Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 370-372
Description
Book review on: The Encyclopedia of Native American Biography: Six Hundred Life Stories of Important People from Powhatan to Wilma Mankiller by Bruce E. Johansen and Donald A. Grinde Jr..
Canadian Journal of Native Studies , vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 199-201
Description
Book review of: William Bartram on the Southeast Indians by Gregory A. Waselkow and Kathryn E. Holland Braund (Editors). Historical reprint with extensive notes and analysis of Bartram's 18th century perspectives.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1982, pp. 395-414
Description
Reviews of 10 books:
Handbook for Aboriginal and Islander History edited by Diane Barwick, Michael Mace and Tom Stannage.
The Ballad of Alice of Alice Moonchild...and Others by Aleata E. Blythe.
My Spirit Soars by Chief Dan George and Helmut Hirnschall.
Indian Healing: Shamanic Ceremonialism in the Pacific Northwest Today by Wolfgang G. Jilek.
Métis Land Rights in Alberta: A Political History by Joe Sawchuk, Pat Sawchuk and Theresa Ferguson.
Long Lance, The True Story of an Impostor by Donald B.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 3, Autumn, 1977, pp. 199-208
Description
Examines the cultural and historical relevance of Santee Sioux author Eastman's autobiography and short stories and the criticisms that have been made about their accuracy.
BC Studies, no. 115/116, Native Peoples and Colonialism, Autumn/Winter, 1997/1998, pp. 105-148
Description
Diaries kept by Clah show the evolution of the colonial Tsimshian culture and his interactions with parts of the non-Native economy and the missionary promoters.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 5, September/October 1997, p. 22
Description
Publicizes the award which was established to honour previously unpublished Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers in Australia. The 1997 winner is John Brodey from Darwin, Northern Territory.
Prose Studies, vol. 20, no. 1, April 1997, pp. 58-76
Description
Discusses how Zitkala-Sa used her literacy and command of the English language as a weapon to fight preconceptions and racist attitudes in the wider society.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 35, no. 3, Autumn, 1982, pp. 101-107
Description
Discusses the life and art of Edmond Morris. Morris lived in Manitoba as a young child, the youngest child of Alexander Morris, First Chief Justice of MB and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the North-West Territories. Morris’s work focused on portraiture of Treaty Chiefs, and “pure Cree types.”
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 101.
To Honor & Comfort Native Quilting Traditions (An Educational Curriculum)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shawn Termin
Description
Guide aimed at middle year students is divided into four sections: Strengthening Community, Design Tells a Story, Expressions of Honor, and Origins of Native Quilting. Discusses eight individual quilters (Aboriginal and Hawaiian): Mary Bighouse (Osage), Sheree "Peachy" Bonaparte (Mohawk), Alice Olsen Williams (Anishinabe), Nancy Crone Naranjo (Eastern Cherokee), Bernyce Courtney (Wasco-Tlingit), Harriet Soong (Native Hawaiian), Ollie Napesni (Rosebud Lakota), and Lula Red Cloud (Ogala Lakota).
Program booklet of a primarily Ontario native hand crafts exhibition in Toronto, ON. Short articles on the various aspects of hand crafts precede lists of exhibitors and their works. Hand crafts include basketry, beadwork, clothing, headdresses, dolls, footwear, snowshoes, pipes and rattles.