Society

My Village in Nunavik

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bobby Kenuajuak
Description
Descriptive portrayal of village life in Puvirnituq on the shores of Hudson Bay in Northern Quebec. Duration: 46:57.
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Nationalistic Trends Among American Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shirley Hill Witt
American Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, Indian Today, Fall, 1965, pp. 51-74
Description
Overview of American legislation impacting Indian Nationalism.
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Native American Clowns

Alternate Title
Charlie the Juggling Clown: Creating Happy Memories that Last a Lifetime
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Bruce Johnson
Description
Looks at characteristics of Cheyenne Contrary clowns, the Hopi and the Nuu-Chah-Nulth clowns in the Northwest and their importance to the community.
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Native American Coppers of the Northwest Coast

Alternate Title
Ethnographic Bibliographies no. 2
Native American Coppers: Indigenous Artifacts from the Northwest Coast
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Don Macnaughtan
Description
Explains what a Northwest Copper is and provides photographs of notable Coppers and their stories.
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Native Broadcasting in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Rupert
Anthropologica, vol. 25, no. 1, New Series, Native North Americans and the Media: Studies in Minority Journalism, 1983, pp. 53-61
Description
Examines the history of the creation of First Nations radio and television stations.
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Native Day Camp

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
City of Saskatoon
Description
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, February 8, 1982 regarding a City pilot project to operate a day camp for Aboriginal children. The camp included excursions to the Forestry Farm, Public Library, Museum, Fire Station, and Pike Lake and was deemed a success by Council.
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Native Drums

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Carleton University
Sumner Group
Description
Website committed to First Nations culture and music with games, images, interviews, articles and teacher resources.
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Native Literacy Programmes: Two Case Studies in Implementation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol E. Etkin
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 11, no. 2, 1991, pp. 207-227
Description
Successes and problems of two Toronto organizations that received grants to provide literacy assistance for the urban Aboriginal population.
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Native Report Costly Waste of Time, Money

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, November 29, 1996, p. A5
Description
Comments on the report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP), which was two years overdue and cost about $10 million a year for six years.
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Native Rights and the 21st Century: The Making of Red Power

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Frideres
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 22, no. 3, Special Issue: First Nations: The Politics of Change and Survival, 1990, pp. 1-7
Description
Introduction to themed issue on changes to cross-cultural relations over the last decade and the societal structure Aboriginal people operate in.
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The Navajo Indians

Articles » General
Author/Creator
William M. Edward
Harper's Weekly, vol. 34, July 5, 1890, p. 530
Description
Author explores the Navajo Indian reservation from Fort Wingate to Fort Defiance.
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Nehethow Pimatisiwin: Cree Way of Life

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sam Hardlotte
Robert Merasty
Description
The video, titled 'Nehethow Pimatisiwin: Cree Way of Life, Woodland Cree of Stanley Mission' (English Version), records a cultural camp at Stanley Mission during which various traditional activities are displayed. Camera, Script, and Post-Production are by Sam Hardlotte, and Narration is by Robert Merasty.

Historical note:

A video made in 1994 by Saskatchewan Education, Training & Employment, Northern Education Services Branch, in partnership with Pahkisimon Nuye?ah Library System, recording the Cree way of life.
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Nemuel Island

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tommy Orange
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018, pp. 110-113
Description
Creative prose piece which contemplates the perception of reality by describing the thoughts and deed of a man named Nemuel Island.
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[New Voices] Maths Monsters, Learning Trails, Games and Interventions

Alternate Title
New Voices] Maths Monsters, Learning Trails, Games and Interventions: Some of the Teaching Resources Developed by Teachers in the Mathematics For Learning Inclusion Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Reinfeld
Ken Lountain
Diane Mellowship
Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, vol. 13, no. 4, 2008, pp. 28-32
Description
Program developed to improved mathematics teaching and learning in low socio-economic communities.
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Ngā Tini Whetū: Navigating Māori Futures

Alternate Title
Nga Tini Whetu: Navigating Maori Futures
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Wally Penetito
AlterNative, vol. 8, no. 2, 2012, pp. 230-232
Description
Book review of: Ngā Tini Whetū: Navigating Futures by Wally Penetito.
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Northern Affairs

Documents & Presentations
Description
File containing a government report on the economic condition of indigenous peoples living in the Yukon and the North West Territories
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Northern Senior Citizens Third Annual Jamboree

Articles » General
Description
Northern Senior Citizens Third Annual Jamboree at Beauval Residential School. Page one: two pictures, one of gift recipient, one of jigging. Page two: seven pictures, one of Beauval Native's Womens Group, one of boat ride, five pictures of people (portraits) in the senior citizens club. Note: the third page is from the next issue of Denosa that corrects an error made in this article.
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Notes on the Sun Dance of the Sarsi ; The Sun Dance of the Plains-Cree ; Notes on the Sun Dance of the Cree in Alberta ; The Sun Dance of the Plains-Ojibway ; The Sun Dance of the Canadian Dakota ; Notes on the Sun Dance of the Sisseton Dakota

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v.16 pt.4
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pliny Earle Goddard
Alanson Skinner
W. D. Wallis
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 16 (p.273-385).
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Notes on the Tillamook

Alternate Title
Phoebe Apperson Hearst Memorial Volume
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.20
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frank Boas
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 20 (pp1-16).
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NSW Government Aboriginal Family Health Strategy Launched

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, January/February 1996, p. 19
Description
Looks at the strategy developed to address violence and sexual assault using holistic and culturally sensitive methods.
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Nunavut Charitable Donors, 1999 to 2017

Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Statistics. Source: Statistics Canada, Finance Data and Charitable Donations, CANSIM (Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System) Table 111-0001.
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Occupational Values of Rural Eskimo

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
G. Williamson McDiarmid
Judith S. Kleinfeld
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 25, no. 3, May 1986, pp. [22-29]
Description
Study compared secondary students from rural Inuit villages to a sample of Euroamericans from an urban environment to determine whether cultural differences influence work values.
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Old Log House

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
Photograph of an old log house and first generation government house dating, back to 1920. [Fond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan]
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Old Timers of Duck Lake and Batoche, Saskatchewan

Images » Photographs
Description
Group portrait of Duck Lake and Batoche businessmen, politician and Indian Agent. Front row, seated left to right: Eugene Boucher, Conservative member for Batoche Francois-Xavier "Batoche" Letendre, Merchant of Batoche (Eugene Boucher's father-in-law) W.J. Pozer, Duck Lake Merchant. Standing left to right: George Fisher, Liquor Store Proprietor at Duck Lake Damase Racette, Batoche Ferry Operator Gus Fournier, Massey-Harris Agent, Duck Lake U.S. Urton, C.P.R. Agent, Duck Lake Mr. St. Louis, Implement Agent, Duck Lake Patrice Parenteau, Merchant, Duck Lake R.S.
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An Open Letter From Charles Perkins [Part 1]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charles Perkins
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, March/April 1991, pp. 19-22
Description
Personal opinion on ways for Aboriginal people to take charge of their current situation to make positive changes. Part two.
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Our Living Treasures

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marjorie Beaucage
Doug Cuthand
Description
A 58.24-minute video of the 1994 Elders Gathering. Involved in making the video were director Marjorie Beaucage, producer and writer Doug Cuthand, director of photography Glen Markwart, and music by Edmond Bell and Ed Beardy. Special thanks were given to Saskatchewan Education, Training and Employment, the NFB, Studio 1, and Wawatay Communications.

Historical note:

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Parade Leader: North American Indigenous Games

Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of the Parade leader for the 1993 North American Indigenous Games held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The leader is a man in traditional Plains garb on horseback, taken in Prime Minister's Park.
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Pasqua - Portrait

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
E.N. Davis (photographer)
Description
Portrait of Pasqua "of Piapot Reserve".
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The Past, Present and Future of the Pite Saami Language: Sociological Factors and Revitalization Efforts

Alternate Title
The Past, Present and Future of the Pite Sami Language: Sociological Factors and Revitalization Efforts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi
Joshua Wilbur
Nordic Journal of Linguistics, vol. 34, no. 3, December 2011, pp. 295-329
Description
Discusses reason for decline in Pite Sami language spoken around the Arjeplog municipality in Northern Sweden.
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Path of the Sacred Clown

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peggy Andreas
Towards 2012, Part III: Culture and Language, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Discusses different characteristics of Clowns in different tribes from the Oglala and Lakota to the Salish and Hopis and the importance of the Clowns to the community spirit.
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Patricia Carriere Turns Moose Hair Into Art

Articles » General
Description
Patricia Carriere uses moose hair to create works of art. Her method is known as moose-hair tufting and is a traditional aboriginal art form. Two pictures: one of Patricia Carriere working her craft, one example of her artwork.
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Patterns of Illegitimacy on a Canadian Indian Reserve: 1860-1960

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Philip K. Bock
Journal of Marriage and the Family, vol. 26, no. 2, May 1964, pp. 142-148
Description
Attempts to explain why there is a persistent 20% "illegitimate" birth rate on a reserve in eastern Quebec and suggests causal factors relate to degree of social and cultural integration.
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Patuanak... Combining Old And New

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Department Of Northern Saskatchewan
Graham Guest
Description
A profile of the northern community of Patuanak, Saskatchewan. Images included are as follows. Page one: cover; one picture of moose hide cleaning. Page two: one picture of father Moraud's grave. Page three: Patuanak in spring. Page four: three pictures; children making string designs; birch toboggans; local business man. Page five: seven pictures; mukluks; mittens; moccasins; porcupine quills; birch bark basket; bone flesher.
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People of the Potlatch

Alternate Title
Canada Presents
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Laura Boulton
Description
Documents life of the Native people in northern British Columbia. "Archival film reflects the social and cultural values and beliefs prevalent at the time of production." Durations: 21:00.
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