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Representations of Indigenous Peoples and Use of Pain Medication in Canadian News Media

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah E. Nelson
Annette J. Browne
Josée G. Lavoie
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, January 2016, pp. 1-26
Study shows differences in use of language, tone, information sources, and information left out when media portrays First Nations and non-First Nations individuals and communities.
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Research Reveals Discrimination, Explodes Stereotypes

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 1, April 2007, p. 9

Michael Mendelson, a senior scholar at the Caledon Institute of Social Policy in Toronto, suggests discrimination on the part of Canadian government policies in regards to the delivering and funding of Aboriginal education.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

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Researching and Revealing Indian Hospitals in Canada

Alternate Title
Canada's History Forum ; 9th
Engaging Authentic Indigenous Histories
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Maureen Lux
Author of Separate Beds speaks about the history of segregation, discrimination, and substandard facilities, care and funding in the Indian Hospital Service. Duration: 15:56.
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[Reserve Pass Lesson Plan: Social Studies 8]

Alternate Title
Engaged Citizens 8: What Is Canada's Identity
[Grade 8: The Reserve Pass System and Its Impact on Treaty Relationships]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan]

Uses archival material as a starting point to teach about the influence of the treaty relationship on Canadian identity and how historical events have shaped contemporary Canadian identity. 

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Reserving Identities

Alternate Title
Asha Reports
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Asha Siad
Levi First Charger
Casey Eagle Speaker
Kristy North Peigan
Carissa Auger
Looks at the challenges faced by Aboriginal youth who are trying to find a balance between maintaining cultural roots and living in the mainstream world. Duration: 31:30.
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Residential School: Canada's Shame

Alternate Title
Truth and Reconciliation: What Does It Mean?
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Shannon Thunderbird
Historical overview of the residential school system. Includes timeline, school listing in Canada, government apology and response.
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A Residential School Legacy

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anna Student
Discussion on the loss of language abilities of Indigenous children in the residential school system.
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The Residential School Project

Alternate Title
Pressure Point
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Brad Newcombe
Bob Joseph
Shane Pointe
Sharon Thera
Discussion on the history of residential schools and the impact of the abuse on the children, their families, and the community. Duration: 27:38.
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Residential Schools

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erin Hanson
Brief history of the schools in Canada and the legacy of cultural abuse.
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Residential Schools and Aboriginal Parenting: Voices of Parents

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jean Lafrance
Don Collins

Native Social Work Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Children and Youth, Issues and Challenges, December 2003, pp. 104-125
Looks at the experiences of Aboriginal adults with the child welfare system and their concerns about the system. Also discussed are the effects that residential schools had on their parenting skills.
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Residential Schools: Have We Forgotten Our Responsibility?

Alternate Title
Big Thinking [Lecture Series]
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences ; 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
James Bartleman
Video of speech given at the 2011 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Ontario's first Aboriginal Lieutenant Governor discusses the epidemic of youth-suicide in First Nations communities. Duration: 1:11:17.
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Residential Schools in Canada: History, Healing and Hope

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Glynn Sharpe
International Journal of Learning & Development, vol. 1, no. 1, December 6, 2011, pp. 212-219
Article contains: brief history of the system, summarized list of abuses, testimonial given by school survivor Dr. Eugene Norman, and a list of the recommendations found in the Assembly of First Nations' publication Breaking the Silence.
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Respecting Culture and Honoring Diversity in Community Practice

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frances E. Racher
Robert C. Annis
Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, vol. 21, no. 4, 2007, pp. 255-270
Discusses challenges and strategies for respecting culture, ethnicity and honoring diversity when working within a community.
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The Response of Okanagan Indians to European Settlement

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane Thomson
BC Studies, no. 101, The First Nations in British Columbia, Spring, 1994, pp. 96-117
Discusses why the Okanagan Indians failed to successfully integrate into the European socio-economic society because of institutional discrimination.
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Responses of Canada to the List of Issues and Questions with Regard to the Consideration of Canada's Sixth and Seventh Reports on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Alternate Title
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Pre-Session Working Group, Forty-second Session, 20 October-7 November 2008
[Responses to the List of Issues and Questions with Regard to the Consideration of the Combined Sixth and Seventh Periodic Reports: Canada]
[United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Many of the questions refer specifically to Aboriginal women: violence against, missing or murdered, participation in governance, education, employment, Indian status, matrimonial real property, etc.
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Retracing the Old Trail - Gerald Willoughby. - Booklet. - [1933?].

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerald Willoughby
Gerald Willoughby's book describes his arrival from England to Saskatoon in 1883, and he was among Saskatoon's first citizens. His peaceful dealings with Louis Riel and various chiefs are detailed, particularly those with Chief Whitecap. Willoughby offers an assessment of the lives of aboriginals living near Saskatoon and notes numerous similarities between "the Red Men and the White Men."

Historical note:

Gerald Willoughby (1866-1933) was one of the first citizens of Saskatoon, NWT.
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The Return of the Native

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam Kuper
Current Anthropology, vol. 44, no. 3, June 2003, pp. 389-402
Discusses the terms "native" and "indigenous" and their acceptability around the globe.
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Revealing the Storyteller: The Ethical Publication of Inuit Stories

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jefferson Faye
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, [Aboriginal Peoples: Special Issue], Spring/Summer, 2001, pp. 159-170
Comments on two Inuit-centered children's books that are exploitative and offensive and two that are entirely the opposite.
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The Reverend Ernest Gribble: A Successful Missionary?

Alternate Title
Lectures on North Queensland History, no.5
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Christine Halse
Discusses the sociological and psychological factors that drove Ernest Gribble to become the Anglican Church's longest serving missionary to the Aboriginal people. Chapter from Lectures on North Queensland History, no.5 edited by B. J. Dalton.
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Reverse Discrimination: What Do the Figures Say?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russell V. Boham
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 26, no. 3, May 1987, pp. [1-4]
According to a survey by the Native American Career Education in Natural Resources (NACENR), there was a relationship between minority status and employment, unlike the earlier findings by the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights.
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Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Deborah Norman
Oral History Review, vol. 28, no. 2, Summer-Autumn, 2001, pp. 169-173
Book reviews of: The Urban Indian Experience by Donald L. Fixico and World War II and the American Indian by Kenneth William Townsend.
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Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Anthony Tyeeme Clark
Journal of the American Ethnic History, vol. 21, no. 2, Winter, 2002, pp. 124-126
Book review of: The Urban Indian Experience in America by Donald L. Fixico.
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Review: Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide

Alternate Title
Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Judith K. Witherow
Off Our Backs, vol. 35, no. 11/12, November-December 2005, pp. 46-49
Book review of: Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide by Andrea Smith.
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Review Essay: Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Snyder
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 255-262
Literary criticism article examines the ways that Tiffany Midge uses humour to address many of the race-related issues facing Indigenous peoples in the United States.
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