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Indigenous Studies Websites

Atlantic History Collection NFB
Indigenous Heritage - Library Archives Canada
Atlantic Canada Virtual Archives
The Atlantic Canada Virtual Archives (ACVA) features collections of digitized documents and images, accompanied by learning activities and commentary, of interest to a wide range of readers.
Guide to Mi'kmaq Holdings at the Beaton Institute
The Beaton Institute is a cultural heritage archive at Cape Breton University
The Canadian Encyclopedia
Complete Indian News Collection, 1954-1982
Open access archive of Indian News, publication of the Department of Indian Affairs (University of Winnipeg institutional repository)
First Nations in Canada
First Nations in Canada is an educational resource designed for use by young Canadians; high school educators and students; Aboriginal communities; and anyone interested in First Nations history.
Historical Maps of NS
Primary access point for exploring a variety of historical maps, charts and plans digitized from collections held at the Nova Scotia Archives.
Indigenous Research Primary Source Documents
Harry Piers Ethnology Papers, created by the Nova Scotia Museum. A catalogue of Mi'kmaq documents located in the museum.
Mi'kmaq Resource Centre CBU
Native Land Digital
Native Land Digital is an Indigenous-led non-profit organization. Their website features a global, interactive traditional territories map as well as territory acknowledgment guides.
Nova Scotia Archives on YouTube
NS Archives Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide
PEI Public Archives and Records Office
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
Tepi’ketuek - Mi’kmaw Archives
The Rooms - Newfoundland and Labrador Archives and Museum

Indigenous Peoples - Maps
View maps featuring First Nations in Canada, Metis population, and more.
Honouring Traditional Knowledge
APCFNC Elders Project Report (2011)
Mi’kmaq Online (Talking Dictionary)
Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey’s Mi'kmaw-English lexicon
Mi'kmaq Resource Centre CBU
Native Languages of the Americas
Online materials for over 800 indigenous languages and the people that speak them. Includes language learning worksheets, vocabulary lists, and a geographical index of Native American tribes.
Stories From Our Elders
Stories and teachings from an Atlantic circle of Knowledge keepers (ebook from Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat)

Selected Indigenous Studies Programs from Canada and the U.S.

Theses and Dissertations - Saint Mary's Institutional Repository
Mi'kmaw Theses Online
A selected list of links hosted by Unama'ki College, CBU
Indigenous Research Primary Source Documents
Harry Piers Ethnology Papers, created by the Nova Scotia Museum. A catalogue of Mi'kmaq documents located in the museum.
Search Theses Canada - LAC
Theses Canada, launched in 1965 at the request of the deans of Canadian graduate schools, is a collaborative program between Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and Canadian universities.
Two-Eyed Seeing/Etuaptmumk
Definition of concept coined by Elder Albert Marshall, Eskasoni, and foundational to the Integrative Science and Health Institute at CBU (Now part of Unama'ki College)
Selected books on Indigenous Research Methodologies
From Dalhousie University Libraries
Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study

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