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First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS) 2002/03: Report on Selected Indicators by Gender
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Centre at NAHO (National Aboriginal Health Organization)
Description
Statistics on demographics, socioeconomic and household characteristics, healthcare, cultural involvement, substance use, nutrition and sexual activity.
First Peoples' Cultural Foundation
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First Peoples' Cultural Foundation
Description
Foundation dedicated to Aboriginal language revitalization; has information about First Peoples' Heritage, Language and Culture Council, and language and cultural initiatives.
Fluff and Feathers: Treatment of American Indians in the Literature and the Classroom
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Cornel Pewewardy
Description
Discusses learning styles, stereotypes, teaching evaluation of literature, interpretations and perceptions of Aboriginal youth, and challenges.
Originally published in Equity in Education, April 1998.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
Description
Fond du Lac Priest Recalls 54 Years
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Graham Guest
Denosa, December 1981, pp. 16-18
Description
Father Charles Gamache recalls fifty-four years in Fond du Lac. Page one: portrait of Father Charles Gamache and Brother Jean Marie Labonte. Page two: picture of church.
Foreword: Honoring Who We Are
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ningwakwe Priscilla George
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 1-3, 154
Description
Discusses Aboriginal English and the multiple strategies in the process of cross language transfer.
The Formal List of Rights
Images » Photographs
Description
Negative of a document entitled "The Formal List of Rights" ratified by the Provisional Governing Council of the Metis Nation under Louis Riel on 1 December 1869 in Fort Garry and on 4 December 1869 in Winnipeg. Language and land rights are their major concerns.
Forty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1924-25
E-Books
Author/Creator
J. Walter Fewkes
Description
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by J. Walter Fewkes
Social Organization and Social Usages of the Indians of the Creek Confederacy by John R. Swanton
Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians by John R. Swanton
Aboriginal Culture of the Southeast by John R. Swanton
Indian Trails of the Southeast by William Edward Myer
Forty-Third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-1926
E-Books
Author/Creator
J. Walter Fewkes
Description
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by J. Walter Fewkes
The Osage Tribe: Two Versions of the Child-Naming Rite by Francis La Flesche
Wawenock Myth Texts from Maine by Frank G. Speck
Native Tribes and Dialects of Connecticut: A Mohegan-Pequot Diary by Frank G. Speck
Picuris Children's Stories by John P. Harrington and Helen H. Roberts
Iroquoian Cosmology - Second Part by J. N. B. Hewitt
Forty Years of Cultural Change Among the Inuit in Alaska, Canada and Greenland: Some Reflections
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marianne Stenbaek
Arctic, vol. 40, no. 3, Fortieth Anniversary Special, December 1987, pp. 300-309
Description
Interviews well-know Inuit leaders about their perceptions on the major cultural changes over the past forty years.
Forty Years of Struggle and Still No Right to Inuit Education in Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Derek Rasmussen
Interchange, vol. 42, no. 2, Circumpolar Indigenous Issues, Knowledge, Relations to Education, Science and Mathematics, May 2011, pp. 137-155
Description
Focuses on the battle for Inuit education, language issues, and minority rights and offers solutions to the problems.
Fourth Report of the Committee Consisting of Dr. E.B. Tylor, Dr. G. M. Dawson, General Sir J.H. Lefroy, Dr. Daniel Wilson, Mr. R.G. Haliburton, and Mr. George W. Bloxam (Secretary): Appointed for the Purpose of Investigating and Publishing Reports ...
Alternate Title
Preliminary Notes on the Indians of British Columbia
Report on the Sarcee Indians
E-Books
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
[Edward Francis Wilson]
Description
Committee appointed to research and report on "physical characters, languages, and industrial and social condition of the North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada; includes some commentary on the Sarcee peoples, and Inuit.
Funding Options for Nunavut Schools: Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Costa Kapsalis
Description
Proposed funding options for K-12 schools in Nunavut to deal with high pupil-teacher ratios, low student outcomes, high non-attendance, teacher recruitment and retention, and insufficient funding for special needs students.
Gaawiin Mawisiiwag Anishinaabeg: Indians Don't Cry; Bi-Gishkoziitwin Biidaanzhed Biidaabang; Rising with a Distant Dawn
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margaret Noodin
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 3, Fall, 2015, pp. 115-120
Description
Book reviews of Gaawiin Mawisiiwag Anishinaabeg by George Kenny, translated by Patricia M. Ningewance;
Bi- Gishkoziitwin Biidaanzhed Biidaabang by David Groulx, translated by Shirley Ida Williams;
Rising with a Distant Dawn by David Groulx, translated by Shirley Ida Williams.
[Genocide, Language and Aboriginal People: Multiple Identities in History]
Alternate Title
Presence of the Past: Third National Conference on Teaching, Learning and Communication the History of Canada
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Andrea Bear Nicholas
Description
To access material, use the password "showarchive' & enter. You may need to scroll down to find particular materials.
Talk given at Presence of the Past: The Third National Conference on Teaching, Learning and Communicating the History of Canada, October 2003.
Duration: 34:18.
Grade Three Treaty Education Learning Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description
Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Exploring and Challenges and Opportunities in Treaty Making" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.
Graduate Theses Concerning the Speech and Spoken Language of the North American Indian: An Index
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn R. Osborn
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 6, no. 1, October 1966, pp. [25-33]
Description
Bibliography of masters' theses and doctoral dissertations based on research about linguistics and language issues.
The Grandmother Language: Writing Community Process in Jeannette Armstrong's Whispering in Shadows
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jane Haladay
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 31, no. 1, For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada, 2006, pp. 32-48
Description
Review essay of Whispering in Shadows by Jeannette Armstrong.
Greenland: Danish-Speaking Students in Denmark Language and Identity Conflicts
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laila Chemnitz
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Indigenous Youth, 2005, pp. 54-59
Description
Focuses on Greenlanders studying in Denmark and how they are harassed for being "half-Danes".
To access this article, scroll down to page 54.
Guide to Relationships and Learning with the Indigenous Peoples of Alberta
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
College of Alberta School Superintendents
Description
Interactive resource designed to educate school superintendents. Includes written information, videos and links to supplemental material focused on the topics of identity, language, learning from the land, treaties and agreements, laws and policies, reconciliation and relationships.