Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jenna Walsh
Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 8, no. 30, July-Sept 2017, pp. 6-10
Description
"This article will provide an overview of the context surrounding the national crisis, as well as outline the bottom-up initiatives which have provoked a political response".
Native American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity
Alternate Title
"Navajo" Underwear and Headdresses on the Runway: A Look at the Last Five Years of Cultural Appropriation in Fashion
Ball Gowns, Moccasins and Black Beaver Hats: York Factory and Red River as Sites of Fashion Innovation
Clothes along the Mohawk: Fashion Exchange and Appropriation among Peoples of Early New York
Cultural Appropriation or Appreciation? A Modern-Day Critique
Everything's Better with a War Bonnet on It!
Fluidity of Referents: Maya Appropriations and Adornments
Non-Native as Native Americans: "I'm an Indian Too"
Style on Trial: Cultural (Mis)Appropriation and Fashion Law
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Anna Blume
Timothy Shannon
Sherry Farrell Racette
Daniel James Cole
Adrienne Keene … [et al.]
Description
Videos from a day-long symposium which explored past and present fashions, issues surrounding appropriation, and examples of collaborations between Indigenous designers and fashion brands.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act: A Selective Literature Review of Affected Concerns
Alternate Title
[Project for the Protection and Repatriation of First Nation Cultural Heritage in Canada]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ubaka Ogbogu
Catherine Bell
David Milward
Michael Solowan
Description
Document provides an understanding of the issues raised by the implemention of the NAGPRA and a reference tool for Canadian law reform.
Native American Music from Wounded Knee to the Billboard Charts: A Document Based Exploration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
TeachRock
Description
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
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 Americans & Westward Expansion: Cultures and Conflicts: Reader
Alternate Title
Core Knowledge History and Geography
E-Books
Author/Creator
Core Knowledge Foundation
Description
Related material: Teacher Guide; Timeline Cards; Online Resources.
Native Life
Alternate Title
CANADIANHISTORY.CA: The Many Histories of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J .R. Miller
Description
Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.
Native Women, Mean-Spirited Drugs, and Punishing Policies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Luana Ross
Social Justice, vol. 31, no. 4, Native Women and State Violence, 2004, pp. 54-62
Description
Authors speaks about experiences with family members and drug abuse and looks at banishment as a form of punishment in the Lummi Nation tribal community.
Natural Resource Projects, Indigenous Peoples and the Role of International Law
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nigel Bankes
Resources (Canadian Institute of Resources Law), vol. 87, Summer, 2004, pp. [1]-7
Description
Looks at examples of the dramatic and adverse effect of natural resource projects.
The Nature of Borders: Salmon and Boundaries in the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin
Theses
Author/Creator
Lissa Kay Wadewitz
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)-- University of California, Los Angeles, 2004.
The Navajo Political Experience
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Whispering Wind, vol. 34, no. 4, July-August 2004, p. 36
Description
Book review of: The Navajo Political Experience revised edition by David E. Wilkins.
A Needs Assessment of Federal Aboriginal Women Offenders
Alternate Title
Research Report (Correctional Service of Canada) ; no. R-156
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amey Bell
Shelley Trevethan
Nicole Allegri
Description
Examines programs, reintegration into community needs, family and child responsibilities and suppport for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
The Needs of Inuit Offenders in Federal Correctional Facilities
Alternate Title
Research Report (Correctional Service of Canada) ; no. R-142
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shelley Trevethan
John-Patrick Moore
Leesie Naqitarvik
Autumn Watson
Daisy Saunders
Description
Discusses institutional and community reintegration needs of offenders in federal facilities. Research based on interviews with 75 offenders, 34 family members, and 73 correctional staff.
Negotiating American Indian Inclusion: Sovereignty, Same-Sex Marriage, and Sexual Minorities in Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Lambert
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-21
Description
Discusses debates and tribal lawmaking around the issue in the United States with focus on ten-year period prior to the 2015 Supreme Court decision.
Negotiating Claims: Recognition, Citizenship, and the Emergence of Indigenous Land Claim Negotiation Policies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
Theses
Author/Creator
Christa Sieglinde Scholtz
Description
Politics Thesis (Ph.D.)--Princetion University, 2004.
Neighbourhood Characteristics and the Distribution of Crime in Winnipeg
Alternate Title
Crime and Justice Research Paper Series ; no. 4
Research Paper (Statistics Canada)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robin Fitzgerald
Michael Wisener
Josée Savoie
Research Paper (Statistics Canada)
“Neoliberal Apartheid”: Challenges for Decolonization from South Africa to Palestine (An Interview with Andy Clarno)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chandni Desai
Andy Clarno
Decolonization, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 96-98
Description
Author of Neoliberal Apartheid discusses commonalities between two states, including the patterns of extreme inequality, racialized poverty and advanced securitization which are symptomatic neoliberal regimes.
Network Patient Health Survey: Aboriginal People's Health Report 2015
E-Books
Author/Creator
Justice Health & Forensic Mental Health Network
Description
Surveyed prison population in New South Wales, Australia.
New Era in Metis Constitutional Rights: The Importance of Powley and Blais
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Bell
Clayton Leonard
Alberta Law Review, vol. 41, no. 4, April 2004, pp. 1049-1083
Description
Discussion of cases which recognized the Metis right to hunt and had implications for inclusion in s. 35 of the Constitution Act.
A New Menace on the Rez
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrew Murr
Newsweek, vol. 144, no. 13, September 27, 2004, p. 30
Description
Discusses the impact of the drug crystal meth on Native Americans.
New Treaty New Tradition: Reconciling New Zealand and Maori Law; Fragile Settlements: Aboriginal Peoples, Law, and Resistance in South-West Australia and Prairie Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Neil Valance
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 156-158
Description
Book review of New Treaty New Tradition by Carwyn Jones and Fragile Settlements by Amanda Nettelbeck, Russell Smandych, Louis A. Knafla, and Robert Foster.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 156.
Ngapartji Ngapartji: Finding Ethical Approaches to Research Involving Indigenous Peoples, Australian Perspectives
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gina Louise Hawkes
David Pollock
Barry Judd
Peter Phipps
Elinor Assoulin
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 17-41
Description
Article explores the process of integrating ethical research frameworks for engaging Indigenous communities into academic institutions. Authors use five personal vignettes to examine the potential pitfalls related to integrating Indigenous values knowledge systems with Western legal practices.
North American Border Challenges: Terrorists/Drugs/Trade & American Indians
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laurence Armand French
Magdaleno Manzanarez
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Paper given at the Association of Border Studies - 1st World Conference, Joensuu, Finland, June 9 - 13, 2014. Reports on laws that have restricted cross-border movement.
North American First Peoples: Slipping Up Into Market Citizenship?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez
Citizenship Studies, vol. 8, no. 4, December 2004, pp. 349-365
Description
Explores Aboriginal requests for citizenship and compares the Puebla Panama Plan
Northern Wildlife, Northern People: Native Hunters and Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories, 1894--1970
Theses
Author/Creator
John Kurt Sandlos
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2004.
Nunavik: Inuit-Controlled Education in Arctic Quebec
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Geraldine Balzer
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 50, no. 2, Summer, 2004, pp. 209-211
Description
Book review of: Nunavik by Ann Vick-Westgate.
NWAC Report Card: September 2016-December 2016
Alternate Title
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: NWAC Report Card
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Update and assessment of the progress made by the National Inquiry Commission to the families of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and to the public.
Object Lessons: Wooden Spirits, Wax Voices, and Collecting the Folk
Alternate Title
Properties of Culture - Culture as Property. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Thomas Ross Miller
Description
Looks at examples of cultural property collected by anthropologists from the North Pacific in the late19th century.
Chapter in book: Properties of Culture - Culture as Property. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia edited by Erich Kasten.
Ojibwa Fishing Grounds: A History of Ontario Fisheries Law, Science, and the Sportsmen's Challenge to Aboriginal Treaty Rights, 1650--1900
Theses
Author/Creator
J. Michael Thoms
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2004.
Ojibwa Warrior: Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dennis Banks
Richard Erdoes
On the Return of the Native
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Asch
Colin Samson
Current Anthropology, vol. 45, no. 2, April 2004, pp. 261-268
Description
Critiques Adam Kupers' article The Return of the Native; includes response from the author.
A One-Day Snapshot of Aboriginal Youth in Custody Across Canada: Phase II
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeff Latimer
Laura Casey Foss
Description
Snapshot and sharing circle results and discussion of information gathered. Compares 2000 and 2003 Snapshots to determine changes in absolute numbers in custody over three-year period.
'The Only Good Thing That Happened at School': Colonising Narratives of Sport in the Indian School Bulletin
Alternate Title
'The Only Good Thing That Happened at School': Colonizing Narratives of Sport in the Indian School Bulletin
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Forsyth
Michael Heine
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [205]-225
Description
Challenges the selective representations of sports and recreation in residential schools.
Ontario First Nations Special Education Review Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario First Nations
Description
Synthesizes published literature and information gathered from educators, administrators and service organizations. Focus is on funding.
Ontario's History of Tampering and Re-Tampering With Birth Registration Forms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Gehl
The First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. 24-33
Description
Looks into governmental interference with the long form birth registration for unmarried or separated mothers.
Opening Pandora's Box: Métis Aboriginal Rights in Alberta
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa D. Weber
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 67, no. 1, 2004, pp. 315-338
Description
Topics include self-determination, self-government, Aboriginal title and land ownership issues.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
The Oral History of the 1852 Saanich Douglas Treaty: A Treaty For Peace
Theses
Author/Creator
Janice Rose Knighton
Description
Community Governance Project towards (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2004.
Other Picture Boards in Van Diemen’s Land: The Recovery of Lost Illustrations Of Frontier Violence and Relationships
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas Dean Brodie
Kristyn Harman
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 3-21
Description
Article examines textual descriptions from the letters and journals of Australian settlers of painted story boards depicting colonially prescribed behaviors and threatened consequences for not conforming. The journals and letters also describe how these picture boards were installed in various wilderness locations where known to be frequented by Indigenous peoples.
"Our Hope and Our Protection": Misko-biiwaabik (Copper) and Tribal Sovereignty in Michigan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erik M. Redix
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 224-249
Description
Argues that the Smithsonian's refusal to repatriate a sacred boulder illustrates how the Lake Superior Ojibwe experienced colonialism in that its removal was part of the exploitation of rich copper deposits in the area.
Our Identities as Civic Power
Alternate Title
2017 State of Native Youth Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
[Erik R. Stegman
Amber Richardson
Josie Raphaelito
Aaron Slater
Bettina Gonzalez]
Description
Reports on the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Online Roundtable Survey of Native American youth between the ages 18-24. Respondents were asked about their three top priorities, what they are doing to tackle their challenges, and some of the ways they are partnering with their community to build resilience.
Our Place at the Table: First Nations in the B.C. Fishery
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The First Nation Panel on Fisheries
Description
Examines a vision for British Columbia fisheries that focuses on healthy ecosystems and species and equitable sharing of fisheries resources for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people alike.
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
Out of Sight: A Summary of the Events Leading Up to Brian Sinclair's Death and the Inquest That Examined It and the Interim Recommendations of the Brian Sinclair Working Group
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Annette J. Browne
Emily Hill
Barry Lavalee
Josée Lavoie
Mary Jane Logan McCallum]
Description
Group formed to examine the role of racism in Sinclair's death and the subsequent inquest. The 45-year-old Aboriginal man died while awaiting treatment in the Health Sciences Centre Emergency Department. He had been in the department for 34 hours.
Over-represented But Not Understood: Sentencing Provisions as an Inadequate Response to the Over Incarceration of Aboriginal peoples in Nova Scotia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brady Tanner Reid
Description
Reviews ten sentencing decisions to better understand how s. 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code and R. vs. Gladue 1999 are interpreted by sentencing judges.
Criminology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2017.
Paddling Together: Co-Governance Models for Regional Cumulative Effects Management
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Clogg
Gavin Smith
Deborah Carlson
Hannah Askew
Description
Includes case studies of co-management models from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Florida.
Paths of Inquiry
Alternate Title
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Research Team [National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls]
Description
Outlines research clusters comprising the scope of research for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Pathways to Justice: An Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: Final Report
Alternate Title
Report (Australian Law Reform Commission) no. 133
E-Books
Author/Creator
Australian Law Reform Commission
Patrick Bernard O'Leary and the Forrest River Massacres, Western Australia: Examining 'Wodgil' and the Significance of 8 June 1926
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kate Auty
Aboriginal History , vol. 28, 2004, pp. [122]-155
Description
Looks at the evidence presented during the 1927 Wood Royal Commission hearing.