This file contains excerpts from Reginald Beatty's diary, correspondence about his encounters with Cree people, and letters home to his parents detailing his experience in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. Mr. Beatty was a farmer and fur trader in what is now known as the Melfort area of Saskatchewan.
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 45-52
Description
Excerpt from a conversation between the authors about the exhibition c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city. Discussion includes exhibit process and impact, and the role of museums in supporting and consulting with Indigenous communities,
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 350-361
Description
Three non-Indigenous teacher-educators reflect on the ways their responses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and the corresponding provincial mandates have been positively and constructively influenced by their professional relationships with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people.
Northern Review, no. 47, Dealing with Resource Development in Canada's North, August 03, 2018, pp. 187-207
Description
Based on the Labour Mobility And Community Participation in the Extractive industries (LACE) research project, this article outlines the key elements of CBPR (community based participatory research): establishing partnerships, knowledge sharing and co-production, and data and research-product ownership.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 42, no. 1, 2018, pp. 115-130
Description
Discusses decolonizing the research process, beginning with how researchers engage with Indigenous communities; challenges the mainstream scientific idea that there is a “single truth to be discovered and that scientific knowledge is far more valuable than subjective or experiential knowledge.”
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 99, no. 2, Summer, May 2018, pp. 258-283
Description
Article examines communications between settlers in British Columbia and the United Kingdom highlighting the ways that settlers aligned themselves with metropolitan Europeans and disregarded local Indigenous and other racialized peoples in a way that reflected a broader politics of daily life that underpinned the settler colonial project.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, 2018, pp. 183-207
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This project examines a collection of digital stories created by urban Indigenous youth, parents and educators; using theories of self-determination, sovereignty and survivance article argues that urban living can contribute to the strength and endurance of Indigenous identities and ways of being.
Examining a Community-Based Theater Program as a Source of Resilience and Well-being among Indigenous Youth in Saskatoon
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrew R. Hatala
Description
Report on the Circle of Voices program at the Gordon Tootoosis Nīkābīwin Theatre. Includes discussion of program goals, explanation of research process and evaluation, and results and initial themes from interviews with eight youth participants.
Looks at the culture of the area prior to the illegal evictions in 1984, history of advocacy by and for sex trade workers in Vancouver, and the authors’ struggle to secure reparations, an apology and a permanent memorial. Also discusses these issues in the context of ‘reconciliation’ and the consequences of racialization and criminalization.
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 113-127
Description
Curators of the exhibition Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Unceded Territories describe project which brought together art, activism, history, Indigenous youth, and the wider public to "amplify the artist’s insistence that all of us consider our collective responsibilities to this earth".
Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre (MFNERC)
Description
Provides guidance to those wishing to record Elders' remembrances including interview tips, and suggested questions about personal information, and home, bush, prairie, social and political, and spiritual-religious life.
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 312-330
Description
Author uses perspectives from school teachers and Indigenous writers to argue that “Indigenous literary arts can foster relational understandings between readers and Indigenous communities.” Encourages educators to draw on Indigenous literatures for inspiration and motivation in this work.
Toronto Star journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths, Tanya Talaga, talks about how she came to write the book about the deaths of seven First Nations high school students, the story of Chanie Wenjack, who died while running away from a residential school and what these stories say about Canadian society and history.
Duration: 1:13:35.
A summary of 15 semi-directed interviews with Cree and Inuit Elders, conducted in June of 2012 regarding climate change and the health of polar bears. Participants unanimously agreed on the reality of a warming climate and a prolonged ice-free season, but differed by community in their perception of the health of the polar bears
Episode 61: Michael talks to Harold R. Johnson about his book Clifford, a text that Johnson describes as "a memoir, a fiction, a fantasy."
Duration: 28:49
Episode 51: Larry Krotz discusses Diagnosing the Legacy: The Discovery, Research, and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Indigenous Youth.
Duration: 25:49
Two historians discuss their new book, which is a case study of the death of Brian Sinclair in a hospital emergency room while awaiting care: Structures of Indifference.
Episode 64: part of Pledge-o-Rama 2018.
Duration: 49:04
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 7, no. 1, 2018, pp. 42-57
Description
The experiences of three different participants in an intergenerational, multi-week research workshop which explored how the concept of wellness is understood are portrayed through the lenses of a girl, a mother, and a grandmother.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, 2018, p. Article 3
Description
Using talking circles, study explored the experiences of people living in a highly-researched inner-city neighbourhood of the Downtown Eastside. Participants expressed distrust towards researchers, noted a lack of transparency in research and believed that research holds little benefit for their community. Authors advocate for increased support for Indigenous-led approaches which stress community concerns and meaningful community engagement.
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Genocide Special Issue, December 30, 2018, pp. 153-159
Description
Literary criticism article which examines the ways that contemporary queer and Two-Spirit authors are creating a cultural resurgence and decolonizing Indigenous sexualities.