American Anthropologist, vol. 27, no. 1, New Series, January-March 1925, pp. 116-121
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Information from two Nuxalk men, Captain Schooner and Joshua Moody in Chinook jargon, about magic and medicine of plants and animals including negative powers of a "bad box."
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2019, pp. 204-235
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Report demonstrates that the objectifying space of the traditional beauty pageant has been appropriated by the Miss World Eskimo– Indian Olympics (WEIO), and reconstructed as a space focused on developing community-centered leadership skills in the young women that participate.
Psychology Thesis (Psy.D.)--The Wright Institute, 2002.
Analyses of resiliency in the work of authors including Sherman Alexie, Leslie Silko, Louise Erdrich,
Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, vol. 41, no. 1, 2008, pp. 75-79
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Looks at two essays by Richard Wagamese titled, What It Comes To Mean which discusses the legacy of forced adoption, residential schools and racism, and Learning Ojibway which looks at how learning Ojibway opened the door of discovery, homecoming, reclamation and rejuvenation.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 131-139
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Pasifika youth (aged 18-25) are interviewed in focus groups in which they express their distress about the diminishing presence of Indigenous language use and preservation, article notes that there is no comprehensive language policy to preserve these languages and that losing them has profound negative effects for the youth of culturally marginalized communities.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 67-83
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Discusses the development of the syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible, and looks at how present-day efforts of reading and writing with the syllabary and speaking Cherokee contribute to language perseverance.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 168-179
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Article draws on author’s work with youth who are learning new ways to practice Indigenous Ainu culture in an urban center in Japan; focuses on cultural practice and revitalization, decolonization and self-determination.
Index on Censorship , vol. 28, no. 4, 1999, pp. 54-64
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Discusses how the Canadian government inflicted damage on First Nations cultures by the suppression of language and learning, and the enforcement of schooling in "civilized" culture.
Mosaic : A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature, vol. 40, no. 3, September 2007, pp. 123-137
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Argues that Thomas King draws on connections between orality, mother tongue and maternity, and between written language and paternity; also notes that King writes to encourage readers to question what they "think they know about history" and to consider whose history is being questioned.