Resources & References
Supporting First Nations, Métis & Inuit Students Transitioning from First Nations Schools to Provincial Schools: A Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Native Education Counselling Association (ONECA)
Description
Provides information about select resources in the areas of education policies, commissions and inquiries, supportive organizations, fostering success, learning about culture, language and history, alternative secondary schools, Indigenous institutes, and supporting health lifestyles.
Supporting Indigenous Researchers: A Practical Guide for Supervisors
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alison Laycock
Diane Walker
Nea Harrison
Jenny Brands
Description
Related material: Researching Indigenous Health: A Practical Guide for Researchers.
Survey of Documents Prepared by the Claims and Historical Research Centre
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Claims and Historical Research Centre
Claims Research and Assessment Directorate
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Lists items held in the Centre's library. Categorized by topic and indexed by author and title. Most entries are annotated.
Survey of Native American Literature
E-Books
Author/Creator
Josh Dickinson
Description
"This survey textbook overviews Native American literature from its origins in poems and creation myths of the continent's hundreds of Native cultures. Texts are organized with major sections on creation myths, fiction, poetry, and nonfiction/memoir."
Tales That Dead Men Tell - J.E. Pearce.
Documents & Presentations
Description
From foreword: "This paper was written for the purpose of aiding in the proper orientation of archaeology among the other social sciences and in the world of learning generally. It is meant for the intelligent lay reader rather than for the professional archaeologist."
Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Family Literacy Focus Initiative
American Library Association
Description
Presents a website that highlights a literacy program for children and their families. The program celebrates and explores stories through books, oral traditions and art.
Telling Your Story
Alternate Title
Telling Your Story: The Indian Residential Schools Independent Assessment Process
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Charlene Bearhead
Greg Miller
Description
To help former residential school students who have registered a claim of sexual abuse, serious physical abuse and other wrongful acts, prepare for their hearings with the Independent Assessment Process. Video and transcript.
Duration: 17:28.
[Terminology & Rights Handbook]
Alternate Title
A Citizen's Guide to Rights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Craig Charbonneau Fontaine]
Description
Developed to assist students in understanding language used in constitutional discussions, and give information about rights when encountering police.
This is Who I Am: Experiences of Native American Students
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shelly C. Lowe
New Directions for Student Services, no. 109, Spring, 2005, pp. 33-40
Description
Discusses Native American student experiences in mainstream education providing recommendations for student affairs professionals.
Three-Partner Dancing: Placing Participatory Action Research into Practice Within an Indigenous, Racialized & Academic Space
Alternate Title
Three-Partner Dancing: Placing Participatory Action Research into Practice Within an Indigenous, Racialized and Academic Space
Theses
Author/Creator
Winnie Chow
Description
Curriculum and Instruction, Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2007.
A Toolkit for On-reserve Matrimonial Real Property Dispute Resolution
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hadley Friedland
Jessica Asch
Val Napoleon
Description
Discusses: typical mechanisms, community-based justice models, and processes derived from Indigenous legal traditions; governance, community and participant considerations for discussion; and guiding questions and building blocks. Includes examples of existing models and how they function.
Tools for the Journey: Palliative Care in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Communities
Alternate Title
Palliative Care Toolkit for Indigenous Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Cancer Control Unit
Cancer Care Ontario
Description
Contains links to brochures for patients, families, caregivers, and communities, and accompanying package of reference materials.
Information based on input gathered in a series of focus groups and interviews held across Ontario in 2013 and 2014.
Traditional Animal Foods of Indigenous Peoples of Northern North America: the Contributions of Wildlife Diversity to the Subsistence and Nutrition of Indigenous Cultures
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Harriet V. Kuhnlein
Murray M. Humphries
Description
Web publication describes and references published literature. Presents data for 527 species, drawing from over 490 ethnographic sources, and additional 91 unique sources reporting nutritional information, and 357 sources containing basic biological information.
Traditional Coast Salish Foods
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Washington Office of Public Instruction]
Description
List of approximately 300 food sources divided by shellfish and marine life, fish and reptiles, mammals, birds, and plants. Information gathered 2003 survey of 130 archaeological sites, ethnographic accounts and Coast Salish Elders, hunters, fisherman and gatherers.
Traditional Knowledge Research Guidelines
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Deborah Simmons
Gillian Donald
Glenda McNeilly
Description
Based on three sources: literature review; interviews with traditional knowledge researchers and Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA) members and staff; and case study of the Biodiversity Traditional Knowledge Study.
Revised edition.
Traditional Methods of Canning and Preserving: Recipes and Tips from Alberta's First Nations People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Community Nutrition and Community Health Representative (CHR)
Alberta Regional Office of Health Canada
First Nations and Inuit Health
Description
Includes information and recipes for smoking and drying, salt-curing, canning and freezing.