Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 1, 2006, pp. 58-74
Description
Describes a program that records the narratives of youths who were bullied, the films were shown to non-Aboriginal youth in an effort to address racism and its effects.
This interactive Google Earth project is a guided tour that introduces the user to over 80 Indigenous languages from around the globe. At each point on the map the user can view a photo and bio of an Indigenous language speaker from that region and listen to clips of them speaking their language.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 2, Summer, 2006, pp. 83-104
Description
Explains how Cheyenne text-images including glyphs, pictographs, winter counts, and ledger books helped sustain a unique literature form and present a legitimate alternative to European defined literacy.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 83.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 1, March 2019, pp. 75-81
Description
Illustrates the new character tropes being developed by Aboriginal Australian writers to challenge the stereotypical representation of Indigenous peoples in detective fiction.
Playwright discusses The Death of a Chief, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and issues related to power, betrayal and the interconnectedness between languages and politics.
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 2, December 5, 2019, pp. 1-22
Description
Article discusses the different ways that Something Inside is Broken brings attention decolonization and how the language and music in the piece are both made to serve this purpose.
Overview of projects, "Pipona Oskana Ka-asteki, Winter in Wascana", "Stories About Us", "Aboriginal Eye View", and "Our Future Looks Bright" by students of a pre-certification teacher fine arts education course at the First Nations University of Canada.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 83-98
Description
Article explores Eastern Cherokee epistemology; by examining sacred traditional-narratives the authors reveal the cultural meanings, purposes and values that are embodied in different characters and deities within those stories.
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 225-233
Description
Review essay in which the author examines the reoccurring elements and themes in several plays written by Indigenous playwrights and published in Canada by Playwrights Canada Press.
Introduction to the articles of Issue 100, Spring 2006 and the cover story concerning sewing art of Esther Bryan. Issue also includes articles on physical fitness and mental health, learning the language, and fish stories from Jose Kusugak.
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 33-55
Description
Literary criticism article in which the author explores Vizenor’s use of trickster tropes and transnational narrative to explore different expressions of Indigenous identity and how it adapts to and is affected by sites solidarity and sovereignty.
Website for the art and creative writing competition for Indigenous youth. Includes links to past winners' submissions, guidelines for submissions, information about prizing, and section for teachers.
Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, vol. 11, no. 1, Summer, 2019, pp. i-xxxvi
Description
Focuses on material with self-identified Indigenous creators and publishers published as of March 2019. Divided into anthologies, series, and individual works.
Lists works written by Indigenous authors published between 2000 and 2018. Focuses on substantial books, articles and book chapters on original primary historical research, research methodology and historiography.
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Travelling Exhibition Program
Art Gallery of Alberta
Description
Lesson plans for elementary and secondary school students for exhibition featuring works by Blackfoot artists Kristy North Peigan, Smith Wright, and Lori Scalplock.Topics include survey of First Nations art in the twentieth century, introduction to Blackfoot history and culture, and artist interviews and biographies.
Satirical essay which parallels discussion about the creation of the National Museum of the American Indian.
Designed to accompany the film A Seat at the Drum from the Public Broadcasting Service series Indian Country Diaries.
Virtual exhibition divided into six sections: how we lived with the buffalo; how we lived with the land; how we lived with other people; our world; and traditional stories.
Includes link to teacher toolkit.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 1-30
Description
Author examines the #IndigenousReads campaign, considering it as a case study of reconciliatory gestures made by the Canadian Government; points out that reconciliation projects rely too heavily on the work of Indigenous writers and scholars, and fail to build cross-cultural relationships.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 1, Winter , 2019, pp. 36-73
Description
Cultural and artistic criticism piece; considers Alexie’s film as an adaptation and as a poetry film. Discusses artistic tools of referencing, trans media adaptation, and genre defiance; and considers the social and political statements made about identity formation, cross cultural relationships, and the centering of Indigenous narratives.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 3, 2006, pp. 129-178
Description
Book reviews of:
Algonquian Spirit: Contemporary Translations of the Algonquian Literatures of North America edited by Brian Swann.
Building on a Borrowed Past: Place and Identity in Pipestone, Minnesota by Sally J. Southwick.
The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature edited by Joy Porter and Kenneth M.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 99-112
Description
Author discusses the devices used and the layers of meaning contained within the 1971 film, How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman. Stresses a reading of the film as an allegory resistance to colonial and imperialist influence.
Panelists discuss theatre as an expression of identity and cultural practice, how personal experience is interwoven in their projects, and how their work manifests their connections to their homelands and ancestral knowledges.