Theses
Author/Creator
Joshua Manitowabi
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2017.
The Journey to a Sacred Geometry: Architecture as a Form of Cultural Healing
Theses
Author/Creator
Christie Layne Grayson
Description
Environmental Design Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Calgary, 2007.
The Jurisdiction of Inherent Right Aboriginal Governments
Alternate Title
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kent McNeil
Description
Overview of issues relating to jurisdiction, governance and inherent rights.
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.
Kekina'muek (learning): Learning about the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq]
Description
Teacher's manual for senior grades.
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.
Kiya Waneekah: (Don't Forget)
Theses
Author/Creator
Dennis Davey
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
Kwa'nu'te': Micmac and Maliseet Artists
Alternate Title
Kwa'nu'te': Micmak and Maliseet Artists
Kwa'nu'te': Micmaq and Maliseet Artists
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Catherine Anne Martin
Kimberlee McTaggart
Description
Film profiles similarities and differences of artists by looking at sources of inspiration.
Duration: 41:11. Accompanying material: Study Guide.
Kwa'nu'te': Micmac and Maliseet Artists: [Study Guide]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gwen Orechia
Rob Ferguson
Description
Guide to accompany film, Kwa'nu'te': Micmac and Maliseet Artists. Contains questions for discussion, section on the Micmac Petroglyph's, importance of spiritual influence and artists of Native ancestry.
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.
Laguna Prototypes of Manhood in Ceremony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edith Swan
MELUS, vol. 17, no. 1, Native American Fiction: Myth and Criticism , Spring, 1991/1992, pp. [39]-61
Description
Discusses manifestations of male relationships in the novel and compares them to practices at Laguna.
Lana's Lakota Moons
E-Books
Author/Creator
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
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.
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.
Life at Gjoa Haven: The Old Ways and the New
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. C. Landon
The Beaver, vol. 71, no. 4, August/September 1991, pp. 41-?
Description
Describes the Inuit's attempt to balance traditions with the 20th-century.
Linking 'White Oppression' and HIV/AIDS in American Indian Etiology: Conspiracy Beliefs among AI MSMs and Their Peers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Joseph Gilley
Marguerite Keesee
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 14, no. 1, 2007, pp. 44-62
Description
Presents the results of a pilot study on the use of conspiracy beliefs by American Indian (AI) men who have sex with men and their peers to explain the origins of HIV/AIDS.
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.
Manitou and God: North-American Indian Religions and Christian Culture
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert Murray Thomas
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.
Marae: A Whakapapa of the Maori Marae
Alternate Title
Marae: A Whakapapa of the Māori Marae
Theses
Author/Creator
Adrian John Te Piki Kotuku Bennett
Description
[Maori Studies] Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Canterbury, 2007.
Matsiyipáítaphyssini: Káíai Peacekeeping and Peacemaking
Theses
Author/Creator
Annabel Crop Eared Wolf
Description
Native American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 2007.
Memory, Meaning, and Imaginary Time: The Construction of Knowledge in White and Chipewyan Cultures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Henry S. Sharp
Ethnohistory, vol. 38, no. 2, Spring, 1991, pp. 149-175
Description
Examination of cultural contact in the context of a confrontation between a schoolteacher and a Dene named Charley.
Métis Holistic Lifelong Learning Model
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council on Learning
Description
Stresses the correlation between Métis lifelong learning and community well-being, and how it can be used as a framework for measuring success.
Métisness in Western Workplaces - Identity and Conflict
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Peter Crossen
Description
Integrated Studies Project (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2007.
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[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.
A Mixed Methods Examination of Indigenous Youth Suicide
Theses
Author/Creator
Melissa L. Walls
Description
Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska, 2007.
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.
My Brother the Buffalo: An Ethnohistorical Documentation of the 1999 Buffalo Walk and the Cultural Significance of Yellowstone Buffalo to the Lakota Sioux and Nez Perce Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Anne Tarka
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Montana, 2007.
N'tacimowin inna nah': Coming in to Two-Spirit Identities
Theses
Author/Creator
Alexandria M. Wilson
Description
Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Harvard University, 2007.
The Native American Church, Peyote, and Health: Expanding Consciousness for Healing Purposes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter N. Jones
Contemporary Justice Review, vol. 10, no. 4, December 2007, pp. 411-425
Description
Examines the NAC, the beliefs of Native Americans in regards to the use of peyote and psychopharmological data about peyote cactus.
Native American Church: The Half-Moon Way
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vincent Catches
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 7, no. 1, Spring, 1991, pp. 17-24
Description
Author reflects on personal experiences within the Native American Church, including the Half-Moon Way, and his involvement within Peyotism.
Native Dance - Native Dance
Alternate Title
NativeDance.ca
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Carlton University
Sumner Group]
Description
Contains links to dances from specific cultural groups, videos, interviews, bibliography, resources for teachers and scholars and a database.
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 North American Art
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John W. Nunley
Janet Berlo
The Saint Louis Art Museum Bulletin, vol. 20, no. 1, New Series, Summer, 1991, pp. 1-47
Description
Discusses the environmental aspects influencing art in the following regions: Northwest Coast of Canada and Alaska, California, the Southwest, Plains and Eastern Woodlands.
Native Spirituality, Past, Present, and Future
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard George
BC Studies, no. 89, In Celebration of Our Survival: The First Nations of British Columbia, Spring, 1991, pp. 160-169
Description
Provides some insight into the differences between the value systems of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginals.
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
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.
Opening Sacred Bundles
Alternate Title
One Native Life
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard Wagamese
Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 6, November/December 2007, pp. 12-13
Description
Story about opening a Beaver Bundle from the Peigan people in southern Alberta.
[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.
Oral Tradition is Alive and Well: Living Literature in the Siksika (Blackfoot) Community
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John W. Friesen
Virginia Lyons Friesen
Description
Paper on oral traditions prepared for the Indigenous Literature in Native Studies Panel.
Origins of the Jingle Dress Dance
Alternate Title
Glimpses: Origins of the Jingle Dress Dance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Thiel
Whispering Wind, vol. 36, no. 5, [March/April] 2007, pp. 14-18
Description
Explores the origin of various jingle dances and the traditions behind them.
"Our Struggle Goes Beyond Democracy"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Choquehuanca
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, First Year of Evo Morales Presidency, June 2007, pp. 80-81
Description
Bolivian Minister of Foreign Affairs talks about harmony, vision and way of life.
To access this article, scroll down to page 80.
Out of the Classroom and Into the Canyons: An American Indian Travel Course in Theory and Practice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Conrad Shumaker
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 1, Special Issue, Spring, 2007, pp. 32-48
Description
Examines a University of Central Arkansas Native American Literature course providing experiential learning about traditions.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 32.
Papunya Tula: Art of the Western Desert
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paul Travini
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 4, July/August 1991, p. 18
Description
Book review of: Papunya Tula by Geoffrey Bardon.
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.