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.
Lady Oracle: Jane Ash Poitras and the First Nations Phenomenon
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gillian MacKay
Canadian Art, vol. 11, no. 3, Fall, 1994, p. 74
Description
Poitras, once labeled an angry artist, believes anger is foreign to Indigenous philosophies and traditions, instead dictates forgiveness. Her works have display evils done to First Nations people by the church, Western materialism, residential schools and alcohol, but her own worldview is that trials and suffering lead to redemption.
[Lakota Culture, World Economy]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert L. Bee
Native Studies Review, vol. 14, no. 2, 2001, pp. 151-154
Description
Book review of: Lakota Culture, World Economy by Kathleen Ann Pickering
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.
A Landscape of Left-Overs: Changing Conceptions of Place and Environment Among Mi'kmaq Indians of Eastern Canada
Alternate Title
Lund Studies in History of Religions ; v. 14
E-Books
Author/Creator
Anne-Christine Hornborg
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 Models in the Umeek Narratives: Identifying an Educational Framework Through Storywork With First Nations Elders
Theses
Author/Creator
Marlene Renate Atleo
Description
Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2001.
Legends of Our Times: Cultural identification
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Description
Terms used by First Nation's to identify their people, as well as English and French words used for cultural groups. Includes links to information about sacred beings, ranching, rodeo, arts, entertainment and industries.
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.
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.
Locke Setman, Emil Nolde and the Search for Expression in N. Scott Momaday's The Ancient Child
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthias Schubnell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Autumn, 1994, pp. 468-480
Description
Literary criticism article which considers Momaday’s novel and its commentary on the connections between art, culture, identity and expression.
Looking For Spirits in all the Right Places: An Examination of Native and Non-Native Substance Abuse Recovery Strategies in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Elizabeth Evans
Description
[Medical Anthropology] Thesis-University of Victoria Thesis, 2001.
Note: Title Page and page i are missing from document.
Māori Custom and Values in New Zealand Law
Alternate Title
Law Commission [New Zealand] Study Paper ; 9
Maori Custom and Values in New Zealand Law
E-Books
Author/Creator
Margaret Lee
D. F. Dugdale
Timothy Brewer
Paul Heath
Bala Benjamin
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.
Medicine River
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marybeth Westman
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 14, no. 4, Women of the North, Fall, 1994, pp. 115-116
Description
Book review of: Medicine River by Thomas King.
[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 Spirituality is Re-emerging
Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 120, no. 8, October 1994, p. 7
Description
Discussion of combining Aboriginal spirituality with Christianity.
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.
Night Village and the Coming of Men of the Word: The Supernatural as a Source of Meaning among Coastal Saami
Alternate Title
Night Village and the Coming of Men of the Word: The Supernatural as a Source of Meaning among Coastal Sami
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Paine
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 107, no. 425, Summer, 1994, pp. 343-363
Description
Discusses a village situated between the nomadic culture of the interior and Norwegian culture of the coast and effects living on that boundary has had on beliefs about supernatural beings.
Of Missionaries and Their Cattle: Ojibwa Perceptions of a Missionary as Evil Shaman
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Kugel
Ethnohistory, vol. 41, no. 2, Spring, 1994, pp. 227-244
Description
Descriptions of Minnesota Ojibwa and their first encounters with missionaries in the 1830s.
The Ojibwa-Jesuit Debate at Walpole Island, 1844
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Denys Delage
Helen Hornbeck Tanner
Pierre Chazelle
Ethnohistory, vol. 41, no. 2, Spring, 1994, pp. 295-321
Description
Presentation of a religious debate between two Ojibwa leaders and a Jesuit missionary that was recorded in a letter.
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.
Pagans Rewriting the Bible: Heterodoxy and the Representation of Spirituality in Native American Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kimberly M. Blaeser
Ariel, vol. 25, no. 1, January 1994, pp. [12]-31
Description
Looks at the effect Christian teaching has had on Native American literature.
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.
The Peyote Way: Implications for Culture Care Theory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen W. Huttlinger
Dennis Tanner
Journal of Transcultural Nursing, vol. 5, no. 2, Winter, 1994, pp. 5-11
Description
Describes the theory of Culture Care to assess, understand and plan care for an aphasic Navajo male who followed traditional ways.
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.
Political Resistance in a Contemporary Hunter-Gatherer Society: More about Bearlake Athapaskan Knowledge and Authority
Alternate Title
Political Resistance in a Contemporary Hunter Gatherer Society: More about Bear Lake Athabaskan Knowledge and Authority
Political Resistance in a Contemporary Hunter-Gatherer Society: More about Bear Lake Athabascan Knowledge and Authority
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott Rushforth
American Ethnologist, vol. 21, no. 2, May 1994, pp. 335-352
Description
Bearlake (Bear Lake) belief systems relating to past experiences of the Sahtu Dene and how they react to externally controlled economic proposals.
Prophecy and Power Among the Dogrib Indians
Alternate Title
Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians
E-Books
Author/Creator
June Helm
Pushing the Needle: Collections Based Museum and Source Community Collaborations
Theses
Author/Creator
Molly Winslow
Description
Museology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2017.
Quality Education for Inuit Today? Cultural Strengths, New Things, and Working Out the Unknowns: A Story by An Inuk
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Betsy Annahatak
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 12-18
Description
Author uses personal experiences to explain the stresses involved with understanding two cultures relating to values, activities, obedience, worldview and contemporary cultural tools.
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.