Becoming Documentary: Edward Curtis's In the Land of the Headhunters and the Politics of Archival Reconstruction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pauline Wakeham
Canadian Review of American Studies, vol. 36, no. 3, 2006, pp. 293-309
Description
Compares the original film from 1914 to the restored 1973 version arguing that the reconstruction still attempts to make a manipulate melodrama into an ethnographic piece.
Behind the Buckskin Curtain: Aboriginal Youth Participation in Spiritual Ceremonies Combined With Drama Activities
Theses
Author/Creator
Beverley Anne Machelle
Description
Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2006.
Being a Grandmother in the Tewa World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sue-Ellen Jacobs
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, 1995, pp. 67-83
Description
Discussion of moiety membership (a division of society into two lineal kinship parts or sides) and the concept of both achieved and ascribed "grandmotherhood" at San Juan Pueblo.
"Being a Half-Breed": Discourses of Race and Cultural
Syncreticity in the Works of Three Metis Women Writers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jodi Lundgren
Canadian Literature, no. 144, Native, Individual, State, Spring, 1995, pp. 82 - 96
Description
Discusses, using the works of Maria Campbell, Beatrice Culleton, and Lee Maracle, how race and culture can become oppressive elements in society.
Being Colonial: Colonial Mentalities in Canadian Settler Society and Political Theory
Theses
Author/Creator
Adam Joseph Barker
Description
Indigenous Governance Program Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2006.
"The Belly of This Story": Storytelling and Symbolic Birth
in Native American Fiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Chapman
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 3-16
Description
Looks at how the traditional myths of creation takes place through language and song rather than sexual reproduction. The article also discusses how gender is less important than language.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Bending the Rules: The Montreal Branch of the Woman's Art Association of Canada, 1894-1900
Theses
Author/Creator
Heather Victoria Haskins
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1995.
Benefits and Risks of Traditional Food for Indigenous Peoples: Focus on Dietary Intakes of Arctic Men
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harriet V. Kuhnlein
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, vol. 73, no. 6, 1995, pp. 765-771
Description
Study shows older members of the community consume more traditional food than younger members and men consume more traditional food than do women.
Bereav'd of Light
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Anne Nothof
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, 2006, pp. 210-211
Description
Book review of: Bereav'd of Light by Ian Ross.
Besant Revisited: The Fincastle Site (DlOx-5) and Archaeological Cultures on the Northwestern Plains, 2500 B.P. - 1250 B.P.
Theses
Author/Creator
Irena (Rena) Varsakis
p. 379
Description
Geography Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Lethbridge, 2006.
Best For Chiefs to Steer Clear of Partisan Politics
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, February 24, 2006, p. A11
Description
Advocates that neutrality is the best course in order for aboriginal leaders to best coexist with all political parties.
'The Best Men That Ever Worked the Lumber':
Aboriginal Longshoremen on Burrard Inlet, BC, 1863–1939
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Parnaby
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 87, no. 1, March 2006, pp. 53-78
Description
Analysis of negotiated demands for work and encounters with labour politics, class, colonialism and capitalism.
Best Part of Life: Subsistence Hunting, Ethnicity, and Economic Adaptation among Young Adult Inuit Males
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard G. Condon
Peter Collings
George Wenzel
Arctic, vol. 48, no. 1, March 1995, pp. 31-[?]
Description
Change in lifestyle in younger generation related to changes in livelihood including hunting and fishing for survival.
Best Practices: A Cross-Site Evaluation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judith A. DeJong
Philip S. Hall
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 13, no. 2, 2006, pp. 177-210
Description
Looks at the unique configuration that makes up each boarding school's environment, and recognizes that there is room for improvement.
'A Better Citizen Than Lots of White Men': First Nations Enfranchisement – an Ontario Case Study, 1918–1940
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Jarvis Brownlie
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 87, no. 1, March 2006, pp. 29-52
Description
Studies history of legislation by which individuals could renounce Indian "status" and gain Canadian citizenship through the Department of Indian Affairs.
Between Heaven and Earth: The Art of Alex Jacobs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Larry Abbott
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 3, Series 2: Contemporary American Indian Poetry, Fall, 1995, pp. 39-50
Description
Interview with Alex Jacobs on Tribal Dada, his performance band; his poetry and artwork; his series Indian Radio; and other related subjects.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Between Justice and Certainty: Treaty Making in British Columbia
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paulette Regan
BC Studies, no. 149, Spring, 2006, pp. 89-91
Description
Book review of: Between Justice and Certainty by Andrew Woolford.
To access this review, scroll to page 89.
Between Text and Image: An Analysis of Pseudo-Glyphs on Late Classic Maya Pottery from Guatemala
Theses
Author/Creator
Inga E. Calvin
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Colorado, 2006.
Between Two Points : Drinking From a Hose
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
G. Barnes
[Weber Studies], vol. 12, no. 3, Native American Special Issue, Fall, 1995, p. [?]
Description
Two poems.
Between Voice and Text: Bicultural Negotiation in the Contemporary Native American Novel
Theses
Author/Creator
James Allison Gray
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995.
Examines a novel by each of the authors: James Welch, Leslie Marmon Silko, Thomas King, and Gerald Vizenor.
Between Worlds: Interpreters, Guides and Survivors
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margaret C. Sharpe
Aboriginal History, vol. 19, no. 2, 1995, pp. 202-204
Description
Book review of: Between Worlds by Frances Karttunen.
Review located by scrolling to page 202-204.
Between Worlds: Interpreters, Guides, and Survivors; Between Indian and White Worlds: The Cultural Broker
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joan Weibel-Orlando
Ethnohistory, vol. 42, no. 4, Fall, 1995, pp. 659-672
Description
Book review of: Between Worlds: Interpreters, Guides, and Survivors by Frances E. Karttunen and Between Indian and White Worlds edited by Margaret Connell Szasz.
Beverley Jacobs: Indig.[enous] Resistance to Globalization, Part 1
Alternate Title
Beverley Jacobs: Indigineous Resistance to Globalization, Part 1
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Beverley Jacobs
Description
Speech by the President of the Native Women's Association of Canada at the Teach-In on Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Economic Globalization, November 2006. (7 minutes.)
Beyond "at Risk" Children Systemic Issues Report Regarding Sexually Exploited Children & Oyate Safe House
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marvin M. Bernstein
Description
Should be read in conjuction with Investigative Report of the Oyate ataya WaKanyeja OwicaKiyapi Inc. (Oyate) Safe House, Regina, Sask.
Related material:Report to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts Regarding Oyate ataya WaKanyeja OwicaKiyapi Inc.
Beyond Racism: Some Opinions about Racialism and American Archaeology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger Echo-Hawk
Larry J. Zimmerman
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology , Summer - Autumn, 2006, pp. 461-485
Description
Authors reproduce an email conversation about race, racialism, and racism in Archaeological practice in the United States that occurred between Indigenous Archaeologists; and further discuss the issues raised in the conversation.
Beyond the Bon Sauvage: Questioning Canada's Postcoloniality in Nancy Huston's Plainsong and Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water
Theses
Author/Creator
Adele Johnsen Holoch
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2006.
Beyond the Great Interruption: The Institute of American Indian Arts Recently Sponsored the First Indigenous Biennial, Featuring Artists from the U.S. and Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charles Dee Mitchell
Art in America, vol. 94, no. 9, October 2006, pp. 81-85
Description
Review of the installation exhibition Relations: Indigenous Dialogue.
Beyond the Nineteenth Century: Thomas King's Decolonization of the Literary Image of the Native
Theses
Author/Creator
Penelope Hamer
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1995.
Beyond the Polar Bear: New Directions in Contemporary Inuit Art
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michelle Lewin
Canadian Art, vol. 23, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 104-108
Description
Highlights artists who work in non-traditional media rather than traditional motifs and materials.
BIA Schools Complete First Step of Reform Effort
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard St. Germaine
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 35, no. 1, October 1995, pp. [30-38]
Description
Describes Phase One of the Effective Schools Movement (1989-94), a program that uses monitoring and evaluation to bring about reform.
Bibliography of ‘Arctic Social Science’ Theses and Dissertations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jack Hicks
Description
Over 1,100 annotated citations covering all aspects Arctic life. Current as of 2007.
Bibliography of Materials on the Sekani Language
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yinka Déné Language Institute
Big River Cree First Nation
Alternate Title
The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Christian Thompson
Description
Brief history of the Big River Cree First Nation since the signing of Treaty 6.
Bigtime (at Chaw’se Sowwa)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clyde L. Hodge
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 43-44
Description
Poem by Clyde L. Hodge.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Bilingual Education for an Indigenous Community: M'chigeeng First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephanie M. Roy
Description
Social and Equity Studies in Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2006.
Bill C-31
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Communications Branch
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)]
Description
Brief information sheet deals with amendments to the Indian Act which were meant to remove discriminatory rules which had denied women status, restore status and membership rights, and increase band's control over their own affairs.
Bill C-71: First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act
Alternate Title
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; LS-520E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlisa Tiedemann
Description
Brief description of background and contents of the Bill, which provides a regulatory framework for projects undertaken on reserve lands.
Billy Day Awarded NAAA
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mosha Folger
Inuktitut, no. 100, Spring, 2006, pp. 6-7
Description
National Aboriginal Achievement Award (NAAA) presented to Inuvialut Elder who advocated for Arctic environmental preservation.
The Bingocentric Worlds of Michel Tremblay and Tomson Highway: Les Belles-Soeurs vs. The Rez Sisters
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renate Usmiani
Canadian Literature, no. 144, Native, Individual, State, Spring, 1995, pp. 126 - 140
Description
Looks at the parallels between two plays in terms of the subject matter and the dramatic techniques used. For example, bingo, is used as a symbol and illustration of women's consumerism and of the spiritual emptiness in their lives.
The Bioarchaeology of Newly Discovered Burial Caves in the Sierra Tarahumara
Theses
Author/Creator
Cameron Marc Walker
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oregon, 2006.
Bioarchaeology of the Stillwater Marsh: Prehistoric Human Adaptation in the Western Great Basin
Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; no. 77
E-Books
Author/Creator
Clark Spencer Larsen
Robert L. Kelly
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Biological Relationships among the Iroquois
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen P. Langdon
Human Biology, vol. 67, no. 3, June 1995, pp. 355-374
Description
Examines the differences found in Iroquois and Algonquians to determine the genetic drift between them.
Birds, Trees, Stones, and Politics: Agency & Ecology in Some Recent B.C. Performance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nelson Gray
Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, vol. 20, no. 2, Spring, 2006, pp. 185-200
Description
Comments on The SongBird Oratorio and The Unnatural and Accidental Women in which elements from the natural environment are central to the work.
Birth Defects and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Albert E. Chudley
Description
Brief general article.
The Birth of a Nation: Accounting and Canada's First Nations, 1860-1900
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dean Neu
Cameron Graham
Accounting, Organizations and Society, vol. 31, no. 1, January 2006, pp. 47-76
Description
Examines how the 1860 - 1900 Canadian government used accounting/funding mechanisms to put policies, regarding Indigenous peoples, into practice and discusses the historical consequences of such actions.
The Birth of the Reservation: Making the Modern Individual among the Lakota
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Biolsi
American Ethnologist, vol. 22, no. 1, February 1995, pp. 28-53
Description
Discusses the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations and State influence after 1885.
Bitumen Films in Postcolonial Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fiona Probyn-Rapsey
Journal of Australian Studies, vol. 30, no. 88, Special Issue: Discordant Notes, 2006, pp. 97-109
Description
Examines several films that highlight the relationship between whites, Aboriginal people and the road film genre.
Black Elk and Flaming Rainbow: Personal Memories of the Lakota Holy Man and John Neihardt
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Hilda Neihardt
Black Indian With a Camera: The Work of Valena Broussard Dismukes
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 6th, 2005
Native Women in the Arts, Education and Leadership: Proceedings of the Sixth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Sarita Cannon
Description
Explores how the artist's photographs explore the issue of dual identity.