Clowning Tops Hip Hop: Reflections on Teaching at a First Nations School
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Davis
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Victoria, 2015.
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac: A Curriculum Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ann Dutton Ewbank
Description
Curriculum has flexibility to be adapted for use with grades 4-12. Novel is about the Navajo Marines of World War II.
Coded Territories: Tracing Indigenous Pathways in New Media Art
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Elise Huffer
AlterNative, vol. 11, no. 4, 2015, pp. 428-430
Description
Book review of: Coded Territories edited by Steven Loft and Kerry Swanson.
Collaborative Authorship and Indigenous Literatures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Albert Braz
CLCWEB: Comparative Literature and Culture, vol. 13, no. 2, Thematic Issue: About Indigenous Literatures, June 2011, pp. 1-10
Description
Looks at traditional definitions of writer versus author and how these definitions do not fit within Indigenous literatures.
Collapse/X Artifact/Whirling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Crisosto Apache
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 4, 2015, pp. 121-132
Description
Poem by Crisosto Apache, an enrolled Mescalero Apache member from New Mexico.
The Collected Writings of Samson Occom, Mohegan: Leadership and Literature in Eighteenth-Century Native America
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kay Yandell
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 2, Fall, 2011, pp. 92-94
Description
Book review of: The Collected Writings of Samson Occom, Mohegan edited by Joanna Brooks.
The Columbian Moment: Overcoming Globalization in Vizenor’s The Heirs of Columbus
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David J. Carlson
Transmotion, vol. 1, no. 2, November 20, 2015, pp. 26-46
Description
Author considers the philosophical writings of Amartya Sen and Giacomo Marramao as a context for rethinking the meanings embedded in Vizenor’s novel, The Heirs of Columbus.
Communicable Stories: HIV in Canadian Aboriginal Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Katherine Shwetz
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2011.
Communicating Between Oral and Written in Gerald Vizenor's Hiroshima Bugi: Atomu 57
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Selma Raljević
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.
Community-Based Indigenous Digital Storytelling With Elders and Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judy Iseke
Sylvia Moore
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, 2011, pp. 19-38
Description
Examines four digital storytelling projects including exploring strategies for creating and designing digital stories.
Companion to James Welch's The Heartsong of Charging Elk
E-Books
Author/Creator
James Welch
Kathryn W. Shanley
Owen Heidemann
Lois M. Welch
John Purdy ... [et al.]
Conceptualizing Teachers' Perceptions of Aboriginal Student Achievement: An Exploratory Study
Theses
Author/Creator
Joseph Victor Pearce
Description
Educational Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2015.
Conjoint Therapy for Intimate Partner Violence Among Aboriginal Couples: Service Provider's Perspectives on Therapeutic Content and Activities
Alternate Title
Conjoint Therapy for Intimate Partner Violence Among Indigenous Couples: Service Provider's Perspectives on Therapeutic Content and Activities
Theses
Author/Creator
Parisa Ghanbari
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 2015.
The Constitution of the White Earth Nation: A New Innovation in a Longstanding Indigenous Literary Tradition
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Brooks
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 4, Winter, 2011, pp. [48]-74
Description
Discusses the history of codifying societal and governance practices using examples from various First Nations, and argues that Gerald Vizenor's Constitution is part of this continuum.
Scroll to page 48 for article.
Contacting the Dead: Echoes from the Haisla Diaspora in Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach
Theses
Author/Creator
Gerard Joshua Moore
Description
English, Film and Theatre Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2011.
Contemporary Native American Women Artists of the Great Plains
Alternate Title
[Plains Women Artists]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Carol Emarthle-Douglas
Anita Fields
Teri Greeves
Nancy Marie Mithlo
Description
Three artists who participated in the exhibition Tipi: Heritage of the Great Plains discuss the relationship between their culture, personal lives, and their work.
Duration: 1:59:05.
Contributing to Health Reform: Urban Aboriginal Women Speak Out
Theses
Author/Creator
Donna Lee Marie Kurtz
Description
[Nursing] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, 2011.
A Conversation with the World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lonnie Graham
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 98-111
Description
Looks at two groups photographed and interviewed for the project: First Nations youth from Calgary, Alberta and Te Ora Hou, a Maori youth organization in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Conversations with a Dead Man: The Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Keith D. Smith
BC Studies, no. 185, Barkerville, Spring, 2015, pp. 225-226
Description
Book review of Conversations with a Dead Man by Mark Abley.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 225.
Copy of Official Reports (116H) from Major General Middleton, C.B. (Commanding North-West Field Force), Concerning the Engagements at Fish Creek, on the 24th April, 1885, Poundmaker's Camp (Near Cree's Reserve) 2nd May, 1885, Batoche, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th May, 1885
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fred Middleton
[W.D. Otter]
Coyote in Love: The Story of Crater Lake: Illustrated & Retold by Mindy Dwyer: Teacher Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mindy Dwyer
Description
Story about how Coyote's love for a star resulted in the formation of a lake in Oregon.
Coyote is Not a Metaphor: On Decolonizing, (Re)claiming and (Re)naming Coyote
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cutcha Risling Baldy
Decolonization, vol. 4, no. 1, 2015, pp. 1-20
Description
Explores how Coyote First Person has incorrectly come to be seen as a trickster archetype but actually is a character who supports Indigenous ideas about the world.
"Coyote Was Walking ...": Management Education in Indian Time
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Klemm Verbos
Deanna M. Kennedy
Joe S. Gladstone
Journal of Management Education, vol. 35, no. 1, February 2011, pp. 51-65
Description
Presents a story to show Native American perspectives on time, teaching, and learning.
Creating Space For an Indigenous Approach to Digital Storytelling: "Living Breath" of Survivance With an Anishinaabe Community in Northern Michigan
Theses
Author/Creator
Brenda K. Manuelito
Description
Leadership and Change Thesis (Ph.D.)--Antioch University, 2015.
Cree, Canadian and American: Negotiating Sovereignties with Jeff Lemire's Equinox and "Justice League Canada"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Will Smith
Luminary, no. 6, Visualizing Fantastika, Summer, 2015, p. [?]
Description
Looks at a superhero team storyline set in Northern Ontario which underscores how the characters can provide real-life negotiations of American, Canadian and Indigenous identity.
Cree Creation Story
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Norm Wesley
Description
Story told by a member of Moose Cree First Nation.
Duration: 8:20.
[Cree Cultural Teachings, pt. 1]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sylvia McAdam
Description
Looks at creator's laws and human birth story.
Lecture to the Intercultural Leadership Program, First Nations University of Canada.
Duration: 59: 08.
Cree Lawfulness and Unlawfulness
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Val Napolean
JOTWELL, September 3, 2015, p. [?]
Description
Analysis of the novel Birdie by Tracey Lindberg.
[Criminal Justice Since Gladue: What's Changed and What Hasn't]
Alternate Title
McKercher LLP Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jonathan Rudin
Yvonne Johnson
Description
Focuses on the importance of the decision and Gladue reports, which give judges a picture of Aboriginal offender's past experiences and circumstances. These reports are taken into consideration when sentencing decisions are made.
Followed by talk by Yvonne Johnson co-author of Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman.
Total duration: 1:05:43.
Crow is my Boss:The Oral Life History of a Tanacross Athabaskan Elder
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Chad Thompson
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 124, no. 491, Winter, 2011, pp. 117-118
Description
Book review of: Crow is my Boss:The Oral Life History of a Tanacross Athabaskan Elder by Kenny Thomas.
A Crystal Clear Dream
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Flatmouth
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 23, no. 1, Beyond Racism, Fall, 2011, pp. 58-59
Description
Presents a short story titled, A Crystal Clear Dream, written by Mary Flatmouth.
Cultivating Canada: Reconciliation Through the Lens of Cultural Diversity
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ashok Mathur
Shirley Bear
Henry Tsang
Glen Lowry
Cheryl L'Hirondelle
Joseph Naytowhow ...
Elwood Jimmy
Dorothy Christian ...
Miriam Jordan ...
Bonita Lawrence ...
Jonathan Dewar
Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research Series
The Cultural Twilight
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Treuer
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 47-54
Description
Looks back over the field of Native American literature and criticism, and makes some predictions as to the future direction of American Indian studies.
Currents of Trans/national Criticism in Indigenous Literary Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Heath Justice
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, Summer, 2011, pp. 334-352
Description
Discusses transnational and national criticism in Indigenous literary studies.
[Dawnland Voices: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing From New England]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sharity Bassett
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 2, Summer, 2015, pp. 106-108
Description
Book review of: Dawnland Voices edited by Siobhan Senier.
Deep Waters: The Textual Continuum in American Indian Literature
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lauren Grewe and Matt Cohen
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 2, Fall, 2011, pp. 102-105
Description
Book review of: Deep Waters by Christopher B. Teuton.
Delivering Away From Home: The Perinatal Experiences of First Nations Women in Northwestern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry O'Driscoll
Len Kelly
Lauren Payne
Natalie St. Pierre-Hansen
Helen Cromarty ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, vol. 16, no. 4, Fall, 2011, pp. 126-130
Description
Study included systematic review of literature about prenatal education and care, and maternal health literacy, as well as interviews with 13 women who had been relocated from remote communities to Sioux Lookout, Ontario to give birth.
Depression Among Aboriginal People Living With HIV in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roy Cain
Randy Jackson
Tracey Prentice
Judy Mill
Evan Collins
Kevin Barlow
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 105-120
Description
Results from in-depth semi-structured interviews with 72 participants.
Developing Identity as a Light-Skinned Aboriginal Person with Little or No Community and/or Kinship Ties
Theses
Author/Creator
Bindi Bennett
Description
Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian Catholic University, 2015.
Diary of Lieutenant R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Infantry School Corps, April 8, 1885 to July 20, 1885, N.W. Campaign.
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
R. Lyndhurst Wadmore
Description
Original diary and various papers of R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Lieutenant of the Royal Canadian Regiment during the Northwest Resistance, covering from 8 April to 20 July 1885. Included in diary pocket is a requisition for short boots that was signed by Wadmore on May 1885, lyrics of the Infantry School Corps fight song, and a Victoria Daily Times article from 23 June 1944 about the remaining members of the Northwest Field Force and their experiences.
Digital Stories: First Nations Women Explore the Legacy of Residential Schools
Alternate Title
Am My Mother`s Daughter
Mary-Lou and Me
My Journey Into Motherhood
nikâwiy ekwa niya
Walking In A Good Way on Mother Earth
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Claudette Michell
Lisa Forbes
Lisa Murdock
Lorena Fontaine
Roberta Stout
Wendy McNab
Description
Six brief videos by daughters of women who are residential school survivors. Done in conjunction with the kiskinohamâtôtâpânâsk: Inter-generational Effects on Professional First Nations Women Whose Mothers are Residential School Survivors project.
Digital Storytelling: A Tool for Health Promotion and Cancer Awareness in Rural Alaskan Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melany Cueva
Regina Kuhnley
Laura Revels
Nancy E. Schoenberg
Mark Dignan
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 74, 2015, p. article no. 28781
Description
Participants reported digital stories as an acceptable and emotionally engaging way to increase their cancer awareness.
Dishinikawshon Jesse: A Life Transformed
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jesse Adrian Thistle
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 2015, pp. 69-93
Description
Autobiographical sketch of Jesse Thistle, who overcame addiction and homelessness and obtained a post-secondary education.
Dispersed, But Not Destroyed: Leadership, Women, and Power Within the Wendat Diaspora, 1600-1701
Theses
Author/Creator
Kathryn Magee
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio State University, 2011.
Documenting the Dakota: Lucy Margaret Baker
Alternate Title
Lucy Margaret Baker Fonds (F 375)
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Archives Board
Description
Records in the Margaret Baker fonds collection tell the story of the development of the Wahpeton reserve and Lucy Baker's activities as a missionary teacher. Reflects stereotypical views of the time.
Does the EDI Equivalently Measure Facets of School Readiness for Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Children?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nazeem Muhajarine
Chassidy Puchala
Magdalena Janus
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.
Domestic Trails: Indian Rights and National Belonging in Works by E. Pauline Johnson and John M. Oskison
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beth H. Piatote
American quarterly, vol. 63, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 95-116
Description
Looks at literary works about the law regarding interracial marriage.
Douglas Talks About ... The National Museum of the American Indian: Part One
Alternate Title
Stories from the Douglas Cardinal Collection
[Douglas Cardinal Archive Project]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Douglas Cardinal
Elizabeth Paradis
Description
Canadian architect Douglas Cardinal talks about the process of being commissioned for the project and the development of his design.
Duration: 19:26.
Douglas Talks About ... The National Museum of the American Indian: Part Two
Alternate Title
Stories from the Douglas Cardinal Collection
[Douglas Cardinal Archive Project]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Douglas Cardinal
Elizabeth Paradis
Description
Douglas Cardinal talks about the issues that arose during construction of the building and the events which ultimately led to termination of his participation in the project.
Duration: 15:59.