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Know Your Status: A Tool Kit for HIV Programs in Saskatchewan First Nations

Alternate Title
Know Your Status: A Toolkit for HIV Programs in Saskatchewan First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatoon Tribal Council Health & Family Services?]

Brief discussion of community engagement and readiness, education, harm reduction, testing, treatment, client support and case management, and surveillance.

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Knowledge and Perceptions of Tuberculosis Among a Sample of Urban Aboriginal People

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Brassard
Kelly K. Anderson
Dick Menzies
Kevin Schwartzman
Mary Ellen Mcdonald
Journal of Community Health, vol. 33, no. 4, August 2008, pp. 192-198
A study of awareness of tuberculosis (TB) causes, risk factors and symptoms; and their experiences with health services among a group of Aboriginal peoples living in Montreal.
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A Knowledge Gap, Chapter 2

Alternate Title
[Implementing the Vision] ; Chapter 2
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Council
Chapter 2 of series comments on the effects of residential schools and colonization on First Nations health. Duration: 5:13.
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KO-Net

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO)
Portal site of a non-political Chiefs Council serving communities in Northern Ontario. Website includes news, business directory, health and education plus other online services.
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Lakota Efforts in the International Arena

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Trink
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 39-48
Author reflects on the international legal standards regarding the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty of Black Hills between the United States government and the Sioux Nation.
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Land Claims in the Prince Albert Settlement

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lloyd Rodwell
Saskatchewan History, vol. 19, no. 1, Winter, 1966, pp. 1-23
Describes the process surrounding land title transfers from the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) to the Canadian government in 1870, and the subsequent settlement of that land. Notes conflict between the River Lot system and government surveyor systems of land division. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 1.
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Last Mountain House

Articles » General
Author/Creator
R. C. Mackenzie
Saskatchewan History, vol. 7, no. 2, Spring, 1954, pp. 56-59
Describes the founding and operations of Last Mountain House, an outpost of Fort Qu’Appelle, notes the trading relationships with the Métis, Cree, Saulteaux, and Assiniboine peoples. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 56.
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Law Changed: Bands Can Tax Members

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 16, no. 3, July 1998, p. 1,3

Bill C-36 to become law June 1998; provides option for First Nations to set their own on-reserve tax regimes. Kamloops Indian Band intends to set a 7 per cent tax on-reserve through an agreement with Revenue Canada.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.1.

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Leadership Knows No Boundaries For This Saskatchewan Chief

Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 3, March 2009, p. 2
Comments on Shirley Wolfe-Keller and her accomplishments, among them being the first person in Saskatchewan to have been elected Chief of two First Nations. Article located by scrolling to page 2.
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Learning Strategies of Mi'kMaq (Aboriginal) Students

Alternate Title
Learning Strategies of Micmac (Aboriginal) Students
Learning Strategies of Mikmak (Aboriginal) Students
Theses
Author/Creator
Tammy Caplin
Education and Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2006.
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Learning to Talk to the Land: Online Stewardship in Taku River Tlingit Territory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Schreyer
Jon Corbett
Nicole Gordon
Colleen Larson
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. 106-133
Article describes a web-based participatory mapping tool(https://trt.geolive.ca/) which combines ideologies of stewardship with place names and stories.
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The Legacy of the Fur Trade

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alex R. Cameron
Saskatchewan History, vol. 1, no. 3, Autumn, 1948, pp. 21-22
Discusses prairie place names in that originate with the fur trade and its participants. Entire Issue of Saskatchewan History on one pdf file, scroll to page 21.
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Legal and Policy Tools for Source Water Protection in Indigenous Communities: A Tri-First Nation (Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, Munsee-Delaware First Nation, Oneida Nation of the Thames) and Canadian Environmental Law Association Initiative

Alternate Title
Tri-Nation Source Water Protection Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Environmental Law Association
Chippewas of the Thames First Nation
Munsee-Delaware First Nation
Oneida Nation of the Thames
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Legal Drugs are Misused as Well

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 8, December 2002, pp. 20-21

Attributes unresolved sexual abuse as the underlying problem which when not dealt with could lead to the high levels of First Nations peoples abusing prescription drugs as a means of coping with emotional issues.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.24.

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Legends of Our Times: Cultural identification

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Terms used by First Nation's to identify their people, as well as English and French words used for cultural groups. Includes links to information about sacred beings, ranching, rodeo, arts, entertainment and industries.
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Lennox Island First Nation

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Lennox Island First Nation
Describes the history and culture of the Mi'kmaq settlement on Lennox Island 50 km. northwest of Prince Edward Island.
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Lessons Learned in Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Build a National Diabetes Collaborative in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mariam Naqshbandi
Stewart B. Harris
Ann C. Macaulay
Jinette Comeau
Joceline Piché
Dawn Montour-Lazare
Progress in Community Health Partnerships, vol. 5, no. 4, Winter, 2011, pp. [405-415]
Looks at the Canadian First Nations Diabetes Clinical Management Epidemiologic (CIRCLE) study which was conducted in partnership with 19 First Nations communities.
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Lheidli T'enneh Nation and Britco

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Business and Investment Council
Comments on a modular building rental and workforce accommodation business joint venture.
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Liberal MP to Propose FNGA Amendment

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 1, April 2003, p. 13

Member of Parliament, Rick Laliberte, proposes to amend the First Nations governance act (FNGA) by including, in the definition, all the Indigenous nations names.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.13.

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The Life and Death of the Renown'd Mr. John Eliot, who was the First Preacher of the Gospel to the Indians in America: with an Account of the Wonderful Success which the Gospel has had Amongst the Heathen in that Part of the World: and of the Many Strange Customes of the Pagan Indians in New-England

Alternate Title
The Triumphs of the Reformed Religion in America: the Life of the Renowned John Eliot
E-Books
Author/Creator
Cotton Mather
The first edition in1691 was published under the title: The Triumphs of the Reformed Religion in America: the Life of the Renowned John Eliot.
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Linguistic and Cultural Affiliations of Canadian Indian Bands

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Indian Affairs Branch

This booklet describes the ten linguistic groups in Canada and sub-categories used in booklet: location, culture area and principal cultural characteristics. Also included is a table of Indian bands, the Indian Agency to which they belong, language used and population.

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Little Pine: An Indian Day School

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Edward Ahenakew
Saskatchewan History, vol. 18, no. 2, Spring, 1965, pp. 55-62
Describes the staff and activities of the school from its opening in 1923. Prepared from the notes and writings of Reverend Canon Edward Ahenakew; includes editorial notes. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 55.
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The Little Red River Cree Nation's Forest Management Strategies Under a Changing Forest Policy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
E. Krcmar
G. C. van Kooten
H. Nelson
I. Vertinsky
J. Webb
The Forestry Chronicle, vol. 82, no. 4, July/August 2006, pp. 529-537
Discusses how The Little Red River Cree First Nation pursues economic development through a partnership with the Alberta Government and several forest companies in the region.
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Little Red River Reserve

Articles » General
This file contains a newspaper article about the Little Red River Reserve in Saskatchewan, written by Doug Cuthand and published in the Prince Albert Daily Herald The article describes the uniqueness of the reserve in that it is not a separate First Nation but belong to two other First Nations – Montreal Lake and La Ronge. He describes the history of Little Red River First Nation and how now today there are second generation farmers continuing to support themselves and their families.
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LivingMyCulture.ca: [First Nations}

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Canadian Virtual Hospice
Information on palliative care. Contains links to four general videos, print document Coming Full Circle: Planning for Your Care, and series of brief videos created specifically for First Nations peoples arranged under the headings traditions, rituals and spirituality, expectations of care, care for patient and family, talking about illness, emotions and support, and after death and ceremonies.
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