Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ashley Wynne
Cheryl L. Currie
Pimatisiwin, vol. 9, no. 1, Summer, 2011, pp. 113-127
Description
Links high STI rates in the aboriginal population to exclusionary structures and norms in Canadian society.
Social Justice Picture Books: Lesson Plans for the Junior-Intermediate Classroom
Alternate Title
When We Were Alone
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker
Dreambirds
The Great Kapok Tree
Stolen Words
Thanks to the Animals
Shi-shi-etko
I Am Not a Number
Gray Wolf's Search
Kookum's Red Shoes
Fox on the Ice
Shin Chi's Canoe
E-Books
Description
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
Social Responsibility of Mining Companies and Indigenous People of Chukotka
Alternate Title
Responsabilité Sociale des Compagnies Minières et Peuples autochtones de la Tchoukotka
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Oksana Kolomiets
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 45, no. 1/2, Chukotka: Understanding the Past, Contemporary Practices, and Perceptions of the Present, 2021, pp. 365-391
Description
Discusses the social and economic impact of mining companies' policies when extracting natural resources on Indigenous land.
Social Structural Analysis of Street-Involved Youth in Winnipeg, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura H. Thompson
John Schellenberg
Margaret Ormond; John L. Wylie
Journal of Social Structure, vol. 12, 2011, p. [?]
Description
Studies social linkages of street involved youth and connection to sexually transmitted infections.
Socially Just Engineering: Power, Resistance,and Discourse at Site 41
Theses
Author/Creator
Usman Mushtaq
Description
Civil Engineering Thesis (MaSc.)--Queen's University, 2011.
Socio-economic Patterns of Obesity Among Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Canadians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carmina Ng
Paul N. Corey
T. Kue Young
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 102, no. 4, July/August 2011, pp. 264-268
Description
Looks at a study that concludes obesity is high in Aboriginal Canadians of both high and low socio-economic status.
Sociocultural Determinants of Health and Wellness: Qanuilirpitaa? 2017: Nunavik Inuit Health Survey
Alternate Title
Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2017: Qanuilirpitaa? = How are we now?
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gina Muckle
Christopher Fletcher
Mylene Riva
Mireille Desrochers-Couture
Camille Pepin … [et al.]
Description
Socioeconomic and Environmental Effects on Public Behavior: The Case of Inuit Suicide
Theses
Author/Creator
Camilius Chike Egeni
Description
Public Policy and Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--Walden University, 2010.
Socioeconomic Status and Self-Reported Asthma in Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australian Adults Aged 18-64 Years: Analysis of National Survey Data
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joan Cunningham
International Journal for Equity in Health, vol. 9, no. 18, August 2010, pp. 1-11
Description
Results based on data from The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) and the National Health Survey (NHS).
The Socioeconomic Status of Saskatchewan First Nation Members on Reserve: A Statistical Analysis by Sask Trends Monitor
Alternate Title
Sask Trends Monitor
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Doug Elliott
Description
Research questions whether good governance is associated with greater well-being of band members.
Sold! The Loss of Kiowa Allotments in the Post-Indian Reorganization Era
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark H. Palmer
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 3, 2011, pp. 37-57
Description
Discusses the dispossession of American Indian allotment land in the United States.
Solitudes in Shared Spaces: Aboriginal and EuroCanadian Anglicans in the Yukon and the Northwest Territories in the Post-Residential School Era
Theses
Author/Creator
Cheryl Gaver
Description
Religious Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2011.
Solving the “Indian Problem”: Assimilation Laws, Practices & Indian Residential Schools
Articles » General
Author/Creator
D’Arcy Rheault
Ontario Métis Family Records Center Newsletter
Description
Contains timeline from 1620-1996 as well as a brief synopsis of Residential School Syndrome (RSS).
Some Elements of American Indian Pedagogy from an Anishinaabe Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence W. Gross
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 11-26
Description
Talks about course assignments and works by authors Francis Densmore, M. Inez Hilger, and Roger Spielmann.
A Song of Identity: Yoik as Example of the Importance of Symbolic Cultural Expression in Intercultural Communication/Health Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ingrid Hanssen
Journal of Intercultural Communication, no. 27, November 2011
Description
Interviews caregivers and family members about using Yoik, Saami traditional music, on patients with dementia to aid in communication and memory.
Sorryness as Public Poetics: Rhetorical Figuration and Poetic Formulas in the Australian and Canadian 2008 Parliamentary Apology Debates
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tom Clark
Description
Argues that three common elements run through the debates: taking responsibility for past actions, importance of a common purpose, and vagueness about future actions. Compares style and rhetoric employed by politicians in each country.
Sorting, Peers, and Achievement of Aboriginal Students in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane Friesen
Brian Krauth
no. 4
Description
Looks at the relationship between school environments and the gap in education outcomes in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students.
Soul Talk, Song Language: Conversations With Joy Harjo
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joy Harjo
Tanaya Winder
The Space between Us: Exploring Colonization and Injustice through Red: A Haida Manga
Theses
Author/Creator
Cara Tiemens
Description
Professional Communication Major Research Project (MPC)--Ryerson University, 2021.
Spaces Between Us: Queer Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Decolonization
Alternate Title
First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Scott Lauria Morgensen
Speaking Our Truths in "A Good Way"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lyn Trudeau
Lorenzo Cherubini
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010, pp. 113-121,155-156
Description
Discussion on spiritual engagement within research practices from an Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal perspective.
Speaking Out: Voices of Native American Female Playwrights
Alternate Title
Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Richard Moon
Description
Discusses remarks made by participants in a roundtable discussion hosted by the Native American Women Playwrights Archive in March 1999.
Speaking Sovereignty and Communicating Change: Rhetorical Sovereignty and the Inaugural Exhibits at the NMAI
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa King
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 75-103
Description
Describes the concept of rhetorical sovereignty, and looks at the workings and complications of enacting rhetorical sovereignty using the three inaugural exhibits of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI).
Speaking the Unspoken: Racism, Sport and Māori
Alternate Title
Speaking the Unspoken: Racism, Sport and Maori
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Holly Raima Hippolite
Toni Bruce
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies, vol. 2, no. 2, 2010, pp. 23-45
Description
Interviews Māori sport participants, coaches and administrators about their experiences with cultural and institutional racism in New Zealand.
Special Edition by Children and Youth: Our Hopes and Dreams for Making Shannen's Dream Come True
Alternate Title
Special Edition by Children and Youth
Letters from Shannen Koostachin and the Students of Attawapiskat First Nation to Marie-Claude Côté-Villeneuve
My Hopes and Dreams for How to Make Shannen’s Dream Come True
Our Hopes and Dreams for Making Shannen's Dream Come True
Articles » General
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 16, no. 1, Special Edition by Children and Youth, 2021, pp. 1-48
Description
Special issue that looks at the poor living conditions at a school on the Attawapiskat First Nation. Includes letters written by Omushkegowuk Cree children.
Special Report: Aboriginal Children: Canada Must Do Better: Today and Tomorrow
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates
Description
Submission contends that Canada has failed to adequately address issues facing Aboriginal children and therefore has not complied with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other human rights instruments.
Special Study of the National Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jill Anne Chouinard
Katherine Moreau
Sandra Parris
J. Bradley Couins
Description
Looks at the success, implementation and relevance of an initiative developed in response to an increasing rate of suicide among First Nations and Inuit youth.
Speech, Language and Hearing Services to First Nations, Inuit and Metis Children in Canada, with a Focus on Children 0 to 6 Years of Age: A Project Summary Report with Recommendations for Addressing Speech, Language and Hearing Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sharon Fotheringham
Description
Project purpose was to increase understanding of the current accessibility and availability of speech-language pathology and audiology services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis heritage in Canada.
Speech, Language and Hearing Services to Indigenous People in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States: A Literature Review and Report on Key Informant Interviews
Alternate Title
Speech, Language and Hearing Services to First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children in Canada, With a Focus on Children 0 to 6 Years of Age
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
Description
Identifies common service barriers and highlights practices that address need for improved and appropriate services.
Spirit Bear's Guide to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
Description
Child-friendly booklet.
[Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors: Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John Sandlos
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 193-194
Description
Book review of: Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors by Charlotte Coté.
Sporting Opportunities for Aboriginal Men in Melbourne's Western Suburbs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darren Clinch
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 4, July/August 2010, pp. 8-9
Description
Comments on the accessibility and cost of sports and recreational activities as being barriers for Aboriginal men.
Sports Inspiring for SaskTel Youth Award Recipient
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andréa Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 11, December 2011, p. 25
Description
Looks at the 2011 winner of the SaskTel Aboriginal Youth Award for Female Athlete.
Article located by scrolling to page 25.
Squaw Hall: A Community Remembers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicola Harwood
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 148, Fall, 2011, pp. 25-31
Description
Describes initiative undertaken by Twin Fish and urban ink theatre groups in Williams Lake, British Columbia. Project involved youth in the development of a short play entitled Damed if You Do, What it Don't as part media and performance training.
The Staff of Life: Wheat and 'Indian Bread' in the New World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Luis Millones Figueroa
Colonial Latin American Review, vol. 19, no. 2, August 2010, pp. 301-322
Description
Uses the example of wheat to illustrate the challenges of transporting and adapting European culture to life in the Americas.
Staged Encounters: Native American Performance Between 1880 and 1920
Theses
Author/Creator
Katherine Liesl Young Evans
Description
[English?] Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Austin, 2010.
State Citizenship as a Tool of Indian Persistence: A Case Study of the Anishinaabeg of Michigan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theodore J. Karamanski
Michigan Historical Review, vol. 37, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 119-138
Description
Contends that Michigan's experiment with citizenship should not be viewed as a failure.
State-Corporate Crime on the Navajo Nation: Human Consumption of Contaminated Waters
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Linda Robyn
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-6
Description
Comments on the cost of mining to people and the environment, for corporate and government benefit.
State of Equity in Education Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Winnipeg Indigenous Executive Circle
Description
Examines progress on the Calls to Action published in the previous year's report and results of survey of Winnipeg school divisions and faculties of education in Manitoba with respect to school trustee representation, number of Indigenous teachers, employment equity policies, staff profile, student profile, and student enrollment in Bachelor of Education programs.
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State of the Inner City 2010: We're in It for the Long Haul
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives--Manitoba
[Brigette DePape
Lynne Fernandez
Ellen Smirl]
Description
Focus on Winnipeg, Manitoba.
State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2010: Events of 2009: Focus [on] Religious Minorities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Preti Taneja
Nazila Ghanea
James A. Goldston
Mumtaz Lalani
Susan Hayward ... [et al.]
State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2011: Events of 2010: Focus on Women's Rights
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kathryn Ramsay
Corinne Lennox
Claire Rowland
Michelle Carnegie
Tanya Saroj Bakhru .. [et al.]
A Statistical Analysis of the Manifestation of Structural Violence as Interpersonal Violence
Theses
Author/Creator
Tonya Simpson
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2021.
StatsUpdate: Labour Force, Annual Average for 2010
Alternate Title
Annual Average Employment Levels and Employment Rates for the Population 15 Years and Over by Province and Territory
Labour Force Characteristics for People Aged 15 and Over, Nunavut, 2009 to 2010 (Annual Averages)
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
2 statistical tables including definitions and notes.
The Status of Literacy Education for the San of Botswana
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lone Elizabeth Ketsitlile
AlterNative, vol. 7, no. 3, 2011, pp. 196-206
Description
Looks at barriers to education in Botswana especially difficulties of English language instruction.
Stealing Indian Women: Native Slavery in the Illinois Country
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cécile Vidal
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 91, no. 2, June 2010, pp. 343-346
Description
Book review in French of: Stealing Indian Women: Native Slavery in the Illinois Country by Carl J. Ekberg.
Stealing the Gila: The Pima Agricultural Economy and Water Deprivation, 1848-1921
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Martínez
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 143-145
Description
Book review of: Stealing the Gila: The Pima Agricultural Economy and Water Deprivation, 1848-1921 by David H. DeJong.
Steamboats West: The 1859 American Fur Company Missouri River Expedition
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Robison
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 4, Fall, 2011, pp. 167-168
Description
Book review of: Steamboats West: The 1859 American Fur Company Missouri River Expedition by Lawrence H. Larsen and Barbara J. Cottrell.
Stepping into the Circle
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Alberta Council of Women's Shelters
Description
Contains links to a series of eight modules and videos in the series In Conversation with Lewis Cardinal. Designed to educate staff and participants in Sharing Circles about Indigenous history, culture and knowledge. Topics include Indigenous worldviews, missing and murdered Indigenous women, treaty relations, building relationships, women in Indigenous societies, contemporary women's leadership, and the circle process.
Sterilization Racism and Pan-Ethnic Disparities of the Past Decade: The Continued Encroachment on Reproductive Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas W. Volscho
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 17-31
Description
Compares and discusses the rates of sterilization of African America women, American Indian women, and European American women.