Mamow Na-nan-da-we-ki-ken-chi-kay-win: Searching Together Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mamow Sha-way-gi-kay-win North South Partnership for Children
Description
Assessment focuses on six key areas: livelihoods, infrastructure, community participation, education/recreation, children and parents and mental and physical health.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 2, 2009, pp. 113-163
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Book reviews of 22 books:
African Cherokees in Indian Territory: From Chattel to Citizen by Celia E. Naylor.
American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle and the Law by Matthew L. M. Fletcher.
Born of Fire: The Life and Pottery of Margaret Tafoya by Charles S. King.
Brothers Among Nations: The Pursuit of Intercultural Alliances in Early America, 1580-1660 by Cynthia J.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, 2009, pp. 143-192
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Book reviews of 20 books:
American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790-1880 by Deborah A. Rosen.
Architectural Variability in the Southeast edited by Cameron H. Lacquement.
Art from Fort Marion: The Silberman Collection by Joyce M.
SA-eDUC Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, Special Edition on Education and Ethnicity, November 2009, pp. 100-116
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Supports the need to understand First Nations history from an Aboriginal perspective and the effects the Indian Act and residential school systems had on First Nations people in Canada.
Rural Social Work & Community Practice, vol. 14, no. 2, December 2009, pp. 6-11
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Author equates the loss of language through assimilation with loss of a "moral compass" because it disrupts the ability to transmit teachings to children.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 55, no. 3, Expanding Knowledge Systems in Teacher Education, Fall, 2009, pp. 298-318
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Looks at local ideas about traditional herbal medicine, uses and applications and how they apply to cultural, social, political, spiritual and physical areas of society.
Critique, vol. 40, no. 2, Winter, 1999, pp. 152-160
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Explores the clash between Christianity and shamanistic religions through an analysis of historical interactions between missionaries and the Chippewa, and the character of Lipsha in Love Medicine.
Looks at a research network developed through the collaboration of universities, agencies and communities in British Columbia to provide research training and resources for Indigenous people working in Indigenous child well-being and research.
Looks at politics and practices of cross cultural communication by examining the historical and current status of American Indians as subjects and participants in the educational system.
Study involved principal, teachers, counselors, and program coordinators. Found most challenges were task-related. Provides recommendations for further research.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 5, no. 4, November 1999, pp. 308-316
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Examines barriers Native American students face and ways for Universities to attract students through increased financial aid, advertising, personal faculty outreach and establishing Native American resource centres.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 51, no. 1, Spring, 1999, pp. 29-30
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Ahenakew talks about the cultural practices and responsibilities surrounding oral history; discusses the collective nature of forming and maintaining oral history and its details. Discusses the roles of Elders who carry these histories in the community, and their skill at conveying a story or lesson.
Examines the self-determination, governance, and development issues facing Indian Country, including building effective governments, developing strong economies, solving difficult social problems, and balancing cultural integrity and change.
Duration: 1:02:39. Includes textual transcript.
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Information for Aboriginal people with AIDS who are in need of palliative care and their caregivers. Covers physical, spiritual/traditional, emotional, and mental aspects.
International Journal of Qualitative Methods, vol. 8, no. 1, 2009, pp. 21-40
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Explores how to apply Indigenous epistemologies and knowledges to research and discusses the issues and lessons learned from two culturally based research methods.
Anglican Journal, vol. 135, no. 1, January 2009, p. 4
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Looks at the need for spiritual reconciliation for former students, their families and the teachers of residential schools and how the Anglican church is responsible for helping these groups.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 4, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Linda Hogan, Winter, 1999, pp. 63-91
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Book reviews of:
Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940 by Brenda J. Child.
Visit Teepee Town edited by Diane Glancy and Mark Nowak.
Dark River by Louis Owens.
Family Matters, Tribal Affairs by Carter Revard.
Some Things Are Not Forgotten: A Pawnee Family Remembers by Martha Royce Blaine.
Indian Cartography by Deborah A.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 1999, pp. 213-268
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Book reviews of:
The Alabama-Coushatta Indians by Jonathan B. Hook.
American Indian Sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme Court: The Masking of Justice by David E. Wilkins.
The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich.
Apocalypse of Chiokoyhikoy: Chief of the Iroquois by Robert Griffin and Donald A. Grinde.
Dissonant Worlds, Roger Vandersteene Among the Cree by Earle H. Waugh.
Early Native American Writing edited by Helen Jaskoski.
Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian, Inc. by Mick Gidley.
A Grammar of Bella Coola by Philip W.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, 1999, pp. 195-238
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Book reviews of:
Beyond the Lodge of the Sun: Inner Mysteries of the Native American Way by Chokecherry Gall Eagle.
Chippewa Families: A Social Study of White Earth Reservation, 1938 by. M. Inez Hilger.
David Zeisberger: A Life Among the Indians by Earl P.