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The Diabetic Plague in Indian Country: Legacy of Displacement

Alternate Title
The Diabetic Plague in Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorelei De Cora
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 16, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 9-15
Examines the possible causes and contributors to the high rate of diabetes in Native American communities.
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Dibaajimowin: The Art of Storytelling

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Dibaajimowin
Website created as an educational tool for teaching about the history, culture and language of the Métis and Ojibwe people through stories and other information.
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The Difficulties with Devolution: Community-Based Forest Management Planning in the Yukon Under Comprehensive Land Claims

Alternate Title
Project Report (Sustainable Forest Management Network) ; 2001-28
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Debra Wortley
Naomi Krogman
Debra Davidson
Final project report. Examines the role of the Alsek Renewable Resource Council in Yukon’s first forest management plan, and the challenges associated with the devolution of forest management planning responsibilities.
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Digital Data Management in Kahnawà:ke

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rob McMahon
Tim LaHache
Tim Whiteduck
Discusses the Mohawk community's development and implementation of the CANO system and its operations including administration, infrastructure and connectivity, systems, and personnel.
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Digital Technology Adoption in Resilient Remote First Nations

Alternate Title
From Black Horses to White Steeds: Building Community Resilience
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Brian Beaton
Franz Seibel
Lyle Thomas
Includes information from 2014 online community questionnaire about digital technology use and local social enterprise, as well two case studies: a Keewaytinook Okimakanak project to support social enterprises and entrepreneurs, and a presentation by an entrepreneur in one of the Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations. Paper from From Black Horses to White Steeds: Building Community Resilience edited by Laurie Brinklow and Ryan Gibson.
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Disturbing the Dead: Diversity and Commonality Among the Stó:lō

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathryn McKay
University of the Fraser Valley Research Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Through Students Eyes: Selected Papers From the Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School, Spring, 2009, pp. 119-136
Discusses the manner in which the Coast Salish attitude towards death and burial has been reflected in their cultural practices and oral traditions.
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Diversifying Aboriginal Forestry: Broad Directions

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Harry Bombay
Argues that First Nation communities must look beyond timber harvesting to develop strategies encompassing new and different approaches to forest-based development.
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Diverting an Old Man from Alberta; There is a River Involved, but the Old Man is not in it (He is Reading his Local Newspaper)

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sara Johansson
Totem, vol. 14, no. 1, 2006, pp. 23-28
Looks at portrayal newspapers put in articles printed in the Calgary Herald, the Montreal Gazette, the Vancouver Province and the Edmonton journal pertaining to the diversion of the Oldman River by a group called the Lone Fighters from the Peigan First Nation.
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Doing Treaty Land Entitlement Research in Saskatchewan

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peggy Martin-McGuire
Practicing Anthropology, vol. 18, no. 4, Fall, 1996, pp. 29-32
The author recounts her own personal experience working as a special advisor to the Office of the Treaty Commissioner to discuss contemporary treaty negotiations.
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“Down the Memory Spilling Out into the World” (Silko): The Spiral Cycle of Repetition With Variation in the Serious Comedy of Native American Traditional Mythoi as an Adaptive Bridge into the Future

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 9th, 2011
Where No One Else Has Gone Before: Proceedings of the Ninth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Joseph Faulds
Discusses how the spiral journey of mythic heroes is used to provide a shift in viewer perspective.
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Draft Agreement on Governance Ready for Chiefs to Consider [Amendments to Indian Act]

Alternate Title
Draft Agreement on Governance Ready for Chiefs to Consider
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 8, December 2001, p. 8

Viewpoint of National Chief Matthew Coon Come as he lobbies to have Assembly of First Nations issues included in the federal government's First Nations Governance draft agreement.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

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Drugs Alone Won't Eradicate TB in First Nations

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Drugs Alone Won't Eradicate Tuberculosis in First Nations
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, November 21, 2008, p. A13
Contends that poverty is the major underlying cause to the spread of tuberculosis in Aboriginal communities.
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The Economic Cost of COVID-19: Supporting the Recovery of Indigenous Firms and Communities

Alternate Title
APEC Research Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fred Bergman
Information from interviews with chiefs, community officials and businesses and existing knowledge. Includes statistics on the pandemic's effect on community well-being, individual and community-owned businesses, the Atlantic First Nations fishery, employment, community program resources, health outcomes, food security, and use of relief supports.
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Edgar Dewdney and the Aftermath of the Rebellion

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jean Larmour
Saskatchewan History, vol. 23, no. 3, Autumn, 1970, pp. [105]-116
Describes North-West Territories Lieutenant-Governor's opinions and influence in the trials of participants in the North-West Resistance, the restoration of the Canadian government’s authority in the Territories, and the relationship between the state and Indigenous peoples. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 105.
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Editorial: It Takes All of Us to Enforce the Law

Alternate Title
It Takes All of Us to Enforce the Law: First Nations Child and Family Caring society of Canada et al. v. Attorney General of Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
[Sarah Clarke
Sébastien Grammond
Anne Levesque
David Taylor]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2018, p. [5]
Links to a short film which examines the history and significance of a case in which the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found Canada guilty of racial discrimination against First Nations Children. It Takes All of Us ... Duration 26:16.
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The Edwin Brooks Letters: Part I

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The Edwin Brooks Letters: Part 1
The Edwin Brooks Letters: Part One
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Edwin Brooks
Saskatchewan History, vol. 10, no. 3, Autumn, 1957, pp. 104-114

Brooks moved from eastern Canada to what is now Indian Head in the spring of 1882; went into partnership in with George P. Murray to form Murray and Brooks, General Merchants, 1883. In 1885 he sat on the jury that found Louis Riel Guilty of High Treason. Letters contain some commentary on local Indigenous peoples, events and settler-Indigenous and government-Indigenous relations. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 104

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The Edwin Brooks Letters: Part II

Alternate Title
The Edwin Brooks Letters: Part 2
The Edwin Brooks Letters: Part Two
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Edwin Brooks
Saskatchewan History, vol. 11, no. 1, Winter, 1958, pp. 30-37

Brooks moved from eastern Canada to what is now Indian Head in the spring of 1882; went into partnership in with George P. Murray to form Murray and Brooks, General Merchants, 1883. In 1885 he sat on the jury that found Louis Riel Guilty of High Treason. Letters contain some commentary on local Indigenous peoples, events and settler-Indigenous and government-Indigenous relations. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 30

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The Edwin Brooks Letters: Part III

Alternate Title
The Edwin Brooks Letters: Part 3
The Edwin Brooks Letters: Part Three
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Edwin Brooks
Saskatchewan History, vol. 11, no. 2, Spring, 1958, pp. 67-75

Brooks moved from eastern Canada to what is now Indian Head in the spring of 1882; went into partnership in with George P. Murray to form Murray and Brooks, General Merchants, 1883. In 1885 he sat on the jury that found Louis Riel Guilty of High Treason. Letters contain some commentary on local Indigenous peoples, events and settler-Indigenous and government-Indigenous relations. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 67.

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Effectiveness of an Outreach Model of Care for Rheumatology Specialty Clinics to an On-Reserve First Nations Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sujay Nagaraj
Margaret Kargard
Brenda Hemmelgarn
Marvin J. Fritzler
Tyler White ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 1, A Barrier-free Health System for Indigenous Communities, August 27, 2018, pp. 157-167
Seven-year-long study involving 59 individuals looked at the effectiveness of incorporating specialty services into primary care systems on Siksika First Nation in southern Alberta. Assessment based on disease activity measures and patient-reported outcomes found that despite improvements in swollen and tender joint counts and adherence to current treatment regimes, there was no significant improvement in self-reported outcomes.
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The Employment of Indians in the War of 1812

Alternate Title
Annual Report of the American Historical Association ; 1895
E-Books
Author/Creator
E. Cruikshank

From the Annual Report of the American Historical Association for 1895, pages 321-335.

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“Endeavor to Persevere”: The Bad, the Good, and Making Frybread

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sam Pack
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, 2018, pp. 55-73
Author discusses the Navajo ways of blending traditional practices, identities, and ways of being with contemporary mainstream social structures and lifestyles.
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