Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 2, Fall, 2011, p. 13
Description
Presents a students perspective on how Richard Henry Pratt, founder and superintendent of Carlisle residential school, planned to assimilate students, and discusses how students found ways of interpreting and mastering their environments through storytelling.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 8, August 2010, p. 1,8
Description
Comments on the celebration at Batoche commemorating the 125th anniversary of the battle and the various activities held during the event.
Article found on page 1 and continued by scrolling to page 8.
Website contains information on the destruction of Aboriginal heritage trees by industrial logging and it impact on First Nations identity and culture. Includes links to resources on totem poles and European trees,and related stories, digital media, and galleries.
Nineteenth-Century Contexts, vol. 33, no. 3, July 2011, pp. 267-287
Description
Discusses how the founder of Carlisle Indian Industrial School manipulated coverage of the Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee to further his own agenda of eliminating the competition in the Catholic contract schools.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 83-100
Description
Looks at health care costs for First Nations people living on and off reserve increasing dramatically by the year 2029 based on data collected in Manitoba and analysing First Nations health.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 4, April 2011, p. 7
Description
Highlights two Métis shows featured by the CBC, ê-miywahkamikahk and Wahkootowin, to celebrate the year after the year of the Métis.
Article found by scrolling to page 7.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal , vol. 183, no. 10, July 12, 2011, pp. 1147-1154
Description
Discusses various factors associated with injection drug use and the transition to injection drug use to inform the development of prevention programs and policies.
Assignment to explore the qualities of a hero, leader, & role model, and then research & create a short biography on one to three of those Métis individuals. Designed for primary, junior and intermediate students.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 2, Digital Technologies and Native Literature, Summer, 2011, pp. [25]-47
Description
Provides background to the author's multimedia project which was designed to contextualize the novel for students.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 25.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, March 1979, pp. 32-35
Description
Author describes his experiences chairing a session of the First National Aboriginal Health Worker Conference held in Darwin, Australia in October of 1978.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 135-160
Description
Discusses how the myaamia language continues to exist in the repertoire of the Miami people, and discusses how linguistic practices have made the language different than in the past.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, pp. 17-42
Description
Explores the relationships, through policy, between the Canadian state and urban Aboriginal peoples focusing on the cities of Thompson and Brandon, Manitoba.
Presents a video of Jason Chamakese and Robert Gladue performing, using flute, hand drum and singing, at the 7th annual Aboriginal Music Festival in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Rethinking the Great White North: Race, Nature, and the Historical Geographies of Whiteness in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jessica Dempsey
Kevin Gould
Juanita Sundberg
Description
Advocates for promotion of private property ownership as opposed to collective ownership as the path to poverty reduction.
Chapter 12 from Rethinking the Great White North: Race, Nature, and the Historical Geographies of Whiteness in Canada edited by Andrew Baldwin, Laura Cameron and Audrey Kobayashi.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 23, no. 2, Climate Commitment, Winter, 2011
Description
Report titled "Climate Change and Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations" presents findings indicating that Native Communities feel the impacts of climate change first.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 2, 2010, pp. 157-159
Description
Book review of: Changing the Culture of Forestry in Canada: Building Effective Institutions for Aboriginal Engagement in Sustainable Forest Management edited by Marc Stevenson and David Natcher.
Public Health Reports, vol. 126, no. 6, November-December 2011, pp. 816-825
Description
Study shows three patterns in hospitalization rates for AI/AN population: a decrease for hepatitis A, no change for hepatitis B, large increase for hepatitis C.
Survey results of program assessment found that programs serving students and communities lacked strategic planning for activities, causing concern for quality and effectiveness in future programming. Includes recommendation from the Task force.
Interview of Charlie Chief who discusses the a Grass Dance, Round Dance and Sioux Dance (including songs). Also included are songs. The discusses the difference between old and new ways. Alphonse Littlepoplar is the intterpreter