The Canada Problem in Aboriginal Politics
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
David Newhouse
Yale Belanger
Description
Chronicles significant developments in the relationship between the Federal government and First Peoples.
Chapter from Visions of the Heart: Canadian Aboriginal Issues (3rd ed.) edited by Olive Patricia Dickason and David Long.
Canada's Tous Azimuts Arctic Foreign Policy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joël Plouffe
Northern Review, no. 33, Canadas Role in the Circumpolar World, Spring, 2011, pp. 69-94
Description
Looks at Canada's current foreign policy discourse based on self-assertive and undefined strategic outcomes.
Canada, the Arctic, and Post-National Identity in the Circumpolar World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Williams
Northern Review, no. 33, Canadas Role in the Circumpolar World, Spring, 2011, pp. 113-131
Description
Looks into the complex interplay between Canada's Arctic identities and Arctic policy.
Canadian Arctic Shipping: Issues and Perspectives
Alternate Title
Occasional Paper Series (International Centre for Northern Governance and Development) ; v.11-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Adam Lajeunesse
Will Russell
A. E. Johnston
Description
Assessment of Arctic shipping potential in Canada, the benefits of potential increases in Arctic shipping and growth in Arctic cruise tourism.
Canadian Leadership in the Circumpolar World: An Agenda for the Arctic Council Chairmanship, 2013-2015
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Exner-Pirot
Northern Review, no. 33, Canadas Role in the Circumpolar World, Spring , 2011, pp. 7-27
Description
Argues that Canada should lead governance reform in the Arctic due to unique location within the Circumpolar World.
Canadian Policy Interventions During the Mad Cow Crisis: Cause and Consequence of First Nation Exclusion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David C. Natcher
Tom Allen
Trina Schmid
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 2, Fall , 2011, pp. 70-77
Description
Looks at access to federal and provincial funding by Aboriginal cattle producers in Saskatchewan during the 2003 crisis.
Capitalizing on the Klondike: American Entrepreneurship and the Klondike Gold Rush
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas T. Kuzmiak
The Northern Review, no. 19, Special Klondike Issue, Winter, 1998, pp. 59-83
Description
Provides overview of some of the notable American individual producers cashing in on the stampede during the 1890s.
Captain Death Strikes Again: Tuberculosis and the Stó:lõ 1871-1907
Theses
Author/Creator
MacKinley Darlington
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Univerity of Saskatchewan, 2010.
Card-Carrying Indian: The Social Construction of an American Indian Legal Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Dwanna Lynn Robertson
Description
Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--Oklahoma State University, 2010.
Care for the ‘Racially Careless’: Indian Hospitals in the Canadian West, 1920–1950s
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maureen K. Lux
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 91, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 407-434
Description
Discussion on the rationalization and justification of coerced and racially segregated hospitals.
Caring Across Boundaries: Is This Our Canada?
Alternate Title
Is This Our Canada? How Racial Discrimination in Children's Services Undermines the Potential of This Generation of First Nations Children and What You Can do to Help
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Description
Executive Director of First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada speaks on inequities in funding for Aboriginal children, focusing on Jordan's Principle, Shannen's Dream, and the discrimination complaint lodged with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5 (slide show)
Total Duration: 41:88.
Catholics, Carlisle, and Casting Stones: Richard Henry Pratt and the 1890 Ghost Dance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Tatonetti
Nineteenth-Century Contexts, vol. 33, no. 3, July 2011, pp. 267-287
Description
Discusses how the founder of Carlisle Indian Industrial School manipulated coverage of the Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee to further his own agenda of eliminating the competition in the Catholic contract schools.
Caught at the Crossroad: First Nations, Health Care, and the Legacy of the Indian Act
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Josée G. Lavoie
Evelyn L. Forget
Annette J. Browne
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 83-100
Description
Looks at health care costs for First Nations people living on and off reserve increasing dramatically by the year 2029 based on data collected in Manitoba and analysing First Nations health.
Cheaper Than Bullets: American Indian Boarding Schools
and Assimilation Policy, 1890-1930
Alternate Title
Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tabatha Toney Booth
Description
A historical perspective on the boarding school experience.
Cheyenne Madonna
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Esther Belin
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, Summer, 2011, p. 467
Description
Book review of: Cheyenne Madonna by Eddie Chuculate.
Chief Loco: Apache Peacemaker
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
T. Christopher Aplin
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, Summer, 2011, pp. 464-466
Description
Book review of: Chief Loco: Apache Peacemaker by Bud Shapard.
The Children Remembered: Residential Schools Archive Project
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
The United Church of Canada Archives
Description
Website includes photographs of students, staff, and buildings, and histories of United Church-run schools.
The Circle Game: Shadows and Substance in the Indian Residential School Experience in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Jago
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 215-229
Description
Book review of: The Circle Game: Shadows and Substance in the Indian Residential School Experience in Canada by Roland Chrisjohn, Sherri Young, Michael Maraun.
Book review found by scrolling to page 226.
The Circle Game: Shadows and Substance in the Indian Residential School Experience in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Wes G. Darou
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, vol. 29, 1998, pp. 766-767
Description
Book review of: The Circle Game by Roland Christjohn and Sherri Young.
Citizens Plus
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Indian Chiefs of Alberta
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 2011, pp. 188-281
Description
Also known as the "Red Paper". Written in response to the White Paper Policy, discusses the political and legal debates concerning the position of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
The "Civilizing" of Indigenous People in Nineteenth-Century Canada
Alternate Title
Civilizing of Indigenous People in 19th Century Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Francis
Journal of World History, vol. 9, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 51-87
Description
Argues that while the Victorian era had a harsh racial attitude it was not necessarily based only on "biological" assumptions, but also on the concept of "civilization".
Climate Change Policy Response for Canada's Inuit Population: The Importance of and Opportunities for Adaptation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James D. Ford
Tristan Pearce
Frank Duerden
Chris Furgal
Barry Smit
Global Environmental Change, vol. 20, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 177-191
Description
Argues that policy intervention should focus on: transmission of environmental knowledge, emergency management capability, flexibility of resource management regimes, economic support to facilitate adaptation, increase research effort to identify risk factors and response options, protection of infrastructure, and promote awareness of climate change impacts
Colonialism as a Broader Social Determinant of Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karina Czyzewski
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Health and Well-being, 2011, pp. 1-14
Description
Looks at the influences of colonialism on Aboriginal mental health with emphasis on the effects of intergenerational trauma on communities.
Colonialism's Currency: A Political History of First Nations Money-Use in Quebec and Ontario, 1820-1950
Theses
Author/Creator
Brian Gettler
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Quebec at Montreal, 2011.
The Color of the Land: Race, Nation, and the Politics of Landownership in Oklahoma, 1832-1929
E-Books
Author/Creator
David A. Chang
The Color of the Land: Race, Nation, and the Politics of Landownership in Oklahoma, 1832-1929
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Barbara Krauthamer
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 140-142
Description
Book review of: The Color of the Land: Race, Nation, and the Politics of Landownership in Oklahoma, 1832-1929 by David Chang.
"The Coming Tide": Viewpoints of the Formation of U.S. Federal Indian Policy, 1945-1954
Theses
Author/Creator
Samuel H. Herley
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska, 2010.
Based on viewpoints of Napoleon Bonaparte Johnson, Helen Peterson, Oliver La Farge, and Hugh Butler.
Commentary: Medicaid Reform Issues Affecting the Indian Health Care System
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony Wellever
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 88, no. 2, February 1998, pp. 193-195
Description
Identifies some of the perverse Medicaid reforms and suggests strategies for overcoming them.
Companion Document of Selected Papers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Health Services
Vancouver Coastal Health
Description
Purpose of brief compilation is to provide historical and current context for Aboriginal health status. Lists significant legislation and events chronologically, as well as discusses benefits, social determinants of health, gaps in services, etc.
A Comparison of Canadian and American Treaty-Making Policy With the Plains Indians, 1867-1877
Theses
Author/Creator
Jill St. Germain
Description
Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1998.
A Comparison of First Nations and Non-Aboriginal Children Investigated for Maltreatment in Canada in 2003
Alternate Title
CECW Information Sheet ; no. 66
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bruce MacLaurin
Nico Trocmé
Barbara Fallon
Cindy Blackstock
Lisa Pitman
Megan McCormack
Description
Looks at the Mesnmimk Wasatek Report for influences affecting First Nations children in the Canadian child welfare system.
A Compendium of Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research
E-Books
Author/Creator
The Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Description
Abstracts of works in the Research Series.
Aboriginal Sexual Offending in Canada by John H. Hylton.
Mental Health Profiles for a Sample of British Columbia's Aboriginal Survivors of the Canadian Residential School System by Raymond R. Corrado, Irwin M.
Complexity and Sustainable Development in the Circumpolar North: Positioning Canada in the Arctic Council
Theses
Author/Creator
Randy Lee Cleveland
Description
Planning Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1998.
Conflicting Outlooks: The Background to the 1924 Deposing of the Six Nations Hereditary Council
Theses
Author/Creator
Scott R. Trevithick
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Calgary, 1998.
Conservancies in British Columbia, Canada: Bringing Together Protected Areas and First Nations' Interests
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katherine L. Turner
Christopher P. H. Bitonti
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, 2011, pp. 1-15
Description
Reviews First Nations' role in provincial land and resource management and conservation and the related opportunities and challenges of Conservancy designation.
Conservation Controversy: Sparrow, Marshall, and the Mi'kmaq of Esgenoôpetitj
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah J. King
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, Traditional Knowledge, Spirituality and Lands, 2011, pp. 1-14
Description
Explores traditional beliefs used in conservation management in relation to decisions from the Supreme Court.
Consolidated Democracies and the Past: Transitional Justice in Spain and Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian Dunbar
Federal Governance, vol. 8, no. 2, Federalism and Conflict Management, 2011, pp. 15-28
Description
Illustrates how two countries deal with historical legacies of violence and repression.
A Constructive Indian Country Response to the Evidence-Based Program Mandate
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Dale Walker
Douglas A. Bigelow
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 43, no. 4, Growing Roots: Native American Evidence-Based Practices, October-December 2011, pp. 276-281
Description
Overview of state-authorized tribal logic model in Oregon developed for and by Indian people.
Contradictions in Indian Art: Contemporary Native American Arts and the National Museum of the American Indian
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ned Blackhawk
American Quarterly , vol. 62, no. 2, June 2010, pp. 387-394
Description
Book reviews of: The National Museum of the American Indian: Critical Conversations edited by Amy Lonetree and Amanda J. Cobb.
Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indianedited by Lowery Stokes Sims, Truman T. Lowe and Paul Chaat Smith.
George De Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings edited by Nancy K. Anderson.
Le Contrôle des Chiens dans Trois Communautés du Nunavik au Milieu du 20e Siècle
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Francis Lévesque
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, Technologies Créatives / Creative Technologies, 2010, pp. 149-166
Description
Examines the controversy surrounding the shooting of Inuit sled dogs in the communities of Kuujjuaraapik, Puvirnituq, and Kangirsujuaq in the 1950s and 1960s.
Cool Things in the Collection: Sessional Journal of the Legislative Assemby of Assiniboia, 1870
Alternate Title
Sessional Journal of the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia, 1870
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Epp
Joan Sinclair
Manitoba History, vol. 65, Winter, 2011, pp. 51-53
Description
Looks at a key document instrumental in helping to rewrite Manitoba history.
Cooperation Not Confrontation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Phil Fontaine
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 28, no. 1, spring, 1998, p. 9, 19
Description
First Nations symbolically accept the government's apology for its involvement in the residential school system.
Coughing Blood: Tuberculosis Deaths and Data on the Yakama Indian Reservation, 1911-64
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clifford E. Trafzer
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 15, no. 2, fa, 1998, pp. 251-276
Description
Looks at patterns of tuberculosis among different tribes living on the reservation and bands, and the link between tuberculosis to government policies, housing, food and sanitation.
Creating a Market for Inuit Art: 1949-1967
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Susan Rowley
Description
Speaker uses examples from the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia to illustrate talk which focuses on federal government's involvement in creation and marketing of Inuit art.
Duration: 1:13:11.
Cree Autonomy: A Re-Examination of Domestic Dependence
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stefan Johnson
Indigenous Policy Journal , vol. 21, no. 3, Fall, 2010
Description
Comments on the system of government and the interaction with the land the Cree of Northern Québec have.
Crime Prevention for First Nations Communities: A Self-Evaluation Manual
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Policing Series
User Report (Solicitor General Canada. Ministry Secretariat) ; no. 1998-01
E-Books
Author/Creator
Keith Taylor
Aboriginal Policing Series
Crops, Cattle, and Capital: Agrarian Political Ecology in Canyons de Chelly and del Muerto
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tracy J. Andrews
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 3, Special Issues on Reservation Economies, 1998, pp. 31-78
Description
Looks at the coercesion of the Navajo, by the United States government, through military domination, the threat of starvation, and finally relocation along the Pecos River in eastern New Mexico.
A Cross-jurisdictional Survey to Identify Smart Practices for an Aboriginal Business Directory
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Al-Nashir Charania
Description
Provides a summary and recommendations of smart practices to the BC government regarding an Aboriginal Businesses Directory, and discusses current initiatives regarding Aboriginal procurement in Canadian government and non-government organizations.
Cultural Genocide in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jon Reyhner
Navin Kumar Singh
Indigenous Policy Journal , vol. 21, no. 4, Winter, 2010
Description
Comments on the importance of maintaining traditional values, cultures and languages in the effort to close the academic achievement gap that can be found between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students.