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
The Opinions of Ambulance Personnel Regarding Using a Heated Mattress for Patients Being Cared for in a Cold Climate - An Intervention Study in Ambulance Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonas Aléx
Tom Uppstu
Britt-Inger Saveman
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1379305
Description
Ambulance personnel from northern Sweden rate their experiences as being positive for patient comfort.
Our Smallest Warriors, Our Strongest Medicine: Overcoming COVID-19
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristin Masten
Tara Maudrie
Victoria O'Keefe
Description
Storybook designed to be read by caregivers, parents, and teachers to children affected by the pandemic.
Our Stolen Grandmother: The Entanglement of Slavery and Colonization in Anna Lee Walters's Ghost Singer
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reid Gómez
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 70-90
Description
This literary criticism article examines the intersections and lasting consequences of settler colonialism and the chattel enslavement of African people on North American lands, cultures and identities in the context of the novel.
Our Women and Girls Are Sacred: Interim Report: The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marion Buller
Michèle Audette
Brian Eyolfson
Qajaq Robinson
Patterns in Contemporary Canadian Picture Books: Radical Change in Action
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beverley Brenna
Shuwen Sun
Yina Liu
In Education, vol. 23, no. 2, Autumn, 2017, pp. 43-70
Description
Study examined two groups of books, 57 titles published 2005 and 120 published in 2015 in terms of authors, illustrators, characterization, genre, and audiences.
Permafrost
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Thaler
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 67-83
Description
Short story.
pīsim miskam ōmiskanaw = Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw [Excerpt]
Alternate Title
Six Seasons Series ; Book One
Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
William Dumas
Description
Story inspired by the discovery of the remains of young woman who lived during the 1600s, at time where there had yet to be contact with Europeans.
Revised edition.
Poems by Ralph Salisbury
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ralph Salisbury
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, June 21, 2020, pp. 241-254
Description
Creative work. Poems by the late Ralph Salisbury.
“Sometimes Likely”
“With the Wind and the Sun”
“Swimming in the Morning News”
“A Coastal Temple Ruin, 1992”
“For Robert Wessels”
“Old German Woman, Some Wars”
“My Country Again Threatening Aggression (This time, for oil in Iraq)”
“An American-Indian Success Story in India”
“Medicine-Meeting, Hoopa, 1994”
“Respecting Uktena”
“My Brother's Poem: Vietnamese War, 1969”
“A Genesis”
“Awakened by Cell Phone”
“Around the Sun, the Alaskan Oil-Spill"
Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, 2017, pp. 133-138
Description
Three poems: Selling Cigars on a Coral Gables Corner 1987, Into the Red Devil's Horn, and For a Good Boy We'll Break All the Rules.
Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jake Skeets
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 123-124
Description
Three poems:
Native American Poem
Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers
Comma
The Poetry of Ralph Salisbury: Syntax as Vehicle for Conveying an Ethical Vision
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Eleanor Berry
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 19-38
Description
Literary criticism article which discusses the poet’s use of different parts of language and sentence structures to disrupt the flow of the poetry forcing the reader to attend to ethical issues discussed in the text.
Practicing Sovereignty: Colonial Temporalities, Cherokee Justice, and the "Socrates" Writings of John Ridge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelly Wisecup
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 30-60
Description
"This article shows that Ridge's Socrates articles provided a public venue in which to define relationships among the Cherokees, the states, and the federal government".
A Question of Belonging: How Borders Impact Native American Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Katja Kronawetter
Description
Philosophy Thesis (MA) -- University of Graz, 2020.
The Quinzhee
Alternate Title
The Cantilevered Universe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kirsten Madsen
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 121-136
Description
Excerpt from the novel Cantilevered Universe.
Raven Tales: Traditional Quileute Stories of Bayak, the Trickster
Documents & Presentations
Description
Includes five stories: Raven and Bear; Raven and Fishduck; Raven and Mole; Raven and Skatefish; and Raven and Eagle.
(Re)claiming History and Visibility Through Rhetorical Sovereignty: The Power of Diné Rhetorics in the Works of Laura Tohe
Theses
Author/Creator
Jessica Marie Safran Hoover
Description
[English] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Illinois State University, 2017.
Re-membering Cherokee Justice in Ruth Muskrat Bronson's "The Serpent"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander Cavanaugh
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 1, Winter, 2020, pp. [36]-58
Description
An examination of the short story written in 1925 and how the author uses the medium to shine light on sexual violence perpetrated against Cherokee women and to advocate sovereignty by challenging the U.S. allotment process.
Reading for Reconciliation? Indigenous Literatures in a Post-TRC Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aubrey Jean Hanson
English Studies in Canada, vol. 43, no. 2-3, Special Issue: Transition, June/September 2017, pp. 69-90
Description
Also available Open Access here.
Article examines the ways in which Indigenous writers and scholars interrogate the framework of Reconciliation by creating a narrative of resurgence. Author additionally argues for the need to examine the pedagogy and process when including Indigenous literatures in educational settings.
Reading Sheet: Coyote Places the Stars
Documents & Presentations
Description
Retelling of traditional story.
"The Real Geronimo Got Away": Eluding Expectations in Geronimo: His Own Story; The Autobiography of a Great Patriot Warrior
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anita Huizar-Hernández
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 49-70
Description
Essay argues "that Geronimo's relative obscurity is due to its generic constraints and enigmatic content, both of which frustrate the reader by eluding easy interpretation".
Reclaiming Territories through Indigenous Performance
Theses
Author/Creator
Francine Burning
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017Focusess on experiences of Madelaine McCallum, Mike Dengeli, Mique'l Dangeli, Leela Gilday, and Ronnie Dean Harris.
Recovering Native American Writings in the Boarding School Press
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Arizona Jackson
Samuel Townsend
Luther Standing Bear
Ida Johnson
Lula Walker
Lucy Grey ... [et al.]]
Red Bird, Red Power: The Life and Legacy of Zitkala-Ša
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nick Estes
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 101-102
Description
Book review of: Red Bird, Red Power by Tadeusz Lewandowski.
Red Pens, White Paper: Wider Implications of Coulthard’s Call to Sovereignty
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brian Burkhart
David J. Carlson
Billy J. Stratton
Theodore C. Van Alst
Carol Edelman Warrior
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 111-128
Description
Article is the transcript of a round table discussion the authors participated in at the Native American Literature Symposium at the Isleta Resort and Casino in Albuquerque, NM, on Thursday March 17, 2016. Panelists were discussing Glen Sean Coulthard's Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition.
Reflection: My Transpacific Life
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Margarita James
BC Studies, no. 204, (Un)Settling the Islands: Race, Indigeneity, and the Transpacific, January 09, 2020
Description
Author’s autobiographic account of her family’s history and experiences as mixed race people.
Reflections on Anthropology at the University of British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. E. Michael Kew
BC Studies, no. 193, 2017, pp. 163-185
Description
Former professor at the University recounts his education, career, and work and relationships with Indigenous peoples.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire: Métis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Blanca Tovías
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring, 2017, p. 146
Description
Book review of: Rekindling the Sacred Fire by Chantal Fiola.
Relocating Yuquot: The Indigenous Pacific and Transpacific Migrations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Price
BC Studies, no. 204, (Un)Settling the Islands: Race, Indigeneity, and the Transpacific, 01 09, 2020, pp. 21-44
Description
Article re-examines the colonial narrative surrounding the Pacific Northwest costal region of British Columbia; the author situates the Village of Yuquot as a strategic portal on the Pacific and as a site of arrival for Europeans, Chinese labourers, Hawaiians and others.
Reservation Life as Depicted In Contemporary Native American Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Katharina Ha slinger
Description
American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Graze, 2017.
Focuses on The Bingo Palace by Louise Erdrich, The Rez Sisters by Thomson Highway, and Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie.
Reset and Redefine: Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and the Rise of Indigenous Games
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maize Longboat
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 170-179
Description
Author critically engages the format and storytelling devices within the videogame Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and discusses how this and other digital platforms can be used to build understanding and counter stereotypes and misinformation about Indigenous peoples.
Resilience and Rebellious Memory Loops: Further Musings of an American Indian Ethnoecologist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Enrique Salmón
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
Description
Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
Resisting Consumption: Exploring Pathways of Resistance to the Assimilative Nature of the Canadian Education System Through Tomson Highway's Kiss of the Fur Queen
Theses
Author/Creator
Blake Bilmer
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2016.
Resisting Invisibility: Indigenous Women's Self-Representation in Imagined Futurisms
Theses
Author/Creator
Madeline Rose Mendoza
Description
Native American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 2020.
Restorative Narrative: Nonfiction and the Resetting of the Grasslands' Future
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Naramore Maher
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 1, Winter, 2020, pp. 1-22
Description
Article focuses on contemporary non-Indigenous essay writers from the Great Plains who are working to shift the narrative surrounding the historical destruction of the grasslands and the coinciding violence directed towards Indigenous nations.
Restorying Relationships and Performing Resurgence: How Indigenous Storytelling Shapes Residential School Testimony
Theses
Author/Creator
Melanie Braith
Description
English, Theatre, Film, and Media Thesis--University of Manitoba, 2020.
Focuses on Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway; Porcupines and China Dolls by Robert Arthur Alexie; Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese; and As Long as the Rivers Flow by James Bartleman.
Review Essay: Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Snyder
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 255-262
Description
Literary criticism article examines the ways that Tiffany Midge uses humour to address many of the race-related issues facing Indigenous peoples in the United States.
A Review of The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Herman A. Peterson
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 74-76
Description
Book review of: The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology by Steve Pavlik.
Road Allowance Era
Alternate Title
A Girl Called Echo ; vol. 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Katherena Vermette
Description
Excerpt from graphic novel focuses on the trial and execution of Louis Riel.
"Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy."
The Saugeen Ojibway Nation and Canada: Historical Relationships, Settler Colonialism, and Stories of a Shared Space
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher James Wright
Description
History Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--King's College London, 2017.
Screen Text and Institutional Context: Indigenous Film Production and Academic Research Institutions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karrmen Crey
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 61-88
Description
Discusses two documentaries with thematic similarities, Navajo Talking Picture and Cry Rock.
Seeing the Skies through Navajo Eyes: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Astronomy
Alternate Title
Navajo Skies: An Introductory Guide to the Navajo Skies Planetarium Show
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy C. Maryboy
David H. Begay
Ashley C. Teren
Description
Designed as a resource for planetariums, for middle school teachers, and a book that families can read together.
The Sense of a Better Ending: Legal Pluralism and Performative Jurisprudence in Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian J. Macrae
Samantha Mackinnon
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. 547-570
Description
Author examines Igloolik Isuma's film as a formal and deliberate illustration of Inuit legal culture, legal practitioners, and legal principles; argues that Isuma places these elements of the Inuit legal system in conversation with the systems of contemporary justice in Canada.
Sensoriality and Wendat Steams: The Analysis of Fifteenth- to Seventeenth-Century Wendat Steam Lodge Rituals in Southern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Dorland
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 1, Winter, 2017, pp. 1-30
Description
Analysis combines multiple approaches including archaeological evidence, ethnohistorical accounts, oral traditions, and an interview with an Elder.
Settler Common Sense: Queerness and Everyday Colonialism in the American Renaissance
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gregory D. Smithers
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 180-182
Description
Book review of Settler Common Sense by Mark Rifkin.
Sexual Violence in Saskatchewan: Voices, Stories, Insights, and Actions from the Front Lines
E-Books
Author/Creator
Patience Umereweneza
Marie Lovrod
Isobel M. Findlay
Crystal Giesbrecht
Manuela Valle-Castro ... [et al.]