E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Michael Ferguson]
Description
Audit covered the period between 1 October 2012 and 17 December 2013, with work completed December 17, 2013.
First Nations Chiefs of Police Reaction.
Spy Mission: The Trouble at Red River
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Antony Caruso
Description
Role playing game which involves John A. Macdonald asking students to become spies and send information back to the government. Suitable for Grades 5-11.
Square Peg, Round Hole: First Nations Drinking Water Infrastructure and Federal Policies, Programs, and Processes
Alternate Title
#ED-01-CO-0006
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason McCullough
Khosrow Farahbakhsh
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-22
Description
Examines the challenges to provide potable water to communities in Ontario; the role of government centered policy development and the identification of areas needing supportive policy.
"A Squaw or a Woman:" Gender and Indian Agency in the Carlisle Indian Industrial School Newspapers, 1879-1900
Theses
Author/Creator
Erin Michele Bazar Smith
Description
Dual History and Archives Management Thesis (M.A.)--Simmons College, 2012.
SSHRC/CURA Resources (North American)
Alternate Title
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council/Canadian University Research Alliance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Community-Based Aboriginal Curriculum Initiatives?]
Description
Extensive list of monographs (281 pages). Current as of 2011.
St. Anne's Indian Residential School, Fort Albany, Ontario Treaty 9 (1905-1906): Photo Album
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Algoma University
Description
Images for the Edmund Metatawabin collection, the Archives of Ontario and CBC Radio.
St. Clair's Defeat Revisited: The Evolution of Woodland Native American Battlefield Tactics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Dorsey
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 2012, pp. 79-85
Description
Re-examines the American military disaster, analyzing what they did wrong, and how the Indians achieved their victory.
[Stacey's Story of Healing]
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Culture as Intervention: Sharing How Aboriginal Culture is Part of the Healing Journey From Addictions
[Honoring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
[Honouring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Stacey Swampy
Description
Man discusses his life and the role culture has played in his recovery from addiction and violence.
Duration: 48:58.
Part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.
The Staff of Life: Wheat and 'Indian Bread' in the New World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Luis Millones Figueroa
Colonial Latin American Review, vol. 19, no. 2, August 2010, pp. 301-322
Description
Uses the example of wheat to illustrate the challenges of transporting and adapting European culture to life in the Americas.
Staff Perspectives on Working with Aboriginal Offenders Who Self-Injure: What Works, What Doesn’t, and the Role of Culture
Alternate Title
Research Report (Correctional Service of Canada) ; no. R-317
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Janelle Power
Janelle N. Beaudette
David D. Varis
Description
Fourteen Correctional Service of Canada employees participated in focus groups or individual interviews. Goal was to determine what strategies or interventions had proven effective.
Staged Encounters: Native American Performance Between 1880 and 1920
Theses
Author/Creator
Katherine Liesl Young Evans
Description
[English?] Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Austin, 2010.
Staging Circular Suffering: Aboriginal Repertoires and Violence Against Women in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Ainsley P. Doty
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2012.
Staging Oppression on the Québec Stage: Une truite pour Ernestine Shuswap at Théâtre Espace Go
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Karis Shearer
alt.theatre, vol. 7, no. 3, March 2010, pp. 10-15
Description
Discusses the French-language production of Tomson Highway's Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout.
Standing In Two Worlds: Social Ceremonialism and Cultural Expression of the Osage Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Nathan M. Heep
Description
Thesis (M.A.)--Texas State University, 2012.
Standing on Sacred Ground: Teacher's Guide
Alternate Title
Sacred Land Film Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rebecca Isaacson
Christopher McLeod
Description
For use with documentary.
Standing Together and Moving Forward: Report of the Pre-Hearing Conference in Prince George and the Northern Community Forums: A Consultation Report Prepared for the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry
Documents & Presentations
Description
Seven themes emerged in presentations: need to stand together and move forward, concerns about limitations of Commission process, impact of missing women and girls on their communities, connections between investigations in Vancouver and along the Highway of Tears, transportation issues, frustration over inaction, and the importance of understanding First Nations and northern realities.
Standing Up and Taking a Stand Against Robbery
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Ashawasegai
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 5, August 2012, p. 9
Description
Comments on an invoice submitted to the Ontario government requesting payment for benefits from natural resources extracted from the Nishinawbe Aski First Nation.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
Standing Up for Self-Determination In Autonomous Regions of China: Tibetans and Uyghurs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joshua Cooper
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Description
Questions and recommendations from the second U.N. human rights review.
Standing Up With Ga'axsta'las: Jane Constance Cook and the Politics of Memory, Church, and Custom
E-Books
Author/Creator
Leslie A. Robertson
Stanley Ready to Take Next Step to Lead Organization
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 4, July 2012, p. 18
Description
Profiles Alberta Regional Chief George Stanley who is running for the National Chief for the Assembly of First Nations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.
Star Songs and Water Spirits: A Great Lakes Native Reader
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Helen Armstrong
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 2012, pp. 209-210
Description
Book review of: Star Songs and Water Spirits edited by Victoria Brehm.
Starting a Business in a First Nation Community
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Business Service Network
Community Futures Manitoba
Description
Some information for Canada in general, some only applies to Manitoba.
Starting Fire With Gunpowder Revisited: Inuktitut New Media Content Creation in the Canadian Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Timothy J. Pasch
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, Technologies Créatives / Creative Technologies, 2010, pp. 61-80
Description
Examines how the creation of Inuktitut media content could be an effective means of creative improvisation, linguistic and cultural preservation. Article also challenges prevailing critical approaches to the Inuit as linguistically and culturally vulnerable.
Starting to Smoke: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Australian Indigenous Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa Johnston
Darren W. Westphal
Cyan Earnshaw
David P. Thomas
BMC Public Health, vol. 12, 2012, p. article no. 963
Description
Study reports family and peer influences play a large role in smoking uptake among Indigenous youth.
Starting to Talk: A Guide for Communities on Healing and Reconciliation from the Legacy of Indian Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sioux Lookout Community Coalition for Healing and Reconciliation
Description
Describes the Sioux Lookout experience of creating dialogue at the community level and is meant for individuals, and community and church groups. Includes resources and suggestions for planning an event.
State Authority to Tax Out-of-State Income of Reservation Indians: A Note on Fond du Lac v. Einess
Alternate Title
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Occasional Paper Series
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper ; 2010-03
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erin Lillie
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper
Description
Looks at a legal dispute over taxation issues.
State Centrism, the Equal-Footing Doctrine, and the Historical-Legal Geographies of American Indian Treaty Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven E. Silvern
Historical Geography, vol. 30, Indigenous Peoples: Contested Lands, Contested Identities, 2012, pp. [33]-58
Description
Traces Native American hunting, fishing, and gathering rights as they have been constructed and reconstructed in the United States judicial system.
State-Corporate Crime on the Navajo Nation: Human Consumption of Contaminated Waters
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Linda Robyn
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-6
Description
Comments on the cost of mining to people and the environment, for corporate and government benefit.
The State of Indigenous America Series: Earth Mother, Piñons, and Apple Pie
Alternate Title
Earth Mother, Piñons, and Apple Pie
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom B. K. Goldtooth (Mato Awanyankapi)
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 11-28
Description
Introduction to the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), the work the network does internationally and domestically, and the challenges faced to help protect North America.
The State of Indigenous America Series: Federalism, Indian Policy, and the Patterns of History
Alternate Title
Federalism, Indian Policy, and the Patterns of History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen Wall
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 5-16
Description
Comments on the various eras of federal Native American policy, how policy changes come about, and a discussion of what the future may hold.
The State of Industry-First Nations Relations in BC: Part I
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jock Finlayson
Tom Syer
Description
Looks at the state of the relations from the perspective of knowledgeable industry practitioners.
Part 1 of 3.
The State of Industry-First Nations Relations in BC.: Part II: Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jock Finlayson
Tom Syer
Description
Looks closely at six areas that require action in order to make further progress on economic reconciliation that will benefit all British Columbians.
Part 2 of 3.
State of Knowledge of Aboriginal Health: A Review of Aboriginal Public Health in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Description
Identifies gaps in public health knowledge and emerging priorities and initiatives needed to improve Aboriginal health.
The State of Knowledge of Aboriginal Health: A Review of Aboriginal Public Health in Canada: Annotated Bibliography (2000-2009)
Documents & Presentations
Description
Includes both peer-reviewed and grey literature from eight scientific databases, government agencies, organizations, universities, and research centres.
The State of Nevada v. Eugene Austin: A Tragic Story of Homicide and Incarceration in the American Southwest
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas A. Britten
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 38, no. 2, 2014, pp. 111-134
Description
Looks at the treatment a Native American received while in prison.
State of Northern Knowledge in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Polar Commission
Description
Four themes provided framework for analysis and context for findings: preparing for large-scale resource development, increasing community sustainability, strengthening resilience, and understanding environmental change.
State of the Inner City 2010: We're in It for the Long Haul
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives--Manitoba
[Brigette DePape
Lynne Fernandez
Ellen Smirl]
Description
Focus on Winnipeg, Manitoba.
State of the Inner City [2014]: Community, Research and Social Change
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Shaunna MacKinnon
Molly McCracken
Julia Higgins]
Description
Focus on Winnipeg, Manitoba.
State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2010: Events of 2009: Focus [on] Religious Minorities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Preti Taneja
Nazila Ghanea
James A. Goldston
Mumtaz Lalani
Susan Hayward ... [et al.]
State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2012: Events of 2011: Focus on Land Rights and Natural Resources
E-Books
Author/Creator
Vital Bambanze
Corinne Lennox
Carla Clarke
Corinne Lewis
Elisa Scalise ... [et al.]
State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2014: Events of 2013: Freedom from Hate
E-Books
Author/Creator
Barbara Perry
Susan Benesch
Nicole Girard
Chris Chapman
Lucy Claridge ... [et al.]
The State of Urban Aboriginal Communities
Alternate Title
2012 UAKN Research Paper Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kevin FitzMaurice
Description
Looks at community growth and organizational development of Aboriginal governance and internal class tension and discrimination.
A Statistical Profile on the Health of First Nations in Canada: Determinants of Health, 2006 to 2010
E-Books
Author/Creator
Health Canada
A Statistical Profile on the Health of First Nations in Canada: Vital Statistics for Atlantic and Western Canada, 2003-2007
E-Books
Author/Creator
Health Canada
A Statistical Snapshot of Youth at Risk and Youth Offending in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Crime Prevention Centre (NCPC)
Statistics for Community Governance: The Yawuru Indigenous Population Survey, Western Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Taylor
Bruce Doran
Maria Parriman
Eunice Yu
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, The Governance of Indigenous Information, 2014, pp. 1-31
Description
Looks at a precedent making survey which acquired and applied demographic information for internal planning and community development.
StatsUpdate: 2014 Nunavut Food Price Survey
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Statistical data compares prices for 11 items to Canadian average.
StatsUpdate: Families, Marital Status, Households & Dwelling Characteristics, 2011 Census
Alternate Title
Average Number of Persons in Private Households by Nunavut Communities, 2001, 2006 and 2011 Censuses
Average Number of Persons in Private Households by Province and Territory, 2001, 2006 and 2011 Censuses
Distribution of Census Families by Family Structure, Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2006 and 2011
Population Aged 15 and Over by Legal Marital Status and Common-Law Relationship Status, Nunavut, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
4 data tables. Scroll through document to locate each title.
StatsUpdate: Labour Force, Annual Average for 2011
Alternate Title
Annual Average Employment Levels and Employment Rates for the Population 15 Years and Over by Province and Territory
Labour Force Characteristics for People Aged 15 and Over, Nunavut, 2010 to 2011 (Annual Averages)
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
2 statistical tables including definitions and notes.
StatsUpdate: Labour Force, Annual Average for 2013
Alternate Title
Annual Average Employment Levels and Employment Rates for the Population 15 Years and Over by Province and Territory
Labour Force Characteristics for People Aged 15 and Over, Nunavut, 2012 to 2013 (Annual Averages)
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
2 statistical tables including definitions and notes.