AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, December 2019, pp. 359-367
Description
Article examines the ways that Indigenous cultures reflect people’s relationships with different plants and animals in their immediate environments; explores how environmental and climate changes have affected and are affecting those relationships and how those effects are in turn reflected culturally.
College English, vol. 63, no. 5, May 2001, pp. 655-661
Description
Book reviews of: Playing Indian by Philip J. Deloria, The Social Life of Stories by Julie Cruikshank, and Red on Red: Native American Literary Separatism by Craig S. Womack.
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 2019
Description
Study interviews 20 Indigenous and non-Indigenous medical leaders in health and health policy to determine what constitutes meaningful involvement of Indigenous peoples in health policy making. Results suggest that attention to the underlying power dynamics and decolonization of the system itself is a necessary step. Authors use the results to develop a framework for meaningful involvement.
As part of the Ithaca S+R report When Research is Relational researchers at the University of Alberta Libraries (UAL) interviewed thirteen faculty members/grad students regarding library services for Indigenous studies and peoples.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Sustainable Development, 2001, pp. 50-57
Description
Describes the challenges faced by the nomadic residents of south and central Sahara due to violence, governmental instability and a possible resurgence of tourism.
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International Journal on Minority & Group Rights, vol. 8, no. 2/3, Special Issue on Sami Rights in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, 2001, pp. 107-125
Description
Discusses debate over land right obligations of Norwegian State towards the Sami people after the ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 169 in 1990.
Humanities Research, vol. 8, no. 1, 2001, pp. 37-50
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Argues that the inclusion of exhibitions and collections came about because of three developments: changes in perceptions about definitions of "art" and"primitive art", and the recognition of art as a commodity.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 31, 2019, pp. 39-53
Description
Authors discuss the need for researchers to acknowledge and examine their own positionality in relation to health and wellness narratives; suggest that being mindful about the privilege implicit to the position of “researcher” is essential in working respectfully and reciprocally within the community.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, [Rethinking Blackness and Indigeneity in the Light of Settler Colonial Theory], 2019, pp. 135-156
Description
The authors suggest that a coalition of different methodologies can be used to unify Black and Indigenous colonial experiences regarding land. The coalition provide the opportunity to connect both experiences as they overlap and diverge from another.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, [Rethinking Blackness and Indigeneity in the Light of Settler Colonial Theory], May 2019, pp. 9-23
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Discussion on how settler colonial theory is being used as a starting out point in theorizing Indigeneity and Blackness with regard to sovereignty.
Shared Witsuit’en-Settler Relationships in Smithers 1913-1973
Shared Witsuït’en-Settler Relationships in Smithers 1913-1973: Project Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tyler McCreary
Description
Reports information gathered about circumstances which led to relocation to an urban environment, experiences of living in the city in the early twentieth century, and establishment and displacement of "Indiantown".
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 2&3, Series 2, 2001, pp. [23]-36
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Discusses how the character Marie, in the novel Indian Killer, is the vehicle for a critique of the teaching of Native American literature in post-secondary institutions.
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Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 37-63
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Reports some findings from a larger research project that focused on post-genocide healing practices in Rwanda. Advocates for community-based and traditional methods for solving socio-economic problems and rebuilding social relations; examines implications for social work education and practice.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, [Rethinking Blackness and Indigeneity in the Light of Settler Colonial Theory], 2019, pp. 89-112
Description
The author investigates the novel Almanac of the Dead and how it's content and structure focus attention on the central question "who had spiritual possession of the Americas?".