Aboriginal History, vol. 42, December 2018, pp. 141-172
Description
Author explores oral traditions which document what is now Musgrave Park in South Brisbane, Queensland as a pre-settlement Aboriginal camp and meeting place; offers critical assessment of settler narratives surrounding Indigenous camps as inaccurate and marginalizing.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 209-210
Description
Book review of: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics, Memoir 21, 2010 exactly as told by Cecilia Masuskapoe, in a critical edition by H.C. Wolfart, Freda Ahenakew.
Coming Into Wisdom: Community, Family, Land, and Love
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 6, no. Special Issue 1, The Pan-Territorial on-the-Land Summit, July 2018, pp. 12-17
Description
Simpson uses traditional stories and teachings to talk about traditional knowledge systems, ways of knowing and learning, and the interconnectedness of ecosystems and of generations.
Video of Conference Presentation: Freedom Sings: Indigenous Brilliance on the Land
Duration: 42:29
Komunikacija i Kultura Online, vol. 2, no. 2, 2011, pp. 259-266
Description
Uses myth and reality, connected through the trickster, to incorporate oral tradition into the contemporary novels in what is referred to as a kabuki novel.
Social Indicators Research, vol. 103, no. 3, September 2011, pp. 299-314
Description
Analyzes Early Development Instrument to measure kindergarten children in the following categories: physical health and well-being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive development, communication skills, and general knowledge.
FNESC/FNSA English First Peoples 10, 11, and 12 Teacher Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
First Nations Schools Association (FNSA)
Description
Includes advice for non-Indigenous teachers teaching the class, list of recommended texts, and instruction and assessment units. Course conforms to the British Columbia curriculum, but incorporates literature from across Canada and the United States.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 6, no. Special Issue 2, Connectivity in Northern and Indigenous Communities, October 2018, pp. 54-60
Description
Discusses infrastructure challenges surrounding internet connectivity in NWT, strategies for meeting these challenges, and how increased connectivity requires increased digital literacy. Stresses that increased competency with digital technologies allows for them to be used as methods of cultural preservation.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, pp. 205-206
Description
Book review of: Family Origin Histories as told by Tyee Bob, Sa:ya:sh'pis, William Qwishanishim et al. and edited by Eugene Arima, Henry Kammler, Terry Klokeid and Katherine Robinson.
Website contains links, some with access to the full text of presentations, from a conference which explores intellectual thought and cultural development of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Many of the presenters were Canadian.
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 56, no. 2, February 2011, pp. 75-83
Description
Looks at how psychiatry can best capitalize on its growing debate regarding the role of culture in care offered to First Nations and Inuit youth who abuse substances.
Future Rivers of the Anthropocene or Whose Anthropocene Is It? Decolonizing the Anthropocene!
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eleanor Hayman
Colleen James (G̱ooch Tláa)
Mark Wedge (Aan Gooshú)
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. [76]-92
Description
Considers how Tlingit and Tagish oral traditions about the sentience of glaciers might be used to inform discussions about the effects of climate change. Argues that concepts of “slow activism” and “narrative ecologies" embedded in these traditions can help to upset mainstream perceptions of environmental realities.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2011 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Fall, 2011, pp. 1-17
Description
Looks at maintaining cultural identity while living in an urban environment.
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.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 1, 2018, pp. 91-104
Description
Using evidence ranging from cuneiform tablets the contemporary anthropological writings this study examines and compares different cultural explanations for the face in the moon.
English Studies in Canada, vol. 37, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 63-84
Description
Uses a conversation between two fictitious characters to illustrate aspects of the author's term "word bundles" as it relates to Indigenous concepts of community and storytelling.
American Literature, vol. 83, no. 4, December 2011, pp. 880-882
Description
Book reviews of:
Indigenous Storywork: Educating the Heart, Mind, Body and Spirit by Jo-ann Archibald.
Tribal Theory in Native American Literature: Dakota and Haudenosaunee Writing and Indigenous Worldviews by Penelope Myrtle Kelsey.
Book reviews found by scrolling to page 880.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 1-18
Description
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.
Discusses two perspectives on repatriation of cultural property in relation to virtual repatriation and associated community media projects by the Doig River First Nation and the Inuvialuit community in the western Arctic and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
Duration: 40:36
Kaupapa Korero: A Maori Cultural Approach to Narrative Inquiry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Felicity Ware
Mary Breheny
Margaret Forster
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 45-53
Description
Focuses on Maori principles, concept of narrative and analysis, and argues this approach ensures how the stories are shared, presented and understood conforms to cultural preferences.
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2018, pp. 113-120
Description
Discusses the active role of Maize within Wixáritari ceremony from cultivation to harvesting, emphasizing the role of women in preparing Corn-based substances for ceremonial offerings. Through storytelling and performative practices women are active in transmitting the relationships between corn and community.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 9, no. 1, Summer, 2011, pp. 193-217
Description
Comments on the psychoanalysis of myth and what can be learned from a century of Aboriginal myths and stories. Includes the story, How it Came About That Some People Are Small and Some Large.