Pacific Historical Review, vol. 86, no. 2, May 2017, pp. 290-321
Description
Argues that while school officials regarded the practice of placing male students as farm labourers during the summer months as a method of assimilation, many used their employment to serve their own purposes.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 675-702
Description
Author examines the neocolonial practice of cultural appropriation as “theft of cultural property” and notes its connection to the erasure of history and language performed by colonial states.
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 235-245
Description
Focuses on the experience of facilitators and leaders in the program dealing with the challenges associated with adapting Western research methods to the Indigenous context.
Article outlines possibilities for the inclusion of Indigenous Games and Sports (IGaS) across Australian schools; authors provide details on IGaS and suggest appropriate pedagogy for teaching purposes. Authors argue that inclusion of IGaS can promote inclusive classrooms and social justice within the school setting.
Case studies of Marine Plan Partnership for the Pacific North Coast and the Great Bear Initiative and discussion of how principles involved might apply in the New Zealand context.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 95-115
Description
Contrasts Indigenous and Western approaches to research in colonized communities. Stresses the need for research being done in Indigenous communities to serve Indigenous people. Highlights the importance of self-awareness on the part of the researcher and a commitment to community service.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 230-260
Description
Looks at articles published in The Province, the Vancouver Sun, and the Vancouver Times between 1957 and 1970, and analyzes the language that was used to describe the women and their deaths.
Literary works discussed: Ceremony by Lesley Marmon Silko, In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier, The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich, and The Last Standing Woman by Winona LaDuke.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 4, Winter, 2017, pp. 29-57
Description
Author discusses novel’s criticism of white masculinity and the way in which its nature allows white men to feel that they are offering solidarity Indigenous people while effectively controlling the narrative and undermining sovereignty.
Authors examine the ways that the radio show Inside Out helps to connect imprisoned Aboriginal Australians with their families, their communities and each other. Article also discusses the access to Indigenous culture the public radio show provides to non-Indigenous people.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 29-50
Description
Examines traditional Inuit and Yupiit stories, rituals, and colloquial sayings to reveal different meanings associated with the bearded seal in these Indigenous cultures. Finds that bearded seals can impart multiple meanings ranging from monstrous to protection to renewal and reproduction.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 201-223
Description
Looks at how Indigenous peoples are preparing for, responding to, and adapting to environmental changes in their territories. Study involved online survey of 106 individuals, most of whom were employed by Indigenous nations to carry out natural resource and environmental management.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 101-124
Description
Looks at factors leading to poorer health outcomes, historical context for health care provision, and ongoing litigation with respect to which government, federal or provincial, is responsible for special services.
Three-year participatory research project involving program taking place in a Mohawk community near Montreal. Program focused on elementary school children, with supporting programs for teachers, families and the community.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 535-544
Description
Author reports findings of a study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks which articulates issues of professor-student relationship as a significant factor in the success of students.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 1, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Part 3), Winter, 1997, pp. 15-33
Description
Author works to describe the Kiowa belief system in terms of four different eras, to examine the emotionality of the people who practice it, and to articulate contemporary practices.
Les Inuit du Labrador à la chasse : Modèles saisonniers, techniques et animaux tels qu’ils apparaissent dans les carnets anciens des frères Moraves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thea Olsthoorn
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 125-149
Description
Author gathers and studies accounts from the journals of Moravian settlers in Labrador; written between 1771 and 1778 these accounts contain depictions of seal and caribou as prey animals, information on when the Inuit hunted these animals and the techniques they used, and clues that suggest transformation between human and nonhuman beings.