Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hiroko Ikuta
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Tchoukotka/Chukotka, 2007, pp. 343-364
Description
Paper investigates the revival of the Messenger Feast in 1988 after a 70 year break.
Iñupiaq Values Curriculum: Avoidance of Conflict-Paaqæaktautaiññiq
Alternate Title
Iñupiaq Values Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
North Slope Borough School District
Description
Invasive Species, Indigenous Stewards, and Vulnerability Discourse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas J. Reo
Kyle Whyte
Darren Ranco
Jodi Brandt
Emily Blackmer
Braden Elliott
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 201-223
Description
Looks at how Indigenous peoples are preparing for, responding to, and adapting to environmental changes in their territories. Study involved online survey of 106 individuals, most of whom were employed by Indigenous nations to carry out natural resource and environmental management.
Inventory of Environmental Health Related Databases: Prepared for the First Nations Environmental Health Innovation Network
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Corrine Balcaen
Description
Provides an inventory of environmental health related databases that was prepared for the First Nations Environmental Health Innovation Network.
Inventory of Twenty-Five Years of Aboriginal Social Policy Research
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eric Howe
Description
Lists author's writings and presentations.
Investigating Māori Approaches to Trauma Informed Care
Alternate Title
Investigating Maori Approaches to Trauma Informed Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonie Pihama
Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Tessa Evans-Campbell
Hinewirangi Kohu-Morgan
Ngaropi Cameron ... [et al.]
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 3, December 2017, pp. 18-31
Description
Provides an overview of the three-year Health Research Council funded research project, He Oranga Ngākau: Māori Approaches to Trauma-Informed Care, and its intended outcomes.
Investigating the Utility of Birds in Precontact Yup'ik Subsistence: A Preliminary Analysis of the Avian Remains from Nunalleq
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edouard Masson-MacLean
Claire Houmard
Rick Knecht
Madonna L. Moss
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1/2, The Past in the Yup’ik Present: Archaeologies of Climate Change in Western Alaska, 2019, pp. 169-196
Description
Highlights the important role of birds for precontact Yup'ik as a soruce of food and material culture.
Investigation into Child and Youth Protection Services in Ungava Bay and Hudson Bay Nunavik: Report, Conclusions of the Investigation and Recommendations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jenunesse
An Investigation into the Policies of Assimilation and Self-Determination Resulting in the Epidemic of Violence against Indigenous Women in Canada and the United States
Theses
Author/Creator
Caroline Rubash
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2019.
An Investigation of How Culture Shapes Curriculum in Early Care and Education Programs on a Native American Indian Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer L. Gilliard
Rita A. Moore
Early Childhood Education Journal, vol. 34, no. 4, February 2007, pp. 251-258
Description
Looks at early care and eduction programs on the Flathead Indian Reservation.
Investigations into the Present and Future State of Aboriginal Mental Health
Articles » General
Aboriginal and islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, May/June 1991, pp. 11-13
Description
Research shows a lack of access to mental health services for Aboriginal people in urban and rural areas and training for health workers in the mental health area as well as a lack of staff and resources.
Investing in Canada's Future Prosperity: An Economic Opportunity for Canadian Industries: Methods and Sources Paper
Alternate Title
Reconciliation: Growing Canada's Economy by $27.7 Billion, pt. II
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fiscal Realities Economists
Description
Statistics on Indigenous representation in the labour force, and comparison of equalized participation rates and type of employment in each of the provinces and territories.
Invisible Indigeneity: First Nations and Aboriginal Theatre in Japanese Translation and Performance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beverley Curran
Theatre Journal, vol. 59, no. 3, October 2007, pp. 449-465
Description
Article investigates the politics of theatre translation in two plays: The Rez Sisters by Tomson Highway, and Up the Ladder by Roger Bennett to determine how plays are altered for different audiences and cultures.
Invisible Invaders: Smallpox and Other Diseases in Aboriginal Australia, 1780-1880
E-Books
Author/Creator
Judy Campbell
Invitations to Dignity and Well-being: Cultural Safety Through Indigenous Pedagogy, Witnessing and Giving Back!
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Richardson
Jeannie Carriere
Vicky Boldo
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Fostering Cultural Safety Across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 190-195
Description
Overview of training course given by the authors to children and youth mental health practitioners.
IPAC-AFMC Pre-Admissions Support Toolkit for First Nations, Inuit, Métis Students into Medicine
Alternate Title
Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada-Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada Pre-Admissions Support Toolkit for First Nations, Inuit, Métis Students into Medicine
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada
Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada
Description
Developed to give guidelines to faculties of medicine for supporting Indigenous students' success in applying to medical school and during their medical education.
Iron Deficiency and Anemia Among the Women of Nunavik
Alternate Title
Qanuippitaa? How are We?
[Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2004]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Céline Plante
Carole Blanchet
Huguette Turgeon O’Brien
An Iron Hand Upon the People: The Law Against the Potlatch on the Northwest Coast
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Hamar Foster
BC Studies, no. 91/92, Autumn/Winter, 1991-1992, pp. 218-224
Description
Book review of: An Iron Hand Upon the People by Douglas Cole and Ira Chaikin.
To read review, scroll to page 218.
Ironic Confrontation as a Mode of Resistance: The Homeland Security T- Shirt at the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cortney Smith
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 3, Summer, 2019, pp. 339-364
Description
Article analyzes the narrative presented on the Homeland Security t-shirt [Graphic tee which has the words “Homeland Security” emblazoned above an image of Geronimo with three fellow Apache warriors and the words “Fighting Terrorism since 1492” located below the photograph]. Discusses how this narrative forms a rhetoric of critique and resistance.
Irony and Indians: A Collection of Original Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Thomas Andrew Green
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1991.
Iroquois Contributions to Modern Democracy and Communism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol L. Bagley
Jo Ann Ruckman
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, 1983, pp. 53-72
Description
Paper discusses the influence of the Iroquois Great Law of Peace on American government and consideration of its possible influence on the Russian government.
The Iroquois Perspective
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Collin Reid
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 2, April/May 2017, p. 51
Description
Offers up an alternative narrative on what colonization was like for the local Iroquois in what is now current day Montreal, QC.
Is Attachment Theory Consistent with Aboriginal Parenting
Realities?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raymond Neckoway
Keith Brownlee
Bruno Castellan
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Issue: Adolescent Development, Mental Health, and Promising Research Directions , 2007, pp. 65-74
Description
Studies found inconsistencies of attachment security across cultures and suggest that consideration should be given to cultural differences when applying this theory.
Is It Cool To Be An Eskimo?: A Study Of Stress, Identity, Coping And Health Among Canadian Inuit Young Adult Men
Theses
Author/Creator
John Donald O'Neil
Description
Medical Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, San Francisco, 1983.
Study focuses on males of Sanctuary Bay, an Inuit settlement in the Arctic.
Is Social Media Only for White Women?: From #METOO to #MMIW
Theses
Author/Creator
Sophie Diehl
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Northern Arizona University, 2019.
Is That All There Is? Tribal Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Basil H. Johnston
Canadian Literature, no. 128, Systems of Value, Structures of Belief, Spring, 1991, pp. 54-62
Description
Discussion on stories that make up tribal literature and the fact that all words have three levels of meaning: the surface, the fundamental, and, underlying both, the philosophical meaning.
Ishi in Three Centuries
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alfred Fisher
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 1, 2007, pp. 211-213
Description
Book review of: Ishi in Three Centuries edited by Karl Kroeber and Clifton Kroeber.
Scroll to page 211 to read review.
Isi Wipan - Climate: Identifying the Impacts of Climate Change and Capacity For Adaptation in Two Saskatchewan First Nation Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Willie Ermine
Dave Sauchyn
Mary Vetter
Catherine Hart
Description
Cree Elders from James Smith and Shoal Lake reserves are interviewed about coping with changes to their traditional way of life.
Isinamowin: The White Man's Indian
Alternate Title
And the Winner Is ... ; May 16, 2013
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Maureen Matthews
Havoc Franklin
Reyna Green
Steve Greymorning
Lyle Longclaw
James Axtell ... [et al.]
Description
Award-winning radio documentary focuses on the stereotypes perpetuated by the film and television industries.
Total duration: 96:47.
Iskigamizigedaa: Let's Boil Maple Sugar
Alternate Title
The Akawe Biindaakoojigen Series (First You Offer Tobacco)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erik Redix
Description
Colouring storybook features a grandparent and grandchildren engaging in conversations about traditional teachings, when to begin and end harvesting, the equipment used, and processing and use of maple sugar. Text in English with some Ojibwe words interspersed.
The Issue of Indigenous Underrepresentation in Canadian Criminal Juries
Alternate Title
AP-LS News ; June 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Logan Ewanation
Evelyn M. Maeder
Jane Dickson
Description
Brief discussion of R v. Kokopenace, racial bias in jury decision-making, similarity-leniency bias, racial composition of juries and structural barriers which contribute to underrepresentation.
It Consumes What It Forgets
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carter Meland
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 137-149
Description
Author discusses different incarnations of the wiindigo narrative ranging from those found in the Anishinaabe oral tradition to those found in the journals of fur traders; examines different potential meanings and teachings of the narrative.
“It’s All about the Scenery”: Tourists’ Perceptions of Cultural Ecosystem Services in the Lofoten Islands, Norway
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bjørn P. Kaltenborn
Eivind F. Kaltenborn
John D.C. Linnell
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 1, March 31, 2019, pp. 1-12
Description
Examines the tourism policy of the Lofoten Islands in Norway. Suggests that future policy requires better documentation and incorporation of the non-economic considerations of the tourism industry, including aesthetics, recreational opportunities, inspiration, social relations, cultural heritage, knowledge, spirituality, and identity. Also notes that landscape preservation is seen to be the highest priority.
"It's huge in First Nation culture for us, as a school, to be a role model": Facilitators and Barriers Affecting School Nutrition Policy Implementation in Alexander First Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kris Murray
Alexander Research Committee
Anna Farmer
Katerina Maximova
Noreen Willows
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 43-63
Description
Comments on the importance of school nutrition policies to create a healthy learning environment for students and how to go about doing so.
It Sometimes Speaks to Us: Decolonizing Education by Utilizing Our Elders' Knowledge
Theses
Author/Creator
Joshua Manitowabi
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2017.
It Takes the Tribal Colleges: Honoring Native Intellect and Talent
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tina Deschenie
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 1, Tribal College Students Today, Fall, 2007
Description
Coverage of the 2007 American Indian Higher Education Consortium conference in Rapid City, SD.
Ithaka S+R Report Research Support Services for the Field of Indigenous Studies: A Local Report by the University of Toronto Libraries
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Desmond Wong
Jennifer Toews
Jennifer Sylvester
Description
As part of the Ithaca S+R report When Research is Relational researchers at the University of Toronto interviewed eight faculty from the Centre for Indigenous Studies. Report summarizes the interviews.
IVAAQ - the Greenland Inuit Child Cohort: A Preliminary Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Bjerregaard
Astrid Ledgaard Holm
Ingelise Olesen
Ole Schnor
Birgit Niclasen
Description
Aim of the study was to collect information about pregnant women and their newborn children to study effects of selected exposures to contaminants.
Ivory versus Antler: A Reassessment of Binary Structuralism in the Study of Prehistoric Eskimo Cultures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Feng Qu
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 1, 2017, pp. 90-109
Description
Tested theory through analysis of pre-Thule sea-hunting weapons from two areas in Alaska.
J.R. Miller. Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens: A History of Indian-White Relations in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Historical Studies in Education, Spring, 1991, pp. 157-160
Description
Book review of: Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens: A History of Indian-White Relations in Canada by J.R. Miller.
J. Z. LaRocque: A Métis Historian’s Account of His Family’s Experiences during the North-West Rebellion of 1885
Alternate Title
Finding Directions West: Readings That Locate and Dislocate Western Canada's Past
The West ; no. 9
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Heather Devine
Description
Discusses Joseph Zépherin LaRocque, born in Lebret, Saskatchewan, who was one of the very few Métis vernacular historians writing in the early 20th century.
James Mason Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
James Mason
Alex Cywink
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he gives an account of the Ojibway flood legend; the migration of Ojibway Indians; and attitudes towards integration.
James Ratt: Lots Of Changes In 50 Years Of Trapping
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Graham Guest (photographer)
Department Of Northern Saskatchewan (photographer)
Description
James Ratt discusses the evolution of trapping during his fifty years on the line. Page one: picture of Ratt family (three generations).
James Smith Cree Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Inquiry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Concludes that no outstanding treaty land entitlement is owed to the James Smith Cree Nation. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis and Alan C. Holman. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Jane Ash Poitras
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Virginia Eichhorn
Border Crossings, vol. 26, no. 1, March 2007, pp. 98-99
Description
Review of the exhibition Linguistic Secrets.
Jane McKee Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jane McKee
Cyndy Baskin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she gives an account of native use of plants for medicine. She tells of prophecies concerning the arrival of the white man and general accounts of her life in the bush.
Jani Lauzon
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
accudub inc.
Description
Contains links to music, acting, puppetry, gallery, downloads, links and upcoming appearances of this Métis artist.
Jay Cooke's Gamble: The Northern Pacific Railroad, the Sioux, and the Panic of 1873
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
A. A. Den Otter
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 37, no. 3, Autumn, 2007, pp. 391-393
Description
Book review of: Jay Cooke's Gamble: The Northern Pacific Railroad, the Sioux, and the Panic of 1873 by M. John Lubetkin.
The Jay Treaty Free Passage Right in Theory and Practice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caitlin C. M. Smith
American Indian Law Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Article 7, May 2017, pp. 161-180
Description
Looks at Article 3 of the treaty and discusses the right of free passage between the U.S.-Canada border and whether or not administering agencies are knowledgeable about it.
Jidwá:Doh "Let's Become Again"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dawn Martin-Hill
Alexandra Darnay
James Lamouche
Pimatisiwin, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2007, pp. 55-76
Description
Comments on successful partnerships, between Elders, communities and individuals, that facilitate the transmission of Indigenous knowledge.