Aa-Wiichaautuwiihkw: Coming Together to Walk Together. Creating a Culturally Appropriate Watershed and Marine Protected Area in Paakumshumwaau (Old Factory) James Bay, Quebec ; Year 3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shu Yi Chu
Jodie Martinson
Valerie Crystal
Anna Usborne
Sophie Lefrançois ... [et al.]
Description
Final report of three-year research project. Looks at what needs to be protected and what is offered for marine protection by the federal government.
Aboriginal Antecedents and Contemporary Practices of Restorative Justice: Canada and United States Comparisons
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Larry French
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, Winter, 2013, pp. 1-13
Description
Looks at the programs based on restorative justice, such as sentencing circles and peacemaker courts, and discusses their similarities and differences.
Aboriginal Students and School Mobility in British Columbia Public Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl Aman
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 54, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 356-377
Description
Reviews literature on school change and student achievement, data relating to school change of Aboriginal students in public schools, and consequences for schools with high rates of mobile Aboriginal students.
Aborignality and the Arctic North in Canadian Nationalist Superhero Comics, 1940-2004
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason Dittmer
Soren Larsen
Historical Geography, vol. 38, 2010, pp. 52-69
Description
Looks at the emergence of the Canadian comic industry and the superhero genre. Discusses examples like Nelvana of the Northern Lights, Canada Jack, and Johnny Canuck.
Access and Barriers to Food Items and Food Preparation Among Plains Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Betty Geishirt Cantrell
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 65-74
Description
Discusses four-year study of Sioux and Winnebago peoples to develop and evaluate a diabetes education program; they found education about diet and diabetes is not enough, when access to healthier diet is a continuing problem.
Access to Health Services as a Social Determinant of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health
Alternate Title
Social Determinants of Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre For Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Description
Looks at geographic, socio-economic, and cultural barriers to health services and strategies to improve services.
Achomawi Geography
Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.23, no.5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Fred B. Kniffen
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 23, (pp297-332).
Addressing Disparities in the Health of American Indian and Alaska Native People: The Importance of Improved Public Health Data
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ursula E. Bauer
Marcus Plescia
American Journal of Public Health , vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S255-S247
Description
Uses links to Indian Health Services (IHS) patient records to lessen misclassification of race and identify eligibility for services from federally recognized tribes.
The Advancement of Knowledge in La Pérouse's 1782 Expedition to Hudson Bay
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Denis Combet
Constance Cartmill
Manitoba History, no. 59, October 2008, pp. 25-33
Description
Looks at the 1782 expedition of Count Jean François de la Pérouse, his leadership of the mission, encounters with Indigenous Peoples, and observations made by the crew.
Advancing Landscape Change Research through the Incorporation of Iñupiaq Knowledge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy R. Eisner
Chris J. Cuomo
Kenneth M. Hinkel
Benjamin M. Jones
Ronald H. Brower
Arctic, vol. 62, no. 4, December 2009, p. 429–442
Description
Discusses how Indigenous Knowledge can help scientific understanding of landscape changes on the Arctic Coastal Plain and on lake processes.
Adventures of a Surveyor in the Canadian Northwest, 1880-1883
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lewis H. Thomas
W. T. Thompson
Saskatchewan History, vol. 3, no. 3, Autumn, 1950, pp. 81-98
Description
Memoir of surveyor William Thomas Thompson; introduction by Lewis H. Thomas. Describes Thompson’s route, work, and experiences in Western Canada; includes encounters with Tatanka Iyotake (Sitting Bull), Chief Sakimay, Métis and Saulteaux people, the RCMP, and several government representatives. Entire issue on one PDF file, scroll to page 81.
Against Determinism: A Reassessment of Marcel Mauss's Essay on Seasonal Variations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael T. Bravo
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, Gender Issues, 2006, pp. 33-49
Description
Article performs a subsequent review on the essay and concludes the crucial principle affecting Inuit seasonal life is the symbiosis between the social and physical worlds.
Ainu Geographic Names and an Indigenous History of the Herring in Hokkaido, Japan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shingo Hamada
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 35, no. 2, 2015, pp. 43-58
Description
Research paper suggests that geographical name study enables researchers to identify cultural variations in various locations in Japan.
Air Clinic To Warraber Island
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Freda Filewood
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, March 1984, pp. 26-27
Description
Briefly discusses the logistical challenges of providing health care to isolated island located 72 kilometres north east of Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, Australia.
Air Travel To The Outer Islands
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lena Passi
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, March 1984, pp. 24-25
Description
Article discusses the challenges of providing health care across the seventeen islands that comprise the Torres Straits Islands
Algonquin Notions of Jurisdiction: Inserting Indigenous Voices into Legal Spaces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bettina Koschade
Evelyn J. Peters
Geografiska Annaler Series B: Human Geography, vol. 88, no. 3, 2006, pp. 299-310
Description
Examines the strategies used by the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation and Allies (AAFNA) in judicial and legislative settings to make their voices heard.
Allotment Knowledges: Grid Spaces, Home Places, and Storyscapes on The Way to Rainy Mountain
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcel Brousseau
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 136-167
Description
Looks at Kiowa responses to allotment by comparing N. Scott Momaday’s canonical literary work to Mark Palmer's "Indigital" cartography in terms of understanding, recording and remembering the process and effects of the United States government’s policy in the Oklahoma territory.
"Almost Every Place, Every Rock, Had a Name": A Consideration of Place-name Density on King Island, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deanna Paniataaq Kingston
AlterNative, vol. 5, no. 1, 2009, pp. 6-25
Description
Compares concentration of place names on King Island to those reported for other communities and poses factors that may have contributed to this difference.
Amakomanak: An Early Holocene Microblade Site in Northwestern Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yan Axel Gómez Coutouly
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 111-135
Description
Author compares Amakomanak microblade assemblage to that of others from sites in Alaska; argues that the raw materials available in a given area are responsible for the different microblade designs described.