The Turtle's Beating Heart: One Family's Story of Lenape Survival
Alternate Title
American Indian Lives
E-Books
Author/Creator
Denise Low
Tusarniqtut
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ammaluq Uttaq
Bessie Ashevak
Neeveeovak Marniq
Inuktitut, no. 87, 2000, pp. 59-[?]
Description
Selection of stories involving animals.
Tuurngait et Chamanes Inuit dans le Nunavik Occidental Contemporain
Theses
Author/Creator
Nathalie Ouellette
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Université Laval, 2000.
Twice as Good: A History of Aboriginal Nurses
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Logan McCallum
Description
Looks at four periods: 1900 to 1945, 1945 to 1969, 1969 to 1989, and 1989 to 2006. Sources include records of Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada, National Archives of Canada, secondary literature, and personal recollections.
Twilight Dancers
Alternate Title
CBC Short Docs
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Theola Ross
Paola Marino
Description
Comments on a group of Indigenous teenagers who use square dancing to help heal from the trauma of a suicide epidemic and bullying in their remote community.
Duration: 16:31.
Two Approaches, One Problem: Cultural Constructions of Type II Diabetes in an Indigenous Community in Yucatán, Mexico
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah M. Frank
T. Elizabeth Durden
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 172, January 2017, pp. 64-71
Description
Study seeks to understand how diabetes is understood and treated in Indigenous settings in rural Yucatán.
"Two-Eyed Seeing": Moving From Paralysis to Action in Understanding the Legacy of Indian Residential Schools in British Columbia, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl Kay
Journal of Dance Education, vol. 17, no. 3, Reflective Practice in Dance Education, 2017, pp. 106-114
Description
Describes the steps the author used to understand the legacy of the residential school experience and how to teach a new curriculum.
Two Members of Congress Get an $8 Billion Favor...That's More Than 10 Times What Indian Health Programs
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mark Trahant
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Republished from Trahant Reports, May 3, 2017.
Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear: The Life and
Adventures of Theresa Gowanlock and Theresa Delaney
E-Books
Author/Creator
Theresa Gowanlock
Theresa Delaney
Description
Part I written by Gowanlock, part II written by Delaney. Part II begins on page 83.
Two Solitudes Intertwined: Building Trusting Relationships Between DIAND and Aboriginal People in the Northwest Territories: Practical Steps to Improve and Foster Relationships at the Front Line
Theses
Author/Creator
Sandy C. M. Osborne
Description
Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2000.
Two Spirit and Queer Indigenous Resurgence through Sci-Fi Futurisms, Doubleweaving, and Historical Re-Imaginings: A Review Essay
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Smokii Sumac
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 168-175
Description
Literary Criticism article examines Love Beyond Body Space and Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-fi Anthology edited by Hope Nicholson and Asegi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Two-Spirit Memory by Qwo-Li Driskill and how the speculative nature of the texts helps to reclaim IndigiQueer and LGBTQ identities.
[A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kai Pyle
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 95-98
Description
Book review of: A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby with Mary Louisa Plummer.
Two-spirits: Conceptualization in a L’nuwey Worldview
Theses
Author/Creator
John R. Sylliboy
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2017
Two Victorian Corroborees: Meaning Making in Response to European Intrusion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Newton
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 121-149
Description
Article draws on the journals of Guardian of Aborigines William Thomas in New South Wales to describe and examine corroborees (Indigenous spiritual ceremonies) taking place in the early 1850s. Author considers the role of syncretism in Indigenous peoples’ process of understanding European systems of belief.
Type 2 Diabetes Among North American Children and Adolescents: An Epidemiologic Review and a Public Health Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Fagot-Campagna
David J. Pettitt
Michael M. Engelgau
Nilka Rios Burrows
Linda S. Geiss
et al.
The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 136, no. 5, 2000, pp. 664-672
Description
Looks at the magnitude, characteristics, and public health importance of type 2 diabetes in North American youth.
Type 2 Diabetes in Canadian Aboriginal Adolescents: Risk Factors and Prevalence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelley Spurr
Jill Bally
Carol Bullin
Krista Trinder
Journal of Pediatric Nursing, vol. 36, 2017, pp. 111-117
Description
Looks at Indigenous ancestry, family history, obesity, and hypertension as risk factors to increase type 2 diabetes among Indigenous populations.
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Canada's First Nations: Status of an Epidemic in Progress
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. Kue Young
Jeff Reading
Brenda Elias
John D. O'Neil
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 163, no. 5, September 5, 2000, pp. 561-566
Description
Presents a status report on a disease that is being reported more frequently.
U of A Proving Popular with Native Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Kent
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 162, no. 4, February 22, 2000, p. 550
Description
Discusses the success of the University of Alberta as a leader in attracting Aboriginal students, particularly in medical studies.
The Umoona Kidney Project
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Shephard
Michael Brown
Maryanne Hudson
Cissie Riessen
Janice Braun
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, March/April 2000, pp. 12-15
Description
Describes an early detection renal disease program in a remote community of South Australia. Aboriginal Australians are six times more likely to suffer from advanced kidney disease than non-Aboriginal Australians.
(Un)Veiling American Imperialism: The Co-Contextualization of Early Twentieth-Century Jewish American and Native American Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Barbara Chiarello
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Arlington, 2000.
Unbranded
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kerry McCallum
Aboriginal History, vol. 24, 2000, pp. 292-293
Description
Book review of: Unbranded by Herb Wharton.
Review located by scrolling to page 292.
Uncanadian Indians and Good Corporate Citizens: Representations of The Spirit Sings: Aristic Traditions of Canada’s First Peoples in the English-Canadian Media
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Josh Nelson
Adie Nelson
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 61-86
Description
Authors examines the (neo)colonial narratives present the English print media coverage of the Glenbow Museum’s 1988 exhibit The Spirit Sings. The exhibit, a headliner of the 1988 Winter Olympic Arts Festival in Calgary, is often considered to be the “catalyst for Canada's Task Force on Museums and First Peoples (1992).”
Uncivil Rites: Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Eric Cheyfitz
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 121-122
Description
Book review of: Uncivil Rites by Steven Salaita.
Unconventional Politics: Nineteenth-Century Women Writers and U.S. Indian Policy
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Caroline Legan
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 89-90
Description
Book review of: Unconventional Politics by Janet Dean.
Under-reporting of Major Birth Defects in Northwest Russia: A Registry-based Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anton A. Kovalenko
Tormod Brenn
Jon Øyvind Ødland
Evert Nieboer
Alexandra Krettek ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1366785
Description
Examines the results of combining two registries from Murmansk County and Norway and Archangelsk County to address the gap from defects not detectable at birth like hearing and mental illness and physicians improper recording.
Understanding Community Crisis Response in Isolated Indigenous Communities: A Community Portrait
Theses
Author/Creator
Kaila de Boer
Description
Social Work Thesis (MSW)--McGill University, 2017.
Understanding Depression among Pregnant Aboriginal Women
Theses
Author/Creator
Amrita Roy
Description
Community Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2017.
Understanding HIV/AIDS Epidemiology: HIV/AIDS Surveillance among Canada's Aboriginal Peoples
E-Books
Author/Creator
Blue Moon Consulting
Understanding Innu Normativity in Matters of Customary "Adoption" and Custody
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sébastien Grammond
Christiane Guay
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. 12-23
Description
Looks at ecognizing Inuu norms when it comes to custody and adoption in the community of Uashat mak Mani-Utenam in northeastern Quebec.
Understanding Louise Erdrich
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Danica Miller
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 287-289
Description
Book review of Understanding Louise Erdrich by Seema Kurup.
Understanding Louise Erdrich
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rebecca Macklin
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 99-100
Description
Book review of: Understanding Louise Erdrich by Seema Kurup.
Understanding Our Past, Reclaiming Our Culture: Conceptualizing Métis Culture and Mental Health in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Monique D. Auger
Description
Health Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
Understanding Restorative Justice Practice within the Aboriginal Context
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melanie Achtenberg
Forum on Corrections Research, vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal People in Corrections, January 2000, pp. 32-34
Description
Explores the impact of the Gladue decision on alternative sentencing practices, in particular with respect to sec 718.2 e of the Criminal.
Understanding Stone Tools and Archaeological Sites
E-Books
Author/Creator
Brian P. Kooyman
Understanding the Experiences and Processes of Health Canada's Evacuation Policy for Pregnant First Nations Women in Manitoba
Theses
Author/Creator
Karen Lawford
Description
Feminist and Gender Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Understanding the Impact of Indian Residential Schools on Cultural Identity: Canadian Indigenous Perspectives and Practices of Spirituality: A Qualitative Study with Storytelling as Narrative
Theses
Author/Creator
Carole L. Patrick
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saybrook University, 2017.
Understanding the Indian Act
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Roger Jones
Douglas Sanderson
Description
Speakers discuss how the Act has defined the government's and Crown's relationship with First Nations peoples; how it has impeded development of communities; and how fundamental changes are needed to give First Nations' control over governance and the ability to develop mechanisms to improve access to capital.
Duration: 1:09:15.
Understanding the Needs of Urban Inuit Women: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Description
Looks at women's experiences in Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal. Research involved literature review and interviews with forty-six Inuit women, twenty-two service providers, and, when possible, focus groups. Four objectives of study were to identify motivations for migration/relocation to urban centres, examine challenges faced, discuss primary effects on roles and responsibilities, and to identify supports needed.
Une approche de recherche en écosanté peut-elle aider à résoudre les problématiques liées aux chiens à Kuujjuaq ?
Alternate Title
Can an Ecohealth Research Approach Contribute to the Resolution of Dog-Related Issues in Kuujjuaq?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Audrey Simon
Johanne Saint-Charles
Francis Lévesque
André Ravel
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 307-325
Description
Authors of this study examine the tensions, concerns, and cultural factors around dog management in a community in Nunavik, Quebec; following this community assessment they work to articulate an EcoHealth approach to this issue that will engage the myriad of factors surround the controversy.
Text in French.
Unemployment, Drug Use, and HIV Risk Among American Indians and Alaska Native Drug Users
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Grace L. Reynolds
Dennis G. Fisher
Antonio L. Estrada
Robert Trotter
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 9, no. 1, 2000, pp. 17-32
Description
Examines study of relationships among race/ethnicity, age, and level of educational attainment among drug users.
An Unequal Coexistence: From 'Station Black' to 'Aboriginal Custodian' in the Victoria River District of Northern Australia
Theses
Author/Creator
David Cooper
Description
[Anthropology?] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian National University, 2000.
Unequal Justice: the Metis in O'Donoghue's Raid of 1871
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ruth Swan
Edward A. Jerome
Manitoba History, vol. 39, Spring/Summer, June 1, 2000, pp. 24-38
Description
Focuses on the raid by a combined force of Irish Americans and Pembina Métis led by W.B. O'Donoghue on a Hudson's Bay Company Post.
Unfinished Business: The Australian Stolen Generations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Antonio Buti
Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, vol. 7, no. 4, December 2000, p. [?]
Description
Looks at the responses of the Commonwealth Government to the demands for reparations and recommendations of the National Inquiry.
Unhealhty Choices: The Role of Citizenship in the Federal Government Response to Tuberculosis in Indigenous Populations 1945-2015
Theses
Author/Creator
Ginette Thomas
Description
Social Work with Specialization in Political Economy Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2017.
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs' Initial Response Re: Canada's Civil Society Consultations for the World Conference Against Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance 2001
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)
Description
Presents a submission that addresses the five themes of the conference.
The United States Census: The Racialization of Indian Identity and Its Impact on Self Determination
Theses
Author/Creator
Robyn Loretta Kline
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 2000.
The Universal Hiawatha
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joe Lockard
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, Winter, 2000, pp. 110-125
Description
Literary criticism article which deals with the translation and internationalization of the epic poem The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Discusses source material, misrepresentations of Indigenous peoples, and the promotion of colonial narratives.
[University Admissions Roundtable]
Alternate Title
Daniels: In and Beyond the Law
Aboriginal Admissions and Métis Identity, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Affirmative Action, Self Identification
Responsibilities of Universities in View of the Daniels Decision
Where are You From? Reframing Facilitated Admissions Policies in the Faculty of Health Sciences
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Danielle Soucy
Valerie Arnault-Pelletier
Lisa Collins
Kara Paul
André Costopoulos
Description
Representatives from Canadian universities discuss their institution's policies about proof of Indigenous identity when individuals apply for equity seats.
Duration: 53:08.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
The University of Sydney, College of Health Sciences Indigenous Support Initiatives Launch
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 5, September/October 2000, p. 29
Description
Brief article describes 12 Indigenous students who received scholarships totalling $60,000 during Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Week in Australia.