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.
[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.
Native American Literature in Tribal Context: Anishinaabe Aadisokaang Noongom
Theses
Author/Creator
Margaret Ann Noori
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2001.
Analyzes the work of Louise Erdrich, Jim Northrup, Basil Johnston, and Gerald Vizenor as writings grounded in their culture and worldviews.
Native American Voices: A Reader
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christopher Teuton
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 4, Autumn, 2001, pp. 659-660
Description
Book review of: Native American Voices edited by Susan Lobo and Steve Talbot.
Native Connection to Place: Policies and Play
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rena Martin
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, 2001, pp. 35-40
Description
Discusses perspectives on relationship to land, and cultural and linguistic ties to places.
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 Participation in Land Management Planning in Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas J. Gallagher
Arctic, vol. 41, no. 2, June 1988, pp. 91-98
Description
Discusses barriers preventing Aboriginal participation in the planning process including large amounts of plans to look at, native world view, inappropriate use of public meetings, and communication styles.
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
Night Spirits: The Story of the Relocation of the Sayisi Dene
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean-Guy Goulet
Canadian Social Studies, vol. 35, no. 3, Citizenship Education, Spring, 2001, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: Night Spirits: The Story of the Relocation of the Sayisi Dene by Ila Bussidor and Üstün Bilgen-Reinart.
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 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.
"Our Mountains Are Our Pillows": An Ethnographic Overview of Glacier Nations Park
E-Books
Author/Creator
Brian Reeves
Sandy Peacock
Description
Focuses on the K'tunaxa and Piikáni, and draws on documentary research and consultation with Piikáni Elders.
"Our Songs Are Alive": Traditional Diné Leaders and a Pedagogy of Possibility for Diné Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Ann McCauley
Description
Educational Leadership Thesis (Ed.D.)--Northern Arizona University, 2001.
La perception du carcajou/glouton par les Inuit du Nord canadien: Du passé au present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
Performative Power in Native America: Powwow Dancing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann Axtmann
Dance Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, Summer, 2001, pp. 7-22
Description
Examines the physical, social and spiritual power produced by the dancers as they perform specific choreographic styles.
Plants and Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Focuses on Yukon First Nations Traditional Knowledge.
Plants & Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Plants and Connection to Place
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yukon First Nations Curriculum Working Group
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Teacher's guide.
Puao-te-ata-tu = Day Break: The Report of the Ministerial Committee on a Maori Perspective for the Department of Social Welfare
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Te Rangi-Aniwaniwa Rangihau
Emarina Manuel. Donna Marie Tai Tokerau Hall
Hori Brennan
Peter Wilson Boag ... [et al.]
Pushing the Needle: Collections Based Museum and Source Community Collaborations
Theses
Author/Creator
Molly Winslow
Description
Museology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2017.
Re(claiming) Indigenous Identity within Canada's Prison System: Indigenous Identity and Indigenous-Specific Prison Programming
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephanie Wellman
Description
Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
The Rebirth of a People: Reincarnation Cosmology among the Tundra Yukaghir of the Lower Kolyma, Northeast Siberia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laur Vallikivi and Lena Sidorova
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017
Description
Authors examine rebirth accounts, the commentary of elders, and a varied of socio-cultural circumstances to explore the relationships between Yukaghir reincarnation cosmology and current cultural resurgence, historic contexts, kinship and identity recognition—both on a personal and a cultural level.
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.
Recognizing Indigenous Legal Orders: Their Content, Embeddedness in Distinct Indigenous Cultures, and Implications for Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Indigenous Legal Orders in Canada: A Literature Review
Law Publications (Western University) ; 92
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Coyle
Description
Literature review primarily uses book chapters, journal articles, and internet sources.
Rekindling the Flame: An Exploration of the Relationships Between Health, Culture and Place among Urban First Nations Men Living in London, Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Cindy Smithers Graeme
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2017.
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.
Religious and Spiritual Practices among Homeless Urban American Indians and Alaska Natives with Severe Alcohol Problems
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dennis C. Wendt
Susan E. Collins
Lonnie A. Nelson
Kelly Serafini
Seema L. Clifasefi ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 39-62
Description
American Indians and Alaska Natives were compared to general population on demographic variables, alcohol problems, and religious affiliations and practices. Found that those who engaged in Native-specific spiritual practices had lower alcohol use.
Remembering Why We Sit at the Table
Theses
Author/Creator
Faith Decontie
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2017.
Discusses the Cree Nation of Chisasibi's Land Based Healing Program.
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.
Retstoring the Sacred Circle: Education for Culturally Responsive Native Families
Theses
Author/Creator
Peter K. Hanohano
Description
Education Policy Studies (FIrst Nations Education) Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2001.
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.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert Gish
J. Anthony Paredes
Victoria Wyatt
Michael D. Green
Marvin Cohodas
Richard L. Haan
Thomas D. Hall
Gregory R. Campbell
Larry R. Stucki
Tessie Naranjo
Tito Naranjo
Jeffery R. Hanson
Kenneth Lincoln
Alfred Young Man
Richard O. Clemm
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, 1988, pp. 85-143
Description
Book reviews of:
The Trickster of Liberty: Tribal Heirs to a Wild Baronage by Gerald Vizenor.
Nairne's Muskhogean Journals: The 1708 Expedition to the Mississippi River edited by Alexander Moore.
The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt, Captive of Maquinna annotated and illustrated by Hilary Stewart.
A Creek Warrior for the Confederacy: The Autobiography of Chief G. W. Grayson edited by W. David Baird.
Native American Baskertry: An Annotated Bibliography complied by Frank W.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Melissa L. Meyer
Louis A. Hieb
Lynn A. Robbins
Harry A. Kersey
Dick G. Winchell
Richard Keeling
C. Eugene West
Neal Salisbury
Eugene H. Casad
H. David Brumble
Loretta Fowler
Jack Marken
Leo Schelbert
William Shipley
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 4, 1988, pp. 65-104
Description
Book reviews of:
Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862 edited by Gary Clayton Anderson, Alan R. Woolworth.
Abstracts of Native Studies, Volume 1. Abstracts of Native Studies, Volume 2 edited by R. C. Annis.
Fools Crow by James Welch.
The Seminole by Merwyn S. Garbarino.
The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West by Patricia Nelson Limerick.
Southeastern Pomo Ceremonials: The Kuksu Cult and Its Successors by Abraham M.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nile Thompson
Carl G. Foster
Joane Nagel
Thomas F. Schilz
Joseph B. Herring
Catherine Price
Imre Sutton
G. Edward Evans
Larry R. Stucki
Ronald K. Inouye
Alan L. Hoover
Scott Rushforth
Karl E. Gilmont
Rebecca Kugel
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, 1988, pp. 73-109
Description
Book reviews on:
Coast Salish Essays by Wayne Suttles.
Phoenix Indian School by Robert Trennert.
The Good Red Road: Passages into Native America by Kenneth Lincoln with Al Logan Slagle.
The Indians of Texas: An Annotated Research Bibliography by Michael L. Tate.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains by John C. Fremont.
Among the Sioux of Dakota: Eighteen Months' Experience as an Indian Agent, 1869-70 by D. C. Poole.
Sovereignty and Symbol: Indian-White Conflict at Ganeinkeh by Gail H.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Al Logan Slagle
Omer C. Stewart
Albert B. Elsasser
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, 1988, pp. 115-122
Description
Book reviews of:
The Earth Is Our Mother: A Guide to the Indians of California, Their Locales and Historic Sites by Dolan H. Eargle, Jr.
Washo Shamans and Peyotists: Religious Conflict in an American Indian Tribe by Edgar E. Siskin.
California's Chumash Indians: A Project of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Education Center by Lynne McCall and Rosalind Perry.
Rights and Reconciliation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ry Moran
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 3, June-July 2017, pp. 36-40
Description
Argues that Canada must adopt a balanced world view in order to establish and maintain respectful relationships.
The Sacred and the Digital: Managing Heritage in an Open Access World
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Lison
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
Sacred Land and Coming Back: How Gitxsan and Witsuwit'en Reincarnation Stretches Western Boundaries
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Antonia Mills
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 2, 2001, pp. 309-331
Description
Describes how the two First Nations view their connection to the land as going back lifetime before lifetime, which has motivated their challenges in the Canadian legal system.
Sacred Water Sites and Indigenous Healers in Southern Africa: The Need to Protect Knowledge, Nature and Resource Rights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Penny Bernard
Description
Explores the role of water spirits in the belief system of Africans and the ramifications of environmental threats to sacred pools. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.
"Saili Le Tofa: A Search for New Wisdom": Sexuality and Fa'afafine in the Samoan Context
Theses
Author/Creator
Pausa Kaio Thompson
Description
Theological Thesis (M.A.)--Union Theological Seminary, [2017?]
Saskatchewan History - The First Peoples: Plains First Nations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
J. Giannetta
Description
A wide range of topics such as clothing, bison, decoration, tools, etc. Developed for Grade 4 Social Studies.
Updated version.
Student Handouts.
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.
A Selective Literature Review on Managed Alcohol Programs and Indigenous Healing Methodologies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erin Ramsperger
Kaylee Ramage
Description
Examines existing programs operating in Canada, evidence of impact on service utilization, health, and overall quality of life, and the need for Indigenous components in addictions treatment.
Sensoriality and Wendat Steams: The Analysis of Fifteenth- to Seventeenth-Century Wendat Steam Lodge Rituals in Southern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Dorland
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 1, Winter, 2017, pp. 1-30
Description
Analysis combines multiple approaches including archaeological evidence, ethnohistorical accounts, oral traditions, and an interview with an Elder.
Shamans and Prophets: Continuities and Discontinuities in Native American New Religions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James R. Lewis
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 221-228
Description
An analysis of prophets as an extension of traditional Indigenous shamans and how their similarities allowed prophets to achieve legitimacy within Indigenous communities.