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Interweaving Aboriginal/Indigenous Rights with Urban Citizenship: A View From the Winnipeg Low-Cost Housing Sector, Canada

Alternate Title
Interweaving Aboriginal / Indigenous Rights with Urban Citizenship: A View From the Winnipeg Low-Cost Housing Sector, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan C. Walker
Citizenship Studies, vol. 10, no. 4, September 2006, pp. 391-411
Comments on the move toward low cost housing following the discontinuation of Federal social housing programs in 1993.
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Inuit Environmental Health Guides

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Website links to six Inuit health publications and activity books for children and teens.
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Inuit Health Survey 2007-2008: Nunavut

Alternate Title
International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey: Health in Transition and Resiliency
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
G. M. Egeland
Summarizes results for adults.
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Inuit Housing and Homelessness: Results From the International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey 2007-2008

Alternate Title
Housing and Homeless Inuit in the Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katherine Minich
Helga Saudny
Crystal Lennie
Michele Wood
Laakkuluk Williamson-Bathory
Zhirong Cao
Grace M. Egeland
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 5, 2011, pp. 520-531
Discusses the imminent need for adequate shelter for the homeless in Inuit communities.
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Inuit Housing Needs: A Coral Harbour, Nunavut Case Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom Carter
Christa Jacobucci
Tom Janzen
Prairie Perspectives: Geographical Essays, vol. 6, 2003, pp. 116-134
Focuses on housing needs and circumstances of resident population, links housing with employment opportunities, and highlights need for economic development initiatives to address community poverty.
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Inuit Igloos Near Fort Sik Sik

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Department of Physics fonds
University of Saskatchewan
Photograph of two igloos near Fort Sik Sik, a sod hut used by University of Saskatchewan researchers.
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Inuit Statistical Profile [2006]

Alternate Title
Inuit in Canada: A Statistical Profile
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Heather Tait
Melissa Nepton-Riverin
Craig Clark]
Information on language, housing conditions, health indicators, perceptions of water quality, harvesting and country food, education, employment, and use of communication technology.
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[Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Aboriginal Roundtable Documents]

Alternate Title
Backgrounder on Economic Opportunities
Backgrounder on Inuit and Education
Backgrounder on Inuit and Housing
Backgrounder on Inuit Health
Backgrounder on the Environment
Canada-Aboriginal Peoples Roundtable, 2004
Inuit Specific Sessions, Canada-Aboriginal Peoples Roundtable
Roundtable on Aboriginal Issues
Sectoral Sessions, Canada-Aboriginal Peoples Roundtable
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Jose A. Dusugak
Includes speaking notes for president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, text of partnership agreement between the Canadian government and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, paper on Inuit-specific needs in the area federal government programming, and background papers on health, education, housing, economic development, etc.
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Inuk Family

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
An Inuk family at a campsite; location unknown. Part of the "Inuit of Keewatin" series (#13).
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Inuk Family

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
An Inuk family at a campsite; location unknown. Part of the "Innuit of Keewatin" series (#15).
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Inuvialuit Indicators

Web Sites » Organizations
Database used for tracking people and community changes using population, education, culture, labour force, wellbeing, income, government, and housing categories. Sources include Northwest Territories Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Canada and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
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An Investigation of the Determinants of Adherence to Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) in Aboriginal Men in Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Meck Chongo
Josée G. Lavoie
Ross Hoffman
Mamdouh Shubair
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 4, Winter, 2011, pp. 32-66
Data gathered through interviews with 22 individuals and one focus group. Results divided into five sets of variables: inter-personal factors, characteristics of patient, medication-related issues, availability of support structures and presence of historical trauma.
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Is Canada Peaceful and Safe for Aboriginal Women?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anita Olsen Harper
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 25, no. 1-2, Ending Woman Abuse, Winter/Spring, 2006, pp. 33-38
Discussion of the legislative gap in protecting a spouse's right to equal division of matrimonial real property on-reserve and other human rights issues which leave Aboriginal women at economic and social disadvantage.
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Is Winnipeg's Aboriginal Population Ghettoized?

Alternate Title
Research Highlight (Canada Research Chair in Urban Change and Adaptation) ; no. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Tom Carter]
Study looked at racial segregation patterns using the index of dissimilarity and statistics from the 2001 Census. Concluded that levels of segregation were modest and that the American ghetto model did not apply.
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Isadore Ledoux Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Isadore Ledoux
Carol Pearlstone
Doris McDougal
Indian History Film Project
Mr. Ledoux, aged 99 at the time of the interview is of mixed French and Indian ancestry but is registered as a treaty Indian. He was present during the Riel Rebellion of 1885 and gives an account of what he saw in the Rebellion; views of the rebellion and the people involved.
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Issues, Impediments and Opportunities to Using Designated Land On-Reserve for Affordable Housing

Alternate Title
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 06-004
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

Summary of study which reviewed options for housing under the Indian Act and First Nations Land Management Act. Consisted of literature review and interviews with staff from various stakeholder organizations.

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J.A. Mackay at indigenous camp

Images » Photographs
Photo depicts John Alexander Mackay at centre conversing with an indigenous woman while observing another woman seated on the ground with dogs. Teepee, canoe and building in background.
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Jaapalpa Bail Hostel Opens at Redfern

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 16, no. 5, September/October 1992, pp. 8-9
Looks at facility built to help reduce the amount of young Aboriginal people going to jail. Project is part of changes implemented to services for youth resulting from the creation of the Office of Juvenile Justice in 1991.
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Jigging For Lake Trout

Alternate Title
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Film documents springtime in the Canadian arctic as a Netsilik family camps on the ice and endures a blizzard. Duration: 31:56.
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Joint Submission to Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Study on the Right to Health and Indigenous Peoples, With a Focus on Children and Youth

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Youth Sexual Health Network (NYSHN)
"This report discusses the international human rights framework as it relates to Indigenous Peoples' right to health with a focus on the full spectrum of sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice issues related to children and youth."
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The Judiciarization of Homelessness in Val d'Or

Alternate Title
The Judicialization of Homelessness in Val d'Or
The Judiciarisation of Homelessness in Val d'Or
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Céline Bellot
Mare-Eve Sylvestre
Study found that a disproportional amount of statement of offences (tickets) were issued to the city's Indigenous population. Argues that the problem is social rather than criminal and makes recommendations to improve the situation.
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Justice is a Painful Issue to Write About

Alternate Title
Reflections
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria Campbell
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 8, August 2011, p. 5
Author reflects on poverty, hunger, homelessness and the injustice of it all. Article found by scrolling to page 5.
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Keeper of My Home Learning Resource: First Nations Teaching Materials and Online Games about Housing

Alternate Title
Keeper of My Home: Teaching Children and Youth about Caring for a Home
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First Nations Housing Professionals Association

Website contains links to educational material for Kindergarten to Grade 12, including summary of housing topics, lessons plans, E-learning games and guides, and activity booklets. Content is arranged around 4 themes: traditional teaching of the community, First Nations housing topics, home maintenance and home safety.

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Keepers of the Light: Inuit Women's Action Plan

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Discusses four priority areas for policy: equity and empowerment; health and safety; strengthening Inuit families and Inuit women's voice in global issues.
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Kitselas Canyon 1

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[George F. MacDonald]
[Bill Reid Centre]

Video features historical photos of villages located in the Kitselas Canyon in British Columbia and archaeological digs that took place in the late 1960's and 1970's.

Duration: 19:55.

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"Kitsipimi Otunna (Sarcee Squaw)"

Images » Photographs
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. An image of an Aboriginal woman sitting on a horse in front of a teepee. There is a drying rack, circular corral structure and two horses grazing on the prairie in the background. Colours have been added to the image in a chromolithograph process.
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"Land Was One of the Greatest Gifts": Women's Landownership in Dakota Indian, Immigrant Scandinavian, and African American Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen V. Hansen
Grey Osterud
Valerie Grim
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 3, Summer, 2018, pp. 251-272
Article discusses the way that landownership has been historically leveraged by women of different ethnic groups in the USA to generate income and support their families. Authors examine cases from the late 19th and early 20th century and compare the experiences of Dakota Sioux and Scandinavian immigrant women on the Northern Plains, and African American women in the South.
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The Legacy of Inadequate Housing

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 9, December 2003

Uses federal legal ownership of on-reserve housing plus local band level politics as reasons why housing projects continue to be inferior in comparison to off-reserve housing.

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

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Lheidli T'enneh Nation and Britco

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Business and Investment Council
Comments on a modular building rental and workforce accommodation business joint venture.
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