Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lisa Tatonetti
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 101-104
Description
Book review of: 3 Plays by Alanis King.
Allotment Knowledges: Grid Spaces, Home Places, and Storyscapes on The Way to Rainy Mountain
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcel Brousseau
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 136-167
Description
Looks at Kiowa responses to allotment by comparing N. Scott Momaday’s canonical literary work to Mark Palmer's "Indigital" cartography in terms of understanding, recording and remembering the process and effects of the United States government’s policy in the Oklahoma territory.
Beyond Access: Indigenizing Programs for Native American Student Success
E-Books
Author/Creator
Stephanie J. Waterman
Heather J. Shotton
Shelly C. Lowe
Breanna Faris
Natalie Rose Youngbull
Adrienne Keene
Monty Begaye
David Sanders
Matthew Van Alstine Makomenaw
Christine A. Nelson
Amanda R. Tachine
Nakay R. Flotte
LeManuel Lee Bitsói
Shelly C. Lowe ...
Stephanie Sanderlin
Corey Still
Susan C. Faircloth
Robin Minthorn
John L. Garland
Jerry Bread
Bibliography of Sources on Dena’ina and Cook Inlet Anthropology through 2016, Final Version 4.3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Kari
Alan Boraas
Aaron Leggett
R. Greg Dixon
Description
Extensive list (169 p.) features a wide array of "grey literature" sources from Alaska state and federal agencies, tribal groups, and privately produced publications.
Cornus versus dentus et autres modalités d’association des animaux dans l’imaginaire inuit
Alternate Title
Horned versus Teethed and Other Modalities of Animal Association in the Inuit Imagination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vladimir Randa
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 51-71
Description
Author explores Inuit ontologies or knowledge systems around non-human members of their ecosystem; discuss how Inuit ways of knowing the animals are rooted in social and cultural factors of relationality.
Text in French.
The Cosmological Liveliness of Terril Calder's The Lodge: Animating Our Relations and Unsettling Our Cinematic Spaces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Salma Monani
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 4, Winter, 2017, pp. 1-28
Description
Examines Calder’s stop-frame animated feature film in the context of animation, ecocinema, and Indigenous studies; focuses on theme of hybridity and métissage.
Coyote Places the Stars [by] Harriet Peck Taylor
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erie District
Description
Designed to accompany retelling of traditional Wasco story about how stars came to be arranged in the shapes of animals. Recommended for use with Grade 3 students.
Cree 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.
The Dakota Access Pipeline Educational Experience: Embracing Visionary Pragmatism
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium; 12th, 2017
Representations and Realities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Michael W. Taylor
Description
Author combines academic theory and personal experience at the Oceti Sakowin, Standing Rock water protectors' camp to discuss the phenomenon of protest camps and their social, political and educational characteristics.
Decolonizing Methodologies: A Transformation from Science Oriented Researcher to Relational/Participant-Oriented Researcher
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Datta
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 42, no. 1, 2018, pp. 115-130
Description
Discusses decolonizing the research process, beginning with how researchers engage with Indigenous communities; challenges the mainstream scientific idea that there is a “single truth to be discovered and that scientific knowledge is far more valuable than subjective or experiential knowledge.”
A Description of a Successful Indigenous Online High School: Perspectives of Teachers, Staff, Students, and Parents
Theses
Author/Creator
Sophia Garnel Palahicky
Description
Education Thesis (EdD)--Athabasca University, 2017.
A Digital Bundle : Protecting and Promoting Indigenous Knowledge Online
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jennifer Wemigwans
Dreams and Nightmares in First Nations Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Lena Ruwoldt
Description
Philosophy Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Greifswald, 2017.
Focuses on Robert Arthur Alexie's Porcupines and China Dolls, Cherie Dimaline's Red Rooms, Richard Van Camp's "On the Wings of This Prayer" and Richard Wagamese's Ragged Company.
Epicenter: Deep Mapping Place in Fiction and Nonfiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rilla Askew
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, Fall, 2017, pp. 259-263
Description
Comments on the Indigenous writers who have influenced author's work.
The Ethnography of Memory in East Siberia: Do Life Histories from the Arctic Coast Matter?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Florian Stammler
Aytalina Ivanova
Lena Sidorova
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-23
Description
Authors discuss how oral histories can influence and change collective memories and memory negotiation; argue that collective memory which includes a diversity of perspective is vital increasing human understanding of the past and a sense of belonging in the present.
Exploring Digital Literacy Learning with the Gwich’in Tribal Council
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rob McMahon
Michael McNally
Crystal Gail Fraser
Hanne Pearce
Trish Fontaine
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 6, no. Special Issue 2, Connectivity in Northern and Indigenous Communities, October 2018, pp. 54-60
Description
Discusses infrastructure challenges surrounding internet connectivity in NWT, strategies for meeting these challenges, and how increased connectivity requires increased digital literacy. Stresses that increased competency with digital technologies allows for them to be used as methods of cultural preservation.
First Nation Elders Who Use Wheeled Mobility: An Exploration of Culture and Health
Theses
Author/Creator
Lindsay Croxall
Description
Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
First Nations Elders in Northwestern Ontario's Perspectives of Health, Body Image and Eating Disorders
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Taslim Alani-Verjee
Peter Braunberger
Tina Bobinski
Christopher Mushquash
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 1, June 2017, pp. 76-96
Description
Interviews with five First Nations Elders to gain a better understanding of health, healthy eating and ideal body image and the relationship to the well-being of youth.
First Nations Women Advocating Responsibility Mining (FNWARM): Interview with Jacinda Mack, Coordinator
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacinda Mack
BC Studies, no. 196, Perspectives on the Gold Rush, Winter, 2017/2018, pp. 5-9
Description
Brief discussion of organization's formation and activities.
Future Rivers of the Anthropocene or Whose Anthropocene Is It? Decolonising the Anthropocene!
Alternate Title
Future Rivers of the Anthropocene or Whose Anthropocene Is It? Decolonizing the Anthropocene!
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eleanor Hayman
Colleen James (G̱ooch Tláa)
Mark Wedge (Aan Gooshú)
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. [76]-92
Description
Considers how Tlingit and Tagish oral traditions about the sentience of glaciers might be used to inform discussions about the effects of climate change. Argues that concepts of “slow activism” and “narrative ecologies" embedded in these traditions can help to upset mainstream perceptions of environmental realities.
Hope at Sea: Possible Ecologies in Oceanic Literature
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nadine Attewell
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 126-127
Description
Book review of: Hope at Sea by Teresa Shewry.
Impacts of Place and Social Spaces on Traditional Food Systems in Southwestern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hannah Tait Neufeld
Chantelle A. M. Richmond
Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. 93-115
Description
Study shows urban mothers experience greater challenges than those residing on a reserve.
Indigenous Geographies: Research as Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Smithers Graeme
Erik Mandawe
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples -Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-19
Description
Discusses how research in a community based Indigenous project reflected personal stories of reconciliation.
Indigitization: Toolkit for the Digitization of First Nations Knowledge
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
University of British Columbia
University of Northern British Columbia
Northern B.C. Archives and Special Collections
Museum of Anthropology
Oral History and Language Laboratory
UBC iSchool ]
Description
Project is a collaborative initiative between communities and organizations, and institutional partners to facilitate conservation, digitization, and management of communities' cultural heritage.
Intervening in the Archive: Women-Water Alliances, Narrative Agency, and Reconstructing Indigenous Space in Deborah Miranda’s Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shanae Aurora Martinez
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 54-71
Description
Describes Miranda’s tribal memoir as an act of resistance which disrupts archival and mainstream narratives around Indigenous nations, dispossession, and human-land relationships. Focuses of female voices and perspectives, and on narrative sovereignty.
The Inuit Sky
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Virtualmuseum
Description
Discusses the short period of time each year that the Inuit have to study the sky and presents several legends in which the moon plays a central role.
Inuit Symbolism of the Bearded Seal
Alternate Title
Symbolisme inuit du phoque barbu
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgitte Sonne
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 29-50
Description
Examines traditional Inuit and Yupiit stories, rituals, and colloquial sayings to reveal different meanings associated with the bearded seal in these Indigenous cultures. Finds that bearded seals can impart multiple meanings ranging from monstrous to protection to renewal and reproduction.
It's a Family Affair: Stó:lō Experiences in Repatriation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David M. Schaepe
T’xwelátse (Herb Joe)
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, pp. 27-32
Description
Extract from a presentation at the Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together symposium Discusses the process and the work of repatriation, the kinship bonds that are formed while doing the work. Also discusses digital repatriation efforts and projects.
Keetsahnak / Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters
E-Books
Author/Creator
Christi Belcourt
Kim Anderson
Debra Leo
Beatrice Starr
Stella August
Beverly Jacobs
Sandra Lamouche
Ann-Marie Livingston
Sarah Hunt
Robyn Bourgeois
Michelle Good
Kelsey T. Leonard
Maya Ode'amik chacaby
Helen Knott
Alex Wilson
Robert Alexander Innes
Waaseyaa'sin Christine Sy
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Darlene R. Okemaysim-Sicotte ...
Rita Bouvier
Pahan Pte San Win
Laura Harjo
Jenell Navarro
Kimberly Robertson
Maria Campbell
Description
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Make Yourself (Un)Comfortable: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun at the Museum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tania Willard
Karen Duffek
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 113-127
Description
Curators of the exhibition Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Unceded Territories describe project which brought together art, activism, history, Indigenous youth, and the wider public to "amplify the artist’s insistence that all of us consider our collective responsibilities to this earth".
Monique Verdin's Louisiana Love: An Interview
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kirstin L. Squint
Monique Verdin
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 1, Winter, 2018, pp. 117-133
Description
Interview with co-producer and co-writer of My Louisiana Love, a documentary which details the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the BP oil spills on her family and community.
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
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E.R. Jakobsen … [et al.]]
Description
Essays by authors from across Inuit Nunangat and Greenland discuss the possible impacts of the opening of the Passage due to climate change.
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.
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.
[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 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.
Reset and Redefine: Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and the Rise of Indigenous Games
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maize Longboat
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 170-179
Description
Author critically engages the format and storytelling devices within the videogame Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and discusses how this and other digital platforms can be used to build understanding and counter stereotypes and misinformation about Indigenous peoples.
Resilience and Rebellious Memory Loops: Further Musings of an American Indian Ethnoecologist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Enrique Salmón
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
Description
Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
Rethinking Environmental Science Education from Indigenous Knowledge Perspectives: An Experience with a Dene First Nation Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Kumar Datta
Environmental Education Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2018, pp. 50-66
Description
Examines the importance and implications of land-based approach and discusses how this particular community has taken control of programs, gained leadership in wisdom traditions and taught respect for the land and its inhabitants.
Rethinking the Paratext: Digital Story-Mapping E. Pauline Johnson’s and Chief Joe & Mary Capilano’s Legends of Vancouver (1911)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alix Shield
BC Studies, no. 197, Spring, April 24, 2018, pp. 107-121
Description
Discusses the text and its critical framework—title page, introduction, and other framing elements. Considers the roles of Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Chief Joe and his wife Mary Capilano as co-authors, and the decolonization of the text by reconnecting it to unceded Coast Salish lands using platform called ArcGIS Story-Map Journals,
A Review of The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Herman A. Peterson
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 74-76
Description
Book review of: The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology by Steve Pavlik.
Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Air and Water: St’át’imc Legal Traditions Report
Alternate Title
RELAW Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dean Billy
Lindsay Borrows
Jessica Clogg
Helen Copeland
St’át’imc Elders
Secwépemc: Lands and Resources Law Research Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Asch
Kirsty Broadhead
Georgia Lloyd-Smith
Adrienne Macmillan
Simon Owen
Description
Analyzes 30 stories and conversations with community members to articulate the First Nation's legal principles with respect to: territorial and harvesting protocols and practices; establishing and maintaining agreements and conflict resolution; decision making; relationships, responsibilities and rights; and consequences, enforcement and teaching. Uses individual traditional stories as a foundation for case briefings.
Seeing the Skies through Navajo Eyes: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Astronomy
Alternate Title
Navajo Skies: An Introductory Guide to the Navajo Skies Planetarium Show
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy C. Maryboy
David H. Begay
Ashley C. Teren
Description
Designed as a resource for planetariums, for middle school teachers, and a book that families can read together.
Sq’ éwlets: A Stó:lō -Coast Salish Community in the Fraser River Valley Virtual Museum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dara Kelly
BC Studies, no. 194, Summer, 2017, pp. 195-197
Description
Reviews website featuring stories, history, language, and the connection between the people and place.
Star Stories
Alternate Title
The Girl and Her Seven Brothers
Poia's Journey
Quillwork Girl and Her New Seven Brothers
The Lover Star
Itcohorucika and His Brothers
The Fox and the Stars
The Younger Sister
The Never-ending Bear Hunt
The Star That Does Not Move
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Description
Series of nine short animated videos which tell traditional Ankara, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Chipewyan, Ho-Chunk, Chippewa, Cree, Mohawk, and Paiute stories about how certain stars and constellations came to be.
Stories That Nourish: Minnesota Anishinaabe Wild Rice Narratives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amelia V. Katanski
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 71-91
Description
Looks at how works by writers such as Jim Northrup, Heid Erdrich, Linda LeGarde Grover, and Gerald Vizenor illustrate the connection between story, culture, and knowledge.