National Inuit Position Paper regarding the CCME Canada-Wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent and Environment Canada’s Proposed Regulatory Framework for Wastewater
Nunatsiavut Regional Impact Assessment
Nunavik Regioinal Impact Assessment
Nunavut Regional Impact Assessment
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Contains links to the National Inuit Position Paper regarding the CCME Canada-Wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent and Environment Canada’s Proposed Regulatory Framework for Wastewater and regional appendices.
Arctic, vol. 61, no. 5, Supplement 1, December 2008, pp. 48-61
Description
Looks at how the governments commitment to Inuit traditional knowledge and values guides decisions, policies and laws that reflect the key philosophies, attitudes and practices of Nunavut’s Inuit majority.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 29-50
Description
Examines traditional Inuit and Yupiit stories, rituals, and colloquial sayings to reveal different meanings associated with the bearded seal in these Indigenous cultures. Finds that bearded seals can impart multiple meanings ranging from monstrous to protection to renewal and reproduction.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, Inuit Urbains / Urban Inuit, 2008, pp. 5-11
Description
Introduction to themed issue reports on urbanization trend of Inuit into larger centres in northern regions and into larger cities in the South such as Ottawa, Edmonton and Montreal.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 232-233
Description
Book review of: Inuit Women by Janet Mancini Billson and Kyra Mancini.
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.
Investigating Maori Approaches to Trauma Informed Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonie Pihama
Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Tessa Evans-Campbell
Hinewirangi Kohu-Morgan
Ngaropi Cameron ... [et al.]
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.
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.
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.