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James Miles Venne

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 11, February 2008, p. 26

Brief profile of James Miles Venne, Lac La Ronge Indian Band chief, who helped create Kitsaki Development Corporation, set up band control of the local education system and lobbied for Aboriginal and treaty rights to be included in the Canadian Constitution.

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Learning from Foxwoods: Visualizing the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bill Anthes
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, Spring, 2008, pp. 204-218
Author examines the financial successes the Pequot nation has achieved through the Foxwood Casino and other ventures; considers the strategies used by the nation and how those strategies have allowed for success.
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Main Findings of the 2015 RHS

Alternate Title
Main Findings of the 2015 Regional Health Survey [Quebec]
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
Summary of results from Quebec portion of the Phase 3 First Nations Regional Health Survey.
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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
Focuses on the cycle of employment and unemployment on a reservation in Wyoming.
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Manitoba's Hydro Employment Program For Native Northerners

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 2, 1985, pp. 47-56
Article examines the components of the employment policy compared to past construction practices and gives recommendations for future success
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Myths and Facts about First Nations Peoples

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Information Series ; pamphlet no. 28
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Office of University Accessibility
[University of Manitoba]
Debunks 10 commonly-held misconceptions.
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The Nutrition and Health of the James Bay Indian

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. P. Vivian
Charles McMillan
P. E. Moore
E. Chant Robertson
W. H. Sebrell ... [et al.]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 59, no. 6, December 1948, pp. 505-518
Study recommends improved medical and dental services, improved food supply, and health and nutrition education for the First Nations in this region.
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One Flea-Bitten Gray Horse: Women, Horses, and Economy on the Yakama Reservation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clifford E. Trafzer
T. Robert Przeklasa
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 5-29
Authors use bills of sale for horses from 1909-12 as primary documents to explore the roles women on the Yakima reservation played in their nation’s economy and their resistance to conforming to Western or Christian gender roles.
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Our Home on Native Land: Pauingassi

Alternate Title
Our Home on Native Land Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jonathan Craven
Documentary on the Ojibwa community of Pauingassi, Manitoba. Duration: 59:29.
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Our Home on Native Land: Wikwemikong

Alternate Title
Our Home on Native Land Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Johnathan Craven
Documentary aboutthe scars and legacy of residential schools on the First Nations Reserve of Wikwemikong on Manitoulin Island In Georgian Bay Ontario. Duration: 59:29.
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Out of Davis Inlet

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Margo Pfeiff
Canadian Geographic, vol. 123, no. 1, January-February 2003, p. 43
Mushuau Innu hopeful that improved living conditions at new townsite of Namashish, which they helped design, will have positive effects on their community.
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