Historicising Whiteness: Transnational Perspectives on the Construction of an Identity
Melbourne University Conference and Seminar Series ; vol. 16
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrew Gunstone
Description
Discusses issues such as nationalist view of reconciliation, limited understanding of history and appropriation of Indigenous culture and identity, which contributed to the failure of the process.
Chapter from Historicising Whiteness: Transnational Perspectives on the Construction of an Identity edited by Leigh Boucher, Jane Carey, and Katherine Ellinghaus.
Standing Up for Rural Health: Learning from the Past - Action for the Future
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Glenn Giles
Merridy Malin
Peter Harvey
Description
Looks at a project to have Aboriginal Health Services and Aboriginal patients work together in the management of long-term illnesses such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Indian Tribes and Statehood: A Symposium in Recognition of Oklahoma's Centennial
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ann Murray Haag
Tulsa Law Review, vol. 43, no. 1, Fall, 2007, pp. 149-168
Description
Discusses: history of the schools, consequences of removal for individuals and their families, impact of child placement services and welfare programs, and potential remedies.
Canadian Journal of Film Studies, vol. 16, no. 2, Fall, 2007, pp. 48-81
Description
Discusses the Aboriginal documentaries produced as part of National Film Board's initiative designed to give marginalized social groups a greater voice. Films include: Powwow at Duck Lake, Elliot Lake, The Indian Speaks, Ballad of Crowfoot, Cree Hunters of Mistassini, and You are on Indian Land.
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 187-213
Description
Discusses the decentralization strategies of the health care system by the government, and the implications of the policy for the health of Aboriginal people.
American Literary History, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. 141-159
Description
Chronicles the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the American state through a discussion of five books and concludes increased Indigenous presence requires critical historical awareness of the state.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, First Year of Evo Morales Presidency, June 2007, pp. 82-90
Description
Looks at the political history and relations between the middle and upper class people of Bolivia and the governments' struggles to break with the past.
To access this article, scroll to page 82.
Indigenous Illustration: Native American Artists and 19th Century US Print Culture
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phillip H. Round
American Literary History, vol. 19, no. 2, 2007, pp. 267-289
Description
Reviews several illustrated publications created by Indigenous North Americans in the 1800s and uncovers the unacknowledged talent not given credit where credit was due.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 2007, pp. 83-90
Description
Provides a brief literature review, uses the analogy of the tipi for the acquisition of Indigenous knowledge and looks at appropriate ways to develop it further.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 1, Special Issue, Spring, 2007, pp. 49-65
Description
Contends that the interpretation of both cultural artifacts, such as petroglyphs and contemporary writings require an understanding of cross-cultural boundaries, a recognition of one's own beliefs, assumptions and ideologies of socially constructed systems of meaning.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 49.
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 51, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 339-359
Description
Looks at residential schools and the people involved, as part of the policies of assimilation, enculturation or annihilation of Aboriginals. The author categorizes schools as 'intimate sites nested within Canadian colonial and nation-building agendas'.
Theatre Journal, vol. 59, no. 3, October 2007, pp. 449-465
Description
Article investigates the politics of theatre translation in two plays: The Rez Sisters by Tomson Highway, and Up the Ladder by Roger Bennett to determine how plays are altered for different audiences and cultures.
Australian Humanities Review, no. 42, August 2007, p. [?]
Description
Comments on a violent demonstration at the height of the 1965 Freedom Rides in New South Wales where ironically most the opposing participants were related.