LibGuides: Sociology & Social Anthropology: Aboriginal Studies

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Indigenous Studies Portal (USask)
The Indigenous Studies Portal (iPortal) is a database of full-text electronic resources such as books, articles, theses and documents as well as digitized materials such as photographs, archival resources, maps, etc. focusing primarily on First Nations and Aboriginals of Canada with a secondary focus on North American materials and beyond.
North American Indian Thought and Culture
Contains approximately 27,000 pages of text and images. Included are biographies, auto-biographies, personal narratives, speeches, diaries, letters, and oral histories.
AnthroSource
A complete electronic archive of all American Anthroplogical Association journals through 2003, seamless access to archival content housed at JSTOR, and current issues for 11 of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications
CBCA complete
Indexes over 800 Canadian current affairs and general interest periodicals and eight daily news sources. Full text of over 150 titles.
PAIS Index
Indexes articles, books, documents, reports, and statistical compilations about public policy, social policy and international development.

RCAP Archive (Library & Archives Canada)
The archive provides "...transcripts of the hearings, research reports, submissions from tribal councils, organizations and interest groups..."

Data and Statistics

Aboriginal Peoples Survey 2012 - High Level Indicators
Topics include: Health, Education, Housing, Water Quality, and Languages
Aboriginal Peoples Survey Community Profiles
Statistical profiles of Canadian aboriginal communities.
Aboriginal Statistics at a Glance (Stats Can)
Aboriginal Peoples - Data (Stats Can)
Dimensions - Portrait of aboriginal population in Canada
Dal Killam Library Circulation Desk CDROM E78 C2 D55 1999

Data for selected demographic, cultural, social and economic characterietics of the Canadian Aboriginal population.
Statistical Record of Native North Americans
Dal Killam Library Reference Collection E 98 P76 S73 1993

Reference Shelf

Key resources in the Killam Library Reference Collection:

American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia E 98 R3 C755 2005

Cambridge History of Native Peoples
Also available in print in the Killam Library E 77 N62 1996

Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume E 98 C8 P37 1994

Encyclopedia of Native Tribes of North America E 76.2 J64 2007

Handbook of North American Indians E 77 H25 1978

Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary PM 988 L42 1998

Blackfoot Grammar

Dictionary of the Language of the Micmac Indians PM 1793 R36 Special Collections (5th floor Killam)

Eskimo-English, English-Eskimo Dictionary PM 63 T5 1997

Handbook of American Indian Languages 2US SI 2.3 40 2 Government Documents (2nd floor Killam)

SSHRC Aboriginal Research Funding

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has a special grant program for research related to aboriginal issues. For more information, click here.