First Nations, Tribes, Reserves

Resources for lesson intended for Grade 11. Contains links to: lesson plan, rubric, worksheets, primary sources, background material, etc.

Teacher's resource for chapter 1 in Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada, a Grade 7 social studies textbook.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 26.

Provides a thematic guide to data; sources include the 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses of population, the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey, and the 2007/2008 Adult Correctional Services Survey.

Extensive list (397 pages) of monographs.

Panel discussion with Jay Nelson, Krista Robertson and John Burrows on the Tsilhqot'in Nation v BC Supreme Court decision. Duration: 1:59:07.

Looks at changes to inherent limit and extension resulting from the Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia case. Focuses on changes to provincial jurisdiction over Aboriginal titled lands and land use.

Overview of tourism and statistics from market research study on awareness of Aboriginal tourism and basket weaving market potential.

Brief document outlines issues around application of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to governments created by the Indian Act i.e. individual versus collective rights.

Speaks out against the dangers for Aboriginal women if prostitution was legalized in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Using a two eyed seeing approach looks at how Aboriginal women shape sports around them and presents findings from interviews held at an Aboriginal women in Canadian sport national roundtable held in 2008.

Consists of an interview with Abram Williams where he gives an account of divining for water as well as an account of Longhouse ceremonies.

Three versions of the adventures of Haxige.

Topics covered: delivery systems, barriers to participation, gaps and best practices.

Presents information on current economic conditions in American Indian communities and available opportunities for entrepreneurship. Examples of positive Tribal access to capital and credit. Related Material: Access to Capital and Credit in Native Communities: Data Review.

Paper focuses on access to medicine for members of the Indigenous population in Canada.

"Draft Version, Project Ongoing".

Examines the relationship which has developed with federal government departments as part of program devolution, and argues that because procedures are based on Western practices and worldviews, it undermines the concept of nation-to-nation relationship.

Pubic Administration Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1997.

Discusses changes in entries from various Hudson Bay posts towards providing better accounting and detailed observations.

Study conducted with the women and children of the Miccosukee and Seminole tribes of Florida and reports that a traditional group had higher positive self-regard than the more integrated group.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1953.

Discusses prejudice faced by protagonist Broken Lance a Shoshone Indian, and war veteran returning home to Wyoming.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 23, (pp297-332).

Study shows American Indian/Alaskan Natives have higher levels of acquired capability for suicide and highlights the importance of pain tolerance when assessing suicide risk in this group.

Book review of: Across the Wide Missouri by Bernard De Voto.

Looks at the challenges and opportunities faced by tribal colleges and universities.

Looks at Poolaw's technique of dramatically posing subjects which he gained through film-making experience and provides an overview of various photographs taken.

Document defines the consultation framework including a brief background summary, definition of the issues that will be addressed and the questions that will be used as a starting point for discussion at the meeting November 5 and 6, 2013.

Discusses how Native author, Vine Deloria, influenced author's teaching of Indigenous politics, governance, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Information gathered from 2006 Census of Population linked to the Canadian Institute for Health Information's Discharge Abstract Database from 2006/2007 through 2008/2009.. Records were classified into seven groups: substance-related, mood, schizophrenic/psychotic, anxiety, organic, personality, and all others. Found hospitalization rates were significantly higher for First Nations people.

Video of interview with Adam Delaney discusses how dancing has changed. Part 1: Duration: 53:24 Part 2: Duration: 59:06

Adam Hardisty gives a general account of his life including techniques for gathering wild rice.

Consists of an interview where Adam Solway talks about being orphaned at 8 years and adopted by the Blackfoot Reserve, Alta; his attendance at a residential school; becoming a councillor and then chief of the reserve. He comments on the issues he had to deal with as well as providing comments on contemporary lifestyles and leadership.

This is a continuation of an interview with Adam Solway on January 29, 1983 on the Blackfoot Reserve.

Adam Solway talks about treaty rights vis-a- vis the Canadian Constitution.

Discusses evidence presented by the plaintiffs and the crown concerning culture in the case Delgamuukw v. B.C.

Brief explanation of process and discussion of feedback gathered through interviews with key informants from nine communities.

Looks at a pilot program which is custom tailored to patients' needs giving them access to clinical trails and education programs about early screening.

Uses links to Indian Health Services (IHS) patient records to lessen misclassification of race and identify eligibility for services from federally recognized tribes.

Looks at the Wishbone Hill Health Impact Assessment in Alaska and the Impact and Benefit Agreement signed for the Meadowbank Mine in Nunavut.

Three case studies: Community of Membertou in Nova Scotia, Chippewas of Rama First Nation in Ontario, and the Osoyoos Indian Band in British Columbia. Each one reviews a specific project; identifies barriers encountered during development; and where possible, assesses specific transaction costs incurred in overcoming barriers.

Looks the serious problem of prosecuting domestic violence committed by non-Indians on reservations and recommends legislation.

Presenter speaks about the dignity and right for Indigenous people to be part of an indigenous family, community and nation. Duration: 35:18.

Introduction to issue highlighting articles from findings presented at, Building Bridges: Advancing American Indian/Alaska Native Substance Abuse Research: A State of the Science and Grant Development Workshop conference held in 2010.

Comments on articles in special issue.

Book review of The Adventures of John Jewitt by John Jewitt. Edited, with introduction and notes, by Robert Brown. Entire issue on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 140.