Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert L. A. Hancock
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 164-166
Description
Book review of From New Peoples to New Nations by Gerhard J. Ens and Joe Sawchuk.
From One Colonization Road to Another? Everyday Memories of the Social and Economic Conditions in Minnewakin, Stone Lake, and Lundar, Manitoba, 1940-1960
Theses
Author/Creator
David Parent
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2017.
From Oral History to Leadership in the Aboriginal Community: A Five Year Journey With the Wagga Wagga Aboriginal Elders Group Incorporated
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Noelene Milliken
Sonia Shea
Rural Society, vol. 17, no. 3, December 2007, pp. 299-307
Description
Looks at how an Elders group contributed to social capital and community capacity building.
From Poverty to Prosperity: Opportunities to Invest in First Nations: Pre-Budget Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
Alternate Title
INAC Cost Drivers Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Description
Argues for resource revenue sharing, reform of tax system, elimination of 2% cap on funding growth for core services and programs, improvements in accountability, structural reforms and greater autonomy in decision-making. Presented prior to the 2008-09 federal budget.
From School in Community to a Community-Based School: The Influence of an Aboriginal Principal on Culture-Based School Development
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Lewthwaite
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 64, October 9, 2007, p. [?]
Description
Looks at influences on educational reform in the northern community of Aklavik and development of a science curriculum.
from Swift Cinder
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Crisosto Apache
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 150-160
Description
Excerpt from the book-length poem Swift Cinder which examines memory and the act of memory making through the metaphor of collision.
From the Caribbean to the South Pacific: Cultural Hybridity, Resistance, and Historical Difference
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria E. Posse Emiliani
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 62-80
Description
Author uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the processes of cultural hybridization and resistance and their presence in film, music, and art. Discusses how these factors can combine to preserve and revitalize traditional knowledges and cultures in the contemporary globalized world.
From the English Department
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Livio Dobrez
Aboriginal History, vol. 18, 1994, pp. 33-37
Description
Response to the article The Struggle for Grace: An Appreciation of Kevin John Gilbert by Gordon Briscoe found on Page 13 of Volume 18.
From the Klondike to Berlin: The Yukon in the First World War
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Gates
Northern Review, no. 43, The North and the First World War, April 2017, pp. 9-30
Description
Discusses the participation of the Yukon in the war including those who enlisted, those committed to efforts at home, women volunteers who fund raised and personal stories of participation by such folks as Joe Boyle, Robert Service, George Black, Martha Black and others.
From the Reservation to Smithsonian via Alcatraz
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George P. Horse Capture
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 135-149
Description
Describes how there is sunshine everywhere, pride, perseverance, and a reawakening of an ancient culture which, the author contends, all came about due to the occupation of Alcatraz Island.
From Treaties to Reserves: The Federal Government and Native Peoples in Territorial Alberta, 1870-1905; From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for All Canadians
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean Barman
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 3, June-July 2017, pp. 119-120
Description
Book reviews of From Treaties to Reserves by D. J. Hall and From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation by Greg Poelzer and Ken S. Coates.
From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for all Canadians
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christian Allan Bertelsen
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 18-19
Description
Book review of: From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for all Canadians by Greg Poelzer and Ken S. Coates.
Several book reviews on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 18.
From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare: Why Indian Policy Failed in the Prairie Provinces
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alexander Blair Stonechild
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 3, Summer, 1994, pp. 438-440
Description
Book review of: From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare by Helen Buckley.
From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare: Why Indian Policy Failed in the Prairie Provinces (Book)
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Ethnic & Racial Studies, vol. 17, no. 3, July 1994, pp. 567-568
Description
Book review of: From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare: Why Indian Policy Failed in the Prairie Provinces by Helen Buckley.
The Frontier Army and the Destruction of the Buffalo: 1865-1883
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David D. Smits
Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 3, Autumn, 1994, pp. 312-338
Description
Examines whether there was a direct link between army policy and extermination of the buffalo through a study of "official military reports, personal letters, the reminiscences of retired army officers and ex-buffalo hunters, the observations of Indian Bureau personnel and Indians themselves, along with other eye-witness accounts".
Frontier Era of North Dakota
Alternate Title
North Dakota Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Gwyn s. Herman]
[Laverne Johnson]
Description
Grade 4 level.
FSIN Must Butt Out for Sake of FNUC Future
Alternate Title
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Must Butt Out for Sake of First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) Future
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, April 20, 2007, p. A15
Description
Explains why the First Nations University (FNUC) must be made independent.
FSIN Negotiates Improved Gaming Deal with Province
Alternate Title
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Negotiates Improved Gaming Deal With Province
Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 10, October 2007, p. 10
Description
Looks at ammendments to the Gaming Framework Agreement between the FSIN and the Province of Saskatchewan.
Article located by scrolling to page 10.
Fulfilling Prophecy? Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV in Indigenous People in Western Australia
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael R. Wright
Sandra C. Thompson
Phyll R. Dance
Carolien M Giele
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, January/February 2007, pp. 16-21
Description
Article compares trends and rates of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Western Australia.
Fundamentals of Aboriginal Law Certificate: Land Management Under the First Nation Land Management Act
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John W. Gailus
Caitlin Mason
Description
Explains the First Nation Land Management Act and the benefits and drawbacks.
Funding Agreement: Aboriginal Healing Foundation and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as Represented by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians
Description
Terms and conditions of agreement disbursing additional funds to the Foundation.
Funding in Place to Build $1.5 Million Arena in Pinehouse
Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2007, p. 14
Description
Comments on the Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (MRIF) investment that will allow the village of Pinehouse to build a new hockey arena for the residents.
Article located by scrolling to page 14.
The Fur Trade Gamble: North West Company on the Pacific Slope, 1800-1820
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Barry Gough
BC Studies, no. 194, Summer, 2017, pp. 204-205
Description
Book review of The Fur Trade Gamble by Lloyd Keith and John C. Jackson.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 204.
Furrows of Stone: Race, Politics, and the Alberta Métis Land Question, 1932-1936
Theses
Author/Creator
R'Chie Kelly Moffett
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2007.
[The Future of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Broadcasting: Conversation and Convergence Series: Halifax Gathering, May 18th, 2017]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Francella Fiallos
Maureen Googoo
Aggie Baby
Annie Claire
Morris Prokop
Brian Beaton … [et al.]
Description
Includes links to documents, audio recordings of sessions, and programming.
Pt. 1:
Indigenous Voices? Challenges in Community Radio featuring Francella Fiallos, Maureen Googoo, Aggie Baby.
Review of gatherings in Manitoba, Nunavut, Alberta, and British Columbia.
Pt. 2:
Decolonization? Hand the Media Back! A View from Pjilasi Mi'kma'ki featuring Annie Claire.
Pt. 3:
Preserving Indigenous Language: Challenges and Solutions featuring Morris Prokop.
e-Centres: Community-Based Production/Broadcast Facilities featuring Brian Beaton.
Pt.
[The Future of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Broadcasting: Conversation & Convergence Series: Edmonton Gathering, April 21st, 2017]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Chelsea Vowel
Molly Swain
Lauren Crazybull
Jodi Stonehouse
Les Carpenter
Rob McMahon
Michael Lithgow
Description
Includes links to program, summary, and audio of three panel discussions.
Pt. 1:
World-Building in the Dystopian Now: Imagining and Podcasting Indigenous Futures featuring Chelsea Vowel, Molly Swain, and Lauren Crazybull.
Review of conversations in Winnipeg and Iqaluit.
Pt. 2:
Revitalizing Indian Story-telling in the Media featuring Jodi Stonehouse.
Discussion on Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CTRC) process and policy.
Pt.
[The Future of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Broadcasting: Conversation & Convergence Series: Homalco Gathering, May 8, 2017]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Darren Blaney
John Gagnon
Banchi Hause
Natasha Bob
Devin Pielle … [et al.]
Description
Part 1: Welcome by Darren Blaney; general remarks by John Gagnon, CEO of Wawatay Native Communications Society.
Part 2: Nuxalk Radio featuring Banchi Hanuse; Siem-nu-ts-lhhwulmuhw host Natasha Bob speaks about how the program came about and its content.
Part 3: Gunargie O'Sullivan, a volunteer programmer, talked about the importance of Indigenous presence on community and campus radio stations; Doreen Manuel shared history of Secwepemc Radio.
Part 5: Talk on CiTR Indigenous Collective and the program Unceded Airwaves, presented by Lisa Girbav, Mario P
[[The Future of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Broadcasting: Conversation & Convergence Series: Iqualuit Gathering, April 12, 2017]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Jack Anawak
Claude Grenier
Salome Avva
Geneviève Bonin-Labelle
Anne Crawford
Madeleine D'Argencourt … [et al.]
Description
Includes links to program, summary, speeches, and audio of two panel discussions.
Part 1: Community Radio speech by Jack Anawak.
Part 2: Panel discussion: Regional Radio: Taqramiut Nipingat Inc.(TNI) and CBC North featuring Claude Grenier, Salome Avva and Patrick Nagle.
Part 3: Speech by George Hickes, Nunavut Minister responsible for Health and Suicide Prevention.
Part 4: Panel discussion: Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, CFRT-FM, and TV Nunavut featuring Fanny He, Madeleine d'Agencourt, and Charlotte DeWolff.
[The Future of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Broadcasting: Conversation & Convergence Series: Winnipeg Gathering, February 17, 2017]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Rosanna Deerchild
Kim Wheeler
Gary Farmer
Kathleen Buddle
Miles Morrisseau
Jim Compton
Lenard Monkman
Description
Includes links to program, summary, and audio of three panel discussions.
Panel 1:
Storytelling on National Ikwe Radio featuring Rosanna Deerchild and Kim Wheeler.
A History of Aboriginal Voices Radio featuring Gary Farmer and Kathleen Buddle.
On Nativebeat, Indian Country Today and More featuring Miles Morrisseau.
Panel 2:
Adam Beach Film Institute and Youth Engagement featuring Jim Compton.
At the Edge of Canada on UMFM featuring Robert-Falcon Ouellette.
Gambling on Authenticity: Gaming, the Noble Savage, and the Not-So-New Indian
Alternate Title
American Indian Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Scott Andrews
Becca Gercken
Jim Donomie
Heid E. Erdrich
Julie Pelletier
American Indian Studies Series
Gambling with the Future: The Evolution of Aboriginal Gambling in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robin Quantick
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 1, 2007, pp. 207-208
Description
Book review of: Gambling with the Future by Yale D. Belanger.
Gaming Agreement Subordinates First Nations
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, January 5, 2007, p. A9
Description
States that the First Nations are taking all the risks while the Province only issues a permit in exchange for 37.5% of the profits.
The Gaming Industry in Aboriginal Communities: Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David DesBrisay
Description
Literature review. Current as of 1994.
Ganawenimaa nimamainan aki = Respect Our Mother Earth: A Kid's Environmental Activity Booklet
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission]
Description
General environmental education resource with some references to the Lake Superior watershed.
"Gathering Dust Not Saving Lives": The Call For Texts Which Honestly and Straightforwardly Teach Aboriginal Children About HIV/AIDS and Other Important Issues
Alternate Title
Discussion and Debate: "Gathering Dust Not Saving Lives": The Call For Texts Which Honestly and Straightforwardly Teach Aboriginal Children About HIV / AIDS and Other Important Issues
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William G. Lindsay
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 2, 2007, pp. 503-508
Description
The author was asked, by the BC Health Ministry, to write two texts to teach Aboriginal children about HIV and AIDS; but the Ministry rejected these texts as being to honest and candid. This paper looks at why the Ministry, and others, can not be upfront and honest with streetwise kids.
Gathering Knowledge: Indigenous Methodologies of Land/Place-Based Visual Storytelling/Filmmaking and Visual Sovereignty
Theses
Author/Creator
Dorothy Christian
Description
Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
Gathering the Potawatomi Nation: Revitalization and Identity
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paul McKenzie-Jones
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 132-133
Description
Book review of: Gathering the Potawatomi Nation by Christopher Wetzel.
GDI Turns to Elders to Help Preserve Michif
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 4, July 2007, p. 23
Description
Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI) promotes the preservation of the Michif language. "Michif" is a combination of a Cree verb and French noun, which seems to reflect the world view of the Metis people - that of a perfect balance or mix.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.23.
Gender Dimensions of Intellectual Property and Traditional Medicinal Knowledge
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Heather Gibb
Description
Examines intellectual property rights issues associated with traditional knowledge in medicine from a gender perspective, and looks at the implications for the wellbeing of the Indigenous populations.
Gender Issues in Aboriginal Learning
Alternate Title
Comprehending and Nourishing the Learning Spirit Animation Theme Bundle
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lillian Sankhulani
Gender Status Decline, Resistance, and Accommodation among Female Neophytes in the Missions of California: A San Gabriel Case Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edward D. Castillo
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, 1994, pp. 67-93
Description
Focuses on the Kumivit, or Gabrielino, Indians and documents the resistance and responses of women to the new colonial order. The time period covered for this topic includes Toypurina’s revolt and Bartolomea’s bitter recollections of the destruction of her culture.
Gendered Indigenous Health and Wellbeing within the Australian Health System: A Review of the Literature
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bronwyn Fredericks
Carolyn Daniels
Jenni Judd
Roxanne Bainbridge
Kathleen Clapham ... [et al.]
Gendering the Duty to Consult: How Section 35 and the Duty to Consult Are Failing Aboriginal Women: Final Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jula Hughes
Elizabeth Blaney
Roy Stewart
Description
Argues that the legal framework has not kept up with demographic shifts because it focuses on land-related rights and ignores off-reserve and non-status population. As such, it disproportionately affects women who have been displaced through discriminatory effects of the Indian Act.
Gene Boy Came Home
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Eugene Benedict
Description
Aboriginal veteran Eugene Benedict's account of his time in Vietnam, his rejection when he returned, and his journey back to his Odanak home. This film deals with scenes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Duration: 24:31.
Generating and Sustaining Positive Spaces: Reflections on an Indigenous Youth Urban Arts Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julian Robbins
Warren Linds
Benjamin Ironstand
Erin Goodpipe
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Special Issue: Fostering Cultural Safety Across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 161-169
Description
Looks at youth, cultural safety, arts, and Indigenous knowledge in urban spaces.
Genes, Ownership, and Indigenous Reality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Grant Gillett
Felicity McKergow
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 65, no. 10, November 2007, p. 2093–2104
Description
Examines the bioethical issues involving genetic ownership related to beliefs and practices of a culture and the effects on both health care and research.
Genetic Structure of Circumpolar Populations: A Synthesis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael H. Crawford
American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 19, no. 2, 2007, pp. 203-217
Description
Summarizes genetic research done on 25 standard protein and blood markers and genetic discontinuity in two language groups.
Genetic Susceptibility to Tuberculosis
Theses
Author/Creator
Lucy J. Boothroyd
Description
Epidemiology & Biostatistics Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 1994.
The Geneticization of Aboriginal Diabetes and Obesity: Adding Another Scene to the Story of the Thrifty Gene
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Poudrier
Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology, vol. 44, no. 2, May 2007, pp. 237-261
Description
Argues that attributing weight gain and diabetes to the thrifty gene has failed to incorporate aboriginal health perspectives and should be "decolonized".