Theses
Author/Creator
Joshua Manitowabi
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2017.
J. Z. LaRocque: A Métis Historian’s Account of His Family’s Experiences during the North-West Rebellion of 1885
Alternate Title
Finding Directions West: Readings That Locate and Dislocate Western Canada's Past
The West ; no. 9
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Heather Devine
Description
Discusses Joseph Zépherin LaRocque, born in Lebret, Saskatchewan, who was one of the very few Métis vernacular historians writing in the early 20th century.
Journal of a Voyage Around Arnhem Land in 1875
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C.C. Macknight
Aboriginal History, vol. 5, no. 2, Special Issue: Aboriginal-Asian Contact, 1981, pp. 135-145
Description
Comments on the influence the Macassans had on Aboriginal culture and society.
Kahwà:tsire: Indigenous Families in a Family Therapy Practice with the Indigenous Worldview as the Foundation
Theses
Author/Creator
Jann Derrick
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tilburg University, 2017.
Kim Scott's Benang and the Removal of Identity in Australian Aboriginal Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Irene María Barranco Rubí
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Almería, 2017.
Kon and the Circle of Life
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
Description
Primary reading level storybook.
The Legacy and Future of the Buffalo People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Buffalo Star Woman (Sandra Delorme)
BC Studies, no. 193, Spring, 2017, pp. 8-11
Description
Author reflects on how residential schools have impacted herself and her loved ones, and describes how she has freed herself from that inheritance.
The Light to the Left: Conceptions of Social Justice Among Christian Social Studies Teachers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Orlowski
In Education, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 66-91
Description
Study looks at economic and social issues in Saskatchewan and views about Indigenous representation in the curriculum.
Lionel Bordeaux on Indigenous Peoples' History
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 3, Indigenous Peoples History, Spring, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Interview with the longest serving college president of Sinte Gleska University (SGU) in South Dakota.
Literary Land Claims: The "Indian Land Question" from Pontiac's War to Attawapiskat
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Megan Harvey
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 155-156
Description
Book review of Literary Land Claims by Margery Fee.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 155.
Lockbolted Letters to Turbo
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Groulx
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 161-167
Description
Poetry, excerpt from Always a Broken Sleep: in the days I was known as Papillon.
Lydia Charles Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lydia Charles
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
Description
She tells of traditional life in the north as well as canoe making.
Maggie Sette Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Maggie Sette
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
Description
Maggie Sette tells of her childhood and living the traditional lifestyle.
Marketing Desire: The "Normative/Other" Male Body and the "Pure" White Female Body on the Cover Art of Cassie Edwards' Savage Dream (1990), Savage Persuasion (1991), and Savage Mists (1992)
Theses
Author/Creator
Victoria Lessard
Description
Art History Thesis (MA) -- McGill University, 2017.
Mary Ann McKenzie Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mary Ann McKenzie
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mary Ann McKenzie talks about her childhood memories: food preparation, gardening, making moccasins, fish nets and snowshoes.
The Meaning of Written English: A Place to Dream as One Pleases
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reid Gómez
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 93-114
Description
Compares two different editions of Emerson Blackhorse Mitchell’s book Miracle Hill: The Story of a Navajo Boy (1967 and 2004) and discusses how the readers' perceptions of the same text can be influenced by introductions and forewords.
Medicine through Comics: Wheels Are Turning on the Road to Healing: Native Americans through the Lens of Francophone Graphic Novels
Theses
Author/Creator
Nathalie Bleser
Description
Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Mexico, 2017.
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
Alternate Title
Anishinaabe / Chippewa / Ojibwe Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses, children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
Mite Achimowin (Heart Talk): First Nations Women Expressions of Heart Health Study
Alternate Title
Voices from the Field Podcast Series ; 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lorena Fontaine
Annette Schultz
Lisa Forbes
Description
Transcript of podcast series, Voices from the Field, Episode 4.
Provides perspectives of First Nations women regarding heart health.
Full podcast.
Mite Achimowin (Heart Talk): [First Nations Women Expressions of Heart Health Study]
Alternate Title
Voices From the Field Series ; 4
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Lorena Fontaine
Annette Schultz
Lisa Forbes
Description
Podcast provides perspectives of First Nations women regarding heart health.
Duration: 14:35.
Full Transcript.
Mrs. Mary Ann Ross Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mary Ann (Mrs.) Ross
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
Description
She gives a brief account of her childhood living in the bush while her father trapped for a living.
"The Muppets" Among the Cree of Manitoba
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gary Granzberg
Christopher Hanks
Prairie Forum, vol. 6, no. 2, Fall, 1981, pp. 207-210
Description
Looks at a study of Cree children showing their aversion to the television show The Muppets. Two reasons that the Cree dislike the program are their beliefs towards the shaman's relationship to certain animals and the tendency of First Nations to seek out practical applications instead of fantasy in dealing with issues.
Muriel Ross Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Muriel Ross
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
Description
Muriel Ross shares her experiences of her childhood in the bush and at the residential school.
Muscogee Nation Indian Territory: From Oral History to Found Poetry
Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Treat
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 3, Indigenous Peoples History, Spring, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Presents three poems that address key moments in Muscogee history: origins, removal and statehood.
Narrating Intimate Partner Violence: Reclaiming Indigenous Women's Voices
Theses
Author/Creator
Chen Vu
Description
Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
"National Memory" and Its Remainders: Labrador Inuit Counterhistories of Residential Schooling
Alternate Title
Power through Testimony: Reframing Residential Schools in the Age of Reconciliation
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Arie Molema
Description
Draws on 12 months of ethnographic fieldwork, including participant observation at Truth and Reconciliation Commission national events and 50 interviews with former students who have been denied recognition and compensation under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.
Chapter from Power through Testimony: Reframing Residential Schools in the Age of Reconciliation edited by Brieg Capitaine and Karine Vanthuyne.
Native American Mystery, Crime and Detective Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Stoecklein
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2017.
Looks at novels by Linda Hogan, Tom Holm, Frances Washburn, Louise Erdrich, Louis Owens, and Tony Hillerman, and films by Chris Eyre.
[Native Education Resource LIst]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Education and Aboriginal Services
SD #78 (Fraser-Cascade)
Description
Extensive list of storybooks and novels, colour-coded for grade level and annotated.
Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story
Alternate Title
Game Development Conference ; 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Dima Veryovka
Description
A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
Duration: 50:01.
Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage Shipping and Marine Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E. R. Jakobsen
Zebedee Nungak
Silas Elytuk Arngna’naaq
Peter F. K. Ittinuar
Kuupik Vandersee Kleist
Okalik Eegeesiak]
Description
Essays by authors from across Inuit Nunangat and Greenland discuss the possible impacts of the opening of the Passage due to climate change.
Nipi and Mother Earth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
Description
Primary reading level storybook.
No Takebacks
Alternate Title
No take backs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen Graham Jones
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 139-169
Description
Short fiction piece. When two friends develop an app for mobile devices the results are much different than they expect.
The "Noble Savage" in American Music and Literature, 1790-1855
Theses
Author/Creator
Jacob Mathew Somers
Description
Music History and Literature Thesis (M.A.)--Marshall University, 2017
Refers to James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans, Henry Russell's "The Indian Hunter", and Henry Woodsworth Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha .
Northern Literature: Look Here, Look Again
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maureen Long
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 5-8
Description
Introduction to the special literary issue.
Oh Canada, Whose Home and Native Land? Negotiating Multicultural, Aboriginal and Canadian Identity Narratives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Momina Khan
Michael Cottrell
Education Matters: The Journal of Teaching and Learning, vol. 5, no. 1, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the need to restructure the social studies curriculum that allows for more voices and narratives to be heard.
The Ojibwe Who Slew the Wiindigo
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 3, Indigenous Peoples History, Spring, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses colonization, historical trauma and historical loss symptoms.
Okwire’shon:’a, the First Storytellers: Recovering Landed Consciousness in Readings of Trees & Texts
Theses
Author/Creator
Kaitlin Sandra June Debicki
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2017. Refers to the works Power by Linda Hogan, Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, and Truth and Bright Water by Thomas King.
Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ezekiel Gow
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 174-175
Description
Book review of Once They Were Hats by Frances Backhouse.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 174.
One Writer, Becoming
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 Mother Corn
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sherry Mathers
Description
Looks at the central role of corn in the cultures of the Hopi, Pawnee and Seneca peoples.
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.
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.
The Primitive Mystique: Romance and Realism in the Depiction of the Native Indian in English-Canadian Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Marjorie Anne Gilbart Retzleff
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1981.