Gendered Checks and Balances: Understanding the Legacy of White Patriarchy in an American Indian Cultural Context
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert A. Williams
Georgia Law Review, vol. 24, no. 4, Summer, 1990, pp. 1019-1044
Description
Uses the example of the Iroquois of upper New York to illustrate how Europeans interpreted social structure in terms of their own cultures and belief systems. In this case, the view that Indian men were lazy and the women "drudges" who nevertheless possessed a great deal of power.
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.
Genocide of Native Americans: Historical Facts and Historiographic Debates
Alternate Title
Genocide of Indigenous Peoples: A Critical Biographical Review
Genocide: A Critical Biographical Review ; v. 8
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Brenden Rensink
Description
Excerpt from Genocide of Indigenous Peoples: A Critical Biographical Review edited by Samuel Totten and Robert K. Hitchcock.
The Genocide Question and Indian Residential Schools in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David B. MacDonald
Graham Hudson
Description
Discusses whether the forcible transfer of children should be classified genocide, or alternate terminology used, and what the legal, social, political consequences could be in either instance.
Genocide Studies: An Australian Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Colin Tatz
Genocide Studies and Prevention, vol. 6, no. 3, Winter, 2011, pp. 231-244
Description
Discusses issues surrounding the politics of race and genocidal practices relating to crimes against humanity.
"Les Gens de Cette Place": Oblates and the Evolving Concept of Métis at Île-à-la Crosse, 1845-1898
Theses
Author/Creator
Timothy Paul Foran
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2011.
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.
Giving Voice to Canadian Aboriginal Peoples: A Collaboration Between Scholars and Aboriginal Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tanya R. Peckmann
Michel Fournier
Mary H. Manhein
Ginesse Listi
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, pp. 43-50
Description
Explains the foundations set up for a groundbreaking project that established a partnership for collaborative research among people of diverse backgrounds.
Going Home
Alternate Title
Stories From Our Land 1.5
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bjorn Simonsen
Description
Short film presents taxi driver incident in Iqaluit.
Duration: 5:04.
Going It Alone?: Prospects for Aboriginal Autonomy
E-Books
Author/Creator
Raymond Firth
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Robert Tonkinson
Michael Howard
Ronald Berndt ... [et al.]
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.
The Golden Potlatch : Study in Mimesis and Capitalist Desire
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Candice Hopkins
Fillip, vol. 13, Spring, 2011, p. [?]
Description
Examines the conflicted history and cultural appropriation of the potlatch, and the different objectives used for the festival.
[Gone But Not Forgotten: When Art Alone is Not Enough]
Alternate Title
[Interview with Gloria Larocque]
[The F Word]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Gloria Larocque
Meghan Murphy
Description
Discussion about the controversial series of paintings entitled The Forgotten by Pamela Masik which portrayed the sixty-nine missing and murdered women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The exhibition to be held at the Museum of Anthropology was cancelled due to protests.
Duration: 31:50.
Government Defining a People: The Structural Violence Embedded in the Federal Acknowledgment Process
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rebecca L. Reddish
Description
Looks at examples from several different American Indian tribes on the experience of becoming federally recognized.
Anthropology Capstone Experience Manuscript--Commonwealth Honors College, 2011.
Grade 12 Current Topics in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Studies: A Foundation for Implementation
Alternate Title
Grade Twelve Current Topics in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba Education
Grandma’s Stocks: An Indigenous Perspective on the Economic Crisis
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard Meyers
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, Fall, 2011
Description
Author reflects on the differences between mainstream and Indigenous concepts of knowledge on the economy through stories of his grandmother and other relatives.
Group Apraxia: The Phenomenology of Acculturalism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aubrey Neal
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, 1990, pp. 219-242
Description
Argues that while Canadian society no longer publicly promotes assimilation, it still remains the underlying objective.
Guests of the Governor: Aboriginal Residents of the First Government House
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alan Frost
Aboriginal History, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. 240-242
Description
Book review of: Guests of the Governor by Isabel McBryde.
Review located by scrolling to page 240.
Guide to Real Property Management: Aboriginal Context
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Description
Presents a guide that enables real property practitioners and managers to make decisions on policy objectives and legal and statutory obligations related to Aboriginal rights.
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.
Handbook of American Frontier, Four Centuries of Indian-White Relationships, Vol. 2: The Northeastern Woodlands
Alternate Title
Native American Resources Series; No. 1
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
J. Norman Heard
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.
He rawe tona kakahu/She Wore a Becoming Dress: Performing the Hyphen
Theses
Author/Creator
Miki Seifert
Description
Māori Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Victoria University of Wellington, 2011.
Healing and Decolonizing: Bridging Our Communities Toolkit
Alternate Title
Bridging Our Communities Research Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Legacy of Hope Foundation
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.
Healing the Personal Wounds of Colonization: Utilizing Third Part Consultation to Transform Canada's Post-Residential School Societal Conflict
Theses
Author/Creator
Patricia Kathleen Robertson
Description
Major research project towards Conflict Analysis and Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2011.
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.
Hearing Drumbeats: Using an Aboriginal Studies Course to Raise Cultural Competence
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Louise Hickey
Description
Integrated Studies Project (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2011.
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Here You Have My Story: Eyewitness Accounts of the Nineteenth-Century Central Plains
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Adam R. Hodge
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 167-168
Description
Book review of: Here You Have My Story by Richard E. Jensen.
Heritage: The Manitoba Experience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean Friesen
Prairie Forum, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall, 1990, pp. 199-220
Description
Argues that multiculturalism has displaced imperialism as the dominant heritage theology in Manitoba.
The Hidden Children of Eve Sámi Poetics Guovtti Ilimmi Gaskkas
Theses
Author/Creator
Kristin Jernsletten
Description
Humanities, Social Science and Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tromsø, 2011.
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.
Historical and Contemporary American Indian Injustices: The Ensuing Psychological Effects
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Talia Nelson
Description
Looks at the results of historical colonization on the mental, emotional, social, and physical health of American Indians.
Psychology Capstone Experience Manuscript--Commonwealth Honors College, 2011.
Historical Efforts to Encourage White-Indian Intermarriage in the United States and Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sidney Kaplan
International Social Science Review, vol. 65, no. 3, Summer, 1990, pp. 126-132
Description
Discusses the different promotions offered in Canada and United States to encourage marriage in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Historical Trauma Among Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: Concepts, Research, and Clinical Considerations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart
Josephine Chase
Jennifer Elkins
Deborah B. Altschul
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 43, no. 4, Growing Roots: Native American Evidence-Based Practices , October-December 2011, pp. 282-290
Description
Examines the cumulative impacts of historical trauma and discusses research and clinical innovations aimed at the mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional health disparities of the Native American people.
History of North Dakota
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Elwyn B.] Robinson
Description
"with a new preface and postscript".
Home and Native Land: Unsettling Multiculturalism in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
May Chazan
Lisa Helps
Anna Stanley
Sonali Thakkar
Home or Global Treasure?: Understanding Relationships between the Heiltsuk Nation and Environmentalists
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynne Davis
BC Studies, no. 171, Autumn, 2011, pp. 9-36
Description
Documents relationship between community leaders and environmental group leaders through interviews conducted between July 2006 and July 2007.
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.
“Hope is Absolute”: Gang-Involved Women - Perceptions from the Frontline
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jana Grekul
Petrina LaRocque
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 2011, pp. 132-160
Description
Discusses the gendered nature of gangs and risk factors that contribute to Aboriginal gang involvement, and examines quality prevention approaches needed to help young women, in particular, to leave the gang lifestyle.
Hopelessness and Excessive Drinking Among Aboriginal Adolescents: The Mediating Roles of Depressive Symptoms and Drinking to Cope
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sherry H. Stewart
Simon B. Sherry
M. Nancy Comeau
Christopher J. Mushquash ... [et al.]
Depression Research and Treatment, vol. 2011, 2011, pp. [1]-11
Description
Looks at the connection between hopelessness, depressive symptoms, drinking to cope and excessive drinking.
How Can I Read Aboriginal Literature?: The Intersections of Canadian Aboriginal and Japanese Canadian Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Keiko Kusamoto
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2011.
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.
Humor and Resistance in Modern Native Nonfiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Salaita
Alif, no. 31, The Other Americas, 2011, pp. 133-151
Description
Discusses Jim Northrup's Rez Road Follies, Thomas King's The Truth About Stories, and Paul Chaat Smith's Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong in terms of the techniques used to critique government actions in their respective countries.
“I’m Métis, What’s Your Excuse?”: On the Optics and the Ethics of the Misrecognition of Métis in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Andersen
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 2011, pp. 161-165
Description
Discusses issues regarding Métis identity including recognition of their own unique identity, culture and governance.
I Share a Dream: How Can We Eliminate Racism?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thomas Peacock
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 23, no. 1, Beyond Racism, Fall, 2011
Description
Looks at the role tribal colleges could play in diminishing the effects of racism and all forms of intolerance.