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Nebraska State Historical Society Brown Bag Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tom Myers
Description
Discusses Native American art and compares essential elements and designs of beaded bags in northern and southern styles. Uses bandolier bag in Benjamin Rush's painting, Death of General Wolfe as one example.
Duration: 45:11.
Paediatrics & Child Health, vol. 10, no. 9, Our Children and Youth are Sacred, November 2005, pp. 533-535
Description
Looks at two crises faced by the Kanesatake (Oka) community and the resulting implementation of programs and services to assist the community deal with lasting trauma.
Government and Opposition, vol. 40, no. 4, Autumn, 2005, pp. 597-614
Description
Looks at ways Indigenous communities can renew themselves and withstand further assaults on their identity from corporations, settler societies and states.
Journal of Cultural Diversity, vol. 12, no. 2, Summer, 2005, pp. 37-49
Description
Reports on research findings related to how the Cherokee male achieves self-reliance and how health care professionals can incorporate the Cherokee concept of self-reliance into health care.
Journal of Counseling & Development, vol. 83, no. 3, Summer, 2005, pp. 284-291
Description
Looks at a different perspective for the counseling profession to use based on American Indian perspectives on leadership and relational-cultural theory.
Attempts to decolonize Indigenous citizenship to more relevant and timely conceptions.
Undergraduate Honors Thesis in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (B.A.)--Stanford University, 2010.
New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 353, no. 18, November 3, 2005, pp. 1881-1883
Description
Physician who spent three years working in a reservation hospital relates her experiences with the health problems faced by the residents set within the context of the general Native American population.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 35, no. 2, Special Section: Indigeneity in Dialogue: Indigenous Literary Expression Across Linguistic Divides, 2010, pp. [94]-109
Description
Discusses the importance of the inclusion of Aboriginal words in the plays of Yves Sioui Durand, Tomson Highway, and Floyd Favel.
Anthropology News, vol. 51, no. 3, 2010, pp. 11-12
Description
Comments on studies that use a community-based participatory research approach and are designed to address the community needs first and the research needs second.
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; 40-3-S11-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Auclair
Tonina Simeone
Description
Brief description of background and contents of the Bill, which provides for federal regulations relating to provision of drinking water, water quality standards and disposal of waste water.
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; 41-1-S8-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tonina Simeone
Shauna Troniak
Description
Brief description of background and contents of the Bill, which provides for federal regulations relating to provision of drinking water, water quality standards and disposal of waste water.
Revised version.
Discusses a unique governance system and challenges facing tribal governments and communities.
Duration: 41:32. Includes textual transcript.
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Reports on the relations between police officers and Aboriginal residents in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The article also discusses how one Theatre Company is trying to improve this strained relationship.
Participants in the National Museum of the American Indian Artist Leadership Program from Canada, United States and Peru discuss their work and participate in a panel discussion.
Duration: 1:39:43.