A Promising Approach: Best Practices in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shelley Svidal
ATA Magazine, vol. 86, no. 1, 2005-2006, p. [?]
Description
Talks about literacy programs developed for FNMI students in the Grasslands Regional Division No. 6 ,Lethbridge School District No. 51 and Pincher Creek.
Promising Education Interventions to Improve the Achievement of Native American Students: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dan Jesse
Judy Northup
Amanda Withington
Description
Topics include: school improvement; literacy, mathematics, and science; language and culture; behavioural and social-emotional interventions; and parent, family, and community involvement.
Promising Healing Practices for Interventions Addressing Intergenerational Trauma Among Aboriginal Youth: A Scoping Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amrita Roy
Raheem Noormohamed
Rita Isabel Henderson
Wilfreda E. Thurston
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Special Edition: 10th Anniversary of the Reconciliation: Touchstones of Hope for Indigenous Children, 2015, pp. [62]-81
Description
Comments on the recommendations for intervention found in peer-reviewed literature and "grey" sources.
Promising Practices in First Nations and Aboriginal Maternal and Child Health Programs: Community Perspectives on What Works: A Report on the Findings from the BC Tripartite First Nations and Aboriginal Maternal and Child Health Working Group
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Deborah Schwartz
Description
Reports results of interviews and group discussions with health directors and program coordinators for First Nations communities, as well health authority and government staff responsible implementing programs.
Promising Practices in First Nations Child Welfare Management and Governance: Weechi-it-te-win Family Services: Utilizing a Decentralized Model in the Provision of Bi-Cultural Services
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Ferris
Estelle Simard
George Simard
Jacqueline Ramdatt
Description
Highlights the structure and philosophy of an agency which provides services to 10 communities in the Rainy Lake District of Ontario
Promoting a Decolonized Model of Type II Diabetes Care for Aboriginal Peoples Living along the North Shore of Lake Huron
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Roger S. Pilon
Description
Rural and Northern Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--Laurentian University, 2015.
Promoting Healthy Weight in the Central Highlands
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bronwyn Fredericks
Angus Row Row
Joshua Weazel
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 5, September/October 2005, pp. 30-31
Description
Brief article describes the community-based weight and healthy lifestyle program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults.
Promoting School Achievement Among American Indian Students Throughout the School Years
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristin Powers
Childhood Education, vol. 81, no. 6, Education of the Aboriginal and Indigenous Child: Global Perspectives and Practices, 2005, pp. 338-342
Description
Identifies factors contributing to underachievement and provides suggestions to remedy these issues.
Promoting Tobacco Control Policies in Northwest Indian Tribes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edward Lichtenstein
Russell E
Glasgow
Kerri Lopez
Roberta Hall
Suzanne Gilbert McRae
et al.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 85, no. 7, July 1995, pp. 991-994
Description
Discusses 39 randomized groups in which early intervention or late intervention programs were examined.
Pronghorn Procurement on the Northern Plains: A Case for Small-Scale Hunting
Theses
Author/Creator
Alan James Youell
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2005.
Pronounced Differences: Linguistics Experts Are Leaving Us Tongue-Tied
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christopher Moore
Canada's History, vol. 95, no. 6, December-January 2015, p. 20
Description
Reports on a name restoration movement in Canada to better reflect Indigenous origins.
A Proposed Glossary of Spruce Root Basketry Terms
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter L. Corey
Alaska State Museums Concepts, April 1995, pp. [1]-[8]
Description
Presents terms for Tlingit and Haida basketry.
Prostitution in Vancouver: Violence and the Colonization of First Nations Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa Farley
Jacqueline Lynne
Ann J. Cotton
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 42, no. 2, June 2005, pp. 242-271
Description
Fifty-two percent of the 100 women surveyed identified as First Nations. Results are separated into First Nations and non-First Nations.
The Protect Mauna Kea Movement: Since Before the Overthrow in 1893
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katie Kamelamela
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 1, no. 2, Reterritorialising Social Media: Indigenous People Rise Up, 2015
Description
Speaker discusses ongoing activism by Hawaiians to assert sovereignty and protect their environment, the movement to stop the construction of a new telescope on the sacred peak of Mauna Kea, and how it has been utilizing social media.
Duration 51:11.
Protecting Aboriginal Children
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bill Simon
Christopher Walmsley
Description
Forward and introduction to book, Protecting Aboriginal Children by Christopher Walmsley.
Protecting Aboriginal Knowledge, Culture and Art Under Canadian Intellectual Property Laws
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Spratley
Description
Discusses existing laws, issues of compatibility with Aboriginal culture, and how laws could be altered to better serve Aboriginal interests.
Protecting Educational Rights of the Aboriginal and Indigenous Child: Global Challenges and Efforts: An Introduction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jyotsna Pattnaik
Childhood Education, vol. 81, no. 6, Education of the Aboriginal and Indigenous Child: Global Perspectives and Practices, 2005, pp. 314-318
Description
Introduction to special issue.
Protecting Indigenous Rights in International Adjudication
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. Michael Reisman
American Journal of International Law, vol. 89, no. 2, April 1995, pp. 350-362
Description
Assertion that Aboriginal peoples have legitimate claims for a place in international law to protect them and to help restore lost rights.
Protecting Our Women Needs Assessment
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tessa Jourdain
Shauna Fontaine
Description
Conducted to inform project involving creation of a Protecting Our Women Safety Plan and Toolkit for use in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Protecting the Commitments in Modern Day Land Claims and Co-Management in the Northwest Territories: A Summary of Tłįcho Government v. Canada, 2015 NWTSC 09
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nuri Frame
Jason Madden
Description
Provides an overview and a summary of the Northwest Territories Supreme Court's decision.
Protecting the Health of First Nation Personnel at Contaminated Sites: A Case Study of Mid-Canada Radar Line Site 050 in Northern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
Bruce C. Wainman
Jean-Philippe Weber
Celine Sutherland
Billy Katapatuk
Evert Nieboer
Arctic, vol. 58, no. 3, September 2005, pp. 233-241
Description
Description of the safety precautions used and the testing of the health monitoring protocol.
Protecting Women's Rights to the Family Home on Reserve: Important Changes for Both Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Women
Alternate Title
Family Law Education for Women (FLEW)
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tamar Witelson
Emily Hill
Description
Webinar looks at family law in Ontario and changes that allow for more safety for women and children and access to the family home when the relationship ends.
Duration: 1:14:15.
Protective Factors for Mental Health and Well-Being in a Changing Climate: Perspectives from Inuit Youth in Nunatsiavut, Labrador
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna Petrasek MacDonald
Ashlee Cunsolo Willox
James D. Ford
Inez Shiwak
Michele Wood
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 141, September 2015, pp. 133-141
Description
Study conducted in-depth interviews with 17 15-25 year-olds from five coastal communities in the region. Five major themes emerged: being on the land, connecting to Inuit culture, strong communities, relationships with family and friends, and staying busy.
Protectors of the Land: Toward an EA Process that Works for Aboriginal Communities and Developers
Alternate Title
Aboriginal People and Environmental Stewardship ; no. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bram Noble
Aniekan Udofia
Description
Discuses what might be done to improve the environmental assessment process and provide more meaningful engagement in order to avoid delays or added costs to projects.
Protein Intake Is Inversely Associated with Abdominal Obesity in a Multi-Ethnic Population
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anwar T. Merchant
Sonia S. Anand
Vlad Vuksan
Ruby Jacobs
Bonnie Davis
Koon Teo
Salim Yusuf
Journal of Nutrition, vol. 135, no. 5, May 2005, pp. 1196-1201
Description
Evaluates the dietary and lifestyle determinants of abdominal obesity in a population which includes Canadians of Aboriginal ancestry.
Protocols: Meeting the Challenges of Indigenous Information Needs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alana Garwood-Houng
Australian Academic & Research Libraries , vol. 36, no. 2, June 2005, pp. [149]-157
Description
Discusses the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols for Libraries, Archives and Information Services and discusses areas needing further development.
Providing Housing Services for Off-reserve Aboriginal Peoples: Analysis and Recommendations
Alternate Title
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Looked at housing delivery problems related to funding, government policy, and delivery system and explored factors essential to new policy such as methods of financing and changes to administration processes.
The Provincial Implementation Team Report on the Recommendations of the Brian Sinclair Inquest Report: 90 Day Report
,
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karen Herd
Jean Cox
Bernadette Preun
Avis Gray
Beth Beaupre
Barry Mathers ... [et al.]
Description
Outlines actions taken by team, and the short-, medium- and long-term plans for assessment and implementation of recommendations from the inquest into death of man who died while waiting to receive treatment in a Winnipeg hospital's emergency department.
Proyecto Kuatiañe'e: Saving a Language for Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Almidio Aquino
James Kirylo
Childhood Education, vol. 81, no. 6, Education of the Aboriginal and Indigenous Child: Global Perspectives and Practices, 2005, pp. 349-354
Description
Looks at the work of the Institute of Guarani Linguistics in Asuncih, Paraguay to raise awareness of the Ava Guaraní culture and language.
[Prudence: A Novel]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jeremy M. Carnes
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 3, Summer, 2015, pp. 109-112
Description
Book review of: Prudence: A Novel by David Treuer.
The Psychological Impact of White Settlement on Aboriginal People
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pat O'Shane
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, May/June 1995, pp. 24-29
Description
Paper given at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 30th Congress held in Cairns, Queensland, May 1994. Discusses the issue of dispossession,
Psychometrics in Parenting Capacity Assessments: A Problem for Aboriginal Parents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter W. Choate
Amber McKenzie
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Special Edition: 10th Anniversary of the Reconciliation: Touchstones of Hope For Indigenous Children, 2015, pp. [31]-43
Description
Contends that child protection authorities and assessors need to develop culturally appropriate methods to assess Aboriginal parents.
Psychosocial Distress and Wellbeing: Resilience Among Indigenous Mayan Women in Western Guatemala
Theses
Author/Creator
Tanya Lee
Description
Social and Transcultural Psychiatry Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2015.
Psychosocial Factors Influencing the Academic Persistence of American Indian College Students
Theses
Author/Creator
Lynn Lakota Brown
Description
[Counseling Psychology] Thesis (P.h.D.)--Arizona State University, 1995.
Püao-te-Ata-tü and Mäori Social Work Methods
Alternate Title
Puao-te-Ata-tu and Maori Social Work Methods
Theses
Author/Creator
Äwhina Hollis
Description
Arts Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Otago, 2005
Public Health and the Sad Legacy of Indian Residential Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louise Potvin
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 5, July/August 2015, pp. 257-260
Description
Reports on the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), one of which is a call for equity of health for Indigenous people in Canada.
Public Law 280 and Law Enforcement in Indian Country: Research Priorities
Alternate Title
Research in Brief (National Institute of Justice) ; December 2005
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carole Goldberg
Heather Valdez Singleton
Description
Looks at effects of PL 280 which shifted federal jurisdiction of offences to states creating jurisdictional uncertainty and lack of funding for law enforcement.
A Public Lecture by AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde: Closing the Gap: First Nations' Priorities are Canada's Priorities
Alternate Title
Closing the Gap: First Nations' Priorities are Canada's Priorities
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Perry Bellegarde
Description
Speaks about a plan for collaborative change to close the gap between Canadian and Indigenous people's quality of life. According to the United Nation's Human Development Index country as whole is rated sixth, while Indigenous people are rated at 63rd.
Duration: 1:17:26.
Public Policy and Rural Mapuche Livelihoods in Chile: Recognition, Integration or Subordination?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Elvis A. Parraguez
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, Winter, 2015, pp. 1-12
Description
Contends that public policy is still principally based on individual accumulation along capitalist lines, enforcing marginalization and conflicts.
Public Policy Toward Aboriginal Peoples: Attitudinal Obstacles and Uphill Battles
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen White
Michael M. Atkinson
Loleen Berdahl
David McGrane
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 48, no. 2, June 2015, pp. 281-304
Description
Investigates the public attitude towards Indigenous policy in Canada with emphasis on two Saskatchewan surveys.
Public Power and the Public Purse: Governments, Budgets and Aboriginal Peoples in the Canadian North: Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael J. Prince
Gary Juniper
Description
Describes fiscal arrangements in the Yukon and Northwest Territories between 1980-1995, discusses factors which influenced public finance and budgeting, and the implications for self- and public government.
Pueblo Indians And Spanish Colonial Authority In Eighteenth-Century New Mexico By Tracy L. Brown
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mark T. Lycett
American Anthropologist, vol. 117, no. 4, December 2015, pp. 820-821
Description
Book review of: Pueblo Indians and Spanish Colonial Authority in Eighteenth-Century New Mexico by Tracy L. Brown.
Pulling Silko's Threads through Time: An Exploration of Storytelling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alanna Kathleen Brown
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 171-179
Description
Literary Criticism Article in which the author explores the ways which Indigenous storytelling and the worldview it conveys have affected her scholarship and her individual understanding and experience of the world.
Punishment as Pacification: The Role of Indigenous Executions on the South Australian Frontier, 1836-1862
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Anderson
Aboriginal History, vol. 39, 2015, pp. 3-26
Description
Focuses on the practice of hanging Aboriginal prisoners in public and as close to the scene of the crime as possible in order to intimidate and terrorize the local population.
Putting Aboriginal Justice Devolution into Practice: The Canadian and International Experience: Workshop Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Curt Taylor Griffiths
Charles Horn
Deborah Seysener
Finn B. Larsen
Jean-Charles Coutu ... [et al.]
Description
Covers topics such as defining parameters, international context, community and devolution, case studies, alternative models of justice, and lessons and future directions.
Putting Anti-Indian Violence in Context: The Case of the Great Lakes Chippewas of Wisconsin
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Perry
Linda Robyn
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Special Issue: The National Museum of the American Indian, Summer - Autumn, 2005, pp. 590-625
Description
Authors articulate the relationship between Indigenous resistance to state appropriation of lands and anti-Indigenous violence enacted by the public.
Qallunaat Crossing: The Southern-Northern Divide and Promising Practices for Canada's Inuit Young People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shannon Moore
Wende Tulk
Richard Mitchell
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 2005, pp. 117-129
Description
Describes the challenges faced by non-Inuit teachers and communities in a cross-cultural educational setting and suggests that teachers would benefit from learning about Inuit culture before beginning to teach.
Qaneryaramta Egmiucia: Continuing Our Language
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Walkie Charles
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self-Determination, Anthropology, and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 107-111
Description
Comments on a successful program that returned the Yup'ik language into the classroom.
Qualitative Analysis of Oral Testimony: Information Retrieval and Data Management of Electronic Transcripts From the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Commanda
Seymour Hamilton
Canadian Review of Social Policy, no. 36, 1995, pp. 39-54
Description
Looks at the electronic and textual information system which contains 80,000 pages of verbatim hearing established by the Commission.