Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Kelderman
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 4, Summer, November 9, 2018, pp. 387-406
Description
Article examines the work of Marnie Walsh, a writer from South Dakota, who was frequently anthologized as a Sioux author, in spite of her not claiming to be so; discusses the way that the mistaken identity of Walsh has led to misrepresentations of Indigenous voices and lives.
Policing Morality: Regulating Sexuality across the Canada-United States Border
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Benjamin Hoy
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 30-62
Description
Details the ways that Canadian and United States governments used boarder surveillance, extradition, and deprivation (of access to family and home communities; of intergenerational material wealth) to police interracial unions, adultery/non-marital cohabitation, bigamy, polygamy, divorce, illegitimate children, child stealing, and abortion, and other acts deemed sexually deviant.
Policing Resource Extraction and Human Rights in The Land of the Dead
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shawaano Chad Uran
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018 , pp. 77-93
Description
Film criticism article in which the author conducts a “Red Reading” of George Romero's 2005 zombie film, Land of the Dead using Frederick Jackson Turner's (1986) “Frontier Thesis” as lens.
"Ponteach": The First American Problem Play
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marilyn J. Anderson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 3, Autumn, 1977, pp. 225-241
Description
An analysis of the eighteenth century play about Pontiac written by Robert Rogers.
Post-Secondary Experience of Indigenous Students Following the Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Summary of Survey Findings
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indspire
Description
In July and August of 2018 290 students were asked about how the Calls to Action had affected their educational experience. Themes which emerged were: educational funding; culture, identity and belonging; professional development for staff; Indigenous content; racism, isolation and marginalization; emotional labour; best practices; and mentorship and support.
Pow-wow with Chief Beardy (plumes on hat) and Chief Okamesis [after] N.W. Rebellion, 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of a pow-wow with Chief Beardy (plumes on hat) and Chief Okamesis [after] the Northwest Resistance. A group of non-Aboriginal men stand behind the Chiefs.
Prairie Families: Cree-Métis-Saulteux Materialities as Indigenous Feminist Materialist Record of Kinship-Based Selfhood
Theses
Author/Creator
Lindsay Nixon
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2018.
Prejudice about Indians in Textbooks
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Verna J. Kirkness
Journal of Reading, vol. 20, no. 7, April 1977, pp. 595-600
Description
Lists ten types of bias: omission, defamation, disparagement, cumulative implication, lack of validity, inertia, obliteration, disembodiment, and lack of concreteness, and provides examples of prejudicial textbooks in each category.
Preparing Officers Mess, N.W. Rebellion, 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of men setting up an Officers' Mess at unknown location during the Northwest Resistance. Group of men prepare food in pots over a fire at left, and men in background moving barrels and pots.
Pretend Indian Exegesis: The Pretend Indian Uncanny Valley Hypothesis in Literature and Beyond
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Trevino Brings Plenty
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Genocide Special Issue, December 30, 2018, pp. 142-152
Description
A poetic essay in which the author examines questions and politics of identity, and the reasons a person might want (falsely) claim Indigenous heritage.
Principles Respecting the Government of Canada's Relationship with Indigenous Peoples
E-Books
Author/Creator
Department of Justice Canada
The Problems of Aboriginal Children in Hospital
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donella Byrnes
John Ward
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, March 1977, pp. 12-18
Description
Chronicles challenges Aboriginal children in Australia face when hospitalized and how they can be overcome.
Promising Child Welfare Practices for Inuit Children, Youth and Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre?]
Description
Discusses practices developed by the Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre and the Ottawa Children's Aid Society. They fall into the categories of: recognition of the uniqueness of the Inuit community; institutional commitment and leadership; partnerships with local service providers, cultural competency; hiring Inuit staff; clinical practices; admission-prevention services; and practices for children in care.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Curriculum Developers
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Asma-na-hi Antoine
Rachel Mason
Roberta Mason
Sophia Palahicky
Carmen Rodriguez de France
Description
Related material:
Foundations.
Guides for:
Leaders and Administrators.
Front-line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors.
Teachers and Instructors.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Foundations
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kory Wilson
Description
Guide discusses Indigenous-Canadian relationships from contact to the present, historical and contemporary context, and the diversity of Indigenous peoples.
Related material for:
Leaders and Administrators.
Curriculum Developers.
Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Pulling Together: A Guide for Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ian Cull
Robert L. A. Hancock
Stephanie McKeown
Michelle Pidgeon
Adrienne Vedan
Description
Related material: Foundations. Guides for: Leaders and Administrators.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Leaders and Administrators
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sybil Harrison
Janice Simcoe
Dawn Smith
Jennifer Stein
Description
Related material:
Foundations.
Guides for:
Curriculum Developers.
Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors.
Teachers and Instructors.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Teachers and Instructors
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bruce Allan
Amy Perreault
John Chenoweth
Dianne Biin
Sharon Hobenshield
Todd Ormiston
Shirley Anne Hardman
Louise Lacerte ... [et al.]
Description
Explores topics such as locating self and practice, Indigenous worldviews and pedagogies, ethical approach and relational protocols, colonization framework in Canada, and building an Indigenous practice.
Related material:
Foundations.
Guides for:
Leaders and Administrators.
Curr
Pursuing Reconciliation: The Case for an Off-Reserve Urban Agenda
Alternate Title
Commentary (C.D. Howe Institute) ; no. 526
Commentary (C.D. Howe Institute). Education, Skills and Labour Market
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Richards
Commentary (C.D. Howe Institute)
Pursuing Well-being: Lessons from the First Nations Poverty Action Research Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Poverty Action Research Project
Description
Project involved collaboration with five First Nation communities: Sipekne’katik First Nation, Opitciwan First Nation, Eabametoong First Nation, Misipawistik Cree Nation, and T'it'q'et. Communities emphasized that they did not want to merely focus on poverty, but take a holistic approach which would build capacity and strengthen the entire community. Concludes with six recommendations for policy and program change.
Qaujimanira: Inuit Art as Autoethnography
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Krista Ulujuk Zawadski
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 151-156
Description
In this conference extract the author examines the history of Inuit art noting the ongoing self-representation in the work and argues that this allows for a high level of agency in Inuit art.
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey [2015]: Employment, Income and Food Insecurity
Alternate Title
First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS): Phase 3
Sociodemographic and Socioeconomic Conditions
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Émilie Grantham]
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey [2015]: Housing
Alternate Title
First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS): Phase 3
Physical and Social Environment
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Matthieu Gill-Bougie]
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey [2015]: Indian Residential Schools and Youth Protection Services
Alternate Title
First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS): Phase 3
Health Status and Wellness
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey [2015]: Individual Wellness, Mental Health and Elder Abuse
Alternate Title
First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS): Phase 3
Health Status and Wellness
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey [2015]: Maternal and Child Health
Alternate Title
First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS): Phase 3
Health Status and Wellness
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Matthieu Gill-Bougie]
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey [2015]: Mobility and Community Wellness
Alternate Title
First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS): Phase 3
Physical and Social Environment
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Matthieu Gill-Bougie]
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey [2015]: Sexual Behaviours and Prevention
Alternate Title
First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS): Phase 3
Health Status and Wellness
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey: Sexual Behaviors and Prevention
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Matthieu Gill-Bougie]
Queer Desires and Destroyer Identities in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Almanac of the Dead
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Champlin
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 2, Summer, 2018, pp. 34-55
Description
Article seeks to disrupt the critical discussion surrounding Silko’s novel and the narratives it contains, asserting that the text demonstrates that mainstream culture forces people with divergent traits to choose between acceptance of their own difference and membership in the majority culture.
Race, Space, and Prostitution: The Making of Settler Colonial Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robyn Bourgeois
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 30, no. 3, 2018, pp. 371-397
Description
Argues that prostitution has played a fundamental role in securing the necessary domination over Indigenous peoples and land in the making of the Canadian nation-state. Focuses on four examples: early settlement in British Columbia; the Indian Act; the Pass System; and Vancouver's missing women.
Raising a Child with Early Childhood Dis-ability Supports Shakonehyra:ra's ne shakoyen'okon:'a
Alternate Title
Raising a Child with Early Childhood Disability Supports
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Ineese-Nash
Yvonne Bomberry
Kathryn Underwood
Arlene Hache
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, Winter, 2018, pp. 1-14
Description
Presents findings from Indigenous participants in the Early Childhood Service System Project.
“Rather Unusual Stuff”: Nathan Jackson's Early Advent of a Tlingit Modern
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher T. Green
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 300-326
Description
Article considers the early work of Nathan Jackson and discusses the ways that his paintings, prints, and textile works blend traditional Tlingit designs, patterns, and colour schemes with modernist elements.
"Re-Creation Stories": Re-Presencing, Re-Embodiment, and Repatriation Practices in Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's "How to Steal a Canoe"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda Vellino
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, 2018, pp. 129-152
Description
Article offers artistic/literary criticism of Simpson’s video poem; discusses new possibilities for human relationships with our more-than-human relations, and calls on settlers to take up “intergenerational responsibility” for settler colonial violence.
Re-peopling in a Settler-Colonial Context: The Intersection of Indigenous Laws of Adoption with Canadian Immigration Law
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amar Bhatia
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 343-353
Description
Authors argues that under systems of treaty relations and Aboriginal law Indigenous peoples have the authority to regulate the way in which they are re-peopled, and that Canadian laws and policies have worked to obscure this authority.
Reading between the Crimes: Online Media’s Representation
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People’s Interaction
with the Criminal Justice System in Post-Apology Australia
Theses
Author/Creator
Jonathan Cannon
Description
Criminal Justice Thesis (M.A.)--Edith Cowan University, 2018.
Reciprocal Inuit and Western Research Training: Facilitating Research Capacity and Community Agency in Arctic Research Partnerships
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Priscilla Ferrazzi
Peter Christie
Djenana Jalovcic
Shirley Tagalik
Alanna Grogan
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 77, 2018, p. article no. 1425581
Description
Discusses two three-day cross-cultural research training workshops held in the Nunavut communities of Arviat and Iqaluit.
Reciprocity and Nation Building in Native Women's Doctoral Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather J. Shotton
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 4, Fall, 2018, pp. 488-507
Description
Author examines the motivators for Indigenous students to engage in postgraduate studies; finds that for Indigenous students reciprocity plays a large role in in their decision, that these students feel that higher education is a means by which they can contribute to the betterment of their communities.
Reclaiming Spaces Between: Coast Salish Two Spirit Identities and Experiences
Theses
Author/Creator
Corrina Sparrow
Description
Social Work Thesis (MSW)--University of Victoria, 2018.
Reconciliation and Canada’s Overdose Crisis: Responding to the Needs of Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Lavalley
Shelda Kastor
Jenna Valleriani
Ryan McNeil
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 50, December 17, 2018, pp. E1466-E1467
Description
Authors note that the current drug overdose crisis disproportionately affects Indigenous people as a result of a legacy of colonialism, racism and intergenerational trauma; argue that reconciliation with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples must include dismantling structural conditions which produce drug-related harms, and that current harm-reduction models must integrate Indigenous cultural values.
Reconciliation: Facilitating Ethical Space between Indigenous Women and Girls of a Drum Circle and White, Settler Men of a Police Chorus
Theses
Author/Creator
Kelly I. Laurila
Description
Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wilfred Laurier University, 2018.
Reconsidering Confederation: Canada's Founding Debates, 1864 - 1999
Alternate Title
Compact, Contract, Covenant: The Evolution of First Nations Treaty-Making
Resisting Canada’s Will: Manitoba’s Entry into Confederation
“A More Accurate Face on Canada to the World”: The Creation of Nunavut
E-Books
Author/Creator
J. R. Miller
Daniel Heidt
Marcel Martel
Colin M. Coates
Martin Pâquet
... [et al.]
Description
See:
Chapter Two: Compact, Contract, Covenant: The Evolution of First Nations Treaty-Making by J.R. Miller.
Chapter Six: Resisting Canada’s Will: Manitoba’s Entry into Confederation by Robert Wardhaugh and Barry Ferguson.
Chapter Eleven: “A More Accurate Face on Canada to the World”: The Creation of Nunavut by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Andr&ecaute Légaré.
“Recruited to Teach the Indians”: An African American Genealogy of Navajo Nation Boarding Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Khalil Anthony Johnson Jr.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 57, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 154-176
Description
An examination of the colonial schooling of African American and Indigenous students in America.
Red Blood Cell Folate Levels in Canadian Inuit Women of Childbearing Years: Influence of Food Security, Body Mass Index, Smoking, Education, and Vitamin Use
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kait Duncan
Anders C. Erickson
Grace M. Egeland
Hope Weiler
Laura T. Arbour
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 109, no. 5-6, December 2018, pp. 684-691
Description
Used red blood cell folate (RBCF) levels in sample of 249 non-pregnant women from the Inuit Health Survey, 2007-2008; results suggest a need for initiatives which will improve food security, culturally relevant education on folate-rich traditional foods, access to vitamin supplements, and smoking cessation.
The REDress Project: Casting an Indigenous Feminist Worldview on Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Programs in Ontario’s Universities (Dispatch)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Brulé
Studies in Social Justice, vol. 12, no. 2, 2018, pp. 337-344
Description
A discussion on the installation of the REDress project at York University during the 2017/2018 school year to challenge colonial representations of missing and murdered Indigenous females.
Reducing the Cost of Inequality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Trevor Hancock
CMAJ, vol. 190, no. 3, January 22, 2018, p. e92
Description
Briefly discusses the ethical and pragmatic reasons for reducing the burden of disease.
Refugee Camp, N.W. Rebellion, 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of a refugee camp during the Northwest Resistance. Women and children of Batoche were permitted to leave the village to escape enemy fire. Visible are supplies piled up on the ground in front of a cluster of tents.
The Regenerated Chacra of the Kichwa-Lamistas: An Alternative to Permaculture?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeremy L. Caradonna
Frederique Apffel-Marglin
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 13-24
Description
Compares Western permaculture theory and methods to the agroforestry-based food cultivation practices of the Indigenous people of the Peruvian Upper Amazon.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire for Children and Families = Giitwaami-zaka'aman Manidookaadeg Ishkode: Giniijaanisimaanig zhigwa Gidinawenaaganag onji
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sun Lodge Village
Peguis Child and Family Services
Garry McCorrister (Ogimaa Kinew)
Dwayne McCorrister (Giizis Ininew)
Louise McCorrister (Piitwan Aki Doog)
Maurice Brubacher (Mkode-Binesi-Nini) ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2018, p. 4
Description
Links to a video that describes the programming which creates opportunities for families to participate in ceremonial and land-based ways of knowing and healing.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire...
Duration: 21:19
Relational Encounters with Indigenous Literatures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aubrey Jean Hanson
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 312-330
Description
Author uses perspectives from school teachers and Indigenous writers to argue that “Indigenous literary arts can foster relational understandings between readers and Indigenous communities.” Encourages educators to draw on Indigenous literatures for inspiration and motivation in this work.
Remote Presence Robotic Technology Reduces Need for Pediatric Interfacility Transportation from an Isolated Northern Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tanya Holt
Nazmi Sari
Gregory Hansen
Matthew Bradshaw
Michael Prodanuk ... Veronica McKinney ... Ivar Mendez ... [et al.]
Telemedicine and e-Health , vol. 24, no. 11, 2018, pp. 927-933
Description
Looks at the impact of Remote Presence Robotic Technology in expediting treatment and reducing the need for transport for Indigenous youth in remote communities.