Explores the problem of neoliberalism and nativist desire, and examines the possible answers to globalized neoliberalism and its reliance on multicultural difference.
Annual McDonald Lecture in Constitutional Studies; 2013
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Pamela Palmater
Description
Speaks about the impact of section 35 which promised protection of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights for Aboriginal People under the constitution.
Duration 1:00:44.
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".
Author and poet discusses living "in between" mainstream and Native American culture, the consequences of tribalism, being bipolar, and social media.
Duration: 39:19.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 1, Winter, 2013, pp. 25-48
Description
Looks at why Ho-Chunk men from Wisconsin became involved in the Dakota war and were indited for joining the Dakota who attacked settlers in the Minnesota River Valley.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 37-63
Description
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.
Journal of Material Culture, vol. 18, no. 2, June 2013, pp. 93-116
Description
Looks at artwork made for a specific location and then dismantled and relocated to other areas. Focuses on Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas's site specific artwork in Pedal to the Meddle commissioned for the exhibition, Meddling in the Museum: Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. His art uses Haida formlines, ideas and oral history mixed with manga, the Japanese genre of cartoon and comic illustration.
Journal of Small Business Management , vol. 51, no. 2, April 2013, pp. 276-296
Description
Looks at meaning of social capital of mixed minority/dominant cultural relationships and compares Australian Aboriginal, Native Hawaiians, and Maori entrepreneurs.
Introduces Native American literature and history and looks at the influences and accuracy of Alexie's work.
Philology Thesis (B.A.)--University of West Bohemia, 2013.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Indigenous Early Parenthood, 2013, pp. 1-14
Description
Literature review demonstrates the closely intertwined factors that serve to highlight the differences and similarities between First Nation and non-First Nation perspectives.
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 1987, pp. 59-80
Description
Article concludes that the relative lack of opposition between Native Siberian and non-Native Siberians, stems from a greater knowledge of Siberian native people and the desire to expand traditional native occupations.
American Literary History, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2013, pp. 625-637
Description
Book reviews of 3 books:
On Records: Delaware Indians, Colonists, and the Media of History and Memory by Andrew Newman.
Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England by Jean O'Brien.
English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750-1830 by Hilary E. Wyss.
Spirituality in the 21st Century: Journeys Beyond Entrenched Boundaries
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Stephanie McKenzie
Description
Looks at spiritual, moral and physical damages resulting from the destruction of culture and traditional belief systems.
Chapter in book: Spirituality in the 21st Century: Journeys Beyond Entrenched Boundaries edited by Wim Van Moer, Duysal Aşkun Çelik and John L. Hochheimer.
BC Studies, no. 179, Ethnobotany in BC, Autumn, 2013, pp. 228-229
Description
Book review of Standing Up with Ga’axsta’las by Leslie A. Robertson and the Kwagu’ł Gixsam Clan.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 228.
Describes and compares the politics of land, sovereignty, labour, race relations and law enforcement enacted in the two countries by settler governments. Details general practices and events which illustrate the politics described.
Presents results of six weeks of fact-finding conducted from January to July 2016, interviews and correspondence with police, and complaint mechanisms from August 2016 to January 2017.
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 256-265
Description
Uses two vignettes reflecting Maori students composite experiences where perceived or actual power imbalances took place. Includes nine strategies to use when supervising Indigenous students researching Indigenous peoples.