NWT Report Urges Recognition for Aboriginal Healers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Helwig
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 162, no. 13, June 27, 2000, p. 1862
Description
Outlines recommendations found in Our Communities, Our Decisions: Let's Get On With It!, the final report of the Minister's Forum on Health and Social Services.
'O Se Toe Fafagu Mo Lau Gagana Sāmoa: Pepa: Fonotaga 'Aukilani Niu Sila - 2011
Alternate Title
'O Se Toe Fafagu Mo Lau Gagana Sāmoa
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Papaliitele Moeimanono Fouvaa
Galumalemana Alfred Hunkin
Meaola Amituanai-Toloa
Tagaloatele Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop
Sala Faasaulala Tagoilelagi Leota
Faatamalii Kesi ... [et al.]
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 2, Ngaahi Lea a e Kakai Pasifika: Endangered Pacific Languages and Cultures, 2010, pp. 171-179
Description
Looks at practices and strategies to preserve and protect the Samoan language and culture. Text in Māori language.
Oakes Account book, Lawrence Ermatinger account book and letter book, E.W. Gray Letters
Archival » Archival Items
Description
A collection of accounts and letters from Forrest Oakes' Account book, Lawrence Ermatinger's Engagement and Account Book and Letter Book, and E.W. Gray's Letter Books, all in the 1700's which give an idea of indigenous involvement in trade at the time.
"Object Lessons": Domesticity and Display in Native American Assimilation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane E. Simonsen
American Studies, vol. 43, no. 1, Spring, 2002, pp. 75-99
Description
Looks at the promotion of home-building programs on reservations, from the white imagination to the realities of tribal life, by examining instances of attempted domestic reform.
Objets ethnographiques associés aux Inuit du Labrador exhibés en Europe en 1880
Alternate Title
Ethnographic Objects Associated with the Labrador Inuit Who Were Exhibited in Europe in 1880
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
France Rivet
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, Arctic Collections and Museology: Presentations, Disseminations, and Interpretations, 2018, pp. 137-159
Description
Article discusses the collections of Inuit artifacts and remains being held in European museums including the nature and provenance of the items.
Occupational Therapy at the 'Cultural Interface': Lessons From Research With Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yvonne Thomas
Marion Gray
Sue McGinty
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, vol. 58, no. 1, Indigenous Health, Well-Being, Social and Economic Inclusion-Closing the Gaps, February 2011, pp. 11-16
Description
"This article identifies the challenges of research and practice at the 'cultural interface', the juncture where Western knowledge meets the Indigenous knowledge of our clients".
Occupational Training for America's Forgotten Minority
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Everett D. Edington
Darrell S. Willey
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 10, no. 2, January 1971, pp. [15-20]
Description
Discusses the low standard of living, poverty rates, and improvements in vocational and technical education.
Octave Fidler Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Octave Fidler
Carol Pearlstone
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he tells stories of the Riel Rebellion of 1885 as told to him by his father.
Of Baggage and Bondage: Gender and Status among Hidatsa and Crow Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martha Harroun Foster
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, 1993, pp. 121-152
Description
Uses a widely accepted model of Great Plains women’s roles and status to appraise and explore the problems inherent in past evaluations.
Of Boundaries and Borders: First Nations' History in Museums
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Moira McLoughlin
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [365-385]
Description
Reviews museums' traditional approach to native culture and contends that the division between "white" and aboriginal history is artificial and reinforces the idea that European culture being superior to that of indigenous peoples.
Of What a House Can Do: Notes on Houses as Agents in Social Change and Religious Transformation in the Contemporary Inuit Community of Qikiqtarjuaq
Alternate Title
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anja Nicole Stuckenberger
Description
Comments on the combination of materiality and spiritual essence of Inuit objects and the integration of Western models of living into tradition Inuit ways.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Off Native Ground: Europe in Contemporary American Indian Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Mackay
European Journal of American Culture, vol. 31, no. 3, Native Americans in Europe in the Twentieth Century, October 18, 2012, pp. 249-263
Description
Examines poetry by Native American poets: Simon Ortiz, Jim Barnes, Drucilla Wall, Luci Tapahonso, Joy Harjo, Ralph Salisbury and James Thomas.
Off-Reservation Boarding High School Teachers: How Are They Perceived by Former American Indian Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ben Chavis
The Social Science Journal, vol. 36, no. 1, January 1999, p. 33
Description
Discusses various recollections of the teacher-student relationships Native American's had with their former teachers in boarding school settings, and looks at the process of assimilation fostered within the context of an all-Indian boarding school.
'Off Welfare....Now What?" Phase II, Part 2: Analysis
Alternate Title
CUISR Monograph Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carmen G. Dyck
CUISR Monograph Series
Description
Examines the impact of labour force attachment programs on the quality of life on participants by analyzing real life experiences Concludes health and well-being of recipients are not promoted.
Ojibwa Indians: A Letter to the Rev. Mesac Thomas, M.A. Secretary of the Colonial Church and School Society Respecting the Indians of British America
Alternate Title
Ojibwe Indians: A Letter to the Rev. Mesac Thomas, M.A. Secretary of the Colonial Church and School Society Respecting the Indians of British America
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joseph Kingsmill (d. 1865)
Description
Narrative set in letter format by Joseph Kingsmill, a Chaplain of the Pentonville Prison, in London.
An Ojibwe American Indian Vew of Adult Learning in the Workplace
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda LeGarde Grover
Karen M. Keenan
Advances in Developing Human Resources, vol. 8, no. 3, 2006, pp. 391-399
Description
Uses cultural group located in North Central United States and southern Canada ito illustrate how knowledge of culture, world view and learning-styles can inform human resource development practices
"The Old Sami" - Who Is He And How Should He Be Cared For? A Discourse Analysis of Norwegian Policy Documents Regarding Care Services For Elderly Sami
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bodil Hansen Blix
Torunn Hamran
Hans Ketil Normann
Acta Borealia , vol. 30, no. 1, June 2013, pp. 75-100
Description
Discusses the challenges of providing culturally appropriate care to the elderly Sami of Norway.
Old School?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anonymous
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 52-61
Description
Author describes their experience as a member of the Natives Studies faculty at an American University; articulates different conflicts and institutional practices that led to their leaving the faculty.
Old Texts, Old Questions: Another Look at the Issue of Continuity and the Early Fur-Trade Period
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Toby Morantz
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 73, no. 2, June 1992, pp. 166-194
Description
Explains why early historians thought that the Cree of James Bay became rapidly dependent on Europeans and how opinions have now changed.
Old Wive's Tales: A Report in an Oil-Royalties Lawsuit Questions the Reliability of Indian Oral History
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Candis McLean
Report Newsmagazine (Alberta Edition), vol. 29, no. 13, June 24, 2002, pp. 26-27
Description
Report by Tom Flanagan, submitted in the Samson case, says Chiefs were aware they were giving up mineral rights when signing Treaty Six/ Treaty 6.
Oliver Adams and Livina Lightbrown
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Oliver Adams
Lavina Lightbrown
Lavina Lightbown
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview that discusses the changes occurring in Haida culture. NOTE: Lavina Lightbrown probably Lavina Lightbown
Oliver Adams and Livina Lightbrown #2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Oliver Adams
Lavina Lightbrown
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview that is essentially a general discussion on the conflicts between generations.