Kitaskinaw: An Environmental Scan of Programs and Services Serving Aboriginal People in Saskatoon, 2013-2014 [Summary]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute
City of Saskatoon
United Way Saskatoon & Area
Saskatoon Tribal Council
Description
Overview of project which gathered information about the community and resources available to Aboriginals, and conducted surveys of users, Elders, and workshop participants.
Full Report.
Inventory.
The Kogi: An Urgent Call from Guardians of the Heart of the World
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Atossa Soltani
Evelyn Arce
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the spiritual values and traditions of the Kogi people, and their responsibilities to protect nature, ancient burial grounds, and sacred sites.
Kuranyu-Kutu Nyakula Nyaan Nyanganyi? Imagining the Future
Alternate Title
At the Heart of Learning; Paper 4
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rueben Burton
Sam Osborne
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 1, 2014, pp. 33-44
Description
Comments on including cultural values in the education process and instilling positive attitudes about the future in young people.
Kurunta Kanyintja: Holding Knowledge in Our Spirit
Alternate Title
At the Heart of Learning; Paper 3
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katrina Tjitayi
Sam Osborne
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 1, 2014, pp. 23-32
Description
Comments on building confidence in young students so they are receptive to new ideas and experiences.
The Kveeni of Northern Norway: From National Minority to Indigenous People
Theses
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Verrill
Description
Global Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Brandeis University, 2014.
Draws connections between Kven and Sami people.
Lac La Ronge Indian Band: Pursing pimâcihowin (making a living) to Achieve mitho-pimâtisiwin (the good life)
Theses
Author/Creator
Dana Carriere
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2014.
Lake St. Martin First Nation Community Members' Experiences of Induced Displacement: "We're Like Refugees"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shirley Thompson
Myrle Ballard
Donna Martin
Refuge, vol. 29, no. 2, 2014, pp. 75-86
Description
Comments on the profound and extensive impacts of the flooding and dislocation.
Lakota Women's Traditional Dress of the Last Half of the Twentieth Century
Theses
Author/Creator
Marilyn F. Rasmussen
Description
Interdepartmental Area Human Resources and Family Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska, 1997.
Land, Life, and Knowledge in Chisasibi: Intergenerational Healing in the Bush
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ioana Radu
Lawrence (Larry) M. House
Eddie Pashagumskum
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [86]-105
Description
Describes the land- and culture-based healing program developed by the Cree Nation of Chisasibi which promotes personal, family and community wellness rooted in the Cree way of life. Participants spend two- to three-weeks at a bush camp located 500 km east the community.
'The Land of Rape and Honey': Settler Colonialism in the Canadian West
Theses
Author/Creator
Kathleen Ward
Description
Social and Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Edinburgh, 2014.
Landscape as Indigenous Space: Sovereignty and Indigeneity in Urban Environments
Theses
Author/Creator
Jose Vicente Castillo-Pilcol
Description
Landscape Architecture Thesis (MLA)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014.
[Landscape for Health: Settlement Planning and Development for Better Health in Rural and Remote Indigenous Australia: Visual Story and Documentation]
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jim Sinatra
Phin Murphy]
Language Healers: Revitalizing Languages, Reclaiming Identities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brian McDermott
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the connection between language and culture and the importance of saving Native languages. Includes a clip of Heenetiineyoo3eihiiho’ (Language Healers).
The Language of Art: Deborah Spears Moorehead
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hannah Ellman
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Description
Discussion about Deborah Spears Moorehead's art, and her views on sovereignty and cultural sustainability of Indigenous peoples.
Language Revitalization and Colonization : Decolonizing Language Revitalization
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
April Iris Charlo
Khelsilem Rivers
Description
First part of presentation is April Iris Charol discussing concepts such as ownership, developing consciousness and the way words are interpreted.
Second part of presentation is Khelsilem Rivers discussing how colonization shaped identity and indigenous lanaguages.
Duration: 1:56:23.
Language Use and Language Socialization in Bilingual Homes in Inuit Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
Clair Chen
Description
Communication Sciences and Disorders Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 1997.
Launching Lives of Service: We Honor 25 Outstanding Tribal College Alumni
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marjane Ambler
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 1, Celebrating 25 Years, Fall, 2014
Description
Comments on award recipients recognized for their achievements.
Leading a Good Life: The White Earth Anishinaabeg in Transitional Times
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Krausová
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 38, no. 3, 2014, pp. 135-150
Description
Commentary looks at struggle of White Earth Nation to exist with a distinct political and cultural space within the United States.
Leading by Choice, Not Chance: Leadership Education For Native Chief Executives of American Indian Nations
Theses
Author/Creator
Manley A. Begay
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 1997.
Learning Pathways for Economic Enterprise in Remote Aboriginal Communities: Are Certificate IIIs the Ticket?
Alternate Title
[AVETRA International Conference ; 17th, 2014]
[Informing Changes in VET Policy and Practice: The Central Role of Research]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eva McRae-Williams
John Guenther
Description
Highlights the significance of more holistic vocational and adult education models.
Learning to Talk to the Land: Online Stewardship in Taku River Tlingit Territory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Schreyer
Jon Corbett
Nicole Gordon
Colleen Larson
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. 106-133
Description
Article describes a web-based participatory mapping tool(https://trt.geolive.ca/) which combines ideologies of stewardship with place names and stories.
Learning Together: Str8Up, Oskayak High School, and the University of Saskatchewan: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Van Styvendale
Priscilla Settee
Sarah Buhler
Stan Tu'Inukuafe
Description
Project goal to develop a teaching and learning model that would link historical and cultural divides between groups to facilitate cross learning with a focus on interconnectedness and kinship.
Leaving for the City: Documenting the Experience of First Nations Relocating for Medical Services in Manitoba, 2007-2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Josée Lavoie
Sharon S. Mah
Joe Kaufert
Annette Brown
John O'Neil
Description
Looks at the policies that impact or relate to medical relocation, the estimated number of individuals who relocate for medical reasons, and community medical facilities.
The Legacy of the Occupation of Alcatraz: Sparking Native American Resistance
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maureen Ly
Mount Royal Undergraduate Humanities Review, vol. 2, 2014, pp. [38]-46
Description
Comments on creation of sense of community enabling occupiers to learn about their cultural backgrounds.
Legal and Tribal Identity in Gerald Vizenor’s The Heirs of Columbus
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen D. Osborne
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Gerald Vizenor, Spring, 1997, pp. 115-127
Description
Contends that, despite appearances, Vizenor's fiction is grounded in the same tradition as the Anishinaabe trickster tales and "tradition-honoring" authors like Momaday and Silko.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
The Legal Ideology of Removal: The Southern State Judiciary and the Sovereignty of Native American Nations 1776-1838
Theses
Author/Creator
Tim Alan Garrison
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kentucky, 1997.
The Life and Legacy of an Oglala Lakotah Patriot: Russell Charles Means
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Manuel F. Pino
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 29, no. 1, Special Issue: A Tribute to Russell Means, Spring, 2014, pp. 19-28
Description
Discusses career of activist with the American Indian Movement and two important protests included the Wounded Knee takeover and the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary protest.
Liminal Landscapes: Motion, Perspective, and Place in Gerald Vizenor’s Fiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bradley John Monsma
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Gerald Vizenor, Spring, 1997, pp. 60-72
Description
Discusses the authors use of space, as it relates to tribal identity and oral traditions.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Lines in the Sand: Competition and Territoriality in the Northern Rio Grande AD 1150-1325
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael Richard Walsh
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, 1997.
A Literature Survey of the Global Digital Divide and Indigenous Peoples
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Alfonz Koncan
Description
Information Systems Project (M.Sc.)--[Athabasca University], 2014.
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Living in the Land of Death: The Choctaw People, 1830-1860
Theses
Author/Creator
Donna L. Akers
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, 1997.
Living Rhythms: What Social Enterprise Can Learn From Aboriginal Culture: A Matter of Learning, Leading, Serving: Key Mindsets
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wanda Wuttunee
Description
Comments on a successful inner city cooperative business, Neechi Foods, and the principles by which it operates.
Presented at the Social Enterprise World Forum 2013, Calgary, Canada, October 2-4, 2013.
Duration: 13:30.
Local and Indigenous Knowledge for Community Resilience: Hydro-meteorological Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal and Small Island Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lisa Hiwasaki
Emmanuel Luna
Syamsidik
Rajib Shaw
“The Lord and the Center of the Farthest”: Ezol’s Journal as Tribalography in LeAnne Howe’s Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrice Hollrah
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 2, Tribalography, Summer, 2014, pp. 40-54
Description
Discusses how tribalography's literary capacity can bridge time, space, and place and be beneficial to tribal peoples and sovereignties.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 40.
Losing Ground? Issues of Autonomy in an Urban Indigenous Organisation
Alternate Title
Losing Ground? Issues of Autonomy in an Urban Indigenous Organization
Theses
Author/Creator
Elise Katharine Adams
Description
Archaeology and Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian National University, 2014.
Loss of Voice at Oneida Indian Nation: Traditional Methods of Social Control in a Contemporary Native Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Taylor
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 38, no. 2, 2014, pp. 89-110
Description
Examines traditional forms of tribal authority with the evolving governance of contemporary tribal development.
Lost Conversations: Finding New Ways for Black and White Australians to Lead Together
E-Books
Author/Creator
Geoff Aigner
Cheryl Godwell
Jane Martin
Grant Paulson
John Rawnsley … [et al.]
Lost in the Woods: Navigating Aboriginal Interests in Natural Resource Development: A Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bob Watts
Description
Examines the implications of natural resource development in Canada with regard to Aboriginal communities, government agencies and corporate bodies.
Louis Riel, Justice and Métis Self-Identification: Literary Politics for Survival in the Evolution of Canadian Nationhood
Theses
Author/Creator
Robin White
Description
[English and Comparative Literature]Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of London, 2014.
Focuses on Halfbreed by Maria Campbell, In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier, and works by Gregory Scofield.
Making It Work: A Model of Tribalography as Methodology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jill Doerfler
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 2, Tribalography, Summer, 2014, pp. 65-74
Description
Discusses the scholarly relevance of using the concept of tribalography as a research methodology and the risks and rewards associated with it.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 65.
Many Nations, One Movement
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 25, no. 4, Nation Building, Summer, 2014
Description
Introductory article to this themed issue discusses how tribal colleges and universities aim to preserve and communicate traditional native culture, provide higher education and career or technical opportunities to tribal members, enhance economic opportunities within the reservation community, and promote tribal self-determination.
Māori Culture at the Digital Interface: A Study of the Articulation of Culture in the Online Environment
Alternate Title
Maori Culture at the Digital Interface: A Study of the Articulation of Culture in the Online Environment
Theses
Author/Creator
Nikolas Troy Brocklehurst
Description
Visual and Material Culture Thesis (M.A.)--Massey University, 2014.
Mapping Resilience Pathways of Indigenous Youth in Five Circumpolar Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Allen
Kim Hopper
Lisa Wexler
Michael Kral
Stacy Rasmus ... [et al.]
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 5, Indigenous Youth Resilience in the Arctic, October 2014, pp. 601-631
Description
Introduction to special issue reviewing the resilience theory.
Mapurbe: Spiritual Decolonization and the Word in the Chilean Mierdópolis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sandra Collins
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. 23-47
Description
Discusses the ways in which cultural production disputes colonial expansion and reconnects Indigenous people with their spiritual traditions.
Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kristina Ackley
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 29, no. 1, Special Issue: A Tribute to Russell Means, Spring, 2014, pp. 105-107
Description
Book review of: Mark My Words by Mishuana Goeman.
Masculindians: Conversations about Indigenous Manhood
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sam McKegney
Janice C. Hill Kanonhsyonni
Tomson Highway
Lee Maracle
Basil H. Johnston
Louise Bernice Halfe, Skydancer
Daniel David Moses
Thomas Kimeksun
Taiaiake Alfred
Kim Anderson
Brendan Hokowhitu
Ty P. Kawika Tengan
Jessica Danforth
Warren Cariou
Alison Calder
Daniel Heath Justice
Adrian Stimson
Terrence Houle
Joseph Boyden
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
Richard Van Camp
Joanne Arnott
Neal McLeod
Gregory Scofield
“Maybe Einstein Was Part Yaqui”: Deposing Thought in Works by Endrezze and Silko
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Rainwater
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 1-28
Description
Examines the reappropriation of history in the work of Anita Endrezze and Leslie Silko through Indigenous conceptions of scientific knowledge.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to page 1.
Measurement of Iron Deficiency in Infants: Implications for Screening in a High Risk Population
Theses
Author/Creator
Clare A. Hopkins
Description
Community Health Science, Medicine Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 1997.
Measuring Aboriginal Community Wellbeing: A Review of Methodological Approaches and Analysis of AANDC's Practices
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alison Kenny
Description
Analyzes current processes, investigates methods that could be used by communities themselves, discusses challenges and key considerations when looking at impact of modern treaties, and makes recommendations for improvements to system.