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 History Seminar: Canadian History
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thomas Peace
Sean Kheraj
Description
Collection of primary and secondary sources suitable for use at secondary and post-secondary levels. Can be used to supplement Canadian History: Pre-Confederation and Canadian History: Post-Confederation.
An Open Letter From Charles Perkins [Part 1]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charles Perkins
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, March/April 1991, pp. 19-22
Description
Personal opinion on ways for Aboriginal people to take charge of their current situation to make positive changes.
Part two.
An Open Letter From Charles Perkins [Part 2]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charles Perkins
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, May/June 1991, pp. 24-26
Description
Second part of open letter directed at all Aboriginal and Islander people in Australia.
Part one.
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.
[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 101: A Guide for Responding to the Opioid Crisis
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council
Description
Designed to educate Indigenous service providers and clients about substance use issues and healing options locatef in Vancouver. Focuses on community strengths and resiliency.
The Opioid Crisis: Impact on Native American Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center (AASTEC)
Description
Infographic with statistics on usage of individual drugs and overdose deaths between 2014 and 2016.
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.
Opportunities for Standards to Contribute to Health, Safety, Resiliency, and Environmental Protection in Canada’s North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Steenhof
Northern Review, no. 48, October 18, 2018, pp. 33-50
Description
Author draws on a white paper published by CSA Group (2017) to focus on four topic areas: provision of clean and accessible water, provision of emergency response, safe and resilient buildings, and environmental protection and management. Identifies 14 different opportunities for standards in those areas.
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.
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.
Order Up! The Decolonizing Politics of Howard Adams and Maria Campbell with a Side of Imagining Otherwise
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Voth
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2018, pp. 16-36
Description
Discusses the texts Halfbreed (Campbell, 1973) and Prison of Grass (Adams, 1975), contrasting their treatments of gender in the discussion of colonial violence; calls on contemporary scholars to consider in their works “the way gender is animated in a decolonizing political movement.”
Organizing for Community Control
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Cassidy
Northern Review, no. 7, Rural and Northern Social Work, Summer, 1991, pp. 17-34
Description
Looks at a selective review of the literature on community development and participation to assess and describe measures of control.
"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.
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.
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.
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 Proletarians: Native American Literature and Class Struggle
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tim Libretti
MFS Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 47, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 164-189
Description
Argues that the literature presents an anticapitalist perspective and looks at issues of work and alienation in the larger context of genocide by colonization.
Otitus Media in Greenland: Studies on Historical, Epidemiological, Microbiological, and Immunological Aspects
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Preben Homøe
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 60, Supplement 2, 2001, pp. [1]-54
Description
Exhaustive study on the Inuit and why the rates of ear infection are higher than other population groups.
Ottawa Makes Unilateral Offer
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 127, no. 10, December 2001, p. 1
Description
Federal government will pay 70 per cent of proven out-of-court damage settlements but refuses to put a cap on churches liability in residential schools lawsuits.
Otter's Journey through Indigenous Language and Law
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lindsay Keegitah Borrows
Our Bit of Truth
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marie Anneharbe Baker
Canadian Dimension, vol. 25, no. 5, July 1991, p. 33
Description
Book review of: Our Bit of Truth: An Anthology of Canadian Native Writing edited by Agnes Grant.
Our Bodies, Our Stories: Sexual Violence among Native Women in Seattle, WA
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Abigail Echo-Hawk]
Description
Brief paper reports on results of survey of 148 women and analysis of health outcomes and associations such as suicide attempts or substance misuse among victims of rape and/or coercion.
Our Children Our Future
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kerrie Tim
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 5, September/October 2001, pp. 32-35
Description
Presentation at a Rekindling Family Relationships Forum in Australia describes the various initiatives taking place to reduce family violence.
Our Health Counts London
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Michelle Firestone
Raglan Maddox
Kristen O’Brien
Chloé Xavier
Gertie Mai Muise
Brian Dokis
Janet Smylie]
Description
Surveyed over 750 Indigenous people living, working or accessing health/social services in the city. In addition to health questions, respondents were also asked about other topics such as culture and identity, criminal justice, parenting and involvement with child protection agencies, and missing persons.
Our Health Counts: Population-Based Measures of Urban Inuit Health Determinants, Health Status, and Health Care Access
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Smylie
Michelle Firestone
Michael W. Spiller
Tungasuvvingat Inuit
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 109, no. 5-6, December 2018, pp. 662-670
Description
Researchers partnered with Tungasuvvingat Inuit (TI), an Ottawa cultural service agency, to study key indicators of health. Found health services poorly rated, multiple barriers to access, elevated rates of emergency room access, and high rates of poverty, unemployment, household crowding and food insecurity.
Our Health Counts Toronto: An Inclusive Community-Driven Health Survey for Indigenous Peoples in Toronto: Draft
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Janet Smylie
Sara Wolfe
Cheryllee Bourgeois]
Description
Survey conducted in 2015-2016 and used Respondent Driven Sampling to achieve sample size of 908. In addition to health questions, participants were asked about other topics such as culture, identity, housing, school experience and parenting.
Our Health Counts Toronto Fact Sheets
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Michelle Firestone
Raglan Maddox
Kelly O'Brien
Chloé Xavier
Janet Smylie
Sara Wolfe … [et al.]]
Description
Survey conducted in 2015-2016 used Respondent Driven Sampling to achieve sample size of 908. In addition to health questions respondents were asked about a wide range of topics including culture, identity, housing, school experience, and parenting.
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 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 Languages, Our Stories: Towards the Revitalization and Retention of Indigenous Languages in Urban Environments: Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Association of Friendship Centres
Description
Reports on National Association of Friendship Centres' Indigenous Language Symposium held in 2018. The symposium was convened in response to the Federal Government's intention to "enact and Indigenous Languages Act" in collaboration with Indigenous peoples.
"Our Mountains Are Our Pillows": An Ethnographic Overview of Glacier Nations Park
E-Books
Author/Creator
Brian Reeves
Sandy Peacock
Description
Focuses on the K'tunaxa and Piikáni, and draws on documentary research and consultation with Piikáni Elders.
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.