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Designing and Sharing Relational Space Through Decolonizing Media
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the IDEAS: Designing for Innovation
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Yvonne Poitras Pratt
Solange Lalonde
Description
Looks at building educator capacity for media.
Chapter from Proceedings of the IDEAS: Designing for Innovation edited by M. Takeuchi, A. P. Preciado Babb and J. Lock.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - "Knitting and Spinning at St. Albert School"
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Birth of the West: History Teaching Series
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers
Description
Black and white photograph of a class of young Indigenous girls learning to knit and spin at the St. Albert industrial school. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
The Face Pullers: Ch.3 images - "Learning Saddlery and Bootmaking, St. Albert School, 1898"
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
[Birth of the West: History Teaching Pictures]
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers
Description
Black and white photograph of a class of Indigenous youths learning saddlery and bootmaking at the St. Albert industrial school. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
First Nations of the Southern Praries
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brock Silversides
Description
Folder containing newspaper clippings, captions, didactic panels from and relating to a photographic exhibition entitled "First Nations of the Southern Prairies" hosted at the Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery.
Framing Canada's Aboriginal Peoples: A Comparative Analysis of Indigenous and Mainstream Television News
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brad Clark
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 41-64
Description
Compares coverage of events on Global Television, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and CTV to that of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). Stories covered: shooting of Chelsea Yellowbird, vote buying at Esgenoopetitj First Nation, Air Canada, Winnipeg and First Nation flood evacuees, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Keystone XL pipeline protest.
Indian Record (Vol. 34, #11-12, November-December, 1971)
Documents & Presentations
Description
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
Indian Record (vol. 34, #5-6, May-June, 1971)
Documents & Presentations
Description
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
Indian Record (vol. 34, #7-8, July-August, 1971)
Documents & Presentations
Description
National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
Indian Record (Vol. 36, No. 3-4, March-April, 1973)
Documents & Presentations
Description
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
Indian Record (Vol. XXIII, No. 7, September 1960)
Documents & Presentations
Description
"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.
Indian Record (Vol. XXVI, No. 3, May - June, 1963)
Documents & Presentations
Description
"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.
Indian Record (Vol. XXXI, No. 6, June-July, 1968)
Documents & Presentations
Description
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record .
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
Indian Record (Vol. XXXI, No. 9, November, 1968)
Documents & Presentations
Description
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record .
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
Indian Record (Vol. XXXII, Nos. 8-9, August-September, 1969)
Documents & Presentations
Description
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
Indian Record (XXXI, No. 7, August-September, 1968)
Documents & Presentations
Description
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record .
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
Indigenous Digital Storytelling in Video: Witnessing with Alma Desjarlais
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judy M. Iseke
Equity & Excellence in Education, vol. 44, no. 3, Social Justice and the Arts, 2011, pp. 311-329
Description
A video project of Alma's stories of remembering and preserving tradition and a discussion on witnessing narratives used in storytelling.
Îyacisitayin Newoskan Simakanîsîkanisak: 'The (Re)Making of the Hobbema Community Cadet Corps Program'
Alternate Title
Iyacisitayin Newoskan Simakanisikanisak: 'The (Re)Making of the Hobbema Community Cadet Corps Program'
Theses
Author/Creator
Jordan Robert Koch
Description
Physical Education and Recreation Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2015.
"Montana South Peigans"
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and white photograph of a group of Peigan men in Fort Macleod Jubilee Parade.
"Montana South Peigans"
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and white photograph of a group of Peigan men from Montana on horseback in traditional clothing (many wear head-dresses) bearing two American flags at the MacLeod Jubilee Parade.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Further Comments by Babette Bastien
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Babette Bastien
Description
The file contains further comments by Babette Bastien. Bastien discusses his youth on reserve and the struggles he had, leaving the reserve to attain an education, his views on the current drive towards self-government, the federal government capping education funding for First Nations, under-representation in the professions, and related policy issues.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Further Comments by Cathy First Rider
Documents & Presentations
Description
The file contains further comments by Kathy First Rider. First Rider discusses her experiences growing up on reserve, how perceptions have changed amongst the Blackfoot youth since her childhood, her job educating the children in history and the Blackfoot language, encounters with racism in southern Alberta, and her views on these matters.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Further Comments by Keith Weasel Head
Documents & Presentations
Description
The file contains further comments by Keith Weasel Head. Weasel Head, who works at the Laverne Elementary School on the Blood Reserve, and is also a post-secondary student, discusses the problems youth face with drugs and alcohol. Weasel Head offers his personal perspective on how people can cope with and overcome these problems.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: General Discussion of Presentations by Ronnie Leah, Keith Chiefmoon, and Sheena Jackson
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a general discussion between Commissioners George Erasmus and Viola Robinson, Moderator Reggie Crowshoe, and presenters Ronnie Leah, Keith Chiefmoon, and Sheena Jackson from this day's sitting. Comments from the floor are made by Celeste Strikes-With-A-Gun, Denna Jansen, Jim Penton, Myrna Roy, Mary Ann Crow, Jordan Chiefmoon, Devalon SmallLegs, Sandra Vielle and Roderick North Peigan. The discussion covers the topic of the presentations which is racism in Alberta, and the wider Canadian, society.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Dave Yager
Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains an individual presentation by Dave Yager, a former columnist and non-Aboriginal who wrote about Aboriginal issues in the Calgary Sun. One column raised the ire of many Aboriginal people and Yager was thrust into the spotlight concerning the "'political correctness' of the Native affairs debate." He gives his views on Aboriginal education, self-government, NAFTA and taxation. A prickly question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Nellie Carlson
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an individual presentation by Nellie Carlson, founder of the Aboriginal women's group 'Indian Rights for Indian Women' in the early 1970s. She reads a letter from 30 April 1992 that was sent to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney outlining concerns with land claims and discrimination relating to Aboriginal women, and with the overall negative effects of Bill C-31 on Aboriginal women. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Amber Flett
Documents & Presentations
Description
The file contains a presentation by Amber Flett. Flett is a Cree-Ojibway student at Catholic Central School in Lethbridge, Alberta. Flett discusses her experiences with loss of culture and racism in a mixed-culture school setting. Flett discusses how she found a support network in school when she moved to Alberta, and stresses that schools need more Native involvement programs.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Jim Penton, Metis Senator
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jim Penton
Description
The file contains a presentation by Jim Penton, Metis Senator. Penton discusses racism in southern Alberta, his solidarity with the Peigan people in their struggles with respect to the Oldman River dam, issues of Metis identity, decolonization, Constitutional rights, urban concerns, education concerns, justice concerns, and general Metis issues. Following the presentation Commissioner Erasmus and Jim Penton discuss the definition of Metis people.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Keith Chiefmoon
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keith Chiefmoon
Description
File contains a presentation by Keith Chiefmoon. Chiefmoon discusses racism "as it pertains here today" with a focus on off-reserve life. Chiefmoon discusses racism in the city of Lethbridge in the employment, post-secondary, and provincial government services. Chiefmoon also discusses what he deems discriminatory law enforcement practices, and Aboriginal over-representation in prisons. Chiefmoon also makes recommendations about languages, land claims, political representation in the federal parliament, and the need for an "off-reserve Indian government."
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Keith Chiefmoon
Documents & Presentations
Description
The file contains a presentation by Keith Chiefmoon on social housing. Chiefmoon discusses racism in the Lethbridge rental market, homelessness, and Aboriginal student's housing needs. Chiefmoon also discusses the exclusion of the disabled from on-reserve housing programs at the Blood Reserve. Chiefmoon makes recommendations regarding emergency housing, the establishment of an urban Indian housing program, the establishment of a student housing program, and the need for Aboriginal representation on the city's Landlord-Tenant Board.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Kelly Many Bears
Documents & Presentations
Description
The file contains a presentation by Kristen Many Bears. Many Bears, a grade 10 student at Winston Churchill High School in Lethbridge, Alberta, discusses stereotypes and discrimination. Many Bears also discusses some ways in which racism and discrimination can be addressed.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Ronnie Leah, Sociology Professor, University of Lethbridge
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Ronnie Leah, Sociology Professor at the University of Lethbridge. Leah discusses research she performed in the community which highlights the experience of Aboriginal women in the Lethbridge area in terms of systemic racism they face in their daily lives. Leah discusses her methodology, findings, and some ways in which she thinks the problems of racism in the community can be addressed.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Sheena Jackson
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sheena Jackson
Description
File contains a presentation by Sheena Jackson. Jackson discusses racism, particularly in the field of education. Jackson critiques racist portrayals of Aboriginal people in Social Studies curricula, media representations, and related issues.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation for the Elizabeth Metis Settlement by Wilfred Collins
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wilfred Collins
Description
This file contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Elizabeth Metis Settlement, Alberta. This portion includes a presentation for Elizabeth Metis Settlement by Wilfred Collins concerning education, philosophy and spiritual believes in the Metis community.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Remarks by Viola Robinson
Documents & Presentations
Description
The file contains remarks by Viola Robinson. Commissioner Robinson thanks the participants in the day's youth circle for coming forward and sharing their stories. Robinson also discusses the importance of education for Aboriginal youth, and for Euro-Canadian society.
Sara Diamond
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sara Diamond
Mathew Kabatoff
Canadian Art, vol. 17, no. 3, Fall, 2000, pp. 46-[?]
Description
Interview with the artistic director of media and visual arts at the Banff Centre for the Arts.
SKC Provides Online IT Classes at Crownpoint
Alternate Title
Salish Kootenai College Provides Online Information Technology Classes at Crownpoint
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 2, Traditional Wisdom Our Strength, Winter, 2006
Description
Looks at the online information technology classes offered to American Indian students in the United States and to Indigenous students in Alberta, British Columbia, and Australia.
Social Media and the Sexual Exploitation of Indigenous Girls
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dustin William Louie
Girlhood Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 97-113
Description
Discusses how the technology, particularly Facebook, has increasingly become a tool to recruit and keep underage girls in the sex trade. Research conducted with 19 staff members of Prince Albert Outreach and 5 survivors indicated the importance of recognizing early signs of exploitation so that intervention could take place, family-based prevention and education, and using survivors as educators.
St. Joseph's Industrial School Fonds
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Glenbow Archives Finding Aids
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Glenbow Libraries and Archives
Description
Finding aid has links to scanned copies of letterbook correspondence documents. Includes descriptions and photographs.
Story and Stereotype: Aboriginal Literature as Anti-Racist Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Isabel Gill
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Lethbridge, 2004.
The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region
Alternate Title
The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gerald Friessen
Lyle Dick
Winona Wheeler
Matt Dyce
James Opp
Kathryn McKay
Amber Dean... [et. al.]
Description
Based on papers presented at the conference: The West and Beyond : Historians Past, Present and Future, held at the University of Alberta, 19–21 June, 2008.