An interview with Alfred Mishibinijima who recounts the inadequacy of schooling on the reserve, the terms of the Robinson Treaty and the Indian agents of Manitoulin. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood ; interpreter : Ernest Debassigae.
Looks at the historical, cultural and political context of American Indian philanthropic traditions and relationships with the United States government.
Interview is a general account of Mr. Pocha's life. He describes his involvement in early Metis organizations, and discusses his view on ways to improve the situation of natives.
Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, 2007, pp. 13-28
Description
Reconsiders Australian Aboriginal systems of engagement, based on sensitivity to others and the environment, before colonialism entrenched the formal European way of cross-border encounters based on categorization and separation.
Journal of New Zealand Literature , vol. 24, no. 2, Special Issue: Comparative Approaches to Indigenous Literary Studies, 2007, pp. 135-152
Description
Discusses commonalities around "the sharing of a cultural technology that functions very differently according to whether it is engaged esoterically or exoterically -- by members of the communities represented in the films or by others."
Side A of this tape has not been translated into English. Side B is a conference about Ojibway legends of creation, flood and migration and how these compare to the legends of other peoples. Also talks about the origins of the clans and Midewiwin lodge.
An interview with Ernest Debassigae who gives his opinion of the education of Indian people, the role of Indians in the Canadian military and in the Canadian constitution. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
An interview with Ernest Debassigae who gives an account of his experiences during and after World War II and his travels around Canada and the United States. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
An interview with Ernest Debassigae who recounts the history of the Manitoulin Island Indians and problems with Indian agents. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
Looks at the initiative of government and First Nations to reconcile Crown and Aboriginal titles cooperatively while building a positive relationship and developing a common business perspective.
Museum Anthropology , vol. 30, no. 2, September 2007, pp. 101-124
Description
Looks at the collaboration between various Warumungu groups, government agencies, and Aboriginal organizations to negotiate and produce the Nyinkka Nyunya Art and Culture Centre at Tennant Creek.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 39-62
Description
Examination of the social experiences and challenges faced by Native American children who had attended large public schools in the United States between 1945-75.
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Description
Analysis of the written Act from public administration and political science perspective, without the context of application or important court decisions.
Museum Management and Curatorship, vol. 22, no. 3, September 2007, pp. 265-285
Description
Results of survey questioning the sustainability of long-term relationships between museums and Indigenous communities and best practices and structures for success.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 23, no. 3, May 1984, pp. [19-24]
Description
Examines a preservice teacher preparation program for Navajo, Hopi, and Apache Reservations and ranks cultural and methodological concerns that teachers held.
Presents play FrontRunners by Laura Robinson about segregation and abuse in residential school, the Aboriginal teenage boys selected to run 800 kilometers carrying the torch for the Pan Am Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1967, and the apology by the province thirty-two years later.
Duration: 47:27
Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunner Study Guide.
Lesson Plan.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. 91-99
Description
Examines the politics and controversy that surround Professor Ward Churchill's dismissal from the University of Colorado in 2006 and questions if the dismissal was governmentally motivated.
Paper presented at the 2nd Biennial Conference of the Canadian Initiative in Law, Culture and the Humanities Carleton University, Ottawa, October 12-14, 2007.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, 2007, pp. 113-166
Description
Book reviews of:
Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences edited and with an introduction by Clifford E. Trafzer, Jean A. Keller, and Lorene Sisquoc.
Captive Histories: English, French, and Native Narratives of the 1704 Deerfield Raid by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney.
A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813–1814 by Gregory A. Waselkov.
Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life by Kingsley M. Bray.
Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Native Peoples and Archaeology in the Northeastern United States edited by Jordan E.
Docu-drama about a young man from the Lakota Sioux Nation in South Dakota who travels to Washington State to live with his uncle to learn about his relatives, the coastal Salish. In the process he also learns about the environment and the salmon.
Duration: 43:59
See resource guide Shadow of the Salmon: Respect the Salmon, Respect Yourself.