Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carole Brazeau
Naomi George
Rebekah Elkerton
Description
Based on interviews with Indigenous women and Elders about relationships to the environment, observed changes, traditional practices on the land, and the health of their families and communities.
Acknowledging the Māori Cultural Values and Beliefs Embedded in Rongoā Māori Healing
Alternate Title
Acknowledging the Maori Cultural Values and Beliefs Embedded in Rongoa Maori Healing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Glenis Mark
Kerry Chamberlain
Amohia Boulton
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. 75-92
Description
Comments on the findings of semi-structured narrative interviews from which two key topics emerged: concepts of healing and the focus of healing.
Applying Deloria’s Challenge: Indigenous and Mass Society’s Conceptions of Indian Self-determination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard M. Wheelock
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, Fall, 2019, pp. 26-45
Description
Author draws on Vine Deloria Jr.’s work on the role that a difference in worldviews plays in communication to examine the distance between what Indigenous peoples mean by self-determination and what policy makers mean by it.
As I Remember It: Teachings (ɂɘms taɂaw) from the Life of a Sliammon Elder
E-Books
Author/Creator
Elsie Paul
Authored Animals Creature Tropes in Native American Fiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald Vizenor
Social Research, vol. 62, no. 3, Fall, 1995, pp. 661-683
Description
Discusses literary interpretation of animals by N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Silko, Louise Erdrich, Louis Owen and Gordon Henry.
Being Indigenous: Perspectives on Activism, Culture, Language and Identity
E-Books
Author/Creator
Neyooxet Greymorning
Anna Afanasyeva ...
Piita Irniq
Gunvor Guttorm
Arleen Adams
Moana Jackson
Henrietta Mann
James (Sa’ke’j) Youngblood Henderson
Kauanoe Kamanā
Steven Newcomb
Sharon Venne
Jirota Kitahara
Robert Hall
The Bingocentric Worlds of Michel Tremblay and Tomson Highway: Les Belles-Soeurs vs. The Rez Sisters
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renate Usmiani
Canadian Literature, no. 144, Native, Individual, State, Spring, 1995, pp. 126 - 140
Description
Looks at the parallels between two plays in terms of the subject matter and the dramatic techniques used. For example, bingo, is used as a symbol and illustration of women's consumerism and of the spiritual emptiness in their lives.
The Buffalo, the Chickadee, and the Eagle: A Multispecies Textual History of Plenty Coups’s Multivocal Autobiography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jasmine Spencer
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2019, pp. 168-203
Description
Critical essay in which the author argues that Coups’s autobiography, originally published in 1930 as American: The Life Story of a Great Indian, Plenty- coups, Chief of the Crows is best read as multivocal text that presents both human and more-than-human voices and perspectives.
Catholic Nuns and Ojibwa Shamans: Pauline and Fleur in Loise Erdrich's Tracks
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle R. Hessler
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 11, no. 1, Spring, 1995, pp. 40-45
Description
Discusses two women characters Pauline Puyat, a nun who denies her Native American heritage and Fleur Pillager, a shaman, in the novel Tracks.
A Change of Subject: Perspectivism and Multinaturalism in Inuit Depictions of Interspecies Transformation
Alternate Title
Un changement de sujet : Perspectivisme et multinaturalisme dans les représentations inuit des transformations interespèces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean P.A. Desjardins
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 101-124
Description
Article argues that two pre-contact Inuit artifacts, recovered from the Pingiqqalik site, depict interspecies transformation; author argues that this is evidence that interspecies relations were influenced by a cosmology rooted in multinaturalism.
The Clay We Are Made Of: Haudenosaunee Land Tenure on the Grand River
Alternate Title
Critical Studies in Native History ; 20
E-Books
Author/Creator
Susan M. Hill
Critical Studies in Native History
Collaborative Game Development with Indigenous Communities: A Theoretical Model for Ethnocultural Empathy
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura K. Horton
Description
New Media Game Design and Production Thesis (M.A.)--Aalto University, 2019.
Looks at Never Alone, Mulaka and the Sámi Game Jam.
The Concept of Duality in Culture and Myths of Lakota Indians
Theses
Author/Creator
Klára Perlíková
Description
[Ethnology] Thesis (Ph.D)--Univerzita Karlova [Charles University], 2017
Contemporary Reinvention of Chief Seattle: Variant Texts of Chief Seattle's 1854 Speech
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Denise Low
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 407-421
Description
Author critically examines printed text versions of Chief Seattle’s speech, considers how factors of historical context, translation from oral performance to written text, and intended audience might influence the retelling and meaning of the speech.
Cornus versus dentus et autres modalités d’association des animaux dans l’imaginaire inuit
Alternate Title
Horned versus Teethed and Other Modalities of Animal Association in the Inuit Imagination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vladimir Randa
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 51-71
Description
Author explores Inuit ontologies or knowledge systems around non-human members of their ecosystem; discuss how Inuit ways of knowing the animals are rooted in social and cultural factors of relationality.
Text in French.
The Cosmological Liveliness of Terril Calder's The Lodge: Animating Our Relations and Unsettling Our Cinematic Spaces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Salma Monani
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 4, Winter, 2017, pp. 1-28
Description
Examines Calder’s stop-frame animated feature film in the context of animation, ecocinema, and Indigenous studies; focuses on theme of hybridity and métissage.
Cree Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses.children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
Dreams and Nightmares in First Nations Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Lena Ruwoldt
Description
Philosophy Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Greifswald, 2017.
Focuses on Robert Arthur Alexie's Porcupines and China Dolls, Cherie Dimaline's Red Rooms, Richard Van Camp's "On the Wings of This Prayer" and Richard Wagamese's Ragged Company.
Eastern Cherokee Creation and Subsistence Narratives: A Cherokee and Religious Interpretation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John D. Loftin
Benjamin E. Frey
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.
Elders and Indigenous Healing in the Correctional Service of Canada: A Story of Relational Dissonance, Sacred Doughnuts, and Drive-Thru Expectations
Theses
Author/Creator
Robin Quantick
Description
Indigenous Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Trent University, 2017.
Explorations in Canadian History:; What Can We Learn about Local First Nations Families and Residential Schools from Canada’s History?
Alternate Title
Cross Curricular Unit ; Grade 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nikki Krocke
Tanya Lanigan
Tammy Stoneman
Shari Worsfold
Description
Lesson plan uses the books : Shi-Shi-Etko, Shin-Chi’s Canoe, and Stolen Words.
First Death in the Fourth World: Teaching the Emergence Myth of the Hopi Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter G. Beidler
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 1, Winter, 1995, pp. 75-89
Description
Article examines different telling of the Hopi origins narrative, discusses the different elements and what they might say about Hopi culture. Considers different characters in the story and explores the cultural understanding of them as heroes/villains.
Following in the Footsteps of the Wolf: Connecting Scholarly Minds to Ancestors in Indigenous Language Revitalization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T’łat’łaḵuł Patricia Rosborough
čuucqa Layla Rorick
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 1, March 2017, pp. 11-17
Description
Authors discuss their experiences as language learners and importance of using a holistic approach.
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.
A Ghostly Splendor: John G. Neihardt's Spiritual Preparation for Entry into Black Elk's World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reece Pendleton
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 4, 1995, pp. 213-229
Description
Discussion of John Neihardt's religious beliefs at the time of his meeting with Black Elk and on the book Black Elk Speaks, which is based on interviews and chronicles the key events in the Oglala Sioux man's life.
['I Honoured Him Until the End': Storytelling of Indigenous Female Caregivers and Care Providers Focused on Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias (ADOD)]
Alternate Title
'I Honored Him Until the End': Storytelling of Indigenous Female Caregivers and Care Providers Focused on Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias (ADOD)
Theses
Author/Creator
[Danielle E. Alcock]
Description
[Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Western University, 2019.]
Indigenous Beliefs About Little People
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Curtis Roman
ab-Original, vol. 3, no. 1, 2019, pp. 124-129
Description
Article explores the prevalence of content of the Indigenous-Australian people’s beliefs about little people. Findings show that many people believe in and encounter little people in contemporary contexts and that perceptions of their presence range from potentially frightening to seeing them as protectors of the land.
Indigenous Collectives: A Meditation on Fixity and
Flexibility
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Edelman Warrior
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 4, Fall, 2017, pp. 368-392
Description
Author reflects on how his studies and personal experiences relate to the Indigenous philosophy of interconnectivity.
Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration with Counselling Psychology
Alternate Title
Explorations in Mental Health
E-Books
Author/Creator
Barbara Waterfall
Michael Tlanusta Garrett
J. T. Garrett
Gloria K. King
Tarrell Awe Agahe Portman ... [et al.]
Inuit Symbolism of the Bearded Seal
Alternate Title
Symbolisme inuit du phoque barbu
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgitte Sonne
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 29-50
Description
Examines traditional Inuit and Yupiit stories, rituals, and colloquial sayings to reveal different meanings associated with the bearded seal in these Indigenous cultures. Finds that bearded seals can impart multiple meanings ranging from monstrous to protection to renewal and reproduction.
It Sometimes Speaks to Us: Decolonizing Education by Utilizing Our Elders' Knowledge
Theses
Author/Creator
Joshua Manitowabi
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2017.
Kahwà:tsire: Indigenous Families in a Family Therapy Practice with the Indigenous Worldview as the Foundation
Theses
Author/Creator
Jann Derrick
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tilburg University, 2017.
Keepers of the Earth
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jeannette Armstrong
Description
Presents an essay from the book Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind edited by Theodore Roszak, Mary Gomes and Allen Kanner.
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
Alternate Title
Anishinaabe / Chippewa / Ojibwe Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses, children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
Micmac Documented Oral Accounts as Historical Source Material
Theses
Author/Creator
Scott Hector McKeen
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1995.
Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story
Alternate Title
Game Development Conference ; 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Dima Veryovka
Description
A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
Duration: 50:01.
Niitsitapiisini: Our Way of Life: The Story of the Blackfoot People
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Glenbow Museum
Description
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.
Noah Meets Old Coyote, or Singing in the Rain: Intertextuality in Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura E. Donaldson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 27-43
Description
Looks at what is real and what is magical in Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water by weaving the traditional world of oral Indigenous story telling with the individualised western written text.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Okwire’shon:’a, the First Storytellers: Recovering Landed Consciousness in Readings of Trees & Texts
Theses
Author/Creator
Kaitlin Sandra June Debicki
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2017. Refers to the works Power by Linda Hogan, Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, and Truth and Bright Water by Thomas King.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Pulling Silko's Threads through Time: An Exploration of Storytelling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alanna Kathleen Brown
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 171-179
Description
Literary Criticism Article in which the author explores the ways which Indigenous storytelling and the worldview it conveys have affected her scholarship and her individual understanding and experience of the world.
Reclaiming Territories through Indigenous Performance
Theses
Author/Creator
Francine Burning
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017Focusess on experiences of Madelaine McCallum, Mike Dengeli, Mique'l Dangeli, Leela Gilday, and Ronnie Dean Harris.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire: Métis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Blanca Tovías
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring, 2017, p. 146
Description
Book review of: Rekindling the Sacred Fire by Chantal Fiola.
Resilience and Rebellious Memory Loops: Further Musings of an American Indian Ethnoecologist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Enrique Salmón
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
Description
Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
A Review of The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Herman A. Peterson
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 74-76
Description
Book review of: The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology by Steve Pavlik.
The Saugeen Ojibway Nation and Canada: Historical Relationships, Settler Colonialism, and Stories of a Shared Space
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher James Wright
Description
History Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--King's College London, 2017.
Seeing the Skies through Navajo Eyes: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Astronomy
Alternate Title
Navajo Skies: An Introductory Guide to the Navajo Skies Planetarium Show
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy C. Maryboy
David H. Begay
Ashley C. Teren
Description
Designed as a resource for planetariums, for middle school teachers, and a book that families can read together.