Becoming Comfortable With the Uncomfortable: Introducing the Topic of Residential Schools in Kindergarten: Lesson Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norah L'Espérance
Richard Messina
Raadiyah Nazeem
Renée Smith
Krista Spence
Carol Stephenson
Description
Uses two picture books, that focus on the experience, as the basis of the lesson.
Bee Nation
Alternate Title
CBC DOCS POV
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Lana Šlezić
Description
Documentary follows three First Nations students as they compete in Saskatchewan's first-ever First Nations Provincial Spelling Bee and their subsequent trip to the National Championships in Toronto.
Duration: 44:08.
The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jacki Thompson Rand
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 102-103
Description
Book review of: The Beginning and End of Rape by Sarah Deer.
Behavioural Risk Factors of Arterial Hypertension in the Evenk Population of the Russian Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Svetlana Semenovna Shadrina
Anna Innokentievna Sivtseva
Elena Nikolaevna Sivtseva
Ara Andreevna Donskaya
Olga Nikolaevna Ivanova
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Article examines the behavioural risk factors for arterial hypertension (AH)—including tobacco use, excessive alcohol use, and a lack of physical activity—among Evenk people. Also notes that incidence of AH is also influenced by marital status, employment, education, and housing conditions.
Being a Grandmother in the Tewa World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sue-Ellen Jacobs
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, 1995, pp. 67-83
Description
Discussion of moiety membership (a division of society into two lineal kinship parts or sides) and the concept of both achieved and ascribed "grandmotherhood" at San Juan Pueblo.
"Being a Half-Breed": Discourses of Race and Cultural
Syncreticity in the Works of Three Metis Women Writers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jodi Lundgren
Canadian Literature, no. 144, Native, Individual, State, Spring, 1995, pp. 82 - 96
Description
Discusses, using the works of Maria Campbell, Beatrice Culleton, and Lee Maracle, how race and culture can become oppressive elements in society.
Being an Indigenous CRC in the Era of the TRC #Notallitscrackeduptobe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chelsea Gabel
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, January 31, 2019, pp. 88-98
Description
Author discusses their experience as a Canadian Research Chair (CRC) in Indigenous Well-Being, Community-Engagement, and Innovation at McMaster University. Considers the role that Indigenous scholars are currently playing in decolonization and Indigenization efforts in the Canadian academy and the personal cost to those scholars.
Being Indigenous: Perspectives on Activism, Culture, Language and Identity
E-Books
Author/Creator
Neyooxet Greymorning
Anna Afanasyeva ...
Piita Irniq
Gunvor Guttorm
Arleen Adams
Moana Jackson
Henrietta Mann
James (Sa’ke’j) Youngblood Henderson
Kauanoe Kamanā
Steven Newcomb
Sharon Venne
Jirota Kitahara
Robert Hall
“Being Judged by Its Fruits”: Transforming Indian Land into Orchards along the Arkansas River, 1800–1867
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John J. Buchkoski
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter, January 10, 2019, pp. 39-58
Description
Author compares the way in which settlers in the Arkansas River Valley made use of the natural land to cultivate orchards and vineyards to the way local Indigenous nations had lived on the land.
Being Métis in Canada: An Unsettled Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Sinead O'Sullivan
Description
Social Science Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Manchester, 2017.
Being Neighbourly: Urban Reserves, Treaty Settlement Lands, and the Discursive Construction of Municipal–First Nation Relations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Barry
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, Special Issue: The Impact of Reserve and Reservation Systems on Indigenous Well-Being, 11 22, 2019
Description
Author offers a critical perspective on the perspectives in discussion papers being released by municipal government agencies in response to reserves being created within and adjacent to urban centers; argues that many of the perspective within these documents reinforce settler colonialism and ignore Indigenous sovereignty.
"The Belly of This Story": Storytelling and Symbolic Birth
in Native American Fiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Chapman
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 3-16
Description
Looks at how the traditional myths of creation takes place through language and song rather than sexual reproduction. The article also discusses how gender is less important than language.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Bending the Rules: The Montreal Branch of the Woman's Art Association of Canada, 1894-1900
Theses
Author/Creator
Heather Victoria Haskins
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1995.
Benefits and Risks of Traditional Food for Indigenous Peoples: Focus on Dietary Intakes of Arctic Men
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harriet V. Kuhnlein
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, vol. 73, no. 6, 1995, pp. 765-771
Description
Study shows older members of the community consume more traditional food than younger members and men consume more traditional food than do women.
Benefits for Indigenous Peoples (Government of Canada)
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Website provides information about benefits and programs including education and training, income assistance and more.
Best Part of Life: Subsistence Hunting, Ethnicity, and Economic Adaptation among Young Adult Inuit Males
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard G. Condon
Peter Collings
George Wenzel
Arctic, vol. 48, no. 1, March 1995, pp. 31-[?]
Description
Change in lifestyle in younger generation related to changes in livelihood including hunting and fishing for survival.
Best Practices for Consultation and Accommodation: Moving to Informed Consent
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brian Payer
Michael Bonshor
Description
Practices based on experiences shared by First Nations leaders and managers, lawyers specializing in Indigenous law, and previous reports. Primary focus is British Columbia, but information generally applies across Canada.
Updated version of Best Practices for Consultation and Accommodation by MNP.
Best Practices for Indigenous and Public Engagement
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA)
Description
Guide outlines general considerations, practices and procedures, and provides step-by-step instructions for community engagement sessions. Topics include establishing and earning community support, engagement and consultation activities, communicating with the media, presentation skills, and addressing opposition effectively and respectfully.
Between Heaven and Earth: The Art of Alex Jacobs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Larry Abbott
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 3, Series 2: Contemporary American Indian Poetry, Fall, 1995, pp. 39-50
Description
Interview with Alex Jacobs on Tribal Dada, his performance band; his poetry and artwork; his series Indian Radio; and other related subjects.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Between Law and Action: Assessing the State of Knowledge on Indigenous Law, UNDRIP, and Free, Prior and Informed Consent with Reference to Fresh Water Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hannah Askew
Corey Snelgrove
Kelsey R. Wrightson
Don Courturier
Alisa Koebel … [et al.]
Description
Brief discussion of context and implications of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples followed by results of literature review based on research findings and academic literature, primary sources, grey literature, and Indigenous legal orders and case studies of their applications.
Between Two Points : Drinking From a Hose
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
G. Barnes
[Weber Studies], vol. 12, no. 3, Native American Special Issue, Fall, 1995, p. [?]
Description
Two poems.
Between Voice and Text: Bicultural Negotiation in the Contemporary Native American Novel
Theses
Author/Creator
James Allison Gray
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995.
Examines a novel by each of the authors: James Welch, Leslie Marmon Silko, Thomas King, and Gerald Vizenor.
Between Worlds: Interpreters, Guides and Survivors
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margaret C. Sharpe
Aboriginal History, vol. 19, no. 2, 1995, pp. 202-204
Description
Book review of: Between Worlds by Frances Karttunen.
Review located by scrolling to page 202-204.
Between Worlds: Interpreters, Guides, and Survivors; Between Indian and White Worlds: The Cultural Broker
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joan Weibel-Orlando
Ethnohistory, vol. 42, no. 4, Fall, 1995, pp. 659-672
Description
Book review of: Between Worlds: Interpreters, Guides, and Survivors by Frances E. Karttunen and Between Indian and White Worlds edited by Margaret Connell Szasz.
Beyond a Dreamcatcher: Improving Services for Indigenous Justice-Involved Youth with Substance Use Challenges: A Youth-Led Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
McCreary Centre Society
Description
Study cohort consisted of 160 survey respondents and 288 focus group participants. Topics included barriers to accessing and successfully completing treatment, suggestions for overcoming them, and promising practices.
Beyond a Number: Inuit Photo Exhibit Brings Controversial 'Eskimo' I.D. System to Light
Alternate Title
Day 6 ; episode 348, July 28, 2017
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Barry Pottle
[Jelena Adzic]
Description
Podcast of Interview with artist about his exhibition Awareness Series which focuses on the government's policy of issuing numbered disks to Inuit rather than referring to them by name.
Duration: 6:54.
Beyond Food Security: Accounting for Community Food Needs in Kugaaruk, Nunavut
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Merissa Daborn
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 52-55
Description
Comments on the food security crisis in Nunavut and the need for new policy approaches.
Beyond Standing Rock: Seeking Solutions and Building Awareness at Tribal Colleges
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laura Paskus
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 4, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Comments on a protest between Indigenous people and their allies and the Dakota Access Pipeline
Beyond Survival: A Review of the Literature on Positive Approaches to Understanding and Measuring Indigenous Child Well-Being
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathleen Jamieson
Description
Search was performed for academic and non-academic Indigenous sources published between 2000 and 2016 and identified over 150 documents, books, and papers.
Beyond the Battlefield: Gabriel Dumont and Métis Leadership (1837-1885)
Theses
Author/Creator
Krystl Dawn Raven
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2017.
Beyond the Border: Buffalo and Blackfoot Tenure on Traditional Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
Shoukia Van Beek
Description
Geography Thesis (MA) -- York University, 2019.
Beyond the "Haves and Have Nots": Using an Interdisciplinary Approach to Inform Federal Data Collection Efforts with Indigenous Populations
Alternate Title
Article 5
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. Aujean Lee
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research-Part 2, October 2017, pp. 1-32
Description
Uses U.S. census data and linear regression model to predict per capital income and house hold income for Hawaiians and compares information to U.S. census data in California.
Beyond the Lecture: Innovations in Teaching Canadian History
E-Books
Author/Creator
Andrew Nurse
Thirstan Falconer
Zack MacDonald
Geoff Read
Tome Peace … Adam Gaudry … Kathryn Magee Labelle … [et al.]
Beyond the Nineteenth Century: Thomas King's Decolonization of the Literary Image of the Native
Theses
Author/Creator
Penelope Hamer
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1995.
Beyond the Sixties Scoop: Reclaiming Indigenous Identity, Reconnection to Place, and Reframing Understandings of Being Indigenous
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Wright Cardinal
Description
Curriculum & Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2017.
BIA Schools Complete First Step of Reform Effort
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard St. Germaine
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 35, no. 1, October 1995, pp. [30-38]
Description
Describes Phase One of the Effective Schools Movement (1989-94), a program that uses monitoring and evaluation to bring about reform.
Bibliography: Containing Material of Relevance for Researching Matter Concerning Indian History (Particulary History) in Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces
Alternate Title
Claims and Historical Research Centre ; B.7
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Claims and Historical Research Centre
[Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)]
Description
Lists material published before 1974.
Bibliography: Social Work Pertaining to Māori in New Zealand: Ngā Mahi Toko I Te Ora O Te Iwi Māori: 1990-2017
Alternate Title
Bibliography: Social Work Pertaining to Maori in New Zealand: Ngā Mahi Toko I Te Ora O Te Iwi Māori: 1990-2017
Documents & Presentations
Description
Includes journal articles, conference papers, government reports and selected books.
3rd edition.
Bibliometric Analysis of Soviet and Post-Soviet Histiography of the Native Population of Alaska of the Russian-American Period
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Richard L. Blanc
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: Bibliometric Analysis of Soviet and Post-Soviet Histiography of the Native Population of Alaska of the Russian-American Period by A. V. Grinëv, translated by Richard L. Bland.
Bigger They Are
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason Jobin
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 137-166
Description
Short story.
Bigtime (at Chaw’se Sowwa)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clyde L. Hodge
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 43-44
Description
Poem by Clyde L. Hodge.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Bill C-31
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Communications Branch
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)]
Description
Brief information sheet deals with amendments to the Indian Act which were meant to remove discriminatory rules which had denied women status, restore status and membership rights, and increase band's control over their own affairs.
Bill S-3: Addressing Sex Based Inequities in Indian Registration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ben Sagel-Brown
Description
Report looks at increased financial costs associated with amendments to Bill S-3, which could potentially raise the number of Status Indians by 670,000.
Bill S-3, An Act to amend the Indian Act (elimination of sex-based Inequities in registration)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Bar Association
Description
Bill introduced to comply with Superior Court of Quebec's decision in Descheneaux c. Canada which found current Act violated equality provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Court case involved eligibility for Indian Status.ibc_bill_S-3.pdf
Bill S-3: An Act to amend the Indian Act (elimination of sex-based inequities in registration)
Alternate Title
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; 42-1-23-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norah Kielland
Marlisa Tiedemann
Description
Bill introduced to comply with Superior Court of Quebec's decision in Descheneaux c. Canada which found current Act violated equality provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Bill S-3, An Act to amend the Indian Act (elimination of sex-based inequities in registration): Proposed Legislative Amendments
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Amendments were to address the cousin, siblings and omitted minors issues. Outlines the issue, the effect, the situation of the comparator group, and proposed remedy. Includes graphics to illustrate each scenario.
Addresses remedies for issues identified in Descheneaux.
Billy Simpson Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Billy Simpson
J. Deranger
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interviewee recounts stories told to him by his father about the signing of Treaty #8;denial of Indian requests for reserve; and traditional lifestyle.
Billy Simpson Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Billy Simpson
J. Deranger
Indian History Film Project
Description
A brief account of the treaty negotiations at Fort MacKay and of the subsequent failure to obtain a reserve at Peace Point.
Bineshiiyag - Birds
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nagaajiwanaang Genawendangig Anishinaabemowin
Description
Colouring book with text in Ojibwe and English.