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Barrier to Healthcare Access Faced by Indigenous Women in the Guatemalan Highland

Alternate Title
Barriers to Healthcare Access Faced by Indigenous Women in the Guatemalan Highland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily A. Kragel
Logan N. Beyer
David L. Boyd
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 1, A Barrier-free Health System for Indigenous Communities, August 2018, pp. 104-121
Data collected from 15 study participants living in three different communities indicates a hierarchy of barriers with the barrier of geography appearing to be the first and most difficult to overcome. Subsequent barriers include cost, perceived quality of care, trust of medical provider and available time.
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Barriers to Access to Health and Social Services for English-speaking First Nations Communities in Quebec

Alternate Title
[Appendix A: Portrait of the Situation for English-speaking First Nations: Accessing Health and Social Services in English in the Province of Quebec]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Coalition of English-speaking First Nations in Quebec (CESFNCQ)
Discusses broad issues and challenges as well as difficulties associated with residing in a predominantly francophone province and identifies key priority areas. Includes community profiles and results of survey of residents.
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Barriers to Accommodating Culture in Science Classrooms

Alternate Title
Symposium of the International Organization for Science and Technology ; 9th, 1999
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Glen Aikenhead
Bente Huntley
Advocates a culturally responsive curriculum which is only possible with culturally-based instructional resources and teacher involvement. Paper originally presented to 9th Symposium of the International Organization for Science and Technology.
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Barriers to and Strategies for Engaging Non-Indigenous Canadians in First Nations Water Rights: A Qualitative Inquiry

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katelin H. S. Neufeld
Laura M. Funk
Katherine B. Starzyk
Michelle I. Gorea
Lisette Dansereau
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 2019
Qualitative interview study which engages 22 non-Indigenous Canadians from one city, explores how knowledgeable and how engaged participants are about the issues surrounding drinking water in Indigenous communities. Found that most participants had minimal understanding of the issue and faced barriers to engagement including racism and a lack of resources, capacity, and personal responsibility.
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The Bases Are Loaded: American Indians and American Studies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carter Meland
Joseph Bauerkemper
LeAnne Howe
Heidi Stark
American Studies, vol. 46, no. 3-4, Indigeneity at the Crossroads of American Studies, Fall/Winter, 2005, pp. 391-416

Argues that the field of American Studies would not exist without the presence of Native Americans and that their world view and contributions are both valid and desirable. 

Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.

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Basic Empowering Strategies for the Classroom

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon A. Mihesuah
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 459-478
Author details several methods for teaching Indigenous Studies in a way that engages both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students which he has developed through 16 years of experience teaching “Native history, culture, and current events.
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Batoche Election 1888

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D.H. Bocking
Saskatchewan History, vol. 42, no. 1, Winter, 1989, pp. 1-10
Discusses the amendments to the North-West Territories Act which created a Legislative Assembly for the Territories; describes the process of creating constituencies and details the events of the first election of Members of the Legislative Assembly. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 1.
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Battleford Beleaguered.

Documents & Presentations
File contains a copy of Battleford Beleaguered: 1885. The Story of the Riel Uprising from the columns of the Saskatchewan Herald, edited and published by William L. Clink, 1984. This publication was republished as a project of the North West Centennial Advisory Committee, with a new introduction by F. Laurie Barron in 1985. Several copies of the new introduction and Barron's notes on its development and editing are all part of this file.
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The Battleford Post - Pamphlet. - 1949.

Archival » Archival Items
Pamphlet outlining the history of Fort Battleford, Saskatchewan. Five original buildings remain as the nucleus of this national historic site.

Historical note:

Fort Battleford, built in 1876 and in use until 1924, was the sixth Northwest Mounted Police fort to be established in the Northwest Territories of Canada, and played a central role in the events of the Northwest Resistance of 1885.
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Battling Whiteness: Methodological Dilemmas Throughout My Journey As an Anthropologists in Indian Country

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 2008 Western Social Science Association Meeting, American Indian Studies Section
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Noa Apeloig
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, Summer, 2008, p. [?]
Discusses the difficulties, conflicts, methodological problems, and theoretical insights that emerged from the interactions and relationships with members of the Native American community at Haskell Indian Nations University. Scroll down to access article.
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Bazaar Artist: Hawk Henries

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Agnes Portalewska
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, The Interconnectedness of Languages, Rivers, and Forests, December 2011, p. [?]
Indigenous flutist and flute maker discusses how music can be used to create a space where people from diverse cultural and spiritual backgrounds can engage in meaningful dialogue.
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BCA 2013 Indigenous Engagement Survey Results and Progress Report

Alternate Title
Business Council of Australia Indigenous Engagement Survey Results and Progress Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Business Council of Australia
Member companies reported on engagement, employment, education, procurement/supplier diversity and community partnerships.
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BCcampus Indigenization Project: Environmental Scan Summary

Alternate Title
[Indigenization Project: Process Documents and Resources]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[BCcampus Indigenization Project Steering Committee?]
Inventory of Indigenous-specific and Indigenized professional resources developed, delivered, accessed and included at post-secondary institutions across the province, as well as external opportunities offered by companies and other organizations. Information includes title, name of host organization, overview, duration/frequency, audience, and licensing and access.
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Beads, Wampum, Money, Words—and Old English Riddles

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carter Revard
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 1999, pp. 177-189
Argues that Wampum was a historical record, containing matters that were held sacred, but when first encountered by Europeans, because it was held with such respect, Wampum was assumed by the Europeans to be money.
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The Bear Facts

Alternate Title
Nunavut Animation Lab: The Bear Facts
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jonathan Wright
National Film Board (NFB)
Inuit Broadcasting Corporation

Humourous animated short involves a ill-equipped European "discovering" the Inuit homeland and promptly planting flags everywhere as a sign of ownership and an Inuit hunter's response. Accompanying material: The Bear Facts: Lesson Plan. 

Duration: 3:58.

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The Bear Facts: Lesson Plan

Alternate Title
[Nunavut Animation Lab]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Film Board (NFB)

Guide to accompany film, The Bear Facts. Target audience Grades one to three in the subject areas of History, Social Sciences, First Nations and Humanities.

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Beardy Backs Mi'kmaq Fishers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathy Blair
Anglican Journal, vol. 126, no. 9, October 2000, p. 8
Attempt to mediate dispute among First Nation, other fishermen and federal government over the right to trap lobster "out of season."
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"Beatty, Reginald Bird-Diary & Correspondence"

Archival » Archival Items
This file contains excerpts from Reginald Beatty's diary, correspondence about his encounters with Cree people, and letters home to his parents detailing his experience in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. Mr. Beatty was a farmer and fur trader in what is now known as the Melfort area of Saskatchewan.
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The Beauty and Sadness of Punnichy

Alternate Title
Common Ground
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Cuthand
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 1, January 2008, p. 6
Looks at the lack of integration of aboriginals and non-aboriginals using the community of Punnichy as an example. Article located by scrolling to page 6.
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Beauval, Saskatchewan: An Historical Sketch

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Hurly
Saskatchewan History, vol. 33, no. 3, Autumn, 1980, pp. 102-110
Provides information on the founding of the town of Beauval and of the surrounding community: the Grey Nuns Mission at Ile-à-la-Crosse, the Mission build by the Oblate Marie Immaculate order, and the Indian Industrial School located there. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to p.102.
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Because It's 2017: An Indigenous Feminist Commemoration of Canada 150

Alternate Title
Weweni Indigenous Scholars Speakers Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kim Anderson
Speaker discusses stereotypes of both Indigenous men and women, Canada 150 celebrations, and reactions to the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald erected on the Wilfred Laurier University Waterloo campus, including the video she made, Canadian Conversation. Duration: 34:22.
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"Becoming Minor": Reading The Woman Who Owned the Shadows

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renae Bredin
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 4, Series 2. Critical Approaches, Winter, 1994, pp. 36-50
Looks at how Paula Gunn Allen has constructed a social identity that transforms the borderlands of reader, writer, and text to examine the issues of positionality and essentialism. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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