Origins of Contemporary Indian Social Welfare in the Canadian Liberal State: An Historical Case Study in Social Policy, 1873-1965
Theses
Author/Creator
Hugh Edward Quixano Shewell
Description
Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1995.
Orkneymen to Rupert's Landers: Orkney Workers in the Saskatchewan District, 1795-1830
Theses
Author/Creator
Cheryl Ann Purdey
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2010.
Orphans within Our Family: Intergenerational Trauma and Homeless Aboriginal Men
Theses
Author/Creator
Peter M. Memzies
Description
Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ontario Institute of Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, 2005.
Os-sa-pah-chi-kan / Shapeshifting in the Matrices
Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Nicholas
ConunDrumOnline, vol. 2, September 2005, p. [?]
Description
Introduces shamans and shamanism followed by the first of a series of eight short stories.
Osage Gender: Continuity, Change and Colonialzation, 1720s-1870s
Theses
Author/Creator
Tai S. Edwards
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, 2010.
Oskate Wicasa (One Who Performs)
Theses
Author/Creator
Alida S. Boorn
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Central Missouri State University, 2005.
Discussion of Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show and other similar venues.
The Other Side of the Mountain
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Ahn Thorpe
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 2, Young, Aboriginal, Missing, Summer, 2010
Description
Discusses exploratory mining and the promise of social programs in Cerro Chorcha, Panama and the connection to mining in Lac LaRonge, Saskatchewan.
The Other Side of the Story: The Importance of James Welch’s Fools Crow Novel
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 5th, 2003
Native Being -- Being Native: Identity and Difference : Proceedings of the Fifth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Patricia DiMond
Description
Discusses the realistic portrayal of Native American life and culture during the period of initial westward expansion.
"Other" Voices: Historical Essays on Saskatchewan Women
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Barbara Powell
Prairie Forum, vol. 20, no. 2, Fall, 1995, pp. 301-302
Description
Book review of: "Other" Voices: Historical Essays on Saskatchewan Women edited by David De Brou and Aileen Moffatt.
Othering, Power Relations, and Indigenous Tourism: Experiences in Australia's Northern Territory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katie Bresner
PlatForum, vol. 11, 2010, pp. 10-26
Description
Describes personal tourist experiences in Kakadu National Park, Alice Springs, and Ulura-Kata Tjuta National Park.
Otitis Media: Health and Social Consequences for Aboriginal Youth in Canada's North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan D. Bowd
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 64, no. 1, February 2005, pp. 5-15
Description
Study concludes that health care personnel need to be informed about traditional knowledge and practices in order improve treatment and prevention of middle ear disease.
Otiyaner: The "Women's Path" Through Colonialism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kahente Horn-Miller
Atlantis, vol. 29, no. 2, [Indigenous Women: The State of Our Nations], 2005, pp. 57-68
Description
Comments on the inaccurate portrayal of Haudenosaunee women in historical writing.
Otter Trail Singers
Alternate Title
MusicCorner: Otter Trail Singers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gene Bates
Teri Bates
Whispering Wind, vol. 35, no. 3, May-June 2005, pp. 30-31
Description
Looks at the drumming group Otter Trail Singers from Lawton, Oklahoma, who preform at powwows in the United States and Canada. Includes audio reviews.
Our Aboriginal Relations: When Family Doctors and Aboriginal Patients Meet
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Catherine T. Elliott
Sarah N. De Leeuw
Canadian Journal of Optometry, vol. 72, no. 4, August 2010, pp. 26-28
Description
Comments on Aboriginal patients' desire for doctors to be interested in them as individuals.
Entire issue on one pdf. Article located by scrolling to page 26.
"Our Amazing Visitors": Catherine Cartwright's Account of Labrador Inuit in England
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. Stopp
G. Mitchell
Arctic, vol. 63, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 399-413
Description
Comments on four letters containing new information regarding a group of five Inuit who travelled to England from Labrador in the 18th century. The four letters discussed are included.
Our Generation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sinem Saban
Damien Curtis
Description
Award-winning documentary about Aboriginal rights and the response to the Australian Federal Government's Northern Territory Intervention which exerts compulsory control over 73 communities.
Duration: 1:13:42.
Accompanied by Study Guide
Our Homeland for the Past, Present and Future: Akulliqpaaq Qamaniq (Aberdeen Lake) and Qamaniq Tugliqpaaq (Schultz Lake) Landscapes Described by Elder John Killulark
Theses
Author/Creator
Paula Kigjugalik Hughson
Description
Master of Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2010.
Our Homes Are Bleeding - Digital Collection
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)
Description
Links to historical information, maps, newspaper articles, photographs and video clips documenting Aboriginal title and rights in British Columbia. Includes documents relating to the McKenna McBride Royal Commission (1913-1916).
"Our Land and Our Culture Is Our Future": Strategies and Implications of Development on the Metis Settlements of Alberta
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elmer Ghostkeeper
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 1981, pp. 151-157
Description
Provides background to the Metis Population Betterment Act of 1938 and discusses relationships between Metis "colonies" and other governing bodies. This Act is commonly referred to as the Metis Betterment Act.
Our Last Frontier: Imperialism and Northern Canadian Rural Women's Organizations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda M. Ambrose
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 86, no. 2, June 2005, pp. 257-284
Description
Reveals the very slow progress of the Federated Women's Institute of Canada (FWIC) in establishing itself in the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
Our Life Among the Iroquois Indians
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Laurence M. Hauptman
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Summer, 2010, pp. 401-402
Description
Book review of: Our Life Among the Iroquois Indians by Harriet S. Clark Caswell, reprinted with a new introduction by Joy Bilharz.
Our Mother Corn
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sherry Mathers
Description
Looks at the central role of corn in the cultures of the Hopi, Pawnee and Seneca peoples.
Our (Museum) World Turned Upside Down: Re-Presenting Native American Arts
Alternate Title
The Problematics of Collecting and Display, Part I
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Catherine Berlo
Ruth B. Phillips
Art Bulletin, vol. 77, no. 1, 1995, pp. 6-10
Description
Discusses repatriation of Native American art objects owned by institutions as well as how art objects are displayed and acquired by museums.
"Our Responsibility to Keep The Land Alive": Voices of Northern Indigenous Researchers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah McGregor
Walter Bayha
Deborah Simmons
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 101-123
Description
Looks at the Research the Indigenous Way workshop, held at the Northern Governance Policy Research Conference in November 2009, where a discussion of Indigenous methodologies took place.
Our Roots: A History of La Ronge - 1981.
E-Books
Description
The history of La Ronge, Saskatchewan, is detailed from pre-contact to the arrival of Jean Etienne Waden, first European in the La Ronge area, to present-day businesses, schools and churches in the town; numerous photographs.
'Our Sense of Beauty': Visuality, Space and Gender on Victoria's Aboriginal Reserves, South-Eastern Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Lydon
History and Anthropology, vol. 16, no. 2, June 2005, pp. 211-233
Description
Discusses why gender organization was used as a reason to control Aboriginal people and set up reserves.
Our Story: A Historical Reflection of the Carcross/Tagish First Nations' Land Claims Process
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marilyn Jensen
Description
Story of the Tagish, Athapaskan and Inland Tlingit's struggle to regain their traditional life.
Our Words, Our Ways: Teaching First Nations, Métis and Inuit Learners
Alternate Title
Alberta Curriculum Guides
E-Books
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Services Branch and Learning and Teaching Resources Branch
Alberta Education
p. viii, 215
Description
Offers practical ideas and sample strategies to help teachers meet the needs of Aboriginal students.
Out of Hours: A Lesson from Lapland: What the Snowmobile Did to One Lapland Community Illustrates What Medicine Is Doing to Us. Why Don't We Take Notice?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Martyn
BMJ, vol. 341, no. 7783, November 27, 2010, p. 1137
Description
Author studies introduction of snowmobile concurrent to the medical interventions in an isolated Skolt Sami community which sometimes produced questionable results.
Out of Irrelevance
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
D. Bruce Sealey
Prairie Forum, vol. 6, no. 1, Spring, 1981, pp. 101-102
Description
Book review of: Out of irrelevance by J. R. Ponting and R. Gibbins.
Outcome Evaluation of a Public Health Approach to Suicide Prevention in an American Indian Tribal Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Philip A. May
Patricia Serna
Lance Hurt
Lemyra M. DeBruyn
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 7, July 2005, pp. 1238-1244
Description
Describes a public-health-oriented suicidal-behavior prevention program among youths living on an American Indian reservation, and the success in achieving less suicide attempts.
The Outcome of a Recommendation Pertaining to Federally Sentenced Aboriginal Women
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Natalia Welniak
Description
Integrated Studies Project (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2010.
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Outside Looking In: Viewing First Nations Peoples in Canadian Dramatic Television Series
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Doris Baltruschat
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3, Summer, 2010, pp. 240-241
Description
Book review of: Outside Looking In by Mary Jane Miller.
Outsiders in Their Homeland: Discursive Construction of Aboriginal Women and Citizenship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jo-Anne Fiske
Yale D. Belanger
David Gregory
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 34, no. 3, 2010, pp. 71-92
Description
Discussion of the "not in my backyard" (NIMBY) syndrome including a case study of NIMBYism in a Canadian prairie community.
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2005 Report
Alternate Title
Second Report on Indigenous Disadvantage
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Description
Measures the well-being against indicators across a range of areas including health, education and employment, and identifies programs and policies which appear to be improving outcomes.
Overcoming the Barricades: The Crisis at Oka as a Case Study in Political Communication
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin J. Morris
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 74-90
Description
Comments on the stand-off involving Mohawk peoples, Quebec police and the Canadian Armed Forces.
Overlapping/Contesting Representations: Tourism and Native/Indian Canadians
Theses
Author/Creator
Holly Baines
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 1995.
An Overview Of Australian Aboriginal Suicide: Part One
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Terri Elliott-Farrelly
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 1, January/February 2005, pp. 11-15, 27-28
Description
Investigates suicide rates and proposed theories of the causes.
An Overview of Australian Aboriginal Suicide: Part Two
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Terri Elliott-Farrelly
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 1, January/February 2005, pp. 24-28
Description
Concludes by exploring approaches to prevention.
An Overview of Demographic, Social and Economic Conditions among British Columbia's Registered Indian Population
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrew Siggner
Chantal Locatelli
Description
Historical data primarily sourced from Indian and Inuit Affairs Program's records.
Covers time period 1966-1976.
An Overview of the Effects of Privatization on Secwepemc Land, Culture, Spirituality & Future Generations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dawn Morrison
Description
Discusses how the infringement of development has had an adverse effect on the Shuswap peoples and their traditional territories.
Overweight in Cree Schoolchildren and Adolescents Associated With Diet, Low Physical Activity, and High Television Viewing
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Luce Bernard
Claudette Lavallée
Katherine Gray-Donald
Hélène Delisle
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 95, no. 7, July 1995, pp. 800-802
Description
Studies children and adolescents from two Cree communities using a dietitian-administered questionnaire to obtain information on foods consumed and activity.
Overweight in First Nations Children: Prevalence, Implications, and Solutions
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Noreen D. Willows
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 2, no. 1, Population Health: Risk and Resistance, March 2005, pp. 76-86
Description
Advocates community-based programs to prevent obesity.
Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession (OCAP) or Self-Determination Applied to Research: A Critical Analysis of Contemporary First Nations Research and Some Options for First Nations Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Centre
Description
Covers the topics of: collective ownership of group information, control over research and information, management of access to and physical possession of data, history of research relations and ethical guidelines.
illustrated and reformatted version of a paper published in the Journal of Aboriginal Health, Vol. 1, no. 1, 2004.
Oyate Resource List
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Oyate
Description
Annotated bibliography of books suitable for teaching various grade levels. Current as of 2005.
Pacific Pathways to the Prevention of Sexual Violence: Full Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Teuila Percival
Robert Robati-Mani
Elizabeth Powell
Pefi Kingi
Maiava Carmel Peteru … [et al.]
Description
Related material: Overview Report.
Packaging Protest: Media Coverage of Indigenous People's Collective Action
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rima Wilkes
Catherine Corrigall-Brown
Daniel J. Myers
Canadian Review of Sociology, vol. 47, no. 4, 2010, pp. 327-357
Description
Discussion on media coverage across multiple instances of collective action by Indigenous peoples. The article attempts to identify factors associated with the quality and quantity of event media coverage.
Paddle to the Premier Promises to be a Noisy Affair
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Debora Steel
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 6, September 2010, p. 18
Description
Describes a rally to oppose the construction of Site C dam in Northern British Columbia.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.18.