Alternate Title
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
For use with the Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities.
Indigenous Librarians: Knowledge Keepers in the 21st Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah Lee
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 175-199
Description
Looks at barriers preventing Indigenous people from entering the field and offers solutions. Author shares responses to questionnaires issued to Indigenous librarians across Canada.
Indigenous Peoples and Canada: Language, History, Survival, and Resilience: An EAL Resource for CLB 5+
Alternate Title
Indigenous Peoples and Canada: Language, History, Survival, and Resilience: An English as an Additional Language Canadian Language Benchmark 5+
E-Books
Author/Creator
BC TEAL
Description
Designed for teachers of English as a Second Language.
Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Constitutions Assessment Tool
E-Books
Author/Creator
Amanda Cats-Baril
Indigenous Recruitment and Retention: Ideas and Best Practices from a Literature Review of Academic and Organizational Sources: Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marika Morris
Description
Findings divided into five sections: preparing the workforce for Indigenous recruitment and retention; partnerships for recruitment and retention; existing Indigenous employees as assets for recruitment and retention; workplace transformation; and Nunavut Inuit Employment Strategy. Includes annotated bibliography.
Indigenous Services
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
State Library New South Wales
Description
Offers advice on Indigenous matters and protocols related to the libraries collection.
Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs in Canada: Summary of Literature Review
Alternate Title
Indigenous Women Entrepreneurship Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helen Bobiwash
Description
Includes resource guides and research reports on women, Indigenous women, and Indigenous entrepreneurship.
Related material: Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs: Valuable Investments in Their Businesses, Families and Communities.
Summary of National Survey Findings.
Ininímowin Climate Change Glossary
Alternate Title
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Discusses the importance of land, changes to medicine and plants; water, ice, and travel; wildlife; and reconnecting with the land. Gives a list Cree words associated with each topic. Forms part of the Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities.
Integrated Care with Indigenous Populations: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa E. Lewis
Laurelle L. Myhra
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 88-110
Description
Search was conducted using Medline, ERIC, and PsychInfo databases to identify studies of interventions which could have a positive effect on health care delivery and health-related outcomes.
Killing the Indian in the Child: Materialities of Death and Political Formations of Life in the Canadian Indian Residential School System
Theses
Author/Creator
Bryanne Huston Young
Description
Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2017.
Know Your Status: A Tool Kit for HIV Programs in Saskatchewan First Nations
Alternate Title
Know Your Status: A Toolkit for HIV Programs in Saskatchewan First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatoon Tribal Council Health & Family Services?]
Description
Brief discussion of community engagement and readiness, education, harm reduction, testing, treatment, client support and case management, and surveillance.
Language and Terminology Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Australians Together
Description
Focus is the Australian context.
Version 1.3.
Layers of a Letter: Lakota History, Language, and Voices in the Archive
Articles
Author/Creator
Claire Thomson
Prairie History, vol. 3, Fall, 2020, pp. 82-85
Description
A personal reflection of finding Indigenous voices within archival records.
Lingít Yoo X̲ʼatángi Beginning Tlingit Workbook
E-Books
Author/Creator
X̲ʼunei Lance Twitchell
A Literature Review Prepared for Native Women's Association of Canada: A Highlight of the Pathways (and Barriers) to Stable, Culturally Appropriate Housing Experienced by Indigenous 2SLGBTQQIA
Alternate Title
A Highlight of the Pathways (and Barriers) to Stable, Culturally Appropriate Housing Experienced by Indigenous 2SLGBTQQIA
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keri Cheechoo
Description
Brief discussion of push and pull factors which contribute to mobility, transitions in and out homelessness, health concerns, and experiences accessing women-specific services. Concludes with recommendations.
LTSS Research: Cognitive Assessment Tools
Alternate Title
Best Practices: Cognitive Assessment Tools
Long Term Services and Support Research: Cognitive Assessment Tools
Long Term Services and Support Research: Cognitive Assessments: Literature Review
LTSS Research: Cognitive Assessments: Literature Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of Health & Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Description
Discusses cultural considerations when testing Indigenous patients suffering from dementia and gives brief descriptions of six commonly used tests.
Related Material:
LTSS Research: Cognitive Assessments: Literature Review.
Making the Coming Home Map
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret W. Pearce
Stephen J. Hornsby
Cartographica, vol. 55, no. 3, Fall, 2020, pp. 170-176
Description
Describes the process of creating the map Coming Home to Indigenous Place Names in Canada.
Mentoring Tools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
anpBC
Description
Provides information for Indigenous service organizations wishing to develop a mentoring strategy, including: deciding upon guiding principles and values, applications for mentoring and mentors, contracts to work together, joint obligations, expectations, and conflict resolution.
Mentorship & Professional Development in the Aboriginal Non-profit Sector
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
anpBC
Description
Presents findings and recommendations resulting from six regional Sharing Circles, 23 key informant interviews, survey of 81 respondents, and a focused literature review.
Métis Housing in Canada: A Literature Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Judy Hughes
Description
Encompasses provincial and territorial organizations, Métis National Council affiliates, government websites, articles, mainstream search engines and previous research done by the Native Women's Association of Canada.
Métis-specific Bibliography for the BCcampus Indigenization Project
Alternate Title
BCcampus Indigenization Project
[Indigenization Project: Process Documents and Resources]
Documents & Presentations
Description
Brief list of resources divided into four sections: kinship, land relations, tools and impacts of colonization, calls to action.
Michif Language Research, Literature Review, Teaching Resources and Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
David Morin
Description
List includes peer-reviewed and grey literature, on-line resources, oral histories, language videos, audio tapes, and CDs.
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
Alternate Title
Anishinaabe / Chippewa / Ojibwe Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses, children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Includes articles, papers, books, theses, and learning resources for children.
Revised edition.
Michif Work Book = Cahier d'exercice: A Guide to the Métis Language = Un Guide pour la langue Métisse
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis Nation of Ontario = Nation Métisse de l'Ontario
Description
Simple vocabulary such as animals, body, colours, etc. in Michif, French and English, as well as some conversational phrases and exercises.
Videos for Pronunciation.
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and the Pursuit of Archival Decolonization
Theses
Author/Creator
Jesse Boiteau
Description
History (Archival Studies) Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba / University of Winnipeg, 2017.
National Guidelines: Indigenous Cultural Experiences
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada
Description
Created to assist in developing and delivering a market and export ready authentic product. Contains general information, checklists, best practices, self-assessment and case study of Great Spirit Circle Trail.
National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards User Guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
E-Books
Author/Creator
Wardliparingga Aboriginal Research Unit
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
Nationwide Stocktake of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Resources
E-Books
Author/Creator
Cultural and Indigenous Research Centre Australia (CIRCA)
Native American Almanac: More Than 5,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous People
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cameron Shriver
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 242-243
Description
Book review of: Native American Almanac by Yvonne Wakim Dennis, Arlene Hirschfelder, and Shannon Rothenberger Flynn.
Native American Identity: A Review of Twenty-first Century Research
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bridgett G. Giordmaina
Carolee Dodge Francis
Description
Search of EBSCO Host, JSTOR, and Web of Science for peer-reviewed social research articles published from 1990 to 2016 yielded 86 results.
[Native Education Resource LIst]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Education and Aboriginal Services
SD #78 (Fraser-Cascade)
Description
Extensive list of storybooks and novels, colour-coded for grade level and annotated.
New Resources on Indigenous Knowledge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 78-83
Description
Bibliography of new publications on Indigenous knowledge.
Nyungar of Southwestern Australia and Flinders: A Dialogue on Using Nyungar Intelligence to Better Understand Coastal Exploration
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Len Collard
Clint Bracknell
David Palmer
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-16
Description
Authors revisit archival records relating to the exploration of what is now Western Australia, with a focus on drawing out the places where the record shows the role of the Nyungar people in the exploration of the coast, and the Indigenous Knowledge share with explorers.
Of Linguicide and Resistance: Children and English Instruction in Nineteenth-Century Indian Boarding Schools in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Griffin
Paedagogica Historica, vol. 53, no. 6, 2017, pp. 763-782
Description
Examines government documents and school newspapers to explore sanctions against the use of their Indigenous languages by residential school students.
Of the Heart: Scoping Review of Indigenous Youth Suicide and Prevention
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rita Henderson
Lindsay Crowshoe
Brittany Johnson
Naomi Parker
Stephanie Perrin ... [et al.]
Description
Sources of data: Indigenous advisors, academic and grey literature review, and environmental scan. Includes information on general context, promising practices, and knowledge gaps around service provision.
Offering our Gifts, Partnering for Change: Decolonizing Experimentation in Winnipeg-based Settler Archives
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Story
Description
History-Archival Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
One Flea-Bitten Gray Horse: Women, Horses, and Economy on the Yakama Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clifford E. Trafzer
T. Robert Przeklasa
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 5-29
Description
Authors use bills of sale for horses from 1909-12 as primary documents to explore the roles women on the Yakima reservation played in their nation’s economy and their resistance to conforming to Western or Christian gender roles.
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.
Pandemic Experiences and Impacts of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Indigenous Communities: Preliminary Knowledge Synthesis
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alanaise Goodwill
Jeannie Morgan
Corinne Mckay
Description
Looks at previous experiences of contagious disease, impact of social determinants of health, gendered experiences of mental health, effect of physical distancing and quarantine, and existing MHSU (Mental Health and Substance Use Services) and how they might inform COVID-19 health services.
Related material: Executive Lay Summary Report: Knowledge Synthesis: COVID-19 in Mental Health and Substance Use.
Plain Talk 24: Practical Guidelines for Writing Proposals
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 24
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations
Description
Offers practical suggestions on how to craft a suitable grant proposal for obtaining funding.
Plain Talk 7: First Nations Historical Timelines and Maps
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 7
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Document presents links to several timelines involving key dates, geography, residential schools, as well as First Nation profiles and map.
Practical Guide to Inclusive and Rights-Based Responses to COVID-19 in the Americas
E-Books
Author/Creator
Secretariat for Access to Rights and Equity
Department of Social Inclusion
Organization of American States (GS/OAS)
Promoting Indigenous Youth Recruitment and Retention in Aboriginal Non-Profit Organizations: A Handbook
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
anpBC
Description
Developed as part of the Aboriginal Nonprofit (ANP) BC Strategy to assist service organizations in developing human resource capacity and creating workforce supports.
Protect and Promote Your Culture: A Practical Guide to Intellectual Property for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Begoña Venero Aguirre
Hai-Yuean Tualima
Description
Discusses key features of intellectual property protection, copyright, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial designs, protection against unfair competition, and trade secrets. Includes examples from various countries around the world.
Rapua te Aronga-a-Hine: The Māori Midwifery Workforce in Aotearoa: A Literature Review
E-Books
Author/Creator
Hope Tupara
Megan Tahere
Reading List 2020
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Feminist Collective
Description
Compiled by researchers from the University of Alberta.
Recognizing Indigenous Legal Orders: Their Content, Embeddedness in Distinct Indigenous Cultures, and Implications for Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Indigenous Legal Orders in Canada: A Literature Review
Law Publications (Western University) ; 92
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Coyle
Description
Literature review primarily uses book chapters, journal articles, and internet sources.
Red River Women: A Memorial for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG2S) Alongside Winnipeg's Red River
Theses
Author/Creator
Desiree Theriault
Description
Practicum for Master of Landscape Architecture (M.A)-University of Manitoba, 2020.