Our Ancestors Never Smoked: Elder's Reflections About How Tobacco has Affected Inuit Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Merryl Hammond
Owl-Wise and Otherwise
Articles » General
Border Crossings, vol. 25, no. 1, March 2006, pp. 14-15
Description
Short biographical article on John Henry Fine Day, a Cree artist from the Sweetgrass First Nation in Saskatchewan.
Painter Sought Emotional Response from Viewers
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dianne Meili
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 10, January 2010, p. 30
Description
Brief article on artist Joane Cardinal-Schubert who combined the symbols of her Canadian Plains people with her own life experience, creating a history of personal and cultural significance.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.30.
Patterson's Life; Black Hawk's Story; Native American Elegy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arnold Krupat
American Literary History, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 527-552
Description
Discussion on Black Hawk's autobiography, a national rather than a personal story of what it means to be a Sauk.
Perspectives of Saskatchewan Dakota/Lakota Elders on the Treaty Process Within Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Leo J. Omani
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2010.
PHENOM: Explained Phenomenon
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
PHENOM
Whispering Wind, vol. 35, no. 5, March-April 2006, pp. 29-[?]
Description
Interview with Saskatchewan born Métis rapper about his music and style.
Piapot: Man and Myth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Lee
Prairie Forum, vol. 17, no. 2, Native Studies, Fall, 1992, pp. 251-262
Description
Explores the popular myth that Plains Cree chief Piapot tried to halt construction of the Canadian Pacific Railroad by pitching tipis along the construction route.
Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School
E-Books
Author/Creator
Adam Fortunate Eagle
Plains Indian Native Literatures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas R. Parks
Raymond J. DeMallie
boundary 2, vol. 19, no. 3, 1492-1992: American Indian Persistence and Resurgence, Autumn, 1992, pp. 105-147
Description
Comments on two collections of Native American literature that developed due to contact between Native Americans and anthropologists.
The Pleasure of His Company
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lois M. Welch
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 14-26
Description
A memorial tribute to Blackfeet author James Welch (1940-2003) by his wife Lois Welch.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 14.
Politics and Aesthetics in Contemporary Native American Literature: Across Every Border
Alternate Title
Indigenous Peoples and Politics
E-Books
Author/Creator
Matthew Herman
Portrait of a Vanishing Artist
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shay Wilson
The Beaver, vol. 90, no. 1, February/March 2010, p. 16
Description
Looks at the disappointment felt by the artist, Mildred Valley Thornton, when the Government of Canada refused to buy her collection of paintings in its entirety.
Postindians and Reservation X: Individualism and Community Sovereignty in Contemporary North American First Nations Arts Discourse
Theses
Author/Creator
Erica Howse
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2010.
Powered by a Higher Power: A Conversation with HvnSent
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
HvsSent
Honey Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 4, Issue 272, September-October 2010, pp. 28-[?]
Description
Interview with singer Wesley Royce Stops also known as HvnSent.
Powerful Medicine: The Rhetoric of Comanche Activist Ladonna Harris
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda J. Cobb
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 4, Winter, 2006, pp. 63-87
Description
Focuses on the life and activist work of Harris who devoted her life to her people, playing a critical role in shaping American Native policy working with the nonprofit advocacy organization she founded, Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO).
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 63.
Presentation by Rita Joe
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rita Joe
Description
File contains a presentation by Rita Joe regarding her experiences as an author and educator. Joe discusses history, culture, and the need for Micmac curriculum to be developed.
Presentation by Will Basque
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Will Basque
Description
File contains a presentation by Will Basque of Eskasoni, Nova Scotia. Micmac is a Smoganist or soldier veteran in Micmac, and represents all the combat veterans of the Micmac nation. Basque fought in both the Dominican Republic, and twice during the Vietnam War. Basque relays a history of the Micmac nation, with particular emphasis on its Catholic nature, and recognition as the "first state" of Canada. He also discusses legal developments in Canada and the United States, as well as residential schools, the Indian Act, and other matters.
Protestant Missionaries and Native Culture: Parallel Careers of Asher Wright and Silas T. Rand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas S. Abler
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 25-37
Description
Author examines the writings and compares the careers of two missionaries working to convert Indigenous peoples in North America; focuses on the missionaries’ engagement with the elders, storytellers and culture of the nations.
Province Honors Women
Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 8, November 2006, p. 16
Description
For Women's History Month, ten Aboriginal women from British Columbia were honored for their contributions to the political and cultural lives of their communities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.16.
Public Occasions, Indigenous Selves: Three Ngarrindjeri Autobiographies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tim Rowse
Aboriginal History, vol. 30, 2006, pp. [187]-207
Description
Presents three Aboriginal women, Doris Kartinyeri, Veronica Brodie and Dulcie Wilson and their stories of suffering.
Racial Folly: A Twentieth-Century Aboriginal Family
Alternate Title
Aboriginal History Monograph ; 20
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gordon Briscoe
Aboriginal History Monograph
Racism, Nationalism, and Nostalgia in Cowboy Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Gray Sweeney
The Oxford Art Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, 1992, pp. 67-80
Description
Interprets cowboy art form from the western United States and suggests why these paintings continue to have loyal audiences for the past century.
Re-Visioning the Hopi Fourth World: Dan Namingha, Indigenous Modernism, and the Hopivotskwani
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Martínez
Art History, vol. 29, no. 1, February 2006, pp. 145-172
Description
Discusses the work of a painter/sculptor who blends ancient Hopi symbols and contemporary Western visual styling.
Re-Visioning Wildfire: Historical Interpretations of the Life and Art of Edmonia Lewis
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 6th, 2005
Native Women in the Arts, Education and Leadership: Proceedings of the Sixth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Julieanna Frost
Description
Discusses how sculptor's dual heritage influenced her artwork and challenged the popular representations of Native Americans.
Re-Visions: An Early Version of The Surrounded
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgit Hans
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 2/3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 181-195
Description
Provides a brief biography of Darcy McNickle and discusses the manuscript and published version of The Surrounded.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Reading Cook-Lynn: Anti-Colonialism, Cultural Resistance, and Native Empowerment
Theses
Author/Creator
Kodjo Afagla
Description
American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, 2010.
Reading Guides: Three Day Road
Alternate Title
A Conversation with Joseph Boyden
Articles » General
Description
Introduction to Joseph Boyden's novel, and brief biography and interview with the author.
[Recensions/Book Reviews]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Élise Dubuc
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, Technologies Créatives / Creative Technologies, 2010, pp. 199-203
Description
Review of: Le Monde de Tivi Etok: La Vie et l'Art d'un Aîné Inuit by Joby Weetaluktuk and Robert Bryant.
Review in French.
The Reception of Indigenous Life Stories: The Case of The Days of Augusta
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Warley
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 45-71
Description
Discussses the ethical, political, and aesthetic issues surrounding the narrative exchange and the writing and editing process of Indigenous life stories.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 45.
Recovering the Tracks: The Story of Australian Archaeology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Frankel
Aboriginal History, vol. 16, no. 2, 1992, pp. 147-148
Description
Book review of: Recovering the Tracks edited by David Horton.
Review located by scrolling to page 147.
Red Feminist Analysis: Reading Violence and Criminality in Contemporary Native Women's Writing
Theses
Author/Creator
Dorothy Ann Nason
Description
Ethnic Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2010.
Red Runners: "The New Objectification of Native Art and Identity"
E-Books
Author/Creator
Luke Parnell
Jason Jenkins
Description
Exhibition catalogue.
Red Serge and Polar Bear Pants: The Biography of Harry Stallworthy, RCMP
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Richard D. Parker
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 3, Autumn, 2006, pp. 543-544
Description
Book review of: Red Serge and Polar Bear Pants: The Biography of Harry Stallworthy, RCMP by William Barr.
Remembering Who You Are: The Synecdochic Self in Maria Campbell's "Half-Breed"
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wayne K. Spear
Description
Extract from the author's doctoral thesis.
Resistance and Resilience in the Work of Four Native American Authors
Theses
Author/Creator
Angelica Marie Lawson
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2006.
Focuses on the work of Ofelia Zepeda, Nora Marks Dauenhauer,
Sherman Alexie, and Louise Erdrich.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
J. Anthony Paredes
Steven Ross Evans
Andrew Gulliford
Peter d'Errico
Robert E. Ackerman
Lindsey Claire Smith
James S. Frideres
Stephanie Norton Joynes
Malinda Maynor Lowery
Victoria Smith
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, 2006, pp. 131-181
Description
Book reviews of:
Another Attempt at Rescue by M. L. Smoker.
Cash, Color, and Colonialism: The Politics of Tribal Acknowledgment by Renée Ann Cramer.
Chief Joseph, Yellow Wolf, and the Creation of Nez Perce History in the Pacific Northwest by Robert R. McCoy.
Choice, Persuasion, and Coercion: Social Control on Spain’s North American Frontiers edited by Jesus F. de la Teja and Ross Frank.
Conquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous People of Their Land by Lindsay G.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Steven Hoelscher
Michelene E. Pesantubbee
Jaye T. Darby
Thomas Maxwell-Long
Barbara Krauthamer
Peter Nabokov
Greg O'Brien
James A. Lewis
Sandra Baringer... [et al.]
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 2006, pp. 141-186
Description
Book reviews of:
Beyond the Reach of Time and Change: Native American Reflections on the Frank A. Rinehart Photograph Collection edited by Simon J. Ortiz.
Bringing Indians to the Book by Albert Furtwangler.
A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children edited by Doris Seale and Beverly Slapin.
Children of Coyote, Missionaries of Saint Francis: Indian-Spanish Relations in Colonial California, 1769–1850 by Steven W.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ron Welburn
Anton Treuer
Jace Weaver
Jessiline Anderson
Karren Baird-Olson
John M. Shaw
David La Vere
Susan Lobo
Robert L. Munkres
Greg Poelzer
Brian Calliou
Raphael Comprone
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 3, 2006, pp. 129-178
Description
Book reviews of:
Algonquian Spirit: Contemporary Translations of the Algonquian Literatures of North America edited by Brian Swann.
Building on a Borrowed Past: Place and Identity in Pipestone, Minnesota by Sally J. Southwick.
The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature edited by Joy Porter and Kenneth M.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Susan Lobo
Colin Ben
Brian Thom
Kenneth Wade
Bob Morrissey
Richard M. Wheelock
Matthew Babcock
Alexis Bunten
Maureen Konkle
Heidi Altman
Katherine Beaty Chiste
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, 2006, pp. 133-182
Description
Book reviews of:
America Is Indian Country: Opinions and Perspectives from Indian Country Today edited by José Barreiro and Tim Johnson.
Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast by Paige Raibmon.
Bibliography of Native American Bibliographies compiled by Phillip M. White.
The Boundaries Between Us: Natives and Newcomers Along the Frontiers of the Old Northwest Territory, 1750–1850 edited by Daniel P.
Ringtone--Can You Hear Me Know?: Fiction Residency Group Exhibition
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Frank Shebageget
Description
Introduction and brief biographies of artists who participated in residency: Richard Bell, Rosalie Favell, Cat Fink, Alex Janvier, Nadia Myre, Edward Poitras, Jen Rae, Greg Staats, and Tania Willard. Includes images and list of works.
Rob Riley: An Aboriginal Leader's Quest for Justice
E-Books
Author/Creator
Quentin Beresford
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 36: Edmonton Inn, Edmonton, Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 36 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Edmonton Inn, Edmonton, Alberta. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations on a variety of subjects such as post-secondary education, Aboriginal war veterans, child and family welfare, AIDS in the Aboriginal population and the justice system. Each submission can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 52: Inn on the Woods, Kenora, Ontario
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 52 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Delta Bessborough Hotel, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations relating to land claims and self-government, education, economic development, friendship centres, Aboriginal war veterans and women's issues. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 60: West Ballroom, Inn of the South, Cranbrook, British Columbia
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 60 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the West Ballroom, Inn of the South, Cranbrook, British Columbia. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations including a variety of First Nations politicians, a veterans organization, the United Church, and individuals. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 76: Opening Prayer and Opening Remarks by Commissioners Rene Dussault, Bertha Wilson, Paul Chartrand
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rene Dussault
Bertha Wilson
Paul Chartrand
Description
File includes the opening prayer and opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Mani-Utenam, Sept-Iles, Quebec, Friday, November 20, 1992. Opening remarks by Rene Dussault give an overview of the Commissions activities, its mandate, and goals. Commissioner Wilson addresses the "tremendous lack of knowledge in white society about native people" and the Commission's educational function, while Commissioner Chartrand discusses his own background and hopes for the Commission's work.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Charles Wagamese
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an individual presentation by Charles Wagamese stating that the federal government has not fulfilled their treaty obligations and must fulfil them as representatives of the Queen. He calls for an end to patriarchy and for more input from elders relating to political leadership. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Roy Moses, Elder
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an individual presentation by Roy Moses offering a different perspective on life in the bush in the 1930s and 1940s. He states that the "people who dream about let's go back to our traditional way must have been told a fairy tale somewhere." Moses describes his childhood and believes that progress has been made to better the lives of Aboriginal and Inuit people today. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Tommy Keesick
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an individual presentation by Tommy Keesick relating to the loss of two young people on his First Nations due to inhalants. He also touches on self-government, the influence of elders, alcohol and drug abuse and the Indian Act. Following the presentation is a brief question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.