Author uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the processes of cultural hybridization and resistance and their presence in film, music, and art. Discusses how these factors can combine to preserve and revitalize traditional knowledges and cultures in the contemporary globalized world.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 18-19
Description
Book review of: From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for all Canadians by Greg Poelzer and Ken S. Coates.
Several book reviews on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 18.
Harvard Educational Review, vol. 58, no. 1, February 1988
Description
Examines three perspectives that were factors in the campaign to assimilate aboriginal people through schooling: the Protestant ideology, the civilization-savagism paradigm, and the quest for land by Whites.
Discusses deeper meaning of assimilation policies as factors of Indian schooling based on 3 perspectives; Protestant ideology, civilized versus savage paradigm, and land quest of whites.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 73-91
Description
Focuses on gaming and gambling, discussing economic effects on the Native American communities and the neighbouring non-native communities as well as the variables that make an enterprise a success or failure.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1998, pp. 45-64
Description
Explores the characters' efforts to resist the dominant culture's oppression, their methods of resistance, and their role as subversive agents for change.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 33-55
Description
Literary criticism article in which the author explores Vizenor’s use of trickster tropes and transnational narrative to explore different expressions of Indigenous identity and how it adapts to and is affected by sites solidarity and sovereignty.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 26-29
Description
Letter from the Govenor of South Dakota to Bill Bradley addressing and outlining reasons why the Sioux Nations Black Hills Act should not be put forward and passed.
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.
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.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall, June 2019, pp. 101-110
Description
Article summarizes data collected in a Māori evaluation of a Cardiovascular Disease Medications Health Literacy Intervention. Groups findings into three key themes: Whakaaro:fluidity of understanding, building patient knowledge and relationships; Tūrangatira: presence; Whanaungatanga: building relationships.
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 49, no. 4, 2019, pp. 511-529
Description
Examines the ways that various minorities use hockey to create a sense of nationalism and how it differs for majority of Canadians. Francophone and Indigenous communities are discussed.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage, December 2019, pp. 321-329
Description
Article examines the process and effects of the heritagization of Tamu (Nepal) music; considers some of the dynamics of the cross-cultural relationships between different Indigenous and colonizing groups within Nepal and the push to safeguard intangible culture.
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.
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 Moccasin Flats Evictions: Métis Home, Forced Relocation, and Resilience in Fort McMurray, Alberta
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Nathalie Kermoal
Tara Joly
Almer Waniandy
Description
Two presentations: "An Alternative to Scrip: Saint-Paul-des-Métis" and "The Moccasin Flats Evictions: Métis Home, Forced Relocation, and Resilience in Fort McMurray, Alberta" followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:16:26.
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.
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.
Honoring Sacred Relationships: Wise Practices in Indigenous Social Work
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
University nuhelot’įnethaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills
Description
Information arranged under eight themes: spirituality, ceremony and culture; relationships; ethical space; identity, lived experience and knowing; circles; protocol and policy; lifelong learning; and becoming an ally.
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.