Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian Rogers
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 2015, pp. 167-180
Description
Comments on a novel that offers a glance into the Blackfoot world.
The Last Battle of Seven Oaks Puppet Play
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Phipps
Description
For use with article Last Battle of Seven Oaks, written by Heather Wright and illustrated by Celia Krampien found on p. 30 of the special issue "How Furs Built Canada" of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades 2-6.
Learning For More Just Relationships: Narratives Of Transformations In White Settlers
Theses
Author/Creator
Nancy Peters
Description
Educational Foundations Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2015.
Learning from Story
Alternate Title
Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education: Unit Four Introduction
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jan Hare
Description
Comments on the significance, features, and characteristics of oral narratives, strategies for using storytelling in teaching and learning, and protocol for telling Indigenous stories. Unit 4 of 6.
Duration: 15:45.
Learning From the Best: Teacher Self-Efficacy, Equitable Classrooms and Aboriginal Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Graham Shular
Description
Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Paper towards Master of Teaching (MT)--University of Toronto, 2015.
Leaving Kuujjuarapik: An Ethnography of the Inuit Experience of Travelling Down South to Face Justice
Theses
Author/Creator
Carina M. Shalaby
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2015.
A Legacy of Furious Men: The American Indian Movement and Anna Mae Aquash in Plays by Tomson Highway, E. Donald Two-Rivers, Yvette Nolan, and Bruce King
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander Pettit
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 2, Summer, 2015, pp. 29-61
Description
Looks at violence toward women during the American Indian Movement in the 1970s and the unresolved murder of Annie Mae Pictou-Aquash.
“Let Paler Nations Vaunt Themselves”: John Rollin Ridge's “Official Verse” and Racial Citizenship in Gold Rush California
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alanna Hickey
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 4, Winter, 2015, pp. 66-100
Description
Focuses on the Cherokee poet's writings in relation to violence directed at the "Digger" Indians in the state of California
("listen to the women)": Rethinking Representations of Violence against Indigenous Women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Theses
Author/Creator
Sylvie Lorraine Vigneux
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2015.
Focuses on Unearthed by Janet Marie Rogers, Missing Sarah by Maggie de Vries, and In Plain Sight: Reflections on Life in Downtown Eastside Vancouver by Leslie Robertson and Dara Culhane.
Listening to First Nations Women’ Expressions of Heart Health: ‘mite achimowin’ Digital Storytelling
Alternate Title
Listening to First Nations Women’s Expressions of Heart Health: ‘mite achimowin’ Digital Storytelling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorena Sekwan Fontaine
Sarah Wood
Lisa Forbes
Annette S. H. Schultz
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Article examines a digital storytelling study which collaborated with First Nations (FN) Women in Manitoba to discuss many of the issues surrounding heart health management including: the relationship between FN and Western Medical knowledges, diet and lifestyle, related health conditions, experiences with healthcare system, residential schools, and relationships with children and grandchildren.
Listening to the Voices and Stories of Northern Manitoba Aboriginal Survivors of Spousal Violence: A Case Study of the Pimicikamak Cree Nation in Cross Lake, Northern Manitoba
Theses
Author/Creator
Eva Therese Goulet
Description
Rural Development Thesis (M.A.)--Brandon University, 2019.
[Literacy and Intellectual Life in the Cherokee Nation, 1820-1907]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kirby Brown
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 112-116
Description
Book review of: Literacy and Intellectual Life in the Cherokee Nation, 1820-1907 by James W. Parins.
Literary Land Claims: The "Indian Land Question" From Pontiac's War to Attawapiskat
Alternate Title
Indigenous Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Margery Fee
Indigenous Studies Series
Little Bear's Vision Quest: Reader's Theatre
Documents & Presentations
Description
Activity promotes reading fluency by having children read parts in the script.
Living Stories through a Sweet Grass Porcupine Quill Box Methodology: An Innovation in Chronic Kidney Disease
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Smith; Carol McDonald
Anne Bruce
Jacquie Green
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 2019, pp. 276-292
Description
Author discusses their own experience as a kidney donor and with supporting family and community members with Chronic Kidney Disease, and how the experiences helped to shape their feelings about relational research.
The Long Tent of Life
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Settee Jr.
Description
Describes the Anishinaabeg approach to the quest to live a long, healthy life (Medewiwin), how it is connected to the ceremonial lodge and the physical structure of the lodge itself. One of three articles published in the Selkirk Chronicle in 1887 under the title Indian Mythology.
The Lord of the Coppers
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Don Macnaughtan
Community College Moment, May [2015], pp. 74-78
Description
Brief rendition of story of a copper artifact with great power and value.
Lost Innocence: The Teacher Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sylvia Smith
Evan Thornton
Description
For use with Lost Innocence, a graphic novel about an Indian Residential School. For students aged 12 to 17.
Masculindians: Conversations About Indigenous Manhood
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lloyd L. Lee
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 118-119
Description
Book review of: Masculindians: Conversations About Indigenous Manhood by Sam McKegney.
Masculindians: Conversations on Indigenous Manhood
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jason De Santolo
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, 2015, pp. 60-62
Description
Book review of: Masculindians edited by Sam McKegney.
Meadowlark: A Novel
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christine Stewart-Nuñez
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 2015, pp. 224-225
Description
Book review of: Meadowlark by Dawn Wink.
Media and the Geographies of Climate Justice: Indigenous Peoples, Nature and the Geopolitics of Climate Change
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anna Roosvall
Matthew Tegelberg
tripleC, vol. 13, no. 1, 2015, pp. 39-54
Description
Discusses the universal, global and local implications of climate change.
Mediating Indianness
Alternate Title
American Indian Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Billy J. Stratton
Sonja Georgi
Cathy Covell Waegner
A. Robert Lee
Ellen Cushman …
Kimberly Blaeser
Evelina Zuni Lucero ...
Nicolle Dragone ...
Gordon Henry Jr.
American Indian Studies Series
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.
Métis or Moniyâw: Explorative Stories of Decolonizing My Métis Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Bob Montgomery
Description
Applied Health Sciences Thesis (M.A.)--Brock University, 2015.
Mi'kmawe'l Tan Teli-kina'muemk: Teaching about the Mi'kmaq
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre
Description
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.
Mingadhuga Mingayung: Respecting Country Through Mother Mountain's Stories to Share Her Cultural Voice in Western Academic Structures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony McKnight
Educational Philosophy and Theory, vol. 47, no. 3, 2015, pp. 276-290
Description
Uses stories to help non-Aboriginal residents of Yuin Country in Australia respect and understand Yuin ways of knowing, learning and behaving.
Mirrors and Windows: Teaching and Research Reflections on Canadian Aboriginal Children's Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynne Wiltse
Language and Literacy, vol. 17, no. 2, Special Issue, 2015, pp. 22-40
Description
Reflects on issues of resonance and representation in children's literature.
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.
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Phenomenon in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Parker
Description
Discusses how complacency towards Indigenous women by Canadian society has disadvantaged them and caused vulnerability.
Mission Life in Cree-Ojibwe Country: Memories of a Mother and Son
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Maureen Matthews
Manitoba History, no. 79, Fall, 2015, pp. 49-51
Description
Book review of Mission Life in Cree-Ojibwe Country by Elizabeth Bingham Young and E. Ryerson Young ; edited and with introductions by Jennifer S. H. Brown.
Mission Life in Cree-Ojibwe Country: Memories of a Mother and Son
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tolly Bradford
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 96, no. 4, December 2015, pp. 608-611
Description
Book review of Mission Life in Cree-Ojibwe Country by Elizabeth Bingham Young and E. Ryerson Young, edited and with an introduction by Jennifer S.H. Brown.
The Mixtecs of Oaxaca: Ancient Times to the Present
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kathleen M. McIntyre
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 3, Global Indigenous Higher Education, Spring, 2015
Description
Book review of: The Mixtecs of Oaxaca by Ronald Spores and Andrew K. Kalkansky.
Monsters and Weapons: Navajo Students' Stories on Their Journeys Toward College
Theses
Author/Creator
Amanda R. Tachine
Description
Educational Policy Studies and Practice (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2015.
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.
Mshkikenh Ikwe Niin (I am Turtle Woman):The Transformative Role of Anishinaabe Women’s Knowledge in Graduate Research
Theses
Author/Creator
Lana Ray
Description
Indigenous Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Trent University, 2015.
Multiculturalism in Select Canadian Writings
Theses
Author/Creator
K. E. Padmam
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Madurai Kamaraj University, 2015.
Includes discussion of Jeanette Armstrong's Slash and Beatrice Culleton's In Search of April Raintree.
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.
The Mystery of the "North of the North" in Ibsen's Works
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jon Nygaard
Nordlit, no. 34, 2015, pp. [181]-187
Description
Discusses Ibsen's understanding of the Sami or Finns which was limited and reflective of a new interest in sagas and the pre-history of Norway.
A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Urban Aboriginal Youth and Their Families Outside of School Places: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sean Lessard
Lee Schaefer
Description
Researchers describe their experiences while developing and delivering the Growing Young Movers after school program in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Narrow Escapes: Gendered Adolescent Resistance to Intergenerational Neo/Colonial Violence across Time and Space
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie Lovrod
Rocky Mountain Review, vol. 69, no. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE: Theorizing Space and Gender in the 21st Century, Spring, 2015, pp. 68-86
Description
Examines three literary stories to discuss what they can tell about cross-generational colonial violence and abuse.
Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing nêhiyaw Legal Systems
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sylvia McAdam (Saysewahum)
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 Art as Seen Through Native Eyes: An Examination of Contemporary Native Art From a Storytelling Perspective
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Alvin Phillips
Description
Indigenous Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Trent University, 2015.
Neocolonialism, First Nations Governance and Identity: Community Perspectives from Battleford Agency Tribal Chiefs (BATC) First Nations
Theses
Author/Creator
Megan Lee McDowell
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2015.
New Architecture on Indigenous Lands
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jon Carver
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 4, Tribal College Governance, Summer, 2015
Description
Book review of: New Architecture on Indigenous Lands by Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka.
NICC Students Succeed in Removing Textbook Misinformation
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 4, Tribal College Governance, Summer, 2015
Description
Students and faculty of the Nebraska Indian Community College successfully petitioned authors of Psychology: A Journey to remove incorrect information about the Sioux sweat lodge.
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.