Other Resources

Online Maps

Native-Land.ca

Native Land is an Indigenous-led interactive map of Indigenous territories around the world, searchable by territory, language, or treaty.

Government of Canada First Nation Profiles Interactive Map

The First Nation Profiles is a collection of information that describes individual First Nation communities across Canada. The profiles include general information on a First Nation along with more detailed information about its reserve(s).

Treaties, Surrenders and Agreements

Database with 100+ references to maps in historic Canadian treaties and related agreements. Please note- this database uses colonial language.

Pan Inuit Trails
This Atlas provides a view (although incomplete) of Inuit mobility and occupancy of Arctic waters, coasts and lands, including its icescapes, as documented in written historical records.

Useful References

Below is a curated selection of open access, peer-reviewed publications for your reference.

Arquette, M., Cole, M., Cook, K., LaFrance, B., Peters, M., Ransom, J., ... & Stairs, A. (2002). Holistic risk-based environmental decision making: a Native perspective. Environmental Health Perspectives, 110(suppl 2), 259-264. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241171/pdf/ehp110s-000259.pdf

Baker, J.M., & Westman, C.N. (2018). Extracting knowledge: social science, environmental impact assessment, and Indigenous consultation in the oil sands of Alberta, Canada. The Extractive Industries and Society, 5(1): 144–153. https://harvest.usask.ca/bitstream/handle/10388/12503/Baker%20and%20Westman%20Extracting%20Knowledge%20Article%20Postprint%20Harvest%20Version.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Berbés‐Blázquez, M., Feagan, m., Waltner‐Toews, D., & Parkes, M. (2014). The need for heuristics in ecosystem approaches to health. EcoHealth 11(3): 290. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10393-014-0946-7.pdf 

Bombay, A. (2015). A call to end mental health disparities for Indigenous people. The Lancet Psychiatry. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(15)00352-1/fulltext

Booth, A. & Skelton, N.W. (2011). Improving First Nations’ participation in environmental assessment processes: recommendations from the field. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 29(1): 49–58. http://okcp.ca/images/resources/land-use-planning/improving-first-nation-participation-in-environmen-al-assessment-processes.pdf

Eckert, L. E., Claxton, N. X., Owens, C., Johnston, A., Ban, N. C., Moola, F., & Darimont, C. T. (2020). Indigenous knowledge and federal environmental assessments in Canada: applying past lessons to the 2019 impact assessment act. FACETS, 5(1), 67-90. https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2019-0039

Lewis, D. (2018). Tlilnuo'lti'k-Weji-sqalia'timk-How we will be Mi'kmaq on our land: Working together with Pictou Landing First Nation to redefine a healthy community (Doctoral dissertation, Dalhousie University). https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10222/79839/Lewis-Diana-PhD-SOSA-August-2018.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

McCormick, R., Vedan, R., McNicholl, P., & Lynam, J. (1997). Introduction: Taking back the wisdom: Moving forward to recovery and action. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 16(2), 5-8. https://www.cjcmh.com/doi/pdf/10.7870/cjcmh-1997-0001

McGregor, D. (2004). Coming full circle: Indigenous knowledge, environment, and our future. American Indian Quarterly, 28(3/4), 385-410. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4138924.pdf?casa_token=MWyBV1dnyu4AAAAA:1BVh7reP6GVX0fTi96e5q0jJ9AdJj-m6ds88Xn8y0H0KNGeelfz4r_v6ArxeSyJzmVA7yYLqykAkHNqFcqJym-AoZiHCWI6u8LMiLZXtLK9ldvrgFPk

Reading, C.L., & Wien, F. (2009). Health Inequalities and Social Determinants of Aboriginal Peoples' Health. Prince George, BC: National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health. Retrieved from https://www.ccnsa-nccah.ca/docs/determinants/RPT-HealthInequalities-Reading-Wien-EN.pdf

Root, D. (2020). MSIT No’Kmaq: An Indigenous framework for understanding children’s social emotional attachment. Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing, 5(1), 16-27. https://journalindigenouswellbeing.com/media/2020/05/127.140.MSIT-No%E2%80%99Kmaq-An-Indigenous-framework-for-understanding-children%E2%80%99s-social-emotional-attachment.pdf

Tobias, J. K., & Richmond, C. A. (2014). “That land means everything to us as Anishinaabe….”: Environmental dispossession and resilience on the North Shore of Lake Superior. Health & Place, 29, 26-33. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263323662_That_land_means_everything_to_us_as_Anishinaabe_Environmental_dispossession_and_resilience_on_the_North_Shore_of_Lake_Superior

Vecsey, C. (1987). Grassy Narrows Reserve: Mercury Pollution, Social Disruption, and Natural Resources: A Question of Autonomy. American Indian Quarterly, 11(4), 287- 314. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1184289.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Aa7b8007a91160a40411288246dbb7eb0

Whyte, K. (2018). Critical Investigations of Resilience: A Brief Introduction to Indigenous Environmental Studies & Sciences. Daedalus, 147(2), 136-147. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323820299_Critical_Investigations_of_Resilience_A_Brief_Introduction_to_Indigenous_Environmental_Studies_Sciences

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