Articles » General
Author/Creator
Aldona Jonaitis
Peter Macnair
Natural History, vol. 100, no. 10, October 1991, pp. 42-48
Description
Discusses the dance that presents the Kwakiutl legend of Wiwidi, his undersea adventures, and the associated masks.
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 of Métis Music: A Métis Cultural Song to AIDE Hepatitis C: Facilitator Manual
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shining Mountains Living Community Services
Description
Uses four instruments (drum, fiddle, flute and rattle) and a storytelling approach to explore the mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical aspects of the disease. Topics include effects on the body, how the virus spreads, ways to prevent transmission, and treatment procedure.
Related material: Participant Manual.
Medicine of Métis Music: A Métis Cultural Song to AIDE Hepatitis C: Participant Manual
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shining Mountains Living Community Services
Description
Uses four instruments (drum, fiddle, flute and rattle) and a storytelling approach to explore the mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical aspects of the disease. Topics include effects on the body, how the virus spreads, ways to prevent transmission, and treatment procedure.
Related material: Facilitattor Manual.
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.
Medicine Unbundled: A Journey through the Minefields of Indigenous Health Care
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gary Geddes
Medicine Unbundled: A Journey through the Minefields of Indigenous Health Care
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 4, August-September 2017, pp. 54-55
Description
Book review of Medicine Unbundled by Gary Geddes.
The Michif French Language: Historical Development and Métis Group Identity and Solidarity at St. Laurent, Manitoba
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Guy A. Lavalle
Native Studies Review, vol. 7, no. 1, 1991, pp. 81-93
Description
Commentary on origin and historical development and linguistic assimilation of language as a total way of life and symbol of identity for the Métis people.
[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.
Mihumisang: Formosan Tribal Voices
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Amy Eisenberg
ab-Original, vol. 3, no. 1, 2019, pp. 81-108
Description
Article recounts the stories told by Bunun tribal elders when consulted by students of the Yushan Tribal College.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW): Bringing Awareness through the Power of Student Activism
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Devon S. Isaacs
Amanda R. Young
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women , 2019, p. Article 2
Description
Profiles activities of two post-secondary students. The discussion includes motivations, tactics and what can be learned by other Indigenous student activists.
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.
A Monograph of a Peyote Singer: Asa Primeaux, Sr.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 7, no. 1, Spring, 1991, pp. 1-15
Description
Brief profile and interview with a sacred pipe carrier and singer of the Lakota/Dakota and the historical and cultural sacred traditions of Peyotism.
A Movement to Reclaim American Indian Health through Tribal Sovereignty, Community Partnerships, and Growing Tribally-Driven Health Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria M. O’Keefe
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 172-176
Description
In this editorial article the author discusses Indigenous rights and Indigenous resistance to colonization and considers the other articles in this journal issue in the context of resistance and sovereignty.
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.
My Reflection of that Time
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeannette Armstrong
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 19-26
Description
Armstrong gives her personal account of the Indigenous rights movements that took place in British Columbia and across Canada, connecting the events and attitudes of the time to the larger Civil Rights Movement taking place across the continent and to other contemporary social/cultural shifts.
Nak'ota Mąk'oc'e: An American Indian Storytelling Performance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda Farnell
Yearbook for Traditional Music, vol. 23, 1991, pp. 79-99
Description
Comments on the Assiniboine people who use both speech and action to perform traditional stories.
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.
Narrative Possession in Stephen Graham Jones's Ledfeather
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leah Pennywark
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. [89]-110
Description
Looks at themes of possession and history in the frontier gothic novel.
"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 Americans
Alternate Title
Native Americans Teacher Guide
Core Knowledge History and Geography
Core Knowledge Curriculum Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rosie McCormick
Description
Five stories intended for use with Kindergarten students.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Guide.
Native and Non-Native: A Rhetoric of the Contemporary Fourth World Novel
Theses
Author/Creator
C. Christopher Norden
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1991.
[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.
A Navajo High School and the Truth of Trees
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger Dunsmore
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1991, pp. 36-40
Description
Discusses how the author was invited to be a Scholar in Residence at a high school on the Navajo Reservation, and was also asked to include Native American literature into the curriculum, with an emphasis on Navajo (and Hopi) culture.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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.
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.
Niitsitapiisini: Our Way of Life: The Story of the Blackfoot People
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Glenbow Museum
Description
Virtual exhibition divided into six sections: how we lived with the buffalo; how we lived with the land; how we lived with other people; our world; and traditional stories.
Includes link to teacher toolkit.
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 .
Nobody is an Orphan: Interview with Luci Tapahonso
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sylvie Moulin
Studies in American Indian Literature, vol. 3, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1991, pp. 14-18
Description
Presents an interview with Luci Tapahonso.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Northern Journey
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Richard Harrington
The Beaver, vol. 71, no. 1, February/March 1991, pp. 53-[?]
Description
Book review of: Across the Keewatin Ice Fields: Three Years Among the Canadian Eskimos, 1913-1916 by Christian Leden. Originally published in German in 1927, translated by Lesliie Neatby in 1990.
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.
Norway House Anthology: Stories of the Elders; Volume I
Alternate Title
Norway House Anthology: Stories of the Elders; Volume II
Norway House Anthology: Local Stories and Legends; Volume III
[Frontier School Division Native Studies Publications]
E-Books
Description
Volume II: Stories of the Elders. Volume III: Local Stories and Legends.
A Note on Narrative Perspective in Tracks
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria Walker
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 4, Series 2 , Winter , 1991, pp. 37-40
Description
Outlines Erdrich's unique narrative perspectives in Tracks and how the reader learns about each character through their intimate conversations.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
The Novel as Performance Communication in Louise Erdrich's Tracks
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Flavin
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1991, pp. 1-12
Description
Explores oral traditions and their importance to tribal culture in Louise Erdrich's novelTracks.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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 Bit of Truth
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marie Anneharbe Baker
Canadian Dimension, vol. 25, no. 5, July 1991, p. 33
Description
Book review of: Our Bit of Truth: An Anthology of Canadian Native Writing edited by Agnes Grant.