One participant was Aboriginal hunter, one was a French Canadian farmer, and one was an immigrant from England. Focus was on six characteristics: language, religion, social relations, family, intergenerational links, and rites of passage.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 73-82
Description
Lakota author Zitkala-Ša metaphorically presents her autobiographical work Impressions of an Indian Childhood as a rendition of the Garden of Eden story.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 73.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, 2006, pp. 109-129
Description
Questions why this diverse genre of autobiography is not used by teachers and critics, arguing it reflects the margins of Native history, subsistence, community and identity.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Women's Traditional Governance Research Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Wachowich
Description
Includes brief historical overview, profile of the community, discussion of women's role in traditional and modern society, and transcriptions of 20 interviews conducted in 1993.
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 1, Inaugural Edition, Summer, 2006, pp. 5-16
Description
Qualitative study involving eight women infected or affected by HIV. Focused on women's experiences on the road to healing. (Article appears on p. 5 of inaugural issue of Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research.)
Reminiscences of relatives, friends and acquaintances of Louisa Anderson, a Tsimshian Elder from Hartley Bay, British Columbia. Supplemented by contextual information.
Book review of: Writing the Circle: Native Women of Western Canada edited by Jeanne Perreault and Sylvia Vance ; preface by Emma LaRocque ; introduction by Gloria Bird.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Culture and Educating: Aboriginal Settings, Concerns, and Insights, Spring, 1994, pp. 182-192
Description
Looks at life histories of Maliseet and Micmac university students and Bolivian Aymara, Quechua, and Uru women to help students realize their own identity and potential.
Emphasis is on cultural sub-systems of family, religion and career from insider's perspective, and placing women's experiences in a social and cultural context.
Looks at the history and contemporary life of the Abenaki and the importance of basket making to their way of life.
Duration: 1:44:05.
Accompanying material.
A Weasel Pops In and Out of Old Tunes: Exchanging Words. (Marie Annharte Baker's Poetry)(Interview)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie Annharte Baker
Lally Grauer
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 31, no. 1, For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada, Winter, 2006, pp. 116-128
Description
Presents a joint paper done, by the author, with Marie Annharte Baker, the noted Chippewa/Cree/French author of three books of poetry: Being on the Moon, Coyote Columbus Cafe and Exercises in Lip Pointing.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 2, Summer, 1994, pp. 4-13
Description
Comments on an exhibition which presents a visual record of Inuit life and social history by highlighting the work of 12 textile artists.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 4.