Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, vol. 41, no. 1, May 2008, pp. 31-42
Description
Examines to what extent Native writers, critics, and researchers, as well as non-Native people who work in Native Studies, are led or constrained by beliefs about what is traditional, spiritually appropriate, politically effective and beneficial to Native communities.
Examines the different definitions of Indigeneity used by the different nation-states in the Arctic regions. Finds that Russian definitions exclude large Indigenous groups (Sakha & Komi) and shows that not all Arctic Indigenous groups are included in the Arctic Council.
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
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BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 273-299
Description
Article examines the construct of white masculinity in the interior of British Columbia during the Cariboo Gold Rush; discusses how the intersection with the settler-colonial agenda created a socially enforced code of behavior that demanded that men both subscribe to Victorian values, but also present with a roughness or heartiness about their person. Also illustrates how this construct of white masculinity justified violence towards women and racialized persons.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 123-132
Description
Discusses successful children's writers that falsely claim Indigenous ancestry and the effect their success had on maintaining stereotypes that fit the popular conception of what constitutes an Indigenous person. The four of the writers profiled are: Jamake Highwater Anpao, Paul Goble, Sharon Creech, and Asa Carter.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 115-122
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Discusses how decreased funding for museums and art galleries has lead to an increased effort to secure Indigenous art in order to acquire grants. Uses Jimmie Durham as a case study and an examination of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 to illustrate how the art community's haste to secure Indigenous art has allowed those with a fraudulent identity to benefit.
Looks at the social and cultural impacts of Aboriginal cultural industries and the challenges and opportunities created for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
Examines the First Nations development of independently operated, economically profitable shellfish aquaculture tenures through co-operation and mentoring between bands and other businesses.
Article describes the ways that colonial governments identified and signaled out “criminal tribes” in India, how the identity, language and culture of these tribes was stigmatized and consequently diminished. Describes present-day efforts to protect and revitalize these languages and cultures and provides commentary on the effectiveness of these efforts.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, Special Issue: The Impact of Reserve and Reservation Systems on Indigenous Well-Being, November 22, 2019
Description
Research uses qualitative interviews with Indigenous and non-Indigenous health care and social services providers to examine the barriers that Indigenous people face when accessing healthcare; suggests possible strategies to improve responsiveness.
Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration with Counselling Psychology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Description
Looks at the effects of personal and collective trauma through a political lens.
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Chapter from Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling edited by Suzanne L. Stewart, Roy Moodley, and Ashely Hyatt.
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International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 31, 2019, pp. 74-94
Description
Authors examine colonial traumas—Indigenous separation from land, culture, and relations—which occur as a result of ongoing and neo-colonial practices, as a determinant of Indigenous peoples’ physical and mental health.
Opinion piece in which the author works to document their efforts to close the spatial distance between researcher and researched through a series of vignettes, and later reflects on the results of their work.
The Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 3, Autumn, 2008, pp. 283-302
Description
Discusses how Indigenous soldiers, who performed the same labor tasks as white soldiers, were institutionally marginalized and distanced as a second-class.
Reports on issues raised by Indigenous clients themselves and discusses features of Aboriginal varieties of English and how linguistic prejudice may affect interactions between lawyer and client and court outcomes.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Paper uses qualitative description to examine the way that community settings act as determinants on tuberculosis (TB) detection and rates among Indigenous peoples. Researchers found delays in diagnosis and misdiagnosis to be high in urban centers, while issues of shame and stigma were prominent in rural and remote communities, low levels of TB knowledge were present in all communities.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, Special Issue: Indigenous Locations Post-Katrina: Beyond Invisibility and Disaster, 2008, pp. 85-91
Description
Looks at Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, in light of a class system that marginalizes people and then leaves them at the mercy of federal bureaucrats who pretend they don't exist.
University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, April 2017, pp. 1-8
Description
An analysis of four primary sources published by William Johnson, Superintendent of Northern Indian Affairs, British General Charles Lee, University of Pennsylvania Provost William Smith, and plantation owner and British soldier Peter Williamson.