Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edith Swan
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 229-249
Description
Looks at the journey spiritual of Leslie Silko's protagonist Tayo through a Laguna symbolic world created by the Spider Women character. Laguna Pueblo is located in northwestern New Mexico.
The Land Remains: Māori Youth and the Politics of Belonging
Alternate Title
The Land Remains: Maori Youth and the Politics of Belonging
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna Kidman
AlterNative, vol. 8, no. 2, 2012, pp. 189-202
Description
Explores the cultural identity claims of youth with tribal affiliations to the regions in which they live and go to school.
Land Use Planning Policy in the Far North Region of Ontario: Conservation Targets, Politics of Scale, and the Role of Civil Society Organizations in Aboriginal–State Relations
Theses
Author/Creator
Catie Burlando
Description
Natural Resource and Environmental Management Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.
Landscapes and Social Transformations on the Northwest Coast: Colonial Encounters in the Fraser Valley
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Aron L. Crowell
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 4, 2012, pp. 175-177
Description
Book review of: Landscapes and Social Transformations on the Northwest Coastby Jeff Oliver.
Review located by scrolling to page 175.
Law Information for Aboriginal Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of the Attorney General [Ontario]
Description
General information about legal issues pertaining to separating or divorcing, division of property and decisions about children.
Leading the "Father" the Pawnee Homeland, Coureurs de Bois, and the Villasur Expedition of 1720
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Steinke
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 1, Winter, 2012, pp. 43-62
Description
Describes the elimination of the Villasur Expedition on the banks of the Patte and Loup rivers.
Learning, Growing and Leading 2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda McDonell
Danielle Alphonse
Description
"A summary of research conducted to investigate philosophical frameworks and management structures to guide the development of Aboriginal Early Childhood Development programs and services."
Learning Spaces: Youth, Literacy and New Media in Remote Indigenous Australia
E-Books
Author/Creator
Inge Kral
Robert B. (Jerry) Schwab
Learning the Lessons? Pre-Service Teacher Preparation for Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aileen Moreton-Robinson
David Singh
Jessica Kolopenuk
Adam Robinson
Description
Review of pre-service teacher training at Australian universities. Includes literature review.
The Legacy of Residential School Abuse
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Daria Shewchuk
BC Psychologist, Psychological Services for First Nations, Spring, 2012, pp. 36-38
Description
Argues that in order for psychologists to provide effective psychological treatment for Aboriginal people, they need to understand the profound impact the residential school trauma and its ongoing legacy has had on their people.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, Scroll to page 36.
Legislated Oppression: Racism, Patriarchy and Colonialism in the Status Provisions of the Indian Act
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael James Burton
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2012.
Lenses of Indigenous Feminism: Digging Up The Roots of Western Patriarchy in Perma Red and Monkey Beach
Theses
Author/Creator
Pamela Kay CampBell
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2012.
Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony: Healing Ethnic Hatred by Mixed-Breed Laughter
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth N. Evasdaughter
MELUS, vol. 15, no. 1, Ethnic Women Writers V, Spring, 1988, pp. 83-95
Description
Explores the juxtaposition of Pueblo humour and the "black humour" of white culture in the novel.
Lessons Learned: A Report on HR Components of Aboriginal Community and Mining Company Partnership Agreements.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mining Industry Human Resources Council
Description
Looks at human resource strategies developed to facilitate successful partnership for maximum benefit for Aboriginal communities near mining operations. Includes summary of recommendations.
Lessons Learned: Achieving Positive Educational Outcomes in Northern Communities
Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; February 2012
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 12-212]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ashley Sisco
Margaret Caron-Vuotari
Carole Stonebridge
Greg Sutherland
Gilles Rhéaume
Description
Recommendations include: developing an integrated approach which addresses issues of community and individual well-being, facilitating access to post-secondary education, recruiting and retaining experienced teaching professionals, and improving and maintaining technical infrastructure.
Liberalism, Surveillance, and Resistance: Indigenous Communities in Western Canada, 1877-1927
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Heather Devine
BC Studies, no. 176, Winter, 2012/13, pp. 167-168
Description
Book review of Liberalism, Surveillance, and Resistance by Keith D. Smith.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 167.
[The Life and Writings of Betsey Chamberlain: Native American Mill Worker]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margaret M. Bruchac
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 24, no. 3, Fall, 2012, pp. 138-141
Description
Book review of: The Life and Writings of Betsey Chamberlain by Judith Ranta.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 138.
Life Devoted to Healing and Higher Learning
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dianne Meili
Windspeaker , vol. 30, no. 4, July 2012, p. 26
Description
Profiles Lillian McGregor's lifetime of accomplishments, including her work on many committees, boards, and her knowledge of traditional medicine.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.34.
Life on Victor Street
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kirby Hammond
Description
Documentary shot over two years about an Aboriginal teenager living in west end Winnipeg coping with everyday life in his neighborhood.
Duration: 30:00.
Life's Journey - Zuya: Oral Teachings From Rosebud
E-Books
Author/Creator
Albert White Hat
Life Stages and Native Women: Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brittany Luby
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 2012, pp. 218-219
Description
Book review of: Life Stages and Native Women by Kim Anderson.
Life Stages and Native Women: Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
JoLee Blackbear
AlterNative, vol. 8, no. 2, 2012, pp. 236-237
Description
Book review of: Life Stages and Native Women by K. Anderson.
Life Stages and Native Women: Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rebeka Tabobondung
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 3, Summer, 2012, pp. 226-227
Description
Review of book: Life Stages and Native Women by Kim Anderson.
The Life You Want: A Young Woman's Struggle through Addiction: Educational Resource
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
To accompany documentary directed by Michelle Derosier about 22-year-old Fort Hope (Eabametoong First Nation) resident Doris Slipperjack and her struggle to overcome her addiction to Oxycontin.
Documentary.
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.
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.
Literacy for Change: Northern Saskatchewan Literacy Programmes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peggy Buckley
Penny Carriere
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 9, no. 3-4, Women and Literacy, 1988, pp. 73-76
Description
Describes two training programs designed to help women develop the knowledge and skills required to better control and make decisions about their lives.
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 Arctic: Hunters of the Canadian North
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert MacDonald
Arctic, vol. 41, no. 4, December 1988, pp. 322-323
Description
Book review of: Living Arctic by Hugh Brody.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
Maggie Sette Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Maggie Sette
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
Description
Maggie Sette tells of her childhood and living the traditional lifestyle.
Man-Environment Research in the Design Process; A Case Study in Urban Native Housing in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Patrick R. S. Reid
Description
Architecture Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1988.
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.
[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 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.
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