A typed copy of Inspector Francis Dickens's North West Mounted Police journal from Fort Pitt in 1885. Recounts the events of the Resistance, the skirmish and subsequent abandonment of Fort Pitt by Dickens who was in command of the installation when hostilities broke out.
Diabetes Care, vol. 26, no. 3, March 2003, pp. 861-868
Description
Study examines if insulin resistance (IR) and the presence of metabolic syndrome (MS) are independent of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in non-diabetic Native Americans.
Discusses customary rights and responsibilities with respect to three areas: private advice-/knowledge, inherited ritual/ceremonial property (rituals, songs, stories, etc.) and House property (hereditary names, songs, stories).
Article reflects on the experience of providing a graduate diploma in Indigenous health and substance use, designed and delivered specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mature-aged front-line service providers.
Annual Inter-Jurisdictional Conference on Aboriginal Involvement in Natural Resource Management: Report on Proceedings ; 3rd
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Blue Sky Planners & Consultants]
Description
Overview and summary of presentations at the 3rd Inter-Jurisdiction Conference on Aboriginal Involvement in Natural Resource Management held June 21-24, 2005.
International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration, vol. 4, no. 1, 2003, pp. 87-99
Description
Looks at a gaming enterprise that has developed human resources tools and practices that could be adapted or applied in other hospitality organizations .
Arctic, vol. 58, no. 4, December 2005, pp. 395-405
Description
Using information from interviews and reviews of documents, examines Saskatchewan uranium mining operations, the Ekati diamond project and the Voisey's Bay mine/mill project.
Integrating Preventative Dental Care into General Pediatric Practice for Indigenous Communities: Pediatric Residents’ Perceptions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mohamed ElSalhy
Mandeep Gill
Daniela Migliarese Isaac
Randy Littlechild
Lola Baydala
Maryam Amin
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Qualitative study used four focus groups comprised of resident and attending paediatricians to identify advantages of, barriers to, and strategies for the delivery of basic dental care to First Nations children as a part of primary paediatric care.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 3, Indigenizing Education, Spring, 2005, p. 14
Description
Describes the development, at Turtle Mountain Community College, of a philosophy that teaches by integrating the tribal values of bravery, honesty, wisdom, humility, truth, love and peace into its curriculum.
Brief history and evolution includes discussion of the ecological, social, and cultural factors surrounding the international governance of biodiversity, traditional knowledge and intellectual property rights.
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 211-224
Description
Review essay which seeks to examine the key themes that appear repeatedly throughout the work of Steven Salaita, and to consider the narratives they might form when considered together.
Pimatziwin: A Journal of Indigenous and Aboriginal Community Health, vol. 1, no. 2, 2003, pp. 155-161
Description
Story of two nurses, one an Indigenous Australian registered nurse, and the other a non-Indigenous community health nurse, both from Southern Australia and their travels meeting Indigenous people in Canada.
Intergenerational Transfer of Ethnic Identity in Canada at the Turn of the 21st Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Madeline A. Kalbach
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 35, no. 1, Spring, 2003, pp. 135-[?]
Description
Analyzes special tabulations gathered in the 2001 Census of Canada to explore how Canadians identify themselves ethnically as opposed to their ethnic ancestry.
Group photo taken on the grounds of Fort Pitt, NWT. Numbered from L to R: 1. Fire Sky Thunder; 2. Sky Bird (Big Bear's son); 3. Natoose; 4. Napasis; 5. Big Bear; 6. Angus McKay (HBC); 7. Dufrain (HBC cook); 8. L. Goulet; 9. Stanley Simpson (HBC); 10. Alex McDonald; 11. Rowley; 12. Corp. Sleigh (NWMP); 13. Edmond; 14. Henry Dufrain.
Discusses principles that should be used when building consensus including: early and ongoing consultation, meaningful dialogue, and inclusivity, accessibility and capacity enhancement. Fostering partnerships based on the application of Indigenous knowledge, sustainable and equitable development, infrastructure modernization and energy independence.
"June 2019, 42nd Parliament, 1st Session"
Excerpt of the declaration issued at the 5th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference which took place in Cancun, Mexico in September 2003.
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International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Authors examine disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies and agreements which include Indigenous peoples and communities in their planning processes. Article advocates for respecting Indigenous approaches, knowledges, and land use practices; accurate, appropriate, and ethical data collection.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 2, 2003, pp. 75-85
Description
Examines the bio-prospecting/bio-piracy debate in the context of traditional knowledge as an important component in an aboriginal economic development strategy.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, January 2018, p. article 1
Description
Describes framework developed to represent community values for the purpose of informing program and policy agendas and discusses what community members saw as making a service work well and why.
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Travelling Exhibition Program
Art Gallery of Alberta
Description
Lesson plans for elementary and secondary school students for exhibition featuring works by Blackfoot artists Kristy North Peigan, Smith Wright, and Lori Scalplock.Topics include survey of First Nations art in the twentieth century, introduction to Blackfoot history and culture, and artist interviews and biographies.
Authors review research methodologies used by post-graduate researchers of Caribbean-related subjects in the past 10 years; discusses the absence of culturally-specific research approaches. Author calls for research methods that are more respectful of Caribbean worldviews and practices.