American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, 1985, pp. 1-12
Description
Shows, through discussion of one character type, that the turn-of-the-century short story gives us useful information about the attitudes of whites towards Aboriginals.
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 3, September 2018, pp. 218-227
Description
Surveys 25 Indigenous academics and allies, discusses three different levels of indigenization at Canadian post-secondary institutions revealed in the results. Suggests two frameworks creating a more just Canadian academy: treaty-based decolonial indigenization and resurgence-based decolonial indigenization.
Aboriginal History, vol. 42, December 2018, pp. 125-139
Description
In this interview Dr. Johnson and Professor Rowse discusse Rowse’s recent book, the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, the structure of the Australian state and its evolution over the 20th century, and the ongoing tension between kin-based and state-based sovereignties.
Training is for service workers who are facilitating and supporting Indigenous Housing First participants' (re)connection to cultural practices. Findings are arranged under 10 themes: truth and reconciliation; experiential learning; personal transformations; empathy, spirituality, culture and ceremony; practice changes; practicing with intention; observed transformations; challenges in establishing connection to culture, and challenges to integrating culture with work.
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018, pp. 114-120
Description
A review essay which discusses the books Mixed Blessings, Defining Métis, and Perishing Heathens and the way that they engage with Christianity from different Indigenous perspectives, and historical vantage points.
Lists sources of information in the following areas: urban
Indigenous population, settler colonialism, building relationships, Indian Residential Schools, the aqueduct, family history, and Indigenous achievement.
Canadian Public Administration, vol. 61, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 130-134
Description
Reviews six pieces of literature which demonstrate how local governments are collaborating with the Indigenous community in the areas of land use and strategic planning initiatives, cross-cultural relations offices, advisory committees, urban design and new reserves.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 69-99
Description
Argues that while historical narratives have denied the Indigenous intellectual legacies in the written sphere, examples of Indigenous writing from around the world continue to surface in private and local collections. Focuses on letters penned by Nahuas nobles in which they highlighted certain aspects of their past and suppressed others as they maneuvered through the social, political and economic circumstances of the time.
Authors argue that current top-down policy models have produced poor outcomes, and that social and economic change must start at a grass-roots level and be tailored to individual communities' specific geographical and cultural concerns. Looks at the issues through fieldwork in the remote settlement of Wakathuni.
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 11-22
Description
Introduction to the special issue "Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations"; discusses the theme of the issue and provides a brief overview of the included articles.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 2, Settler Colonial Biopolitics and Indigenous Lifeways, 2018, pp. 1-10
Description
Introduces this issue of the journal; stresses the issue’s focus on settler colonial discourses which racialize, regulate and dismiss Indigenous cultures, ontologies, social/spiritual practices, and bodies. Notes the resulting effect of dispossession and depoliticization of Indigenous peoples.
Justice for Colten: Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs Statement of Solidarity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)
BC Studies, no. 197, Spring, April 24, 2018, pp. 7-8
Description
Expresses outrage at the not-guilty verdict in the murder trial of Gerald Stanley, and solidarity with Colten Boushie’s family. Chiefs also call for an appeal of the verdict and an inquiry into the way the case was managed by and in the justice system.
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 319-325
Description
Describes the Métis customs of adoption (Ka Oopikihtamashook) which are rooted in the wahkootowin (Indigenous frameworks of kinship). Examines the adoptions of several historical figures in the Métis community to further contextualize these practices of creating and maintaining familial and community relationships.
Kaupapa Korero: A Maori Cultural Approach to Narrative Inquiry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Felicity Ware
Mary Breheny
Margaret Forster
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 45-53
Description
Focuses on Maori principles, concept of narrative and analysis, and argues this approach ensures how the stories are shared, presented and understood conforms to cultural preferences.
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 300-308
Description
Reconsiders the colonial narrative surrounding Pocahontas and Wahunsenaca (Powhatan) created by John Smith in Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England and the Summer Isles (1624) as a “mode of storytelling that destroys and moves to supplant traditional Indigenous kinship structures and obligations.” Argues that Smith depicts colonization as a war between British patriarchal structures and Indigenous systems of kinship.
Publication of paper presented at Western Social Science Association 2018 Meeting, American Indian Studies Section. Examines the philosophical frameworks of the mainstream education system in the United States and compares it to Indigenous understandings of education. Showcases examples of Indigenous principles of education at work in different school environments.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 42, no. 4, 2018, pp. 67-84
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Article discusses the translation of a various English legal terms into Choctaw by leader and intellectual, Peter Perkins Pitchlynn; considers the decisions he made in conveying those terms to Choctaw and how those terms were translated back into English when his notes were translated and published in 2013.
As part of the Ithaca S+R report When Research is Relational researchers at the University of Manitoba interviewed Indigenous faculty from across a range of faculties regarding their research methods. Report summarizes interviews and makes suggestions for improving services and supports for Indigenous researchers.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2018, pp. 1-15
Description
Author challenges the mainstream narratives about Lifta, a Palestinian village located in the Western corridor of Jerusalem, and advocates for its consideration as part of a larger Indigenous historical narrative of Palestine.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, 1985, pp. 13-31
Description
Analyzes how literature, in addition to providing a source of information on Native American life and character, also reveals something about the white American culture of the time.
Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur
Secrétariat à la condition
Description
Discusses provincial government's past and present relationship with Aboriginal peoples, and interactions between the Aboriginal population and provincial ministries and agencies such as the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Public Security, Correctional Services, Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 113-127
Description
Curators of the exhibition Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Unceded Territories describe project which brought together art, activism, history, Indigenous youth, and the wider public to "amplify the artist’s insistence that all of us consider our collective responsibilities to this earth".
Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre (MFNERC)
Description
Provides guidance to those wishing to record Elders' remembrances including interview tips, and suggested questions about personal information, and home, bush, prairie, social and political, and spiritual-religious life.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 168-204
Description
Authors document the life the Californian Indigenous man purported to be 121 years old and "last of his race" in 1873 and contemplate what can be learned from investigating the true stories of Indigenous centenarians; discusses the discourse of extinction surrounding centenarians, and the role it plays in the imagination of settler culture.