairie Forum, vol. 27, no. 2, Fall, 2002, pp. 265-268
Description
Book review of: Cree Words compiled by Arok Wolvengrey.
Crimes of Colour: Racialization and the Criminal Justice System in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Shoshana Pollack
Resources for Feminist Research, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Fall, 2002, pp. 247-249
Description
Book review of: Crimes of Colour edited by Wendy Chan and Kiran Mirchandani.
Cultural Identity and Language Retention: Traditional and Contemporary Tensions
Theses
Author/Creator
Lorraine Joyce Cardinal
Description
First Nations Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alberta, 2002.
Culture and Language
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, June 1989, p. 22
Description
Discusses family traditions.
Dakota Oratory: Great Moments in the Recorded Speech of the Eastern Sioux, 1695-1874
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Dakota Resources: "A People Without History Is Like Wind on the Buffalo Grass": Lakota Winter Counts
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ron McCoy
South Dakota History, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 65-86
Description
Looks at the use of pictographs as a way of recording one outstanding event effecting the whole tribe or a personal incident.
Death by Suicide: Community Responses to Maliseet Language Death at Tobique First Nation, New Brunswick, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Bernard Christopher Perley
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 2002.
Demonstrative Words in the Algonquian Language Passamaquoddy: A Descriptive and Grammaticalization Analysis
Theses
Author/Creator
Eve Chuen Ng
Description
Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2002.
Dene Kede: Education: A Dene Perspective: Curriculum Document Grade 7
E-Books
Author/Creator
Early Childhood and School Services, Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Government of the NWT
The Destiny of Education for First Nations Children : Priority Intervention Areas
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Council (FNEC)
Description
Looks at programs that foster innovation and facilitate academic success for young adults, as well as improvements to accountability, resources and control to enhance educational services.
The Dhudhuroa Language of Northeastern Victoria: A Description Based on Historical Sources
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barry J. Blake
Julie Reid
Aboriginal History , vol. 26, 2002, pp. [177]-
Description
Presents an account of Mathews' field notes, drafts, manuscript vocabulary, grammatical sketch as well as a Barwidgee word list.
Document Regarding Bill 96
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQ)
Description
Argues for exemptions and amendments to The Bill, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec, which requires that French be used exclusively in the healthcare and education systems, public services, workforce and economic development.
Editorial: Indigenous Education: Ways of Knowing, Thinking, and Doing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice C. Hill
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 37, no. 3, Indigenous Education: Ways of Knowing, Thinking, and Doing, 2002, pp. 281-285
Description
Overview of papers focusing on barriers, opportunities and successes of Indigenous education.
Elder Reflections
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Henrietta Mann
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 41, no. 2, Special Issue, 2002, p. [?]
Description
Team site visits resulted in traditional storytelling sessions. which were enhanced with Power Point presentations.
Elias Cornelius Boudinot, "The Indian Orator and Lecturer"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Burnell Colbert
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 3, Summer, 1989, pp. 249-259
Description
Highlights the career of Cherokee orator Elias Cornelius Boundinot and his presentation of Indigenous issues to the American public.
English-Lakota Dictionary
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Willem J. De Reuse
International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 68, no. 4, October 2002, pp. 488-491
Description
Book review of: English-Lakota Dictionary by Bruce Ingham.
Equity in Language Programs: Revitalizing Indigenous Languages in Secondary School in Anchorage, Alaska
Theses
Author/Creator
Betsy Watson (Paskvan)
Description
Education Thesis (PhD) -- University of San Francisco, 2021.
Examining the Use of Oral Tradition in the Writing of Ojibwa History
Theses
Author/Creator
Tanya Lyn Hipfner
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2002.
Finding a Place for David Cusick in Native American Literary History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Kalter
Melus, vol. 27, no. 3, Native American Literature, fall, 2002, pp. 9-43
Description
Article "examines the role of writer David Cusick as one of the first Iroquois to record the oral literature of his nation in the alphabetic writing of Western civilization," particularly his allusions to the Bible.
First Lessons in Makah
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sheri J. Tatsch
International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 68, no. 4, October 2002, pp. 490-492
Description
Book review of: First Lessons in Makah by William H. Jacobsen.
First (National) Space: (Ab)original (Re)Mappings of British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Kenneth G. Brealey
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2002.
First Nations Cree Leadership Style in the Treaty Six Area
Alternate Title
First Nations Cree Leadership Style in the Treaty 6 Area
Theses
Author/Creator
Norma Isabelle Carlson
Description
Leadership and Training (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2002.
[First] Report of the Committee Consisting of Dr. E.B. Tylor, Dr. G.M. Dawson, General Sir J.H. Lefroy, Dr. Daniel Wilson, Mr. Horatio Hale, Mr. R.G. Haliburton, and Mr. George W. Bloxam (Secretary): Appointed for the Purpose of Investigating and Publish
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Report - 1885 on the north-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Committee on North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Horatio Hale
Description
"Reports on the physical characters, languages, industrial and social condition of the North-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada," focuses on Blackfoot, Cree and Ojibwe/Ojibway, 1885 era.
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
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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]
Forest Diplomats: The Role of Interpreters in Indian-White Relations on the Early American Frontier
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yasuhide Kawashima
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 1, Winter, 1989, pp. 1-14
Description
Investigates the importance of interpreters during early Indigenous-white relations. A translator was a difficult position due to the numerous variations of the Indigenous linguistic groups. The best translators also needed to not only know the languages but also have an understanding of Indigenous cultures and traditions due to the symbolic nature of Indigenous speeches.
From Generation to Generation: Survival and Maintenance of Canada's Aboriginal Languages within Families, Communities and Cities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Norris
Lorna Jantzen
Funding Options for Nunavut Schools: Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Costa Kapsalis
Description
Proposed funding options for K-12 schools in Nunavut to deal with high pupil-teacher ratios, low student outcomes, high non-attendance, teacher recruitment and retention, and insufficient funding for special needs students.
Genetic Evidence for the Phylogenetic Relationship Between Na-Dene and Yeniseian Speakers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rohina Rubicz
Kristin L. Melvin
Michael H. Crawford
Human Biology, vol. 74, no. 6, December 2002, pp. 743-760
Description
Contrary to the linguistic evidence, the analysis of the genetic data shows that the Na-Dene are similar to other Native American populations.
Guide to Relationships and Learning with the Indigenous Peoples of Alberta
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
College of Alberta School Superintendents
Description
Interactive resource designed to educate school superintendents. Includes written information, videos and links to supplemental material focused on the topics of identity, language, learning from the land, treaties and agreements, laws and policies, reconciliation and relationships.