Notes on the Social Organization and Customs of the Mandan, Hidastsa, and the Crow Indians
Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v.21, pt.1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert H. Lowie
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.21 (p.1-99).
Notes on the Sun Dance of the Sarsi ; The Sun Dance of the Plains-Cree ; Notes on the Sun Dance of the Cree in Alberta ; The Sun Dance of the Plains-Ojibway ; The Sun Dance of the Canadian Dakota ; Notes on the Sun Dance of the Sisseton Dakota
Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v.16 pt.4
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pliny Earle Goddard
Alanson Skinner
W. D. Wallis
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 16 (p.273-385).
Nourishing Food, Nourishing Knowledge: Report on the Forum of Food Security and Nutrition among First Nations Communities in New Brunswick
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mueni Udeozor
Cheyenne Mary
Genevieve Drouin
Description
Reports outcomes of gathering which aimed to promote knowledge sharing, build and strengthen relationships for future collaboration, and identify food and nutrition resources to improve partner programming.
Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq First Nations [Map]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nova Scotia Aboriginal Affairs
Description
Shows communities and whether they are affiliated with the Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq or the Union of Nova Scotia Indians and provides statistics on Band populations from 2006.
Now Is the Time: Our Data, Our Stories, Our Future: The National Report of the First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education, and Employment Survey
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Kyla Marcoux
Katherine Wood
Jarret Laughlin
Margo Greenwood
Esther Usborne
Eric Crighton
Martin Cooke
Norm Lavallee]
Description
Nursing Recruitment and Retention Workshop Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 23-24, 2001: Summary Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Claudette Dumont-Smith
Description
Includes brief description of panel presentations, highlights of findings from Survey of Nurses in Isolated First Nations Communities, discussion on band-employed nursing issues, and key elements of a nursing recruitment plan.
Nurturing the "Beginning" in Protecting Our Traditional Practices From the End: Family, Kinship and Kamilaroi Aboriginal First Nation Knowledge in Australia
Alternate Title
Getting it Right: Protecting Family, Kinship and Traditional Practices in Kamilaroi Aboriginal First Nation Knowledge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcus Waters
Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia, vol. 4, no. 1-2, Indigenous Marriage, Family and Kinship in Australia:The Persistence of Life and Hope, 2013, pp. 177-192
Description
Discusses the survival of Aboriginal knowledge and definitions of identity and values in the Australian and Torres Strait Island Academy.
O Canada, Our Home on Native Land: Aboriginal Self Government, Not the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, May Be the Key to Educational Reform
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan L. Black-Branch
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 13, no. 2, 1993, pp. 279-289
Description
Reports findings of a socio-legal study of the effect of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms on the education of Aboriginal peoples in Canada between 1982 and 1992.
The O-Keepa: A Reprinting Error from the Original Translation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. E. Johnson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, 1981, pp. 47-48
Description
Discusses why the description of torture activity performed as part of the Mandan ceremony, which was published in the Early Western Travels series, is inaccurate.
O'odham Himdag as a Source of Strength and Wellness Among the Tohono O'odham of Southern Arizona and Northern Sonora, Mexico
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teri Knutson Woods
Karen Blaine
Lauri Francisco
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, vol. 29, no. 1, Symposium of Native American Wellness, March 2002, pp. 35-51
Description
Looks at the history of the tribe and the concept of O'odham Himdag linking to wellness and way of life.
Obesity and the Eating Habits of the Aboriginal Population
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Didier Garriguet
Health Reports, vol. 19, no. 1, March 2008, pp. 1-15
Description
Compares data for Aboriginal people living off-reserve and non-Aboriginal people aged 19 to 50 from the 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey: Nutrition (cycle 2.2).
Obesity in American-Indian Children: Prevalence, Consequences, and Prevention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Story
June Stevens
John Himes
Elaine Stone
Bonnie Holy Rock ... [et al.]
Preventive Medicine, vol. 37, Supplement 1: Pathways Prevention of Obesity in American Indian Schoolchildren, December 2003, pp. S3-S12
Description
Looks at occurrences of obesity in children and adults and promotes the need for intervention studies that involve the American-Indian community.
Oblate Missionaries and the "Indian Land Question"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn A. Blake
BC Studies, no. 119, Autumn, 1998, pp. 27-44
Description
Discusses the role the Oblates played in British Columbia's Native land claims based on cultural conceptions of property and the government policies that provided a framework.
Observations on the Indigenous Tribes of the N. W. Coast of America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Scouler
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, vol. 11, 1841, pp. 215-251
Description
Exploratory comments from Dr. Scouler examinations of diet, clothing and living conditions of the Haida of the Queen Charlotte Islands to the Nootka of British Columbia in the early 17th century.
Observations on the Yurok: Childhood and World Image
Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.35, no.10
E-Books
Author/Creator
Erick Homburger Erikson
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 35, (pp257-302).
Obstacles Facing Tribal Language Programs in Warm Springs, Klamath, and Grand Ronde
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Erin F. Haynes
Coyote Papers , vol. 13, Special Volume Dedicated to the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, 2004, pp. 87-102
Description
Looks at relationship between education system with local districts, funding, state and federal policies, and standards and sovereignty, all external obstacles effecting language revitalization.
Occupying the Land: Traditional Patterns of Land and Resource Ownership Among First Peoples of British Columbia
Alternate Title
[Constituting the Commons: Crafting Sustainable Commons in the New Millennium: Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property ; 8th
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy J. Turner
James T. Jones
Description
Discusses different cultural models of land and resource ownership by the Salishan, the Nuu-Chah-Nulth, Kwakwaka'waka, Haida, Nisga'a and additional northwest coast peoples.
The Occurrence and Wider Implications of a "Ghost Cult" on the Columbia River Suggested by Carvings in Wood, Bone and Stone
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wm. Duncan Strong
American Anthropologist, vol. 47, no. 2, New Series, April-June 1945, pp. 244-261
Description
Various reports on the carvings beginning with the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1805 while visiting a Chinook village; includes illustrations.
Of Subjection and Sovereignty: Alaska Native Corporations and Tribal Governments in the Twenty-First Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Michael Swensen
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 100-117
Description
Looks at the history of tribal government and Native corporations and shows how each contribute to political ventures at the national and state levels.
"Oh Canada! Your Home is Native Land": The Algonquin Land Claim Process
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Gehl
Atlantis, vol. 29, no. 2, [Indigenous Women: The State of Our Nations], 2005, pp. 148-150
Description
Presents brief overview of the disparate relationship between Algonquin, the Canadian government and the Algonquin Tribal Council.
Oil and Lubicons Don't Mix: A Land Claim in Northern Alberta in Historical Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darlene Abreu Ferreira
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, 1992, pp. 1-35
Description
History of the Lubicon, and their struggle for recognition as a people, with discussion about the changing positions of the Federal and Provincial governments regarding the right of the Lubicon to determine their own membership.
Ojibwa World View: A Re-Examination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Damian McShane
Arthur W. Blue
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 1985, pp. 115-134
Description
Reviews literature on Ojibwa culture and personality with a focus on acculturation studies and child-rearing practises.
An Ojibwe American Indian Vew of Adult Learning in the Workplace
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda LeGarde Grover
Karen M. Keenan
Advances in Developing Human Resources, vol. 8, no. 3, 2006, pp. 391-399
Description
Uses cultural group located in North Central United States and southern Canada ito illustrate how knowledge of culture, world view and learning-styles can inform human resource development practices
The Oka Legacy
Alternate Title
Firsthand: Oka Legacy; Thursday, June 2, 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sonia Bonspille Boileau
Howard Goldberg
Description
Personal stories from people who lived through the Oka Crisis in 1990 and its effect on contemporary Indigenous identity.
Duration: 44:08.