First Nations, Tribes, Reserves

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 24, (pp291-324).

Information on the First Nation located between Fort Carlton and Duck Lake, Saskatchewan. Provides links to listing of Chief and Council, blog, newsletter, and community information.

Assessment focuses on six key areas: livelihoods, infrastructure, community participation, education/recreation, children and parents and mental and physical health.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.10 (p. 295-397, 399-517). Text in both English and Danezaa.

Book review of: Becoming Indian by Circe Sturm.

Presents personal story about the process of being adopted into an Aboriginal family.

Personal narratives from family members who run a bed and breakfast in Prince George, B.C. Duration: 13:23.

Relates stories involving the Gitksan in northern British Columbia.

Photographs of Aboriginal people in prison shows the colonial violence against the Indigenous people at the turn of the century in north western Australia.

Argues that identity, which was previously characterized by the colonizer/colonized relationship, has become a more complex issue, with definitions ranging from the personal to the international.

Book review of: Being Alive Well: Health and the Politics of Cree Well-Being, by Naomi Adelson.

Discusses how the Ktaqamkukeweq Mi’kmaq are working to revitalize traditional practices to reclaim their cultural and ethnic identity.

Book review of: Being and Place Among the Tlingit by Thomas F. Thornton. Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 131.

Author reflects on the value of ritual and how a researcher must balance personal involvement and objective observation.

Film review of: Being Innu by Catherine Mullins.

Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.

Discusses ways Inupiaq youth stay grounded while transitioning to adulthood in the face of social change.

Looks at the people and industry catering to Aboriginal art and the question of control.

Music Thesis (M.Mus)--University of British Columbia, 1977.

Originally published: 1948.

Book review of: Beloved Women: The Political Lives of LaDonna Harris and Wilma Mankiller by Sara Eppler Janda.

Examines the evolution and development of the radio station serving First Nations in Southwestern Ontario and evaluates its success as a viable community institution.

History of the institution of chattel slavery with a focus on the relationship between the Chocktaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, and Mvskokean Cherokee and African slaves; including the forced relocation known as the "Trail Where We Cried" or the "Trail of Tears".

Looks at initiatives for girls and the impact from sport for development and peace. Chapter in the book: Beyond Sport for Development and Peace: Transnational Perspectives on Theory, Policy and Practice edited by L.M.C. Hayhurst, T. Kay and M. Chawansky.

Website focuses on the prehistoric, Algonkian-speaking peoples of Newfoundland.

After examining the development of Indian policy in the Yukon Territories, government agents were required to adjust procedures and policies from a national perspective to better meet regional realities.

Analysis of negotiated demands for work and encounters with labour politics, class, colonialism and capitalism.

Final report regarding the two specific claims arguing that reserve lands taken for highway construction were never surrendered to Canada and/or transferred to the Province of Quebec. Commissioners include : Sheila G. Purdy and Alan C. Holman. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2001.

Paper presented at Conference on Canadian-United States Energy Issues After Copenhagen: Oil Sands and Energy Interdependence. Looks at the First Nations relationships to mining development as both critics and supporters.

Revised edition 1991.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2000.

Biography of one of the first Methodist missionary of Canadian West Aboriginal ancestry.

Interview discusses the different ceremonies and dances relating to culture and tradition. Duration: 1:02:31.

Authors' narrative describes leaving his work with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis to start his own company committed to aid the economic development of American Indian tribes.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 1992.

Author discusses his experience in working with the Hopi tribe, and the development of culturally sensitive dispute-resolution services and legal systems.

Discusses how war changed Native American lives and taught them to walk successfully in two worlds.

Explores the Māori relationship with rugby and non-Māori of European descent.

Uses U.S. census data and linear regression model to predict per capital income and house hold income for Hawaiians and compares information to U.S. census data in California.

Discusses the relationships between archaeologists, American Indians and First Nations peoples and offers suggestions for improving mutual understanding and fellowship.

Book review of: Beyond the Reservation by Brad Asher. Indians in the Making by Alexandra Harmon.