Presents overview of health of First Nations in Alberta including trends in life expectancy, communicable disease control measures, and environmental health.
Journal of Educational Change, vol. 12, no. 3, 2011, pp. 323-345
Description
Presents information to educate and inspire educators with specific, effective strategies and programs that may better serve the educational needs of Aboriginal peoples.
Scientific Panel for Sustainable Forest Practices in Clayoquot Sound
Description
Looks at a framework for developing new forest practices standards that include Nuu-Chah-Nulth participation in co-managing the area and its resources by using their knowledge and personal experience.
Indigenous law Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, 2011, pp. 101-132
Description
Concerns raised by Canada's First Nations in the use of electronic health records and the principles of Ownership, Control, Access and Possession (OCAP)
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 6, June 2011, p. 7
Description
Looks at the evolution of the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College into the First Nations University of Canada and the celebration of 35 years of existence.
Article located by scrolling to page 7.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Health and Well-being, 2011, pp. 1-13
Description
Data findings demonstrate that promoting health and well-being in First nations women, begins with improving and understanding socio-economic conditions.
Report - 1885 on the north-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Committee on North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Horatio Hale
Description
"Reports on the physical characters, languages, industrial and social condition of the North-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada," focuses on Blackfoot, Cree and Ojibwe/Ojibway, 1885 era.
American Literature, vol. 83, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 449-451
Description
Book reviews of:
Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England by Jean M. O'Brien
Indian Work: Language and Livelihood in Native American History by Daniel H. Usner
X-Marks: Native Signatures of Assent by Scott Richard Lyons.
Book reviews found by scrolling to page 449.
Economic evaluation of three principal federal-provincial funding agreements: The Contribution Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the Government of Newfoundland for the Benefit of the Innu Communities of Labrador: 1991-1996, The Contribution Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the Government of Newfoundland for the Benefit of the Inuit Communities of Labrador: 1989-1994, and The Canada-Newfoundland-Native-Peoples-of-Labrador Health Agreement: 1984-85.
A photograph of dead Canadian soldiers at Fish Creek, NWT, 1885, taken shortly after the Battle of Fish Creek. A soldier is shown covering one of the corpses with a blanket.
Collection of Dr. Peter Purdue, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
Published in [Montreal Star?], [?1885].
No article associated with this image in the newspaper.
Facsimiles of sketches furnished to the Montreal "Star" by a member of the expedition.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 9, October 2011, p. 20
Description
Looks at a fourteen acre organic vegetable garden created to employ community members and help them live a healthier lifestyle.
Article located by scrolling to page 20.
Firist Nation University a Healthy Thirty-five Year Old
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kerry Benjoe
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 9, October 2011, p. 1,14
Description
Comments on history of the university, that emerged from the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, as it celebrates a key anniversary.
Article located on page 1 and by scrolling to page 14.
Speaker discusses the program of preservation and conservation undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the New Deal era. Also features screening of newsreel, Timber and Totem Poles by the Forest Service.
Duration: 45:34.
Former Primer Minister Offers Encouragement For Young Entrepreneurs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 10, November 2011, p. 16
Description
Looks at the Aboriginal Youth Entrepreneur Program, open to students at the Oskayak High School in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, which is designed to develop business skills and to encourage youth to stay in school.
Article located by scrolling to page 16.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph. Caption: Treaty Six negotiations were held at a traditional camping area, known to the Cree as the "waiting place", near Fort Carlton.
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.