Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, vol. 16, no. 3, Sustaining Teachers in Teaching, June 2010, pp. 285-305
Description
Looks at experiences of Aboriginal teachers and impacts on them as students, teachers and within the greater community from the narrative of colonization.
Teachers' guide developed in conjunction with exhibition mounted to dispel the misrepresentations of cultural beliefs created by Stephanie Myer's Twilight books.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 35, no. 2, Special Section: Indigeneity in Dialogue: Indigenous Literary Expression Across Linguistic Divides, 2010, pp. [94]-109
Description
Discusses the importance of the inclusion of Aboriginal words in the plays of Yves Sioui Durand, Tomson Highway, and Floyd Favel.
Lesson Plan: Blackfoot Winter Counts and their Stories
[Kaahsinnooniksi Ao'toksisawooyawa: Our Ancestors Have Come to Visit: Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ramona L. Big Head
Description
Lesson plan developed in conjunction with exhibition of Blackfoot shirts loaned from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, to the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta.
Designed for Grade 2 language arts, but can be adapted to other levels.
Ao'toksisawooyawa: Our Ancestors Have Come to Visit: Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts]
Lesson Plan: Creative Writing and Drama
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ramona L. Big Head
Description
Lesson plan developed in conjunction with exhibition of Blackfoot shirts loaned from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, to the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta.
Designed for high school students.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. [81]-85
Description
Book review of: Do You See What I Mean? Plains Indian Sign Talk and the Embodiment of Action by Brenda Farnell.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 81.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, 2003, pp. 425-446
Description
Book review of:
Common and Contested Ground: A Human and Environmental History of the Northwestern Plains by Theodore Binnema.
Out of the Background: Readings on Canadian Native History by Ken Coates and Robin Fisher (Editors).
Gay Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Myths from Arapaho to the Zuni: An Anthology by Kim Elledge (Editor).
E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake: Collected Poems and Selected Prose by Carole Gerso and Veronica Strong-Boag.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, 2003, pp. 195-205
Description
Book review of 6 books:
Our Son, A Stranger by Marie Adams.
Aboriginal People and Colonizers of Western Canada to 1900 by Sarah Carter.
Trusteeship in Change: Toward Tribal Autonomy in Research Management by R. Clow and I. Sutton (Editors).
In the Shadow of Evil by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier.
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump by Gordon Reid.
Blessing For a Long Time: The Sacred Pole of the Omaha Tribe by Robin Ridington.
Discusses a unique governance system and challenges facing tribal governments and communities.
Duration: 41:32. Includes textual transcript.
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RightsEd: Human Rights Education Resources for Teachers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Australian Human Rights Commission
Description
Educator's resource for the report Bringing Them Home: National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. Most activities suitable for grade 9 and up.
Compares how two well-known Aboriginal works challenge limiting definitions of Aboriginal peoples and shows how the legal system manipulates these definitions to take away land or rights.
Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 49.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 1, Fall, 2010, pp. 3-10
Description
Interviews with winners for Aboriginal Private Sector Business Award, the Community Category, and Individual Economic Developer of the year.
[One or more images have been omitted from this article due to copyright restrictions. These images are accessible in the print version of this journal.]
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [26]-31
Description
Explores the author's use of space, in an intellectual, astronomical, atmospheric and geographical sense, and illustrates this by focusing on the poem An Eagle Nation and the essay How Columbus Fell from the Sky and Lighted Up Two Continents.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [139]-149
Description
Lists books, essays, interviews, short stories, publications in which poems have appeared, works about the author, etc.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [67]-73
Description
Discusses the key elements in author's work which demonstrate the formulation of his sense of self and personal identity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [109]-138
Description
Selection of correspondence, with Carter Revard, chosen by five recipients.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Brief biography of author and physician, whose writings focused on Native American spirituality, morality and mythology. Best-known for the autobiographical works Indian Boyhood and From the Deep Woods to Civilization.
Includes links to biography of the Dakota physician and writer, comments on his life and work, bibliography and excerpts from his writings, photos and slideshows.