Pimatisiwin, vol. 9, no. 1, Summer, 2011, pp. 177-191
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Looks at a program that brings together university students with homeless youth to share information and experiences in a safe, supportive environment.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 18, no. 2, 2011, pp. 1-16
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A study examining the different reactions & psychological impact of Fighting Sioux-related images between American Indian and non-Indian college students’ at the University of North Dakota.
Discusses the work of visual artist Summer Zah; highlights the way in which the artist engages with media stereotypes and representations, and the effects they can have on individual identities as well as on mainstream perceptions of Indigenous peoples.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 1-18
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Discussion on the integration of two disparate intellectual trends in the humanities and social sciences, that of “unexpected places” and the work of linguistic anthropology.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 1-55
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Examines the role of religion in the stereotyping of Native Americans, and looks at the representations of Native American religion in theater through an analysis of visual images including John White's drawings, Theodor de Bry's engravings, and Paul Green's outdoor drama.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 168-204
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Authors document the life the Californian Indigenous man purported to be 121 years old and "last of his race" in 1873 and contemplate what can be learned from investigating the true stories of Indigenous centenarians; discusses the discourse of extinction surrounding centenarians, and the role it plays in the imagination of settler culture.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 191-192
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Book review of: Memories, Myths, and Dreams of an Ojibwe Leader by William Berens ; as told to A. Irving Hallowell and edited by Jennifer S.H. Brown and Susan Elaine Gray.
Sociology and Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2018.
Looks at four documentaries: Finding Dawn; The Pig Farm; Missing: The Documentary; and Highway of Tears.
Looks at some of the characters and controversies that have arisen due to the depictions of Indigenous peoples. Games examined include GUN, Custer's Revenge, Turok series, and Prey.
Publication of paper presented at Western Social Science Association 2018 Meeting, American Indian Studies Section. Author describes the current state of journalism and news media in the United States, discusses issues of funding, populism, political criticism, and the effects of data mining; examines the implications for Indigenous peoples, scholars and journalists.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 3, Native Narratives of Indigenous History and Culture, 2018, pp. 137-154
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Literary criticism piece which argues that Indigenous authors Linda Hogan and Tom Holm make use of the mystery fiction genre to present Indigenous narratives about the historic Osage oil murders, thereby allowing them a wide breadth of exposure.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 3, Native Narratives of Indigenous History and Culture, 2018, pp. 119-135
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Examines the content of studio publicity materials to discover traces of the labour and negotiation performed by Indigenous actors in the development and maintenance of their public personas while working in studio Hollywood. Author argues that actors were able to use their public personas to critique and influence onscreen representations of Indigenous people.
Nga Kai Para i te Kahikatoa: Maori Filmmaking, Forging a Path
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Author/Creator
Angela Moewaka Barnes
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Film, Television and Media Studies Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Aukland, 2011.
Focuses on films by Don Selwyn (Te Tangata Whai Rawa o Wēniti - Māori Merchant of Venice), Merata Mita (Mauri) and Barry Barclay (Ngati).
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 4, April 2011, p. 11
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Presents an editorial introducing the attempt made by the Chief and Council of Poundmaker to ban Antigone, a drama performance by Deanne Kasokeo.
Article found by scrolling to page 11.
Historical Studies in Education, vol. 30, no. 1, From Centennial to Sesquicentennial in Canada: Transformative Research in the History of Education, Spring, 2018, pp. 69-
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Compares two short documentaries: Off to School (1958), produced by the National Film Board and Alanis Obomsawin's Christmas at Moose Factory (1971). Discusses how popular and scholarly representations of the schools have changed since the first film was made.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2011.
Discusses works by Susan Power, James Welch, Sherman Alexie, Anna Lee Walters, Louis Owens, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Louise Erdrich.
Missing Women, Missing News: Covering Crisis in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
David Hugill
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Discusses the lack of attention paid by authorities and the press to the number of women who had gone missing from the Downtown Eastside.
Introduction from Missing Women, Missing News: Covering Crisis in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside by David Hugill.
Looks at the dominant visual representations of Native Americans and the use of photography as a form of resistance to racist photographic representations.
Examines the Oceti Sakowin water protectors’ camp as an Indigenous-led interreligious meeting and criticizes media representation of the water protectors as “protesters” while ignoring the religious and interfaith elements of the movement.
Website contains aggregation of visual, material and sonic collections based on the work Edward S. Curtis, the early 20th century photographer and amateur ethnographer who created the monumental 20 volume The North American Indian. The 25,000 media assets are accompanied by scholarly and contextual materials.
Alaska State Museums Bulletin, no. 43, August 23, 2011, p. [?]
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Overview of the use of photography to portray the indigenous populations and in mapping and surveying during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes photographs