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Aboriginal Canada Portal: www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/; Single window to Canadian Aboriginal on-line resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services.
Aboriginal Peoples - Guide to the Records of the Government of Canada: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/0201200109_e.html; Thematic guide prepared by Library and Archives Canada. Includes Overview of Aboriginal History in Canada, Métis Scrip Records, and Bands and Agencies.
Arctic & Antarctic Regions (access limited to LAC on-site users): http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?BiblioLine; This extensive, multidisciplinary database integrates major international polar resources including ASTIS, BOREAL Northern Titles, Arctic Bibliography, Yukon Bibliography, SPRI, and INAC records. A wide variety of sources are indexed including: scientific periodicals, proceedings of conferences and symposia, government reports, theses, and books. Coverage: 1800 - .
Arctic Blue Books Online: www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/arcticbb/index.shtml; Index to and digitization of 19th century British Parliamentary Papers concerned with the Canadian Arctic known as the Arctic Blue Books. The site includes the text of Andrew Taylor's Preliminary Guide to the Arctic Blue Books as well as Taylor's detailed abstracts of these documents.
Arctic Institute of North America: http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/; Provides access to the Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS) Database and to their Photographic Archives Database.
Bibliography of Native North Americans (access limited to LAC on-site users): http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile;
=ehost&defaultdb;=fph; Bibliographic database on the history, life and culture of native North Americans. Over 70,000 citations to works published from the sixteenth century to the present, including monographs, essays, journal articles, US and Canadian government documents.
Canada's Native Peoples: www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/native/index.htm; Overview document produced as part of a collaborative effort of the Centre for Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University and the Canadian Studies and Youth Programs, Department of Canadian Heritage.
Center for World Indigenous Studies: www.cwis.org/; The Centre for World Indigenous Studies hosts the Fourth World Documentation Program linking to documents relating to the social, political, strategic, economic and human rights situations being faced by Fourth World nations. Includes links to texts of submissions by Canadian native groups to UN bodies.
Department of Indian and Northern Affairs: http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/index-eng.asp; Website includes information sheets, legislation; historic treaty information; statistical publications, First Nation profiles; information on Indian and Inuit art.
First Nations Periodical Index: www.lights.ca/sifc/INTRO.HTM; The First Nations Periodical Index indexes approximately twenty journals of mainly Canadian Native content providing access to information about First Nations for students (high school or university), educators, instructors and researchers.
Indian Affairs Annual Reports 1864-1990: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/indianaffairs/index-e.html; The Indian Affairs Annual Reports collection contains the full text of annual reports for the years 1864 - 1990. Schedules of Indian Bands, Reserves and Settlements (1902 to 1992) have also been digitized and added to the Indian Affairs Annual Reports collection.
Library and Archives Canada - Aboriginal Peoples: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/topics/index-e.html#a; This page offers a selection of Library and Archives Canada resources on the topic of Aboriginal peoples.
National Aboriginal Document Database: http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/aboriginaldocs/index.html; Provides access to full-text of statutes, court decisions, and treaties. Also includes links to additional information sites for First Nations in Canada and Native American sites in the United States.
Polar Web: http://arcticcentre.ulapland.fi/polarweb/; The Polar Web, a collaborative project of the Polar Libraries Colloquy, is a guide to Internet resources dealing with the polar regions. All subjects disciplines are covered including the social sciences and the native peoples. Includes section on libraries and bibliographic databases, museums,organizations, research projects, experts, electronic publications.
UBCIC Links Page: www.ubcic.bc.ca/links/; An extensive directory of web links on the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs Website. Headings include anthropology, archaeology, health, media/entertainment, research, traditional knowledge.