Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 1, Series 2; Children’s Literature, Spring, 2000, pp. [3]-19
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Discusses issues such as accuracy in stories and illustrations which arise when evaluating children's picture books for use in the classroom. Uses three American Indian versions of the Cinderella story (The Rough-Face Girl, Sootface and The Turkey Girl) as examples.
Drama Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2000.
Focuses on four playwrights Suzan-Lori Park, Daniel David Moses, and filmmakers Midi Onodera and Julie Dash.
Article presented at The Gender of Genetic Futures: The Canadian Biotechnology Strategy, Women and Health Proceedings of a National Strategic Workshop held at York University, February 11-12, 2000.
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 2000.
Argues that the efforts to empower First Nation people by granting them a significant role in the governance of their own lands and people comes as a mixed blessing.
Anglican Journal, vol. 126, no. 9, October 2000, p. 7
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Bishop declines to participate in campaign aimed at federal government urging resolution of residential schools issue because wording implied diocese directly involved.
Canadian Literature, no. 167, First Nations Writing, Winter, 2000, pp. 141-144
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Book reviews of:
I Knew Two Métis Women: The Lives of Dorothy Scofield and Georgina Houle Young by Gregory Scofield.
Red Blood: One (Mostly) White Guy's Encounters with the Native World by Robert Hunter.
The Visions and Revelations of St. Louis the Métis edited by David Day.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1993, pp. 43-51
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Presents a conversation between Gerald Vizenor, Rodney Simard, Lavonne Mason, and Julie Abner that took place on May 1, 1993.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 2000, pp. [14]-34
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Discusses how an urban upbringing has disrupted her "sense of place", present in much of American Indian literature, and replaced it with the theme of absence and the search for identity.
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American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, 2000, pp. 25-42
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Details a 1925 honorary ceremony held for Nellie Zelda Star Boy Menard on the occassion of her first menstruation, an event believed to control or direct one's future life path.
Through the eyes of a young Ojibwe woman this film illustrates one down side of contact between cultures, the introduction of small pox and its dire impact on Native Americans.
Duration:57:00.
Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 1, 1993-1994, pp. 33-50
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Argues that negative, stereotypical depictions are significant because they both reflect and influence public opinion and that artistic interpretation failed to evolve at the same pace as historical literature.
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 11, no. 1, New Series, 2000, pp. 87-108
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Discusses the Royal visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later George V and Queen Mary), the ceremonies held and review of the extensive related archival records.
Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, vol. 34, no. 1, Counselling First Nations People in Canada, 2000, pp. 43-53
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Looks at relations between researchers and James Bay Cree from northern Quebec based on an experiment conducted to uncover sources of negative reactions towards past psychological studies.
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2000.
Examines the relationship between culture and the clinical practice of psychological assessment.
General discussion of the issue of Aboriginal tenure, and through an examination of treaties between the Micmaq, Wabenaki Confederacy and the British Crown asserts that Aboriginal title has not been extinguished in Atlantic Canada.
Excerpted from Beyond the Nass Valley: National Implications of the Supreme Court's Delgamuukw Decision.
Ethnicity & Health, vol. 5, no. 1, February 2000, pp. 47-57
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Discusses how individuals, with diabetes, reported activity limitations at work, home and in leisure activities.This same group were also at greater risk for suffering heart disease.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 25, no. 3, May 1986, pp. [12-21]
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Discusses the rapid social change and long-term effects that undermined traditional self-sufficient Alaskan lifestyle including factors such as welfare dependence; and stresses strategies about education and community development are essential.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, 2000, pp. 251-261
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Describes a training program that upgraded homes at the Fort Albany First Nation and provided educational and employment opportunities, all on a limited budget.
Forum on Corrections Research, vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal People in Corrections, January 2000, pp. 5-6
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Review of current system and the movement to make alternate arrangements accessible to parolees and aboriginal communities under the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA).
Current Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 1, February 1993, pp. 93-100
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Review of exhibitions Indigena: Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples on Five Hundred Year and Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century.
Examines the exploits of the North West Company and other Montreal-based fur trading companies at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring, 2000, pp. 200-218
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Literary criticism article examines the poetry of Joy Harjo, which combines playful self-deprecation and subtle controversy to examination historical truth and reach a range of readers..