Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health
Psychology in the South Pacific: Global, Local and Glocal Applications
E-Books
Author/Creator
R. Kuschel
Angikimui F. Takiika
Kiu 'Angiki
V. Kameoka ... [et al.]
Pubic Libraries as Aids to Sense Making in Urban Aboriginal Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Monique Woroniak
Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, vol. 5, Spring, 2010, pp. 1-16
Description
Reports on the possibilities that exist in urban library settings for Aboriginal outreach programming.
The Public Emergence of the Vocabulary of First Nations' Self-Government: A Study of the Language as an Indicator of Ethical and Social Attitudes in the Formation of Metapolicy and the Discourse of First Nations' Autonomy
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael W. Posluns
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2002.
Public Health Should Promote Co-operative Housing and Cohousing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Lubik
Tom Kosatsky
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 2, April 2019, pp. 121-126
Description
Advocates models of housing based on First Nations’ Longhouses in order to promote social cohesion and combat social isolation. Argues that this strategies would be especially helpful to seniors.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Voices and Public Policy: Changing the Societal Discourse on "Welfare"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vicki Lens
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, vol. 29, no. 1, Symposium of Native American Wellness, March 2002, pp. 137-154
Description
Discusses welfare reform and TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program).
Pulling Together Manitoba Foundations Guide: Brandon Edition
Alternate Title
Pulling Together: Manitoba Foundations Guide Facilitator's Guide: A Resource for Facilitator Led Self and Group Study
E-Books
Author/Creator
Brielle Beaudin-Reimer
Michelle Bessette
Crystal Bunn
Kris Desjarlais
Alyssa Desrochers …
Jason Gobeil
Deidre Gregory
Janet Kanayok
Chris Lagimodiere,
Leah LaPlante
Velvet Maud ...
Renée McGurry
Susan McPherson Derendy
Lorraine Pompana
Brent Rosnoski ...
Deborah Tacan ... [et al.]
Description
Related Material:
Facilitator's Guide for Group Learning.
Puo'winue'l Prayers: Readings from North America's First Transtextual Script
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louis Esme Cruz
Qwo-Li Driskill
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 243-252
Description
Examines some of the issues related to "coming home" to ourselves, our land, and our people from a multiracial, visual-textual, Two-Spirit perspective.
Purana Narratology and Thomas King: Rewriting of Colonial History in The Medicine River and Joe The Painter and The Deer Island Massacre
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aditi H. Vahia
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 22, no. 1, 2002, pp. 65-80
Description
Argues that the author employs a fictionalized version of the Canadian colonialism affecting Aboriginal people in order to relay truths to a mass audience.
A Puritan Woman's Perspective: The Captivity Narrative of Mary Rowlandson
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Jane Andrews
Etudes Historiques, vol. 2, no. 1, 2010, pp. 1-21
Description
Looks at how the book A Narrative of Captivity, Sufferings, and Removes, of Mary Rowlandson gave Puritan women a voice in the early 1700's.
Pushing the Boundaries of Tradition in Art: An Interview with Susan Point
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jan Hare
BC Studies, no. 135, Perspecitves on Aboriginal Culture, Autumn, 2002, pp. 163-175
Description
Reflections on the creative style and influences found in the Salish artist's works.
Putting the Community in Community Engagement in an Urban Indigenous Context
Theses
Author/Creator
Lori-Anne Sokoluk
Description
Community Engagement Thesis (M.A)--University of Alberta, 2021.
Putting the Picture Together: Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities
Alternate Title
Gordon Inquiry
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sue Gordon
Kay Hallahan
Darrell Henry
no. 4
Qallunology: the Inuit Study of Qallunaat Part II
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Zebedee Nungak
Inuktitut, no. 91, 2002, pp. 86-[?]
Description
Excerpts from a speech delivered at the 2001 Human Image Conference in England describing the Inuit interrelationship with Qallunaat (non Inuit).
Qalupalik
Alternate Title
Nunavut Animation Lab
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ame Papatsie
Description
Animated short of legend about a half-human sea monster who traps disobedient children if they venture too close to shore. Accompanying material, Qalupalik: Lesson Plan.
Duration: 5:34.
Qalupalik: Lesson Plan
Alternate Title
[Nunavut Animation Lab]
Documents & Presentations
Description
Target audience Grades three to six in the subject areas of First Nations, English, and Fine Arts. Accompanies animated film of same name.
The Qikiqtani Truth Commission: Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Sources relevant to the Commission's research.
QTC Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Alternate Title
Qikiqtani Truth Commission Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Commission was established to create a record of how government policies between 1950 and 1975 affected the Inuit living in the Baffin region. Report based testimonies and interviews, and archival research. Includes recommendations.
A Qualitative Study of a Native American Mascot at "Public University"
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle Lyn Brune
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri--St. Louis, 2010.
A Qualitative Study on Stigma and Discrimination Experienced by Indigenous Peoples Living with HIV or Having TB at Work
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
Secretariat of the International Indigenous HIV and AIDS Working Group
Quality Indicators and Dispositions in the Early Learning and Child Care Sector: Learning from Indigenous Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsea Freeborn
Alvina Mardhani-Bayne
Cheyanne Soetaert
Description
Results of scoping review organized into five themes for quality indicators (Curriculum/programming, reflection of cultures, family engagement, external perspectives, and barriers) and six themes for educator dispositions (practice of relationships, cultural humility, critical pedagogy, honouring families' knowledge, cultural match, and preservice education).
Quality of Life and Perceptions of Crime in Saskatoon,
Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Kitchen
Allison Williams
Social Indicators Research , vol. 95, no. 1, January 2010, pp. 33-61
Description
Looks at the relationship between crime and quality of life in Saskatoon, and discusses how perceptions of crime and safety affect the quality of life of residents living in different neighbourhoods.
Quantification of Interplaying Relationships between Wellbeing Priorities of Aboriginal Peoples in Remote Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosalie Schultz
Stephen J. Quinn
Tammy Abbott
Sheree Cairney
Jessica Yamaguchi
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, June 25, 2019
Description
Study examines the priorities that Indigenous people living in remote communities in Australia have for defining their own well-being and how they rank those priorities in their own understandings of health.
Quebec First Nations Information Governance Framework
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emilie Grantham
Queer Alchemy: Fabulousness in Gay Male Literature and Film
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew John Buzny
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2010.
Looks at three works including Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway.
Quels Sont les Facteurs Favorisant ou Inhibant la Réussite Éducative des Élèves Autochtones?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hélène Archambault
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 107-116
Description
Examines the personal, academic and psychosocial factors that encourage or inhibit educational success. Emphasis is on Aboriginal students in Québec.
Article in French.
Quest for Identity in Native Canadian Fiction: A Study of Jeannette Armstrong, Ruby Slipjack, and Tomson Highway
Theses
Author/Creator
Shyamali Kar
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Assam University, Silchar, 2010.
Focuses on the works Slash, Whispering in the Shadows, Honour the Sun, Silent Words, and Kiss of the Fur Queen.
Questions Need to be Answered, Says Family Member of Pickton's Last Victim
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stefania Seccia
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 7, October 2010, p. 8
Description
Reflects on the life and personality of Mona Wilson, a victim of serial killer Robert Pickton, and the naming of a corporation after Wilson's First Nation's name, Running Bear.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Race and the Atlanta Cotton States Exposition of 1895
Alternate Title
Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series : No. 16
E-Books
Author/Creator
Theda Perdue
Race, Class, and Health: School Medical Inspection and "Healthy" Children in British Columbia, 1890 to 1930
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mona Gleason
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2002, pp. 95-112
Description
Argues that the model of healthy living was based on Anglo-Celtic, middle class, values and this model created problems for children and families unable to conform to this social ideal.
Race, Gender and Colonialism: Public Life Among the Six Nations of Grand River, 1899-1939
Theses
Author/Creator
Alison Elizabeth Norman
Description
Theory and Policy Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)-- University of Toronto, 2010.
Racial Equality Review of Basketball Australia
E-Books
Author/Creator
Australian Human Rights Commission
Racial Folly: A Twentieth-Century Aboriginal Family
Alternate Title
Aboriginal History Monograph ; 20
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gordon Briscoe
Aboriginal History Monograph
Racial Necrogeographies and the Making of White Space: The Life and Death of Nineteenth-Century Indigenous and Black Burial Places in Rural Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Felepchuk
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, 2019, pp. 73-87
Description
Looks at burial sites desecrated by settlers, how these acts represent an attempt to erase Indigenous and Black existence, and how these communities have pushed back by reclaiming and reconsecrating their scared places.
Racial Oppression in Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kedong Liu
Journal of Cambridge Studies, vol. 5, no. 2-3, March 2010, pp. 13-23
Description
Looks at the three stages of oppression: military genocide, religious assimilation, and commercial exploitation.
Racial Profiling a Fact of Life
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, November 25, 2002, p. B1
Description
Comments on instances of ethnic stereotyping since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Racial-Settler Capitalism: Character Building and the Accumulation of Land and Labor in the Late Nineteenth Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah E. K. Fong
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, [Rethinking Blackness and Indigeneity in the Light of Settler Colonial Theory], May 2019, pp. 25-48
Description
Using a comparative approach to the two institutions argues that their primary goal was to mold Indigenous and Black students into a labor force for U.S. racial-settler capitalism.
The Racialization of Dine (Navajo) Youth in Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Vincent Werito
Description
Language, Literacy, and Socio Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2010.
Racing Solidarity, Remaking Labour: Labour Renewal From A Decolonizing And Anti-Racism Perspective
Theses
Author/Creator
Winnie Wun Wun Ng
Description
Adult Education and Counselling Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 2010.
Racism, Discrimination and Health Services to Aboriginal People in South West Queensland
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Raelene Ward
Don Gorman
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 6, September 2010, pp. 3-5
Description
Study of 27 participants shows racism continues to have an impact on their social and emotional wellbeing.
Racism Experiences of Urban Indigenous Women in Ontario, Canada: “We All Have That Story That Will Break Your Heart”
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anita C Benoit
Jasmine Cotnam
Doe O'Brien-Teengs
Saara Green
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Mixed methods research study explores how Indigenous women in two Canadian urban centers experience racism. Findings indicate that participants experience racism in ways that can be classified as individual, collective or institutional, and cultural and rage from historical events to contemporary manifestations.
Racism in the Electronic Age: Role of Online Forums in Expressing Racial Attitudes About American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jesse A. Steinfeldt
Brad D. Foltz
Jennifer K. Kaladow
Tracy N. Carlson
Louis A. Pagano ... [et al.]
Culture, Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 16, no. 3, July 2010, pp. 362-371
Description
Examines online newspaper forums showing how misinformation is perpetuating stereotypes and racist attitudes towards American Aboriginal people.
Racism, Popular Culture, and the Everyday Rosebud Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Biolsi
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 77-110
Description
Discusses the intricacies and nuances of Lakota performances of popular culture. Challenges perspectives which dismiss Indigenous engagement in contemporary culture as mimicry or assimilation, and that portray contemporaneity as opposed to indigeneity.
Racism's Frontier: The Untold Story of Discrimination and Division in Alaska
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alaska Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Description
Reports on education, economic opportunity and employment, and administration of justice regarding Alaskan Natives. Provides recommendations for change.
Rainy River Lives: Stories Told by Maggie Wilson
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jennifer S. H. Brown
Collaborative Anthropologies, vol. 3, 2010, pp. 155-159
Description
Book review of: Rainy River Lives: Stories Told by Maggie Wilson compiled and edited by Sally Cole.
Rama Five Years Later: A Discussion on the Advantages and Pitfalls of Aboriginal Gaming in Ontario: An Interview with Casino-Rama Director of First Nations Affairs, Kevin Wassegijig
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yale D. Belanger
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 2, no. 2, Special Issue on Gaming, Winter, 2002, pp. 18-22
Description
Looks at the economic benefits, challenges such as improving existing facilities, and the anticipated market saturation resulting from the casino's success.
Rampart House
E-Books
Author/Creator
Yukon Tourism and Culture
Description
Historic site located near the mouth of Boundary Creek (Shanàghan K’òhnjik) and right next to the boundary between the United States and Canada.
The Rationale for Developing a Programme of Services by and for Indigenous Men in a First Nations Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie George
Melody Morton Ninomiya
Kathryn Graham
Sharon Bernards Samantha Wells
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 158-167
Description
Article summarizes the results of the mixed-methods research conducted in Kettle & Stoney Plain First Nation that focused on the mental health needs of Indigenous Men. Research examines the factors that contribute to mental health issues, the experience of men seeking supports and services, and identifies ways to address mental health in this community.