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Tracking Jedediah Smith through Hupa Territory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Davis
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. 369-389
Using Hupa oral history and Jedediah Smith's personal journals to track his movements through California in the late 1820s. Parts of Jedediah Smith's journal entries are included.
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Polar Bears in the Northern Eeyou Marine Region, Québec, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brandon J. Laforest
Julie S. Hébert
Martyn E. Obbard
Gregory W. Thiemann
Arctic, vol. 71, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 40-58
A summary of 15 semi-directed interviews with Cree and Inuit Elders, conducted in June of 2012 regarding climate change and the health of polar bears. Participants unanimously agreed on the reality of a warming climate and a prolonged ice-free season, but differed by community in their perception of the health of the polar bears
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Traditional Knowledge, Co-existence and Co-resistance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [145]-158
Author analyzes ways in which settler colonialism manifests and can be explored through actions, self-reflection and relationships; discusses the process of self-decolonization and its implications for relationship-building between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
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Traditional Navajo Women: Ethnographic and Life History Portrayals

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlotte J. Frisbie
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 11-33
An examination of ethnographic material and published life histories to assess the quality and quantity of information regarding Navajo women's traditional roles and significance in Navajo society.
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Transferring of Health Programs to First Nations and Inuit Communities: Handbook 3 - After the Transfer - The New Environment

Alternate Title
Transfer of Health Programs to First Nations and Inuit Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Business Planning and Management Directorate First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
Health Canada
Looks at the post transfer environment, accountability, roles and responsibilities and policy summaries. Handbook 1 - An Introduction to Three Approaches Handbook 2 - The Health Services Transfer
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Treaties and Tuberculosis: First Nations People in Late 19th-Century Western Canada, a Political and Economic Transformation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J.W. Daschuk
Paul Hackett
Scott Macneil
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 23, no. 2, Fall, 2006, pp. 307-330
Discusses the sudden ecological, economic, and political changes in the Canadian west that caused an explosion of tuberculosis infections among First Nations communities.
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Treaty 6 Plans Moving Ahead

Alternate Title
Treaty #6 Plans Moving Ahead
Treaty No. 6 Plans Moving Ahead
Treaty Six Plans Moving Ahead
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 6, no. 5, May 1976, p. 40
Commemoration of 100th year since Treaty conclusion, planned at Beardy's Reserve and Onion Lake Reserve
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Treaty 6: Traditional Life, Making of Treaty 6, Contemporary Life

Alternate Title
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Treaty 6
Treaty 6
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Heritage Community Foundation
Website contains information on Treaty 6 including history, traditions, and customs of the Cree Nation, the Nakoda Nation, the Saulteaux Nation & the Chipewyan. The website also has information on the contemporary life of the First Nations peoples, retracing such issues as land claims, life on reserves, and the efforts to promote cultural healing.
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Treaty 8: An Anomaly Revisited

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Irwin
BC Studies, no. 127, 2000, pp. 83-101
Comments on Arthur J. Ray's article, “Treaty 8: An Anomaly of the First Nations History of British Columbia” (BC Studies, Autumn, vol. 123, p.5-58)
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Treaty Day for the Willow Cree

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen Sliwa
Saskatchewan History, vol. 47, no. 1, Spring, 1995, pp. 3-12
Describes the signing of Treaty six at Fort Carlton and the adhesion of the Willow Cree on August 28 of 1876, and the relationship between the Crown and the Cree peoples in following years. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 3,
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Treaty Referendum Questions Called 'Ridiculous'

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Matthew R. Stewart
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 9, January 2002, p. 11

Questions a referendum proposed by B. C. treaty negotiators, arguing that the rights of a minority (First Nations) were being placed in front of a majority (constituents) and that some questions asked address rights already affirmed in Canadian courts and the Constitution.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.

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Tri-lateral - Is This INAC Code for Downloading?

Alternate Title
Tri-lateral - Is This Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Code for Downloading?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 4, July 2005, p. 9

Questions whether INAC's move toward a tri-lateral relationship with the province and First Nations peoples is really a breach in its fiduciary duty with the latter.

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

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Tribal Watershed Management: Culture, Science, Capacity, and Collaboration

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda Cronin
David M. Ostergren
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter, 2007, pp. 87-109
Research report draws on field notes and case studies to assess the capacity of Tribal governance bodies to manage watersheds using a combination of Western and Indigenous scientific practices, and to analyze tribal management in context of collaborative watershed management groups.
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A Trip to Île-à-la-Crosse in 1915

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rufus Redmond Earle
Saskatchewan History, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter, 1986, pp. 21-31
Originally published in The Press, Battleford Feb. 17, 1916. Details the trip made by the author and J.D. Noel from Battleford to Île-à-la-Crosse; includes information about the modes and conditions of travel, people they met along the way, and the author’s impressions of the village. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 21.
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Tsawwassen First Nation: Land Facing the Sea

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Tsawwassen First Nation
Website provides access to TFN Government: annual reports, service plans, elections, education & development, environment, finance, health & social services, lands, natural resources, administration, enrollment, government services; Law Registry: TFN laws, judicial documents; Treaty: final agreement; Economic Development: reports, employment & business opportunities, newsletters, media; Community: legislative assembly meetings, facilities, community groups, business, catering, commercial, construction, retail; and Information Centre: publications, media releases, community notices,
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Tunnel Vision

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ron Johnson
Earth Island Journal, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 43-48
Focuses on the opposition of several First Nations groups to the construction of oil pipeline projects in Canada.
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Tuuhikya: The Hopi Healer

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Earl Grant
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 3/4, Autumn-Winter, 1982, pp. 291-304

Investigation into Tuuhikya, or true healers, by looking at their roles and methods in Hopi culture in both traditional and modern times.

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Two Indian men in ceremonial dress.

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Seymour's Photo Finishers
A photograph of two Indian men in ceremonial dress (buckskin decorated with beadwork), smoking cigarettes. Probably taken in Carlton at a Treaty celebration.
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Two Indian men in ceremonial head-dresses.

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Seymour's Photo Finishers
A photograph of two Indian men in ceremonial tunics, leggings and head dresses holding flag staff. Non-native on-lookers in background. Probably taken in Fort Carlton at a Treaty celebration.
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U.S. Colonization of Indian Justice Systems: A Brief History

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Chiago Lujan
Gordon Adams
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 2, Autumn, 2004, pp. 9-23
Describes the impact of colonization on Native American justice systems in the United States and the growing trends toward culturally appropriate justice systems by tribal governments.
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Understanding Child Care in First Nations Communities

Alternate Title
FNIGC Research Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
Looks at child-care use, types of child-care arrangements, and satisfaction with options available. Uses data from the 2016 First Nations Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey.
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Understanding the Environmental Assessment Process for Energy and Mining Projects: A Toolkit for First Nations Communities

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Energy and Mining Council
Designed to help communities and their leaders: understand the environmental assessment process, how First Nations can be effectively involved, regimes under agreements and acts, and regulatory processes. Some information is specific to the British Columbia context.
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