Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 4, Tribal College Governance, Summer, 2015
Description
Students and faculty of the Nebraska Indian Community College successfully petitioned authors of Psychology: A Journey to remove incorrect information about the Sioux sweat lodge.
Transmotion, vol. 1, no. 2, November 20, 2015, pp. 98-105
Description
Author explores the Idle No More movement through three different works written about it:
The Winter We Danced by The Kino-nda-niimi Collective
#IDLENOMORE and the Remaking of Canada by Ken Coates
Blockades or Breakthroughs? Aboriginal Peoples Confront the Canadian State by Yale D. Belanger and P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 1, no. 1, Cultured Queer/Queering Culture Symposium, 2015, p. article 4
Description
Looks at use of Cree traditional law in relation to sexual diversity, regulation of Cree two spirit people by government and the church, and the Idle No More social movement.
Accompanying interview.
Accompanying presentation.
Book review of Picturing Transformation by Nancy Bleck, Katherine Dodds, and Chief Bill Williams.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 155.
Anglican Journal, vol. 119, no. 10, December 1993, p. 11
Description
Discussion of the contempt of court charge against Rev. Graeme Brownlee, an Anglican priest, and 23 others who protested against logging in the Clayoquot Sound area of British Columbia.
Matika Wilbur shares photographs and stories from Project 562, her multi-year project to document members of federally recognized tribes in the United States.
Duration: 1:42:58.
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 1, no. 2, Reterritorialising Social Media: Indigenous People Rise Up, 2015
Description
Speaker discusses ongoing activism by Hawaiians to assert sovereignty and protect their environment, the movement to stop the construction of a new telescope on the sacred peak of Mauna Kea, and how it has been utilizing social media.
Duration 51:11.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains a presentation by Eric Johnston, Lenore Keeshig-Tobias and David McLaren relating to overcoming roadblocks such as racism in the fight for Aboriginal self-government. The presentation focuses on hunting and fishing rights, with the Saugeen Ojibway recently being recognized as having the right to fish for trade and commerce. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
This file contains a presentation by Melanie Omeniho that first describes her organization's mandate as being a political activist group that continues to develop and/or improve social structures to meet the needs of Metis women. The group assists in developing economic bases for Metis women, as well as developing educational and culturally sensitive opportunities to better the lives of Metis women.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lloyd Benedict
Henry Lickers
Richard David
Description
This file contains a portion of Volume 2 of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Akwesasne Mohawk School, Cornwall Island, Ontario. This portion of the Volume includes a presentation given by Ernie Benedict and Lloyd Benedict on the subjects of St. Lawrence Seaway - Expropriation of Land. As well as closing comments by Grand Chief Mike Mitchell.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lloyd Benedict
Henry Lickers
Richard David
Description
This file contains a portion of Volume 2 of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Akwesasne Mohawk School, Cornwall Island, Ontario. This portion of the Volume includes a presentation given by Ernie Benedict and Lloyd Benedict on the subjects of St. Lawrence Seaway - Expropriation of Land. As well as closing comments by Grand Chief Mike Mitchell.
Symposium honoring Kay WalkingStick held at the National Museum of the American Indian November 5, 2015. Features 12 symposium videos divided into 2 sessions. The first session discusses Kay's personal approach to making art. The second session discusses the larger context of her work in art, history, society and culture.
Session 1 - Duration: 81:40
Session 2 - Duration: 127.25
Focuses on political aspects of the decision to enlist and the struggle of servicemen and their families to access military wages and repatriation benefits