Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Geary Hobson
World Literature Today, vol. 64, no. 3, O.U. Centennial Issue, Summer, 1990, pp. 426-430
Description
Discusses early day literature by American Indian authors including John M. Oskison and playwright Lynn Riggs.
Lockbolted Letters to Turbo
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Groulx
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 161-167
Description
Poetry, excerpt from Always a Broken Sleep: in the days I was known as Papillon.
Lone Man and First Creator Make the World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Brave
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1990, pp. 25-27
Description
Presents a creation story about how the world was made.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
"Mami To Nit Hi Tam O Win": "Reminiscing"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Juanita Linklater
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 237-239
Description
Poem translated into Woods Cree.
Manasie Akpaliapik Talks About "Doing" and Teaching Art
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Lagasse
Manasie Akpaliapik
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 3, Summer, 1990, pp. 24-26
Description
Brief interview with prominent carver.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Māori as "Warriors" and "Locals" in the Private Military Industry
Alternate Title
Maori as "Warriors" and "Locals" in the Private Military Industry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Bargh
Quentin Whanau
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 102-117
Description
Comments on how Māori are not predominantly seen and do not predominantly speak about themselves as "warriors".
Māori Nurses' Experiences of the Nursing Entry to Practice Transition Programme
Alternate Title
Maori Nurses' Experiences of the Nursing Entry to Practice Transition Programme
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna Foxall
Rachel Forrest
Salome Meyer
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 246-255
Description
Discusses themes which emerged under work environment and experiences in the program categories.
Marketing Desire: The "Normative/Other" Male Body and the "Pure" White Female Body on the Cover Art of Cassie Edwards' Savage Dream (1990), Savage Persuasion (1991), and Savage Mists (1992)
Theses
Author/Creator
Victoria Lessard
Description
Art History Thesis (MA) -- McGill University, 2017.
McColl and the Indians
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Shirlee A. Smith
The Beaver, vol. 70, no. 3, June/July 1990, pp. 52-[?]
Description
Book review of: Ebenezer McColl: 'Friend to the Indians' by Frances M. McColl.
The Meaning of Written English: A Place to Dream as One Pleases
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reid Gómez
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 93-114
Description
Compares two different editions of Emerson Blackhorse Mitchell’s book Miracle Hill: The Story of a Navajo Boy (1967 and 2004) and discusses how the readers' perceptions of the same text can be influenced by introductions and forewords.
Medicine River
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom King
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 15-20
Description
Chapter 7 excerpt from the book Medicine River by Tom King.
Medicine through Comics: Wheels Are Turning on the Road to Healing: Native Americans through the Lens of Francophone Graphic Novels
Theses
Author/Creator
Nathalie Bleser
Description
Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Mexico, 2017.
Medicine Unbundled: A Journey through the Minefields of Indigenous Health Care
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gary Geddes
Medicine Unbundled: A Journey through the Minefields of Indigenous Health Care
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 4, August-September 2017, pp. 54-55
Description
Book review of Medicine Unbundled by Gary Geddes.
A MELUS Interview: Joy Harjo
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen Jaskoski
MELUS, vol. 16, no. 1, Folklore and Orature, Spring, 1990, pp. 5-13
Description
Presents an interview with the famed poet Joy Harjo.
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
Alternate Title
Anishinaabe / Chippewa / Ojibwe Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses, children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
The Missing Parent: The Fiction of James Welch and Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
R. W. Reising
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 3, 1990, pp. 83-91
Description
Review essay of James Welch's work focusing on, Yellow Raft in Blue Water.
Mite Achimowin (Heart Talk): First Nations Women Expressions of Heart Health Study
Alternate Title
Voices from the Field Podcast Series ; 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lorena Fontaine
Annette Schultz
Lisa Forbes
Description
Transcript of podcast series, Voices from the Field, Episode 4.
Provides perspectives of First Nations women regarding heart health.
Full podcast.
Mite Achimowin (Heart Talk): [First Nations Women Expressions of Heart Health Study]
Alternate Title
Voices From the Field Series ; 4
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Lorena Fontaine
Annette Schultz
Lisa Forbes
Description
Podcast provides perspectives of First Nations women regarding heart health.
Duration: 14:35.
Full Transcript.
Mountain in his Memory: Frank Bird Linderman, his Role in Acquiring the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation for the Montana Chippewa and Cree, and the Importance of that Experience in the Development of his Literary Career
Alternate Title
Mountain in His Memory| Frank Bird Linderman, his Role in Acquiring the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation for the Montana Chippewa and Cree, and the Importance of that Experience in the Development of his Literary Career
Theses
Author/Creator
Celeste River
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (MIS) -- University of Montana, 1990.
Mourning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography
Alternate Title
Amercian Indian Lives
E-Books
Author/Creator
Morning Dove
Mourning Dove's Canadian Recovery Years, 1917-1919
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alanna Kathleen Brown
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125 , Native Writers & Canadian Writing, Spring/Summer , 1990, pp. 113 - 122
Description
Discusses the period in Christine Quintasket's life when her health improved and she regained the strength to pursue her ambitions as a writer.
Muscogee Nation Indian Territory: From Oral History to Found Poetry
Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Treat
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 3, Indigenous Peoples History, Spring, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Presents three poems that address key moments in Muscogee history: origins, removal and statehood.
N. Scott Momaday: A Man of Words
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Howard Meredith
World Literature Today, vol. 64, no. 3, O.U. Centennial Issue, Summer, 1990, pp. 405-407
Description
Discusses the world view of the Kiowa people in: House Made of Dawn, The Way to Rainy Mountain, The Names and The Ancient Child.
Naatsilanéi and Ko'ehdan: A Semiotic Analysis of Two Alaska Native Myths
Theses
Author/Creator
Phyllis A. Fast
Description
Alaska Native Literary Forms Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alaska Anchorage, 1990.
Narrating Intimate Partner Violence: Reclaiming Indigenous Women's Voices
Theses
Author/Creator
Chen Vu
Description
Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
Narrative Possession in Stephen Graham Jones's Ledfeather
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leah Pennywark
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. [89]-110
Description
Looks at themes of possession and history in the frontier gothic novel.
"National Memory" and Its Remainders: Labrador Inuit Counterhistories of Residential Schooling
Alternate Title
Power through Testimony: Reframing Residential Schools in the Age of Reconciliation
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Arie Molema
Description
Draws on 12 months of ethnographic fieldwork, including participant observation at Truth and Reconciliation Commission national events and 50 interviews with former students who have been denied recognition and compensation under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.
Chapter from Power through Testimony: Reframing Residential Schools in the Age of Reconciliation edited by Brieg Capitaine and Karine Vanthuyne.
Native American Mystery, Crime and Detective Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Stoecklein
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2017.
Looks at novels by Linda Hogan, Tom Holm, Frances Washburn, Louise Erdrich, Louis Owens, and Tony Hillerman, and films by Chris Eyre.
[Native Education Resource LIst]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Education and Aboriginal Services
SD #78 (Fraser-Cascade)
Description
Extensive list of storybooks and novels, colour-coded for grade level and annotated.
Native Writers and Canadian Writing: Canadian Literature Special Issue
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Guy Lanoue
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, 1990, pp. 289-306
Description
Book review of: Native Writers and Canadian Writing: Canadian Literature Special Issue edited by W.H. New.
Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story
Alternate Title
Game Development Conference ; 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Dima Veryovka
Description
A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
Duration: 50:01.
Ngapartji Ngapartji: Finding Ethical Approaches to Research Involving Indigenous Peoples, Australian Perspectives
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gina Louise Hawkes
David Pollock
Barry Judd
Peter Phipps
Elinor Assoulin
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 17-41
Description
Article explores the process of integrating ethical research frameworks for engaging Indigenous communities into academic institutions. Authors use five personal vignettes to examine the potential pitfalls related to integrating Indigenous values knowledge systems with Western legal practices.
Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage Shipping and Marine Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E. R. Jakobsen
Zebedee Nungak
Silas Elytuk Arngna’naaq
Peter F. K. Ittinuar
Kuupik Vandersee Kleist
Okalik Eegeesiak]
Description
Essays by authors from across Inuit Nunangat and Greenland discuss the possible impacts of the opening of the Passage due to climate change.
Nipi and Mother Earth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
Description
Primary reading level storybook.
No Takebacks
Alternate Title
No take backs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen Graham Jones
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 139-169
Description
Short fiction piece. When two friends develop an app for mobile devices the results are much different than they expect.
The "Noble Savage" in American Music and Literature, 1790-1855
Theses
Author/Creator
Jacob Mathew Somers
Description
Music History and Literature Thesis (M.A.)--Marshall University, 2017
Refers to James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans, Henry Russell's "The Indian Hunter", and Henry Woodsworth Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha .
Northern Literature: Look Here, Look Again
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maureen Long
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 5-8
Description
Introduction to the special literary issue.
Northern Saskatchewan Native Students' Readings and Storytellings of Culturally Relevant and Culturally Non-Relevant Stories
Theses
Author/Creator
Jerline Quintal-Finell
Description
Indian and Northern Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1990.
Oh Canada, Whose Home and Native Land? Negotiating Multicultural, Aboriginal and Canadian Identity Narratives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Momina Khan
Michael Cottrell
Education Matters: The Journal of Teaching and Learning, vol. 5, no. 1, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the need to restructure the social studies curriculum that allows for more voices and narratives to be heard.
The Ojibwe Who Slew the Wiindigo
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 3, Indigenous Peoples History, Spring, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses colonization, historical trauma and historical loss symptoms.
The Oklahoma Plays of R. Lynn Riggs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phyllis Cole Braunlich
World Literature Today, vol. 64, no. 3, Centennial Issue, Summer, 1990, pp. 390-394
Description
Discusses works by famous playwright from Oklahoma, best known for the play Green Grow the Lilacs in 1931.
Okwire’shon:’a, the First Storytellers: Recovering Landed Consciousness in Readings of Trees & Texts
Theses
Author/Creator
Kaitlin Sandra June Debicki
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2017. Refers to the works Power by Linda Hogan, Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, and Truth and Bright Water by Thomas King.
Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ezekiel Gow
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 174-175
Description
Book review of Once They Were Hats by Frances Backhouse.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 174.
One Generation from Extinction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Basil H. Johnston
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125, Native Writers & Canadian Literature, pp. 10-15
Description
Discussion on the death of tribal languages.
One Writer, Becoming
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Lord
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 9-17
Description
Author is presented with letters written to a friend 40 years previously and reflects on her younger self.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Ten: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation