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Unknown Athapaskans: The Identification of the Jano, Jocome, Jumano, Manso, Suma, and Other Indian Tribes of the Southwest

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jack D. Forbes
Ethnohistory, vol. 6, no. 2, Spring, 1959, pp. 97-159
Report describing issues encountered by researchers investigating language and culture of Athabaskan tribes that disappeared before scientific observers arrived in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico areas.
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Uno Native Film Festival

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brady DeSanti
Michele M. Desmarais
Beth R. Ritter
Journal of Religion & Film, vol. 18, no. 1, 2014, p. Article 40
Film reviews of: 40 Years Celebrating Wounded Knee directed by Christopher Marshall. The Medicine Game directed by Lukas Korver. Shouting Secrets directed by Korinna Sehringer. Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork. Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith. Yellow Fever: The Navajo Uranium Legacy directed by Sophie Rousmaniere.
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Unorthodox Warfare in the Northeast, 1703

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John G. Reid
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 73, no. 2, June 1992, p. 211
Explores the military conflict between the Abenaki and the English in 1703.
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Unpacking Our White Privilege: Reflecting on Our Teaching Practice

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dawn Burleigh
Sarah Burm
In Education, vol. 19, no. 2, [Indigenous Education] in Education, Pt. 1, Autumn, 2013, pp. 108-119
Explores some of the experiences, challenges and opportunities of teaching and living in a First Nations community.
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Unsettling Canada: A Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kam'ayaam/Chachim'multhnii (Cliff Atleo
Jr.)
Decolonization, vol. 5, no. 1, 2016, pp. 71-78
Book review of: Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-Up Call by A. Manuel and R. M. Derrikson.
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The Unspeakability of Racism: Mapping Law's Complicity in Manitoba's Racialized Spaces

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sheila Dawn Gill
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 15, no. 2, Law, Race and Space, August 2000, pp. 131-162
Discusses a series of events that took place between May and November of 1995 leading up to the eviction of Oscar Lathlin, a Cree member of the opposition from the Manitoba's Legislative Assembly.
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Untangling the Roots of Dependency

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen P. Van Haok
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 3/4, Summer/Fall, June 1, 1999, pp. 113-128
Evaluates post colonial economic history of the Choctaw and explores possible weaknesses in previous scholarly opinion.
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Up in Smoke: A Tradeoff Study Between Tobacco as an Economic Development Tool or Public Health Liability in an American Indian Tribe

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raymond I. Orr
Carolyn Noonan
Ron Whitener
Stephen M. Schwartz
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 25-40
Considers economic benefits accrued from tobacco sales offset by the higher than average rates of tobacco use by American Indian residents.
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An Update on Risk Communication in the Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eva-Maria Krümmel
Andrew Gilman
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program, 2016, p. article no. 33822
Discusses initiatives used in Arctic countries to communicate the risks to Indigenous people of eating traditional (country) foods.
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The Upper Tanana Indians

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Edward S. Rogers
Arctic, vol. 12, no. 4, December 1959, p. 237
Book review of: The Upper Tanana Indians by Robert A. McKennan.
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Urban First Nation Residential Development Manual

E-Books
Author/Creator
Jess Chhokar
Outlines sources of potential funding, partners available to assist First Nations, financing options and resources required purchase affordable housing. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
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Urban First Nations People Without Homes in Saskatchewan: Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies
Focuses on Prince Albert, Saskatoon, and Regina. Uses data from the 1996 Statistics Canada census survey and information gathered from interviews. Profiles homeless and identifies available resources, gaps in services, and barriers to access.
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Urban Rez

Media » Film and Video
Interviews survivors of the 1952 relocation program whereby American Indians were encouraged to leave their home and move to urban centers across the United States. Duration: 56:46.
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Use of Ethnographic Methods for Applied Research on Diabetes Among the Ojibway-Cree in Northern Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joe Gittelsohn
Stewart B. Harris
Krista L. Burris
Louisa Kakegamic
Laura T. Landman ... [et al.]
Health Education & Behavior, vol. 23, no. 3, August 1996, pp. 365-382
Studies how cultural beliefs influence health behaviors regarding diabetes in order to develop a community based intervention program.
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The Use of Technology to Improve Health Care to Saskatchewan's First Nations Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
I. Khan
N. Ndubuka
K. Stewart
V. McKinney
I. Mendez
Canada Communicable Disease Report, vol. 43, no. 6, Indigenous Health, June 1, 2017, pp. 120-124
Includes discussion of pilot projects, literature review, and results of consultations with staff from the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority and physicians serving in northern communities.
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Use of the Talking Circle for Comanche Women's Breast Health Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily A. Haozous
Valerie Eschiti
Jana Lauderdale
Carol Hill
Connie Amos
Journal of Transcultural Nursing, vol. 21, no. 4, 2010, pp. 377-385
Identifies barriers to breast health as being access to information, screening, economics, follow-up, and protecting women
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Use of Traditional Mi'kmaq Medicine among Patients at a First Nations Community Health Centre

Alternate Title
Use of Traditional Micmac Medicine among Patients at a First Nations Community Health Centre
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Jane Cook
Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, vol. 10, no. 2, Spring, 2005, pp. 95-100
Explores one aspect of cultural care studied through responses to a questionnaire completed by 100 patients.
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Using Physical Education in English Language Practice

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Virginia Tefft

Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 11, no. 1, October 1971, pp. [1-6]
Teaching physical education to Navajo children was a means to bypass the shyness of children and to get them to repeat language patterns loudly and do spontaneous English sentences. Grades 1, 2, and 3.
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Using SWOT Analysis to Inform Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Strategies for a Remote First Nations Community in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelly Skinner
Rhona M. Hanning
Celine Suthlerland
Ruby Edwards-Wheesk
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
American Journal of Health Promotion, vol. 26, no. 6, The Science of Lifestyle Change, July/August 2012, pp. e159-e170
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis in Fort Albany, Ontario identified 32 themes which could then be transformed into 12 strategies.
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Utilizing Technologies to Promote Education and Well-Being

Alternate Title
Case Study 1: Video Conferencing and Remote and Rural First Nations
Case Study 2, Part 1: Digital Education in Remote Aboriginal Communities
Case Study 2, Part 2: Keewaytinook Internet High School Review (2003-2008)
The Kuhkenah Network (K-Net)
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Penny Carpenter
Susan O’Donnell
Brian Walmark
Brecken Rose Hancock
Brian Walmark ... [et al.]
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 6

Provides introduction to K-Net (Kuhkenah Network) and presents four case studies exploring its use in wastewater treatment, health, education and video conferencing. Chapter eight from Learning, Technology, and Traditions, which is vol. 6 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.

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The Valley Nisenan

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.24, no.4
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alfred L. Kroeber
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 24, (pp253-290).
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The Value of First Nations Languages

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick Kelly
BC Studies, no. 89, In Celebration of Our Survival: The First Nations of British Columbia, Spring, 1991, pp. 141-149
Looks at the importance of using language to create cross cultural understanding as well as a tool to ensure language survival.
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Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Humans: Learning From Participatory Responses to the Representation of Native Americans In Twilight

Alternate Title
Article 5
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joanna Luz Siegel
Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, vol. 26, no. 2, Special Issue on Mass Media and Schooling, 2011, pp. [79]-103
Discusses the representation of the northwest Washington Quileute Nation in the movie Twilight and reactions to these representations.
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The Vanished Native Americans: Unrecognized Tribes

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cynthia Brown
The Nation, vol. 257, no. 11, October 11, 1993, pp. 384-389
Looks at some of the groups trying to obtain legal status as Indian tribes and the barriers involved in the federal recognition process.
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