Building Bridges: Working with American Indian and Alaska Native Health Care Providers to Integrate Reproductive Health, STI & HIV Prevention Services
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yvonne Hamby
Christine Duclos
Mary McCrimmon
Description
Toolkit to be used as resource for organizations working with communities within the Northern Plains tribal culture.
Building on Common Ground: A New Vision for Impact Assessment in Canada: The Final Report of the Expert Panel for the Review of Environmental Assessment Processes
E-Books
Author/Creator
Johanne Gélinas
Doug Horswill
Rod Northey
Renée Pelletier
Building on the Resilience of Aboriginal People in Risk Reduction Initiatives Targeting Sexually Transmitted Infections and Blood-borne Viruses: The Aboriginal Community Resilience to AIDS (ACRA)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Neil Andersson
Bev Shea
Chris Archibald
Tom Wong
Kevin Barlow
Georges Sioui
Pimatisiwin, vol. 6, no. 2, Summer, 2008, pp. 89-110
Description
Insights into the health, well-being and resilience of youth as it relates to sexual and injecting behaviour.
Building Police Legitimacy in a High Demand Environment: The Case of Yukon, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Curt Taylor Griffiths
Peter Clark
Policing, vol. 40, no. 3, Police Legitimacy, 2017, pp. 560-573
Description
Case study explores the historical and contemporary factors that contribute to the challenges surrounding police-First Nations relations.
Building the Evaluation Capacity of Local Programs Serving American Indian/Alaska Native Populations: Lessons Learned
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
Description
Looks at the effectiveness of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Service to Science initiative which provided training and customized evaluation technical assistance to locally-developed substance abuse prevention programs.
Burden of HIV Infection among Aboriginal Injection Drug Users in Vancouver, British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evan Wood
Julio S. G. Montaner
Kathy Li
Ruth Zhang
Lucy Barney
et al.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 98, no. 3, March 2008, pp. 515-519
Description
Discusses differential rates of HIV incidence among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal injection drug users, and the need for a culturally sensitive and evidence-based response to the epidemic.
'But How Does This Help Me?': (Re)Thinking (Re)Conciliation in Teacher Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Kiera Kaia'tano:ron Brant
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
But I Was Wearing a Suit
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Continuing Legal Education Society of BC
Description
Indigenous lawyers and law students from British Columbia recount their experiences with stereotyping, race-based assumptions, and discrimination within the legal profession and while practicing in the justice system.
Duration: 25:43.
Related material: Part 2.
"But it doesn't look Indian": Objects, Archetypes and Objectified Others in Native American Art, Culture and Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Ann Croteau
Description
Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2008.
"But They Were Never Only the Master's Tools": The Use of Photography in De-colonial Praxis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Celeste Pedri-Spade
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 106-113
Description
Looks at role of photography in decolonization through archived collections and its use by contemporary Indigenous peoples.
‘By Education and Conduct’: Educating Trans-Imperial Indigenous Fur-Trade Children in the Hudson’s Bay Company Territories and the British Empire, 1820s to 1870s
Theses
Author/Creator
Erin Millions
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
Čaɂak (Islands): How Place-based Indigenous Perspectives Can Inform National Park 'Visitor Experience' Programming in Nuu-chah-nulth Traditional Territory
Theses
Author/Creator
Kelda Jane Helweg-Larsen
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2017.
Cabinet Shuffle Brings "Seismic Shifts" to Indigenous Affairs, Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 189, no. 37, September 18, 2017, pp. E1200-E1201
Description
Reports on new health minister and new ministry of Indigenous services.
Cadet David Moniac: A Creek Indian's Schooling at West Point, 1817-1822
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laurence M. Hauptman
Heriberto Dixon
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 152, no. 3, September 2008, pp. 322-348
Description
Comments on the first Native American to attend and graduate from West Point.
Cahokia Mounds Site Was America's First City
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela D. Toler
American History, vol. 43, no. 1, April 2008, pp. 20-21
Description
Examination of the extinct city of Cahokia Mounds, outside of Collinsville, Illinois, its historical decline and excavation it.
[California Through Native Eyes: Reclaiming History]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Terria Smith
Studies in American Indian Literature, vol. 29, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 98-101
Description
Book review of: California Through Native Eyes by William J. Bauer.
Call to Action: A New Path for Improving Diabetes Care for Indigenous Peoples, a Global View
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stewart B. Harris
Jordan W. Tompkins
Braden TeHiwi
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, vol. 123, January 2017, pp. 120-133
Description
Review looks at evolution of the type 2 diabetes mellitus epidemic, associated risk factors, and impact of comorbidities and complications.
Calling the Thunder, Part One: Animikeek, the Thunderstorm as Speech Event in the Anishinaabe Lifeworld
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theresa S. Smith
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, 1991, pp. 19-28
Description
Examines the complex Anishnaabeg system of beliefs associated with thunderstorms.
Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas; vol. I: North America, pt. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Peter Nabokov
Wilcomb E. Washburn
Bruce G. Trigger
Dean R. Snow
Linda S. Cordell ... [et al.]
Description
Originally published 1996.
Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas; vol. I: North America, pt. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Loretta Fowler
Howard R. Lamar
Sam Truett
Robin Fisher
Frederick E. Hoxie ... [et al.]
Description
Originally published 1996.
Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas; vol. II: Mesoamerica, pt. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Richard E.W. Adams
Robert N. Zeitlin
Judith Francis Zeitlin
Davod C. Grove
Richard Diehl ... [et al.]
Description
Originally published 2000.
Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas; vol. II: Mesoamerica, pt. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Murdo J. MacLeod
Susan M. Deeds
David Frye
Eric Van Young
Sarah L. Cline ... [et al.]
Description
Originally published 2000.
The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas; vol. III: South America, pt. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frank Salomon
Sabine MacCormack
Thomas F. Lynch
Anna C. Roosevelt
Izumi Shimada ... [et al.]
Description
Originally published 1999.
The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas; vol. III: South America, pt. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Juan Carlos Garavaglia
Thierry Saignes
Kristine L. Jones
Anne Christine Taylor
James Schofield Saeger ... [et al.]
Description
Originally published 1999.
Campa Cosmology: The World of a Forest Tribe in South America
Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 52, pt. 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gerald Weiss
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.52 (p.219-588).
Can Arts-Researchers Go Where Artists Go? Questions of Interpretation and Practice as Played Out In, and Through the Work of the Canadian Artist, Rebecca Belmore
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donal O'Donoghue
Working Papers in Art and Design, vol. 5, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the performance piece entitled Vigil, which was a commentary on the murdered and missing women from Vancouver's downtown Eastside.
Can the Democratic Ideal of Participatory Research be Achieved? An Inside Look at an Academic-Indigenous Community Partnership
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Cargo
Treena Delormier
Ludie Lévesque
Kahente Horn-Miller
Alex McComber
et al.
Health Education Research, vol. 23, no. 5, 2008, pp. 904-914
Description
Suggests that study findings support the hypothesis that the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project is more closely aligned with a model of community-directed research than a model of shared decision-making between academic and community stakeholders.
Canada and Arctic North America : An Environmental History
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lynne Heasley
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 109-111
Description
Book review of: Canada and Arctic North America: An Environmental History by Graeme Wynn.
Canada Apologizes for Residential School Abuse
Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 134, no. 7, September 2008, p. 11
Description
Comments on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's apology to former students of First Nations residential schools June 11, 2008.
Canada: 'Closer to the Goal of Regulated Midwifery Across the Country'
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kerstin Martin
Rosalind Lydiate
International Midwifery, vol. 21, no. 1, March 2008, p. 13
Description
Article update on the status on midwifery regulation in the Canadian provinces.
Canada's Aboriginal People, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & The Criminal Justice System
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Denis C. Bracken
British Journal of Community Justice, vol. 6, no. 3, Autumn, 2008, pp. 21-33
Description
Examines the broader connection between health, social development issues and incarceration.
Canada's Dark Secret
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bud Whiteye
Roberta Hill
Ron Shortt
Rania El Rafei
Description
Primary focus is the personal narratives of two survivors of the Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School, with some general information of the school system and the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Duration: 47:30.
Canada's Experiment with Aboriginal Self-Determination in Nunavut: From Vision to Illusion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
André Légaré
International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, vol. 15, no. 2-3, 2008, pp. 335-367
Description
Outlines the process that led to the conclusion of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and the current structure of the Nunavut government.
Canada's Indian Peoples
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Verna Kirkness
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 12, July 15, 1975, pp. 7-8
Description
Essay by Verna Kirkness of the Fisher River First Nation, Manitoba, publishes report in Encyclopaedia Britannica, the first Indigenous person to do so.
Canada's Indian Residential School System: Historical Trauma and the Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Wayne K. Spear
Visions, vol. 5, no. 1, Aboriginal People, Summer, 2008, pp. 26-27
Description
Presents a brief overview of the work of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation.
Canada's Northern Communication Policies: The Role of Aboriginal Organizations
Alternate Title
Shifting Terrain: Nonprofit Policy Advocacy in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Rob McMahon
Heather E. Hudson
Lyle Fabian
Description
Looks at how Indigenous-led initiatives have dealt with the lack of private sector investment in provision of information and communication technologies in the region due to its sparse population and remote locations.
Chapter from Shifting Terrain: Nonprofit Policy Advocacy in Canada edited by Nick J. Muléandd Gloria C. DeSantis.
Canada's Northern Food Subsidy Nutrition North Canada: A Comprehensive Program Evaluation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tracey Galloway
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1279451
Description
Studies the retail subsidy program to evaluate success of goal to provide access to nutritious food for northern people.
Canada's Relationship with Inuit: A History of Policy and Program Development
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sarah Bonesteel
Public History Inc.
Canada's Residential School Apology
Alternate Title
CBC-TV News in Review
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
CBC News in Review, September 2008, pp. 35-46
Description
Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD Best of News in Review: Native Studies.
Canada: Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls
Alternate Title
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ; 93rd Session, 31 July - 25 August 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International Canada
Assembly of First Nations
Assembly of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador
British Columbia Assembly of First Nations
Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers) … [et al.]
Description
Joint statement submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 93rd Session, 31 July - 25 August 2017.
Canadian Aboriginal People Living with HIV/AIDS: Care, Treatment and Support Issues
E-Books
Author/Creator
Randy Jackson
Gwen Reimer
Description
Revised edition.
Canadian Arctic Modernization and Change in Female Inuit Role Identification
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann McElroy
American Ethnologist, vol. 2, no. 4, November 1975, pp. 662-686
Description
Argues that changes in economic and social conditions have lead women to identify more strongly with Euro-Canadian values than men.
Canadian Art and Cultural Appropriation: Emily Carr and the 1927 Exhibition of Canadian West Coast Art - Native and Modern
Theses
Author/Creator
Anne Katherine Morrison
Description
Fine Arts Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1991.
Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.1: Iiyiyiu Aschii, 2003: Cigarette Consumption
Alternate Title
Cree Health Survey 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sylvie Bernier
Yves Pépin
Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.1: Iiyiyiu Aschii, 2003: Demographic and Social Characteristics of the Population Living in Iiyiyiu Aschii
Alternate Title
Cree Health Survey 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ellen Bobet
Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.1: Iiyiyiu Aschii, 2003: Food Habits, Physical Activity, and Body Weight
Alternate Title
Cree Health Survey 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bertrand Nolin
Carole Blanchet
Elena Kuzmina
Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.1: Iiyiyiu Aschii, 2003: Health Status, Life Expectancy, and Limitation of Activities
Alternate Title
Cree Health Survey 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gilles Légaré
David Dannenbaum
Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.1: Iiyiyiu Aschii, 2003: Injuries and Transportation Safety
Alternate Title
Cree Health Survey 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gilles Légaré
Yvonne Robitaille
Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.1: Iiyiyiu Aschii, 2003: Lifestyles Related to Alcohol Consumption, Drugs and Gambling
Alternate Title
Cree Health Survey 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mélanie Anctil
Serge Chevalier