Resources & References

Developed to address substance-related harms such HIV, Hepatitis C and overdose in rural Alaska communities. Includes information on drugs and stigmas associated with use, definition of harm reduction, best principles and practices, instructions on using the toolkit and advice on educating staff.

Designed for use by rural Alaska communities dealing with substance-related harms such as HIV, Hepatitis C and drug overdose.

Website includes links to the Harvard University Native American Program, Native Nations Institute, Education and Outreach, Publications & Research and much more.

Update to Part I, covers resources produced in Canada and the United States between 1993 and 1996.

Developed to assist tribal governments in understanding how Alzheimer's and dementia occurrence and the need for caregiving is affecting their communities and provide information on different public health strategies and opportunities for community action.

Overview of the national Indian Health Board initiative to develop, implement and evaluate the health system.

Recipes accompanied by nutritional information.

Includes links to a heritage glossary and papers which discuss the difference between heritage designation and a listing on a register, values-centered management for conservation, and intangible cultural heritage.

Index to reports on Treaties, including historical Treaties. Also provides recommended format for citing these on-line reports.

Information from files in Provincial Archives of Alberta (PAA) and at the University of Alberta Archives. Topics: traplines, applications for permission to trap, and pertinent legislative documents, proposed Métis settlement in the 1950s and the Métis Settlement Act, and development of the Athabasca Oil Sands region.

Names and dates are provided.

Outlines various responses to trauma and race-­based traumatic stress suffered by Indigenous peoples as a result of government policies geared towards assimilation, and discusses how self-governed nations with connection to culture and spirituality can result in better outcomes for Indigenous peoples.

A history of the Catholic Churches missionary endeavours amongst the Aboriginal people of North America from the time of the Norse up until 1854.

Text in Chinook with chapter headings in English. Includes the first seven chapters of what would later become the New Testament section of Bishop Durieu's Chinook Bible History published in 1899 (pp. 48-51). The text may be identical but this would need to be checked by a translator of Chinook shorthand to be certain.

English headings with Chinook shorthand text. Contains eight chapters and lists dates alongside the various events from Chapter 1 "The Creation of the World" to Chapter 8, "The Tower of Babel." Booklet concludes with the statement, "End of the First Age."

Historical note:

No author is provided but J.C. Pilling's "Bibliography of Chinookan Languages" attributes the text to Louis Napoleon St. Onge.

Provides brief overview of treaty process over the past 300 years.

Summarizes information about diagnosed HIV infection and AIDS and is used to help focus on prevention, plan services, provide resources, develop policy, and monitor trends.

Website contains suicide prevention information, news, general resources and research reports for First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth across Canada.

Looks at sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and gives directions on use and organization of safe sleep cards. 2nd edition.

Information arranged under eight themes: spirituality, ceremony and culture; relationships; ethical space; identity, lived experience and knowing; circles; protocol and policy; lifelong learning; and becoming an ally.

Recommends using a community-based participatory action research approach throughout a project - from product development to evaluation.

Uses a case study of aboriginal written law enacted in 1830 by the chief and council of the Mississaugas of Credit River to illustrate four different ways of interpreting a document.

Reviews studies and identifies gaps in knowledge in the areas of: susceptibility, degree of exposure, health implications, and requirements for risk management.

Educational site providing information and resources on the Arctic, the Inuit culture and Canada's newest territory - Nunavut.

Meant for communities considering entering into a contract with a Canadian mining company, but many of the issues and processes are also relevant to other industry sectors and contexts. Contains information on: project analysis; preparing for negotiations and establishing negotiating position; conducting negotiations; reaching and implementing agreements; and maintaining relationships. "Summer 2015 edition."

Website contains links to 374 Ratified Indian Treaties signed in the United States and contextual documents, cessions, historical and present day tribes involved, and land transfers in specific locations.

Discusses advantages and limitations of evidence-based practice for treatment of Native Americans with mental health problems.

Looks at the efforts to improve the governance of data between governments and Indigenous organizations and communities and presents a selection of initiatives undertaken in Canada, the United States and Australia.

Website connects IBA-focused researchers/consultants, IBA signatories, and northern governmental/regulatory agencies to research affiliates; journal articles & published material; Knowledge Gaps, Issues and Concerns expressed by Aboriginal communities, the mining industry, academics, consultants and northern government agencies; up-to-date database of existing IBAs in Canada; and offers some IBA-relevant links and news items.

Discusses supply-side market, current context and future trends in financial products, intermediaries and market enablers, and demand for capital. Concludes with recommendations.

Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pretoria, 2005.

Address given by Lloyd I. Barber, Vice-President, University of Saskatchewan and Indian Claims Commissioner, at the Banff School of Advanced Management. It addresses the general background of Aboriginal grievances and provides some thoughts on the implications of their settlement. Item found in folder Indian Land Claims, 1973, 1974.

Examines the exploits of the North West Company and other Montreal-based fur trading companies at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century.