Articles » General
Author/Creator
Prasannanshu
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 2, 2017, pp. 257-269
Description
Article describes the ways that colonial governments identified and signaled out “criminal tribes” in India, how the identity, language and culture of these tribes was stigmatized and consequently diminished. Describes present-day efforts to protect and revitalize these languages and cultures and provides commentary on the effectiveness of these efforts.
The Colonial Legacy: The Legal Oppression of Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Asha Collins
Glendon Journal of International Studies, vol. 10, 2017, pp. [1]-22
Description
Comments on the role the Canadian government played in the systematic oppression and discrimination towards Indigenous women.
Communicating Effectively with Indigenous Clients: An Aboriginal Legal Services Publication
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lorna Fadden
Description
Reports on issues raised by Indigenous clients themselves and discusses features of Aboriginal varieties of English and how linguistic prejudice may affect interactions between lawyer and client and court outcomes.
Comparative Validation of Self-Report Measures of Negative Attitudes Towards Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. C. Skinner
J. Blick
J. Coffin
P. Dudgeon
S. Forrest
D. Morrison
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 13, no. 1959, 2013, pp. 1-9
Description
Study looks at negative prejudicial attitudes, in 102 volunteer participants, using three measures.
[Consolidated Sinclair Inquest Transcripts]
Alternate Title
[Transcripts: Inquest into the Death of Brian Sinclair]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[D. Frayer
Christa Big Canoe
Timothy J. Preston
Murray Trachtenberg
Vilko Zbogar ... et al.]
Description
Brian Sinclair was a 45-year-old Aboriginal man who died after sitting for 34 hours waiting for medical attention at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre's emergency department.
Contemporary Art Curating and Its Long Christian Shadow
Theses
Author/Creator
Elisha Lim
Description
Criticism and Curatorial Practice Thesis (M.F.A.)--Ontario College of Art and Design University, 2017.
Contemporary Modernity and 'Death Ethics': Antecedents and Impacts of Western Expansion as War in the Northern Plains, 1820-1880
Theses
Author/Creator
Leece Michelle Lee
Description
Ethnic Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2013.
Contesting Constructed Indian-ness: The Intersection of the Frontier, Masculinity, and Whiteness in Native American Mascot Representations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Taylor
Conversations About Historical Trauma: Part One
Alternate Title
Spotlight on Culture
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Vivian H. Jackson
Impact Newsletter (National Child Traumatic Stress Network), Spring, 2013, p. [?]
Description
Comments on the historical trauma intervention model which uses four components designed to foster healing from grief: confronting the history, understanding the trauma and its effects, releasing the pain, and transcending the trauma.
Part 1 of 3.
Conversations About Historical Trauma: Part Two
Alternate Title
Spotlight on Culture
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Vivian H. Jackson
Impact Newsletter (National Child Traumatic Stress Network), Summer, 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome.
Part 2 of 3.
"Counting Coup" on Children's Literature About American Indians: Louise Erdrich's Historical Fiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Pagni Stewart
Children's Literature Association Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 2, Summer, 2013, pp. [215]-235
Description
Discusses a series of books for children which critics and scholars see as a cultural counterpoint to Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books.
Creating Racism-Free Schools through Critical/Courageous Conversations on Race
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba Education and Training, Indigenous Inclusion Directorate
Critical/Courageous Conversations on Race: What Your Child Is Learning at School and How You Can Help
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba Education and Training
Indigenous Inclusion Directorate
A Critical Race Theory Analysis of Métis Teachers' Counter-Stories
Theses
Author/Creator
Carmen Leigh Gillies
Description
Educational Foundations Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2017.
A Critical Reflection: Exposing Whiteness in Child Welfare Practice
Articles
Author/Creator
Lauren Kalvari
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 17, no. 1, 2022, pp. 51-61
Description
Using their own personal experiences as a social worker the author examines how to best provide support for Indigenous clients.
Critical Visual Literacy: Exploring Representations of Aboriginal Peoples in Children's Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Patricia Dunn
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Windsor, 2013.
Crossing the Racial Hiring Divide in Public Education: First Nation Teachers Encounters With Employee Fit, Merit, and White Racial Innocence
Theses
Author/Creator
Lori R. Eastmure
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Regina, 2013.
The Cultural Erosion of Indigenous People in Health Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Matthews
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 189, no. 2, January 16, 2017, pp. E78-E79
Description
States that at present, Canadian health care for Indigenous people is not culturally safe due to attacks on Indigenous cultural identities.
De-Stereotyping Hybrids/Half-Breeds: A Postcolonial Reading of In Search of April Raintree
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lahari Behera
The Criterion, no. 12, February 2013, pp. 1-6
Description
Comments on the lived experience of being a 'half-breed' in Canada with reference to the story In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton.
Death by Boarding School: "The Last Acceptable Racism" and the United States' Genocide of Native Americans
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ann Piccard
Gonzaga Law Review, vol. 49, 2013-2014, pp. 137-185
Description
Overview of residential boarding school history as an instrument of genocide and the lack of governmental response to this system.
The Debate on First Nations Education Funding: Mind the Gap
Alternate Title
Working paper (Policy Studies, Queen's University) ; no. 49
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Don Drummond
Ellen Kachuck Rosenbluth
Description
Discusses the changes needed to the structure and funding of educational services to meet the needs of Aboriginal students.
Definition of Indigenous Homelessness in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jesse A. Thistle
Description
Discusses historical and contemporary factors which contribute to high rate of homeless found in the Indigenous population and looks at 12 different dimensions: historic displacement, contemporary geographic separation, spiritual disconnection, mental disruption and imbalance, cultural disintegration and loss, overcrowding, relocation and mobility, nowhere to go, escaping or evading harm, emergency crisis, and climatic refuge,
Desire, Settler Colonialism, and the Racialized Cowboy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beenash Jafri
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 2, The Settler Complex, 2013, pp. 73-86
Description
Examines the film Indian Cowboy to demonstrate how the desire to access settler subjectivity is expressed by racialized subjects.
Detoxifying Aboriginal Self-Perception and Outward Identity With Buffy Sainte-Marie
Alternate Title
Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture and Community
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Description
Musician and activist speaks about music, activism, censorship and education.
Duration: 50:42.
Digital Resources for Settler Colonialism, Effects on Indigenous Peoples and the Issue of Genocide in World History
Alternate Title
Forum: Comparative Study of Genocide
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
John Maunu
Description
Includes sections on historiography and colonialism in the context of Africa, South and East Asia, the Pacific, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Central Steppes, and North America.
The Elephant in the Room: Using Humor to Acknowledge One's Stigmatized Identity and Reduce Prejudice
Theses
Author/Creator
Elizabeth S. Focella
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2013.
Emergency Department Problems Raised at Sinclair Inquest
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dan Lett
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 185, no. 17, November 19, 2013, p. 1483
Description
Brief article reports on the findings of the inquest into the death of an aboriginal patient at a Winnipeg, Manitoba hospital.
Enacted Stigma and HIV Risk Behaviours among Sexual Minority Indigenous Youth in Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Saewyc
Terryann Clark
Lucy Barney
Dana Brunanski
Yuko Homma
Pimatisiwin, vol. 11, no. 3, 2013, pp. 411-420
Description
Examines how gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens are targeted and stigmatized, and how this influences their coping and risk behaviours.
Ending the Legacy Of Racism in Sports & the Era of Harmful “Indian” Sports Mascots
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Congress of American Indians
Description
Discusses how the Washington Redskins' name is a reflection of the team's legacy and history and why sports teams should shed Indian nicknames.
The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frances Henry
Enakshi Dua
Carl E. James
Audrey Kobayashi
Peter Li
Howard Ramos
Malinda S. Smith
Examining Disproportionality in School Discipline Practices For Students With Aboriginal Status In Canada's Schools Implementing PBIS
Theses
Author/Creator
Sara Greflund
Description
School Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2013.
Examining Practice for Colonialism and Racism: A Self-Study of White-Centric Practices in Adult Education for Aboriginal Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Bobbi Smith
Description
Adult Education Thesis (MAdEd)--St. Francis Xavier University, 2013.
Examining the Climate for Aboriginal Mothers in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs): An Exploratory Qualitative Study About Views of Health Care Professionals
Theses
Author/Creator
Minette Marcotte
Description
Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2017.
Expectations among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada Regarding the Potential Impacts of a Government Apology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Bombay
Kimberly Matheson
Hymie Anisman
Political Psychology, vol. 34, no. 3, June 2013, pp. 443-460
Description
Study looks at unmet expectations of apology for improved quality of life, level of perceived discrimination, and intergroup trust.
Experiences of Discrimination among the Black and Indigenous Populations in Canada, 2019
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Adam Cotter
Juristat, vol. [42], no. [1], February 16, 2022
Description
Data from the 2019 General social Survey (GSS) on Canadian's Safety.
An Exploratory Study on How Structural Racism Influences Chronic Disease and Health and Wellness of First Nations in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Krista Stelkia
Description
Health Sciences Thesis (PhD) -- Simon Fraser University, 2022.
Exploring Prejudice Toward Aboriginal People: Interviews With White Canadian University Students
Theses
Author/Creator
Melanie Brockman
Description
Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2013.
Expressions of Policy Effects: Hearing Memories of Indian Residential Schools
Alternate Title
Productive Remembering and Social Agency
Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Lyn Daniels
Description
Compares the treatment of Jewish people in the fictional story of Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald with children's experiences in residential schools in Canada, and Indian boarding schools in the United States.
Chapter from Productive Remembering and Social Agency edited by Teresa Strong-Wilson, Claudia Mitchell, Susann Allnutt, and Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan.
External Review: Tubal Ligation in the Saskatoon Health Region: The Lived Experience of Aboriginal Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yvonne Boyer
Judith Bartlett
Description
Report confirms allegations of coerced tubal ligations with consent being sought from Indigenous women during labour.
A Fair Country?: A Feminist and Postcolonial Reading of Canada's Colonial Encounter
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rachel Loewen Walker
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, 2013, pp. 117-131
Description
Examines John Ralston Saul's book A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada and declares that Canadian nationalism started in opposition to, and not in support of the Indigenous way of life.
Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bryan Newland
Fifth Anniversary of the National Apology to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: Report on the 2013 Micro-Grant Funding Round
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Healing Foundation
Description
Comments on the 132 events held to commemorate and celebrate the anniversary of the National Apology.
Finding TADODA:HÔ: An Autoethnography of Healing Historical Trauma
Theses
Author/Creator
Gloria Jean Thomas
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2013.
A First Nation Community's Perspectives of Tuberculosis
Theses
Author/Creator
Jessica Moffatt
Description
Experimental Medicine Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2013.
First Nations Child Welfare: Understanding Canada's Stance on Equitable Funding
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Melissa Jackson
Description
Integrated Studies Project Essay (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2013.
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Flooding in Kashechewan First Nation: Is it an Environmental Justice Issue?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arshi Shaikh
Carol Kauppi
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 105-130
Description
Examines the reoccurring flooding in Kashechewan as a case study; finds that the repeated flooding and the corresponding damage to housing and community resources is a result of colonial practices, disregard for traditional knowledge, and forced relocations of First Nations people to flood zones.
The Food Police: The White Possessive Securitization of Winnipeg Food Spaces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Merissa Maborn
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 10, no. 1, 2022, pp. 33-62
Description
A discussion on the impact of municipal policies and the policing of food on Indigenous communities in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Forgotten War
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jonathan Richards
Aboriginal History, vol. 37, 2013, pp. 155-156
Description
Book review of: Forgotten War by Henry Reynolds.
Scroll down to page 155 to read review.
Framing the Past
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Colin Reid
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 1, February/March 2017, p. 8
Description
Editor's introductory article to issue comments on the exploitation of Indigenous peoples in the late 1800s by photographers looking to capture, "cowboys and Indians".