Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2016, p. [?]
Description
Looks at how imposition of programs such as Family Allowance, Foodmail, and Nutrition North Canada, in conjunction with criminalization of hunting and harvesting have created food insecurity.
Policy Paper (Atlantic Institute for Market Studies)
[Policy Series (Frontier Centre for Public Policy) ; no. 189]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tom Flanagan
Lee Harding
Description
Examines practices of 21 First Nations who scored highly on Department of Indian and Northern Affairs' 2011 Community Well-being Index. Used data related to incomes, labour market participation, educational achievement and housing quality.
TransCanadiana, vol. 8, Canadian Sites of Resistance: Solidarity-Struggle-Change(?), 2016, pp. [73]-80
Description
The Reader gathers texts with differing perspectives to narrate the "battle" between armed settlers and armed Métis buffalo hunters on June 19th, 1816.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 73.
LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Will Roscoe
Description
Overview of the various characteristics, roles and meanings ascribed to two spirit people followed by brief biographies of four historical figures.
Chapter from LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History edited by Megan E. Springate.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 28, no. 2, [Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Conference], 2016, pp. i-iv
Description
Introduction to the journal articles, presented at a symposium held January 30-31, 2016, that explore the prospect of a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 159-176
Description
Introduces a peer-led pilot intervention that takes a strengths-based approach to promoting Indigenous youth sexual health in a culturally safe context.
Website for multimedia exhibition developed by families of two murdered women, Sonya Cywink and Patricia Carpenter, and eight Ryerson media Production students. Family members share memories of the women and what their loss means to them.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 111-132
Description
Study focused on understanding and describing Aboriginal traditional healing methods as viable approaches to improve health outcomes in an urban Aboriginal community.
Shingwaukonse A 19th Century Innovative Ojibwa Leader
Shingwaukonse A 19th Century Innovative Ojibwe Leader
Shingwaukonse A Nineteenth Century Innovative Ojibwe Leader
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet E. Chute
Ethnohistory, vol. 45, no. 1, Winter, 1998, pp. 65-101
Description
Ethnohistorical analysis of the leadership of Shingwaukonse (Little Pine, 1773-1853), who combined traditional values with western technology in an attempt to secure a place for his people amidst settlement.
PLoS One, vol. 11, no. 3, 2016, p. article e0150250
Description
Looked at two different strategies: one provided immediate response to need for food; the other targeted improving social cohesion and ability to manage nutrition.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 4, Fall, 2016, pp. 364-378
Description
Focuses on books written by non-Indigenous authors and still being used in some classrooms: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink; Little House on the Prairies by Laura Ingalls Wilder; Jeremy by Jon Hassler; The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare; and Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan by Mary Pope Osborne.
Investigation into the death of a sixteen year old youth who became ill while incarcerated at a Youth Residence and was denied entitlement to healthcare services and reasonable accommodation based on a hearing impairment.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 2, 2016, pp. 73-90
Description
Overview of the Cottage Settlement designed to help graduates of the Sitka Industrial and Training School transition into mission sanctioned lifestyles.
The Northern Review, no. 42, Northern Inequalities - Global Processes, Local Legacies, 2016, pp. 109-129
Description
Identifies schools issues including: student attendance, the legacy of residential schools, lack of resources to promote the Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun language and transient teachers.