The Impact of the Traditional Land Use and Occupancy Study on the Dene Tha' First Nation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sherry Horvath
Laura MacKinnon
Mark O. Dickerson
Monique M. Ross
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 22, no. 2, 2002, pp. 361-398
Description
Assesses impact of a land use study. Interview method used to gather site specific data from Elders and current land users to gain an understanding of the community's relationship to the land.
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The Impact of Whiteness on the 1991-2000 Australian Reconciliation Process

Alternate Title
Historicising Whiteness Conference
Historicising Whiteness: Transnational Perspectives on the Construction of an Identity
Melbourne University Conference and Seminar Series ; vol. 16
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrew Gunstone
Description
Discusses issues such as nationalist view of reconciliation, limited understanding of history and appropriation of Indigenous culture and identity, which contributed to the failure of the process. Chapter from Historicising Whiteness: Transnational Perspectives on the Construction of an Identity edited by Leigh Boucher, Jane Carey, and Katherine Ellinghaus.
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Implementing Indigenous Self-Determination: The Case of the Sámi in Norway

Alternate Title
Restoring Indigenous Self-Determination: Theoretical and Practical Approaches
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Else Grete Broderstad
Description
Discusses four aspects of rights and political participation: negative, positive, procedural, and institutional. Excerpt from Restoring Indigenous Self-Determination: Theoretical and Practical Approaches edited by Marc Woons. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper scroll to p. 80.
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Implementing Montana's Indian-Education-for-All Initiative in a K-5 Public School: Implications for Classroom Teaching, Education Policy, and Native Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phyllis Ngai
Peter Koehn
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 50-68
Description
Discusses whether the program changed attitudes toward American Indians among young learners and therefore potentially improve interracial relationships among Native Americans and non-Native Americans.
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The Importance of Belief Systems in Traditional Ecological Knowledge Initiatives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas J. Reo
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, Tradition Knowledge, Spirituality and Lands, 2011, pp. 1-4
Description
Looks at methods to engage tribes and First Nations in the development of resource management of public lands using their traditional ecological knowledge.
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The Importance of Dependency in Native American-White Contact

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jay Gurian
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring, 1977, pp. 16-36
Description
A discussion about the meaning of dependency in regards to traditional Indigenous cultures which are based on cooperation and relationships Dependencies can be in the form of customs and beliefs.
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The Importance of Native American Authors

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bernd C. Peyer
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, 1981, pp. 1-12
Description
Looks at cross-cultural language shift, cultural resistance to it's assimilationist effects, and connection between literary output and political activism.
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The Importance of Oral and Extrinsic Historical Evidence in Understanding Indian Treaties

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John F. Leslie
Archivaria, no. 53, Spring, 2002, pp. [122]-129
Description
Review essay on: The True Spirit and Original Intent of Treaty 7 by Treaty 7 Elders and Tribal Council with Walter Hildebrandt, Sarah Carter, and Dorothy First Rider. Bounty and Benevolence: A History of Saskatchewan Treaties by Arthur J. Ray, Jim Miller, and Frank Tough. Mi'kmaq Treaties on Trial: History, Land, and Donald Marshall Junior by William C. Wicken.
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Improving Health Equity For First Nations, Inuit and Métis People: Ontario's Aboriginal Cancer Strategy II

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alethea Kewayosh
Loraine Marrett
Usman Aslam
Richard Steiner
Margaret Moy Lum-Kwong ... [et al.]
Healthcare Quarterly, vol. 17, Special Issue: Stronger Together: Quality, Performance and Partnership, January 2015, pp. 33-40
Description
Looks at cancer incidence and gives overview of Ontario's strategy to improve cancer outcomes.
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Improving on Nature: The Legend Lake Development, Menominee Resistance, and the Ecological Dynamics of Settler Colonialism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Dockry
Kyle Whyte
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 2, Spring, 2021, pp. [95]-120
Description
A discussion of the attempted sale of lands from the terminated Menominee reservation to the large- scale recreational vacation property development and resistance by the Determination of Rights and Unity for Menominee Stockholders or DRUMS to stop the sale and restore tribal status. The U.S. government's withdrawal of tribal status and federal support had created economic issues for the group and the sale of land was looked upon as a means to rectify that issue.
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Improving the Access of Health Services to the Local Aboriginal Community

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lee Martinez
Brenda Carter
Lisa Brown-Campbell
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, July/August 1999, pp. 22-24
Description
Paper discusses the partnerships that have been developed to create stronger links between the Australian Aboriginal community, Aboriginal health services and mainstream health services.
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Improving the Management of Chronic Conditions of Indigenous Australians through Indigenous Research

Alternate Title
National Rural Health Conference ; 9th, 2007
Standing Up for Rural Health: Learning from the Past - Action for the Future
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Glenn Giles
Merridy Malin
Peter Harvey
Description
Looks at a project to have Aboriginal Health Services and Aboriginal patients work together in the management of long-term illnesses such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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Improving the Recruitment and Retention of Native American Students in Psychology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 5, no. 4, November 1999, pp. 308-316
Description
Examines barriers Native American students face and ways for Universities to attract students through increased financial aid, advertising, personal faculty outreach and establishing Native American resource centres.
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“In a good way”: Going beyond Patient Navigation to Ensure Culturally Relevant Care in the Cancer System for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Patients in Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda Joan Sheppard
Chantel Antone
Audrey Logan
Alethea Kewayosh
International Journal of Indigenous Health , vol. 14, no. 2, February 20, 2020, pp. 293-306
Description
Article reviews The Indigenous Navigator role, within Cancer Care Ontario, finds that Indigenous Navigators provide support and advocacy for patients by facilitating access to support and palliative services while addressing cultural and spiritual needs and thereby increasing the well-being of Indigenous patients.
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In an Arctic library: Cleaning Out those Dusty Shelves Told Me a Lot About Northern Education -- and Race

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michelle Mulder
Maclean's, vol. 116, no. 3, January 20, 2003, p. 43
Description
Author hired to teach six week writing course for Adult Literacy Project of Kugluktuk, Nunavut found that while government is pushing towards instruction in Inuit languages, there are few literary resources and most teachers are not Inuit.
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In Appreciation of Olive P. Dickason's The Myth of the Savage

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Philip Mingay
William Van Arragon
Native Studies Review, vol. 21, no. 2, Special Issue, 2012, pp. 85-88
Description
Discusses The Myth of the Savage and the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the Americas by Olive Dickason.
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In-Between Worlds: Native Americans and Utopias of Belonging on Screen

Alternate Title
[Performing Identities and Utopias of Belonging]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Susana M. Costa
Description
Looks at the "Indian Story" genre by focusing on two movies Strongheart (1914) and The Business of Fancydancing (2002). Chapter sixteen from Performing Identities and Utopias of Belonging edited by Teresa Botelho and Iolanda Ramos.
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In Conversation: [Romeo Saganash]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joshua Gladstone
Romeo Saganash
Ed Bianchi
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 4, no. 2, The Right to Free, Prior & Informed Consent, May 2016, pp. [16]-21
Description
Interview with MP on reasons why the right to free, prior and informed consent is important.
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In Defence of Reconciliation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria Freeman
Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, vol. 27, no. 1, January 2014, pp. 213-223
Description
Looks at different evaluations of the idea of reconciliation that mask assimilation or governmental efforts to look good and why the real concept should not be abandoned.
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