First Nations Remember the Star from Sandy Lake

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sam Laskaris
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 11, February 2010, p. 20
Description

Brief article on Fred Sasakamoose being honored at the Kamloops Blazers First Nations Night.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.20.

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First Nations SchoolNet

Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Contains links to: helpdesk, youth program, services, resources for educators, students, administrators and resources in the areas of First Nations History and Politics, First Nations Languages, Native Studies, etc.
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First Nations SchoolNet and the Migration of Broadband andCommunity-Based ICT Applications

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tim Whiteduck
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 6
Description

Addresses need for federal policy on First Nations connectivity and ICT and possible elements, implementation, funding, and benefits of such a policy. Chapter seven 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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First Nations Seeker

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Bryan A. Strome
Description
Website provides student resource for First Nation and Inuit communities at time of first contact across North America. Includes maps and is organized by language.
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First Nations Soldiers in the Great War

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Holt
Native Studies Review, vol. 22, no. 1/2, 2013, pp. 139-156
Description
Reviews Indian Affairs records and personnel policies for information on Aboriginal soldiers in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CFF) during the Great War.
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First Nations Traditional Values

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Floy C. Pepper
William A. White
Description
General discussion about educating children using principles from their culture, as well as a list of specific concepts.
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First Peoples' Map of B.C.

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC)
Description
Website contains index of languages, First Nations and brief biographies of community leaders. Includes audio links to key phrases in various languages.
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First Rider (Bill Heavy Runner) Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Bill Heavy Runner
Mike Devine
Paul Russell
Indian History Film Project
Description
Describes First Rider (Bill Heavy Runner)'s understanding of promises made in Treaty #7 and how they were later broken.
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Fiscal Alternatives for Funding the Inuit and Innu of Labrador: A Research Report Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
L. Wade Locke
Peter G. C. Townley
Description
Economic evaluation of three principal federal-provincial funding agreements: The Contribution Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the Government of Newfoundland for the Benefit of the Innu Communities of Labrador: 1991-1996, The Contribution Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the Government of Newfoundland for the Benefit of the Inuit Communities of Labrador: 1989-1994, and The Canada-Newfoundland-Native-Peoples-of-Labrador Health Agreement: 1984-85.
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Flexibility in Hare Social Organization

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Guy Lanoue
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 1981, pp. 259-275
Description
Hare Indians of the Northwest Territories and their two domestic bases: siblings and conjugal units.
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FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations

Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
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Folk festival activities

Images » Photographs
Description
Eight images of Saskatoon Folkfest taken 30 January 1967. The Canada Centennial Flag can be seen in background in several of the pictures. They show Folk festival activities that involve Aboriginal people, their ceremonial dress and their art. Includes head-dresses, beaded clothing, Inuit carvings, Red River Cart and a Dramatic production.
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Folk-Lore of the Cree Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fred Swindlehurst
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 18, no. 69, 1905, pp. 139-143
Description
Collection of six Cree stories: The Creation, The Birth of Lake Mistassini, The Painted Canoe, A Big Perch, The Story of Katonao.
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Folklore of the Menomini Indians

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v.13, pt.3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alanson Skinner
John Valentine Satterlee
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 13 (p.217-557).
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Following the Nyinkka: Relations of Respect and Obligations to Act in the Collaborative Work of Aboriginal Cultural Centers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kimberly Christen
Museum Anthropology , vol. 30, no. 2, September 2007, pp. 101-124
Description
Looks at the collaboration between various Warumungu groups, government agencies, and Aboriginal organizations to negotiate and produce the Nyinkka Nyunya Art and Culture Centre at Tennant Creek.
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Food for Thought: Access to Food in Canada's Remote North

Alternate Title
Commentary (Northern Policy Institute) ; no. 12
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Holly Dillabough
Description
Looks at determinants of access to adequate quantities of nutritious food for First Nations' communities in Northern Ontario.
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Food Plants of the North American Indians

Alternate Title
Miscellaneous Publication (United States Department of Agriculture) ; no. 237
E-Books
Author/Creator
Elias Yanovsky
Description
Summary of records which had appeared in ethnobotanical literature during 80 years prior to this publication.
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Food Security in a Northern First Nations Community: An Exploratory Study on Food Availability and Accessibility

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Teresa Socha
Mehdi Zahaf
Lori Chambers
Rawnda Abraham
Teri Fiddler
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 8, no. 2, Connecting Place, People, and Health, March 2012, pp. 5-14
Description
Looks at solutions to the crises of food insecurity and ill health including a food subsidy program and increased access to traditional foods.
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Foodways of the First Nations

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christopher Webb
The Beaver, vol. 87, no. 6, December/January 2007/2008, p. 31
Description
Looks at some of the essential foods of the First Nations, such as wild rice, corn and maple sap.
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Foot of the Mountain and Other Stories

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 4, Issue 272, September-October 2010, p. 26
Description
Book review of: Foot of the Mountain and Other Stories by Joseph Bruchac
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For a Sustainable Future: Indigenous Transborder Higher Education

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Adrian Quijada
Edison Cassadore
Gaye Bumsted Perry
Ronald Geronimo
Kimberley Lund ...[et al.]
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 3, Global Indigenous Higher Education, Spring, 2015
Description
Discusses the establishment of a borderlands educational program by the Tohono O'odham Community College (TOCC) focused on environmental issues and spiritual relationships with the land.
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