Theses
Author/Creator
Jann Derrick
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tilburg University, 2017.
Keres Pueblo Concepts of Deity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony F. Purley
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, 1974, pp. 29-32
Description
Analysis of creation stories articulate Keres spiritual beliefs: presence of a Supreme Being (Tse che nako), who is female, existence of numerous lesser deities, and that man is not superior to the rest of nature.
Kihcitwâw Kîkway Meskocipayiwin (Sacred Changes): Transforming Gendered Protocols in Cree Ceremonies through Cree Law
Theses
Author/Creator
Darcy Lindberg
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Victoria, 2017.
The Killing of Crazy Horse
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Thomas Powers
Description
Video of lecture by author of book of same name. Discussion of Lakota chief's character and events leading up to his death while in the custody of the U.S. army.
Duration: 1:01:42.
Kiya Waneekah: (Don't Forget)
Theses
Author/Creator
Dennis Davey
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
Labrador Inuit on the Hunt: Seasonal Patterns, Techniques, and Animals as They Appear in the Early Moravian Diaries
Alternate Title
Les Inuit du Labrador à la chasse : Modèles saisonniers, techniques et animaux tels qu’ils apparaissent dans les carnets anciens des frères Moraves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thea Olsthoorn
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 125-149
Description
Author gathers and studies accounts from the journals of Moravian settlers in Labrador; written between 1771 and 1778 these accounts contain depictions of seal and caribou as prey animals, information on when the Inuit hunted these animals and the techniques they used, and clues that suggest transformation between human and nonhuman beings.
Land and Spirit in Native America
Alternate Title
Native America: Yesterday and Today
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joy Porter
Land-Based Learning: A Case Study Report for Educators Tasked with Integrating Indigenous Worldviews into Classrooms
Alternate Title
2016 Indigenous Innovation That Works
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
André Rebeiz and Max Cooke
Max Cooke
Description
Looks at the H’a H’a Tumxulaux Outdoor Education Program located in Trail, British Columbia which is targeted at 12-15 year-olds.
Learning from Country
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nadia Wheatley
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 2, 2017, pp. 243-256
Description
Article describes the author’s experience of learning Indigenous principles of education and adapting them for use with student living in different environments; advocates for a wholistic pedagogical approach to education.
Learning from Shi-shi-etko’s Story: Indigenous Approaches for a Healthy School
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patty Hambler
Gloria Lin
Description
Uses children's book about a young girl's last days at home before leaving for residential school as a starting point for a discussion of nurturing children in traditional ways.
Legislative Ambiguity and Ontological Hierarchy in US Sacred Land Law
Alternate Title
Legislative Ambiguity and Ontological Hierarchy in United States Sacred Land Law
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam Dunstan
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 23-43
Description
Uses two court cases involving protection of the sacred San Francisco Peaks from ski-resort development to highlight how phrases in the American Indian Religious Freedom Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act lend themselves to judicial interpretations which undermine protection of sacred sites.
Legitimacy and Conversion in Social Change: The Case of French Missionaries and the Northeastern Algonkian
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Conkling
Ethnohistory, vol. 21, no. 1, Winter, 1974, pp. 1-24
Description
Focuses on the years 1610 to 1750 and the Northeastern Algonquian in Maine and the Maritime provinces.
Lehae-La-Rona: Epistemological Interrogations to Broaden our Conception of Environment and Sustainability
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tsepo Mokuku
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 17, [Indigenizing and Decolonizing Environmental Education], 2012, pp. 159-172
Description
Author discusses her involvement in the Development Partnerships in Higher Education (DelPHE) project and the process developing an education for sustainable development theory suited to the context of the country of Lesotho.
Listening to the Stories of American Indians at Oregon State Hospital
Theses
Author/Creator
Cynthia A. Prater
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Pacific University, 2012.
Living Tradition: The Kwakwaka'wakw Potlatch on the Northwest Coast
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
U'Mista Cultural Society
Description
Website provides links to introduction to Potlatch, people, lands, history, language, educational resources, and a virtual tour.
Louis Riel’s Religious Beliefs: A Letter to Bishop Taché
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thomas E. Flanagan
Louis Riel
Saskatchewan History, vol. 27, no. 1, Winter, 1974, pp. [15]-28
Description
Includes a letter written by Riel while he was imprisoned in Regina in 1885 following the North-West Resistance, and commentary by the article’s author. The letter, addressed to Monseigneur Taché, articulates a number of Riel's beliefs and hopes for the French-Catholic peoples in Canada and the larger Catholic Church.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 15.
Mãori Customary Law: A Relational Approach to Justice
Alternate Title
Regional Educational Laboratory: Contract #ED-01-CO-0006, Deliverable #2002-06
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie Vieille
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-20
Description
Study contends traditional holistic approach is often at odds with existing criminal justice systems.
Māori Entrepreneurship: A Māori Perspective
Alternate Title
Maori Entrepreneurship: A Maori Perspective
Theses
Author/Creator
Bridget Hana Dawson
Description
Business Thesis (MBus) -- Auckland University of Technology, 2012
Māori Men, Relationships, and Everyday Practices: Towards Broadening Domestic Violence Research
Alternate Title
Maori Men, Relationships, and Everyday Practices: Towards Broadening Domestic Violence Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pita King
Neville Robertson
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 210-217
Description
Study focused on five men's experiences with intimate relationships and extended family life and how they draw on traditional ways-of-being to maintain and enhance those relationships.
Māori Social Workers: Experiences within Social Service Organisations
Alternate Title
Maori Social Workers: Experiences within Social Service Organisations
Theses
Author/Creator
Awhina N. R. Hollis-English
Description
Social Work and Community Development Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Otago, 2012.
Maria Littlewolfe Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Maria Littlewolfe
Mary Mountain
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes a story of Maria Littlewolfe's grandfather who died and then returned to life.
Marie Osecap 2 Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marie Osecap
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes a description of life on the reserve that describes milking, sheep-shearing and fishing weirs. It also consists of stories about a woman whose husband turned into a lizard; a story of Wisakedjak; and how Thunder Blanket killed his wife and then himself.
Marie Osecap 3 Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marie Osecap
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview consists of childhood hunting expeditions for rabbit, gophers and duck. Also included is a description of the police stopping a Sundance.
Marie Osecap Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marie Osecap
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes a story of an evil spirit which caused an epidemic that killed many people. She also tells of the sale of their reserve and the subsequent moves to Sweet Grass Reserve and then to Moosomin Reserve.
Marion Carter Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marion Carter
Mary Mountain
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mrs. Carter tells a story of her life. She talks of the traditional way of living; residential schools and tells how she was given her name. During the interview she also relates a tale from her grandfather about the Cree raiding Blackfoot camps.
Mark of the Métis: Traditional Knowledge and Stories of the Métis Peoples of Northeastern Alberta
E-Books
Author/Creator
Fort McMurray Métis Local 1935
Description
Includes numerous maps of plant gathering places, trapping locations, traplines, hunting and fishing areas, and berry picking locations.
Married Couples Workshop 3
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ed Thunderchild
Ed Laliberte
Jonas Lariviere
Felix Sugar
Alex Poorman
Morris Lewis
J. B. Stanley
James George Crooked
Joe Machiskenie
Bill Wapass
Pete Wapass
Marius Nahnepawish
Emile Piapot
Indian History Film Project
Description
Discussion on problems of the younger generation, including alcoholism. Also discussed ways in which parents and elders can help by instructing children and young people and by maintaining the Indian religion.
Mavis J. Adams Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mavis J. Adams
Mick Burrs
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mrs. Adams is a retired white schoolteacher and was 69 years old at the time of the interview. She tells of her induction as an honorary chief of the Blackfoot reserve and shares her experiences among the Blackfoot.
[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.
More Than a Façade: The Kenekuk Religion Revisited
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Garrett
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, Fall, 2017, pp. 293-310
Description
Discusses what the Prophet's spiritual teachings may have meant to his Kickapoo followers.
More Than Just Bones: Ethics and Research on Human Remains
E-Books
Author/Creator
Oddbjørn Sørmoen
Ingegerd Holand
Ingrid Sommerseth
Sebastian Payne
Kjell-Äke Aronsson ... [et al.]
Motivations of North American Indians in Athletic Games
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wilma J. Pesavento
Description
Researched from Annual Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology 1881-1933. Concluded that there were five general motives: gambling, amusement, ceremonial observance, physical powers, and development of moral attributes, and that gambling was the most important.
Mrs. Susan Shagonaby
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Susan Shagonaby
Earl DeLaVergne
Warner
Indian History Film Project
Description
General account of Susan Shagonaby's life with Earl DeLaVergne as interpreter. Interview conducted by Warner (unsure if this is first or last name).
Musqueam Celebrates 'Huge Win' to Protect Ancient Burial Site
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 8, November 2012
Description
Comments on a protest to halt construction on a condominium project.
Page 1 of insert entitled Raven's Eye: Special Section Providing Aboriginal News from BC & Yukon.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to access article.
Mythologies of an [Un]dead Indian
Theses
Author/Creator
Jackson 2bears Leween
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2012.
The Mythopoeic Vision in Native American Literature: The Problem of Myth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paula Gunn Allen
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, 1974, pp. 3-13
Description
Discusses concept of this narrative form, how it works and the part it plays in literature and life.
Native American Educational Leadership in the Pacific Northwest
Theses
Author/Creator
Denise Bill
Description
Educational Leadership and Policy Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Washington, 2012.
Native Life
Alternate Title
CANADIANHISTORY.CA: The Many Histories of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J .R. Miller
Description
Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.
[Native Storytelling Festival: The Real Story of the Quileute Wolves]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Chris Morganroth
Description
Quileute Elder relates traditional stories and discusses the way Quileute culture has been presented in the Twilight books and movies.
Duration: 1:10:03.
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.
New Light on Black Elk and The Sacred Pipe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Fitzgerald
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 71-91
Description
Uses correspondence to and from Joseph Brown to explore his personal philosophy and his process of transcribing and editing The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk’s Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux
"No One Here is Torn": Religious Symbolism in David Treuer's Little and The Hiawatha
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lydia R. Cooper
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 2012, pp. 101-118
Description
Examines different images and contrasting metaphors in David Treuer's work, challenging the whole idea of Indian identity.
Off Native Ground: Europe in Contemporary American Indian Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Mackay
European Journal of American Culture, vol. 31, no. 3, Native Americans in Europe in the Twentieth Century, October 18, 2012, pp. 249-263
Description
Examines poetry by Native American poets: Simon Ortiz, Jim Barnes, Drucilla Wall, Luci Tapahonso, Joy Harjo, Ralph Salisbury and James Thomas.
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.
Opaskwayak Cree Nation Wetland Ethnoecology: Land, Identity and Well-Being in a Flooded Landscape
Theses
Author/Creator
Alli N. Morrison
Description
Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[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
Opioid Use in Pregnancy and Parenting: An Indigenous-Based Collaborative Framework for Northwestern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naana Afua Jumah
Lisa Bishop
Mike Franklyn
Janet Gordon
Len Kelly ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 108, no. 5-6, 2017, pp. e616-e620
Description
Describes two workshops that looked at issues from the perspectives of research, health care, social service provision and supportive care.
[The Orders of the Dreamed: George Nelson on Cree and Northern Ojibwa Religion and Myth, 1823]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Olive Dickason
Native Studies Review, vol. 21, no. 2, Special Issue, 2012, pp. 129-131
Description
Book review of: The Orders of the Dreamed by Jennifer S. H. Brown and Robert Brightman.