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Gaming: The Apex of a Long Struggle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wayne J. Stein
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 73-91
Focuses on gaming and gambling, discussing economic effects on the Native American communities and the neighbouring non-native communities as well as the variables that make an enterprise a success or failure.
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Geometry of Native American Art

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert Parr
Discusses the similarities between geometric patterns and symbols in Native American Indian artwork.
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Getting Back to Basics: The Victor Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Scoping Process and the Issue of Family-Based Traditional Lands Versus Registered Traplines

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
Daniel D. McCarthy
Graham S. Whitelaw
Jessica McEachren
Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, vol. 29, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 37-47
Examines whether the approved environmental assessment for the Victor Diamond Mine in northern Ontario was properly scoped using criteria identified by the Government of Canada.
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Gilakas'la: A Sustainable Tourism Strategy for the Da'Naxda'xw/Awaetlala First Nation

Alternate Title
Gilakas'la*: A Sustainable Tourism Strategy for the Da'Naxda'xw/Awaetlala First Nation
Gilakas'la1: A Sustainable Tourism Strategy for the Da'Naxda'xw/Awaetlala First Nation
Gilakas'la1: A Sustainable Tourism Strategy for the Da'Naxda'xw/Awaetlala First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Timothy J. McGrady
Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2006.
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The Gilchrist Diaries

Articles » General
Author/Creator
[Frederick Charles] Gilchrist
D.H. Bocking
Saskatchewan History, vol. 20, no. 3, Autumn, 1967, pp. 108-113
An account of the work of Fisheries Overseer for the Qu’Appelle watershed 1859-96 and later the first Inspector of Fisheries for the North-West Territories—based on his diaries. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 108.
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Gladstone, Hon. James

Archival » Archival Items
File contains correspondence relating to low voting rates among indigenous peoples, and Diefenbaker's message to them in the next election; Indian Affairs, and the establishment of an Indian Claims Commission.
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Gladys, We Never Knew: The Life of a Child in a BC Indian Residential School

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BCTF Aboriginal Education Program
Teacher resource based on the life of Gladys Chapman, a young girl who died as a result of tuberculosis while attending residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia. Presents lessons which focus on her life while living in her home community of Spuzzum and after entering the school.
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Government of Yukon. Land Claims: Agreements and Protocols

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Relations
Executive Council Office
Government of Yukon
Links to agreements with individual First Nations, transboundary agreements, First Nations without land claims agreements, and the Understanding the Yukon Umbrella Final Agreement (The Green Book).
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Government Setting a Trap, Says Professor [First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 6, October 2002, p. 2

Analyses of the federal government's draft proposal of an act, seen by some, as an attempt to fore-go some fiduciary responsibilities by giving First Nations governments the right to employ taxation to their members.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.2.

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Government Stalling First Nation

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 2, May 2007, p. 9

White River First Nation, located in the Yukon, suggest the Federal Conservative government is thwarting their efforts to become fiscally responsible.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

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Grand Chief Stan Beardy

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Nishnawbe Aski Nation
Profile of Stan Beardy who was born and raised at Bearskin Lake, and is now Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski First Nation.
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Grassroots Candidate Wants to Unseat Fontaine

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 2, May 2006, p. 12

Report on AFN national chief hopeful, Joe Nolan, whose campaign focuses on revamping First Nation political systems, such as universal voting practices for AFN elections, First Nation leadership accountability policy, and replacing Indian Affairs with sovereign governing structures.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.

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Great Basin Indian Archives

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Great Basin College
Digital resource of oral histories and songs that chronicle the history and heritage of the Great Basin Indian peoples. Includes links to archival resources and other related sites.
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The Gros Ventre/Fall Indians in Historical and Archaeological Interpretation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary E. Malainey
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 1, 2005, pp. 155-183
Discusses the debate whether the people described as Gros Ventre were Atsina or Hidatsa. Historical documents indicate the two groups Atsina and the Arapaho recognized their kinship.
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Group posed on lawn. Indians in costume in front

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Leonard A. Hillyard
A group photograph of the Saskatoon Old Timers' Association posing on Exhibition grounds with Indians in traditional attire on July 25, 1950. Tipis in background.

Historical note:

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Haida Art: Southern Villages [Part 1 and Part 2]

Alternate Title
Preserving the Past, Inspiring the Future Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
George MacDonald
Discusses the architecture of houses and design style of totem Poles in the villages of Skidegate, Xaina, Skedans, Tanu, Skungwai and Chaatl Haida. Part 1 duration: 25:08. Part 2 duration: 32:08.
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The Haida: Children of Eagle and Raven

Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
George F. MacDonald
Exhibit including the people and the land, Haida art, and Haida villages; based on book Haida Art by George F. MacDonald.
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Haida Perspectives on Living with Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
G. D. Grams
C. Herbert
C. Heffernan
B. Calam
M. A. Wilson
et al.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 155, no. 11, December 1, 1996, pp. 1563-1568
Discusses a qualitative study, conducted in the villages of Skidegate and Old Massett which are located in the Queen Charlotte Islands, done in the interest of developing a culturally sensitive, community-based program for managing NIDDM (non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus).
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Hantavirus in Indian Country: The First Decade in Review

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Pottinger
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 2, Special Issue on Research Case Studies, 2005, pp. 35-56
A report on the hantavirus reveals Native Americans are more exposed and susceptible to the disease than other Americans, largely due to poverty.
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Healthy Families on American Indian Reservations: A Summary of Six Years of Research by Tribal College Faculty, Staff, and Students

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louellyn White
Joseph "Jay" H. Stauss
Claudia E. Nelson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, 2006, pp. 99-114
Focuses on food and nutrition as it pertains to Native Americans. The article discusses tribal food assistance programs, the availability of nutritious food choices on reserves and the loss of traditional foods in the diets of Native Americans.
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Hidden in Plain Sight: The US Government’s Use of the Choctaw Nation as an Environmental Toxics Dumping Ground

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Lambert
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 1, 2020, pp. 97-112
The author, a member of the Choctaw Nation, investigates the need for more in-depth scientific study of the McAlester Army Ammunitions Plant's contamination on the soil, water and air of the neighbouring Choctaw homeland.
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