Literature & Stories
ART Sauvage: Indian Acts
Alternate Title
In the Eye of a Wendat: Rethinking Action Art as Art Sauvage/Indian Acts
INDIANacts: Aboriginal Performance Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Guy Sioui Durand
Description
Discusses various concepts of artistic expression in Aboriginal performance art.
Art Work as Argument
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason Edward Lewis
Skawennati Fragnito
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 37, no. 1, [Media Arts Revisited (MARs)], 2012, pp. 205-212
Description
Looks at the research network Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace five years after its inception and how digital media technologies have been used to tell stories.
“Artistic License” Should Be Revoked If It Involves the Re-writing of History: My Heart is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose by Ann Rinaldi
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
MariJo Moore
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 1, Series 2; Children’s Literature, Spring, 2000, pp. [83]-85
Description
Book review of: My Heart is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose by Ann Rinaldi.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Arts-based Research Methods with Indigenous Peoples: an International Scoping Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chad Hammond
Wendy Gifford
Roanne Thomas
Seham Rabaa
Ovini Thomas ... [et al.]
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 3, September 2018, pp. 260-276
Description
Reviews the literature of 36 international research studies; discusses research methods involving artistic practices. Identifies areas in which arts based methods may offer benefits to an Indigenous research agenda: (a) participant engagement, (b) relationship building, (c) Indigenous knowledge creation, (d) capacity building, and (e) community action.
ASAIL: Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
ASAIL
Description
Promotes the study, criticism, and research on the oral traditions and written literatures of Native Americans. The website includes a Guide to Native American Studies Programs in the United States and Canada, a link to the SAIL newsletter and notes, recent announcements, and a link to archival issues of Studies in American Indian Literatures (SAIL).
Asemaa
Alternate Title
Maajii-Ojibwemowag = They Begin to Speak Ojibwe
Stories of the Plants: A Zhaawanong Book
[Maajii-Ojibwemowag = They Begin to Speak Ojibwe: ANA Language Project Teacher/Caregiver Supplemental Document]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anabiikwe (Celo White)
Mezinaanakwad (Dennis White)
Description
Children's book about the importance of sacred tobacco in Ojibwe culture; in Ojibwe and English.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
[Askî Scrapbook]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
Description
For use with the storybook Askî and Turtle Island.
Assisting American Indian Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Cope with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Lessons from Vietnam Veterans and the Writings of Jim Northrup
Alternate Title
Assisting American Indian Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Cope with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence W. Gross
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2007, pp. 373-409
Description
Article discusses the Vietnam veteran's experiences and calls for scholars to make practical suggestions for relieving the suffering of American Indian veterans.
At Home With the Bella Coola Indians: T. F. McIlwraith's Field Letters, 1922-4
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jacinda Mack
BC Studies, no. 141, Spring, 2004, pp. 120-121
Description
Book review of: At Home With the Bella Coola Indians edited by Douglas Cole and John Barker.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 120.
At the Intersections of Empire: Ceremony, Transnationalism, and American Indian–Filipino Exchange
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alyssa A. Hunziker
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2019, pp. 116-134
Description
Author uses a transnational framework for engaging with Leslie Marmon Silko’s novel; argues that this approach allows the reader to see similarities between Indigenous people in North America and other colonized nations, and to compare settler-colonial and colonial contexts.
Authentic First Peoples Resources for Grades 10 to 12 and Adult Learning
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
First Nations Schools Association (FNSA)
Description
General information on choosing appropriate texts, common themes, copyright and protocol and dealing with sensitive content followed by an extensive list of material with annotations for grade level, description, themes and content cautions.
Authentic First Peoples Resources: K-9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jo-Anne (Jo) L. Chrona
Sara Florence Davidson
Roberta Edzerza
Nadine McSpadden
Joanne Moiese ... [et al.]
Description
Annotated list of material includes reading level, curriculum areas, themes and topics, publication dates and number of pages.
Updated version. Originally published in 2011.
Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jeffrey P. Shepherd
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 2, Summer, 2008, pp. 128-130
Description
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.
Auto-Images of Amerindians in Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine and Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ilinca-Miruna Diaconu
Universitatea din Bucuresti. Analele. Limbi si Literaturi Straine, no. 2, 2011, pp. 149-156
Description
Discusses how both authors challenge stereotypes and show that while Aboriginal culture is distinctive, it is not static or frozen in the past.
Entire volume on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 149.
Ava and the Little Folk: Book Study
Alternate Title
Ava and the Little Folk: Senior Book Study
Uqalimaarummaq Reader
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Arctic College
Description
Teacher's resource for senior level book study meant to help learners strengthen their reading, writing, and communication skills. Developed as part of the Adult Basic Education Program at Nunavut Arctic College.
Ava and the Little Folk: Book Study
Alternate Title
Ava and the Little Folk: Junior Book Study
Book Study (Nunavut Arctic College) Jr.
Uqalimaarummaq Reader
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Arctic College
Description
Teacher's resource for use with primary students in Grades 4, 5, and 6. Goal is to improve literacy and communication skills while teaching about identity, friendship and community.
B.C. First Nations Studies Teacher's Guide
Alternate Title
BC First Nations Studies Teacher's Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kenneth Campbell
Description
Guide to accompany student resource book. Class is designed for Grade 12 students.
For use with:
Textbook.
Integrated Resource Package.
B.C. First Nations Studies [Textbook]
Alternate Title
BC First Nations Studies [Textbook]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kenneth Campbell
Charles Menzies
Brent Peacock
Carrie J. Reid
John Borrows
Description
Accompanying material:
Teacher's Guide.
Integrated Resource Package.
Babo's Great-Great Granddaughter: The Presence of Benito Cereno in Green Grass, Running Water
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Riley Fast
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, 2001, pp. 27-46
Description
Character analysis reveals how the Cherokee-Greek-German author borrows stories and figures from mainstream Western culture and incorporates not only these into his writings, but the reader as well.
Backed into the Wind, Clean-Limbed and Patient
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deirdre McNamer
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 33-35
Description
Remembrances of Blackfeet author James Welch (1940-2003).
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 33.
Bad Medicine Whistle
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dave Madden
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 1, Celebrating Tribal College Journals 20th Anniversary, Fall, 2009, pp. 50-51
Description
Presents a short story titled, Bad Medicine Whistle, by Dave Madden.
The Baffin Writer's Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria Freeman
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125 , Native Writers & Canadian Writing, Spring/Summer , 1990, pp. 266 - 271
Description
Looks at a project that encourages Inuit people to begin writing their stories and, in this way, pass on Inuit culture and language to the next generation.
Entire journal on one pdf. Scroll down to page 266 to read article.
Bagwaji-zhigaagawaanzhing
Alternate Title
Maajii-Ojibwemowag = They Begin to Speak Ojibwe
Stories of the Plants: A Zhaawanong Book
[Maajii-Ojibwemowag = They Begin to Speak Ojibwe: ANA Language Project Teacher/Caregiver Supplemental Document]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anabiikwe (Celo White)
Mezinaanakwad (Dennis White)
Description
Children's story about harvesting wild leek or ramps; in Ojibwe and English.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.