Contextual Determinants of Health Behaviours in an Aboriginal Community in Canada: Pilot Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pamela Joseph
A. Darlene Davis
Ruby Miller
Karen Hill
Honey McCarthy ... [et al.]
BMC Public Health, vol. 12, 2012, p. article no. 952
Description
Study highlights potential barriers toward adoption of healthy behaviours including the environment which was viewed as unfavourable for walking, provided limited access to healthy food, and easy access to tobacco.
Costs and Benefits Study of Residential Thickening for the Quebec First Nations Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gaston St-Pierre and Associates
Description
Topics include definition of different housing types, theoretical models of space organization, savings attributable to six stages of density, and results of community consultation.
Cowessess First Nation Inquiry: 1907 Surrender Claim [Phase I]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background, submissions and recommendation from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine whether band members voting on surrender of part Reserve 73 were eligible under the Indian Act. ICC recommended the claim be accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Coyote Springs' White Shadows: Confrontation and Coexistence of White and Indian Worlds in Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
María Laura Arce Álvarez
Centro Ibn Gabirol
Cultura, Lenguaje Y Representación, vol. 7, 2009, pp. 9-23
Description
Confronts the stereotypes that European culture has created about Native American people and the negotiation of identity.
Creation of Indian Reserves on the Canadian Prairies 1870-1885
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D. Aidan McQuillan
Geographical Review, vol. 70, no. 4, October 1980, pp. 379-396
Description
Examines government policy in the period 1870-1885 which forced both geographic redistribution and curtailed the traditional Aboriginal ways of life in the midst of rapidly changing ecological and economic conditions.
Cree Elders Workshop 3
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Eli Bear
Jim Kanipitetew
Felix Sugar
Norman Frank
Indian History Film Project
Description
Elders discuss a variety of matters relating to Indian culture and traditions and what can be done to retain or regain these. Most topics are touched on only briefly
Cree Elders Workshop 4
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mike Bear
Daniel Ochapooways
Indian History Film Project
Description
Loss of Indianism through white education.Founding of White Fish Lake Reserve. Problems on reserves as a result of electing 'young' chiefs. Loss of Indian ceremonies and healing.
Cree Family Near Building
Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of an Aboriginal man, with four female children outside of a building. Picture possibly taken by George Mann family who worked with Cree people in Onion Lake, Saddle Lake and Hobbema reserves between 1883 and 1916. Members of the family were known to continue to visit these areas well into the 1920s.
Cree Married Couples Workshop 4
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Joe Machiskenis
George (Mrs.) Mantee
Dan (Mrs.) Pelletier
Felix (Mrs.) Sugar
James (Mrs.) Crookedneck
Jim (Mrs.) Kanipitetew
J. B. (Mrs.) Stanley
Bella (Mrs.) Wapass
Mrs. Waskewitch
Mabel Paguet
Grace Bonaise
Lawrence (Mrs.) Tobacco
Alex (Mrs
Indian History Film Project
Description
Discussion of: Role of elders in setting young people on the right road ; Importance of breast-feeding and giving up alcohol ; Need for a tipi on each reserve, to be kept for prayer, pipe ceremonies and the counselling of the young.
Crime in Aboriginal Communities: Saskatchewan, 1989
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lee Wolff
Description
Summarizes findings from a prototype study of the feasibility of obtaining crime statistics for reserves policed by the RCMP and converting those statistics into Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) format and discusses the difficulty in studying crime within the context of socio-economic conditions.
A Critical Review of Canadian First Nations and Aboriginal Housing Policy, 1867 - Present
Alternate Title
Exploring Effective Systems Responses To Homelessness
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Yale D. Belanger
Description
Gives overview of reserve housing conditions tracked through government and academic reports dating to the 1930s, looks at the impacts of the Indian Act, and discusses how jurisdictional disputes over responsibility and subsequent legal and policy separations have contributed to the current housing crisis.
Chapter from Exploring Effective Systems Responses To Homelessness edited by Naomi Nichols and Carey Doberstein.
Crooked Lake Agency - Pay Lists 1914
Documents & Presentations
Description
An Indian Affairs book containing the annuity pay lists for the reserves of the Crooked Lake Agency for the year 1914. The book is signed by Indian Agent Arthur Boyer of Broadview, Saskatchewan. The Crooked Lake Agency was composed of four reserves: Sakimay Indian Reserve #74, Cowessess Indian Reserve #73, Kahkewistahaw Indian Reserve #72, and Ochapowace Indian Reserve #71. Included in the book are annuity figures for the Cowessess, Kahkewistahaw, and Sakimary First Nations for the year 1914.
Historical note:
Cultural Guide to American Indian Tribes in Montana and Wyoming
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities
American Indian Health Research Program
Black Hills State University
Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council
Description
Groups included: Blackfoot, Crow, Fort Belknap Reservation, Little Shell Chippewa, Northern Arapaho, and Northern Cheyenne.
Cultural Transmutations
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Albert Braz
Canadian Literature, no. 182, Black Writing in Canada, Autumn, 2004, pp. 183-185
Description
Book reviews of:
For Joshua: An Ojibway Father Teaches His Son by Richard Wagamese.
The Setting Lake Sun by J. R. Lévillé.
The Great Gift of Tears by Heather Hodgson.
Culturally Relevant Governance
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 4, Tribal College Governance, Summer, 2015
Description
Looks at the occupation of Wounded Knee and the struggle of the Oglala Lakota people.
Cumberland House Cree Nation, Cumberland Reserve 100A Claim, Public Edition, July 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
USE FIREFOX FOR BEST VIEWING AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS RECORD. Consists of historical documents, submissions, correspondence/letters, transcripts, treaties, legal documents and the Final Report in English and French. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Cumberland House Cree Nation: IR 100A Inquiry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the unlawful surrender of 22,080 acres of reserve land. ICC concluded that Canada is responsible for the loss of use of the land since 1891, breach of Treaty and fiduciary duty, and recommends negotiation of settlement under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis and Alan C. Holman. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Dangerous Intersections: An Examination of Approaches to Sexual Violence Against Native Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erin Clark
Description
Looks at relationship between colonialism and gender violence as it is manifested in federal, non-profit, and Native initiatives to eliminate violence.
American Studies (B.A.)--Wesleyan University, 2009.
Deadly Embrace: From State Sovereignty to Cooperative Agreements in a Public Law-280 State
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 2008 Western Social Science Association Meeting, American Indian Studies Section
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeff Armstrong
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, Summer, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Outlines the history of Minnesota's jurisdictional arrangements with the Anishinabe Ojibwe of White Earth and five other reservations of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and how the state began asserting its sovereignty over those reservations.
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Declaration of Health Emergency by First Nations Communities in Northern Ontario: Report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andy Fillmore
David Yurdiga
Charlie Angus
Garry Anandasangaree
Mike Bossio ... [et al.]
Description
Committee presents report on their investigation into the deficiencies of the health care system.
"42nd Parliamen, 1st Session".
Decolonizing Indigenous Education in Canada
Alternate Title
Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices ; Volume 20
Education, Dominance and Identity
The WCCES Series Post-Istanbul ; Volume 1
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
K. P. Binda
Mel Lall
Description
Chapter in book: Education, Dominance and Identity edited by Diane B. Napier, Suzanne Majhanovich.
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Decolonizing the Contact Hypothesis: A Critical Interpretation of Settler Youths' Experiences of Immersion in Indigenous Communities in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joel John Badali
Community Psychology in Global Perspective, vol. 1, no. 1, 2015, pp. 64-85
Description
Proposes that cultural immersion can ameliorate relations and foster intercultural understanding to decolonize Canadian youth.
The Demonization of Aboriginal Child Welfare Authorities in the News
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Harding
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 35, no. 1, 2010, pp. 85-108
Description
Compares newspaper coverage of the deaths of two Aboriginal children while in care. One was placed by provincial authorities, the other by the Xyolhemeylh agency of the Stó:lö Nation. Survey looked at stories in the National Post, Vancouver Sun, Province, Abbotsford Times, Chilliwack Times and Mission City Record.
Depression on South Dakota's Indian Reservations: The SDERA Survey of 1935
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rolland Dewing
South Dakota History, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 1991, pp. 84-96
Description
Results from the South Dakota Emergency Relief Administration survey revealed an urgent need for improvements in health and education
Developing Crime Prevention Activities in Native Communities: A Manual
Alternate Title
User Report (Programs Branch, Ministry of the Solicitor General) ; 1987-10
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
G. S. Clarke and Associates
Description
Provides guidance on creating an administrative structure, identifying problems and needs, designing activities and organizing personnel, and setting up and sustaining programs.
Developing Federal Policy For First Nations People in Urban Areas: 1945-1975
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evelyn J. Peters
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, 2001, pp. 57-96
Description
Examines how government policies changed as result of the migration from reserves to urban centres and have lead to an "on reserve, off reserve" mentality.