Indigenous Studies

Discusses reasons postgraduate program is needed: lack of Native Americans professionals, interdisciplinary approaches to research, evaluation and critical assessment of methodologies, testing existing research for validity, and addressing community needs and priorities.

Discusses the following contributing elements that inspired some history departments to offer Native studies classes: the Meriam Report of 1928, the Indian Reform Movement of the 1920s and 1930s, the Indian claims research of the 1950s, and the political climate of the 1960s.

Argues that Canadian and American scholars tend to ignore each other when it comes to research about Indigenous matters.

Describes program with expertise in anthropology, education, art, history, literature, museum studies, religion rhetoric and writing, Ojibwe language, and social work.

Outlines differences between the nature of Native Studies programs in Canada and the United States.

Goal of the course is to help educators think about how they can center or re-center Indigenous ways of knowing into their work. Duration: 13:18.

Discusses the development, direction and goals of Native Studies Dpartments and why this discipline must be so unique in its approach to teaching.

Examines some recurring themes in Native American women's literature, like home and relocation, and the resulting implications that arise.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queensland University of Technology, 2011.

Book reviews of: Beyond the Reach of Time and Change: Native American Reflections on the Frank A. Rinehart Photograph Collection edited by Simon J. Ortiz. Bringing Indians to the Book by Albert Furtwangler. A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children edited by Doris Seale and Beverly Slapin. Children of Coyote, Missionaries of Saint Francis: Indian-Spanish Relations in Colonial California, 1769–1850 by Steven W.

Book reviews of: Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862 edited by Gary Clayton Anderson, Alan R. Woolworth. Abstracts of Native Studies, Volume 1. Abstracts of Native Studies, Volume 2 edited by R. C. Annis. Fools Crow by James Welch. The Seminole by Merwyn S. Garbarino. The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West by Patricia Nelson Limerick. Southeastern Pomo Ceremonials: The Kuksu Cult and Its Successors by Abraham M.

File contains a presentation by Huguette Bouchard and Micheline Blanchette focusing on the Universite du Quebec a Chichoutimi's programs that trains Amerindians in the educational field for the past 20 years. The university's original two programs were a certificate program in education sciences, Amerindian stream; and a certificate program in Aboriginal technolinguistics. In 1990 a centre for Amerindian studies was created.

This file contains a presentation by Larry Chartrand and Troy Chalifoux of the Indigenous Law Program at the University of Alberta. Chartrand wonders if "my promoting the virtues of a legal education to Aboriginal students is essentially promoting Aboriginal society, or are we promoting the continued subjugation of Aboriginal people by the European-based colonial powers?"

Explores the misrepresentation of Indigenous women by North American popular culture through the promotion of images such as the postcard/calendar "Indian maiden" or "Indian princess" caricature.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2006.

Panel discussion on Native sovereignty with emphasis on education, particularly the Native studies curriculum in tribal colleges and universities.

Presents the authors views on developing strategies for a culturally based approach to teaching, learning and research.

The noted author speaks about his writing and his role as director of the Program in American Culture at the University of Michigan.

A series of slides and info-graphics that provide an overview of some of the statistics pertaining to tribal colleges and universities (TCUs).

Book review of: Stories Through Theories/Theories Through Stories edited by Gordon D. Henry, Nieves Pascual Soler, and Silvia Martinez-Falquina. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 74.

Explores the controversy surrounding overemphasis on Native American fictional literature in American Indian Studies and the dire need for understanding and solutions for social issues and challenges currently faced by Native Americans.

Examines scientific methods for conducting Native Studies research by reviewing current literature featuring Aboriginal subjects.

Overview of the American Indian Studies program including mission, vision and need.

Examines recommendations from the Task Force on Federally Sentenced Women which include five principles for meaningful change and demonstrates the benefits of healing lodges.

Suggests that Momaday's work, despite the fact that it deals with only one tribe, is a useful starting point for the study of Native American literature when there are time constraints on a more in-depth examination of the canon.

Administered by the American Indian Studies Center, the survey gathered information from institutions about their programs as well as information from Native American communities regarding their education and training needs.

Examines the differences and difficulties in teaching American Indian studies courses to both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students at Iowa State University.

Looks at the experiences associated with teaching Indigenous studies at an Australian university.

Outlines how to teach a three-unit course in Literature of the American Indians with a focus on Leslie Silko's Storyteller. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Argues that Aboriginal students experience tensions between Indigenous knowledge and academic knowledge and terminology and institutions should be adapting to their values.

Book review of Theorizing Native Studies edited by Audra Simpson and Andrea Smith.

Presentation from the perspective of the Certificate Program in Native American Studies (CPNAIS) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) on ways to develop theory, methodology, and practice in Native studies.

Prominent scholar discusses her work in the field of American Indian studies and attitudes about history and politics of Indigenous nations' situation in the United States.

Contends that Aboriginal scholars are often placed in the position of trying to meet two disparate and contradictory standards, those of the Indigenous community and the larger academic world.

Focuses on American and Canadian governments and post-secondary institution's reluctance to promote Native art.

Examines how the Native American Studies Program at Berkeley differs from the existing structure of the Ethnic Studies Department at Berkeley. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Discusses the challenges still facing Canadian universities since the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing into academic institutions.

Author describe the experience of teaching introductory Native American Studies courses and the complacency and ignorance demonstrated by many of the non-Indigenous students towards the subject.

Study of Higher Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1982.

Author reflects on Vizenor’s concept of the “compassionate trickster,” and how that understanding of irony and humour in Indigenous art has affected the author’s own research and career in academia.

Speakers discuss initiatives undertaken by their law schools in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to action. Duration: 52:07.

Looks at award winning Professor Marie Ann Battiste, her many accomplishments and the other award winners. Article located by scrolling to page 19.

Includes links to: library, publications for purchase, events, research, etc..

Book review of: Uncivil Rites by Steven Salaita.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Colorado State University, 2012.

Evaluates post colonial economic history of the Choctaw and explores possible weaknesses in previous scholarly opinion.

Discusses history of Native American Indian studies programs at colleges and universities in the United States.