MELUS, vol. 20, no. 4, Maskers and Tricksters , Winter, 1995, pp. 75-90
Description
Argues that Chippawa author Gerald Vizenor's Darkness in Saint Louis Bearheart is radical and traditional at the same time and makes extensive use of oral tradition while employing postmodern narrative strategies within a written text.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 1, Winter, 1995, pp. 31-73
Description
Article relates a prophetic narrative recorded by the ethnologist Frank Cushing, and explores possible interpretations of the story and potential results.
Discusses early authorities' attitudes about the upbringing of Aboriginal children, residential schooling in Canada, judicial responses to culture in child protection cases, and the origin and functioning of intertribal child protection agencies in Manitoba.
Looks at the familial relationships which developed in the community of Île à la Crosse as well as those established with representatives of the fur trade and the Church.
Introduction and Chapter 1 of: One of the Family: Métis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 1, January/February 2010, pp. 83-86
Description
Looks at a case study to identify areas where future discussion is needed to improve the understanding and meaning of knowledge translation in Aboriginal health research.
Resource for instructing students in the teachings associated with the moons in the three cultures, as well as numbers, days of week, months, and seasons in each language.
Discusses how Sherman Alexie (screenplay) and Chris Eyre (director) chose to portray American Indians in the film.
Excerpt from Sherman Alexie: A Collection of Critical Essays edited by Jeff Berglund and Jan Roush.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4, Autumn, 1995, pp. 451-465
Description
Literary criticism article that considers Humishuma’s (Mourning Dove, aka Christine Quintasket) novel; examines the ways that the text was influenced and edited by Humishuma’s friend and mentor Lucullus V. McWhorter.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 45-63
Description
Discusses how the characters provide the poets with a playful, sometimes painful, way of speaking about American Indian women’s experiences and encompasses both traditional beliefs and contemporary reality.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 137-177
Description
Re-examines historical evidence used by Judge MacInnes in the case Manitoba Métis Federation v. Canada
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 20, no. 3, May 1981, pp. [32-33]
Description
Suggests that since learning is interdisciplinary, curriculum should be designed to take into consideration the cultural variables and value systems of the children to be taught.
First Nations Métis Education Provincial Advisory Committee (FNMEPAC)
Description
Working draft of strategy with vision to build local capacity through relationship and understanding, excellence and equity, and accountability to First Nations and Métis learners and all learners across Saskatchewan.
Access Catalyst Leaders' Toolkit.
Art Journal, vol. 54, no. 4, Winter, 1995, pp. 48-52
Description
Reviews and discusses work of Hopi video and filmmaker Victor Masayesva, Jr. who integrates experiences of traditional American Indian world with Native American media.