National Association of Friendship Centres
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Association of Friendship Centres
Description
Website for organization devoted to Aboriginal peoples in an urban environment. Provides links to history, current events, provincial/territorial associations, health, youth issues, and employment.
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, University of Manitoba
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
University of Manitoba
Description
Website for information relating to the Truth and Reconcilation Commission of Canada and its work. Contains links to education, research, archives, and reports.
National Chief Ovide Mercredi Made Honorary Prisoner of Saskatchewan Penitentiary
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains a series of negatives from a ceremony installing Ovide Mercredi as an honorary prisoner at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert, SK. The negatives contain pictures of Mercredi (National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations 1991-1997) receiving a certificate from unidentified (Penitentiary?) officials.
National Forum Indigenous Health And The Treaty Debate: Rights, Governance and Responsibility
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 6, November/December 2004, p. 17
Description
Brief report on event held in September 2004 at the University of New South Wales bringing together academics, policy makers and front line health workers.
National Indian Youth Council: Consideration of the United States Report and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Articles » General
Author/Creator
National Indian Youth Council
Justice as Healing, vol. 19, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1-8
Description
Critical review of policy problems that have application beyond the United States border and comments on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC)
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Native American AIDS Prevention Center
Description
Organization's mission is "to stop the spread of HIV and related diseases among American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians, and to improve the quality of life for those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS" Includes links to government agencies, resources and directories.
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) Annual Meetings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudia Salomon Tarquini
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 2, 2015, pp. 111-125
Description
Analyzes content of annual meetings by looking at plenary remarks and program data from 2700 presented papers.
Native American Art Studies Association
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Native American Art Studies Association
Description
Organization's goals are to encourage ongoing study and exchange of ideas regarding art north of the Rio Grande, including Canada. Includes links to arts, membership, news and information about the biennial conferences.
The Native American Languages Act of 1990/1992: 20 Years of Federal Support for Indigenous Language Revitalization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Larisa Warhol
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 51, no. 3, The Native American Language Act of 1990/1992 - Retrospect and Prospects, 2012, pp. 1-8
Description
Introduction to the articles in this specially themed issue.
Native Images: Images of Treaty Negotiations, Annuity Payments and Treaty Days - Treaties 1 to 10
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sheldon Krasowski
M. Bastien
S. Hall
Native Studies Review, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 97-112
Description
Discussion of images of archival treaty illustrations and photographs. Plates are divided into three groups: Plates 1-4 are treaty negotiations from 1871 to 1899; Plates 5-8 are treaty annuity payments; Plates 9-12 are treaty days dealing with post-treaty issues.
Native Indian Political Organization in British Columbia, 1900-1969: A Response to Internal Colonialism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Tennant
BC Studies, no. 55, Autumn, 1982, pp. 3-49
Description
Looks at the background to the beginnings of Indian political organizations and the turning point when federal funding became available to the organizations.
Native Studies and Ethical Guidelines for Research: Dilemmas and Solutions
Alternate Title
Commentary: Native Studies and Ethical Guidelines for Research: Dilemmas and Solutions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laurie Meijer Drees
Native Studies Review, vol. 14, no. 1, 2001, pp. 83-104
Description
Discusses how research can best be carried out to meet informational needs by focusing on problems of research ethics problems and how to deal with the issues.
Naturopathic Medicine for Improved Health Care within Canadian Aboriginal Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dugald Seely
Deborah Kennedy
Sigrid Brobys
Johanne McCarthy
Rishma Walji
Kieran Cooley ... [et al.]
Description
Discusses results of four investigations: systematic review of literature on use of naturopathic or complementary medicine; qualitative study on impact and conduct of naturopathic medicine at an Aboriginal community clinic; telephone survey of Aboriginal Health Centres across Ontario; and comparative assessment of approaches used in naturopathic and traditional Aboriginal medicine.
Negotiating Sovereignty: Indigenous Perspectives on the Patriation of a Settler Colonial Constitution, 1975-83
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Madeline Rose Knickerbocker
Sarah Nickel
BC Studies, no. 190, Histories of Settler Colonialism, Summer, 2016, pp. 67-87
Description
Looks at organization lobbying for sovereignty and how Indigenous peoples perspectives of sovereignty use specific tribal understanding of self-government and territoriality.
The Neoliberal State, Recognition and Indigenous Rights: New Paternalism to New Imaginings
Alternate Title
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) ; no. 40
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez
Cathryn Eatock
Avril Bell
Mandy Yap
Eunice Yu … [et al.]
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research)
Networks of Advantage: Urban Indigenous Entrepreneurship and the Importance of Social Capital
Alternate Title
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin] National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Rochelle R. Côté
Description
Analysis of data from the Aboriginal Entrepreneurship in Toronto Study. Excerpt from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté.
Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.
New Alliance Fighting Development in the Choco; Clayoquot Sound Action Continues
Alternate Title
cs canada 17.3
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue: Selections From State of the Peoples, Fall, 1993
Description
Highlights two acts of solidarity, in two different parts of the world, that try to defend lands and livelihoods.