First Nations Peoples In Canada

Books, Non-Fiction

The Children of Aataentsic: A History of the Huron People to 1660, Volume 1

by Bruce G. Trigger, 1987.

From the Goodreads.com website: "Trigger's work integrates insights from archaeology, history, ethnology, linguistics, and geography. This wide knowledge allows him to show that, far from being a static prehistoric society quickly torn apart by European contact and the fur trade, almost every facet of Iroquoian culture had undergone significant change in the centuries preceding European contact. He argues convincingly that the European impact upon native cultures cannot be correctly assessed unless the nature and extent of precontact change is understood. His study not only stands Euro-American stereotypes and fictions on their heads, but forcefully and consistently interprets European and Indian actions, thoughts, and motives from the perspective of the Huron culture. The Children of Aataentsic revises widely accepted interpretations of Indian behaviour and challenges cherished myths about the actions of some celebrated Europeans during the "heroic age" of Canadian history. In a new preface, Trigger describes and evaluates contemporary controversies over the ethnohistory of eastern Canada."

Law and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, 5e - Captus Press

From the website: "This new and updated edition of the popular work provides both an introductory text and an extensive collection of primary materials in one of the most dynamic areas of Canadian law. It addresses key aspects of the law applied in Canadian courts in regard to Aboriginal peoples."

Nehiyawewin: Cree Language and Culture Guide to Implementation.

From the website: "The Cree people are the largest First Nations group in Canada, with over 80,000 Cree speakers. A significant number of Métis also speak Cree. Cree-speaking people are spread over a vast geographic area so there is a remarkable diversity in the language. "

Aboriginal Peoples: Building for the Future.

From the website: "This comprehensive text deals with an important and often understudied part of Canadian history and heritage. It focuses on all facets of Aboriginal culture, history, and challenges from the past to the present with a careful balance between brutal honesty and uplifting accounts of hope and perseverance. "

Film & Video

Club Native

By Tracey Deer, 2008. (58 sec)

Synopsis from the NFB website: "The Indian Act was a controversial system of determining membership in a Native community. Using as a poignant case study her hometown of Kahnawake, a Mohawk reserve in Quebec, Tracey Deer raises a difficult question faced by people of many ethnicities around the world: What roles do bloodline and culture play in determining identity?"

Organizations

Assembly of First Nations

From the website: "The Assembly of First Nations is committed to the belief that such support is building and that the future will yield the desired accomplishment of self-determination for each First Nation in Canada."

Websites

Aboriginal Affairs and North Development Canada (AANDC)

The AANDC is one of the federal government departments responsible for meeting the Government of Canada's obligations and commitments to First Nations, Inuit and Métis, and for fulfilling the federal government's constitutional responsibilities in the North. Available on the AANDC website are information about First Nations in Canada, access to a media room, library and a complete repository of all reports and publications, and a selection of Aboriginal success stories from communities across Canada.

Haudenosaunee Confederacy

From the website: "Through generations of attempted assimilation the nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy have held fast to their cultures and traditions. Today they are expressing their story through their own people with the introduction of HaudenosauneeConfederacy.ca. An excellent resource for students and teachers alike, this website shares cultural information in historical and contemporary contexts through the eyes of the Haudenosaunee. The website will provide a voice for the Haudenosaunee people in new media while providing engaging information to Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal audiences. The Haudenosaunee welcome you as you explore the unique culture held close to the hearts of their people."