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The Bases Are Loaded: American Indians and American Studies
Carter Meland, Joseph Bauerkemper, LeAnne Howe, Heidi Stark Indigenous Nations Journal, Vol. 46, No. 1, Indigeneity at the Crossroads of American Studies, Fall/Spring, 2005/2006, pp. 391-416. Argues that the field of American Studies would not exist without the presence of Native Americans and that their world view and its contributions are both valid and desirable. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 2, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Beading the Multicultural World: Louise Erdrich's The Antelope Wife and the Sacred Metaphysic
Jonathan Little, Contemporary Literature, Vol. 41, No. 3, Autumn, 2000, pp. 495-524. Examines the concept of multiculturalism and sacred metaphysics in Louise Erdrich's The Antelope Wife by using a metaphor of Ojibwa beading to create a narrative about overlapping spaces between cultures. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 5, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Beaver in Art
Marius Barbeau The Beaver, Vol. 75, No. 1, February/March 1995, pp. 32-?. Discusses its significance to several North American Indigenous tribes. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 5, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Beyond the Mirror: Indigenous Ecologies and 'New Materialisms' in Contemporary Art
Jessica L. Horton, Janet Catherine Berlo Third Text, Vol. 27, No. 1, Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology, January 2013, pp. 17-28. Discusses how several Aboriginal artists have incorporated the traditional worldview, in which everything is animate, into their modern works. Highlights Jimmie Durham, Rebecca Belmore, Jolene Rickard, and Will Wilson. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Bha'a and The Death of Jim Loney
John Purdy Studies in American Indian Literatures, Vol. 5, No. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 67-71. Looks at how The Death of Jim Loney has been interpreted as a statement about the supposed fate of Native cultures, but has also been viewed as an understanding of how stories speak of the relationship between landscape and people. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 2, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Bimaadiziwin, or the “Good Life,” as a
Unifying Concept of Anishinaabe Religion
Lawrence W. Gross American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2002, pp. 15-32. Discusses how the Anishnaabe concept bimaadiziwin is helping the Ojibwe recover from colonization. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 7, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Bingocentric Worlds of Michel Tremblay and Tomson Highway: Les Belles-Soeurs vs. The Rez Sisters
Renate Usmiani Canadian Literature, No. 144, Native, Individual, State, Spring, 1995, pp. 126 - 140. Looks at the parallels between two plays, Les Belles-Soeurs and The Rez Sisters, in terms of the subject matter and the dramatic techniques used. For example, bingo, is used as a symbol and illustration of women's consumerism and of the spiritual emptiness in their lives. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 5, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Blackfeet and the Black Robes, 1830– 1850
Garrit Voggesser American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4, 2002, pp. 45-66. Examines the Jesuit mission to the Blackfeet. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 3, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Blackfoot Medicine Men
Cecil Denny Alberta History, Vol. 55, No. 1, Winter, 2007, pp. 9-12. Author reflects on the important role of the medicine man and how their customs are dying with them. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Blackfoot Mythology
John Maclean Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 6, No. 22, July-September 1893, pp. 165-172. Describes legends told by Elders, including the creation story, origin of the wind, the Old Man, and the story of Kutoyis, the blood-clot boy. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 4, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Blood Came from Their Mouths: Tongva and Chumash Responses to the Pandemic of 1801
Edward D. Castillo American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 23, No. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 47-61. Examination of the religious and cultural responses, of two California Native American groups, to new diseases, which were of Spanish origin, and to colonization. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 2, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Bluejay Character in the Plateau Spirit Dance
Verne F. Ray American Anthropologist, Vol. 39, No. 4, pt.1, New Series, October-December 1937, pp. 593-601. Focuses on the guardian spirit and its importance in winter dances and religion among the Salish. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 2, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Bodies of Water: Exploring Birth Place and Ceremony in Manitoba, Canada
Rachel Olson Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health, Vol. 10, No. 3, Winter, 2012, pp. 341-351. Explores the relationship between place of birth and spiritual connections to land and water. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Bridging Sacred Canopies: Mi'Kmaq Spirituality and Catholicism
Robert A. Campbell Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Vol. 18, No. 2, 1998, pp. 301-311. Provides an overview of the unique worldview of Mi'kmaq Catholicism through Peter Berger's notion of religion as a sacred canopy. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Bridging the Gap: Strategies of Survival in James Welch’s Novels
Karsten Fitz American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 20, No. 1, 1996, pp. 131-146. Looks at new ways to understand mixed cultural origins, reconcile beliefs, and how these ideas are superseding older ideas of assimilation or resistance. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 3, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Bringer of Light: the Raven in Inuit Tradition
Jarich Oosten, Frédéric Laugrand Polar Record, Vol. 42, No. 3, July 2006, pp. 187-204. Discussion of the Arctic raven complex in Alaska and comparison to the eastern Arctic understandings are discussed. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 3, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Building the System: Churches, Missionary Organizations, the Federal State, and Health Care in Southern Alberta Treaty 7 Communities, 1890-1930
Kristin Burnett Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 41, No. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 18-41. Looks at the evolution of institutional structures of western health care in First Nations communities in southern Alberta and the women who were central in the creation and operation of these facilities. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 3, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Butterfly in Hopi Myth and Ritual
J. Walter Fewkes American Anthropologist, Vol. 12, No. 4, New Series, October-December 1910, pp. 576-594. Discusses mythological concepts that can be traced back to the Rio Grande region. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 5, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Calling the Thunder, Part One: Animikeek, the Thunderstorm as Speech Event in the Anishinaabe Lifeworld
Theresa S. Smith American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3, 1991, pp. 19-28. Examines the complex Anishnaabeg system of beliefs associated with thunderstorms. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 3, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Canadian Aboriginal People's Experiences with HIV/AIDS as Portrayed in Selected English Language Aboriginal Media (1996–2000)
Juanne N. Clarke, Daniela B. Friedman, Laurie Hoffman-Goetz Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 60, No. 10, May 2005, pp. 2169-2180. Explores themes in coverage of the disease and contrasts the treatment of issues to that found in mainstream media. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Canoe Trip: A Northern Cree Metaphor for Conducting Research
Herman Michell in education: exploring our connective educational landscape, Vol. 18, No. 1, Spring, 2012, p. [?]. Discusses how respectful community-based research approaches are metaphorically like going on a canoe journey. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Career Counselling First Nations Youth: Applying the First Nations Career-Life Planning Model
Harly Neumann, Rod M. McCormick, Norman E. Amundson, Holly B. McLean Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, Vol. 34, No. 3, 2000, pp. 172-185. Results of field-test designed to determine whether the Model was viable, practical, and culturally appropriate. Involved 13 high school students from British Columbia. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
A Career-Life Planning Model for First Nations People
Rod M. McCormick, Norman E. Amundson Journal of Employment Counselling, Vol. 34, No. 4, 1997, pp. 171-179. Discusses five components of Aboriginal culture which should be Incorporated into counselling: connectedness, balance, roles and responsibilities, aptitudes, and values. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Catholicism in Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine and Tracks
Dennis Walsh American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2001, pp. 107-127. Investigates Catholicism and its relationship and conflict with traditional shamans. It looks at the spiritual failure of this European religion among the Ojibwa nations. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 3, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Ceremonial Healing and the Multiple Narrative Tradition in Louise Erdrich's "Tales of Burning Love"
Roberta Rosenberg MELUS, Vol. 27, No. 3, Autumn, 2002, pp. 113-131. Examines how the author weaves European storytelling with Chippewa narrative tradition in this literary work. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 2, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites |
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