Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, vol. 12, no. 4, December 2012, pp. 389-414
Description
Looks at the study of five First Nations communities with young children participating in the Aboriginal Head Start on Reserve (AHSOR) program concluding that many practices used by parents and caregivers constitute literacy.
Lakota family violence expert and one of the founders of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, speaks at the North Michigan University's Uniting Neighbors in the Experience of Diversity (UNITED) Conference on September 23, 2008.
Encounters in Theory and History of Education, vol. 9, Fall, 2008, pp. 121-143
Description
Comments on concerns of Indigenous students and Indigenous women regarding cultural continuity and design and practice of Indigenous education within teacher education.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 24, no. 3, Fall, 2012, pp. 97-114
Description
Interview with the grandson of Joesph Nicolar in which he offers a unique look at the book's meaning.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 97.
Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, vol. 41, no. 1, 2008, pp. 75-79
Description
Looks at two essays by Richard Wagamese titled, What It Comes To Mean which discusses the legacy of forced adoption, residential schools and racism, and Learning Ojibway which looks at how learning Ojibway opened the door of discovery, homecoming, reclamation and rejuvenation.
Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, vol. 3, no. 2, Motherhood Activisim, Advocacy, Agency, Fall/Winter, 2012, pp. 188-199
Description
Focuses on policies which discriminate against Indigenous women and their offspring by denying them status and treaty rights.
Aboriginal Culture as Intervention: Sharing How Aboriginal Culture is Part of the Healing Journey from Addictions
[Honoring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions]
[Honouring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Valerie Dejarlais
Billy Ermine
Gladys Wapass-Greyeyes
Description
Woman discusses the role culture has played in her recovery from alcohol abuse.
Duration: 7:49.
Part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.
Aboriginal Culture as Intervention: Sharing How Aboriginal Culture is Part of the Healing Journey from Addictions
[Honoring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
[Honouring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Valerie Dejarlais
Billy Ermine
Gladys Wapass-Greyeyes
Description
Woman discusses the role culture has played in her recovery from alcohol abuse.
Duration: 9:37.
Part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.
Author reads a story he wrote about Aboriginal men conscripted into the British Army followed by a discussion session with the audience.
Duration: 52:11.
Film about the Canadian government's residential school system as experienced by two children, their stories and the lasting after-effects.
WARNING: Contains disturbing content.
Duration: 83:05.
Accompanying Facilitators Guide.
To accompany We Were Children, a film about the damage caused by the residential school system in Canada.
Designed to support delivery of a four-hour workshop and Power Point presentation.
Discusses the impact of colonialism and how empowerment strategies are the key to creating generational change and establishing functional communities.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 42, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 133-149
Description
Examines a collection of short stories by Ernest Thompson Seton that explores communication and powers of premonition among wild and domesticated animals.
Conversation with the daughter of Carl Gorman, one of the original Code Talkers, conducted while she was on a cross-Canada lecture tour.
Duration: 34:43.