Site contains links to catalogue records and brief descriptions of publications held at the Edmonton Public Library that would be of interest to teens.
Site contains links to Edmonton Public Library catalogue records and brief descriptions of publications that would be of interest to Aboriginal children.
Globalization and International Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2008.
Examines writings from Sharon Donna McIvor, Patricia A. Monture and Kim Anderson.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 6, June 2008, p. 24
Description
Looks at a comedy radio special that is made up of short sketches and original teleplays to be aired on Aboriginal Day.
Article located by scrolling to page 24.
Looks at the 1782 expedition of Count Jean François de la Pérouse, his leadership of the mission, encounters with Indigenous Peoples, and observations made by the crew.
Northwest Journal of Linguistics, vol. 2, no. 1, 2008, pp. 1-26
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"Lists and summarizes materials on the Tahltan language, including linguistic and anthropological research papers, dictionaries, collections of stories and teaching materials".
Biography, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2008, pp. 397-428
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Looks at the journal by Mary Ellicott Arnold and Mabel Reed recounting colonial contact between whites and Indigenous people in the Klamath River Indian Country in 1908–09.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 2, Summer, 2008, pp. 128-130
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Book review of: Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter From the Late-Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast by Paige Raibmon.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 128.
Author describes her personal and professional reasons for participating in the Moving Research about Addressing the Impacts of Violence on Learning into Practice project. Excerpt from book of the same name produced as a result of the project.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 105-108
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Book review of: Bernie Whitebear: An Urban Indian's Quest for Justice by Lawney L. Reyes.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 105.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 54, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 355-358
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Study of cross section of new Aboriginal teachers from across Ontario brought together to share stories about their experiences in a Wildfire Research Method.
Initiated by the Friends of Geographical Names of Alberta, the Aboriginal Talking Dictionary project was a vehicle for the formal recognition of Native values and traditions.
American Literature, vol. 80, no. 3, September 2008, pp. 611-613
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Book reviews of: Custerology: The Enduring Legacy of the Indian Wars and George Armstrong Custer by Michael A. Elliot; Speak Like Singing: Classics of Native American Literature by Kenneth Lincoln.
American Literature, vol. 80, no. 2, June 2008, pp. 416-419
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Book reviews of 4 books:
Public Native America: Tribal Self-Representation in Museums, Powwows, and Casinos by Mary Lawlor.
Disturbing Indians: The Archaeology of Southern Fiction by Annette Trefzer.
Matter, Magic, and Spirit: Representing Indian and African American Belief by David Murray.
Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country edited by Tiya Miles and Sharon P. Holland.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 4, 2008, pp. 145-200
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Book reviews of 20 books:
Being and Place Among the Tlingit by Thomas F. Thornton.
The Cultivation of Resentment: Treaty Rights and the New Right by Jeffery R. Dudas.
Diabetes Among the Pima: Stories of Survival by Carolyn Smith-Morris.
Essential Song: Three Decades of Northern Cree Music by Lynn Whidden.
First Families: A Photographic History of California Indians by L. Frank and Kim Hogeland.
Households and Hegemony: Early Creek Prestige Goods, Symbolic Capital and Social Power by Cameron B.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 3, 2008, pp. 177-231
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Book reviews of 18 books:
Before the Country: Native Renaissance, Canadian Mythology by Stephanie McKenzie.
Beyond Red Power: American Indian Politics and Activism Since 1900 edited by Daniel M. Cobb and Loretta Fowler.
The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand: Roanoke's Forgotten Indians by Michale Leroy Oberg.
How Choctaws Invented Civilization and Why Choctaws Will Conquer the World by D. L. Birchfield.
I Swallow Turquoise For Courage: Poems by Hershman R. John.
Long Journey Home: Oral Histories of Contemporary Delaware Indians edited by James W.