First Nations

Interviews families of the Lil'wat Nation in British Columbia who have children with developmental disabilities in order to gain a better understanding of child rearing beliefs and practices.

Looks at land development through increased Aboriginal involvement in economic opportunities and business ventures as a means to improving Aboriginal employment conditions.

Analyzes Aboriginal Rights in the province of British Columbia.

Overview of the Canadian Indian policy from 1896-1905, when Clifford Sifton and the Laurier government attempted to overhaul the Indian administration, and assimilate the Aboriginal peoples.

Explores a project that demonstrates how climate change is affecting First Nations in the boreal region of Canada, and look at the impacts of climate change on traditional foods and medicines at the Black River First Nation.

Broad overview of the status of Aboriginal health in Canada.

Explores whether cultural differences either enhance or hinder the working-group effectives or resource co-management boards established under Canada's comprehensive land claims process.

Examines reasons for supporting Aboriginal participation in the management and development of surrounding land and resources for the economic sustainability of Aboriginal communities.

Examines the First Nations development of independently operated, economically profitable shellfish aquaculture tenures through co-operation and mentoring between bands and other businesses.

Discusses how co-operative arrangements represent adaptive strategies employed by aboriginal communities to enact fundamental change in the institutions that most directly influence their access to traditionally used land and resources.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1999.

Discussion of alternation between two or more languages, or dialects, in a single conversation.

Discusses how Crown and Indigenous governments can engage with each other on the basis of a nation-to-nation relationship to develop regimes for management of resources which ensure mutually beneficial outcomes.

Examines the official attitudes and actions of the Colonial Office regarding native policy.

Examines the issue of colonialism in First Nations communities; and looks at the objectives for community development, including strengthening community traditions and culture; development of culturally appropriate community-based organizations; reflection on the importance of land for local communities; and the forging of links between local and national issues.

Guide developed in anticipation of request from National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls to identify relevant records with a focus on material created by the Yukon government. Divided into five thematic sections: early colonization, education, justice, health and social programs and intergovernmental relationships.

Argues that there is a strong association between colonization history of First Nations peoples and their state of health and well-being.

Author shares her research experiences, as a First Nation support worker, and provides some guiding principles to follow when conducting research with First Nations communities.

Canada's Truth and Reconcilation Commission will focus on the suffering by First Nations and Metis children while at residential schools.

Contends that education for disadvantaged adults often requires support beyond the realm of academics.

Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2005.

Discusses an exceptional research partnership which studied food security.

Proposed study would involve sample of children aged 8 to 18 to evaluate whether using the Aboriginal Children’s Health and Well-being Measure (ACHWM)© screening and triage process would lead to early identification and better emotional outcomes.

Sociology and Anthropology (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2005.

Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Tuesday, February 19, 1980 regarding an Intercultural Dialogue Conference held in Saskatoon to discuss social planning and development, as well as promote informal dialogue between the city's Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.

Explains concept of the forum, the process of planning an event and applying for funding.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2001.

Environmental Studies Thesis (M.E.S.)--University of Waterloo, 2007.

Summarizes research about the conditions required for First Nation enterprises to be successfully profitable.

Discusses background research associated with the authors thesis and the importance of reflecting the cultural worldview of the researcher and the participants.

A discussion of Indigenous feminist politics and the relationship between Indigenous women and water using the Flint water crisis and NoDAPL action at Standing Rock to illustrate.

Culturally relevant curriculum guide for teachers.

Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1980.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 1999.

Compares the contest powwow to the traditional powwow as it pertains to the Ojibwa First Nation and encourages the continued separation of the two.

Looks at why the Indigenous vote was seen as either insignificant or not worth pursuing in spite of some campaigns being won or lost by the American Aboriginal vote.

Argues that other First Nations have overlapping claims to Aboriginal title within the Tsawwassen First Nation Agreement and consultation with them should take prior to signing the final agreement.

Resource Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--Simon Fraser University, 2003.

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2004.

File contains a copy of Diefenbaker's speech at the Council of the Northwest Territories. Diefenbaker speaks of a future in which the Council will have Indigenous and Inuit representatives. He notes his appointment of James Gladstone to the Senate James Gladstone.

Comments and outlines a course for final year students in audiology and speech-language pathology that was developed in response to student and community evaluations.

Comments that due to no time limits on claims that negotiation, not litigation is the preferred route to pursue.

Includes timeline of major events, statistics on pre-pandemic and current market status of lobster, snow crab, northern shrimp, oyster, scallop, and Atlantic halibut, federal government aid overview, projections for state of the industry in the near and moderate future, and recommendations.

For Indigenous content see chapters 10, 11, and 12.

A photograph of the creator of a totem pole given to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.