Life Support in High Age: Northern Norway 1865-1900
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ingunn Elstad
Journal of Family History, vol. 38, no. 2, April 2013, pp. 140-165
Description
Looks at how Sami 80 years and older supported themselves before economic modernization. Uses nineteenth-century census registrations and ethnographic sources.
Life When Renting for Older Māori
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fiona Cram
Morehu Munro
AlterNative, vol. 16, no. 1, March 2020, pp. 64-75
Description
Study of 42 (18 men, 24 women) renters in the Hawke’s Bay region of Aotearoa - New Zealand. Findings discuss living costs, landlord relationships, family relationships, and a comparison to home ownership.
The Life You Want: A Young Woman's Struggle through Addiction: Educational Resource
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
To accompany documentary directed by Michelle Derosier about 22-year-old Fort Hope (Eabametoong First Nation) resident Doris Slipperjack and her struggle to overcome her addiction to Oxycontin.
Documentary.
The Lillooet Indians
Alternate Title
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; [v. 4]
[Publications of] the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 2, pt. 5
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
James Teit
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 4 (p. [193]-300).
Liminal Voices
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Catherine Rainwater
Canadian Literature, no. 167, First Nations Writing, Winter, 2000, pp. 121-123
Description
Book reviews of: Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter by Janet Campbell Hale and Feminist Readings of Native American Literature: Coming to Voice by Kathleen M. Donovan.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews scroll to p. 121.
A Link in the Chain
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alison Turner
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 3, May/June 2006, pp. 20-21
Description
Reports on Link Up, a program established by the Australian government and others to help members of the Stolen Generation trace their families.
Literature Review: Marginalising Maori Adolescent Parents
Alternate Title
Marginalising Maori Parents
Literature Review: Marginalizing Maori Adolescent Parents
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Jurisich Strickett
Description
Topics of brief review include heath overview, international and national research and studies, services and support, and access to information.
Little Moose and Papoose
Images » Photographs
Description
A posed postcard image showing an Aboriginal man seated on a chair; a small girl stands on the man's knee and looks at the camera. The man is dressed in a suit and the girl is wearing ceremonial clothing with beads around her neck.
Little Red Spirit, Aboriginal Head Start Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda DeRiviere
Description
Assessment of program for children between three and six which is based on six key components: culture and language, education, health promotion, nutrition, social support, and parental involvement.
Live-In Family Enhancement (LIFE): A Comprehensive Program for Healing and Family Reunification
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence Deane
Jenna Glass
Inez Vystrcil-Spence
Javier Mignone
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 1, 2018, pp. [35]-49
Description
Summarizes the evaluation report of program run by Métis Child, Family, and Community Services in Winnipeg. Aimed at family reunification, the program involves parents and children moving into a full-time foster home with comprehensive support including parenting skills, household management, social support, sobriety, financial stability and employability. Paper briefly describes outcomes, relates these to literature review, describes innovative funding model, and discuses program's potential as prevention tool.
Living in a Cruel Limbo: A Guide to Investigating Cold Missing Person Cases
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason P. Moran
United States Attorney's Bulletin, vol. 69, no. 2, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Legal, Prosecution, Advocacy and Healthcare, March 2021, pp. 131-148
Description
Look at the effects of cold cases on Indigenous communities and the introduction of cold case units to improve the chances of cases being solved.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 131.
Lizette Ahenakew Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lizette Ahenakew
Christine Welsh
Indian History Film Project
Description
She was born on the Little Pine Reserve, the first girl from that reserve to attend high school. She tells of some childhood memories; naming ceremonies; significance of Indian names; the training of children, especially girls; menarche seclusion; women: influence of, in religion and ceremonialism, pregnancy; her education: traditional; experiences in Anglican boarding school (integrated) in Saskatoon; training for roles as wife and mother.
The Long Journey Home, 96 Miles Up the Porcupine River / Ch’oodeenjik, Yukon
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bree Josie
Northern Review, no. 49, Place-Based Sustainability Research in the Provincial North, February 20, 2020, pp. 257-263
Description
Author’s narrative account of her family’s journey home from their summer hunting camp to the community of Old Crow.
Lord Stanley's Cup Travels to Canada's Reserve Communities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sam Laskaris
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 6, September 2012, p. 10
Description
Comments on a National Hockey League championship trophy that travelled, with team players, to several First Nations communities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.
The Lost Children
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nancy de Vries
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 5, September/October 2006, pp. 22-28
Description
Biographical article of Nancy De Vries, a registered nurse who was removed from her mother and raised in a white family environment.
Extracted from The Lost Children edited by Coral Edwards and Peter Read.
Lost in the System: Jake's Story
Alternate Title
Special Investigation Report (Advocate for Children and Youth, Province of Saskatchewan ; Sept, 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bob Pringle
Description
Investigative report on the life of a child in foster care from the age of five months till his death at age 2. Includes reports on services provided to family by the Ministry of Social Services and the Saskatoon Health Region.
The Lost Letter of Mary Ann Battis: A Troubling Case of Gender and Race in Creek Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tiya Miles
NAIS : Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 88-98
Description
Reconstructs Mary Ann Battis's case and offers a hypothesis about her motivation for staying with foreign missionaries while her family was removed.
Low-Income Canadian Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Parent-Child Interactions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
N. L. Letourneau
K. M. Hungler
K. Fisher
Child: Care, Health and Development, vol. 31, no. 5, September 2005, pp. 545-554
Description
Purpose of the study was to develop a knowledge base that describes the parent-child interactions observed in Canadian low-income samples and explore the relationship between parent-infant interactions and ethnicity.
Lumbee Kinship, Community, and the Success of the Red Banks Mutual Association
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan K. Anderson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 2, Spring, 1999, pp. 39-58
Description
Article examines the non-economic successes of the cooperative farm managed by the Red Banks Mutual Association (RBMA) between 1938 and 1968.
Lynch Syndrome II in a Navajo Family: A Revisit
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Henry T. Lynch
Thomas Drouhard
Stephen L. Lanspa
Patrick Lynch
Earlene Bronson
Jane F. Lynch
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 3, 1992, pp. 65-76
Description
Studies the variation in cancer incidence and discovers three at risk relatives with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer.
Maddie
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Magdalene McIntosh
Elaine Rothwell
Aboriginal History , vol. 3, no. 1, 1979, pp. 3-24
Description
Biography of Maddie Verberg McIntosh, daughter of Edwin Verberg, a Dutchman and Madelene, an Aboriginal woman of the Kungarakan tribe.
Maintaining Identities: The Soul Work of Adoption and Aboriginal Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeannine Carriere
Pimatisiwin, vol. 6, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 61-80
Description
Describes how connectedness relates to health for First Nation adoptees. The article also explores legislative, policy and program implications regarding the adoption of First Nation children.