Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Creative Leaders Symposium
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Waneek Horn Miller
thorvick's method productions
Silpa Suarak
Eva Obed
Description
Former Olympian, motivational speaker and brand ambassador for Manitobah Mukluks discusses her personal journey to success.
Followed by performance by two Inuit throat singers.
Duration: 1:15:07.
'I Honored Him Until the End': Storytelling of Indigenous Female Caregivers and Care Providers Focused on Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias (ADOD)
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, Les Inuit au Labrador méridional / Inuit in Southern Labrador, 2015, pp. 91-116
Description
Presents results from several seasons of research including data from community interviews, archaeological surveys and excavations at four Inuit settlements, one Inuit-Métis house, and one Newfoundland fishery camp.
Canadian Journal of Urban Research, vol. 24, no. 2, 2015, pp. 158-175
Description
Evaluates two city-wide planning initiatives in terms of collaboration: Saskatoon Speaks: Shape Our Future and the city's Cultural Plan. Information gathered through semi-structured interviews with 11 key contributors to municipal and Indigenous governance and programs.
English Practice, vol. 57, no. 1, Starting a Circle: Exploring Aboriginal Education, 2015, pp. 37-[40]
Description
Authors share their experiences of introducing and teaching the class, English First Peoples (EFP).
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 37.
Website for the art and creative writing competition for Indigenous youth. Includes links to past winners' submissions, guidelines for submissions, information about prizing, and section for teachers.
Article explores the prevalence of content of the Indigenous-Australian people’s beliefs about little people. Findings show that many people believe in and encounter little people in contemporary contexts and that perceptions of their presence range from potentially frightening to seeing them as protectors of the land.
Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, vol. 11, no. 1, Summer, 2019, pp. i-xxxvi
Description
Focuses on material with self-identified Indigenous creators and publishers published as of March 2019. Divided into anthologies, series, and individual works.
Fathers Across Cultures: The Importance, Roles and Diverse Practices of Dads
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Description
Interviews with Indigenous fathers.
Chapter in the book: Fathers Across Cultures: The Importance, Roles and Diverse Practices of Dads edited by Jaipaul L. Roopnarine
Lists works written by Indigenous authors published between 2000 and 2018. Focuses on substantial books, articles and book chapters on original primary historical research, research methodology and historiography.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2019, pp. 1-35
Description
Author defines and then discusses Indigenous Futurisms as a decolonial aesthetic practice rather than a defined literary genre and explores its power as a reorienting and revisional device.
"... introductory discussion about Indigenous law including different interpretations about what the term means, and why it is important to understand legal pluralism and to learn about Indigenous laws."
Duration: 6:42.
"Topics discussed include why gender and sexuality matter to Indigenous law, and what Indigenous feminisms bring to the conversation".
Duration: 10:23.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2019, pp. 135-157
Description
In this literary criticism article, the author deconstructs the colonial narrative practice of portraying a place or space as a wasteland and as uninhabited in order to justify extractive practices and describes Indigenous narrative strategies of resistance.
We Are All One Family: Let's Not Make This "Just a Dream"
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Harlan Pruden
Layha Spoonhunter
Otta Moody
Dominque Briggs
Shea Norris
Description
Webinar panelists discuss their experiences with coming out, interactions with community and family, dealing with challenges, biggest accomplishments, resources that have assisted them, and things that support their mental health.
Duration: 1:28:33.
Topics included Indigenous men's role in violence, activism around the issue, and international reports and Canada's duty to respond. Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:38:19.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, 2015, pp. 1-17
Description
Investigates the issues of operator training, retention, and job satisfaction through interviews and surveys of water system operators in Ontario and British Columbia.
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 211-224
Description
Review essay which seeks to examine the key themes that appear repeatedly throughout the work of Steven Salaita, and to consider the narratives they might form when considered together.
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Travelling Exhibition Program
Art Gallery of Alberta
Description
Lesson plans for elementary and secondary school students for exhibition featuring works by Blackfoot artists Kristy North Peigan, Smith Wright, and Lori Scalplock.Topics include survey of First Nations art in the twentieth century, introduction to Blackfoot history and culture, and artist interviews and biographies.