HIST 3510 Indigenous Peoples of Canada

Pick a Research topic

• Read your syllabus and course assignment instructions carefully
• Pick a topic that interests you and meets the criteria of the assignment
• Need extra help? Click on Choosing an essay topic

Do an initial search on Wikipedia for background knowledge

• Wikipedia will also help you to broaden your search terms
• Watch the video, Using Wikepedia Wisely

Identify key concepts/ideas/themes by consulting encyclopedias

• Canadian Encyclopedia
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• First Nations Information Connection

Books on Indigenous Research Methods

• Decolonizing Methodologies: research and Indigenous peoples
• Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies
• Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Research Methodologies
• Indigenous Research: theories, practices and relationships

Key Databases

• Canadiana
• Indigenous Peoples- North America
• Indigenous Studies Portal (U of Saskatchewan)
• Hudson's Bay Company Archives
• National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
• The Champlain Society
• The Red and Black Series - Aboriginal Documentary Heritage

Archival Databases

• HathiTrust Digital Library
• Internet Archive
• PrimaryDocuments.ca

What are primary sources?

• Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources help guide

Government Legislation, Commissions, Inquiries

• Acts, Bills and Legislation (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada)
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission
• Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
• National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
• Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement
• Historical Indigenous Government Publications
• United Nations Declaration on the Right of Indigenous Peoples

Treaties

• Indian Treaties and Surrenders, from 1680 to 1890
• Treaties, surrenders and agreements (LAC)
• Treaties and Agreements
• Treaties, agreements and negotiations (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada)
• Treaties from iPortal web site (U of Saskatchewan)

Begin with Omni

• Omni searches most of the library's databases, simultaneously, for everything (ie: journal articles, book reviews, books/e-books, newspapers, videos, maps, etc.)
• type the keywords of your topic in the search box
• use the filters to refine your search results to peer-reviewed journals
• use the Omni Search Tips guide if you need help

Other Databases:

• Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples of North America
• America, History and Life

Indigenous Studies Journals:

• BC Studies
• Canadian Historical Review
• Canadian Bulletin of Medical History
• Canadian journal of Aboriginal community-based HIV/AIDS research
• Canadian Journal of History
• Canadian Journal of Native Studies
• Études Inuit Inuit studies
• First peoples child and family review
• Indigenous Law Journal (U of T)
• Indigenous Peoples Journal of Law, Culture and Resistance
• Journal of Indigenous Studies
• Journal of Indigenous Research
• Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) Journal

Search Contents of individual journal titles

• Journal searching

Evaluating Sources

• Evaluating sources - academic, popular, news and social media articles

Films

• Curio
• Criterion On Demand
• Films on Demand
• National Film Board

Podcasts

• Media Indigena
• Inuit Unikkaangit
• Warrior Life

• Citing your sources
• Citing Elders and Knowledge Keepers (U of Toronto)
• Elements of Indigenous style: a guide for writing by and about Indigenous Peoples