Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelley Bird-Naytowhow
Andrew R. Hatala
Tamara Pearl
Andrew Judge
Erynne Sjoblom
International Journal of Qualitative Methods, vol. 16, 2017, pp. 1-14
Description
Examines the sources of resilience and positive health strategies for Indigenous youth in urban settings.
Chairperson-Initiated Complaint and Public Interest Investigation Regarding Policing in Northern British Columbia: Chairperson's Final Report after Commissioner's Response
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ian McPhail
Description
Investigation examined RCMP members' conduct in six areas: public intoxication, cross-gender searches, missing persons reports, domestic violence reports, use of force, and handling of files involving youth.
Appendices include interim report and RCMP Commissioner's preliminary review and response.
Challenges to Arctic Nomadism: Yamal Nenets Facing Climate Change Era Calamities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrei V. Golovnev
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 40-51
Description
Author challenges mainstream narratives about the Nenet cultural and historic practice of reindeer herding on the Yamal peninsula; suggests a system of herding based on movement, traditional herd navigation and laws of Nenet-land relationship.
Challenging Colonial Norms and Attending to Presencing in Stories of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Josephine L. Savarese
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 29, no. 1, 2017, pp. 157-181
Description
Documents "resistance by missing and murdered women during and beyond their physical lifetimes".
Challenging Colonial Spaces: Reconciliation and Decolonizing Work in Canadian Archives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Krista Mccracken
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 100, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 182-201
Description
Argues that teaching the history of residential schools in Canada requires an examination of how that history has been recorded and preserved; that this examination reveals an incompatibility between the colonial frameworks in archival institutions and structures of Indigenous knowledges. Discusses the impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on Canadian archival practices.
Challenging Historical Frameworks: Aboriginal Rights, The Trickster, and Originalism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Borrows
The Canadian Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 1, March 2017, pp. 114-135
Description
Asserts that Canadian Aboriginal and treaty laws should reflect our shared history.
Challenging Racist "British Columbia": 150 Years and Counting
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nicholas XEMŦOLTW̱ Claxton
Denise Fong
Christine O’Bonsawin
Maryka Omatsu
John Price
Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra
A Change of Subject: Perspectivism and Multinaturalism in Inuit Depictions of Interspecies Transformation
Alternate Title
Un changement de sujet : Perspectivisme et multinaturalisme dans les représentations inuit des transformations interespèces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean P.A. Desjardins
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 101-124
Description
Article argues that two pre-contact Inuit artifacts, recovered from the Pingiqqalik site, depict interspecies transformation; author argues that this is evidence that interspecies relations were influenced by a cosmology rooted in multinaturalism.
Change-Over Concerning Educational System Denied
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 4, no. 6, July 1974, p. 6
Description
Discusses meeting held about La Ronge Band's bid to transfer from the Provincial system to the federal system.
Changes in Physical Activity Barriers among American Indian Elders: A Pilot Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig N. Sawchuk
Joan E. Russo
Peter Roy-Byrne
Jack Goldberg
Ralph Forquera
Dedra Buchwald
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2017, pp. 127-140
Description
Sample of 36 elders participated in six-week study which compared results from monitoring with pedometer only to pedometer plus instruction in setting weekly step-count goals.
Changes Sought in Indian Economic Development
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 6, no. 9, November 1974, p. 14
Description
Reviews the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian's 1974 conference.
Changes to Health, Access to Health Services, and the Ability to Meet Financial Obligations among Indigenous People with Long-term Conditions or Disabilities Since the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Alternate Title
StatCan COVID-19: Data to Insights for a Better Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tara Hahmann
StatCan COVID-19
Description
Data from crowd-sourcing initiative with 600 participants conducted between June 23 to July 6, 2020.
The Changing Circumpolar World for Canada, Quebec, Nunavik, and the Arctic Council
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Bone
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 47, no. 2, Makippugut (We Are Standing Up): Public Policy and Self-Determination in Nunavik, 2017, pp. 162-175
Description
Looks at the evolution of Nunavik status as a member of the circumpolar and Canadian world, as well as the need for Quebec to adopt an Arctic policy after a history of neglect.
The Changing Role of the Leader in Māori Society
Alternate Title
The Changing Role of the Leader in Maori Society
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kahu McClintock
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 1, June 2017, pp. 111-113
Description
Book review of: The Changing Role of the Leader in Māori Society by Maharaia Winiata
Changing the Subject: The TRC, Its National Events, and the Displacement of Substantive Reconciliation in Canadian Media Discourse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matt James
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 362-397
Description
Looks at reconciliation discourse in the mainstream print media before, during and over the course of the life of the TRC.
The Changing Tides of Education in Nunavut: A Non-Inuit Perspective of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit
Theses
Author/Creator
Morgan Skye Bentham
Description
Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Research Paper (MT)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 2017.
A Chapter Closed?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
America Meredith
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities, 2019, pp. 37-40
Description
The author examines the creation of the Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World exhibit at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, California, his supporters questioning of tribal denial of his claim to Cherokee ancestry and its importance regarding Indigenous identity and sovereignty.
Characteristics and Residence of First Nations Patients and Their Use of Health Care services in Saskatchewan, Canada: Informing First Nations and Métis Health Services
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gabe Lafond
Charlene R. A. Haver
Valerie McLeod
Sharon Clarke
Beth Horsburgh ... [et al.]
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, vol. 23, no. 2, 2017, pp. 294-300
Description
Discusses the experiences and geographical patterns of Indigenous patients in Saskatchewan hospitals.
Characteristics of a Nation-to-Nation Relationship: Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marcia Nickerson
Description
Topics include definition of relationship, jurisdiction, intergovernmental fiscal relationships, wealth creation, and future actions to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians.
Charlie Blackman Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Charlie Blackman
Louis Rain
Indian History Film Project
Description
Charlie Blackman describes his understanding of Treaty #6.
Charlie Chief 1 Interviewer
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Charlie Chief
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Description
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
Chasing Paper: Forms over Function in First Nation Administration
Alternate Title
Research Report (Northern Policy Institute) ; no. 47
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Caitlin McAuliffe
Description
Discusses the reporting relationship between federal funders and First Nations governments using the Nipissing First Nations as a case study. Looks at discrepancies and challenges faced by communities and funders' accountability and transparency, as well as best practices in data governance, partnerships, and data collection models.
Chenoo
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Greg Olson
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 98-99
Description
Book review of: Chenoo by Joseph Bruchac.
The Cherokee Diaspora: An Indigenous History of Migration, Resettlement, and Identity
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Caroline Wigginton
Early American Literature, vol. 52, no. 2, 2017, pp. 516-520
Description
Book review of: The Cherokee Diaspora: An Indigenous History of Migration, Resettlement, and Identity by Gregory D. Smithers.
The Cherokee Diaspora: An Indigenous History of Migration, Resettlement, and Identity
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John R. Gram
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 128-129
Description
Book review of: The Cherokee Diasporaby Gregory D. Smithers.
The Cherokee Nation Immersion School as a Translanguaging Space
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lizette Peter
Tracy Hirata-Edds
Durbin Feeling
Wyman Kirk
Ryan “Wahde” Mackey ... [et al.]
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 56, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 5-31
Description
Looks at a Cherokee language immersion school in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Cherokee Reference Grammar
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Benjamin E. Frey
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 145-146
Description
Book review of: Cherokee Reference Grammar by Brad Montgomery-Anderson.
Chief John James Courtoirelle Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
John James (Chief) Courtoirelle
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
The chief of Beaver Ranch Reserve discusses unsuccessful attempts to have Beaver Ranch and Tall Cree Reserves expanded.
Chief Supernatural Being with the Big Eyes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ernest Swanson
April Liu
BC Studies, no. 209, Spring, 2021, pp. 125-128
Description
Looks at Ernest Swanson and Mark Illing's Augmented Reality exhibit inspired by the stories of Walter McGregor. The AR exhibit allows visitors to follow safety protocols during the COVID19 pandemic.
Chiefs Support Whitebear's Proposal on Land Claims
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 4, no. 2, February 1974, p. 7
Description
White Bear First Nation asks for funds from Indian Affairs to develop their claim.
The Child and Family Services Act in Relation to Indigenous Children: Does it Measure up to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hilary Brown
Canadian Family Law Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 171-191
Description
Discusses the crisis of the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system as a direct consequence of the residential school system.
Child Maltreatment in Native American and Alaska Native Communities: A Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Children's Advocacy Center
Description
Annotated list of material published between 1978 and 2016.
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Infants in Canada in 2019
Alternate Title
First Nations/Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2019
FN/CIS 2019
FN/CIS 2019: Focus on Developmental Stages Series
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged One to Three Years Old in Canada in 2019
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged Four to Seven Years Old in Canada In 2019
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged 8-11 Years Old in Canada in 2019
CWRP Information Sheet ; no. 220
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 220
CWRP Information Sheet ; no 221
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 221
CWRP Information Sheet ; no. 222
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 222
CWRP Information Sheet ; no. 223
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 223
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged 12-15 Years Old in Canada in 2019
CWRP Information Sheet ; no. 224
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 224
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barbara Fallon
Nicolette Joh-Carnella
Marie Saint-Girons
Child Protection and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children
Alternate Title
CFCA (Child Family Community Australia) Resource Sheet ; August 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
CFCA (Child Family Community Australia)
Description
Resource sheet for children involved in child protection and out-of-home care.
Child Slavery in Canada’s Residential-School Prisons
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Sanders
Press for Conversion!, vol. 69, Fictive Canada: Indigenous Slaves and Captivating Narratives of a Mythic Nation, Fall, 2017, pp. 44-51
Description
History of the end of one form of colonialism in slavery and the rise of another through residential schools in Canada.
Child-Targeted Assimilation: An Oral History of Indian Day School Education in Kahnawà:ke
Theses
Author/Creator
Wahéhshon Shiann Whitebean
Description
Individualized Program Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2019.
Children Living in Households with Members of the Stolen Generations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream
E-Books
Author/Creator
Charlie Angus
Children’s Book Activity Sheets for Home-Based Learning
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
Description
Activities for the following titles: A Promise is a Promise; Awasis Bannock; Bowwow Powwow; Gifts from Raven; Go Show the World; How Raven Stole the Sun; I Like Who I Am; My Heart Fills with Happiness; Raven Squawk, Orca Squeak; Sweetest Kulu; Walk on the Shoreline; We Are Water Protectors; Windy Lake; and You Hold Me Up.
Simple activities and questions to help parents who are reading and discussing books with children.
[Children's Book Activity Sheets for Home-Based Learning]
Alternate Title
A Promise is a Promise
A Walk on the Shoreline
Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock
Bowwow Powwow
Gifts from Raven
Go Show the World
How Raven Stole the Sun
I Like Who I Am
My Heart Fills with Happiness
Raven Squawk, Orca Squeak
Read Aloud Videos Resource Sheet
Sweetest Kulu
The Case of Windy Lake
We Are Water Protectors
You Hold Me Up
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
First Nations Schools Association (FNSA)
Description
Fourteen primary and intermediate books. Links to read aloud videos begin at page 17.
Children’s Perception of Wolverine in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Morgane Bonamy
Andrew B. Harbicht
Thora Martina Herrmann
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019 , pp. 229-244
Description
Study surveys 151 children 8 – 12 years old in seven schools in the Northern Slave Region of the Northwest Territories to assess their knowledge and opinion about the wolverine (gulo gulo). Children in rural areas had more knowledge of the species, and in both rural and urban communities there were negative associations with the species, but also an appreciation of their ecological role.
Christianity, Missionaries and Plains Cree Politics, 1850s-1870s
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tolly Bradford
Manitoba History, no. 83, Spring, 2017, pp. 2-13
Description
Argues that in the years preceding Treaty Six, there were significant divisions between Cree leaders about the value of missionaries.
Church Schools “Savages”
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Donna Pinay
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 4, no. 4, April 1974, p. 41
Description
Book review of: Geniesh : an Indian Girlhood by Jane Willis. "The harsh life of the old-time mission school and its attempt to "de-Indianize" the Indian."
Cinematic Representation of American Indians: A Critical Cultural Analysis of a Contemporary American Indian-Directed Film
Theses
Author/Creator
Dawna Holiday-Shchedrov
Description
[Department of Film and Media Studies]Thesis (Ph.D)--Arizona State University, 2017.
Focuses Sydney Freeland's Drunktown's Finest.
Circulating Regalia and Lakhˇóta Survivance, c. 1900
Alternate Title
Circulating Regalia and Lakota Survivance, c. 1900
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Emily C. Burns
Arts, vol. 8, no. 4, October 31, 2019, p. article 146
Description
Looks at the history of two examples of regalia that traveled to France; one with a performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show in 1889 and the other worn by a performer at the Jardin d'Acclimation (a human zoo) in Paris in 1911.
Circumpolar Indigeneity in Canada, Russia, and the United States (Alaska): Do Differences Result in Representational Challenges for the Arctic Council?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evgeniia Sidorova
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 1, March 31, 2019, pp. 71-81
Description
Examines the different definitions of Indigeneity used by the different nation-states in the Arctic regions. Finds that Russian definitions exclude large Indigenous groups (Sakha & Komi) and shows that not all Arctic Indigenous groups are included in the Arctic Council.
Circumpolar Peoples: An Anthropological Perspective
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jim Lotz
Arctic, vol. 27, no. 2, June 1974, p. 164
Description
Book review of: Circumpolar Peoples by Nelson H. H. Graburn and B. Stephen Strong.
Citizen Kin: Charles Eastman's Reworking of US Citizenship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Pexa
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. 1-28
Description
Essay examines three works: The Indian To-day (1915), Indian Scout Talks (1914), What Can the Out-of-doors Do for Our Children? (1920).
"Citizens Minus?":Urban Aboriginal Self-Determination and Co-Production in the City of Calgary
Theses
Author/Creator
Katherine A. Dekruyf
Description
Native American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 2017.
City of Thompson Youth Homelessness / Housing Instability Count 2016
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marleny M. Bonnycastle
Maureen Simpkins
Description
Of those surveyed (69), 85% were Indigenous and 57% were Indigenous females; average age for youth experiencing homelessness for the first time was 18, and most common ages were 18 and 21, which coincides with "aging out of care".