Updated: July 5, 2007

CANADIAN STUDIES RESOURCES
Native Peoples in Canada:
Online Resources

This page is a cooperative effort between the Michigan Canadian Studies Roundtable,
the MSU Canadian Studies Centre and the MSU Libraries

Note: All locations and call numbers for books & other materials pertain to the Michigan State University Libraries.

Print Resources

Resources on Metis Peoples | Resources on Inuit Peoples

Aboriginal Canada Portal -- Canadian Federal Government resource for Aboriginal on-line resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services. (Last examined on 04/04/07)

Aboriginal Canadians: First nations issues and analysis -- From the CBC. (Last examined on 07/05/07)

Aboriginal Documentary Heritage: Historical Collections of the Canadian Government. -- "presents three thematic sections with essays and selected documents about the Red and Black Series (the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs' administrative records of Aboriginal people from 1872 to the 1950s), Treaties, Surrenders and Agreements, and Aboriginal Soldiers in the First World War. This phase of the project features searchable databases of digitized records from the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs (RG 10) fonds and the soldiers of the First World War. It includes records for the majority of the Red Series (documents dealing with Eastern Canadian locations in volumes 1855 to 2151 on microfilm reels C-11103 to C-11169), and the entire 524 records that form the Treaties, Surrenders and Agreements in the collection of Library and Archives Canada (LAC)." (Last examined on 06/1807)

Aboriginal Planet -- "Aboriginal Planet Online Magazine reports on the Aboriginal Canadian events taking place around the world and on important international aboriginal events taking place in Canada." (Last examined on 04/04/07)

Assembly of First Nations -- The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is the national representative/lobby organization of the First Nations in Canada. This site contains a vast amount of resources on First Nations' efforts for equality in Canada and the larger world. (Last examined on 04/04/07)

Canada's Aboriginal Action Plan -- The Canadian government's long-term, broad-based policy approach designed to increase the quality of life of Aboriginal people and to promote self-sufficiency.(Last examined on 04/04/07)

CBC Aboriginal -- Issues and programming on Canada's English-language public broadcaster.(Last examined on 07/05/07)

Communities First: First Nations Governance (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada) Home page for a controversial Federal initiative on relations between aboriginals and the national government. (Last examined on 04/04/07)

Indians and Northern Affairs Canada Official site for the Federal department that deals with native issues. Government of Canada website) (Last examined on 04/04/07)

Kid's Stop (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada) Governmental site for children with information on culture, food, history, and more. (Last examined on 04/04/07)

Native Canadian Centre of Toronto "...community-based non-profit organization which provides a gathering place to deliver programs and services for Native people while striving to reflect the traditional Native cultural perspective.. (Last examined on 04/04/07)

NativeWeb "Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World," this site is "an international, nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and the Internet to disseminate information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations around the world; to foster communication between native and non-native peoples; to conduct research involving indigenous peoples' usage of technology and the Internet; and to provide resources, mentoring, and services to facilitate indigenous peoples' use of this technology.." (Last examined on 104/04/07)

Native Women's Association of Canada Private organization promoting native women's issues. (Last examined on 04/04/07)

Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage: Aboriginal Peoples -- description of the four groups that compose the aboriginal peoples of this province. (Last examined on 04/04/07)

Resources for Aboriginal Studies (University of Saskatchewan Library). This site consists of four databases: Photographs, Archival Materials, the Nortwest Resistance of 1885 ("Riel Rebellion"), and Canadian Native Law Cases. (Last examined on 04/04/07)



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