Alternate Title
"Navajo" Underwear and Headdresses on the Runway: A Look at the Last Five Years of Cultural Appropriation in Fashion
Ball Gowns, Moccasins and Black Beaver Hats: York Factory and Red River as Sites of Fashion Innovation
Clothes along the Mohawk: Fashion Exchange and Appropriation among Peoples of Early New York
Cultural Appropriation or Appreciation? A Modern-Day Critique
Everything's Better with a War Bonnet on It!
Fluidity of Referents: Maya Appropriations and Adornments
Non-Native as Native Americans: "I'm an Indian Too"
Style on Trial: Cultural (Mis)Appropriation and Fashion Law
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Anna Blume
Timothy Shannon
Sherry Farrell Racette
Daniel James Cole
Adrienne Keene … [et al.]
Description
Videos from a day-long symposium which explored past and present fashions, issues surrounding appropriation, and examples of collaborations between Indigenous designers and fashion brands.
Native American Historical Resources
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Brandon Burnette
Description
Resource page containing links to federal department documents, census data, Department of Education materials and tribes in Oklahoma.
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 Mystery, Crime and Detective Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Stoecklein
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2017.
Looks at novels by Linda Hogan, Tom Holm, Frances Washburn, Louise Erdrich, Louis Owens, and Tony Hillerman, and films by Chris Eyre.
Native American Traditions
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Pluralism Project
Harvard University
Description
Provides links to a collection of essays on issues involving Native American religious and cultural freedom.
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 Claims in Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory: Canada's Constitutional Obligations
Alternate Title
Studies in Aboriginal Rights; no. 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kent McNeil
Native Indian Political Organization in British Columbia, 1900-1969: A Response to Internal Colonialism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Tennant
BC Studies, no. 55, Autumn, 1982, pp. 3-49
Description
Looks at the background to the beginnings of Indian political organizations and the turning point when federal funding became available to the organizations.
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 Lives Matter
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lakota People's Law Project
Description
Looks at actions of police departments, incarceration rates, victimization, lack of prosecution for offences committed by non-Native Americans, and inadequate funding for tribes. Focus is on South Dakota.
Native Recruitment Study: Regina Police Service
E-Books
Author/Creator
David C. Cowley
Ronald Merasty
Native Rights and the Boundaries of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory
Alternate Title
Studies in Aboriginal Rights; no. 4
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kent McNeil
Navigating NDN Youth Networks: Media Interventions Among Aboriginal Youth in Winnipeg
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Buddle
Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 2015, pp. 95-109
Description
Looks at how youth are using airwaves, cyberspace and the street to get ideas out.
Negotiating American Indian Inclusion: Sovereignty, Same-Sex Marriage, and Sexual Minorities in Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Lambert
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-21
Description
Discusses debates and tribal lawmaking around the issue in the United States with focus on ten-year period prior to the 2015 Supreme Court decision.
Negotiating Indigenous Modernity: Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan - Listen to Ngarrindjeri Speak
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daryle Rigney
Simone Bignall
Steve Hemming
AlterNative, vol. 11, no. 4, 2015, pp. 334-349
Description
Looks at unique ways Indigenous people are asserting their sovereignty in Southern Australia.
Negotiating Structural Vulnerability Following Regulatory Changes to a Provincial Methadone Program in Vancouver, Canada: A Qualitative Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan McNeil
Thomas Kerr
Solanna Anderson
Lisa Maher
Chereece Keeewatin
M.J. Milloy
Evan Wood
Will Small
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 133, May 2015, pp. 168-176
Description
Found that changes to the methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) regime disrupted treatment engagement and produced health and social harms. Nine of the 34 participants in study were Aboriginal.
Neocolonialism, First Nations Governance and Identity: Community Perspectives from Battleford Agency Tribal Chiefs (BATC) First Nations
Theses
Author/Creator
Megan Lee McDowell
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2015.
“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.
Network Patient Health Survey: Aboriginal People's Health Report 2015
E-Books
Author/Creator
Justice Health & Forensic Mental Health Network
Description
Surveyed prison population in New South Wales, Australia.
A New Direction: Advancing Aboriginal and Treaty Rights
E-Books
Author/Creator
Douglas R. Eyford
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.
Ngapartji Ngapartji: Finding Ethical Approaches to Research Involving Indigenous Peoples, Australian Perspectives
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gina Louise Hawkes
David Pollock
Barry Judd
Peter Phipps
Elinor Assoulin
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 17-41
Description
Article explores the process of integrating ethical research frameworks for engaging Indigenous communities into academic institutions. Authors use five personal vignettes to examine the potential pitfalls related to integrating Indigenous values knowledge systems with Western legal practices.
No Jordan's Principle Cases in Canada? A Review of the Administrative Response to Jordan's Principle
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Blumenthal
Vandna Sinha
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, January 2015, pp. 1-35
Description
Describes federal response, recent legal challenges, and identifies seven conceptual issues that limit success.
Non-Status and Off-Reserve Aboriginal Representation in New Brunswick: Speaking for Treaty and Claims Beneficiaries: A Report for Discussion with the Governments of Canada and New Brunswick and Reserve-Based First Nation Band Councils and Members
Alternate Title
Non-Status and Off-Reserve Aboriginal Representation in New Brunswick Speaking for Treaty And Claims Beneficiaries: Final Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jula Hughes
Roy Stewart
Anthea Plummer
Description
Outlines the historical background of Aboriginal populations; describes New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council's organizational structure, representational capacity and track record of advocacy, with particular reference to membership recognition and representation through programming, in litigation, and policy development; analyzes demographics and options for representation of four groups: Status Indians residing off reserve; non-Status Indians; General List Indians of the Harquail Clan (Sickadomec); and never-registered populations.
North American Border Challenges: Terrorists/Drugs/Trade & American Indians
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laurence Armand French
Magdaleno Manzanarez
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Paper given at the Association of Border Studies - 1st World Conference, Joensuu, Finland, June 9 - 13, 2014. Reports on laws that have restricted cross-border movement.
North Coast Marine Plan, 2015
E-Books
Author/Creator
North Coast-Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society
Province of British Columbia
North Vancouver Island Marine Plan 2015
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Marine Planning Partnership Initiative]
Northern Reclamation in Canada: Contemporary Policy and Practice for New and Legacy Mines
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Dance
The Northern Review, no. 41, Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic, 2015, pp. 41-80
Description
Looks at how policy-making has addressed mine and mineral exploration reclamation problems in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, northern Labrador, and Nunavik.
Not Told by Victims: Genocide-as-story in Aboriginal Prison Writings in Canada, 1980-96
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Seth Adema
Journal of Genocide Research , vol. 17, no. 4, Special Issue on Canada and Colonial Genocide, 2015, pp. 453-471
Description
Looks at penal publications by Aboriginal inmates and lived experiences of genocide within Aboriginal storytelling traditions.
Notice of Relevance to Support the Socioprofessional Integration of First Nation and Inuit Criminalized Women of Quebec
Alternate Title
Notice of Relevance to Support the Socio-professional Integration of First Nation and Inuit Criminalized Women of Quebec
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Réal Martin
Description
Discusses the general situation of First Nations and Inuit in Quebec, historical context, profile of incarcerated women, trends in federal institutions, and experience of Aboriginal women while incarcerated, Concludes with proposals from Correctional Services of Quebec and specific recommendations to the Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale.
Nunavik in Figures 2015: Full Version
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gérard Duhaime
Sébastien Lévesque
Andrée Caron
NWAC Report Card: September 2016-December 2016
Alternate Title
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: NWAC Report Card
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Update and assessment of the progress made by the National Inquiry Commission to the families of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and to the public.
Oil Sands: A Strategic Resource for Canada, North America and the Global Market
E-Books
Author/Creator
Natural Resources Canada
The Oka Legacy
Alternate Title
Firsthand: Oka Legacy; Thursday, June 2, 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sonia Bonspille Boileau
Howard Goldberg
Description
Personal stories from people who lived through the Oka Crisis in 1990 and its effect on contemporary Indigenous identity.
Duration: 44:08.
On a Dream and a Prayer: The Promise of World Indigenous Higher Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 3, Global Indigenous Higher Education, Spring, 2015
Description
Overview of the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC) and the establishment of the World Indigenous University (WINU) in 2013.
[On Being Here to Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ryan Eyford
Manitoba History, no. 77, Winter, 2015, pp. 49-50
Description
Book Review of : On Being Here to Stay by Michael Asch.
On Being Here to Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Neil Vallance
BC Studies, no. 186, Summer, 2015, pp. 185-186
Description
Book review of On Being Here to Stay by Michael Asch.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 185.
On Being Here to Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
J. R. Miller
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 96, no. 1, March 2015, pp. 109-112
Description
Book review of On Being Here to Stay by Michael Asch.
On Being Here To Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marc Woons
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 2015, pp. 108-111
Description
Book Review: On Being Here To Stay by Michael Asch
On Hold: A Review of "In All Fairness: A Native Claims Policy"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ken Hatt
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1982, pp. 347-351
Description
Responds to the publication Outstanding Business - A Native Claims Policy, published by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in 1982.
On the Autonomy and Territorial Interests of the Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Far East of Russia at the Present State
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Petr Gogolev
Northern Review, no. 39, Consultation and Resource Development in Northern Communities: Russia, Scandinavia & Canada, 2015, pp. 31-38
Description
Looks at different forms of autonomy, constitutional and legal understanding of autonomy, reasons for protecting territorial interests and choosing an approach to protect those interests.
One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: Province Found to Have Breached Aboriginal Consultation Obligations for Second Time
Alternate Title
[Insights (McMillan LLP)]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan M. Young
Melanie J. Harmer
[McMillan Aboriginal Law Bulletin], March 2015, pp. [1]-6
Description
Discusses three key points where the Province failed in the case of Da’naxda’xw/Awaetlala First Nation v. British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, 2015 BCSC 16.
'The Only Good Thing That Happened at School': Colonising Narratives of Sport in the Indian School Bulletin
Alternate Title
'The Only Good Thing That Happened at School': Colonizing Narratives of Sport in the Indian School Bulletin
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Forsyth
Michael Heine
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [205]-225
Description
Challenges the selective representations of sports and recreation in residential schools.
Ontario First Nations Special Education Review Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario First Nations
Description
Synthesizes published literature and information gathered from educators, administrators and service organizations. Focus is on funding.
Ontario's Aboriginal Education Strategy: Successes and Areas for Improvement
Theses
Author/Creator
Kaitlyn Watson
Description
Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2015.
Ontario's History of Tampering and Re-Tampering With Birth Registration Forms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Gehl
The First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. 24-33
Description
Looks into governmental interference with the long form birth registration for unmarried or separated mothers.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Options for Action: An Implementation Report for The Legacy of Phoenix Sinclair: Achieving the Best for All Our Children
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
AMR Planning & Consulting
Description
Recommendations fall within nine areas identified in original report: co-operation between Manitoba Family Services and First Nations and Metis Child and Family Services authorities, devolution, funding, education and training of child welfare workers, supporting the transition to adulthood, children’s advocate, prevention based on children’s rights, building community capacity, and early childhood intervention.
Organizational Maladies and Bureaucratic Prescriptions: The Federal Cabinet Directive on Modern Treaty Implementation
Alternate Title
Pacific Business & Law Institute Canadian Aboriginal Law Conference ;
[Aboriginal Impact Benefit Agreements: Negotiation and Implementation]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Orkin
Cassandra Porter
Description
Discusses government's inertia in fulfilling terms of agreements and the machinery-of-government initiative which is meant to address problems with implementation.