New Minister Announces Policy Shift

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen LaRose
Windspeaker, vol. 17, no. 6, October 1999, p. 3
Description

Aboriginal leaders at the 1999 Treaty 4 commemorations in Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan are hopeful as newly appointed Minister of Indian Affairs, Robert Nault, states the time has come for federal government to move towards treaty implementation as a way of defining its relationship with First Nations.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.3.

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A New Paradigm in Canadian Indian Policy for the 1990s

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sally M. Weaver
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 22, no. 3, Special Issue: First Nations: The Politics of Change and Survival, 1990, pp. 8-19
Description
Looks at new paradigm regarding emerging issues and the resulting turmoil and political actions taken by the Aboriginal people.
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New Relationships with Aboriginal People and Communities in B.C.: Measuring Outcomes 2010-2011

Alternate Title
New Relationships with Aboriginal People and Communities in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation [British Columbia]
Description
Measures and reports on five keys areas: improving Crown - Aboriginal relationships, education, housing and infrastructure, health and economic opportunities. Includes data for Métis and urban Aboriginal people. Related material: Annual Report on Progress, 2010-2011.
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New Relationships with Aboriginal People and Communities in British Columbia: Annual Report on Progress [2007-2013]

Alternate Title
New Relationships with Aboriginal People and Communities in B.C.: Annual Report on Progress
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation British Columbia
Description
Looks at progress in communities affected by the Transformative Change Accord and the Métis Nation Relationship Accord in five keys areas: improving Crown - Aboriginal relationships, education, housing and infrastructure, health and economic opportunities.
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A New Road and a Dead End in Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott Andrews
Arizona Quarterly, vol. 63, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 137-152
Description
Discusses similarities in the socio-economic realities faced, with a focus on the lack of power faced by Native Americans and African Americans and and their need to find artistic outlets of exchange.
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Newcomers, Be True to Yourselves

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Joseph
Canadian Issues, Aboriginal Immigrant Relations Today, Summer, 2012, pp. 9-10
Description
Author asserts that we must leave bigotry and racism behind and embrace multiculturalism. To access article scroll to p. 9.
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Nez Perce Country

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
James Thull
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 4, Tribal College Leadership and Vision, Summer, 2009
Description
Book review of: Nez Perce Country by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
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Ngā Tāpiritanga: In What Ways Are Indigenous Māori Perspectives on Attachment Similar to and Different From Western Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Attachment and What Are the Implications for the Practice of Psychotherapy in Aotearoa New Zealand? A Kaupapa Māori Critical Literature Review

Alternate Title
Nga Tapiritanga: In What Ways Are Indigenous Maori Perspectives on Attachment Similar to and Different From Western Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Attachment and What Are the Implications for the Practice of Psychotherapy in Aotearoa New Zealand? A Kaupa
Theses
Author/Creator
Anna Hinehou Flemming
Description
Psychology Thesis (M.Psych.)--Auckland University of Technology, 2016.
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Ngapartji Ngapartji: Finding Ethical Approaches to Research Involving Indigenous Peoples, Australian Perspectives

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gina Louise Hawkes
David Pollock
Barry Judd
Peter Phipps
Elinor Assoulin
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 17-41
Description
Article explores the process of integrating ethical research frameworks for engaging Indigenous communities into academic institutions. Authors use five personal vignettes to examine the potential pitfalls related to integrating Indigenous values knowledge systems with Western legal practices.
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Night: A Collective Creation by Human Cargo, Written and Directed by Christopher Morris: Study Guide

Alternate Title
National Arts Centre English Theatre Programme for Student Audiences ; 2009-2010 Season
Saqiyuq: Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pamela Levac
Christopher Morris
Description
Includes synopsis of the play, information of Indigenous peoples of the North, the Inuktitut language, Pond Islet, Baffin Island, and an interview with writer/director,
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Nightland and the Mythic West

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Lizut Helstern
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 2, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Louis Owens, Summer, 1998, pp. 61-75
Description
Explores the conflict between white and traditional values and their expression in two mixedblood brothers, as well as parallels with the Old West genre. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Niigan ni Naabidaa ji Bizhikaad wa Mnidoo-da-ji-jaakmowaan Kwewag Kendaming Mno- Bimaadiziying Mnji-doodaagewin tesinog = Looking Ahead to Build the Spirit of Our Women: Learning to Live Free from Violence

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre
Greater Sudbury Police Service
Description
Discusses partnership initiated by the N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre and the Greater Sudbury Police Service in response to the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Goal of the project is to collaborate with community groups and establish a positive relationship focused on preventative measures.
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Niitsitapi Relational and Experiential Theories in Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tsuaki R. O. Marule
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 35, no. 1, Indigenous Pedagogies Resurgence and Restoration, 2012, pp. 131-143, 223
Description
Discusses a proposed Indigenous educational theory centering on Niitsitapi ways of knowing to reappropriate the curricular space.
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The Nile Project: Music as Metaphor

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Dupain Vashaw
Mina Girgis
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 118-122
Description
Project brings together musicians and singers from the Nile Basin countries to address water and cultural issues.
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Nindibaajimomin: Digital Storytelling on the Inter-generational Experiences of Residential Schools

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Oral History Centre
Description
Collection of six short videos from the Nindibaajimomin Summer Institute held at the Oral History Centre. My Story by Eileen Clearsky. My Mother's Love was in a Bowl of Porridge by Marlyn Bennett. Reflections by Cheryl Morin. Our Story by Priscilla Settee. Heart and Mind by Dallas Good Water. Okosisimaw by Lana Whiskeyjack. Combined duration: 19:34.
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The Nine Lives of Cherum, the Pai Tokumhet

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Henry F. Dobyns
Robert C. Euler
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 363-385
Description
Article is a biographical sketch of the Pai Chief Cherum; but is also the authors’ critical examination of the concept of the “ethnographic present.”
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Nineteenth Century Canada: Indigenous Place of Dis-ease

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Hudson-Rodd
Health & Place, vol. 4, no. 1, March 1998, pp. 55-66
Description
Examines the process of the loss of traditional Aboriginal lands and the impact on the people's overall well being.
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Nineteenth Century Women and Reform: The Women's National Indian Association

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Sherer Mathes
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, Winter, 1990, pp. 1-18
Description
Article examines the role that was played in the formation of Indian Policy in the United States by the Women's National Indian Association (WNIA). Describes the influence of evangelical Christianity, the Protestant ethic, and Victorian ideals of womanhood in this organization.
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Ninth Annual Health Promotion Conference

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, July/August 1997, pp. 8-10
Description
Reports on the conference held in Darwin, Australia under the theme, "People, Places, Programs - Exploring Better Practice in Health Promotion for Diverse Populations".
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Nipawi, on the Saskatchewan River, and its Historic Sites

Alternate Title
Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada ; 3rd series, section 2 ; vol. 38, 194
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Arthur S. Morton
Description

This history deals primarily with the fur trade and the numerous posts in the "Nipawi", or Fort a la Corne and Nipawin areas along the Saskatchewan River from the 1750s to the 1790s. It contains historical and field research by Morton on the various French, Northwest Company, Independent, and Hudson's Bay Company posts found in this region of what is today Saskatchewan. Morton also discusses the war between the Cree and the original Atsina, or Gros Ventre, inhabitants of the area, as well as trade between First Nations and Europeans.

Historical note:

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Nisga'a Chief Defends Land Deal

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathy Blair
Anglican Journal, vol. 124, no. 9, October 1998, p. [?]
Description
Discussion of controversy surrounding Nisga'a treaty.
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Nisga'a Paradigm of Rebirth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Antonia Mills
Deanna Nyce
Emma Nyce
Joseph Gosnell
Pauline Grandison
Lorene Plante ... [et al.]
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 85-95, 187-189
Description
Discusses the spiritual beliefs associated with reincarnation.
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The Nishga and the Fur Trade, 1834-1842

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
E. Palmer Patterson
Native Studies Review , vol. 6, no. 1, 1990, pp. 67-82
Description
Explores Nishga-European contact from the perspective of land-based fur trade centred at Fort Simpson.
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Nistawatsiman: Rethinking Assessment of Aboriginal Parents for Child Welfare Following the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gabrielle Lindstrom
Peter W. Choate
The First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 11, no. 2, Special Issue: The Sixties Scoop and Indigenous Child Welfare, 2016, pp. 45-59
Description
Looks at present child assessment practices that are based on western child rearing views and the differences with Aboriginal culture. References the Blackfoot in Alberta.
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Niw_Hk_M_Kanak ("All My Relations") Metis-First Nations Relations

Alternate Title
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Paul L. A. H. Chartrand
Description
Discusses relations between First Nations and Metis peoples before Federal presence in the West and looks for ideas on how self-government might be brought about.
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