Maria Campbell, Beatrice Culleton and Jeannette Armstrong
Theses
Author/Creator
R. Arthy
Description
English and Comparative Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Madurai Kamaraj University, 2009.
Focuses on the following works: In Search of April Raintree,Whispering in the Shadows,Slash, and Halfbreed.
Missionary Work Among the Ojebway Indians
Alternate Title
Missionary Work Among the Ojibway Indians
E-Books
Author/Creator
Edward F. Wilson
My People, the Sioux
E-Books
Author/Creator
Luther Standing Bear
Myth, Metaphor, and Meaning in The Boy Who Could Not Understand: A Study of Seneca Auto-Criticism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jay Hansford C. Vest
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, 2006, pp. 41-62
Description
Contends that Native Americans do not lack an historic tradition of philosophy, that wisdom is apparent in American Indian oral tradition, and that what they do have is often misunderstood or rejected by the Western culture.
Myths and Legends of the New York Iroquois
Alternate Title
Bulletin (New York State Museum) ; no. 125
Empire State Historical Publication Series 7
Empire State Historical Publications ; 7
E-Books
Description
"Originally published in 1908 as New York State Museum Bulletin No. 125."
Narrative of a Journey across the Island of Newfoundland ... the Only One Performed by a European
E-Books
Author/Creator
W. E. Cormack
Description
Author's motivation was to search for the last Beothuk camps on the island.
North-West Rebellion 1885: Recollections, Reflections and Items from the Diary of Captain (now Lt. Col.) A. Hamlyn Todd who Commanded the Guards Company of Sharpshooters in that Expedition
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alfred Hamlyn Todd
Saskatchewan History, vol. 15, no. 1, Winter, 1962, pp. 1-18
Description
Journal describes a several different aspects of the North-West Resistance of 1885 from the perspective of Canadian Militia including the Guards Company’s trip to the North-West territories from Ottawa, the surrender of Pîhtokahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker) and the pursuit of Mistahimaskwa (Big Bear).
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 1.
Notes of Sites of Huron Villages in the Township of Tiny (Simcoe County) and Adjacent Parts ...
E-Books
Author/Creator
Andrew F. Hunter
Description
"Appendix to the Report of the Minister of Education."
Notes on the Indians of British Columbia
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alice Bodington
The Field Club, no. 7, June 1893, pp. 89-92
Notes on the Snanaimuq
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
American Anthropologist, vol. 2, no. 4, October 1889, pp. 321-328
Notes on the Tinneh or Chepewyan Indians of British and Russian America
Alternate Title
Notes on the Dene or Chippewyan Indians of British and Russian America
Notes on the Tinneh or Chipewyan Indians of British and Russian America
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
William L. Hardisty
Strachan Jones
Bernard R. Ross
Description
Includes three 19th century Hudson Bay Company employees' descriptive narratives about the Loucheux, Kutchin and eastern Dene Nations.
Old Keyam: A Framework for Examining Disproportionate Experience of Tuberculosis among Aboriginal Peoples of the Canadian Prairies
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathleen McMullin
Sylvia Abonyi
Maria Mayan
Pamela Orr
Carmen Lopez-Hille ... [et al.]
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 9, no. 1, November 2012, pp. 30-40
Description
Explores the concept of keyam (to give up) in relation to tuberculosis transmission.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 30.
On the Haida Indians of the Queen Charlotte Islands
Alternate Title
Report on the Queen Charlotte Islands
Vocabulary of the Haida Indians of the Queen Charlotte Islands
E-Books
Author/Creator
George M. Dawson
Description
Appendix A and B from Report on the Queen Charlotte Islands published as part of the Geologic Survey of Canada.
On the Paganism of the Civilised Iroquois of Ontario
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Boyle
Journal of the Anthropological Institute, vol. 30, July-Dec. 1900, pp. 263-273
Description
From the Journal of the Anthropological Institute vol. 30, July - December 1990 at pages 263 to 277?.
The Other Side of the Story: The Importance of James Welch’s Fools Crow Novel
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 5th, 2003
Native Being -- Being Native: Identity and Difference : Proceedings of the Fifth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Patricia DiMond
Description
Discusses the realistic portrayal of Native American life and culture during the period of initial westward expansion.
Owls: Images and Voices in the Ojibwa and Midewiwin Worlds
Alternate Title
Owls: Images and Voices in the Ojibwe and Midewin Worlds
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael M. Pomedli
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, 2002, pp. 45-62
Description
Examines stories, images, and voices of the owl in Anishinaabe culture and how these teachings (owl) influenced the signatories of Treaty Three.
Pahute Indian Legends
Alternate Title
Paiute Indian Legends
E-Books
Author/Creator
William R. Palmer
Preparing Bachelor of Education Candidates to Teach in Ontario's Northern, Remote, First Nations, Métis and Inuit Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patricia Danyluk
George Sheppard
Description
Interviews 11 graduates to determine how well the education program prepared them for the realities of teaching in remote and rural communities.
[Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native Americans]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Matika Wilbur
Description
Matika Wilbur shares photographs and stories from Project 562, her multi-year project to document members of federally recognized tribes in the United States.
Duration: 1:42:58.
Racism Against First Nations People and First Nations Humour as a Coping Mechanism
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darren Dokis
Totem, vol. 15, no. 1, 2007, pp. 58-66
Description
Looks at racism, assimilation, and culture loss in relation to the psychology of humour as a positive management mechanism.
Ramona
E-Books
Author/Creator
Helen Hunt Jackson
Redefining Parental Involvement: The Experiences of Wahpeton Dakota Caregivers
Theses
Author/Creator
Brenda Green
Description
Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.Ed.) -- University of Saskatchewan, 2002.
Repatriation in Two Acts: The Museum of Vancouver
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce Granville Miller
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 81-94
Description
Author--who is an anthropologist specializing in Coast Salish culture, a member and chair of the collections committee, and a board member of the Museum--discusses several examples of repatriating objects, and the process of developing a formal policy.
Rethinking the Paratext: Digital Story-Mapping E. Pauline Johnson’s and Chief Joe & Mary Capilano’s Legends of Vancouver (1911)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alix Shield
BC Studies, no. 197, Spring, April 24, 2018, pp. 107-121
Description
Discusses the text and its critical framework—title page, introduction, and other framing elements. Considers the roles of Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Chief Joe and his wife Mary Capilano as co-authors, and the decolonization of the text by reconnecting it to unceded Coast Salish lands using platform called ArcGIS Story-Map Journals,
REVIEWS [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, Vol. 8, No. 2, Summer, 1996]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael Elliot
Ruth Rosenberg
Larry Ellis
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 2, Series 2; Teaching American Indian Literatures, Summer, 1996, pp. [89]-103
Description
Book reviews of:
Ke-ma-ha: The Omaha Stories of Francis La Flesche edited by James W. Parins and Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr.
Life and Death in Mohawk Country by Bruce E. Johansen.
The Feathered Heart by Mark Turcotte.
Eagle Drum: On the Powwow Trail with a Young Grass Dancer by Robert Crum.
Indians, Franciscans, and Spanish Colonization by Robert H. Jackson and Edward Castillo.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews, scroll down to appropriate page.
Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Air and Water: St’át’imc Legal Traditions Report
Alternate Title
RELAW Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dean Billy
Lindsay Borrows
Jessica Clogg
Helen Copeland
St’át’imc Elders
Saltwater People as Told by Dave Elliott Sr.: A Resource Book for the Saanich Native Studies Program
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dave Elliott
Description
Revised edition.
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.
A Selective Bibliography of the Mohawk People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larry Garrow
Richard Jock
Ray Cooke
Description
Approximately 343 sources, dated from 1762 through 1972, focusing on the St. Regis Reservation in New York, but equally applicable to Mohawks of Akwesasne in Ontario and Quebec. Citations are arranged by subject and subdivided by author.
Silence as the Root of American Indian Humor: Further Meditations on the Comic Vision of Anishinaabe Culture and Religion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence W. Gross
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, 2007, pp. 69-85
Description
Discusses the roles of silence and humor in the Anishnaabe culture.
Since Time Immemorial: A Treaty Resource Guide for Kindergarten
Alternate Title
Teaching Treaties in the Classroom: Treaty Resource Guide for Kindergarten
E-Books
Author/Creator
Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC)
Description
Field test draft.
Spiral of Fire
Alternate Title
Indian Country Diaries
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
LeAnne Howe
James M. Fortier
Carol Cornsilk
Vision Maker Media
Description
Documentary about the challenges faced by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and how they have combined economic development in the form of tourism, cultural preservation, and spirituality as a means to carry the tribe into the future.
Duration: 1:26:30.
The Spirit of Independence: Maurice Kenny's Tekonwatonti / Molly Brant: Poems of War
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig S. Womack
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, 1994, pp. 95-118
Description
Investigates Kenny’s combination of historic, local histories and poetic work and Brant's "insider" perspective on the collective rather than the individual.
Staying the Course, Staying Alive: Coastal First Nations Fundamental Truths: Biodiversity, Stewardship and Sustainability
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Frank Brown
Y. Kathy Brown]
The Stories Hold Water: Learning and Burning in North Fork Mono Homelands
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jared Dahl Aldern
Ron W. Goode
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. 26-51
Description
Describes the role of narrative and land-based education in an eco-restoration forestry program and negotiations between the North Fork Mono Tribe and U.S. Forestry Service with respect to forest management.
Stories of Our Origins: Teacher's Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Education, Culture and Employment, Northwest Territories
Description
Grade Four Social Studies curriculum focuses on the stories of Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Territories.
Accompanying Material: Student Activity Book.
Story People: Stó:lō-State Relations and Indigenous Literacies in British Columbia, 1864–1874
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Megan Harvey
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 24, no. 1, 2013, p. 51–88
Description
Discusses the earliest forms of Indigenous writing, the development of new cultural literacies, and the shift in settler-Indigenous relations.
"Strange Things Happen to Non-Christian People": Human-Animal Transformation among the Iñupiat of Arctic Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joslyn Cassady
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 1, 2008, pp. 83-101
Description
Examines shape-shifting, soul loss, spirit travel, animal identity spirit and mixing of Christian ideas and Inuit cosmologies.
Surveying the International Boundary: The Journal of George M. Dawson, 1873
Articles » General
Author/Creator
George M. Dawson
Saskatchewan History, vol. 21, no. 1, Winter, 1968, pp. 1-23
Description
Diaries detail the experience of surveying the 49th parallel between the Souris Depot in Manitoba and Wood Mountain in what is now Saskatchewan. Describes the daily progress of the survey, wildlife sightings, topological features, interaction with Indigenous peoples of the plains, and prairie events including fires and blizzards.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 1.
System of Wellness, Chapter 1
Alternate Title
[Implementing the Vision] ; Chapter 1
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Council
Description
Chapter 1 of series explaining issues in First Nations health and the efforts to address them.
Duration: 7:39.
Taku River Tlingit Place Names
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Taku River Tlingit First Nation
Andrew Williams
Bryan Jack
Louise Gordon
Susan Carlick ... ]
Description
Website mapping application used to showcase Tlingit Place names and the stories associated with those places; also to convey Tlingit ideologies of stewardship and relationship with the land.
Talking Mi'gmaq-Mi'kmaq Dictionary
Alternate Title
Pjila'si: Welcome to Mi'gmaq-Mi'kmaq Online
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Sean Haberlin
Eunice Metallic
Diane Mitchell
Watson Williams
Joe Wilmot
Dave Ziegler
Description
Site provides word search and translation in three dialects and Listuguj orthography; includes links to songs, stories.
Teacher Resource Manual for the Novel Tatsea
E-Books
Author/Creator
Peter Maguire
Telling Trauma: Generic Dissonance in the Production of Stolen Life
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susanne Egan
Canadian Literature, no. 167, First Nations Writing, Winter, 2000, pp. 10-29
Description
Examines the story Stolen Life by Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson.
Tlingit Myths and Texts
Alternate Title
Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology) ; 39
E-Books
Author/Creator
John R. Swanton
Totemic Landscapes and Vanishing Cultures Through the Eyes of Wolfgang Paalen and Kurt Seligmann
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marie Mauzé
Journal of Surrealism and the Americas, vol. 2, no. 1, Special Issue on Surrealism and Ethnography, 2008, pp. 1-24
Description
Examines two Surrealist artists' common views on Native American art and culture.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Polar Bears in the Northern Eeyou Marine Region, Québec, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brandon J. Laforest
Julie S. Hébert
Martyn E. Obbard
Gregory W. Thiemann
Arctic, vol. 71, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 40-58
Description
A summary of 15 semi-directed interviews with Cree and Inuit Elders, conducted in June of 2012 regarding climate change and the health of polar bears. Participants unanimously agreed on the reality of a warming climate and a prolonged ice-free season, but differed by community in their perception of the health of the polar bears
Traditional Knowledge, Co-existence and Co-resistance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [145]-158
Description
Author analyzes ways in which settler colonialism manifests and can be explored through actions, self-reflection and relationships; discusses the process of self-decolonization and its implications for relationship-building between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
A Trickster Paradigm in First Nations Visual Art: A Contemporary Application
Theses
Author/Creator
Jaime Dawn-Lyn Warn
Description
Native American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 2007.