October 2014
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This monthly newsletter provides a small selection around a subject theme from the thousands of titles included in CEL and desLibris, featuring both new accessions and perennial favourites.

In this issue we feature books and documents in indigenous studies: a multi-disciplinary field requiring Canadian primary sources from all perspectives.

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Books
A Metaphoric Mind : Selected Writings of Joseph Couture
Athabasca University Press 2013
A Report on the Afterlife of Culture
Biblioasis 2008
Aboriginal Canada Revisited
University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa 2008
Aboriginal Conditions : Research as a Foundation for Public Policy
UBC Press 2003
Aboriginal Populations : Social, Demographic, and Epidemiological Perspectives
University of Alberta Press 2014
Applied Anthropology in Canada : Understanding Aboriginal Issues
University of Toronto Press 2008
Aski Awasis : First Peoples Speak about Adoption
Fernwood Publishing 2010
Biocultural Diversity and Indigenous Ways of Knowing : Human Ecology in the Arctic
University of Calgary Press 2009
Canadian Missionaries, Indigenous Peoples : Representing Religion at Home and Abroad
University of Toronto Press 2005
Clearing the Plains : Disease, politics of starvation, and the loss of Aboriginal life
University of Regina Press 2013
Climate, Culture, Change : Inuit and Western Dialogues with a Warming North
University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa 2011
Cree Narrative : Expressing the Personal Meaning of Events
McGill-Queen's University Press 2002
Cultural Grammars of Nation, Diaspora, and Indigeneity in Canada
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2012
First Nations Gaming in Canada
University of Manitoba Press 2011
First Voices : An Aboriginal Women's Reader
Inanna Publications and Education Inc. 2009
He Moved A Mountain : The Life of Frank Calder and the Nisga'a Land Claims Accord
Ronsdale Press 2013
Healing Histories : Stories from Canada's Indian Hospitals
University of Alberta Press 2013
Healing Traditions : The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, With a Foreword by Georges Henry Erasmus
UBC Press 2008
Hunters at the Margin : Native People and Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories
UBC Press 2007
Identity Captured by Law : Membership in Canada's Indigenous Peoples and Linguistic Minorities
McGill-Queen's University Press 2009
Indian Country : Essays on Contemporary Native Culture
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2006
Indigenous Legal Traditions
UBC Press 2007
Indigenous Screen Cultures in Canada
University of Manitoba Press 2010
Liberalism, Surveillance and Resistance : Indigenous Communities in Western Canada, 1877-1927
Athabasca University Press 2009
Life Stages and Native Women : Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine
University of Manitoba Press 2011
Masculindians : Conversations about Indigenous Manhood
University of Manitoba Press 2014
Mi'kmaq : Hieroglyphic Prayers: Readings In North America'S First Indigenous Script
Nimbus Publishing 2006
Negotiating Identities in Modern Latin America
University of Calgary Press 2007
Petun to Wyandot : The Ontario Petun from the Sixteenth Century
University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa 2014
Protecting Aboriginal Children
UBC Press 2005
Protection of First Nations Cultural Heritage : Laws, Policy, and Reform
UBC Press 2008
Race, Space, and the Law : Unmapping a White Settler Society
Between the Lines 2002
Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision
UBC Press 2000
Recollecting : Lives of Aboriginal Women of the Canadian Northwest and Borderlands
Athabasca University Press 2011
Restoring the Balance : First Nations Women, Community, and Culture
University of Manitoba Press 2009
Settlement, Subsistence, and Change Among the Labrador Inuit : The Nunatsiavummiut Experience
University of Manitoba Press 2012
Songlines to Satellites : Indigenous Communication in Australia, the South Pacific and Canada
Fernwood Publishing 2002
Supporting Indigenous Children's Development
UBC Press 2006
The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book
Arsenal Pulp Press 2010
The Legacy of School for Aboriginal People : Education, Oppression, and Emancipation
Oxford University Press Canada 2002
The Nisga'a Treaty : Polling Dynamics and Political Communication in Comparative Context
University of Toronto Press Higher Education 2006
The Sacred Headwaters : The Fight to Save the Stikine, Skeena, and Nass
Heritage House Publishing 2011
The Strength of Women : Âhkamêyimowak
Coteau Books 2011
Two Houses Half-Buried in Sand : Oral Traditions of the Hul'qumi'num' Coast Salish of Kuper Island and Vancouver Island
Talonbooks 2007
Aboriginal Peoples and the Law
McGill-Queen's University Press 1985
Aboriginal Populations : Social, Demographic, and Epidemiological Perspectives
University of Alberta Press 2014
Rekindling the Sacred Fire : Métis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality
University of Manitoba Press 2015
The Spirit of the Alberta Indian Treaties
University of Alberta Press 2014
We Share Our Matters : Two Centuries of Writing and Resistance at Six Nations of the Grand River
University of Manitoba Press 2014
Public Documents
A Solid Foundation: Second Progress Report on the Implementation of the Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework
Ontario Ministry of Education 2013
Aboriginal Courtwork Program Evaluation: Final Report
Canada. Department of Justice 2013
Aboriginal Income Disparity in Canada [2013]
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada 2013
Aboriginal Peoples in Canada - First Nations People, Métis and Inuit: National Household Survey, 2011
Statistics Canada 2013
Aboriginal Self-Identification Project Final Report
Council of Ontario Universities 2013
Advancing an Indigenous Framework for Consultation and Accommodation in BC: Report on Key Findings of the BC First Nations Consultation and Accommodation Working Group
First Nations Leadership Council 2013
Alberta First Nations Consultation and Accommodation Handbook
Canadian Institute of Resources Law, University of Calgary 2014
Are We Making Progress? New Evidence on Aboriginal Education Outcomes in Provincial and Reserve Schools
C.D. Howe Institute 2014
Assembly of First Nations Report to the United nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Assembly of First Nations 2013
Canada's Most Vulnerable: Improving Health Care for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Seniors
Health Council of Canada 2013
Canada's Northern Strategy and East Asian Interests in the Arctic
Centre for International Governance Innovation 2013
Connecting the Dots: Progress Highlights: Aboriginal Workforce and Economic Development in Alberta
Government of Alberta 2013
Cultivating Canada: Reconciliation through the Lens of Cultural Diversity
Aboriginal Healing Foundation 2011
Dancing, Singing, Painting, and Speaking the Healing Story: Healing through Creative Arts
Aboriginal Healing Foundation 2012
Death, Dying and Canadian Families
Vanier Institute of the Family 2013
Decolonization and Healing: Indigenous Experiences in the United States, New Zealand, Australia and Greenland
Aboriginal Healing Foundation 2006
Emergency Management in the Arctic: The Context Explained
Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation 2013
Finding Strength from within: How Voluntary Outside Accreditation Can Advance First Nation Communities
Frontier Centre for Public Policy 2014
Indigenous Feature Film Production in Canada: A National and International Perspective
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival 2013
Indigenous Health Values and Principles Statement
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada 2013
Indigenous Knowledge and Knowledge Synthesis, Translation and Exchange (KSTE)
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health 2014
Indigenous Women, RCMP and Service Providers Work Together for Justice: A Response-based Safety Collaboration in the Yukon
The Federation of Community Social Services of BC 2013
Inuit Cancer Control in Canada Baseline Report
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer 2014
Keeyask Generation Project: Report on Public Hearing
Manitoba Clean Environment Commission 2014
Literature Review on Factors Affecting the Transition of Aboriginal Youth from School to Work
Council of Ministers of Education, Canada 2013
Lost in the Shadows: How a Lack of Help Meant a Loss of Hope for One First Nations Girl
British Columbia Representative for Children and Youth 2014
Moving Backwards: Does the Lack of Duty to Consult Create the Right to Infringe Aboriginal and Treaty Rights?
Comparative Research in Law and Political Economy Network, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University 2013
No Moving Back: A Study of the Intersection of Rural and Urban Homelessness for Aboriginal People in Calgary, Alberta
Calgary Homeless Foundation 2013
Opportunities for Aboriginal Persons in the Workforce
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons 2014
Opportunity Found: Improving the Participation of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada's Workforce
Canadian Chamber of Commerce 2013
Policy Paper: Aboriginal Students [2014]
Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance 2014
Poverty or Prosperity: Indigenous Children in Canada
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 2013
Prescription Drug Misuse in Pregnancy and Parenting: A Report for Service Providers Working with First Nations Women in Ontario
Health Nexus 2013
Realizing the Potential: Global Perspectives on Indigenous Economic Development
Public Policy Forum 2014
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya - Addendum: The Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Advance Unedited Version)
United Nations Human Rights Council 2014
Six Nations/Ohsweken Running Club Pilot Program Final Report
Sport Matters Group 2013
The Aboriginal-Screen-Based Production Sector in Review: Trends, Success Stories and the Way Forward
Canada Media Fund 2013
The Impact of Resource Extraction on Inuit Women and Families in Qamani'tuaq, Nunavut Territory: A Qualitative Assessment
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada 2014
The Journey of Reconciliation: Understanding our Treaty Past, Present and Future
Caledon Institute of Social Policy 2014
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Monitoring and Realizing Indigenous Rights in Canada
Centre for International Governance Innovation 2014
They Came for the Children: Canada, Aboriginal Peoples, and Residential Schools
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada 2012
Those Who Take Us Away: Abusive Policing and Failures in Protection of Indigenous Women and Girls in Northern British Columbia, Canada
Human Rights Watch 2013
Together We Are... Feathers of Hope: A First Nations Youth Action Plan
Ontario Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth 2014
Trends in Indigenous Policing Models: An International Comparison
Public Safety Canada 2013
Understanding from within: Research Findings and NWAC's Contributions to Canada's National Population Health Study on Neurological Conditions (NPHSNC)
Native Women's Association of Canada 2013
Youth Homelessness in Canada: Implications for Policy and Practice
Canadian Homelessness Research Network 2013
Sincerely,
 
Bob Gibson
desLibris / Canadian Electronic Library  
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