Building Bridges: Towards a First Nation Development Cost Charge Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Taxation Advisory Board
Description
Identifies a lack of infrastructure as contributing to the high cost of doing business on First Nations' land.
Building Bridges: Towards a First Nation Development Cost Charge Program
E-Books
Author/Creator
Fiscal Realities
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 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 Strong Communities: Tribal Colleges as Engaged Institutions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alisa F. Cunningham
Christina Redmond
Description
Policy report explores expanding role of Tribal Colleges and Universities serving local communities in five areas: pre-school, elementary and secondary education, health and nutrition, faculty role models, agriculture and natural resource management and preservation of culture and language.
The Burden of History: Colonialism and the Frontier Myth in a Rural Community
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
James Macdonald
The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. 7, no. 4, December 2001, pp. 817-818
Description
Book review of: The Burden of History by Elizabeth Furniss.
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.
Burial as a Disposition Mechanism for Navajo "Jish" or Medicine Bundles
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlotte J. Frisbie
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 4, A Special Symposium Issue on Navajo Mortuary Practices and Beliefs, 1978, pp. 347-365
Description
Looks at the conflicting accounts of the placement of a Navajo Jish in regards to burial. Jish or medicine bundles are made up sacred items that are used for a variety of reasons in Navajo culture.
Bush Medicines Used at Warrabri
Articles » General
Author/Creator
The Warrabri Health Workers
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, December 1978, pp. 12-14
Description
Article describes traditional treatment methods for various ailments.
The Business of Placing Canadian Children and Youth "At-Risk"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry Wotherspoon
Bernard Schissel
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 26, no. 3, 2001, pp. 321-339
Description
Examines discourses and practices associated with designating some children and youth as being "at-risk" of academic and social failure in and out of school.
"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 Now Things Have Changed': Marius Barbeau and the Politics of Amerindian Identity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marius Barbeau
Ethnohistory, vol. 48, no. 3, Summer, 2001, pp. 433-472
Description
Examines ethnographic survey of Huron-Wyandot culture conducted between 1911-1914.
But the Shadow of Her Story: Narrative Unsettlement, Self-Inscription, and Translation in Pauline Johnson’s Legends of Vancouver
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deena Rymhs
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 4, Winter, 2001, pp. [51]-78
Description
Discusses how Pauline Johnson explores her own identity by way of the chief's story, a character in the book Legends of Vancouver.
Scroll to page 51 to access article.
Butchering and Stone Tool Function
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phillip L. Walker
American Antiquity, vol. 43, no. 4, October 1978, pp. 710-715
Description
Experiments regarding obsidian tools with different edge treatment for meat processing.
By Any Means Necessary? Tourism, Economics, and the Preservation of Language
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deidre d'Entremont
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 2, Endangered Languages, Endangered Lives, Summer, 2001
Description
Compares the Louisiana model of preserving French to the Native American language preservation program.
By Any Other Name: Rhetorical Colonialism in North America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary E. Stuckey
John M. Murphy
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 4, 2001, pp. 73-98
Description
Explores and analyzes the political consequences and power in naming or labeling, as well as discussing how problems may end up disregarding reality.
By the Dry Pond
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Hogan
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 3, no. 3, Autumn, 1978, pp. 39-40
Description
Poems by a Native American writer, storyteller and playwright.
Cabinet Tells Gray to Settle
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange de Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 127, no. 6, June 2001, p. 1
Description
Deputy Prime Minister given mandate to intensify talks and reach a satisfactory conclusion in residential schools dispute.
A Cache of Aboriginal Fishing Gear From the Queen Charlotte Islands
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Philip M. Hobler
BC Studies, no. 37, Spring, 1978, pp. 37-47
Description
Looks at artifacts recovered from a rock-shelter on the north side of Tasu Sound on the west coast of Moresby Island. Includes drawings and photographs.
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.
Calling A Spade A Shovel: Tribal/Ethnic Studies vs. University Policy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sid Larson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2001, pp. [36]-48
Description
Argues that educational institutions practice systemic discrimination through their policies, structures, and hiring and advancement processes.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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.
Camping with the Sioux: Fieldwork Diary of Alice Cunningham Fletcher
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Alice Cunningham Fletcher
Description
Description, field diary and pictures of Alice Fletcher's (1834-1923) six-week travels to Dakota territory in the fall of 1881. Includes photos of Sitting Bull.
Camsell Portage Is Now A Shadow Of It's Former Self
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Department Of Northern Saskatchewan
Gill Gracie
Description
Camsell Portage has become a smaller community in recent years as economic activities in the area have dwindled and public institutions have shut down. Page one: map outlining location of community. Page Two: a picture of the community.
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 Stated Preference Methods be Used to Value Attributes of Subsistence Hunting by Aboriginal Peoples? A Case Study in Northern Saskatchewan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. K. Haener
D. Dosman
W. L. Adamowicz
P. C. Boxall
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 83, no. 5, November 15, 2001, pp. 1334-1341
Description
Evaluation of this method as a tool to assess the impact of resource development on Aboriginal land use.
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.
Can This Language Be Saved?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Eileen Moore Quinn
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 2, Endangered Languages, Endangered Lives, Summer, 2001
Description
Comments on the extinction of languages worldwide, including aboriginal languages, and the losses that accompany these disappearances.
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 and the Multinational State
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth McRoberts
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 34, no. 4, December 2001, pp. 683-713
Description
Examines the contradiction between nationalism of the state and nationalism of Canada's internal nations, that of Quebec and the First Nations.
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, Churches Appeal Residential School Decisions
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 6, October 2001, p. 9
Description
Examines the vicarious liability claims of churches and the federal government for the actions of school employees.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
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 Customs, Each-you-eyh-ul Siem (?) Sights/Sites of Meaning in Musquem Weaving
Theses
Author/Creator
Alexa Suzanne Fairchild
Description
Fine Arts Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2001.
Canada in the Making: Aboriginals: Treaties & Relations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Early Canadiana Online
Description
Links to information on treaties, laws, and events from the first contact to 2003.
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 Actions Speaks Louder than Words
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Erin Culhane
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 5, September 2001, p. 5
Description
Reports on compensation legislation for child abuse cases and how inequitable settlements have been inadequate.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.
[Canada's Apartheid: A John Stackhouse Series]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Stackhouse
Description
Series of articles, written by an award-winning reporter, focused on two questions: Are Aboriginals victims of racism? Will they always be?
Canada's Day of Atonement: The Contemporary Native Literary Renaissance, the Native Cultural Renaissance and Post-Centenary Canadian Mythology
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephanie May McKenzie
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2001.
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 First Nations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Applied History Research Group
Description
Multimedia tutorial covering period from antiquity to the nineteenth century; includes creation stories, cultures and languages, impact of European contact and Treaties.
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 Relationship with Inuit: A History of Policy and Program Development
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sarah Bonesteel
Public History Inc.