Bringing Home Animals: Religious Ideology and Mode of Production of the Mistassini Cree Hunters
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Philip Goldring
Prairie Forum, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1985, pp. 234-240
Description
Book reviews of:
Partners in Furs: A History of the Fur Trade in Eastern James Bay, 1600-1870 by Daniel Francis and Toby Morantz.
Bringing Home Animals: Religious Ideology and Mode of Production of the Mistassini Cree Hunters by Adrian Tanner.
Research Report (Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business) ; Spring, 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB)
OMX
Description
Reports information about specific barriers gathered at two half-day workshops and through in-depth interviews with approximately 50 industry-related individuals from government, corporate Canada, and Aboriginal businesses.
Overview of project designed to address the gap in supporting and advancing learning opportunities for Indigenous students, and learners pursuing Indigenous Studies.
Developed as primer for mentoring in the workplace for employers, employees, Elders and volunteers working in Aboriginal non-profit service organizations.
Patricia Carriere uses moose hair to create works of art. Her method is known as moose-hair tufting and is a traditional aboriginal art form. Two pictures: one of Patricia Carriere working her craft, one example of her artwork.
In Education, vol. 23, no. 2, Autumn, 2017, pp. 43-70
Description
Study examined two groups of books, 57 titles published 2005 and 120 published in 2015 in terms of authors, illustrators, characterization, genre, and audiences.
A profile of the northern community of Patuanak, Saskatchewan. Images included are as follows. Page one: cover; one picture of moose hide cleaning. Page two: one picture of father Moraud's grave. Page three: Patuanak in spring. Page four: three pictures; children making string designs; birch toboggans; local business man. Page five: seven pictures; mukluks; mittens; moccasins; porcupine quills; birch bark basket; bone flesher.
Uses Paul's life to illustrate the distinctions in roles within the Red River community as well as differences between Métis inside and outside the community.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 32, no. 1-2, Violence in Education: Transnational, Global and Local Perspectives, 2017-2018
Description
Focuses of the National Operational Overview on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women (NOOMMIW) to demonstrate how state-produced and supported documents, and narratives around gender and sexual violence against Indigenous girls and women constitute a form of public education which sustains rather than prevents these crimes.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
International Journal of Leadership in Education, vol. 20, no. 3, 2017, pp. 328-344
Description
Using interviews from Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan principals to discuss their roles in student success through promoting Indigenous learning and values.
Looks at how province's first lieutenant-governor's attitudes about the land question continued to exert influence during two periods: the years following entry into Confederation (1871 to 1876) and during the era of postwar hydroelectric development using case studies from 1951 to 1989.
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1985, pp. 1-30
Description
Examines how Canada failed to fulfill its promise of land security after the creation of Manitoba, and that fears the same would happen in the North West Territories contributed to the armed conflict in 1885.
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 61, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 178-195
Description
Looks at the use of photovoice and postervoice to connect with and provide a voice to Indigenous youth in regards to water and health issues on their reserves.
Aboriginal History, vol. 9, no. 1, 1985, pp. 81-100
Description
Presents two texts, that were recorded seven years apart, to illustrate the continuity of an Aboriginal oral tradition as held by a particular story-teller.
Document is an interactive teaching tool that assists participants understand the historic relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Document reinforces the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) "Call to Action on Education" which has a direct impact on the ability of First Nations communities to create sustainable economies employing Indigenous people.