First Nations, Tribes, Reserves

Reviews of: Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 1: The History, Origins to 1939 Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 2: The History, 1939 to 2000 Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 2: The Inuit and Northern Experience Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 3: The Métis Experience Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 4: Missing Children in Unmarked Burials Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 5: The Legacy Canada's Residential Schools.

Survival International report criticizing governments' treatment of the Aboriginal group from Labrador and Quebec.

Presents full themed issue focused on the lasting legacy of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and how it defined North American politics.

Looks at the accomplishments and failures of Canadian Baptist missionary work in the Maritimes, Ontario and Western Canada.

Gender Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2016.

Examines social and political context of policy development by the territorial government when dealing First Nations issues.

Traces relations between province and the Mi'kmaq nation as they relate to self-government. Analysis based on literature review, government and Mi'kmaq documents, and interviews with key stakeholders.

Book review of: The Canadian Indian by Fraser Symington. Scroll down to page 63 to read review.

Missionary publication. Content and language reflect the attitudes and policies of the times.

Looks at access to federal and provincial funding by Aboriginal cattle producers in Saskatchewan during the 2003 crisis.

Surveys "non-Aboriginal public knowledge and attitudes about Aboriginal peoples". Report shows eighty-four percent of Canadians surveyed want to be part of reconciliation process with Indigenous people and thirty percent of young people between the ages of 18-29 feel they have an individual part to play.

Book review of: Canadian Savage Folk by John Maclean. Entire issue on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 24.

Speaks about the newly created partnership, Canadians For a New Partnership based on mutual respect, peaceful co-existence and equality between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Canada.

Data compiled using area of residence in the Tumour File and the mortality file.

Compares rates with Ontario population by using the provincial cancer registry and mortality file.

Shows an increased risk for cancer and other chronic diseases for First Nations people living on reserve compared to non-Aboriginal populations.

Compares prevalence of smoking, obesity, level of physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and alcohol use as well as uptake of screening for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer. Uses data from 2007 and 2011 Canadian Community Health Survey.

Epidemiology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1998.

Shows that ethnic misclassification and undercounting were the most difficult obstacles for obtaining accurate data.

Compares the risk of cancers of an isolated First Nations population to that of the Canadian national population.

Interviews with winners for Aboriginal Private Sector Business Award, the Community Category, and Individual Economic Developer of the year. [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.]

Story based on relocation of the Navajo to Fort Summer in 1863. In 1868 they were allowed to return home to reservation land in Four Corners County.

Architecture Thesis (M.Arch.)--Dalhousie University, 2000.

Comments on two Native American novels which discuss different ways of managing Native American spaces and bodies.

Looks at preserving history orally and with the written word.

Reveals communication between Porcupine Caribou Management Board and Gwich'in elders.

Compares 1980, 1984 and 1988 dental health surveys conducted on children ages 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 years of age by the Medical Services Branch of Health and Welfare Canada.

National survey study evaluated the extent of participation in the provision of culturally appropriate services to on-reserve populations.

Consists of an interview with Carl Lewis where he discusses his trips throughout North and South American visiting various Indian tribes. He also discusses the role of the rifle in the conquest of North America. He gives a general account of the course of historical events in Canada.

Study gives an assessment of environmental and socio-economic impacts of the pipeline, overview of infringement on Aboriginal title and rights by the pipeline, and concerns voiced by the Carrier Sekani community.

Historical background, analysis and recommendations from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearings regarding claim that the First Nation was entitled to a reserve surveyed in the Cypress Hills. ICC concluded that no reserve had been created, but recommended that the Government of Canada acquire the site of the Cypress Hills Massacre and recognize its historical significance. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Agreement reached March 29, 1996 concerning land owed due to Treaty obligation.

Examines a carving with rounded cheeks, and a crouching animal on its head.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 24, (pp343-360).

Argues that there is conclusive evidence regarding Blackfoot pottery.

Looks at Membertou First Nation, Millbrook First Nation, Shuswap Indian Band (British Columbia), and Ojiways of the Pic River (Ontario).

Overview of science and technology camps offered in four communities in Ontario and Nunavut.

Comparison of Yorkton Tribal Council's funding to that of Prairie Valley School Division.

Looks at a set of entertaining DVD's designed to promote awareness of the Essential Skills program.

Discusses a program which provides unemployed Aboriginal youth the targeted training they need to obtain either advanced training or employment in a specific occupation or trade.