The State and Indigenous Movements
Alternate Title
Indigenous Peoples and Politics
E-Books
Author/Creator
Keri E. Iyall Smith
A Story of Identity: A Cautionary Tale
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick J. Lewis
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 114-121
Description
Discusses how a university dealt with a complaint about a student who misrepresented themselves as Métis.
Strategic Planning and Policy Development
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Murray Browne
Jeanie Lanine
Kathryn Deo
Woodward & Company
Description
Looks at strategic planning and developing policies by First Nations governments to ensure that they are operating efficiently, effectively, and in ways that are respectful of their culture and vision.
Strong Women Stories: Native Vision and Community Survival
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gertie Mai Muise
Laura Schwager
Carole Leclair
Lynn Nicholson
Elize Hartley ... [et al.]
Supporting Children and Families with Sustained Community Transformations
Alternate Title
Supporting Indigenous Children's Development: Community-University Partnerships
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Alan Pence
Description
Preface and chapter eight from book: Supporting Indigenous Children's Development: Community-University Partnerships.
Survivance and Fluidity: George Conway's The Life, History, and Travels of Kah-Ge-ga-gah-bowh
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cathy Rex
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 2, Summer, 2006, pp. 1-33
Description
Contends that the autobiographical work demonstrates a self-determined identity that defies nineteenth century national, social, racial and intellectual categories and successfully integrates his Ojibwe, American and British cultures.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
Surviving Wounded Knee: The Lakotas and the Politics of Memory
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael Mclean
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, Winter, 2017, p. 73
Description
Book review of: Surviving Wounded Knee by David W. Grua.
Switchbacks: Art, Ownership, and Nuxalk National Identity in Bella Coola, British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Kramer
Description
Arts and Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 2003.
Take Nothing in Life for Granted
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, June 17, 2006, p. A16
Description
Columnist relates his experiences regarding the death of his son due to an industrial accident.
Taking Ownership: The Implementation of a Non-Aboriginal Program for On-Reserve Children
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle Beatch
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2006.
Tan' Bawang (Homeland): Cultural Safety and the Kelabit Land Struggle in Borneo
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natasha Blanchet-Cohen
Mutang Urud
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Fostering Cultural Safety Across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 170-178
Description
Discusses intergenerational community mapping and language revitalization as a way for youth and elders to protect identity.
Te reo karanga o ngā tauria Māori : Māori Students : Their Voices, Their Stories at the University of Canterbury, 1996-1998.
Alternate Title
Te reo karanga o nga tauria Maori : Maori Students : Their Voices, Their Stories at the University of Canterbury, 1996-1998.
Theses
Author/Creator
Hazel Phillips
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Canterbury, 2003
Te Reo Māori me te Tuakiri Ā-Motu
Alternate Title
Ngā Whakakitenga a Te Kura Roa: Whaihua ; Pūrongo 6
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rawinia Higgins
Poia Rewi
Vincent Olsen-Reeder
Description
Findings from project involving Maori language.
Telling Stories About Places for Sustainability: A Case Study of the Islands in the Salish Sea Community Mapping Project
Theses
Author/Creator
Vanessa Sparrow
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2006.
Their Spirits Live Within Us: Aboriginal Women in Downtown Eastside Vancouver Emerging into Visible
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dara Culhane
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3, [Urban American Indian Womens Activism], Summer - Autumn, 2003, pp. 593-606
Description
Comments on the "invisibility" of Aboriginal women and their desire to be included in the larger community's struggle for recognition and respect.
Therapeutic Landscapes and First Nations Peoples: An Exploration of Culture, Health and Place
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Wilson
Health & Place , vol. 9, 2003, pp. 83-93
Description
Summarizes interviews held with Anishinabek (Ojibway and Odawa) First Nations of northern Ontario which show the importance of culture in everyday life.
Thinking with Nunangat in Proposing Pedagogies for/with Inuit Early Childhood Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Caroline Rowan
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Brunswick, 2017.
Those Who Belong: Identity, Family, Blood and Citizenship Among the White Earth Anishinaabeg
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean Dennison
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 104-105
Description
Book review of: Those Who Belong by Jill Doerfler.
To Be or Not to Be Indigenous: Identity, Race, and Representation in Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cornel Pewewardy
Indigenous Nations Studies Journal, vol. 4, no. 2, Fall, 2003, pp. 69-91
Description
Discusses tribal identity from a tribal member's world view.
Tourism and Sámi Identity: An Analysis of the Tourism-Identity Nexus in a Sámi Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arvid Viken
Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, vol. 6, no. 1, Special Issue: Tourism and the Sámi, 2006, pp. 7-24
Description
Study discovers three main reactions to tourism.
Tourism in Gwaii Haanas: Contributions to Haida Gwaii Communities and Co-management
Theses
Author/Creator
Rachel Elliott
Description
Resource and Environmental Management Thesis (MREM)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
The Touristic Construction of the "Emblematic" Sámi
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kjell Olsen
Acta Borealia, vol. 20, no. 1, June 2003, pp. 3-20
Description
Discusses how the Sámi people are portrayed in tourism.
Toward a Pedagogy and Ethic of Law/Lawyering For Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Zuni Cruz
North Dakota Law Review, vol. 82, no. 3, The Pedagogy of American Indian Law, 2006, pp. 863-901
Description
Author reflects on teaching at an Indian law clinic using an indigenous perspective.
Towards an Essential Native America Identity: A Theoretical Overview
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jyotirmaya Tripathy
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, 2006, pp. 313-329
Description
Argues that identity is more about self identification and culture then about blood.
Traces of Past Sami Forest Use: An Ecological Study of Culturally Modified Trees and Earlier Land Use Within a Boreal Forest Reserve
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lars Östlund
Tysk Staffan Ericsson
Olle Zackrisson
Rikard Andersson
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, vol. 18, no. 1, January 2003, pp. 78-89
Description
Studies the effect of settlement on forest resources over a period of one hundred years in the Piteälven river valley in Sweden.
Traditional Healing Practices in an Urban Indigenous Setting: An Autoethnography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalie St-Denis
Christine A. Walsh
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. [50]-64
Description
Authors share stories and experiences integrating decolonizing frameworks into social work practices.
Transformative Learning, Tribal Membership and Cultural Restoration: A Case Study of an Embedded Native American Service-learning at a Research University
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brent E. Sykes
Joy Pendley
Zermarie Deacon
Gateways, vol. 10, 2017, pp. 204-228
Description
Looks at the development and implementation of a tribal-initiated service-learning project.
The Transformative Nature of Culture-Based Literacy Provision in Native Literacy Programs
Theses
Author/Creator
Nancy Lorraine Cooper
Description
Adult Education and Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, 2006.
Trauma, Child Development, Healing and Resilience: A Review of Literature with Focus on Indigenous Peoples and Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Nicole Sherren
Deanna Yerichuk
Description
Search of literature published between 2010 and 2016 which focused on either Alberta or Canada produced 44 results. Results are arranged under the headings interconnected worldview, development of legal traditions, positive individual and collective identity, and self-determination.
Treaty: Let's Get it Right!
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Mansell
Larissa Behrendt
Mick Dodson
Marcia Langton
Lisa Palmer ... [et al.]
“‘Tubbee’ and His Nieces: A Colloquy on White Men, Choctaw Women, Intermarriage and ‘Indianness’ in the Choctaw Intelligencer, 1851”
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 6th, 2005
Native Women in the Arts, Education and Leadership: Proceedings of the Sixth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Richard Mize
Description
Examines a series of letters to the editor that illuminate gender issues in the early Oklahoma Indian Territory.
The Turtle's Beating Heart: One Family's Story of Lenape Survival
Alternate Title
American Indian Lives
E-Books
Author/Creator
Denise Low
A Tutelo Inquiry: The Ethnohistory of Chief Samuel Johns's Correspondence with Dr. Frank G. Speck
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jay Hansford C. Vest
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 2006, pp. 63-84
Description
Analysis of the inititiatives by the Tutelo of the Six Nations Reserve at Grand River, Ontario to protect their identity and culture amid the Great League of the Iroquois Nations in 1934-35.
Twenty Years of Change in Race and Political Relations in South Dakota: Notes from Indian Country
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tim Giago
Indigenous Policy: Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring, 2006, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the author's perspectives regarding the steps that have been taken towards addressing race equality issues in South Dakota.
Full issue on one page.
Two-spirits: Conceptualization in a L’nuwey Worldview
Theses
Author/Creator
John R. Sylliboy
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2017
U.S. Governmental and Native Voices in the Nineteenth Century: Rhetoric in the Removal and Allotment of American Indians
Theses
Author/Creator
Jason Edward Black
Description
[Communication] Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Maryland, 2006.
Uncertain Margins: Métis and Saulteaux Identities in St-Paul des Saulteaux, Red River 1821 - 1870
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole St-Onge
Manitoba History, no. 53, October 2006, pp. 2-10
Description
Describes ethnic differences between the two groups and the evolution of some similar cultural elements.
Understanding Cree Protocol in the Shifting Passages of "Old Keyam"
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Deanna Reder
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 31, no. 1, For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada, 2006, pp. 50-64
Description
Review article of, Voices of the Plains Cree by Edward Ahenakew.
Understanding Our Past, Reclaiming Our Culture: Conceptualizing Métis Culture and Mental Health in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Monique D. Auger
Description
Health Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
Understanding the Impact of Indian Residential Schools on Cultural Identity: Canadian Indigenous Perspectives and Practices of Spirituality: A Qualitative Study with Storytelling as Narrative
Theses
Author/Creator
Carole L. Patrick
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saybrook University, 2017.
Une approche de recherche en écosanté peut-elle aider à résoudre les problématiques liées aux chiens à Kuujjuaq ?
Alternate Title
Can an Ecohealth Research Approach Contribute to the Resolution of Dog-Related Issues in Kuujjuaq?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Audrey Simon
Johanne Saint-Charles
Francis Lévesque
André Ravel
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 307-325
Description
Authors of this study examine the tensions, concerns, and cultural factors around dog management in a community in Nunavik, Quebec; following this community assessment they work to articulate an EcoHealth approach to this issue that will engage the myriad of factors surround the controversy.
Text in French.
[University Admissions Roundtable]
Alternate Title
Daniels: In and Beyond the Law
Aboriginal Admissions and Métis Identity, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Affirmative Action, Self Identification
Responsibilities of Universities in View of the Daniels Decision
Where are You From? Reframing Facilitated Admissions Policies in the Faculty of Health Sciences
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Danielle Soucy
Valerie Arnault-Pelletier
Lisa Collins
Kara Paul
André Costopoulos
Description
Representatives from Canadian universities discuss their institution's policies about proof of Indigenous identity when individuals apply for equity seats.
Duration: 53:08.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Unsettling Expo 67: Developmentalism & Colonial Humanism at
Montreal’s World Exhibition
Theses
Author/Creator
Romney Copeman
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Montreal, 2017.
Unsettling Methodologies/Decolonizing Movements
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Fortier
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. [20]-36
Description
Author reflects on the role of non-Indigenous peoples in decolonizing research methods and cultural participation using the core themes of identity and belonging, accountability and consent, and responsibility and appropriation.
Unwriting Manifest Borders: On Culture and Nature in Leslie Marmon Silko, James Welch and Linda Hogan
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Roland Gerhard Mike Walter
Dialogos (Maringa) , vol. 28, no. 1, 2006, pp. 7-11
Description
Discusses themes of multiculturalism in the novels Gardens in the Dune, The Heartsong of Charging Elk, and Power.
Urban Aboriginal People: A Claimed Identity
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Regroupement des centres d’amitié autochtones du Quebec (RCAAQ)
Urban Indigenous Cultural Productions in Quebec: Vital Connections to Cultural Reconstruction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stéphane Guimont Marceau
Janice Cindy Gaudet
Véronique Audet
Marie-Josée Parent
Mélanie Lumsden ... [et al.]
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 89-97
Description
Results of research conducted through 49 one-on-one interviews and 10 sharing circles.
The Use of Film as a Vehicle for Traditional Storytelling Forms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Geddes
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 40, no. 2, 2003, pp. 65-70
Description
Discusses how storytelling can help with cultural and personal identity and other benefits.
The Use of the Term 'Culture' by the Supreme Court of Canada: A Comparison of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Cases Since 1982
Theses
Author/Creator
Neil Vallance
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2003.