First Nations, Tribes, Reserves

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Story related by Rev. George Flett about Cree leader, originally appeared in Manitoba Free Press in 1884.

Brings attention to cultural, social and structural barriers that continue to restrict Native American's access to health care and the failure of Congress to provide necessary resources.

Book review of: Brotherhood to Nationhood by Peter McFarlane. To read review, scroll down to page 86.

Interview is a general account of Mr. Pocha's life. He describes his involvement in early Metis organizations, and discusses his view on ways to improve the situation of natives.

Looks at the dance performed either before or after a hunt by Pueblo tribes living along the Rio Grande and the Hopi villages in Arizona.

Chronicles the 30 year history of the tourism development plan for the community and analyzes the challenges and lessons learned. [One or more images have been omitted from this article due to copyright restrictions. These images are accessible in the print version of this journal.]

Details of the Cheyenne sweatlodge ceremony as witnessed by the author.

[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2002.

Discussion of the politics of religion in the history of the Tsimshian people.

Comments on the ways a small community gleaned more than money from New Deal programs.

Looks at the place photography has for arguing Indigenous rights.

Shows incident of stomach cancer is higher in Indigenous populations globally and is linked to poor socioeconomic conditions and a lower standard of health.

Looks at risk levels, types of burns and burn experiences of Treaty Indians and Métis in an Alberta hospital.

Discusses Constable Robert Brown's encounter at Kitsegukla and the Gitksan perception of and response to the burring of Kitsegukla.

Life and times of Angelique Ballantyne.

Explores three interrelated ethical issues: current spoken dialect and ancestral language, implications for classroom, and issues for researchers working in Aboriginal fields.

Discusses mythological concepts that can be traced back to the Rio Grande region.

Excerpt from a conversation between the authors about the exhibition c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city. Discussion includes exhibit process and impact, and the role of museums in supporting and consulting with Indigenous communities,

Questions findings about the relationship between Late Prehistoric Caddo farmers and earlier Archaic and Woodland foragers because their findings did not include non-metric dental traits.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 16, (pp315-380).

Looks at historical, moral and legal claims by the Nishga.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 16, (pp119-176).

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 17, (pp151-169).

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 12, (pp339-296).

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 12, (pp31-69).

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 22, (pp217-390).

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, v. 18 (pp1-285).

Book review of: A Call for Reform: The Southern California Indian Writings of Helen Hunt Jackson edited by Valerie Sherer Mathes and Phil Brigandi.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2016.

Discusses McKenney's stand on the factory system, the Civilization Fund Act of 1819, and the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

Book review of: Canada: A Nation of Regions by Brett McGillivray.

Map shows North American Indian, Métis, Inuit or people who indicated they were Registered or Treaty Indians or members of a Band or First Nation.

Report looks at the real possibility of a confrontation between Canada's Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities based on five determinants.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University at Kingston, 1998.

Shows distribution of Indian and Inuit communities, Indian reserve, cultural areas, name, linguistics family (eleven major families representing 51 languages). Also shows linguistic families from the 16th to 18th centuries. inset map for southwestern British Columbia.

Shows inhabited and uninhabited Indian reserves, and other communities (distinct centres of population) by size.

Displays Indigenous population of Canada and the northern United States. Shows groups by size, name, linguistic family and extent of areas known by Europeans directly, through Aboriginal accounts, and unknown. Also shows locations of French and English agricultural settlements.

Distribution of the Indigenous population of Canada and northern United States with groups shown by size, name and linguistic family. Also shows approximate extent of areas unknown, imperfectly known and well known to census takers.

Book review of: Canada's Changing North edited by William C. Wonders.

Book review of: Canada's First Nations by Olive Dickason.

Supports the need to understand First Nations history from an Aboriginal perspective and the effects the Indian Act and residential school systems had on First Nations people in Canada.

In-depth news story on issues which precipitated the movement. Duration: 25:00.

Uses information from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey to link contemporary health and mental health conditions to residential school familial attendance.