Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa R. Lea
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 2, 2017, pp. 151-175
Description
Author examines the ongoing conflicts between Indigenous peoples and state government in Brazil, notes that at the root of the conflict is a profound difference in worldview and what is an appropriate use of resources. Where Indigenous perspective advocate for subsistence use, state governing bodies are tied to extractive practices and focus on growth centered economies.
Opal Fuel Reduces Gas-Sniffing and Suicides in Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Eggertson
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 186, no. 8, May 13, 2014, pp. E229-E230
Description
Describes BP's efforts to contribute to a reduction in gas-sniffing and suicides by eliminating the aromatic compounds that produce a high when sniffed.
Open Letter to Massachusetts Joint Committee on Education to Ban Native American Mascots
Articles » General
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Reprinted from Cultural Survival, June 6, 2017.
Open Professional Learning Resources: Audience Profiles
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BCcampus
Indigenization Project Steering Committee
Description
Focuses on desired outcomes rather than current practices in the areas of intention, behaviour, community and systems fit in each of six post-secondary staff groups: front line staff / student services / advisors; leaders / administrators; curriculum / educational developers; educators / teachers / instructors; and researchers.
[Opening Remarks and Keynote]
Alternate Title
[Patterns of Health and Wellbeing: An Intercultural Symposium ; 02]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Beverly Kiohawiton Cook
Description
Webcast of the keynote speaker from the Patterns of Health and Wellbeing Symposium, Beverly Cook, who speaks on child sexual abuse and the ACE program (Adverse Childhood Experiences)
Duration: 31:58.
Operation Water Spirit
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Description
Collection of K-12 thematic units and lesson plans which focus on Aboriginal culture and perspectives on water and water quality issues faced by reserves.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eight: Foreigners Invade Your Country Simulation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eleven: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Ten: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
The Opinions of Ambulance Personnel Regarding Using a Heated Mattress for Patients Being Cared for in a Cold Climate - An Intervention Study in Ambulance Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonas Aléx
Tom Uppstu
Britt-Inger Saveman
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1379305
Description
Ambulance personnel from northern Sweden rate their experiences as being positive for patient comfort.
Opioid Use among First Nations in Ontario: A Report of Current Findings
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Description
Statistical information on number of prescriptions, number of prescriptions by type, rates of opioid-related hospitalization and emergency department visits, and mortality
Opioid Use in Pregnancy and Parenting: An Indigenous-Based Collaborative Framework for Northwestern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naana Afua Jumah
Lisa Bishop
Mike Franklyn
Janet Gordon
Len Kelly ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 108, no. 5-6, 2017, pp. e616-e620
Description
Describes two workshops that looked at issues from the perspectives of research, health care, social service provision and supportive care.
Opioids and Substances of Misuse among First Nations People in Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Analytics and Performance Reporting Branch
Alberta Health
Description
Data for: mortality (apparent accidental deaths from fentanyl/non-fentanyl opioids), confirmed drug and alcohol toxicity deaths (both accidental and suicides), opioid dispensing, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and emergency medical response.
Opportunities for Aboriginal Persons in the Workforce: Report of The Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Standing Committee on Human Resources
Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Description
Discusses the challenges and recommendations of employment opportunities for Aboriginal people.
Opportunity and Transition: Veterans Find Growth and Healing at College of Menominee Nation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sherrole Benton
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 29, no. 2, Honoring Veterans, Winter, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Profiles three veterans and discusses how the College facilitates transition from the military back into tribal life.
Opposing Views: The Story Of Custer's Defeat Depends On Who Is Telling It
Articles » General
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 1, February/March 2017, pp. 30-31
Description
Article contains two pieces of art depicting, 'opposing views' of the 1876 Battle of Greasy Grass or the Battle of Little Bighorn involving George Custer.
The Optics of Interracial Sexuality in Adrian Tomine's Shortcomings and Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jolie A. Sheffer
College Literature, vol. 41, no. 1, Native/Asian Encounters, Winter, 2014, pp. 119-148
Description
Looks at a short-story collection and a graphic novel, both which feature semi-autobiographical twenty-something protagonists.
Oral Health Beliefs and Oral Hygiene Behaviours among Parents of Urban Alaska Native Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka
Jamuir M. Robinson
Robert Greenlee
Amany Refaat
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study of 100 parents of AI/AN children 71 months or younger attending outpatient paediatric primary care appointments found that the odds of regular child toothbrushing were 49.10 times higher when the parent brushed their own teeth regularly.
Oral History of the Dakota Tribes 1800's - 1945: As Told to Colonel A.B. Welch, the First White Man Adopted by the Sioux Nation
Alternate Title
Welch Dakota Papers
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Everett Cox
Description
Over 4000 personal papers of A.B. Welch including battle stories, short biographies, personal diaries and more.
Oral Tradition as History
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jan Vansina
Oranga and Māori Health Inequities, 1769–-1992
Alternate Title
Wai 2575, #B25
E-Books
Author/Creator
Fiona Cram
Beverly Te Huia
Tracee Te Huia
Melissa Matutina Williams
Nathan Williams
Oregon American Indian & Alaska Native Community Health Profile
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
Description
Statistics from various sources gathered to assist tribes in developing public health programs and priorities.
Origin Story: The Genesis of Tribal College Journal
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Boyer
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 1, Celebrating 25 Years, Fall, August 14, 2014, pp. [22-23]
Description
The founding editor discusses the early years of the Journal.
Origins of Lateral Violence in Aboriginal Communities: A Preliminary Study of Student-to-Student Abuse in Residential Schools
E-Books
Author/Creator
Amy Bombay
Kim Matheson
Hymie Anisman
The Osoyoos Indian Band, Canadian Wildlife Service, and the Species at Risk Act: Lack of Consultation, and Perpetuation of Underdevelopment on Reserves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Mammel
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 85-103
Description
Discusses how imposition of the Act's prohibitions and lack of cooperation by the Wildlife Service, affected the Band's plans for economic development.
Other Picture Boards in Van Diemen’s Land: The Recovery of Lost Illustrations Of Frontier Violence and Relationships
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas Dean Brodie
Kristyn Harman
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 3-21
Description
Article examines textual descriptions from the letters and journals of Australian settlers of painted story boards depicting colonially prescribed behaviors and threatened consequences for not conforming. The journals and letters also describe how these picture boards were installed in various wilderness locations where known to be frequented by Indigenous peoples.
The Other Side of the Door: A Practice Guide for Child Welfare Professionals Working with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kenn Richard
Description
Objectives of document were to provide: awareness of the history of colonization in child welfare, an understanding of the requirements for working with families and communities, and competency to fulfill obligations under Ontario's Child and Family Services Act.
2nd edition.
Our Anti-Smoking Posters in the Iron Triangle
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, September 1984, pp. 31-32
Description
Reports on anti-smoking campaign combining anti-smoking with sport.
Our Children Are Our Future: Early Learning Asset Mapping Project: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chiefs of Ontario Education Coordination Unit
Description
Report summarizes what early learning means to First Nations communities, early learning key supports, early learning assets, early learning staff supports, and early learning gaps and challenges.
Our Fires Still Burn: The Native American Experience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kyle T. Mays
NAIS : Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 1, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 198-199
Description
Film review of: Our Fires Still Burn by Audrey Geyer.
Film focuses on two themes: trauma and resilience.
"Our First Duty Was to God and Our Next to Our Country": Religion, Violence, and the Sand Creek Massacre
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Rein
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Summer, 2014, pp. 217-238
Description
Looks at a war crime that massacred innocent people.
Our First First Nations Physician
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
J.T.H. Connor
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 186, no. 5, March 18, 2014, p. 376
Description
Book review of: Bridging Two Peoples: Chief Peter E. Jones, 1843-1909 by Allan Sherwin.
"Our Healing Starts with Our Women": Wolamsotuwakonol of the Indian Residential School Experience
Theses
Author/Creator
Amanda E. Reid
Description
Nursing Thesis (MN)--University of New Brunswick, 2019.
Our Health Counts: Urban Indigenous Health Database Project: Community Report: Inuit Adults, City of Ottawa
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Janet Smylie
Michelle Firestone
Description
Project gathered information on health, well-being and access to health services that would inform policy planning, delivery of programs, and measurement of outcomes.
"Our Hope and Our Protection": Misko-biiwaabik (Copper) and Tribal Sovereignty in Michigan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erik M. Redix
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 224-249
Description
Argues that the Smithsonian's refusal to repatriate a sacred boulder illustrates how the Lake Superior Ojibwe experienced colonialism in that its removal was part of the exploitation of rich copper deposits in the area.
Our Ice Is Vanishing = Sikuvut Nunguliqtuq: A History of Inuit, Newcomers, and Climate Change
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 75
E-Books
Author/Creator
Shelly Wright
Our Ice, Snow and Winds: Indigenous and Academic Knowledge on Ice-Scapes and Climate of Eastern Chukotka
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Irina S. Trukhanova
Arctic, vol. 67, no. 2, June 2014, pp. 262-263
Description
Book review of Our Ice, Snow and Winds edited and compiled by Lyudmila S. Bogoslovskaya and Igor Krupnik.
Our Identities as Civic Power
Alternate Title
2017 State of Native Youth Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
[Erik R. Stegman
Amber Richardson
Josie Raphaelito
Aaron Slater
Bettina Gonzalez]
Description
Reports on the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Online Roundtable Survey of Native American youth between the ages 18-24. Respondents were asked about their three top priorities, what they are doing to tackle their challenges, and some of the ways they are partnering with their community to build resilience.
Our Interconnected Journey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorna Williams
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 53-75
Description
In this personal essay, the author explores issues rooted in the conflicting worldviews of Indigenous and settler society; she further compares the legal traditions rooted in these worldviews and explores concepts surrounding the rule of law and its failure versus unjust laws within the context of her own Jewish heritage and the legacy of Nazi Germany.
Our Land is Our Future: Aboriginal Title and Rights Position Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (BCIC)
Description
Paper presents the foundation upon which First Nations in British Columbia are prepared to negotiate a co-existing relationship with Canada.
Our Lot
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Phyllis Pitchford
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, December 1985, p. 11
Description
Poem comments on racism and discrimination that exists in modern Australian society.
Our Men Our Healing: Designing For Change
E-Books
Author/Creator
Megan Gilmour
Our National Competitiveness and Canada's Territories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Description
Discusses the adaptability of businesses in Canada's territories and the necessity of the federal and territorial governments to do the same.
"Our Next Generation": Moving Towards a Surveillance and Prevention Framework for Youth Suicide in Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline L. Tait
Peter Butt
Robert Henry
Roger Bland
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 36, no. 1, 2017, pp. 55-65
Description
Report reviews suicide data for Saskatchewan's Indigenous populations.