Indigenous Studies

Critical review of John A. Price's article, including his response to the review.

Compares two books, written more than twenty years apart, for their strengths, weaknesses, biases, and value to Native American Studies.

Presents an assessment of directions, goals, and achievements in higher education for Aboriginal people in Taiwan, with comparisons to Indian higher education in Canada. Article is from the book, "Culture and the State: Alternative Interventions."

Discusses the development of interdisciplinary studies programs at UCLA and the potential future for American Indian studies.

Discusses the fine line of maintaining "right relations" and being a good anthropologist according to commonly held scholarly expectations.

Examines the unique role that universities can play in helping to maintain both the Micmac (Mi'kmaq) and Maliseet languages in Indigenous communities in the Maritimes to assist in the preservation of culture and communication between generations.

Author discusses the issues associated with American Indian higher education including funding and accreditation requirements.

Presents a bibliography, for a syllabus, for a contemporary Indigenous issues course.

Contains notes and syllabus for the class: Anthropology / Native American Studies 327, Washington State University.

Brief abstract explores the similarities and differences between Indigenous and contemporary science for scholar-activists.

Education Foundations Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1999.

Describes the process and content determination for a graduate level Native American Literature course.

Examines the narrowness, regionalism and nationalism found in theses reviewed.

Professor discusses revisions he has made to formal writing requirements for his classes. Changes were undertaken to force students to think more deeply about the underlying racism which perpetuates the current status of Aboriginals in Canada.

Native and non-Native faculty dedication brought the development to reality at Michigan State University.

Argues that there is a direct relationship between classroom study of First Nation literature and the transformation of mainstream culture and images of Aboriginal cultures.

Looks back over the field of Native American literature and criticism, and makes some predictions as to the future direction of American Indian studies.

Discusses transnational and national criticism in Indigenous literary studies.

An examination of the rise of Native American Studies in United States colleges and universities west of in the Mississippi River in the mid twentieth century.

Educational Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2011.

Editorial cites the benefits of working at CJNE, where the editors share an understanding of the land and learn from each other's experiences.

In letter, author describes how she came to teach Native Studies, developed the necessary background to do so, and what she believes to be her primary purpose as an educator in the field.

Describes a research project at the University of Saskatchewan which challenges Eurocentric views.

American Culture Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2012.

Outline for an Aboriginal literature class offered at Brandon University, Manitoba.

Focuses on the American Indian Studies (AIS) program at Virginia Tech that has endured by maintaining open lines of communication, honouring tribal advisers and acknowledging those advisers as colleagues.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 1997.

Overview of issues involved in conducting research into Indigenous knowledge. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.

Describes four aspects of Native American education processes.

Article describes the authors’ use of writing workshops as a way of teaching students about multiple ways of knowing; technique involves repositioning the author as a participant in the text focusing on ethical engagement with the material and ideas that make up the text.

Author discusses some of her personal experiences regarding racism in a Canadian post-secondary institution.

Author recalls his time teaching at the first Tribal College in the United States.

Author shares memories about the role Cook-Lynn played in the creation of the American Indian studies program at Arizona State University.

Introductory editorial for initial issue of, International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies.

Introductory editorial on themed issue highlighting the work of emerging scholars in the field of Indigenous Studies.

Retirement announcement by the editors and a brief summary of Aboriginal academic achievements over their 10 year period at the publication.

Discusses the emergence of Tribal Colleges in the United States and the social and educational benefits of the Salish Kootenai College in Montana.

Native American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 2005.

Book review of: Elder Brother and the Law of the People by Robert Alexander Innes.

Discusses the role of Native studies at tribal colleges.

A discussion about what needs to be done to achieve decolonization of archaeology in regards to Indigenous culture.

Overview of concepts related to epistemological dominance and different epistemological methodologies in higher education teaching and learning.

Author explores historical, cultural, and political relationships to compare potential for new initiatives in the scholarly and activist arenas.

Explores the effects of colonization on ethnic groups and presents a case against combining Ethnic Studies and Native Studies at the University of British Columbia.

The author recounts some of the Cree Elder's contributions to the dissemination of Indigenous knowledge paradigms.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 2006.

Examines four Native Studies programs, in four provinces, and how each University has increased its responsiveness to First Nation needs since the 1960s.

Author describes their personal experiences with profound ignorance towards Indigenous peoples and systemic anti-Indigenous racism at the small exclusive college at which they are a non-tenured member of the faculty.

Book review of: Expressions In Canadian Native Studies edited by Ron F. Laliberte, Priscilla Settee, James B. Waldram ... et al.

Four courses on First Nations traditions, social aspects, law and culture to be offered at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College (SIFC).