Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 1, 2004, pp. 223-226
Description
Book reviews of 4 books:
A Recognition of Being: Reconstructing Native Womanhood by Kim Anderson.
Firewater: The Impact of the Whisky Trade on the Blackfoot Nation by Hugh A. Dempsey.
Tales of Ghosts: First Nations Art in British Columbia by Ronald Hawker.
Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal by Patty Loew.
Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amy Wiita
Description
Provides introduction to the research topic, methodology, and research questions.
Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
Argues that the appropriation of the totems for use as one of the symbols for the Canadian nation state masks the reality of the Aboriginal-settler relationship.
CUJAH: Concordia Undergraduate Journal of Art History, vol. 1, [2004-2005], p. [?]
Description
Argues that the transformation of a consumer good into Northwest Coast style masks is a commentary on both the exploitation of sweatshop workers and the commodification of First Nations' symbols.
Cultural Dynamics, vol. 16, no. 1, 2004, pp. 29-69
Description
Looks at the construction of an Aboriginal or Indigenous public world which includes images, ideas and practices from the late 19th century to the present.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 121-178
Description
Book reviews of:
American Indians in U.S. History by Roger L. Nichols.
Blanket Weaving in the Southwest by Joe Ben Wheat.
Captors and Captives: The 1704 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney.
“The Cherokee Night” and Other Plays by Lynn Riggs.
Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World by Robbie Ethridge.
Enduring Legacies: Native American Treaties and Contemporary Controversies edited by Bruce E. Johansen.
Hermanitos Comanchitos: Indo-Hispano Rituals of Captivity and Redemption by Enrique R.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 137-188
Description
Book reviews of:
America’s Second Tongue: American Indian Education and the Ownership of English, 1860–1900 by Ruth Spack.
Anthropologists and Indians in the New South edited by Rachel A. Bonney and J.
RCAP 138 contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Westbury Hotel, Toronto, Ontario. Subjects discussed include the arts, education, legal issues, economic development and employment.
The file contains a presentation by Chairperson Kris Ramchandar and Harold Rampersad, of the Community and Race Relations Committee of the City of Winnipeg. The presenters discuss the position of Aboriginal peoples in Canadian society, some of the history of colonization, and make a series of recommendations to the Commission regarding government policy in the social and economic spheres.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ron Abreira
Description
This file contains a presentation by Ron Abreira focusing on economic opportunities for the Kahnawake community. Kahnawake residents are involved in construction, restaurants, arts and crafts and automotive services, and Abreira is leading his organization's diversification into new markets. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karl Siegler
Greg Young-Ing
Description
This file contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This portion includes a presentation of the Association of Canadian Publishers and Theytus Books by Karl Siegler and Greg Young-Ing concerning the issue of cultural advancement through writing and publication. Questions from the assembled Commissioners follow the presentation.
Annals of Tourism Research, vol. 31, no. 4, October 2004, pp. 837-854
Description
Study findings confirm that some opportunities, generated by tourism development and changes in federal–Aboriginal relations, have begun to challenge non-native stereotypes.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 3, Fall, 1993, pp. 24-33
Description
Presents a condensed version of sessions, held for 3 days in Ottawa, in which artists describe problems of adequate supply of carving stone, mass production of "souvenir" Inuit carvings, and being involved in marketing of their art.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 24.