Limited Impact of Pneumococcal Vaccines on Invasive Pneumococcal disease in Nunavik (Quebec)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean-Baptiste LeMeurBrigitte LefebvreJean-François ProulxPhilippe De Wals
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 1, 02 2019, pp. 36-43
Description
Objective of this study was to describe the epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in relation to pneumococcal vaccine use. The 2002 immunization campaign may have contributed to controlling serotype 1 outbreaks in Nunavik, but effected were short-lived as IPDs caused by serotypes included in this vaccine continued to occur after 2005.
The Link Between Indigenous Culture and Wellbeing: Qualitative Evidence for Australian Aboriginal Peoples
Alternate Title
CLMR Discussion Paper Series ; 2011/01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Simon Colquhoun
Alfred Michael Dockery
Description
Looks at 17 themes that emerged when parents responded to a question regarding what they want for their children.
Linking Indigenous Communities with Regional Development
Alternate Title
OECD Rural Policy Reviews
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dawn Madahbee Leach
Lars-Anders Baer
Peter Yu
Liora Salter Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Liora Salter
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Liora Salter is a left wing activist who worked in Green Lake with the Neestow Project in the mid-sixties.
Listening to First Nations Women’ Expressions of Heart Health: ‘mite achimowin’ Digital Storytelling
Alternate Title
Listening to First Nations Women’s Expressions of Heart Health: ‘mite achimowin’ Digital Storytelling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorena Sekwan Fontaine
Sarah Wood
Lisa Forbes
Annette S. H. Schultz
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Article examines a digital storytelling study which collaborated with First Nations (FN) Women in Manitoba to discuss many of the issues surrounding heart health management including: the relationship between FN and Western Medical knowledges, diet and lifestyle, related health conditions, experiences with healthcare system, residential schools, and relationships with children and grandchildren.
Listening to the Voices and Stories of Northern Manitoba Aboriginal Survivors of Spousal Violence: A Case Study of the Pimicikamak Cree Nation in Cross Lake, Northern Manitoba
Theses
Author/Creator
Eva Therese Goulet
Description
Rural Development Thesis (M.A.)--Brandon University, 2019.
Listening to What the Criminal Justice System Hears and the Stories it Tells: Judicial Sentencing Discourses About the Victimization and Criminalization of Aboriginal Women
Theses
Author/Creator
Elspeth Kaiser-Derrick
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2012.
Literature Review: Marginalising Maori Adolescent Parents
Alternate Title
Marginalising Maori Parents
Literature Review: Marginalizing Maori Adolescent Parents
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Jurisich Strickett
Description
Topics of brief review include heath overview, international and national research and studies, services and support, and access to information.
Literature Review on Factors Affecting the Transition of Aboriginal Youth from School to Work
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Bruce
Amanda Marlin
Description
Looks at the obstacles faced by young Aboriginal people in completing their education, and the factors that help or hinder their transition into the workforce.
Literature Review: State of Practice: Essential Skills Applications with First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada
Alternate Title
First Nations, Inuit and Métis Essential Skills Inventory Project (FIMESIP)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Klinga
Description
Includes Canadian sources only.
Living in a (Schrödinger’s) Box: Jimmie Durham’s Strategic Use of Ambiguity
Alternate Title
Living in a (Schrodinger’s) Box: Jimmie Durham’s Strategic Use of Ambiguity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Newman Fricke
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 55-64
Description
A discussion of how the artist and his supporters continue to identify him as Cherokee, despite his own admission of not being a member of the Cherokee Nation.
Living Indigenous Leadership: Native Narratives on Building Strong Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Carolyn Kenny
Yvonne G. McLeod
Alannah Young Leon
Evelyn Steinhauer ...
Tina Ngaroimata Fraser
Stelómethet Ethel B. Gardner ...
Gail Cheney
Michelle Archuleta
Michelle M. Jacob
Patricia Doyle-Bedwell
Annette Squetimkin-Anquoe
Alanaise Goodwill
Local Knowledge as Praxis: A Reflective Critical Narrative of Child Welfare Practice and Service to Aboriginal Children and Families
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen William Kozey
Description
Educational Leadership and Policy Thesis (Ed.D.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2012.
Local Values in Governance: Legacy of Choho in Forest and School Management in a Tamang Community in Nepal
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mahesh Nath Parajuli
Indra Mani Rai
Prakash C Bhattarai
Suresh Gautam
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 8, no. 1, 2019, pp. 35-55
Description
Examines a shift in the practices of the Tamang ethnic community in Nepal; argues that the Choho institution is still present, and many practices are still present enacted as resistance against the modern state. Considers how the meaning of these practices may have changed in a contemporary context.
Localized Approaches to Ending Homelessness: Indigenizing Housing First
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jino Distasio
Sarah Zell
Scott McCullough
Betty Edel
The Lone Protestor: A.M. Fernando in Australia and Europe
Alternate Title
The Lone Protester
E-Books
Author/Creator
Fiona Paisley
Long-term Management of Asthma in First Nations and Inuit Children: A Knowledge Translation Tool Based on Canadian Paediatric Asthma Guidelines, Indented For Use By Front-Line Health Care Professionals Working in Isolated Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom Kovesi
Brenda Louise Giles
Hans Pasterkamp
Paediatrics & Child Health, vol. 17, no. 7, Healing Winds: Aboriginal Child and Youth Health in Canada, Aug./Sept. 2012, pp. e46-e64
Description
Shows how to effectively control asthma in children.
A Long Wait for Change: Independent Review of Child Protection Services to Inuit Children in Newfoundland and Labrador
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Lake Kavanagh
Description
Study consisted of community engagement involving 575 individuals, comprehensive review of 213 files of children under the care of the Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development on December 31, 2017, and a literature review of provincial, national and international content. Includes 33 recommendations.
"The Look of Recognition": Transcultural Circulation of Trauma in Indigenous Texts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renate Eigenbrod
Canadian Literature, no. 215, Winter, 2012, pp. 16-32
Description
Looks at material by five different Indigenous authors who have been affected by memories of colonial trauma in varying degrees.
The Looking Ahead Project: A Lesson in Community Engagement and Positive Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul E. Pedersen
Journal of Community Safety & Well-Being, vol. 4, no. 3, 2019, pp. 58-62
Description
Describes partnership involving Greater Sudbury Police Service and the N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre to create a project with the goal of reducing violence against Indigenous women and girls. Project is titled Looking Ahead to Build the Spirit of Our Women--Learning to Live Free From Violence.
Looking Forward to Sustainability: Executive Director's Message
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Suzanne Benally
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Sacred Places, Sacred Lifeways, March 2012, p. [?]
Description
The executive director of Cultural Survival Quarterly presents her thoughts on Indigenous people's rights to be heard and determine their own economic, social and cultural development.
Lord Stanley's Cup Travels to Canada's Reserve Communities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sam Laskaris
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 6, September 2012, p. 10
Description
Comments on a National Hockey League championship trophy that travelled, with team players, to several First Nations communities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.
Louisa May Alcott’s Wild Indians: Pedagogy of Love, Politics of Empire
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 9th, 2011
Where No One Else Has Gone Before: Proceedings of the Ninth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Steve Benton
Description
Discusses gender discourse and territorial expansion policies in Louisa May Alcott’s novels and its negative effect on many Native American people.
The Maa-Nulth Treaty: Huu-Ay-Aht Youth Visions for Post-Treaty Life, Embedded in the Present Colonial Conditions of Indigenous-Settler Relations in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Vanessa Sloan Morgan
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (MES)--Dalhousie University, 2012.
MAI Te Kupenga: Supporting Māori and Indigenous Doctoral Scholars within Higher Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonie Pihama
Jenny Lee-Morgan
Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Sarah Jane Tiakiwai
Joeliee Seed-Pihama
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 1, March 2019, pp. 52-61
Description
Article highlights some of the challenges Māori and Indigenous (MAI) scholars face in the mainstream university context, and the role of the MAI Te Kupenga (a support program for Indigenous doctoral students) in supporting scholars in these contexts.
The Making of Men
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Douglas Belcher
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, December 1978, pp. 35-36
Description
Talks about the cessation and revival of lurugu (circumcision) ceremony on a northern Australian island.
'Making People Quiet' in the Pastoral North: Reminiscences of Elsey Station*
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Francesca Merlan
Aboriginal Journal , vol. 2, no. 1, 1978, pp. 71-106
Description
Looks at the treatment of Aborigines in a pastoral settlement in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Managing Racial Risk in the U.S. University of the Twenty-First Century: Racial Theme Parties, Administrative Management, and Strategic Resistance
Theses
Author/Creator
Teresa M. Ramos
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012.
Mann Children in 1885
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Scott & Co. (photographer)
Description
A portrait photograph taken in Toronto of George G. Mann's three children after the family was released from captivity in 1885. (l to r) George Mann Jr., Charlotte and Blanche. They spent the summer in Ontario with their mother Sarah and returned to Onion Lake in the fall of 1885.
[Manomin: Wild Rice Dreams]
Alternate Title
First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in & Community Gathering
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Vera Wabegijig
Description
Presents a poetry reading by poet, writer and media artist presented at First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in and Community Gathering.
Duration: 9:06.
Manufacturing the Self-Healing Subject: Aboriginal Health Funding in Canada’s Era of “Truth and Reconciliation”
Alternate Title
Munk School Briefings: Comparative Program on Health and Society, Lupina Foundation Working Paper Series, 2011-2012
E-Books
Author/Creator
Arie Molema
Māori Health Disability Statistical Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Peter Himona
Natalie Talamaivao
Li-Chia Yeh
Kirk Paterson
Description
Statistics from the 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2013 Stats NZ Disability Surveys.
Māori Social Workers: Experiences within Social Service Organisations
Alternate Title
Maori Social Workers: Experiences within Social Service Organisations
Theses
Author/Creator
Awhina Netta Ramari Hollis-English
Description
Sociology, Gender and Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Otago, 2012.
Māori Social Workers: Experiences within Social Service Organisations
Alternate Title
Maori Social Workers: Experiences within Social Service Organisations
Theses
Author/Creator
Awhina N. R. Hollis-English
Description
Social Work and Community Development Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Otago, 2012.
Māori with Lived Experience of Disability, Part I
Alternate Title
Māori with Disabilities (Part Two)
Māori with Disabilities (Part Two)
Māori with Lived Experience of Disability, Part I
Wai 2575 Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry
E-Books
Author/Creator
Paula Thérèse King
Description
Related material:
Māori with Disabilities (Part Two).
Mapping Geographies of Canadian Colonial Occupation: Pathway Analysis of Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annita Hetoevėhotohke'e Lucchesi
Gender, Place & Culture, vol. 26, no. 6, 2019, pp. 868-887
Description
Uses life course analysis of four women to explore linkages between relationships to the land, colonialism and intergenerational violence, and argues that rather than putting themselves at risk as is popularly perceived, they find themselves subjected to circumstances created and maintained by the Canadian state which make them vulnerable to perpetrators of violence.
Mapping the Gap: Linking Aboriginal Women with Legal Services and Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shahnaz Rahman
Description
Findings based on survey results, consultations with community organizations, and internet-based research. Outlines current situation, makes recommendations for improvements, and lists legal resources.
Marginalized: The Aboriginal Women's Experience in Federal Corrections
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Peoples Collection ; APC 33 CA (2012)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mandy Wesley
Aboriginal Peoples Collection
Mark Twain and the American Indian: Earthly Realism and Heavenly Idealism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James C. McNutt
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 3, 1978, pp. 223-242
Description
An examination of two Mark Twain's stories and how they reflect the author's changing reflections on Indigenous populations during his career.
Marketplaces of Remembering: Violence, Colonialism, and American Innocence in the Making of the Modoc War
Theses
Author/Creator
Boyd D. Cothran
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2012.
The Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative
Documents & Presentations
Description
Discusses an entrepreneurship program that focuses on improving educational outcomes for Aboriginal youth.
Mary Spencer Isn't Hanging Up Her Gloves Just Yet
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sam Laskaris
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 6, September 2012, p. 17
Description
Looks at an Olympic boxing athlete who plans to represent her country again at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.33.
Masi Methodology: Centring Pacific Women’s Voices in Research
Alternate Title
Masi Methodology: Centering Pacific Women’s Voices in Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sereana Naepi
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 3, September 2019, pp. 234-242
Description
Article describes the development and use of Masi, a Pacific women centered research methodology, highlighting the work of Pacific academics, and the role of Fijian ontologies and epistemologies.
Maternal Child Health Status in Nunavut [1999 to 2011]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of Health
Government of Nunavut
Description
Information from Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
Maximum Morality of Art: Thomas King’s Medicine River
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 9th, 2011
Where No One Else Has Gone Before: Proceedings of the Ninth Native American Symposium
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marija Krivokapic Kneževic
Description
Discusses the concept of relations and Native American identity in Medicine River.
The Meaning of the Client Experience at a Health Centre Within a First Nations Community in Southern Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Heather K. Krohn
Description
Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2012.
Measuring Off-Reserve Aboriginal Poverty and Income Inequality in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Ahmed Tazmeen
Description
Economics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.
Medevac and Beyond: The Impact of Medical Travel on Nunavut Residents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cameron McKenzie
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 9, no. 2, Inuit Health and Well-Being, 2012, pp. 80-88
Description
Study shows that current medical transfer system does not fully meet psychosocial needs of Inuit patients and their families.
NOTE: Also published as Journal of Aboriginal Health, Summer, 2015.
The Media and Indigenous Policy: How News Media Reporting and Mediatized Practice Impact on Indigenous Policy: A Preliminary Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kerry McCallum
Michael Meadows
Lisa Waller
Michelle Dunne Breen
Holly Reid