A Genocidal Legacy: A Case Study of Cultural Survival in Northwestern California
Theses
Author/Creator
Aimee L. VanHavermaat-Snyder
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Chico, 2017.
[Georges Erasmus Argues for Self-Government in 1983]
Alternate Title
The Journal ; March 15, 1983
[Georges Erasmus Argues for Self-Government]
[Georges Erasmus: Our Home and Native Land]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Mary Lou Finlay
Georges Erasmus
John Warner
Bill Wilson
Description
George Erasmus, President of the Dêne Nation, stresses the importance of having a proud and sovereign native society.
Duration: 9:48.
Gitxsan Phrase Book for Health Care Providers [Volume 1]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Northwest East Aboriginal Health Improvement Committee
Description
Includes terms such as greetings, health phrases, community terms, people, and leaders.
Volume II.
Gold on Haida Gwaii: The First Prospects, 1849-53
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Galois
BC Studies, no. 196, Perspectives on the Gold Rush, Winter, 2017/2018, pp. 15-42
Description
Looks at the role played by the First Nation in the discovery of gold and their interactions with those who came to exploit the resource.
Good Men and True: The Aboriginal Police of the Port Phillip District, 1837 - 1853
Theses
Author/Creator
Marie Hansen Fels
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Melbourne, 1986
Gordon Byce Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Gordon Byce
Evelyn Sit
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he gives a general account of traditional native values.
Group Rights, Democracy and the Plural Society: the Case of Canada's Aboriginal Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Hiroaki Kato
Description
Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 1986.
Guilty by Design: A Critical Race Analysis of the Over-Incarceration of Indigenous Peoples in an Era of Reconciliation
Theses
Author/Creator
Karlie Gurski
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2017.
A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-Off
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Annemarie McLaren
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 115-116
Description
Book review of: A Handful of Sand by Charlie Russell Ward.
‘The happiest time of my life …’: Emotive Visitor Books and Early Mission Tourism to Victoria’s Aboriginal Reserves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nikita Vanderbyl
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 95-120
Description
Article looks at mission guest books from Indigenous reservations in Victoria, Australia in order to examine the mind set and fixations of visitors participating in mission tourism in the region.
The Hawthorn Survey (1966-1967), Indians and Oblates and Integrated Schooling
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert J. Carney
Canadian Catholic Historical Association. Study Sessions, vol. 50, 1983, pp. 609-630
Description
Looks at the first federally sponsored study, A Survey of the Contemporary Indians of Canada, which purported to assess the conditions of First Nations people in all regions of Canada.
Healing Racism in Canadian Health Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yvonne Boyer
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 46, November 20, 2017, pp. e1408-e1409
Description
Highlights Saskatoon Health Region's external review into allegations of Indigenous women being coerced into having tubal ligations, and the interim report on the death of Brian Sinclair, who was ignored for 34 hours in a Winnipeg hospital's emergency department.
Health Care Experiences Of Indigenous People Living With Type 2 Diabetes In Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristen M. Jacklin Rita I. Henderson
Michael E. Green
Leah M. Walker
Betty Calam
Lynden J. Crowshoe
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 189, no. 3, January 23, 2017, pp. 106-112
Description
Study findings indicate that health care relationships can be repaired when medical practitioners demonstrate empathy, humility and patience.
Hersel Green Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Hersel Green
Evelyn Sit
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he talks about different groupings in Mohawk society. This transcript illustrates some of the difficulties encountered when relying too closely on the oral history tradition. He also gives personal recollections of life on the reserve.
High School Teachers Working Towards Reconciliation: Examining the Teaching and Learning of Residential Schools
Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 270
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tana Mitchell
Jennifer Tupper
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Explores how teachers engaging with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action, teach about residential schools, how students understand themselves as Canadians while learning the history, and how classrooms can become a space for reconciliation.
Highlights Report: RAIC International Indigenous Architecture and Design Symposium
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)
Description
Overview of presentations from four sessions: Kora Sessions from Aotearoa New Zealand; Respecting the Land and Identities; Creating Consensus and Engagement; and Indigenous Design: Tools, Methods and Processes.
The Historians' Indian: Native Americans in Canadian Historical Writing From Charlevoix to Present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce G. Trigger
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 67, no. 3, 1986, pp. 315-342
Description
Looks at the historical influences that affected how Indians were portrayed by historians and anthropologists.
History of North Dakota
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Elwyn B.] Robinson
Description
"with a new preface and postscript".
The Home Care Service of New South Wales
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Barbara Asplet
Maudie Morgan
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 7, no. 4, December 1983, pp. 6-7
Description
Describes the changes that are taking place with hiring of Aboriginal health workers in order to better respond to the needs of their clients.
Homeless & Street-Involved Indigenous LGBTQ2S Youth in British Columbia: Intersectionality, Challenges, Resilience & Cues for Action
Alternate Title
Where Am I Going to Go?: Intersectional Approaches to Ending LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness in Canada & the U.S.
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Saewyc
Brooke Mounsey
Jessica Tourand
Dana Brunanski
David Kirk … [et al.]
Description
Uses data collected as part of the 2014 BC Homeless & Street-Involved Youth Survey. Three types of analysis were done: descriptive data, compared Indigenous LGBTQ2S to their heterosexual Indigenous peers, and to non-Indigenous LGBTQ2S youth.
The Homestead as Fortress: Fact or Folklore?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Burke
Lynley A. Wallis
Bryce Barker
Megan Tutty
Noelene Cole ... [et al.]
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 151-176
Description
Examines the construction of a homestead in Cambridge Downs (and its replica) alongside narratives which assert that the stout stone construction was designed as a defense against Aboriginal attacks, and considers other reasons that the design and materials may have been used.
How Do You Say Watermelon?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jonathan Tomhave
Jeanette Bushnell
Tylor Prather
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, November 31, 2017, pp. 45-69
Description
The authors consider the ways that contemporary Indigenous games are related to those that have be traditionally played on Turtle Island (like Sla’hal or the Bone Game), and how those games convey values, culture, and survivance.
Howard Contin (Meskiash) Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Howard Contin
Alex Cywink
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he briefly mentions "bear-walking" (curse by an evil medicine man).
“I Thought You'd Call Her White Feather”: Native Women and Racial Microaggressions in Doctoral Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather J. Shotton
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 56, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 32-54
Description
Looks at the cross-cultural experiences of female Indigenous doctoral students in the United States.
“I Was Born Asking”: An Interview with Emma Larocque
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elaine Coburn
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 159-178
Description
Interview in which Larocque talks about her work and her focus on collaborative practices; includes discussion of representations of Aboriginal Canadians, identity, post-colonial criticism, decolonization, resistance and resurgence, and colonial schooling of Indigenous peoples.
[The Iconic North: Cultural Constructions of Aboriginal Life in Postwar Canada[
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robyn Schwarz
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, p. 255
Description
Book review of: The Iconic North by Joan Sangster.
Ikwe
Alternate Title
Daughters of the Country
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Norma Bailey
Description
Through the eyes of a young Ojibwe woman this film illustrates one down side of contact between cultures, the introduction of small pox and its dire impact on Native Americans.
Duration:57:00.
Illicit Love: Interracial Sex and Marriage in the United States and Australia
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Catherine J. Denial
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 118-119
Description
Book review of: Illicit Love by Ann McGrath.
Imperialism in a Wool Blanket? Aboriginal Iconography and Canadian Paper Monies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sandy Ross
Description
Compares depictions of First Nations peoples on paper monies from three time periods.
Indian Agriculture in the Fur Trade Northwest
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D. Wayne Moodie
Barry Kaye
Prairie Forum, vol. 11, no. 2, Fall, 1986, pp. 171-183
Description
Looks at the First Nations commitment to continue the tradition to hunt, fish and garden despite the introduction to modern farming by the government, European traders and missionaries.
Indian and Metis Friendship Centre Race Relations Conference
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 11 negatives from a Race Relations Conference held by the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre on October 3, 1983. The images show various conference participants engaged in discussion.
Indian Art was Ignored, at Best, Until Coming of Heard Museum
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bruce I. Burnett
Globe and Mail, December 6, 1986, p. 11
Description
Describes how the Heard Museum created interest in Native American and Indigenous peoples art and discusses how some of this art attempted to make comprehensible what was incomprehensible.
Indian Given: Racial Geographies Across Mexico and the United States
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Emilio Del Valle Escalante
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 111-112
Description
Book review of: Indian Given by Maria Josefina Saldaña-Portillo.
Indian Land and Water: The Pueblos of New Mexico (1848-1924)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Willard H. Rollings
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, 1983, pp. 1-21
Description
Describes the unique legal status and events leading to the passing of the Pueblo Lands Act, signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on June 9, 1924.
Indian Photographs: Amelia Frost and the Presbyterian Mission
Alternate Title
Benedicte Wrensted: An Idaho Photographer in Focus
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Smithsonian Institution
[Joanna Cohan Scherer
Jim Kochert]
Description
Presents photographs from the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in 1887 during the Presbyterian Mission.
Indian School, Company Town: Outing Students from Sherman Institute at Fontana Farms Company, 1907-1930
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Whalen
Pacific Historical Review, vol. 86, no. 2, May 2017, pp. 290-321
Description
Argues that while school officials regarded the practice of placing male students as farm labourers during the summer months as a method of assimilation, many used their employment to serve their own purposes.
Indian Self-Government in Canada: Report of the Special Committee
Alternate Title
Minutes of Proceedings of the Special Committee on Indian Self-Government
Penner Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keith Penner
Stan Schellenberger
Warren Allmand
Jim Manly
Frank Oberle ... [et al.]
Description
Committee investigated numerous issues related to self-government including: social conditions, need for a new Canadian/Aboriginal relationship, structures and powers of First Nations governments, fiscal arrangements, land and resources, and trust relationship with the Crown.
Indian Studies: The Orphan of Academia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vine Deloria
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Autumn, 1986, pp. 1-7
Description
Describes some of the problems in Indigenous studies and argues that these programs are trying to perform several confusing and conflicting missions.
The Indian, the Métis and the Fur Trade: Class, Sexism and Racism in the Transition form "Communism" to Capitalism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron G. Bourgeault
Studies in Political Economy, vol. 12, 1983, pp. 45-80
Description
Contends that due to class exploitation created by mercantilism, First Nation peoples and Métis have struggled with resulting racism and oppression.
Indigenization in the Time of Pipelines
Alternate Title
Weweni Indigenous Scholars Speaker Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Chelsea Vowel
Description
Thoughts about Indigenization and the need to return to relationships.
Duration: 42:59.
Indigenizing Social Research Methodologies: An Analysis of the Diploma Program for Strengthening Indigenous Women's Leadership (Intercultural Indigenous University and the Centre for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dolores Figueroa Romero
Araceli Burguete Cal y Mayor
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 235-245
Description
Focuses on the experience of facilitators and leaders in the program dealing with the challenges associated with adapting Western research methods to the Indigenous context.
Indigenous Collections Symposium: Promising Practices, Challenging Issues, Changing the System
Alternate Title
Indigenous Collections Symposium: Proceedings
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Museum Association
Description
Topics discussed were collecting and collections management, and repatriation and initiatives for reconciliation; includes case studies, witness reflections and link to the webinar Museum Perspectives on the Task Force on Museums & First Peoples and the Recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Indigenous Games and Sports in the Australian National Curriculum: Educational Benefits and Opportunities?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Evans
Steve Georgakis
Rachel Wilson
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 2, 2017, pp. 195-213
Description
Article outlines possibilities for the inclusion of Indigenous Games and Sports (IGaS) across Australian schools; authors provide details on IGaS and suggest appropriate pedagogy for teaching purposes. Authors argue that inclusion of IGaS can promote inclusive classrooms and social justice within the school setting.
Indigenous Geographies: Research as Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Smithers Graeme
Erik Mandawe
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples -Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-19
Description
Discusses how research in a community based Indigenous project reflected personal stories of reconciliation.
Indigenous Intangible Cultural Heritage: Towards an Indigenous Approach to Canadian Heritage Management and Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Julia Catherine Marie Stevens
Description
Planning Thesis (MES)--University of Waterloo, 2017.
Indigenous-Municipal Intergovernmental Agreements: A Case Study Examining Substantive Collaboration
Theses
Author/Creator
Gwendolyn Lowrie-Dennis
Description
Political Science Major Research Paper (MPA)--Western University, 2017.
Indigenous People, Mental Health, Cognitive Disability and the Criminal Justice System
Alternate Title
Research Brief (Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse) ; no. 22
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ruth McCausland
Elizabeth McEntyre
Eileen Baldry
Description
Looks at reasons for over-representation of Indigenous people in the criminal system.
Indigenous Peoples in Developed Fragment Societies: A Comparative Analysis of Internal Colonialism in the United States, Canada, and Northern Ireland
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael Paul Patrick Simon
Description
Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1986.
Indigenous Peoples of Manitoba: A Guide for Newcomers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anika Reynar
Zoe Matties
Description
Introduction to different cultural groups, their history, relationship with the Federal government and current situations.