Society

Book review of: Social and Environmental Impacts of the James Bay Hydroelectric Project edited by James F. Horning.

Explores the influence of traditional Aboriginal worldviews on business values and development.

Arts Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 1996.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1995.

Looks at the relationship between health and social support and its potential for affecting health in a negative way.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 11 (p.679-801).

Forms part of the Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 11 (p.837-851).

Based on data obtained through interviews with Dutch companies and representatives of local communities.

Looks at the demography of American Indians and their socioeconomic position.

Study focuses on movement from reservations to urban areas, finding that migration out did not significantly change unemployment situation on reservations.

Fieldwork study carried out in 1954-55 at Pekangekum, Ontario.

Describes the difficulties the Métis encountered in trying to maintain their traditional way of life and the influence of CCF provincial government policies and programs.

Book review of: Somewhere Between Black and White by Kingsley Palmer and Clancy McKenna. To access review, scroll down to page 225.

Defines traits of good governance and identifies barriers to capacity development.

Discusses the characters Rudy and his brother Mogie from the Pine Ridge Reservation in the film adapted from book by Adrian C. Louis.

Spring clean up in the northern settlement of Fond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan.

Looks at the paleodiet of the Ontario Iroquois.

Trapper, trader, prankster, guide - Stanley Mission's George McKenzie has been all of them. Now he remembers. Page one: one picture of George McKenzie. Page two: two pictures, one of George and Betsy McKenzie, one of George McKenzie. Both taken outside their cabin.

Expedition leader leaving the Karluk (1913). Location unknown.

Looks at socio-economic conditions in New France, French colonial law, and an indigenous woman arguing her case in Montreal court in 1740.

Looks at study involving 2,600 Aboriginals living in 11 cities across Canada.

Talks about development of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (ADAC) strategies to provide better delivery of services, and enable stronger ties to the Aboriginal community and to government agencies.

A set of 77 photographs taken in the small community of Sucker River, north of La Ronge, in 1975-76. The community mounted a project to make as many "old things" as the 14 participants in the project could remember from the old days. Many of the objects were made as models, as time and materials did not allow for full-size items.

Forty Anishinabek stories from Nawash Unceded First Nation # 27 were used in the research of principles.

Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes regarding an application by the Saskatoon Native Woodworking Council Inc. to operate a Sunday Bingo, and Council's recommendations on the matter. Part of minutes from the Monday, March 12, 1984 meeting of Saskatoon City Council.

On board the Vygach, showing the support party needed to send a diver underwater (1914). Location unknown.

Summarizes responses from interviews conducted with 7,000 Indigenous residents of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and the Chukotka region of Russia.

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."

Author concludes that Peyotism contributed little or nothing to the factionalism at Taos.

Looks at how tattooing was used as a way to integrate the French officers into the Indigenous community.

File contains five negatives from the "Teachers Institute at an Indian School" presumably a conference of teachers held at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on May 21, 1965. The scanned image shows a large group of teachers at the conference apparently listening to a speaker.

Author shares experiences of being a high school teacher in Tununak, Alaska.

James Bay Cree communities incorporate customary ways into their formal administration in an effort to help deal with social problems.

Curator discusses themes in the Inuit component of larger exhibition entitled (In)Cognita, The Arctic Collection. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 48.

Explores the benefits of the Internet to the Inuit of Nunavut.

Defines and examines the concept of ethnic humour and how it influences all aspects of culture.

Article identifies western presence and refers to a Mãori understanding of absence.

Speakers talk about finding identity at school and experiences with the Eagle Quest program. From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan. Duration: 22:16.

Author uses experiences with decentralized societies in western Canada to understand Indigenous legal orders and law.

Three articles on missionary life, the first describing events of Christmas 1888 in Bella Bella, BC. The second article is a letter from Rev. John Nelson, dated 7 March 1889, discussing the Mountain Stoney Aboriginal population present in the Saskatchewan District. The third article is a letter from Rev. A.E. Green, dated 11 February 1889, concerning the frustration relating to the land issue in the Naas River, BC, area.

Book review of: Three Plays: The Indolent Boys, Children of the Sun, The Moon in Two Windows by N. Scott Momaday. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 95.

Investigates the challenges that remote communities face regarding changing environmental and economic factors.

[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2013.

Looks at studies conducted in the Northern Territory, Katherine/Centre regions, Wilcannia, Western New South and patients attending the Adelaide Aboriginal Medical Service. Reports a high percentage of Aboriginal people smoke.

Website provides background to exhibition which examines jewelry designs from the American Southwest and the Northwest Coast and compares similarities between the two cultures.

Describes benefits of community events in the urban Native American community of Rochester, New York even though conflicts can arise.

Book review of: Trail Sisters by Linda W. Reese.

Modes of transport: Komatik sled, Skidoo. [Rankin Inlet, NU]