Improving HIV Surveillance Among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States: Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Center for HIV/AIDS
Viral Hepatitis
STD
and TB Prevention
Description
Suggests five practices should be implemented dealing with routine testing protocols, identify providers serving patients; present AI/AN population reports separately; analyze information; send AI/AN HIV reports tribes and organizations that want the information.
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In Albuquerque: an Indian Education Resources Center

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William J. Benham
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 12, no. 1, October 1972, pp. [21-24]
Description
Describes a Center that provides leadership, resources and rights advocacy training.
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In and Against the Image of Our Ancestors: Language, Leadership, and Sovereignty in the 2014 Navajo Nation Presidential Election Controversy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J Jeffery Clark
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 1, Winter, 2021, pp. [1]-32
Description
Focuses on the Supreme Court of the Navajo Nation's decision to remove a candidate from the ballot because of lack of language fluency. Argues that while Diné sovereignty regarding identity is necessary to secure a vision of the future, this same sovereignty can be used to exclude people and contribute to settler colonial goals of erasure of Indigenous people and culture.
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In Appreciation of Olive P. Dickason's The Myth of the Savage

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Philip Mingay
William Van Arragon
Native Studies Review, vol. 21, no. 2, Special Issue, 2012, pp. 85-88
Description
Discusses The Myth of the Savage and the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the Americas by Olive Dickason.
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In Brief: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada's "Living Conditions in Aboriginal Communities" Photographic Project

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc Fonda
Canadian Diversity=Diversity&eaactue; canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, p. 42
Description
Brief description of project linking research results of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada's Well-Being Index (CBW) to images of living conditions. Scroll down to page 42 to read article.
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In Conversation: [Romeo Saganash]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joshua Gladstone
Romeo Saganash
Ed Bianchi
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 4, no. 2, The Right to Free, Prior & Informed Consent, May 2016, pp. [16]-21
Description
Interview with MP on reasons why the right to free, prior and informed consent is important.
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In From the Margins, Part II: Reducing Barriers to Social Inclusion and Social Cohesion

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kelvin K. Ogilvie
Art Eggleton
Jane Cordy
Lillian Eva Dyck
Nicole Eaton ... [et a.]
Description
Building on earlier report, In From the Margins: A Call to Action on Poverty, Housing and Homelessness presents recommendations to support vulnerable groups including urban Aboriginal peoples to overcome health, education, social and economic barriers.
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In Honor of Nastáo: Kasaan Haida Elders Look to the Future

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeane T'Áawxíaa Breinig
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 53-67
Description
Discusses an oral history interview project aimed at preserving and reinvigorating cultural and spiritual traditions. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 53.
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In Our Camp: Relationality in Native American Knowledge Organization

Alternate Title
University of Saskatchewan Library Dean's Research Lecture
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cheryl A. Metoyer
Description
Speaker discusses Indigenous ways of knowing and worldviews, and how they informed the subject headings developed during the Mashantucket Pequot Thesaurus Project. Duration: 35:40. University of Saskatchewan Library Dean's Research Lecture, 2012.
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In Praise of Taxes: The Link between Taxation and Good Governance in a First Nations Context

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 10
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 3rd, 2009
Voting, Governance, and Research Methodology
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jodi Bruhn
John Graham
Description
Argues that taxation is a governance issue and introducing tax regimes would enhance legitimacy, direction, performance, accountability and fairness. Includes examples from British Columbia, Saskatchewan and the Yukon. Chapter two from Voting, Governance, and Research Methodology edited by Jerry P. White, Julie Peters, Dan Beavon, and Peter Dinsdale. Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
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In Time Immemorial

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daisy Sewid-Smith
BC Studies, no. 89, 1991, pp. 16-32
Description
Author tells the story of her people from the time of great flood, contact with Europeans and settlement of the treaties. Concludes with a phonetic and pictoral alphabet.
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Incidence of Daytime Sleepiness and Associated Factors in Two First Nations Communities in Saskatchewan, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chandima P. Karunanayake
James A. Dosman
Donna C. Rennie
Joshua A. Lawson
Shelley Kirychuk
Mark Fenton
Vivian R. Ramsden
Jeremy Seeseequasis
Sylvia Abonyi
Punam Pahwa
The First Nations Lung Health Project Research Team
Clocks & Sleep, vol. 1, no. 1, March [2019], pp. 13-25
Description
Study involved 317 individuals aged 18 years and older participated in baseline and follow-up evaluations (after 4 years) conducted in 2012-2013 and 2016. Showed association between incidence of subjective excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and less money left over at end of month, house in need of repairs, having water or dampness in the last 12 months, and damage caused by dampness.
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Income and First Nations Elderly: Policies for a Better Future

Alternate Title
Setting the Agenda for Change ; vol. 1
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 1
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 1st, 2002
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Stephen Obeng Gyimah
Jerry White
Paul Maxim
vol. 1
Description

Uses data from the 1996 census to make comparison between levels and sources of income for Registered Indians and other Canadians.

Chapter four from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 1, which is vol. 1 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.

Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.

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Income Statistics (4) in Constant (2005) Dollars, Age Groups (5A), Aboriginal Identity, Registered Indian Status and Aboriginal Ancestry (21), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (5) and Sex (3) for the Population 15 Years and Over With Income of Canada, Provinces, Territories, 2000 and 2005 - 20% Sample Data

Alternate Title
Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population
[2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based Tabulations]
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table. Each variable can be searched.
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Incorporating Traditional Healing into an Urban American Indian Health Organization: A Case Study of Community Member Perspectives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William E. Hartmann
Joseph P. Gone
Journal of Counseling Psychology, vol. 59, no. 4, October 2012, pp. 542-554
Description
Looks at the dilemma Urban Indian Health Organizations are facing to provide standard Western and traditional healing without any guidance on how to integrate the services.
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Indian Act - Amendments

Archival » Archival Items
Description
Various material relating to the Indian Act, including suggestions to Diefenbaker that he oppose some clauses, particularly concerning the definition of "Indian" status; copy of submission requesting changes from the Day Star and Poorman reserves; copy of a movement made in Legislature that Indigenous peoples be granted the rights of a Canadian citizen, while retaining their Treaty rights; letter of thanks to Diefenbaker regarding his efforts to have a Royal Commission to investigate the administration of Indian Affairs in Canada; etc.
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The Indian Act - Exemption from Taxation

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hugh Neilson
LawNow, vol. 38, no. 6, Bench Marks: Cases that Change the Legal Landscape, July/Aug. 2014, p. [?]
Description
Discusses Section 87 of the Indian Act, legislation that predates the Income Tax Act.
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The Indian Act Explained: Getting to Know the Act

Alternate Title
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bob Joseph
Steve Paikin
Description
In interview, author of 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act discusses each of the 21 points. Duration: 25:00.
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Indian Act - Status of Indian Women on Marriage to Person Without Indian Status

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D. E. Sanders
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 38, 1974, pp. 243-249
Description
Examines the Indian Act in light of the Canadian Bill of Rights, the access to status by a non-Aboriginal woman when marrying a status Aboriginal man, and the old section 12(1)(b) about permitting the protest of status on the illegitimate child of a status woman.
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"An Indian Allotment"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Francis La Flesche
[The Independent], vol. 52, no. 2710, November 8, 1900, pp. 2686-2688
Description
Author, relates a story of his experience with land allotments to the Omaha Indians.
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Indian and Inuit Family Law and the Canadian Legal System

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bradford W. Morse
American Indian Law Review, vol. 8, no. 2, 1980, pp. 199-257
Description
Author contends that the destabilization of Aboriginal families is caused by social service policies, provincial family legislation and the actions of the Canadian judiciary.
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"Indian Celebration"

Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of what appears to be a ceremony with drummers and many spectators in attendance. No date or further information given, from the Prince Albert, SK area.
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Indian Claims Commission Proceedings (1994)

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Discusses Commission mandate, and specific claims; Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range claim; Athabasca Denesuline Treaty Harvesting Rights Inquiry.
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Indian Claims Commission Proceedings (1994) 1 ICCP

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
vol. 1
Description
Reports include: Cold Lake and Canoe Lake (Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range) Inquiries, Interim Ruling: Athabasca Denesuline, Treaty Harvesting Rights Inquiry, Related Materials on Specific Claims, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada / Outstanding Business: A Native Claims Policy - Specific Claims, First Nations Submission on Claims, Response of Minister Siddon, March 21, 1991. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Indian Claims Commission Proceedings (1995)

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Includes reports for Athabasca Denesuline Inquiry, the Fond du Lac claim, Black Lake and Hatchet Lake First Nations; Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band Inquiry and claim, Young Chipeewayan Inquiry, claim regarding Stoney Knoll Indian Reserve No. 107, Micmacs of Gesgapegiag Inquiry, claim to Horse Island, Chippewas of the Thames Inquiry, Muney Land Claim.
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