First Nations Research Resources: Additional Resources

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Associations & organizations
Directories of Websites
Government information (Canada, U.S., International)
Links to other relevant guides
Goodminds.com - a First Nations online vendor/bookstore (subject listing of books/dvds)

Associations and organizations

• Aboriginal Canada Portal - National Aboriginal Organizations
• Aboriginal Rights Coalition
• Aboriginal Youth Network
• Assembly of First Nations
• Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
• B.C. Assembly of First Nations
• Canadian Bar Association - National Aboriginal Law section
• Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
• First Nations Schools Association
• First Nations Summit
• Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami - an Inuit Rights organization
• Metis National Council - click on the "women" link
• Métis National Council of Women
• NAHO National Aboriginal Health Organization
• Native Women's Association
• National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO)
• Pauktuutit Inuit Women's Association
• Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
  • Links to Aboriginal information (legal, traditional knowledge, research, etc.), Publications e.g.
• Scow Institute -  The Institute was founded in 2001 by retired Judge Alfred J. Scow, the first Aboriginal person called to the Bar and to the Bench in British Columbia, and other interested persons.
  • Research Library - online articles on Aboriginal issues
• Other general:
  • Eldis Gateway to Development Information -full text documents, from over 4,500 different publishers. Use "indigenous" to find many studies.
  • Mediawatch MediaWatch is a national, not for profit feminist organization working to eliminate sexism in the media.

Directories of websites

• Elaine Cubbins: Techniques for Evaluating American Indian Web Sites. 
• Aboriginal Resources and Services - Library Archives Canada.
• B.C. Archives  
• Bill's Aboriginal Links
• First Nation Information Project - Canadian focus, with a directory of nearly 50 First Nations' homepages.
• First Nations Seeker: Directory of Canada's First Nations Portals - also a good source for Names of First Nations both authentic and anglicized 
• Native Web - links to major news stories, announcements, and events concerning indigenous peoples worldwide. 
• Resources for Aboriginal Studies (University of Saskatchewan) - databases of archival material held in Saskatchewan archives and concerned with Métis and aboriginal studies.  Included are databases of historic photographs and archival material (textual, audio, film, maps, etc.), inlcuding the Northwest Resistance Digitization Project.

TWO LIBRARY GUIDES 

• IPortal - Indigenous Studies Research Tool - (University of Saskatchewan Library)
• Xwi7xwa Library's Subject Links (University of British Columbia) - by topics

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Government information

For a detailed guide on B.C. and Canadian Government documents related to First Nations, please consult
the First Nations Government Sources.

Canada

• General:
  • Canadian Research Index - Includes federal, provincial and municipal government publications. Keep track of the Microlog Report number and find the report on fiche on 6th floor. Alternatively, search the department site, online.
  • Library Archives Canada, Archives Search engine e.g. search for "nurses" for archives/fonds related to them
    • Celebrating women's achievements, The Call to Duty - from the fonds of six Canadian nursing sisters.
  • Library of Parliament - Parliamentary Information and Research Service Publications - Briefs on issues, Bills, etc. E.g.

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United States

• GPO Access - A well-organized list of U.S. government sites by topic.
  • US Census Bureau - Get current industrial and demographic reports, economic census data, foreign trade analysis, and much more. Statistical Abstracts of the United States
  • US Department of Labor — Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Government - International

• Asian Development Bank -
• United Nations
  • Search: U.N. Economic and Social Development Website -
  • International Instruments and Treaty Bodies - legal instruments, conventions and other relevant international standards of particular importance to women's human rights and gender equality
• United Nations Entities Specializing in Gender Issues:
• • UNIFEM - United Nations Development Fund for Women
  • Women Watch (U.N. Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) -
• United Nations - World Health Organization, Country Profiles

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Links to other relevant guides

• First Nations Related web guides
  Anthropology Art and Culture | Bookstore | Business & Economic Development | Education |Government | Land Claims | Language & Literature | Law | Women's Studies
• First Nations Terminology guide

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