Discusses the cross-cultural historical importance of corroborees (theatrical performances) in 19th-century Australia.
Chapter 7 from Creating White Australia edited by Jane Carey, Claire McLisky. Scroll down to access article.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 4, 2009, pp. 69-89
Description
Presentation from the perspective of the Certificate Program in Native American Studies (CPNAIS) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) on ways to develop theory, methodology, and practice in Native studies.
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.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, Resistance and Resiliency: Addressing Historical Trauma of Aboriginal Peoples, March 2007, pp. 79-95
Description
Looks at the activities undertaken by Thessalon First Nation in the development of a social safety net to deal with the inter-generational effects of the residential school system on the family and community.
Ethnohistory, vol. 56, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 269-284
Description
Distinguishes between code talkers who were specifically trained by the military and used codified vocabulary, from those who were discovered by accident. Discusses the role of the second group in World War I and World II.
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, vol. 100, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 268-278
Description
Comments on dysconscious and systemic racism which justifies inequality as natural and deserved and cultivates a distorted way of thinking in institutions of mass media and education.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 1, January 2009, p. 7
Description
Looks at the executive director of a youth centre and the role he has played in changing the lives of many youth.
Article located by scrolling to page 7.
Examines the impact the border policy has on First Nations people. First Nations people feel that having to possess a passport to cross the border is an insult and a violation of the Jay Treaty.
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.
Short documentary about the lack of safe, drinkable water in First Nations communities. Focuses on Keewaywin First Nation in northern Ontario.
Duration: 14:06.
Focuses on how Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) women who had intermarried with French traders contributed to the development and sustainability of the fur trade economy.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helen Balanoff
Emily Kudlak
Alice Kaodloak
Cynthia Chambers
Description
Research on what constitutes literacy in a community from the perspective of the people who live there.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Interactive snowmobile road trip across 2,000 inhospitable kilometers of Northern Canada by filmmaker Dianne Whelan. Accompanying material: This Land: Study Guide.
Duration: 35:00.
Guide to accompany film, This Land. Recommended for 12 years and up. Provides several discussion questions for use based on specific subject areas and curriculum.
English Studies in Canada, vol. 35, no. 1, [Special Issue: Aboriginal Redress], March 2009, pp. 85-107
Description
Discusses how a series of quilts were created to give a historical account of the residential school experience, help people to heal, and encourage reconciliation between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginal Canadians.