Documentary follows three First Nations students as they compete in Saskatchewan's first-ever First Nations Provincial Spelling Bee and their subsequent trip to the National Championships in Toronto.
Duration: 44:08.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Article examines the behavioural risk factors for arterial hypertension (AH)—including tobacco use, excessive alcohol use, and a lack of physical activity—among Evenk people. Also notes that incidence of AH is also influenced by marital status, employment, education, and housing conditions.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, January 31, 2019, pp. 88-98
Description
Author discusses their experience as a Canadian Research Chair (CRC) in Indigenous Well-Being, Community-Engagement, and Innovation at McMaster University. Considers the role that Indigenous scholars are currently playing in decolonization and Indigenization efforts in the Canadian academy and the personal cost to those scholars.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter, January 10, 2019, pp. 39-58
Description
Author compares the way in which settlers in the Arkansas River Valley made use of the natural land to cultivate orchards and vineyards to the way local Indigenous nations had lived on the land.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, Special Issue: The Impact of Reserve and Reservation Systems on Indigenous Well-Being, 11 22, 2019
Description
Author offers a critical perspective on the perspectives in discussion papers being released by municipal government agencies in response to reserves being created within and adjacent to urban centers; argues that many of the perspective within these documents reinforce settler colonialism and ignore Indigenous sovereignty.
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 38, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 2, Summer, 2014, pp. 218-223
Description
Comments on the high prevalence of hearing loss due to otitis media and noise exposure.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 1, 2001, pp. 81-111
Description
Compares the U.S. Indian Claims Commission and New Zealand Waitangi Tribunal to determine which achieved the greatest redress for their government's injustices through colonization.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 3, Summer, June 1, 2001, pp. 453-479
Description
History of the institution of chattel slavery with a focus on the relationship between the Chocktaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, and Mvskokean Cherokee and African slaves; including the forced relocation known as the "Trail Where We Cried" or the "Trail of Tears".
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 16, no. 2, Fall, 2001, pp. 97-114
Description
Analyzes the 1992 Tri-Star Pictures release which breaks new ground on two fronts, an all Native American cast except the lead role, and use of a contemporary setting. Screenplay by John Fusco, directed by Michael Apted and produced by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and John Fusco.
Practices based on experiences shared by First Nations leaders and managers, lawyers specializing in Indigenous law, and previous reports. Primary focus is British Columbia, but information generally applies across Canada.
Updated version of Best Practices for Consultation and Accommodation by MNP.
Guide outlines general considerations, practices and procedures, and provides step-by-step instructions for community engagement sessions. Topics include establishing and earning community support, engagement and consultation activities, communicating with the media, presentation skills, and addressing opposition effectively and respectfully.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 2, Workforce Development, Winter, 2014
Description
Discusses the planning and communication needed for tribal colleges and universities to create collaborative internship programs with non-profit organizations.
Brief discussion of context and implications of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples followed by results of literature review based on research findings and academic literature, primary sources, grey literature, and Indigenous legal orders and case studies of their applications.
Study cohort consisted of 160 survey respondents and 288 focus group participants. Topics included barriers to accessing and successfully completing treatment, suggestions for overcoming them, and promising practices.
Podcast of Interview with artist about his exhibition Awareness Series which focuses on the government's policy of issuing numbered disks to Inuit rather than referring to them by name.
Duration: 6:54.
Speaker discusses her blog, which she developed to critique cultural appropriation by mainstream designers and retailers, and the online boutique she created to promote products made by Indigenous people.
Duration: 17:45.
Author explores relationship between Indigenous knowledge and Western thought. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.
Search was performed for academic and non-academic Indigenous sources published between 2000 and 2016 and identified over 150 documents, books, and papers.
Capstone Seminar Series, vol. 4, no. 1, (Re)Negotiating Artifacts of Canadian Narratives of Identity, Spring, 2014, pp. 3-26
Description
Examines Monkman's work from Sakahà: International Indigenous Art exhibition to show how he challenges concealment of Indigenous gender, sexualities, and western stereotypes.