Social Science & Medicine, vol. 91, August 2013, pp. 219-228
Description
In-depth interviews were conducted with 36 individuals who had moved to Toronto from rural or reserve settings. Participants identified issues such as difficulties accessing services/benefits they were entitled to and lack of respect for culture and identity.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, Winter, 2000, pp. 142-161
Description
Author attempts to imagine the ways that the Navajo people would have viewed others by considering Diné stories, historical events in which the Navajo expressed ideas about or initiated actions towards other peoples, and the words of Navajo spokespersons.
Contemporary Literature, vol. 41, no. 3, Autumn, 2000, pp. 495-524
Description
Examines the concept of multiculturalism and sacred metaphysics in Louise Erdrich's The Antelope Wife by using a metaphor of Ojibwa beading to create a narrative about overlapping spaces between cultures.
Third Text, vol. 27, no. 1, Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology, January 2013, pp. 17-28
Description
Discusses how several Aboriginal artists have incorporated the traditional worldview, in which everything is animate, into their modern works. Highlights Jimmie Durham, Rebecca Belmore, Jolene Rickard, and Will Wilson.
Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 60, December 2013, pp. 11-17
Description
Overview of the quality of water in Aboriginal communities and interviews Grandmothers about the nature of water, its meaning and the importance of water to Aboriginal women.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, Winter, 2000, pp. 44-63
Description
Author uses the writings of early Euro-American explorers and anthropologists to describe the gender roles of male and female Lenni Lenape people; covers household/familial duties, lineage tracing, ceremony, social/political agency. Discussion queer individuals is not present.
Museum Anthropology, vol. 36, no. 2, September 2013, pp. 113-127
Description
Looks at works by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas who infuses Haida form lines, ideas, and oral histories with Manga, a Japanese genre of cartoon illustration.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 36, no. 1, Indian Control of Indian Education--40 Years Later, 2013, pp. 36-58
Description
Discusses the process of developing the Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Cultural Healing and Learning Program in an off-reserve school.The concept of the medicine wheel was central to design, implementation and evaluation of the curriculum.