Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Health
Vancouver Coastal Health
Description
Goal is to help staff working in hospital settings to provide culturally responsive services grounded in values, practices, concepts and views of health common to Indigenous peoples the region.
Aboriginal Interventions Into the Photographic Archives: A Dialog Between Carol Payne and Jeffrey Thomas
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Payne
Jeffrey Thomas
Visual Resources, vol. 18, no. 2, Following the Archival Turn: Photography, the Museum, and the Archive, 2002, pp. 109-125
Description
Looks at dialogue between Iroquoian artist/curator and photography historian.
Aboriginal Literacy and Learning: Annotated Bibliography & Native Languages Reference Materials
E-Books
Anishinaabemowin Climate Change Glossary
Alternate Title
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Divided into the four seasons with Ojibwe terminology, impacts and stories, and discussion notes and anecdotes associated with each.
Forms part of the Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities.
Artists with Their Work - Ruth Cuthand. - Program. - 1990.
Documents & Presentations
Description
From program: "Ruth Cuthand's art...involves painting herself and her people into their own cultural tradition. Like a storyteller, she brings the tradition to life, and in the process revitalizes it." Exhibit curated by Cindy Richmond.
Historical note:
Ruth Cuthand was born in Prince Albert, SK in 1954 and grew up near the Blood Reserve in Alberta. Her heritage is Plains Cree and Scots/Irish. Her Aboriginal culture and memories of her childhood experiences are often the inspiration for her art-making practice.B.C. Aboriginals Healthier, Study Says
Articles » General
Globe and Mail, October 29, 2002, p. [?]
Description
Provincial report compiled over two years found significant improvements, but Aboriginal leaders still not impressed.
BC Aboriginal Child Care Society
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
BC Aboriginal Child Care Society
Description
Website contains links to training workshops, a lending library, rotating curriculum boxes, a traveling child care advisor, annual conferences, and newsletters for Aboriginal early childhood programs.
Bibliography [from "A Very Remarkable Sickness": Epidemics in the Petit Nord, 1670 to 1846]
Alternate Title
[A Very Remarkable Sickness: Epidemics in the Petit Nord, 1670 to 1846]
[Manitoba Studies in Native History ; 14]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Paul Hacket]
Description
From "A Very Remarkable Sickness": Epidemics in the Petit Nord, 1670 to 1846 by Paul Hacket.
A Bibliography of Ethnobotany for North American North of Mexico to 1980
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Richard H. Zander
Description
List of publications pre-1980.
Bibliography of Health Issues Affecting North American Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts, 1950-1988
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mitchell V. Owens
Description
Bibliography is divided into five categories: Social and cross cultural aspects of health and disease, Health, health education, and health care delivery, Genetics and metabolism, Infectious diseases, and Noninfectious/Chronic health problems.
A Bibliography on Indigenous Peoples and the History of the Atlantic Region
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Acadiensis, vol. 49, no. 2, Autumn, 2020, pp. 223-264
Bibliography [Project for the Protection and Repatriation of First Nation Cultural Heritage in Canada]
Documents & Presentations
Description
Organized by articles, conference papers, organizations' publications, and information on legislation and case law. International in scope.
Revised version.
Bill C-92 Compliance Guide for Social Workers and Service Providers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Koren Lightning-Earle
Hadley Friedland]
Description
Bill C-92: : An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families which came into force on January 1, 2020, established national minimum standards for Child and Family Service provision to Indigenous children and families.
Book Review: Negotiating with Resource Developers: A Handbook for Aboriginal Organisations and Communities
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Martin Mowbray
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 45, August 1990, p. 36
Description
Book review of: Negotiating with Resource Developers: A Handbook for Aboriginal Organisations and Communities by Alan Tegg.
Books to Avoid
Alternate Title
How to Tell the Difference - A Guide
Oyate Criteria for Evaluating Books
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Oyate
Description
List compiled by an organization named Oyate, which provides 'critical evaluation of books and curricula with Indian themes.' Includes explanation of why particular material is considered inappropriate.
Canada: Inuit Identity Population by 2001 Census Subdivision
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Geography Division
Statistics Canada
Description
Map.
Canada: Métis Identity Population by 2001 Census Subdivision
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Geography Division
Statistics Canada
Description
Map.
Canada: Native Peoples, 1823
Alternate Title
The National Atlas of Canada 5th Edition
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Atlas Information Service
Geographical Services Division
Canada Centre for Mapping
Energy
Mines and Natural Resources Canada
Description
Distribution of the Indigenous population of Canada and northern United States with groups shown by size, name and linguistic family. Also shows approximate extent of areas unknown, imperfectly known and well known to census takers.
Canada: North American Indian Identity Population by 2001 Census Subdivision
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Geography Division
Statistics Canada
Description
Map.
Canada's Aboriginal Peoples and Intersecting Identity Markers: Research and Policy Implications for Multiculturalism
Alternate Title
Intersections of Diversity
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sandra Lambertus
Description
Literature review of works that encompass identity and how it intersects with economic and social issues. Also discusses concerns and recommendations for future policy research and development in the context of Indigenous peoples.
Canada: Total Aboriginal Identity Population by 2001 Census Subdivision
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Geography Division
Statistics Canada
Description
Map.
Canadian Indian Treaties: A Bibliography
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Caron Rollins
Canadian Law Libraries, vol. 15, no. 2, April 1990, pp. 68-72
Description
Includes treaties and land claims, secondary sources, sources of case law digests, legal periodical indexes and computer databases up to 1990.
Cartographic Review of Indian Land Tenure and Territoriality: A Schematic Approach
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Imre Sutton
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, 2002, pp. 63-114
Description
Comments on the large number of individual government reports that contain useful maps depicting Native American lands. The article also points out that because no one has sorted, classified, or indexed the many maps that come before the Indian Claims Commission and the Federal Claims Court (formerly the Court of Claims), treaty translation and wording are made more difficult.
Choosing and Using Indigenous Film Resources
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Julie Ship
Description
Contains links to lists of: film for screening; production/media; film festivals; curricular supports; projects/others and check list for assessing films.
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Guidebooks for Indigenous Communities: Guidebook 1: Starting the Planning Process
Alternate Title
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Guidebooks for Indigenous Communities
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Guidebooks for Indigenous Communities:Annexes
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities
Guidebook 2: Climate Change Impacts in the Community
Guidebook 3: Identifying Community Sustainability and Climate Change Vulnerabilities
Guidebook 4: Identifying Solutions
Guidebook 5: Taking Adaptive Action
Guidebook 6: Monitoring Progress and Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Forms part of the Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities. Guidebook 2: Climate Change Impacts in the Community.
Guidebook 3: Identifying Community Sustainability and Climate Change Vulnerabilities.
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities: Introduction
Alternate Title
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities: Guidance Book
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities: Guidance Book Appendices
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities: [Guidebook] Annexes
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Discusses the various components of the toolkit: Anishinaabemowin Climate Change Glossary, Ininímowin Climate Change Glossary, Indigenous Languages Glossary Workbook, guidance book, and six guidebooks.
Close to Home: An Indigenist Project of Story Gathering
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen E. Absolon
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 9, no. 1, Indigenous Research Methodologies, 2020
Description
Author uses the example of collecting stories from her mother over a period of three years to describe an Indigenous methodology for research that is rooted in relationality, seasonal progressions, and wholistic worldviews and that focuses on research through memory and story-telling.
Colonialsim, Archives and Yukon First Nations: A Guide to Public Records in Yukon Archives Documenting the History Colonization in Yukon
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yukon Archives
Description
Guide developed in anticipation of request from National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls to identify relevant records with a focus on material created by the Yukon government. Divided into five thematic sections: early colonization, education, justice, health and social programs and intergovernmental relationships.
Community Language Planning Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Indigenous Cultural Centre (SICC)
Business History Review, Vol. 60, Spring 1986, pp. 151-154
Description
2nd edition.
A Comparison of Selection Tool Sources For Developing Collections of Books About American Indians: General and Specialized Tools
Theses
Author/Creator
Naomi R. Caldwell
Description
Library and Information Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pittsburgh, 2002.
Compendium des codes de citoyenneté = [Compendium of Citizenship Codes]
E-Books
Description
Introduction and table of contents in French, documents in English.
Compendium of Research Undertaken in Nunavut 2002
Alternate Title
Nunavut Research Compendium, 2002
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Research Institute
Description
Lists title, location of research, principal investigator, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: health related, physical science, social science and traditional knowledge
Correlates of Perceptions of Bullying at School among First Nations Youth Living Off Reserve
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rubah G. Arim
Evelyn Bougie
Dafna E. Kohen
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, 03 10, 2020, pp. 3-32
Description
Using a distinction-based approach, from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, to identify the relationship between schools, academics, and health in regards to perceived bullying for high school students in Canada.
COVID-19 Information for First Nations in Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anita E. Konczi
Description
Contains general information on the virus, myth busters, and discussion of risk factors based on statistics from the Regional Health Survey (RHS) 3.
Creating Methodological Space: A Literature Review of Kaupapa Maori Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonie Pihama
Fiona Cram
Sheila Walker
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 26, no. 1, Exemplary Indigenous Education, 2002, pp. 30-43
Description
Overview of initiatives undertaken to ensure Maori control of how their children are educated.
Cree: Words/nêhiýawêwin:itwêwina
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Keren Rice
Prairie Forum, vol. 27, no. 2, Fall, 2002, pp. 265-268
Description
Book review of: Cree Words compiled by Arok Wolvengrey.
Crime Prevention for Aboriginal Communities
Alternate Title
Crime Prevention Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kayleen M. Hazlehurst
D'Arcy McNickle: An Annotated Bibliography of His Published Articles and Book Reviews in a Biographical Context
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothy R. Parker
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. 55-75
Description
Overview of McNickle's life (1904-1977) and his contributions to the field of cultural anthropology.
Decolonizing Description: First Steps to Cataloguing with Indigenous Syllabics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Luc Fagnan
Pathfinder: A Canadian Journal for Information Science Students and Early Career Professionals, vol. 1, no. 1, Proceedings of the 2020 Forum for Information Professionals: There and Back Again: Resilience and Li, March 27, 2020
Description
Author examines some of the projects currently under way in libraries which respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Calls to Action; discusses possible first steps for cataloguers to add Indigenous Syllabics to records for Cree and Inuit Materials.
Dene Medicine: An On-the-Land Healing Resource for Dene Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dene Nation
Description
Lists uses, location, harvesting, medicinal properties, preparation, and Elder's teachings for each plant.
Disrupting Literature: Facilitating Indigenous Book Clubs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deniz Ozgan
Emily Kroeker
Pathfinder: A Canadian Journal for Information Science Students and Early Career Professionals, vol. 1, no. 1, Proceedings of the 2020 Forum for Information Professionals: There and Back Again: Resilience and Li, March 27, 2020
Description
Authors discuss subverting the historically mainstream and assimilative culture of book clubs through preparatory research and community collaboration in order to create a space for engaging with Indigenous literatures.
Does the Indian Act Influence the Income and Education Outcomes of Manitoban Urban Indian People?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosa E. Sanchez G.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, 03 10, 2020, pp. 33-67
Description
Uses information from the 2011 National Household Survey to assess whether being being an off-reserve Status vs. non-Status Indian affects educational attainment and employment earnings.
English-Lakota Dictionary
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Willem J. De Reuse
International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 68, no. 4, October 2002, pp. 488-491
Description
Book review of: English-Lakota Dictionary by Bruce Ingham.
Ensuring the Safety and Well-Being of Inuit Women in the Resource Extraction Industry: A Literature Review
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Description
Entanglements of Digital Technologies and Indigenous Language Work in the Northern Territory
Theses
Author/Creator
Catherine Bow
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Charles Darwin University and Australian National University, 2020.
Finding Our Way: A Sexual and Reproductive Health Sourcebook for Aboriginal Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bernice Downey
Kevin Armstrong
Gail Lindsay
Darliea Dorey
Linda Capperauld ... [et al.]
Finding Our Way: Sexual and Reproductive Health for Aboriginal Communities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada
Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada
Ontario Health Promotion E-Bulletin, vol. 2002, no. 279, 2002, p. [?]
Description
Brief outline of information about sexual and reproductive health in a cultural context, including suggestions for working with Aboriginal clients in various settings.
First Languages, Law and Governance Guide: A Guide for Indigenous Language Centres to Assist Them in Managing the Legal and Governance Challenges of Working on Indigenous Language Projects
E-Books
Author/Creator
Terri Yanke
Laura Curtis
Ruby Langton-Batty
First Nation Schools Reopening Considerations and Template: Draft
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee
First Nations Schools Association
Description
Developed in response to COVID-19. Although designed for application in British Columbia, most information could be adapted for other jurisdictions. Includes a selection of health and safety considerations divided by topic area (e.g. classrooms, hand hygiene, school gathering, etc.), planning template, list of possible provisions to be included in development of a plan, and school reopening considerations checklist.
First Nations and Inuit Home and Community Care Program: Evaluation Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Community Health Programs Directorate
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
Health Canada