Theses
Author/Creator
Bradley A. Finson
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Oklahoma, 2003.
Emerging from the Mist: Studies in Northwest Coast Culture History
Alternate Title
Pacific Rim Archaeology
E-Books
Emerging Voices: An Analysis of Subarctic Aboriginal Basketry
Theses
Author/Creator
Olivia Thornburn
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2003.
Empowering Inuit Women in Community-Based Economic Development
Theses
Author/Creator
Tamara Tuchak
Description
Human Ecology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 1997.
Engaged Resistance in American Indian Art, Literature and Film
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dean Rader
Peace Review, vol. 15, no. 2, 2003, pp. 179-186
Description
Discusses how communication is linked to Aboriginal histories, cultures and beliefs. Uses Louise Erdrich's poem Dear John Wayne and the film Smoke Signals by Sherman Alexie as an examples.
Essence and Existence in Allan Houser's Modernism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. Jackson Rushing
Third Text, vol. 11, no. 39, Summer, 1997, pp. 87-94
Description
Argues that the sculptor's style was a fusion of his cultural heritage and elements of modernism.
An Essential Personal Journey Through Iroquois Myths, Legends, Icons and History
Theses
Author/Creator
Shelley Niro
Description
Visual Arts Thesis, (M.F.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 1997.
Examination of the Systems of Authority of Three Canadian Museums and the Challenges of Aboriginal Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Linda Karen Mattson
Description
Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1997.
Examining the Gathering of Nations Powwow and a NCCA Division I Basketball Game
Alternate Title
Examining the Gathering of Nations Powwow and a NCCA Division 1 Basketball Game
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Aicinena
Sebahattin Ziyanak
International Journal of Human Sciences, vol. 16, no. 3, 2019, pp. 875-884
Description
An analyzes of the structural similarities as a spectacle between a Gathering of Nations Powwow and the University of New Mexico basketball game.
Exhibiting Aboriginal Industry: A Story Behind a 'Re-Discovered' Bark Drawing From Victoria
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Willis
Aboriginal History , vol. 27, 2003, pp. [39]-58
Description
Comments on the journey of a drawing from the artist to a European collector.
Expanding Interpretations of Native American Women's History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kiara M. Vigil
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 131-144
Description
Review essay of:
Red Bird, Red Power: The Life and Legacy of Zitkala-Sa by Tadeusz Lewandowski.
A Warrior of the People: The Indomitable Courage of Susan la Flesche - America's First Indian Doctor by Joe Starita.
Medicine Woman directed by Christine Lesiak and Princella RedCorn.
American Indian Women by Patrick Deval and translated by Jan-Marie Todd.
An Exploration of Crime Prevention Among Indigenous Youth Who Utilize the Services of the Saskatoon Youth Arts Programming (SCYAP)
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher Takyi
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2017.
Exploring Autism and Music Interventions through a First Nations Lens
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Lindblom
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 202-209
Description
Discusses results of study conducted with five children in British Columbia.
Exploring International Repatriation between U.S. Museums and First Nations in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Elizabeth G. Wessells
Description
Museology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2017.
Three cases studies: Burke Museum and the Stó:lō Nation; the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the Siksika Nation; and the Field Museum and the Haida Nation.
Exploring the Relocation Experiences of Female Indigenous Youth in Foster Care through Storywork
Theses
Author/Creator
Cheryl Inkster
Description
Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
The Fabric of Basketry: Initial Archaeological Study of the Grass Artifacts Assemblage from the Nunalleq Site, Southwest Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Masson-MacLean
Edouard Masson-MacLean
Rick Knecht
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1/2, The Past in the Yup’ik Present: Archaeologies of Climate Change in Western Alaska, 2019, pp. 85-105
Description
Highlights the excavation of grass artifacts near Quinhagak, Alaska and what they can reveal about the precontact Yup'ik people.
Faking It: The Appropriation of a Culture
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melanie Scott
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 2, Summer, 1997, pp. 18-22
Description
Discusses the market for fake souvenirs and the effect on the Inuit community.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.
Fashioning Decolonization: Telling Stories Of Canadian Indigenous Women Through Fashion Hacking
Theses
Author/Creator
Presley Mills
Description
Fashion Major Research Paper (M.A.) -- Ryerson University, 2019.
Festival of the Dreaming - Art, Music and Dance
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 5, September/October 1997, p. 29
Description
Brief description of festival focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Culture in the lead up to the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
First Nation's Historical Centre for Tourism and Education
Alternate Title
First Nation's Historical Centre for Tourism and Education [Chief Poundmaker Historical Centre and Tee-Pee Village]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kenneth Williams
Windspeaker, vol. 15, no. 2, June 1997, p. insert
Description
Discusses the First Nation owned and operated Chief Poundmaker Historical Centre and Tee-Pee Village which is open to welcome history buffs, campers, and community groups.
Entire issue on one pdf. To view article scroll to p. 18 of the special insert Windspeaker's Guide to Indian Country.
First Nations Effective Practices: Getting Things Done in Aboriginal Communities, Businesses and Organizations
Alternate Title
Research and Analysis Directorate Reports
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Research and Analysis Directorate
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Compilation of 14 case study reports of initiatives in areas of education, economic development, community problem-solving, environmental and organizational management, service delivery, housing, and conducting negotiations.
First-Nations, Métis, and Inuit Drama from Playwrights Canada Press
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer E. Shook
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.
First Nations People Mining the Museum: A Case Study of Change at the Glenbow Museum
Theses
Author/Creator
Quyen Hoang
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2003.
Follow the Drum
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela Sexsmith
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 3, June 2003, p. Suppl.3
Description
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.
Four More Indigenous Projects for the Native American Humanities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Herman
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 31-53
Description
Builds on Linda Tuhiwai Smith's short essay "Twenty-Five Indigenous Projects," and in acknowledgement of the essay and its 20th anniversary offers four more projects specific to Native American Humanities:
• Continuing
• Reknowing
• Sociologizing
• Valuing
Four Thousand Years of Native American Cave Art in the Southern Appalachians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles H. Faulkner
Journal of Cave and Karst Studies , vol. 59, no. 3, December 1997, pp. 148-153
Description
Discusses how and when mud glyph caves were utilized by Native Americans for resource exploitation and burial ritual activity.
Framing the Past
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Colin Reid
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 1, February/March 2017, p. 8
Description
Editor's introductory article to issue comments on the exploitation of Indigenous peoples in the late 1800s by photographers looking to capture, "cowboys and Indians".
Framing the West: Race, Gender, and the Photographic Frontier in the Pacific Northwest
E-Books
Author/Creator
Carol J. Williams
Frank Shebageget: Quantification
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Garneau
Description
Discusses exhibition held by Shebageget in 2003. Originally published as a catalogue essay for Tribe.
"Free Your Mind," from the Series Crazymaking (2007)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tania Willard
BC Studies, no. 193, Spring, 2017, p. 5
Description
Brief statement by cover artist and description of her work as a curator.
From Appropriation to Subversion: Aboriginal Culture Production in the Age of Postmodernism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Kulchyski
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Fall, 1997, pp. 605-620
Description
Argues that in the future culture will be a means of differentiating peoples, rather than race and that "authentic" cultural artifacts will become valuable commodities.
from Swift Cinder
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Crisosto Apache
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 150-160
Description
Excerpt from the book-length poem Swift Cinder which examines memory and the act of memory making through the metaphor of collision.
From the Caribbean to the South Pacific: Cultural Hybridity, Resistance, and Historical Difference
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria E. Posse Emiliani
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 62-80
Description
Author uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the processes of cultural hybridization and resistance and their presence in film, music, and art. Discusses how these factors can combine to preserve and revitalize traditional knowledges and cultures in the contemporary globalized world.
Gambling on Authenticity: Gaming, the Noble Savage, and the Not-So-New Indian
Alternate Title
American Indian Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Scott Andrews
Becca Gercken
Jim Donomie
Heid E. Erdrich
Julie Pelletier
American Indian Studies Series
Generating and Sustaining Positive Spaces: Reflections on an Indigenous Youth Urban Arts Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julian Robbins
Warren Linds
Benjamin Ironstand
Erin Goodpipe
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Special Issue: Fostering Cultural Safety Across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 161-169
Description
Looks at youth, cultural safety, arts, and Indigenous knowledge in urban spaces.
Geology of National Parks, 3D and Photographic Tours: American Indians of the Southwest, 1871-1875
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
U.S. Department of the Interior
Description
Websites includes photographs of American Indians posing in Aboriginal dress or activities during the U.S. Geological and Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian and the Powell Survey of the Colorado River Canyons.
George Catlin and His Indian Gallery – Classroom Activities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Education Office
Description
Focuses on portraits of Indigenous subjects painted by George Catlin, who traveled the United States during the 1830s to capture images of the "vanishing race". Includes general historical background, extracts from primary sources, and exercises and discussion questions.
Gerald Vizenor's Transnational Aesthetics in Blue Ravens
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Danne Jobin
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.
Girl Who Loved Her Horses: A One-Act Play for Young Audiences
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
The Drama Review, vol. 41, no. 3, Fall, 1997, pp. 153-181
Description
Script of play with introduction by playwright.
Glass Trade Beads From Reese Bay, Unalaska Island: Spatial and Temporal Patterns
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara E. Bundy
Allen P. McCartney
Douglas W. Veltre
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 40, no. 1, 2003, pp. 29-70
Description
Examines early Russian contact period through the recovery of glass beads from the Reese Bay archaeological site.
Glimpsing Our Past: An Archival Photo Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nadine Charabin
Paula Daigle
Andy Miller
Saskatchewan History, vol. 69, no. 1, Winter, 2017-2018, pp. 5-7
Description
Describes a project undertaken collaboratively by First Nations University (FNU) in Regina, the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan (PAS), and the Pasqua First Nation, to research and provide better descriptive information for a number of photos of First Nations people in the FNU library.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 5.
The Good Red Road: Journeys of Homecoming in Native Women's Writing
Alternate Title
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beth Brant
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, 1997, pp. 193-206
Description
Looks at Mohawk writer and actress, Emily Pauline Johnson, and her initiative to have First Nations women record their stories.
The Great Shimmering
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Norman Hallendy
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 2, April/May 2017, pp. 64-66
Description
Reports on a large concentration of inuksuit at Cape Dorset and also includes an excerpt from, An Intimate Wilderness: Arctic Voices In A Land Of Vast Horizons.
Guidelines for German Museums: Car of Collections from Colonial Contexts
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Wiebke Ahrndt
Hans-Jörg Czech
Jonathan Fine
Larissa Förster
Michael Geißdorf … [et al.]]
Description
Revised version.
Hannah Claus
Articles » General
Author/Creator
R. M. Vaughan
Canadian Art, vol. 20, no. 1, Spring, 2003, p. 109
Description
Brief discussion of an exhibition of the artist's genealogy-inspired work entitled Pine held at the Gallery Connexion in Fredericton.
‘The happiest time of my life …’: Emotive Visitor Books and Early Mission Tourism to Victoria’s Aboriginal Reserves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nikita Vanderbyl
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 95-120
Description
Article looks at mission guest books from Indigenous reservations in Victoria, Australia in order to examine the mind set and fixations of visitors participating in mission tourism in the region.
He Whare Hangarau Māori: Language, Culture & Technology
E-Books
Author/Creator
Hineitimoana Greensill
Hōri Manuirirangi
Hēmi Whaanga
Te Taka Keegan
Tania M. Ka‘ai … [et al.]
Health in the Inner City: A Photo Essay
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pieter De Vos
Pimatziwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and indigenous Community Health, vol. 1, no. 1, 2003, pp. 165-169
Description
Discussion and images of Aboriginal homeless in Edmonton.
The Heart of Lightness: Hollywood's Wild West Show Revisited
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Delano Jose Lopez
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 17-39
Description
Examines the portrayals of Native Americans in films, arguing that although recent films attempt to counteract previous stereotypes, more accurately portray history and culture, and tend to be more sympathetic to political claims they still fall short and appear assimilationist in tone.