Arctic, vol. 55, no. 2, Supplement, June 2002, pp. 18-[?]
Description
Thirty year comparative study of commercial and subsistence harvesting, area hunted and population, showed little change in wildlife levels despite changes in travel mode, population, and oil and gas exploration in Inuvialuit Settlement Region.
Canada Communicable Disease Report, vol. 28, no. 20, October 15, 2002, pp. 165-172
Description
Findings showed that 18% of all hospital admissions for the streptococcus pneumoniae infection involved First Nations children, a proportion that is more than three times the rate of the overall population.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 201-223
Description
Looks at how Indigenous peoples are preparing for, responding to, and adapting to environmental changes in their territories. Study involved online survey of 106 individuals, most of whom were employed by Indigenous nations to carry out natural resource and environmental management.
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 3, December 2017, pp. 18-31
Description
Provides an overview of the three-year Health Research Council funded research project, He Oranga Ngākau: Māori Approaches to Trauma-Informed Care, and its intended outcomes.
Reconciliation: Growing Canada's Economy by $27.7 Billion, pt. II
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fiscal Realities Economists
Description
Statistics on Indigenous representation in the labour force, and comparison of equalized participation rates and type of employment in each of the provinces and territories.
International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities & Nations, vol. 8, no. 3, 2008, pp. 1-9
Description
Author examined news articles, opinion articles and letters to the editor which covered the shooting of Dudley George during a dispute over a burial ground.
Critiques art exhibition mounted to celebrate the creation of new territory of Nunavut in terms of whether it accurately represented the Inuit, or was just a reflection of southern views about their art.
Organization supporting Inuit midwives, maternity workers and the return of birthing to Inuit communities. Includes links to resources, training, and stories.
Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews, no. 50, Spring-Summer, 2002, pp. 6-31
Description
Critical analysis reveals the two poets calling for a "rethinking of how irony has been theorized in an Aboriginal context" and for readership to challenge stereotyping.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 23, no. 2, Fall, 2008, pp. 77-90
Description
Looks at the movement towards autonomy of American Indigenous peoples and American Indian Studies; and how this is not completely understood by mainstream institutions.
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 41, no. 3, September 2008, pp. 525-547
Description
Demonstrates that race is of a political nature and that there is a lack of material on race in mainstream English Canadian political science. The author proposes a number of factors that have prevented significant research in this area, including dominant elite-focused and colour-blind approaches to the study of politics, and ways to address this disciplinary lag.
Looks at conflict between Federal fishery officers fought against the Mi'gmaq fishermen of Esgenoopetitj, or Burnt Church, New Brunswick during the summer of 2000.
Duration: 96:31. This film contains scenes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Explores opera which looks at the contradictory forces of social alienation and cultural assimilation that aboriginals faced during the early twentieth century.
Brief discussion of R v. Kokopenace, racial bias in jury decision-making, similarity-leniency bias, racial composition of juries and structural barriers which contribute to underrepresentation.
Aboriginal Research Ethics Initiative (AREI)
of the Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics (PRE)
Description
Purpose was to set out context of ethics, identify prospective revisions to the Policy Statement, build on existing guidelines, and clarify application of the TCPS.
Sixty-Seven Nations and Counting: Proceedings of the Seventh Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
John B. Love
Michael Kallam
Description
Assesses the academic performance of Native American students relative to other ethnic groups based on cultural issues, learning styles, and questions of choice and participation in educational opportunities.
Paper from Sixty-Seven Nations and Counting: Proceedings of the Seventh Native American Symposium edited by Mark B. Spencer and Rachel Tudor.
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 137-149
Description
Author discusses different incarnations of the wiindigo narrative ranging from those found in the Anishinaabe oral tradition to those found in the journals of fur traders; examines different potential meanings and teachings of the narrative.
It's a Sunny Day at Oglala Lakota College TV Studio
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Juan A. Avila Hernandez
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Native Voices, Modern Media, Fall, 2008, p. 21
Description
Comments on a student production, Wojapi, a show inspired by Sesame Street, which features Lakota words and promotes Lakota language, culture and values.