Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chiefs of Ontario
Description
Includes literature review and results of scan conducted with the purpose of identifying the most common types of injury and the contributing factors, current community initiatives, needs, issues, and barriers, priorities, and best practices.
Ontario First Nations Regional Health Survey Phase III: People's Report
Alternate Title
Ontario First Nations Regional Health Survey Phase 3: People's Report
RHS Phase III Peoples' Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Chiefs of Ontario
Ontario First Nations Special Education Review Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario First Nations
Description
Synthesizes published literature and information gathered from educators, administrators and service organizations. Focus is on funding.
Ontario's Alleged Fanaticism in the Riel Affair
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. I. Silver
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 69, no. 1, March 1988, pp. 21-50
Description
Argues that Riel's hanging was not simply a result of bigotry against the French and the Catholic religion but that he was viewed as a rebellious traitor.
Ontario's History of Tampering and Re-Tampering With Birth Registration Forms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Gehl
The First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. 24-33
Description
Looks into governmental interference with the long form birth registration for unmarried or separated mothers.
Ontario's Indigenous Tourism Landscape: Foundational Research Study 2019 Draft
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Ecotourism Services (CES)
Ontological Conflicts Concerning Indigenous Peoples in Contemporary Brazil
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.
"Onward ever, backward never": Student Life and Students' Lives at Haskell Institute, 1884-1920s
Theses
Author/Creator
Myriam Vuckovic
Description
American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, [2001]
Oowekyala Segmental Phonology
Theses
Author/Creator
Darin Mathew Howe
Description
Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2001.
Opaskwayak Cree Nation Wetland Ethnoecology: Land, Identity and Well-Being in a Flooded Landscape
Theses
Author/Creator
Alli N. Morrison
Description
Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.
"Open Containers": Sherman Alexie's Drunken Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen F. Evans
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 46-72
Description
Illustrates that works by Sherman Alexie, both poems and stories, use stereotypical and conventional character types to construct a realistic literary document.
Open House at the District Chiefs Office, Prince Albert
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 4 negatives of an open house held at the District Chief's Office in Prince Albert, SK, in March, 1988. The first two show people on either side of an informational table in an office setting. The second two show two men looking at documents.
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.
Open Skin Boats of the Aleutians, Kokiak Island, and Prince William Sound
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evguenia Anichtchenko
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, Les Peuples de l Arctique et le Bois / Arctic Peoples and Wood, 2012, pp. 157-181
Description
Analyzes the variations in structural details between the boats of the region.
"Opening Up New Worlds": The Life of Olive Patricia Dickason
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Dernoi
Native Studies Review, vol. 21, no. 2, Special Issue, 2012, pp. 33-52
Description
Obituary for historian Olive Dickason.
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 Integrated Management: A Perspective on Inuvialuit Attitudes Towards Development and Subsistence Land Use in the Husky Lakes Area
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrea Johanne Hoyt
Description
Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2001.
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.
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 Health in a First Nations and a Non-Aboriginal Population in Manitoba
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Katryn Blanchard
Xikui Wang
Hani El-Gabalawy
Qier Tan
Pam Orr
Brenda Elias
Patricia Rawsthorne
Donna Hart
Shirley Chubey
Charles N. Bernstein
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, no. 1, 2012, p. article no. 17394
Description
Smoking and oral-health related behaviours were determined to be the chief factors of poor oral health of First Nations compared to Caucasians.
Oral Health of Adults in Northern Norway: A Pilot Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah M. Adekoya
Magritt Brustad
Norsk Epidemiologi, vol. 22, no. 1, Oral Helse, 2012, pp. 31-38
Description
Presents results of pilot study to develop and test tools for a larger epidemiological study of oral health.
Orality in Northern Cree Indigenous Worlds
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cora Weber-Pillwax
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 25, no. 2, 2001, pp. 149-165
Description
Author contextualizes the topic of orality in a discussion of the practice of shared memories and their functions in personal and communal healing among the Northern Cree, in particular as this relates to orality in Indigenous worlds.
Orality & Literacy: Reflections Across Disciplines
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter Cole
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 2012, pp. 213-214
Description
Book review of: Orality & Literacy edited by Keith Thor Carlson, Kristina Fagan, Natalia Khanenko-Friesen.
Oranga and Māori Health Inequities, 1769–-1992
E-Books
Author/Creator
Fiona Cram
Beverly Te Huia
Tracee Te Huia
Melissa Matutina Williams
Nathan Williams
[The Orders of the Dreamed: George Nelson on Cree and Northern Ojibwa Religion and Myth, 1823]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Olive Dickason
Native Studies Review, vol. 21, no. 2, Special Issue, 2012, pp. 129-131
Description
Book review of: The Orders of the Dreamed by Jennifer S. H. Brown and Robert Brightman.
[Organizational Traps: Groupthink, Rumor and Ego]
Alternate Title
Criminal Investigative Failures
Oppal Commission
Organizational Traps: Groupthink, Rumour and Ego
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kim Rossmo
Description
Comments on the murders committed by Robert Pickton.
Excerpt from chapter in the book Criminal Investigative Failures by Kim Rossmo.
Exhibit no. 69 from the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry.
"The Original in Ourselves": Native American Women Writers and the Construction on Indian Women's Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrea Millenson Penner
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2001.
Original Men's Straight Dance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Jones
Whispering Wind, vol. 41, no. 1, Issue 281, April 2012, pp. 32-33
Description
Describes traditional outfits worn by dancers at the Delaware Powwow 2012 Copan, Oklahoma. Includes photographs.
The Origins of Pottery Among Late Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers in California and the Western Great Basin
Theses
Author/Creator
Jelmer W. Eerkens
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California Santa Barbara, 2001.
Orthodontic Treatment in a First Nations Population of Alberta, Canada: A Comparative Study
Theses
Author/Creator
Kirby C. Cadman
p. 120
Description
Dentistry Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2001.
Oscelola and the Great Seminole War
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Dunn
Whispering Wind, vol. 41, no. 1, Issue 281, April 2012, p. 30
Description
Book review of: Oscelola and the Great Seminole War by Thorn Hatch.
Oskayak Students Speak up for Indigenous Rights
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andréa Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 15, no. 5, May 2012, p. 19
Description
Looks at three high school students selected to attend a youth conference in Geneva with students from around the world.
Article located by scrolling to page 19.
Osoyoos Indian Band v. Oliver (Town), [2001] 3 S.C.R. 746, 2001 SCC 85
Alternate Title
Osoyoos Indian Band Appellant v. The Town of Oliver and Her Majesty The Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia Respondents [...]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Description
Dispute involving reserve land taken for the public purpose of an irrigation canal.
The Other Movement: Indian Rights and Civil Rights in the Deep South
Alternate Title
Contemporary American Indian Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Denise E. Bates
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.