Website produced to accompany an exhibition of the same name mounted by the Heard Museum. Information divided into six sections: Introduction; Journey and Arrival; Health and Running Away; Student Experiences; Reforms and Changes; and Choices and Legacies.
Survey was conducted between April 30 and October 31, 2018 and received 209 complete responses including those from 113 chiefs, 38 economic development corporations, and 58 economic development managers from all eight of the economic development regions.
Barriers to Healthcare Access Faced by Indigenous Women in the Guatemalan Highland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily A. Kragel
Logan N. Beyer
David L. Boyd
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 1, A Barrier-free Health System for Indigenous Communities, August 2018, pp. 104-121
Description
Data collected from 15 study participants living in three different communities indicates a hierarchy of barriers with the barrier of geography appearing to be the first and most difficult to overcome. Subsequent barriers include cost, perceived quality of care, trust of medical provider and available time.
[Appendix A: Portrait of the Situation for English-speaking First Nations: Accessing Health and Social Services in English in the Province of Quebec]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Coalition of English-speaking First Nations in Quebec (CESFNCQ)
Description
Discusses broad issues and challenges as well as difficulties associated with residing in a predominantly francophone province and identifies key priority areas. Includes community profiles and results of survey of residents.
A large coloured illustration depicting the Battle of Batoche reproduced from the Canadian Illustrated War News. Published in the series The Opening of the West by Encyclopedia Britannica.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 1885, p. 196
Description
Note: The description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A short article on the ongoing Northwest Resistance, including four sketches: 1. The fort at Battleford; 2. The South Saskatchewan; 3. Steamers loading at Medicine Hat; 4. The Revolt of the Half-Breeds.
File contains a copy of Battleford Beleaguered: 1885. The Story of the Riel Uprising from the columns of the Saskatchewan Herald, edited and published by William L. Clink, 1984. This publication was republished as a project of the North West Centennial Advisory Committee, with a new introduction by F. Laurie Barron in 1985. Several copies of the new introduction and Barron's notes on its development and editing are all part of this file.
This file contains excerpts from Reginald Beatty's diary, correspondence about his encounters with Cree people, and letters home to his parents detailing his experience in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. Mr. Beatty was a farmer and fur trader in what is now known as the Melfort area of Saskatchewan.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, January 2018, p. article 3
Description
Study used semi-structured, in-depth interviews with current and former employees of the Australian Public Service to identify factors which contribute to the ongoing problem of lack of retention.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, December 1984, pp. 25-26
Description
Describes the treatment regime of the facility located in Kinchela, New South Wales, Australia which has a unique blend of Western techniques adapted to Aboriginal culture.
Aboriginal History, vol. 42, December 2018, pp. 97-124
Description
Author examines the complicated relationship between the New Norcia Mission led by Abbot Anselm Catalan, and its contemporary Aborigines Department headed by Chief Protector of Aborigines, A.O. Neville.
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. 2, no. 4, December 1996, pp. 683-701
Description
Examines reincarnation of gender among the Dene Tha of northern Alberta and how dual gender identities may be created through dream interpretation and socialization.
Statistics for population, housing stocks, new dwelling, house transformation, renovation and infrastructure needs, and decontamination for mold and vermiculite.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education , vol. 29, no. 4, Wisdom of Elders, Summer, April 24, 2018, p. [?]
Description
Article profiles two Elders, Lorraine Greybear and Vernon Lambert, who are teaching Dakota language and culture to students at Cankdeska Cikana Community College.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, 1984, pp. 179-204
Description
After examining the development of Indian policy in the Yukon Territories, government agents were required to adjust procedures and policies from a national perspective to better meet regional realities.
Identifies systemic and individual barriers and presents a cross-section of qualitative and quantitative research conducted by government, academics, and non-profit organizations, as well as those similar in structure to the Coast Guard. Best practices, trends and key strategies for engaging, attracting, hiring and retaining Indigenous peoples are also discussed.
National Tax Journal, vol. 49, no. 3, September 1996, pp. 401-412
Description
Predicts that as casino gambling spreads, the returns will decline. Suggests more research is needed to weigh the social costs against the potential benefits.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 42, no. 4, 2018, pp. 21-41
Description
Discusses the medicalization of women’s in health in Mexico; articulates considerations of separation from traditional healthcare providers and practices, invasive Western practices surround pregnancy and birth, and discrimination against Indigenous and/or Afro-descendant women. Analyzes the way that poor women use the phrase “being cut” to describe “multiple experiences of frustration, mistreatment, and violence during childbirth.”
Discusses how administrators of the school modified the curriculum to reflect economic realities of the region. Students returned to their villages but were still disconnected from their communities.
American Quarterly, vol. 48, no. 3, September, 1996, pp. 542-549
Description
Book review of: Tricksterism in Turn-of-the-Century American Literature: A Multicultural Perspective edited by Elizabeth Ammons and Annette White-Parks.
CBC website tracks progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action in child welfare, education, language and culture, health, justice and reconciliation.
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 129-149
Description
Discusses complicated and shifting relationships between museums and Indigenous peoples, highlights the contradictory roles museums play, and looks at exhibitions in public galleries of Royal British Columbia Museum, Museum of Anthropology, Museum of Vancouver which show the changing nature of the relationship.
Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography, vol. 8, no. 2, 2018, pp. 68-85
Description
Uses a participatory-action research model (PAR) to explore the ideas instilled by and the mobilizing potential of the REDress project—a grassroots, collaborative, community art exhibit intended to bring awareness to the issue of MMIW—at St. Francis Xavier University. Researcher partners with StFX Aboriginal Student’s Society.
Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 49, no. 3, Autumn, 2018, pp. 275-297
Description
An exploration of Indigenous student mobility away from the Sherman Institute in Riverside, California that reveals both Indigenous agency and neglect on the part of school officials.
Arctic, vol. 71, no. 4, December 19, 2018, pp. 393-406
Description
Authors discuss the 2011 Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic (ReSDA) research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC); research indicates gaps in understanding of cumulative impacts, regulatory processes which exclude local participation, and factors of community well-being separate from economic factors.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1996, pp. 63-79
Description
Discussion on the nature of Native American fiction and its portrayal of Native Americans, paying particular attention to identity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. Suppl, November 7, 2018, pp. S16-S18
Description
Article examines a research partnership between health leaders in Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory and a team of scientists at Laurentian University and highlights the lessons learned through community-engaged approach to research.