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".
Guilty by Design: A Critical Race Analysis of the Over-Incarceration of Indigenous Peoples in an Era of Reconciliation
Theses
Author/Creator
Karlie Gurski
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2017.
Healing Racism in Canadian Health Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yvonne Boyer
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 46, November 20, 2017, pp. e1408-e1409
Description
Highlights Saskatoon Health Region's external review into allegations of Indigenous women being coerced into having tubal ligations, and the interim report on the death of Brian Sinclair, who was ignored for 34 hours in a Winnipeg hospital's emergency department.
The Highway of Tears
Alternate Title
VPRO Documentary
[Where Women Go Missing in Canada]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Emy Koopman
VPRO
Description
Documentary about the dozens of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls who have disappeared on the stretch of highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Focuses on the family of Ramona Lisa Wilson, whose murder remains unsolved after twenty-five years.
Duration: 50:10.
Homeless & Street-Involved Indigenous LGBTQ2S Youth in British Columbia: Intersectionality, Challenges, Resilience & Cues for Action
Alternate Title
Where Am I Going to Go?: Intersectional Approaches to Ending LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness in Canada & the U.S.
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Saewyc
Brooke Mounsey
Jessica Tourand
Dana Brunanski
David Kirk … [et al.]
Description
Uses data collected as part of the 2014 BC Homeless & Street-Involved Youth Survey. Three types of analysis were done: descriptive data, compared Indigenous LGBTQ2S to their heterosexual Indigenous peers, and to non-Indigenous LGBTQ2S youth.
“I Thought You'd Call Her White Feather”: Native Women and Racial Microaggressions in Doctoral Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather J. Shotton
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 56, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 32-54
Description
Looks at the cross-cultural experiences of female Indigenous doctoral students in the United States.
Imperialism in a Wool Blanket? Aboriginal Iconography and Canadian Paper Monies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sandy Ross
Description
Compares depictions of First Nations peoples on paper monies from three time periods.
In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care [Full Report]
Alternate Title
Addressing Racism Review Full Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-Kwe)
Description
Reports findings of an independent review initiated to investigate allegations of a "Price is Right" game played by emergency department health care workers (guessing blood alcohol levels of Indigenous patients) and whether the game or other forms of racism were being experienced by Indigenous peoples; makes specific recommendations for addressing systemic prejudice, discrimination and lack of cultural safety.
Related Material: Summary Report.
In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and
Discrimination in B.C. Health Care [Summary Report]
Alternate Title
Addressing Racism Review Summary Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-Kwe)
Description
Summarizes findings of an independent review initiated to investigate allegations of a "Price is Right" game played by emergency department health care workers (guessing blood alcohol levels of Indigenous patients) and whether the game or other forms of racism were being experienced by Indigenous peoples; makes specific recommendations for addressing systemic prejudice, discrimination and lack of cultural safety.
Related Material: Full Report.
In Search of the Truth: Uncovering Nursing’s Involvement in Colonial Harms and Assimilative Policies Five Years Post Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paisly Michele Symenuk
Dawn Tisdale
Danielle H. Bourque Bearskin
Tessa Munro
Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, vol. 2, no. 1, Special Issue: Nīpawīstimatowin -“bearing witness for one another”, 2020, pp. 84-96
Description
A discussion of lack of results in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action to assess the profession's complicity in colonization practices and its impact on Indigenous women, followed by exploration of two potential barriers to the work.
“In the Best Interest of the Indians”: An Ethnohistory of the Canadian Department of Indian Affairs, 1897-1913
Theses
Author/Creator
David Vogt
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Victoria, 2020.
The Inconvenient Indian
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Michelle Latimer
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
90th Parallel Productions
Stewart Henderson
Justine Pimlott ... [et al.]
Description
Documentary inspired by the non-fiction book of the same name by Thomas King explores historical attitudes and efforts to colonize Indigenous peoples and contemporary expressions of resistance.
Duration: 1h, 29 min.
Indian School, Company Town: Outing Students from Sherman Institute at Fontana Farms Company, 1907-1930
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Whalen
Pacific Historical Review, vol. 86, no. 2, May 2017, pp. 290-321
Description
Argues that while school officials regarded the practice of placing male students as farm labourers during the summer months as a method of assimilation, many used their employment to serve their own purposes.
Indigenous Feminist Theory and Embodied Settler Colonialism
Alternate Title
Indigenous Feminist Gikendaasowin (Knowledge)
E-Books » Chapters
Description
Chapter from Indigenous Feminist Gikendaasowin (Knowledge) by Tricia McGuire-Adams. Focuses on the use of stories and knowledge from Indigenous Elders to both heal and disrupt embodied settler colonialism for Indigenous women.
Indigenous People, Mental Health, Cognitive Disability and the Criminal Justice System
Alternate Title
Research Brief (Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse) ; no. 22
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ruth McCausland
Elizabeth McEntyre
Eileen Baldry
Description
Looks at reasons for over-representation of Indigenous people in the criminal system.
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Young Minds Tutoring
Description
Series of 24 audio files that the discuss individual chapters in the book of the same name adapted by Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza from the adult version written by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
Indigenous Student Experiences with Racism in Winnipeg
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacqueline T. Romanow
Indigenous Women and Sexual Assault in Canada
Alternate Title
Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women's Activism
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tracey Lindberg
Priscilla Campeau
Maria Campbell
Description
Examines four prominent cases involving sexual violence perpetrated against Indigenous women and girls by white men to demonstrate how the Canadian legal system has failed both to protect Indigenous women and to properly punish those responsible.
The four cases are: R v Edmondson, R v Jordan, R v Ramsay, and R v Ramsay.
Chapter from Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women's Activism edited by Elizabeth A. Sheehy.
Initial Brief of the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) / Cree Nation Government to the Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Quebec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)
Cree Nation Government
Description
Commission came about due to numerous allegations of police misconduct towards Indigenous women in Val d'Or, Quebec. Its mandate is to investigate causes of systemic discrimination in the provision of police, correctional, justice, health and social services.
Intergenerational Imprisonment: Resistance and Resilience in Indigenous Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Mussell
Journal of Law and Social Policy, vol. 33, 2020, pp. 15-37
Description
An analysis on how the imprisonment of Indigenous women has been another tool for removing Indigenous people from their communities and its rippling effects throughout Indigenous history.
Interviews with American Indian and Alaska Native People Who Inject Drugs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Leston
Carolyn Crisp
Murilynn Crystal Lee
Elizabeth Rink
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 27, no. 1, 2020, pp. 64-85
Description
Seven themes emerged which described structural, social, and geographical barriers that affected access to health services and therefore increased risk-taking behaviours.
Lateral Violence within the Aboriginal Community in Adelaide, South Australia: From Dilemmas to Strategies
Theses
Author/Creator
Yvonne Clark
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, 2017.
Lawful Subversion of the Criminal Justice Process? Judicial, Prosecutorial, and Police Discretion in Edmondson, Kindrat, and Brown
Alternate Title
Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women's Activism
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Lucinda Vandervort
Description
Examines the case in which three non-Aboriginal men were accused of sexually assaulting a twelve-year-old Aboriginal girl.
Chapter from Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women's Activism edited by Elizabeth A. Sheehy.
[Letter about discriminatory City of Montreal policies involving homeless Indigenous people]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nakuset
Rachael Deutsch
Véronique Picard
Description
Argues that several bylaws should be removed because they represent social and racial profiling, and are overly and wrongfully used, affecting the well-being of a venerable population..
A Library Matter of Genocide: The Library of Congress and the Historiography of the Native American Holocaust
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Q. Dudley
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-30
Description
Analyzes books in OCLC Worldcat with Library of Congress subject heading "Indians of North America", with keywords genocide, holocaust or extermination.
Lost and Forgotten: Sex Workers on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jori Dusome
INvoke , vol. 6, Gangs, Violence Against Women, and Medicine, 2020, pp. [4-13]
Description
Discussion of how media coverage, which depicted Robert Pickton as a single deranged perpetrator, failed to place the crimes in the broader social context which leads to the violent victimization of women.
Manufacturing Ideologies of the “Bad” Mother: Aboriginal Mothering, “Neglectful” Caregiving, and Symbolic Violence in the Ontario Child Welfare System
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Mandi Veenstra
Marlee Keenan
Description
Argues that expectations of white, Eurocentric, and middle class versions of mothering, combined with the state's role in producing conditions of material and social marginalization and inequality have resulted in structural risk factors for "neglect" and normalization of Aboriginal child apprehensions.
Entire book on one pdf. Scroll to p. 48.
Chapter from Bad Mothers: Regulations, Representations, and Resistance edited by Michelle Hughes Miller, Tamar Hager, and Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich.
Marie Baldwin, Racism, and the Society of American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tadeusz Lewandowski
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 1, 2020, pp. 35-52
Description
A response to Cathleen Cahill's article Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin: Indigenizing the Federal Indian Service regarding Baldwin's departure from the Society of American Indians and her campaign to exclude African-Americans from employment in the Indian Service.
Medicine Unbundled: A Journey through the Minefields of Indigenous Health Care
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gary Geddes
Medicine Unbundled: A Journey through the Minefields of Indigenous Health Care
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 4, August-September 2017, pp. 54-55
Description
Book review of Medicine Unbundled by Gary Geddes.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada: Gender, Indigeneity, and Genocide
Alternate Title
MMIWG in Canada: Gender, Indigeneity, and Genocide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Justine Berezintsev
Katherine James
Laurel Rush
Gabrielle Vallières
Description
Looks at how the intersection of marginalized identities led the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Women and Girls to conclude that the this femicide was part of the larger act of genocide.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal: Towards a Meaningful Collaboration
between the SPVM and Indigenous Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dominique Bernier
Doris Farget
Mirja Trilsch
Description
Reports on the results of interviews with Service de police de la ville de Montréal (SPVM) and community workers about the police force's response to the crisis. Includes discussion of the current situation and challenges to collaboration, and recommendations for developing a better a relationship.
Summary Report.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force: A Report to the Minnesota Legislature
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nicole Martin Rogers
Virginia Pendleton
Mobilising across Colour Lines: Intimate Encounters between Aboriginal Women and African American and Other Allied Servicemen on the World War II Australian Home Front
Alternate Title
Mobilising Across Color Lines:
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Hughes
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 47-70
Description
Article examines oral histories and archival content to reveal the lived experiences of Aboriginal women in Australia who formed relationships with the allied service men stationed there during WWII. Discusses how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and African American, Native American and other servicemen of colour were often drawn together in the face of shared experiences of colonial discrimination and oppression.
Moving Beyond Description: Closing the Health Equity Gap by Redressing Racism Impacting Indigenous Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annette J. Browne
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 184, July 2017, pp. 23-26
Description
Discusses the significantly higher morbidity and mortality rates for Indigenous populations compared to those of non-Indigenous.
The Murder of Melaityappa and How Judge Mann Succeeded in Making ‘the administration of justice palatable’ to South Australian Colonists in 1849
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Skye Krichauf
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, no. 1, December 2017, pp. 23-45
Description
Uses the prosecution of Henry Valette Jones and Henry Thomas Morris for the murder of an Aboriginal man to illustrate the shortcomings of the colonial legal system in Australian when it came to prosecuting settlers for violence towards Indigenous peoples.
Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in Canada and Governmental Response
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kiera E. Royle
Description
Contends that despite an inquiry now in process, governmental response is low to this serious problem facing the Canadian population.
Native American Racism in the Age of Donald Trump: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Alternate Title
Palgrave Pivot
E-Books
Author/Creator
Darren R. Reid
Neither Citizen Nor Nation: Urban Aboriginal (In)Visibility and Co-Production in a Small Southern Alberta City
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yale D. Belanger
Katherine A. Dekruyf
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-28
Description
Article examines some of the barriers to the engagement and participation of urban Indigenous communities in municipal policy-making. Author asserts that racial and cultural stereotyping and discrimination against Aboriginal peoples and communities are key issues.
“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.
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up [Shorter Version]
Alternate Title
A young Cree man's death raised disturbing questions of racism in our legal system
CBC Docs POV
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tasha Hubbard
Bonnie Thompson
Jon Montes
George Hupka
Downstream Documentary Productions Inc.
National Film Board of Canada [NFB]
Description
A shorter version of the documentary examining the impact on Indigenous-white relations from the trail and acquittal of Gerald Stanley's regarding the fatal shooting of Cree man Colton Boushie.
Duration: 44:03
Related Material:
Full Version
Other Picture Boards in Van Diemen’s Land: The Recovery of Lost Illustrations Of Frontier Violence and Relationships
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas Dean Brodie
Kristyn Harman
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 3-21
Description
Article examines textual descriptions from the letters and journals of Australian settlers of painted story boards depicting colonially prescribed behaviors and threatened consequences for not conforming. The journals and letters also describe how these picture boards were installed in various wilderness locations where known to be frequented by Indigenous peoples.
Our Betrayed Wards: A Story of "Chicanery, Infidelity and the Prostitution of Trust"
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R. N. Wilson
Chris Willmore
Description
Originally published in 1921. This version transcribed, curated and with additions. The author was the Indian Agent for the "Blood and Peigan" Indians from 1898 to 1911.
Our Health Counts Thunder Bay Factsheets
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Michael Rotondi]
[Stephanie McConkey]
[Michelle Firestone]
[Ramanpreet Brar]
[M. Hardy}
... [et.al]
Description
Survey conducted using Respondent-Driven Sampling resulted in 601 adult and 229 child surveys being completed. In addition to health questions respondents were asked about other topics such as culture, identity, housing, discrimination, and access to justice.
Our Stolen Grandmother: The Entanglement of Slavery and Colonization in Anna Lee Walters's Ghost Singer
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reid Gómez
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 70-90
Description
This literary criticism article examines the intersections and lasting consequences of settler colonialism and the chattel enslavement of African people on North American lands, cultures and identities in the context of the novel.
Out of Sight: A Summary of the Events Leading Up to Brian Sinclair's Death and the Inquest That Examined It and the Interim Recommendations of the Brian Sinclair Working Group
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Annette J. Browne
Emily Hill
Barry Lavalee
Josée Lavoie
Mary Jane Logan McCallum]
Description
Group formed to examine the role of racism in Sinclair's death and the subsequent inquest. The 45-year-old Aboriginal man died while awaiting treatment in the Health Sciences Centre Emergency Department. He had been in the department for 34 hours.
"People Try and Label Me as Someone I'm Not": The Social Ecology of Indigenous People Living with HIV, Stigma, and Discrimination in Manitoba, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roberta L. Woodgate
Melanie Zurba
Pauline Tennent
Carla Cochrane
Mike Payne
Javier Mignone
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 194, December 2017, pp. 17-24
Description
Based on study that looked at barriers such as access to supports and long and short-term health services.
Persistence of Colonial Prejudice and Policy in British Columbia's Indigenous Relations: Did the Spirit of Joseph Trutch Haunt Twentieth-Century Resource Development?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Abbott
BC Studies, no. 194, Summer, 2017, pp. 39-64
Description
Looks at how province's first lieutenant-governor's attitudes about the land question continued to exert influence during two periods: the years following entry into Confederation (1871 to 1876) and during the era of postwar hydroelectric development using case studies from 1951 to 1989.
Plain Talk 3: Impacts of Contact
Alternate Title
It's Our Time: First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Document reports on the effects of European contact driven by the Doctrine of Discovery which legitimized colonial power.