Social Indicators Research, vol. 103, no. 3, September 2011, pp. 299-314
Description
Analyzes Early Development Instrument to measure kindergarten children in the following categories: physical health and well-being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive development, communication skills, and general knowledge.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, pp. 205-206
Description
Book review of: Family Origin Histories as told by Tyee Bob, Sa:ya:sh'pis, William Qwishanishim et al. and edited by Eugene Arima, Henry Kammler, Terry Klokeid and Katherine Robinson.
Website contains links, some with access to the full text of presentations, from a conference which explores intellectual thought and cultural development of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Many of the presenters were Canadian.
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 56, no. 2, February 2011, pp. 75-83
Description
Looks at how psychiatry can best capitalize on its growing debate regarding the role of culture in care offered to First Nations and Inuit youth who abuse substances.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2011 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Fall, 2011, pp. 1-17
Description
Looks at maintaining cultural identity while living in an urban environment.
English Studies in Canada, vol. 37, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 63-84
Description
Uses a conversation between two fictitious characters to illustrate aspects of the author's term "word bundles" as it relates to Indigenous concepts of community and storytelling.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 11, no. 1, 1991, pp. 49-93
Description
Montagnais myth, The Caribou-Man, undergoes ethnoscientific analysis using Indigenous knowledge to understand mythical elements. (Abstract in French/English, article in French only)
American Literature, vol. 83, no. 4, December 2011, pp. 880-882
Description
Book reviews of:
Indigenous Storywork: Educating the Heart, Mind, Body and Spirit by Jo-ann Archibald.
Tribal Theory in Native American Literature: Dakota and Haudenosaunee Writing and Indigenous Worldviews by Penelope Myrtle Kelsey.
Book reviews found by scrolling to page 880.
Discusses two perspectives on repatriation of cultural property in relation to virtual repatriation and associated community media projects by the Doig River First Nation and the Inuvialuit community in the western Arctic and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
Duration: 40:36
Pimatisiwin, vol. 9, no. 1, Summer, 2011, pp. 193-217
Description
Comments on the psychoanalysis of myth and what can be learned from a century of Aboriginal myths and stories. Includes the story, How it Came About That Some People Are Small and Some Large.
Introduction from book: Oral History on Trial: Recognizing Narratives in the Courts by Bruce Granville Miller. A case for merging oral narratives into legal proceedings. Includes a few pages from chapter 1.
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 83rd, 2011]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michelle Honkanen
Description
Argues that Canada must begin to develop trusting, long-term and collaborative relationships with Indigenous people in the spirit of the treaties in order for reconciliation to take place.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1991, pp. 45-88
Description
Book reviews of:
American Indian Literatures: An Introduction, Bibliographic Review, and Selected Bibliography by A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff
Wolverine Myths and Visions: Dene Traditions from Northern Alberta by Dene Wodih Society
California Indian Nights by Edward W. Gifford and Gwendoline Harris Block
Bighorse the Warrior by Tiana Bighorse and edited by Noël Bennett
Wigwam Evenings: Sioux Folk Tales Retold by Charles A.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1991, pp. 47-84
Description
Book reviews of:
The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich
A Second View: The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich
Baptism of Desire: Poems by Louise Erdrich
Interior Landscapes: Autobiographical Myths and Metaphors by Gerald Vizenor
Griever: An American Monkey King in China by Gerald Vizenor
Native Writers and Canadian Writing edited by W.H.