Our Interconnected Journey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorna Williams
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 53-75
Description
In this personal essay, the author explores issues rooted in the conflicting worldviews of Indigenous and settler society; she further compares the legal traditions rooted in these worldviews and explores concepts surrounding the rule of law and its failure versus unjust laws within the context of her own Jewish heritage and the legacy of Nazi Germany.
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in BC
Alternate Title
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in British Columbia
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Beringia Community Planning Inc.]
Description
Related Material:
Toolkit Resources.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Palliative Care for First Nations People in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Miranda Falk
Description
Nursing Thesis (MSN)--University of British Columbia (Okanagan), 2019.
The People Have Never Stopped Dancing: Native American Modern Dance Histories
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Patrice Hollrah
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 128-131
Description
Book review of: The People Have Never Stopped Dancing by Jacqueline Shea Murphy.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 128.
Perceptions of Decline: Inuit Shamanism in the Canadian Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jarich Oosten
Frédéric Laugrand
Cornelius Remie
Ethnohistory, vol. 53, no. 3, Summer, 2006, pp. 445-477
Description
Looks at the the perception that shaminism was in decline and examines testimonies of elders that contradict that idea.
Pipeline Dreams: People, Environment, and the Arctic Energy Frontier
Alternate Title
IWGIA Document ; 126
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mark Nuttall
Practices Against Culture That "Work" in Nunavut Schools: Problematizing Two Common Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Berger
Juanita Ross Epp
McGill Journal of Education , vol. 41, no. 1, Winter, 2006, pp. 9-27
Description
Looks at two practices used in Qallunaat schools that are both against Inuit culture: rigid southern style discipline and the use of praise and rewards system.
Promising Practices in Timiskaming First Nation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Production
Ken Clement
Merv Thomas
Jason Lawrence
Description
Focuses on the community's efforts to deal with Hepatitis C through education, outreach, and healing.
Duration: 27:33.
Puo'winue'l Prayers: Readings from North America's First Transtextual Script
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louis Esme Cruz
Qwo-Li Driskill
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 243-252
Description
Examines some of the issues related to "coming home" to ourselves, our land, and our people from a multiracial, visual-textual, Two-Spirit perspective.
Racial Necrogeographies and the Making of White Space: The Life and Death of Nineteenth-Century Indigenous and Black Burial Places in Rural Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Felepchuk
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, 2019, pp. 73-87
Description
Looks at burial sites desecrated by settlers, how these acts represent an attempt to erase Indigenous and Black existence, and how these communities have pushed back by reclaiming and reconsecrating their scared places.
Raven Imagery in Northwest Coast Indian Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Finch
Description
Discusses the importance of the Raven image in art to Native American Indian cultural groups of the Northwest Coast.
[Recensions/Book Reviews]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Julie Rodrigue
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, Problématiques des Sexes / Gender Issues, 2006, pp. 194-196
Description
Review of Les Inuit de l'Arctique Canadien edited by Pauline Huret.
Review in French.
Reclaiming Warrior Spirit: Foundations for a Holistic First Nations Education Program
Theses
Author/Creator
Corrine Michelle Zamluk
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2006.
The Religion of Nature: Evangelical Perspectives on the Environment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Jarich Oosten
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, Les Inuit et le Changement Climatique / The Inuit and Climate Change, 2010, pp. 71-91
Description
Reports on recent developments regarding Canada Awakening Ministries (CAM), an Evangelical movement with the Inuit in Canada's Eastern Arctic.
Repatriation, Digital Technology, and Culture in a Northern Athapaskan Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Kate Hennessy
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2010
[Residential Schools Effects: How Are These Affecting Current Elders' Spiritual Leadership]
Theses
Author/Creator
Juan Jimenez
Description
[Conflict Analysis and Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2010].
Resource Database
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Community Based Aboriginal Curriculum Initiatives
Description
Lists over 2300 resources covering a broad spectrum subject areas. Can be sorted by title or author.
Respectful Methodology: Methodological and Ethical Issues in the Study of Aboriginal Religious Traditions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Ruml
Oral History Forum, vol. 26, 2006, pp. 64-80
Description
Author speaks about specific experiences and challenges with teaching Aboriginal spirituality.
Restorative Justice Circles as a Method For Addressing the Impacts of Crime on Victims, Communities, and Offenders
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ingrid Diane Johnson
Description
Recounts history of restorative justice, who uses them and how successful they are.
Honors Captstone Research Project--[University of Alaska, Fairbanks], 2010.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Steven Hoelscher
Michelene E. Pesantubbee
Jaye T. Darby
Thomas Maxwell-Long
Barbara Krauthamer
Peter Nabokov
Greg O'Brien
James A. Lewis
Sandra Baringer... [et al.]
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 2006, pp. 141-186
Description
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.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ron Welburn
Anton Treuer
Jace Weaver
Jessiline Anderson
Karren Baird-Olson
John M. Shaw
David La Vere
Susan Lobo
Robert L. Munkres
Greg Poelzer
Brian Calliou
Raphael Comprone
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 3, 2006, pp. 129-178
Description
Book reviews of:
Algonquian Spirit: Contemporary Translations of the Algonquian Literatures of North America edited by Brian Swann.
Building on a Borrowed Past: Place and Identity in Pipestone, Minnesota by Sally J. Southwick.
The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature edited by Joy Porter and Kenneth M.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Susan Lobo
Colin Ben
Brian Thom
Kenneth Wade
Bob Morrissey
Richard M. Wheelock
Matthew Babcock
Alexis Bunten
Maureen Konkle
Heidi Altman
Katherine Beaty Chiste
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, 2006, pp. 133-182
Description
Book reviews of:
America Is Indian Country: Opinions and Perspectives from Indian Country Today edited by José Barreiro and Tim Johnson.
Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast by Paige Raibmon.
Bibliography of Native American Bibliographies compiled by Phillip M. White.
The Boundaries Between Us: Natives and Newcomers Along the Frontiers of the Old Northwest Territory, 1750–1850 edited by Daniel P.
Ritual Architecture in Prehistoric Complex Hunter-Gatherer Communities: A Potential Example From Keatley Creek, on the Canadian Plateau
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jesse Morin
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 3, July 2010, pp. 599-626
Description
Promotes the study of housepit structures to begin to interpret the bases and origins of social inequality.
The Role of the Elder within a Mainstream Addiction and Mental Health Hospital: Developing an Integrated Paradigm
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter Menzies
Ana Bodnar
Vern Harper
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 87-107
Description
Discusses the role of an Elder in counseling sessions with Aboriginal clinicians trained in Western healing intervention, providing insight into their problems both from an Aboriginal perspective as well as from a western clinical perspective.
Round Up
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Narcisse Blood
Description
Traces Pete Standing Alone's last round up of his horses and how his life has changed in the last twenty years. Accompanying material: An Integrated Educator's Guide.
Duration:18:02.
Saskatchewan's Public Opinion on Reconciliation: Results from a 2019 Provincial Survey
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC)
Description
Sample consisted of 3,018 people. Questions were asked about shared understanding of history, authentic relationships, cultures and worldviews, and political, economic, and social systems.
Related material:
2019 General Population Survey: Results from a Saskatchewan-based Survey on Attitudes toward Reconciliation (Technical Report).
Sharing Aboriginal Stories: Dreamcatcher
Alternate Title
Circles of Intelligent Knowledge Program
sihcikêwin acoskîyonis-powamin kahtinikan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsey Caisse
Description
Very short pamphlet, written by a student, meant for use in the classroom as a tool to improve literacy. Text in English and Cree.
Sharing Aboriginal Stories: Eagle Feathers
Alternate Title
Circles of Intelligent Knowledge Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Roger Gardypie
Description
Very short pamphlet, written by a student, meant for use in the classroom as a tool to improve literacy. Text in English and Cree
Sharing Aboriginal Stories: Learning about the Sundance
Alternate Title
Circles of Intelligent Knowledge Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kimberly Loftus
Description
Very short pamphlet, written by a student; meant for use in the classroom as a tool to improve literacy. Text in English and Cree.
Sharing Medicines
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Stanford Parenteau
Description
Knowledge Keeper from Pine Creek, Manitoba talks about harvesting and associated protocols, preparation, and uses of balsam and poplar bark, sage, sweet grass, and wihkes (Black flagstaff root).
Duration: 46:14.
Sharing the Seven Sacred Teachings through Puppetry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rebecca Penner
Description
Designed to increase students' knowledge of the teachings and by creating puppets, writing scripts, and performing plays teach younger students about them.
Shaunee Casavant - Backstory: Nuuchaanulth Ceremonial Curtains and the Work of Ki-Ke-In
Alternate Title
Global Encounters Initiative, University of British Columbia
Itineraries of Exchange: Cultural Contact in a Global Frame March 4-6, 2010 University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Media » Film and Video
Description
Chief Councilor of the Hupacasath Nation shares her story, place of being and knowledge about ceremonies, designs on Ceremonial Curtains and her own Ceremonial Curtain.
Duration: 1:03:13.
Short Film Study 110: Journey of the Healer
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NWT Literacy Council
Description
Teacher's guide to accompany the short film dealing with traditional healing and spirituality. The film is written, produced and based on a comic book by Steven Keewatin Sanderson. Includes comprehension questions, writing activities, and research activities.
Short Film Study: 120-130: Journey of the Healer
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NWT Literacy Council
Description
Teacher's guide to accompany the short film dealing with traditional healing and spirituality. The film is written, produced and based on a comic book by Steven Keewatin Sanderson. Includes comprehension questions, writing activities, and research activities.
Social Determinants of Educational Outcomes in Indigenous Learners
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael J. Chandler
Education Canada, vol. 50, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 46-50
Description
Over view on the link between ethnic identification and cultural continuity on the educational success of youth.
Spirit Beings, Mental Illness, and Murder: Fur Traders and the Windigo in Canada's Boreal Forest, 1774 to 1935
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shawn Smallman
Ethnohistory, vol. 57, no. 4, 2010, pp. [571]-596
Description
Looks at how Hudson's Bay Company traders viewed the Algonquian belief in the cannibal spirit, windigo.
Spirit Doctors
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's resource for documentary written and directed by Marie Burke about Mary and Ed Louie, two Sqilxw (Okanagan) traditional healers.
The Spirit Messenger and the Traditional Exemplar: Two Figures of the Elder Among Plains Cree Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew R. Hatala
Michel Desjardins
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, pp. 49-81
Description
Interviews conducted on four Aboriginal elders living in Saskatchewan reveal two categories of Cree elders.
Student Activities: Choosing Life: Bobby's Story
Alternate Title
Ningwakwe's Healthy Life Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher McGruer
Description
Activities designed for use with the novel Choosing Life: Bobby's Story by Gilles Pinette. The target audience is young adults.
Subject or Object? Shaping and Reshaping the Intersections Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Records
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Millar
Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 6, 2006, pp. 329-350
Description
Considers relationship between Aboriginal people and European settlers in British Columbia from the mid 1800s to the 21st century, focusing on methods of communication, information management and memory making.
Take Nothing in Life for Granted
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, June 17, 2006, p. A16
Description
Columnist relates his experiences regarding the death of his son due to an industrial accident.
Taonsayontenhroseri:ye’ne: The Power of Art in Indigenous Research with Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kawennakon Bonnie Whitlow
Vanessa Oliver
Kim Anderson
Kari Brozowski ... [et al.]
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 180-189
Description
Describes an arts based research project which uses graffiti art to make Haudenosaunee symbols and images accessible and relevant for Indigenous youth. Discusses cultural bridging and exchange, decolonization, identity, cultural values, and Indigenous solidarity.
Teaching Aboriginal Literature Through the Lenses of Contemporary Literacy Theory
Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 105
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Geraldine Balzer
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Looks at the introduction of Aboriginal literature and contemporary critical theory to Grade 12 students.
Teachings of the Seven Sacred / Seven Grandfathers: Basic Level Teachings Unit 1: Student Manual
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Native Literacy Coalition
Description
Students learn about the traits associated with each teaching: respect, wisdom, love, bravery, humility honesty, and truth and why they are important for living well.
Related material: Teacher's Manual.
Teachings of the Seven Sacred / Seven Grandfathers: Basic Level Teachings Unit 1: Teacher's Manual
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Native Literacy Coalition
Description
A series of lesson plans for each of the teachings: respect, wisdom, love, bravery, humility, honesty and truth. Related material: Student Manual.
Teionkwakhashion Tsi Niionkwariho:Ten "We Share Our Matters": A Literary History of Six Nations of the Grand River
Alternate Title
A Literary History of Six Nations of the Grand River
Theses
Author/Creator
Rick Monture
Description
English & Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2010.
"They are Strongly Attached to the Country of Rivers, Lakes, and Forests": The Social Landscapes of the Northwest
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Brenda Macdougall
Description
Looks at the familial relationships which developed in the community of Île à la Crosse as well as those established with representatives of the fur trade and the Church.
Introduction and Chapter 1 of: One of the Family: Métis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan.