“Making A Noise In This World”: New Sounds From Canada’s First Peoples

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nick Baxter Moore
London Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 16, Continuities and Changing Realities: Meanings and Identities among Canadas Aboriginal Peoples, 2000/2001, pp. 23-48
Description
Discussion of "Aboriginal Rock" during the late 1980s and early 1990s as an expression of identity and issues affecting Canadian Aboriginals.
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Making Sense of Work on the Wind River Indian Reservation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Garth M. Massey
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 786-816
Description
Focuses on the cycle of employment and unemployment on a reservation in Wyoming.
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Making Use of Indigenous Statistics From Census Data - Guidelines

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, March/April 1999, pp. 24-26
Description
One day workshop discusses the implications of the larger than expected increase in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander respondents in the 1996 Census compared to the 1991 Census.
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Manitoba Metis Federation

Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Includes links to media releases, community events, educational training, and employment opportunities.
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The Many Lives of Justiniano Roxas: The Centenarian Fantasy in American History and Memory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Boyd Cothran
Martin Rizzo
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 168-204
Description
Authors document the life the Californian Indigenous man purported to be 121 years old and "last of his race" in 1873 and contemplate what can be learned from investigating the true stories of Indigenous centenarians; discusses the discourse of extinction surrounding centenarians, and the role it plays in the imagination of settler culture.
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Maori and the New Zealand Corrections System

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David A. Yeboah
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal People in Corrections, January 2000, pp. 19-21
Description
Discusses rates of offending and re-offending, socio-economic characteristics of offenders and efforts to reduce number of offences.
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Mapping Geographies of Canadian Colonial Occupation: Pathway Analysis of Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annita Hetoevėhotohke'e Lucchesi
Gender, Place & Culture, vol. 26, no. 6, 2019, pp. 868-887
Description
Uses life course analysis of four women to explore linkages between relationships to the land, colonialism and intergenerational violence, and argues that rather than putting themselves at risk as is popularly perceived, they find themselves subjected to circumstances created and maintained by the Canadian state which make them vulnerable to perpetrators of violence.
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Mapping Indigenous Risk Workshop - Report to ANCAHRD

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jon Willis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 6, November-December 2001, pp. 25-28
Description
Committee established 3 goals for the workshop in order to influence a positive healthcare outcome for Aboriginal people in Australia.
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Marginalization, Decolonization and Voice: Prospects for Aboriginal Education in Canada

Alternate Title
Discussion Paper: Pan-Canadian Education Research Agenda, Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
[PCERA Symposium ; 1999]
[Report on the Pan-Canadian Education Research Agenda Symposium]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Terry Wotherspoon
Bernard Schissel
Description
Addresses the causes and implications of, and possible solutions to, the "education gap" between Aboriginal people and the general population in Canada. The paper highlights Joe Duquette High School and Princess Alexandria Community School, which are located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Excerpt from Report on the Pan-Canadian Education Research Agenda Symposium.
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Marijuana Initiation in 2 American Indian Reservation Communities: Comparison With a National Sample

Alternate Title
Marijuana Initiation in Two American Indian Reservation Communities: Comparison With a National Sample
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell
Janette Beals
Christina M. Mitchell
Douglas K. Novins
Paul Spicer
et al.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 97, no. 7, July 2007, pp. 1311-1318
Description
Found disproportionate risk for marijuana initiation among young people on reserves, and suggests that aggressive prevention efforts are needed.
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[Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cari M. Carpenter
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 85-87
Description
Book review of: Mark My Words by Mishuana Goeman. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 85.
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Mass Testing and Underdevelopment of Inner-City Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rick Hesch
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 46, no. 1, Spring, 2000, pp. 49-64
Description
Discusses how standardized testing contributes to class polarization and underdevelopment in Manitoba's core neighbourhoods.
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Matching Research With Evidence: Reorienting Aboriginal Tuberculosis Research in Canada

Alternate Title
Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand
RAL-e ; no.3, 2008
Research in Anthropology & Linguistics-e ; no. 3, 2008
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tracy Farmer
Kristen Jacklin
Description
Shows that TB is continuing threat to Aboriginal populations, provides current information available and highlights need for culturally appropriate approaches . Chapter 8 from: Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Judith Littleton, Julie Park, Ann Herring and Tracy Farmer. Scroll down to page 83 to read chapter.
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Mattagami First Nation's Policy to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harm

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
René Lauzon
Tammy Gregoire
Louis Gliksman
Ivan McKay
Ronald R. Douglas
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 37-48
Description
Describes the formulation, implementation and impact of a policy developed to govern the use of alcohol in recreational facilities and green spaces.
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Measuring Changing Human Development in First Nations Populations: Preliminary Results of the 1981-2006 Registered Indian Human Development Index

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin Cooke
Éric Guimond
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 53-61
Description
Uses 2006 Census data to determine that some improvements exist in educational attainment but both income levels and health have remained stagnant. Scroll down to page 53 to read article.
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