Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
The Opinions of Ambulance Personnel Regarding Using a Heated Mattress for Patients Being Cared for in a Cold Climate - An Intervention Study in Ambulance Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonas Aléx
Tom Uppstu
Britt-Inger Saveman
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1379305
Description
Ambulance personnel from northern Sweden rate their experiences as being positive for patient comfort.
Our Identities as Civic Power
Alternate Title
2017 State of Native Youth Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
[Erik R. Stegman
Amber Richardson
Josie Raphaelito
Aaron Slater
Bettina Gonzalez]
Description
Reports on the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Online Roundtable Survey of Native American youth between the ages 18-24. Respondents were asked about their three top priorities, what they are doing to tackle their challenges, and some of the ways they are partnering with their community to build resilience.
Our National Competitiveness and Canada's Territories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Description
Discusses the adaptability of businesses in Canada's territories and the necessity of the federal and territorial governments to do the same.
Our Responsibility to the Seventh Generation: Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda Clarkson
Vern Morrissette
Gabriel Régallet
Description
Report highlights the value of Indigenous knowledge and argues for local control over development which affects communities.
Out in the Cold: The Legacy of Canada's Inuit Relocation Experiment in the Arctic
Alternate Title
IWGIA [International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs] ; document 71
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alan R. Marcus
Description
Examines the government's decision to move families to the High Arctic where they found conditions very different from their traditional territory, as well as its refusal to move them back at the of end two years as promised. Government claims it was done for humanitarian reasons, while others assert that it was carried out to establish sovereignty over the area.
Paddling Together: Co-Governance Models for Regional Cumulative Effects Management
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Clogg
Gavin Smith
Deborah Carlson
Hannah Askew
Description
Includes case studies of co-management models from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Florida.
Paper and Talk: A Manual for Reconstituting Materials in Australian Indigenous Languages from Historical Sources
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nick Thieberger
Jeanie Bell
Geraldine Triffitt
Tamsin Donaldson
Terry Crowley ... [et al.]
Parasitology as an Interpretive Tool in Archaeology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karl J. Reinhard
American Antiquity, vol. 57, no. 2, April 1992, pp. 231-245
Description
Discusses how the establishment of archaeoparasitological laboratories in the 1980's has led to a wide range of archaeological applications.
Pemmican Empire: Food, Trade, and the Last Bison Hunts in the North American Plains, 1780-1882
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Scott P. Stephen
BC Studies, no. 194, Summer, 2017, pp. 202-204
Description
Book review of Pemmican Empire by George Colpitts.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 202.
La perception du carcajou/glouton par les Inuit du Nord canadien: Du passé au present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
Piikani Ethnobotany: Traditional Plant Knowledge of the Piikani Peoples of the Northwestern Plains
Theses
Author/Creator
Sandra Leslie Peacock
Description
Archaeology Thesis (MA) -- University of Calgary, 1992
Plant Use Among the Métis Near Lac La Biche, Alberta: A Study of Tradition and Change
Theses
Author/Creator
Bernard Charles Johnston
Description
Geography Thesis (D.A.)--University of Northern Colorado, 1992.
Plants and Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Focuses on Yukon First Nations Traditional Knowledge.
Plants & Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Plants and Connection to Place
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yukon First Nations Curriculum Working Group
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Teacher's guide.
Power, Resistance and the Law in a British Columbia Land Title Trial
Theses
Author/Creator
Tim Solnick
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia,1992.
Practice-Based Interdisciplinary Approach and Environmental Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Kumar Datta
Environments, vol. 4, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-14
Description
Compares and contrasts scientific and practice-based approaches, discusses why a move from one to the other is important and how the change would impact future research and researchers.
Prehistoric Seal and Sea-Lion Butchering on the Southern Northwest Coast
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Lee Lyman
American Antiquity, vol. 57, no. 2, April 1992, pp. 246-261
Description
Butchering practices are revealed from seal skeletons.
Producing Predators: Wolves, Work, and Conquest in the
Northern Rockies
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sarah E. McFarland
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 289-291
Description
Book review of Producing Predators by Michael D. Wise.
Profiling the eNuk Program
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alexandra Sawatzky
Ashlee Cunsolo
Oliver Cook
Dan Gillis
Inez Shiwak ... [et al.]
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 2, Innovations in Community Health and Wellness, July 2017, pp. 18-22
Description
Looks at Inuit strategy for monitoring and responding to the impacts of environmental change on health and wellbeing in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut.
Qaqamiigux "to hunt for food and collect plants; subsistence": Head Start Traditional Foods Preschool Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Moses Dirks
Julia Sargent
Tracy Stewart
Suanne Unger
Description
Provides series of lessons and activities to teach nutritional value of local, traditional foods. Structured into six units according to animals and plants found in the region.
Qualitative Analysis of Oral Testimony: Information Retrieval and Data Management of Electronic Transcripts From the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Commanda
Seymour Hamilton
Canadian Review of Social Policy, no. 36, 1995, pp. 39-54
Description
Looks at the electronic and textual information system which contains 80,000 pages of verbatim hearing established by the Commission.
The Quest for Pasquatinow: An Aboriginal Gathering Centre in the Saskatchewan River Valley
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Meyer
Terry Gibson
Dale Russell
Prairie Forum, vol. 17, no. 2, Native Studies, Fall, 1992, pp. 201-223
Description
Examines the history, geography, archeology and ethnography related to the area known as Pasquatinow.
Racism, Nationalism, and Nostalgia in Cowboy Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Gray Sweeney
The Oxford Art Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, 1992, pp. 67-80
Description
Interprets cowboy art form from the western United States and suggests why these paintings continue to have loyal audiences for the past century.
Radiant Days: Writings by Enos Mills
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
William E. Fischer
[Weber Studies], vol. 12, no. 3, Native American Special Issue, Fall, 1995, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: Radiant Days: Writings by Enos Mills edited by John Dotson.
Click on link to read review.
The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians: The Impact of the Atchison Topeka, and Santa Fe on the Pueblos of the Rio Grande, 1880-1930
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John R. Gram
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 108-109
Description
Book review of: The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians by Richard H. Frost.
Re/making the 'Meeting Place' - Transforming Toronto's Public Spaces Through Creative Placemaking, Indigenous Story And Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Nelly Volpert Knizhnik
Description
Environmental Studies Major Paper (MES)--York University 2017.
Reaffirming Cultural Identity: A Case Study of Stó:lō Pithouse Reconstructions
Theses
Author/Creator
Tamara Maureen Little
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1995.
Reclaiming Land, Reclaiming Guardianship: The Role of the Treaty of Waitangi Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Garth Cant
Aboriginal History, vol. 19, no. 1, 1995, pp. 79-108
Description
Looks at three main clusters of claims heard by the Tribunal; reclaiming the waters, reclaiming the land and reclaiming the language.
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.
Recovering Rights: Bowhead Whales and Inuvialuit Subsistence in the Western Canadian Arctic
Alternate Title
Occasional Publication Series (Canadian Circumpolar Institute) ; no. 31
Studies on Whaling ; no. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Milton M. R. Freeman
Eleanor E. Wein
Darren E. Keith
REEES: Quebec First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey: Basic Skills
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Isabel Rojas Martel]
Regional-scale Food Security Governance in Inuit Settlement Areas: Opportunities and Challenges in Northern Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Nicholas Girard
Description
Geography, Environment and Geomatics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
A Rejoinder to Waisberg and Holzkamm
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lise C. Hansen
Native Studies Review, vol. 8, no. 1, 1992, pp. 57-60
Description
Response by author to critical commentary of her paper, Treaty Fishing Rights and the Development of Fisheries Legislation in Ontario: A Primer found in Native Studies Review ( vol.7, no.1, 1991).
Religion and Encounter: Mid-Atlantic Regional Contact between Native American and Euroamerican Peoples after the Voyages of Columbus
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John A. Grim
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Shamans and Preachers, Color Symbolism and Commercial Evangelism: Reflections on Early Mid-Atlantic , Autumn, 1992, pp. 445-450
Description
Article provides an introduction to the special issue, includes a summary of the papers included and commentary on the reoccurring themes including links between religion and material culture, diversity of Indigenous perspectives, and the connections between worldview, land use, and geomorphology (changes in the natural world resulting from human use).
Reset and Redefine: Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and the Rise of Indigenous Games
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maize Longboat
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 170-179
Description
Author critically engages the format and storytelling devices within the videogame Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and discusses how this and other digital platforms can be used to build understanding and counter stereotypes and misinformation about Indigenous peoples.
Resilience and Rebellious Memory Loops: Further Musings of an American Indian Ethnoecologist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Enrique Salmón
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
Description
Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
Responding to Concerning Posts on Social Media: Insights and Solutions from American Indian and Alaska Native Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jesse Gritton
Stephanie Craig Rushing
David Stephens
Thomas Ghost Dog
Bradley Kerr ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Health Research, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 63-87
Description
Describes how a sample of adolescents interpreted and acted upon disclosures of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation on Facebook or Twitter and what resources they felt were needed.
Returning to Fields
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Lee López
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, 1992, pp. 165-174
Description
Critique of article by Kent H. Redford entitled The Ecologically Noble Savage, published in Cultural Survival.
Review Essay: Justice and Healing: Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Alternate Title
Purich's Aboriginal Issues Series
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dara Culhane
Critical Criminology, vol. 6, no. 2, 1995, pp. 140-160
Description
Book reviews of:
Indigenous Peoples of the World: An Introduction to Their Past, Present, and Future by Brian Goehring.
The Cypress Hills: The Land and its People by Walter Hildebrandt and Brian Hubner.
Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues edited by John Hylton.
Continuing Poundmaker and Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice edited by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson and Roger Carter.
A Review of The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Herman A. Peterson
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 74-76
Description
Book review of: The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology by Steve Pavlik.
Risks and Impacts to First Nation Health and the Mount Polley Mine Tailings Dam Failure
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janis Shandro
Laura Jokinen
Alison Stockwell
Francesco Mazzei
Mirko S. Winkler
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 84-102
Description
Describes findings from the Mount Polley Mine Health Impact Assessment including which communities were impacted by the breached dam.
Rivers, Fish and the People: Tradition, Science, and Historical Ecology of Fisheries in the American West
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joshua L. Reid
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 136-137
Description
Book review of: Rivers, Fish and the People by Pei-Lin Yu.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 25: Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 25 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories [Nunavut]. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations by on a variety of subjects such as land claims and self-government, Inuit education, employment, pollution, and the arts. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 32: Waswanipi, Quebec
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 32 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in Waswanipi, Quebec. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations on a variety of subjects such as education, health care, unemployment, child and family welfare, and the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 56: Anicinabe School Gymnasium, Fort Alexander, Manitoba
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 56 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Anicnabe School Gymnasium, Fort Alexander, Manitoba. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations relating to a variety of issues including self-governance, gaming, environment, and education. The sitting also contains numerous individual presentations on assorted matters, and two by Metis and Women's organizations. Each submission can be viewed individually on this site.