Image of a refugee camp during the Northwest Resistance. Women and children of Batoche were permitted to leave the village to escape enemy fire. Visible are supplies piled up on the ground in front of a cluster of tents.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 1-18
Description
Examines colonial documents and the Indian Act to illustrate efforts to force First Nations societies away from sexual diversity and make heterosexuality the only acceptable option.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 280-304
Description
Author offers a critical examination of the ways that the Coast Salish Chief Seattle is remembered; considers both Indigenous and settler perspectives, and different social and cultural discourses that have evolved around the leader.
The cover story of the CBC Radio Guide for May 1985 deals with the legacy of Louis Riel, written by Bob Beal and Rod MacLeod. The story contains a brief analysis of the Northwest Resistance and the political effects on French and English Canada. Pps. 5-7.
This report, by George T. Orton, Brigade Surgeon, lists the number of injuries, illnesses, deaths and other medical problems associated with battle action from 25 April of the 90th Battalion of Winnipeg Rifles during the Northwest Resistance.
Examines narratives about the life of Nanye'hi to illustrate the power of representation which stereotypically defines both individuals and their social groups.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 24, no. 3, July 1985, pp. [9-25]
Description
Analyzes previous studies and concludes that there is a need for further research to determine the ways in which information is gathered, processed, stored and used by Inuit and other Aboriginal cultural groups.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, 1998, pp. 227-232
Description
Reaction to comments on the article, "American Indian Spirituality, Traditional Knowledge, and the 'Demon-Haunted' World of Western Science", including areas agreed and disagreed upon.
Postsecondary Education Project: Learner Pathways and Transitions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Roland D. Chrisjohn
Description
Argues that programs aimed at recruitment and retention are useless if they are designed simply to increase numbers of Aboriginal students without fundamentally changing the existing attitudes and context of academic institutions.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, 1998, pp. 103-115
Description
Looks at, what the author calls "internal colonialism", how a whole generation have been born, raised and socialized in the city and cut off from the "natural" world.
Journal of Australian Studies, vol. 22, no. 59, Special Issue: Who Will Look After the Children?, 1998, pp. 8-19
Description
Discusses lasting effects on Australian Aboriginals who, as children, were taken away from their parents and the present day phenomenon of returning to one's Aboriginal family.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, 1985, pp. 66-71
Description
Book reviews of:
Nee Hemish: A History of Jemez Pueblo by Joe Santo.
Noon Neemepoo by Allen P. Slickpo Sr. and Deward E. Walker Jr.
Our Home Forever: A Hupa Tribal History by Bryan Nelson.
Walker River Paiutes: A Tribal History by Edward C. Johnston.
The Southern Utes: A Tribal History by James Jefferson.
Ogaxpa by Joy Reed.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 2, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Louis Owens, Summer, 1998, pp. 112-120
Description
Features student essays which discuss the works of Hager (The Redbird's Cry; Hillerman (Thief of Time and Dancehall of the Dead; Querry (Death of Bernadette Lefthand; and Owens (The Sharpest Sight).
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1998, pp. 73-82
Description
Discusses themes and issues incorporated into the poems in such works as Not Vanishing, In Her I Am, Fugitive Colors, and Fire Power.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.