American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 333-357
Description
Literary criticism article that draws on reader response theory to explore oral tradition and orality in written texts, considers the implications for analysis of Indigenous texts and specifically Silko’s Storyteller.
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Mental Health in Aboriginal Communities, Fall, 1997, pp. 15-28
Description
Argues that the interdisciplinary team approach is the ideal way for essential services to be delivered to northern communities and offers ways to achieve more effective collaboration.
Legend about a man who didn't want to brag about his strength. Reprinted from GEIST (The Canadian Magazine of Ideas and Culture, Spring 1996, Vol. 5, 21)
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 149-169
Description
Author describes different types of Koyukon traditional stories and their role in the in the spiritual and storytelling practices of the people; summarizes four stories and discusses the themes they share related to acquiring shamanistic power.
A studio portrait of an Aboriginal woman. She is seated on the floor and wears a decorative hat and footwear. "Latest Battleford Fashions," is handwritten at the bottom of the picture. Harper Series 32, is also stamped on the picture.
Alberta Law Review, vol. 36, no. 1, Symposium on Aboriginal Legal Issues, December 1997, pp. 9-45
Description
Examines the development, use and impact of term sui generis (meaning of its own kind or genus being unique in characteristics) to describe Aboriginal rights.
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the lawfulness of the surrender of IR 7 to the Crown for sale to the Soldier Settlement Board. ICC recommended that there be joint research into whether the Band received fair market value for their land in 1919 and if not the Band should receive compensation. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 2, Summer, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Story from The Mishomis Book : The Voice of the Ojibway by Edward Benton-Banai; tells of the predictions made for the future of the Anishinabe.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 385-407
Description
Author examines three different autobiographies of Indigenous women that were published between the late 1920s and mid 1930s with an eye to the ways that gender influences the construction of the text.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Spring, 1997, pp. 149-164
Description
Examines use of the bear as a literary device with possibilities for human animal relations, transformations, and the bear's connections to the beginnings of literature.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 4, Winter, 1997, p. 144
Description
1995 Margaret Laurence lecture at Trent University by the artist and quilt maker Alice Olsen Williams. The version given here has been adapted, revised and edited.
Catalogue of important acquisitions between 1987-1997 at the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan, featuring Aboriginal artists include Edward Poitras and Jane Ash Poitras, both prairie artists.
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 3, Fall, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Reprint of a lecture given by Chief Justice of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (SaskCA), at the University of Saskatchewan in 1997.
This is a two-part sample article, courtesy of the Native Law Centre of Canada. Subscriptions are available from the NLC.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 171-193
Description
Literary criticism article that explores the underlying themes at work in the Autobiography of Delfina Cuero. Discusses bi-culturalism, borderlands theory, ethnocriticism, and transculturation.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 315-328
Description
Outlines cultural assumptions of the Canadian justice system in contrast with Aboriginal conceptions of justice and argues that Canada must implement the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples to neutralize the impact of criminal law on Aboriginal peoples.