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Cree Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Debating Cultural Appropriation
Lesson plan focuses on what cultural appropriation is, how it affects Indigenous peoples and whether it should be regulated by law.
Accompanying Material: Student Version.
Developed in conjunction with the documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World.
Exploring Autism and Music Interventions through a First Nations Lens
Follow the Drum
Highlights Gerald Okanee, lead singer of Saskatchewan's Big Bear Singers, who shares his knowledge about the drum and how the beat pits the powwow dancer's style against that of the the drummer's, sometimes "bucking off" the dancer.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.19.
From the Caribbean to the South Pacific: Cultural Hybridity, Resistance, and Historical Difference
‘The happiest time of my life …’: Emotive Visitor Books and Early Mission Tourism to Victoria’s Aboriginal Reserves
How Native American Rappers Communicate and Create a Modern Identity
In the Balance: Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization
Inside Out: An Indigenous Community Radio Response to Incarceration in Western Australia
The Jesus Road: Kiowas, Christianity, and Indian Hymns. Luke Eric Lassiter, Clyde Ellis, and Ralph Kotay.
The Listener: Remembering The Dane-zaa Soundscape Recordings of Howard Broomfield
Medicine Dream: Contemporary Native Music and Issues of Identity
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
Minding Culture: Case Studies on Intellectual Property and Traditional Cultural Expressions
Miracles at Little No Horse: Louise Erdrich's Answer to Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues
Music as Knowledge in Shamanism and Other Healing Traditions of Siberia
Native American Music from Wounded Knee to the Billboard Charts: A Document Based Exploration
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
Nebinyan's Songs: An Aboriginal Whaler of South-West Western Australia
The "Noble Savage" in American Music and Literature, 1790-1855
Rak Badjalarr: Wangga Songs for North Peron Island By Bobby Lane, Belyuen Community, Northwest Australia
Reclaiming Territories through Indigenous Performance
The Road Forward
Musical documentary traces Indigenous rights activism from the founding of the Indian of Brotherhood of B.C. in the 1930s to the present day. Duration: 1:41:00.
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Documentary looks at the little-known story of Indigenous influences on and contributions to the evolution of contemporary rock and blues music. Artists profiled include Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, Jesse Ed Davis, Stevie Salas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Randy Castillo, Jimi Hendrix, and Taboo.
Shaping Indigenous Identity: The Power of Music
Indigenous Studies Thesis (MPhil) -- UiT Arctic University of Norway, 2017.
A Short Story About The Harpoons
Six Hymns by Samson Occom
The Social Life of Sound: Urban Indigenous Youth, Hip Hop and Hardcore
The Son of the Sun is Dead: A Commemoration of Nils-Aslak Valkeapää
"The Song---That's the Monument": Eskasoni Mi'kmaw Tribal Culture in the Music-Making of Rita Joe and Thomas George Poulette
Songbirds: Representation, Meaning, and Indigenous Public Culture in Native American Women's Popular Musics
The Spirit of the Drum
Drummer, Gerald Okanee, teaches traditional knowledge about the drum. He discusses the drum's use in prayer and healing, to lift spirits of individuals, and bring listeners closer to the Creators, spirits and God.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.57.
Stepping Out of the Shadows of Colonialism to the Beat of the Drum: The Meaning of Music for Five First Nations Children with Autism in British Columbia
Surviving Through the Days: Translations of Native California Stories and Songs. Edited by Herbert W. Luthin.
Think Indigenous [2017]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Sheryl Kimbley
The Way We Never Were: Native Americans in Popular Culture: A Proposal for a Virtual Reality Based Exhibit
"We're Rapping, Not Trapping": Hip Hop as a Contemporary Expression of Métis Culture and a Conduit to Literacy
Where Is the Indigenous Law in State Sponsored Transitional Justice Processes? Witnessing and Truth-Telling in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.