Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annita Hetoevėhotohke’e Lucchesi
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism, 2019, pp. 55-68
Description
Reflecting on her own personal experiences, the author challenges the popular stereotype of voiceless traumatized Indigenous females that is perpetuated by the media, academia and even Indigenous advocacy groups. She asserts that Indigenous women survivors can be empowered as a healing force for others.
Indigenous Visions of Self-Determination: Healing and Historical Trauma in Native America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalie Avalos Cisneros
Global Societies Journal, vol. 2, 2014, pp. 1-14
Description
Discuss views by Aboriginal scholar Taiaiake Alfred, theorist on Aboriginal self-governance, and Andrea Smith feminist and activist against violence against women.
[Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, and Culture]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robyn Bourgeois
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 26, no. 1, White Settle Colonialism and Indigeneity in the Canadian Context: A Tribute to Patricia Monture, 2014, pp. 153-159
Description
Book review of: Indigenous Women and Feminism edited by Cheryl Suzack, Shari M. Huhndorf, Jeanne Perreault, and Jean Barman.
The Indigenous World 2019
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Tim Aqukkasuk Argetsinger
Olga Murashko
Johannes Rohr
Laila Susanne Vars
Jennifer Preston … et al.]
Innovations in First Nations Health: Exploring the Effects of Neoliberal Settler Colonialism on the Treaty Right to Health
Theses
Author/Creator
Rita Merrick
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2019.
An Interview with Tania Willard on Beat Nation, Indigenous Curation and Changing the World Through Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jarrett Martineau
Tania Willard
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. 218-224
Description
Discusses how young Indigenous artists are using hip hop as a form of storytelling and reinvention of older traditions into new forms of expression.
An Interview with Tom GreyEyes on Street Art, Honor the Treaties and ‘Dreaming a New World into Being’
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jarrett Martineau
Tom GreyEyes
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. 225-231
Description
Mixed media artist Tom GreyEyes talks about his art being political messages coming from the Indigenous perspective on colonialism, decolonization and protest.
Introduction to Documents One and Two
Alternate Title
[Document One]: Draft Declaration as Agreed upon by the Members of the Working Group at its Eleventh Session, 1994
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James (Sàkèj) Youngblood Henderson
Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 2, l993-1994, pp. 87-112
Description
Introduction and document concerning the draft declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples.
Ironic Confrontation as a Mode of Resistance: The Homeland Security T- Shirt at the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cortney Smith
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 3, Summer, 2019, pp. 339-364
Description
Article analyzes the narrative presented on the Homeland Security t-shirt [Graphic tee which has the words “Homeland Security” emblazoned above an image of Geronimo with three fellow Apache warriors and the words “Fighting Terrorism since 1492” located below the photograph]. Discusses how this narrative forms a rhetoric of critique and resistance.
Iroquois Art, Power and History
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Dunn
Whispering Wind, vol. 43, no. 1, Issue 293, October 2014, p. 31
Description
Book review of: Iroquois Art, Power and History Neal Keating.
ITK Strategic Plan 2012-1015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Discusses action plan for Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, a national organization representing the Inuit.
Juan Gregorio Palechor: The Story of My Life
Alternate Title
Latin America in Translation
Narrating Native Histories
E-Books
Author/Creator
Myriam Jimeno
Juan Gregorio Palechor
Justice for Natives: Searching for Common Ground
E-Books
Author/Creator
Description
Edited papers from three conferences held at McGill University, Faculty of Law in 1990, 1991, and 1992
Justice is Indivisible: Palestine as a Feminist Issue
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nada Elia
Decolonization, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. [45]-63
Description
Discusses a demographic shift in international academic feminist organizations and how it has affected these organizations’ view of conflict in Palestine and of the Israeli settler state. Examines global factors that contributed to a historic lack of support for the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign in support of Palestinian sovereignty.
Keeping it Real: Simon Ortiz Resists "The San Francisco Indians"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Haladay
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 29, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 5-24
Description
Discusses activism literature using story published in 1974 as an example.
The Land Is Our History: Indigeneity, Law, and the Settler State
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mark Ebert
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 4, Winter, 2017, pp. 826-828
Description
Book review of The Land Is Our History by Miranda Johnson.
Lasagna: The Man Behind the Mask
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ronald Cross
Hélène Sévigny
Description
Translation of: Lasagne : l'homme derrière le masque.
Last Real Indians
Alternate Title
Indigenous New Media Symposium
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Chase Iron Eyes
Description
Creator of the "Last Real Indians" website speaks about using social media as a tool for activism.
Duration: 41:19.
The Legacy of the Occupation of Alcatraz: Sparking Native American Resistance
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maureen Ly
Mount Royal Undergraduate Humanities Review, vol. 2, 2014, pp. [38]-46
Description
Comments on creation of sense of community enabling occupiers to learn about their cultural backgrounds.
The Life and Legacy of an Oglala Lakotah Patriot: Russell Charles Means
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Manuel F. Pino
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 29, no. 1, Special Issue: A Tribute to Russell Means, Spring, 2014, pp. 19-28
Description
Discusses career of activist with the American Indian Movement and two important protests included the Wounded Knee takeover and the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary protest.
Loving the Alien: Indigenous Protest and Neo-colonial Violence in James Cameron's Avatar
Alternate Title
Immigrant Protest: Politics, Aesthetics, and Everyday Dissent
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bruce Bennett
Description
Chapter five from Immigrant Protest: Politics, Aesthetics, and Everyday Dissent edited by Katarzyna Marciniak and Imogen Tyler.
Discusses the ways in which the film Avatar dramatizes issues of Indigenous protest, political appropriation, immigration and colonization.
Lyell Island (Athlii Gwaii) Case Study: Social Innovation by the Haida Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susanne von der Porten
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 38, no. 3, 2014, pp. 85-106
Description
Discusses the blockade held in 1985 in order to stop logging on the land.
[Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cari M. Carpenter
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 85-87
Description
Book review of: Mark My Words by Mishuana Goeman.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 85.
Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gina Starblanket
NAIS : Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 1, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 184-186
Description
Book review of: Mark My Words by Mishuana Goeman.
Mass Incarceration Is the New Racism
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 29, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 95-97
Description
Book review of: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander.
Métis in Canada: History, Identity, Law and Politics
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jennifer Hayter
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 141-142
Description
Book review of Métis in Canada edited by Christopher Adams, Gregg Dahl, and Ian Peach.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 141.
Métis Politics and Governance in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kelly Saunders
Janique Dubois
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW): Bringing Awareness through the Power of Student Activism
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Devon S. Isaacs
Amanda R. Young
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women , 2019, p. Article 2
Description
Profiles activities of two post-secondary students. The discussion includes motivations, tactics and what can be learned by other Indigenous student activists.
Mississauga Portraits: Ojibwe Voices from Nineteenth-Century Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Julie Zatzman
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 265-267
Description
Book review of Mississauga Portraits by Donald B. Smith.
Modern Warriors: Mobilization and Decline of the American Indian Movement (AIM), 1968-1979
Theses
Author/Creator
Timothy John Baylor
Description
Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994.
Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life across the Borders of Settler States
E-Books
Author/Creator
Audra Simpson
More Than Just Flesh: The Arts as Resistance and Sexual Empowerment
Theses
Author/Creator
Camille Usher
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2017.
Mourning the Land: Kanikau in Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai'i
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie Alohalani Brown
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 3, Summer, 2014, pp. 374-395
Description
Analysis of the movie Noho Hewa by Anne Keala Kelly.
A Movement to Reclaim American Indian Health through Tribal Sovereignty, Community Partnerships, and Growing Tribally-Driven Health Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria M. O’Keefe
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 172-176
Description
In this editorial article the author discusses Indigenous rights and Indigenous resistance to colonization and considers the other articles in this journal issue in the context of resistance and sovereignty.
My Reflection of that Time
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeannette Armstrong
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 19-26
Description
Armstrong gives her personal account of the Indigenous rights movements that took place in British Columbia and across Canada, connecting the events and attitudes of the time to the larger Civil Rights Movement taking place across the continent and to other contemporary social/cultural shifts.
A Nation Rising: Hawaiian Movements for Life, Land, and Sovereignty
Alternate Title
Narrating Native Histories
E-Books
Author/Creator
Anne Keala Kelly
Jacqueline Lasky
Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor
Ibrahim Aoudé
Katrina-Ann
R. Kapāʻanaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira ... [et al.]
R. Kapāʻanaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira ... [et al.]
Native Diasporas: Indigenous Identities and Settler Colonialism in the Americas
Alternate Title
Borderlands and Transcultural Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gregory D. Smithers
Rebecca Horn
Michael A. McDonnell
Brooke N. Newman
Linford D. Fisher ... [et al.]
Native Narratives: The Representation of Native Americans in Public Broadcasting
Alternate Title
American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Library of Congress
GBH Archiv
Sally Smith
Description
Looks at radio and television coverage of key events or issues in both non-Native American-produced and Native American-created programs found in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting collection. Divided into five sections: (Mis)Representations of Native Americans; Termination, Relocation, and Restoration; The American Indian Movement; Native Americans in Contemporary News Media; and Visual Sovereignty: Native-Created Public Media.
The Native Struggle for Liberation: Alcatraz
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jack D. Forbes
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 123-130
Description
Explains the significance of Alcatraz; including the fact that it was temporarily beyond the jurisdiction of authorities, it liberated the psyche of Aboriginal peoples, and it was an experiment in self-determination.
Navajo Sovereignty: Understandings and Visions of the Diné People
Alternate Title
Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Raymond D. Austin
Bidtah Nellie Becker
Manley A. Begay
Leola Tsinnajinnie
Avery Denny ... [et al.]
Negotiating American Indian Inclusion: Sovereignty, Same-Sex Marriage, and Sexual Minorities in Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Lambert
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-21
Description
Discusses debates and tribal lawmaking around the issue in the United States with focus on ten-year period prior to the 2015 Supreme Court decision.
Negotiating Colonial Encounters: (Un)Mapping the Policing of Indigenous Peoples' Protests in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Democratia Dafnos
Description
Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2014.
“Neoliberal Apartheid”: Challenges for Decolonization from South Africa to Palestine (An Interview with Andy Clarno)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chandni Desai
Andy Clarno
Decolonization, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 96-98
Description
Author of Neoliberal Apartheid discusses commonalities between two states, including the patterns of extreme inequality, racialized poverty and advanced securitization which are symptomatic neoliberal regimes.
Next Steps for the Idle No More Movement: A Public Law Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander Hudson
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 1 & 2, 2014, pp. 149-163
Description
Discusses one of the most significant political campaigns, in modern history, put on by Canada's First Nations.
"No Indians Allowed": Challenging Aboriginal Segregation in Northern British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Matthew Barager
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2019.
Notes on Becoming a Comrade: Indigenous Women, Leadership, and Movement(s) for Decolonization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jaskiran Dhillon
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism, 2019, pp. 41-54
Description
Author uses her own experiences as non-Indigenous woman of color to explore the challenges in becoming an ally with Indigenous communities fight in their fight for decolonization.
The Occupation of Alcatraz Island: Roots of American Indian Activism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Troy Johnson
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Autumn, 1994, pp. 63-79
Description
Asserts that one of the most overlooked and important acts of activism was the occupations of Alcatraz Island (1964, 1969-70), which was for the participants, an expression of patriotism and self-determination.
Ontario Native Canadians and World War One
Theses
Author/Creator
P. J. Heslin
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1994.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation