Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Rachel Shawkence
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview with Mrs. Rachel Shawkence giving an account of her life. Name of interpreter/interviewer is missing. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
Mrs. Susan Shagonaby
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Susan Shagonaby
Earl DeLaVergne
Warner
Indian History Film Project
Description
General account of Susan Shagonaby's life with Earl DeLaVergne as interpreter. Interview conducted by Warner (unsure if this is first or last name).
Mrs. Widow Crane Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mrs. Crane
Louis Rain
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mrs. Crane recounts what she has been told of the history of the Hobbema Reserves.
Multivocal Narration and Cultural Negotiation: Dorris's A
Yellow Raft in Blue Water and Cloud Chamber
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gordon Slethaug
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1999, pp. [18]-29
Description
Explores the two novels in terms of being written using the viewpoints and voices of various characters to create a communal perspective and the common theme of accommodation rather than resistance.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Muscogee Nation Indian Territory: From Oral History to Found Poetry
Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Treat
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 3, Indigenous Peoples History, Spring, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Presents three poems that address key moments in Muscogee history: origins, removal and statehood.
Muting White Noise: Revisionary Native American Novelists
Theses
Author/Creator
James Howard Cox
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska, 1999.
Focuses on works by Thomas King, Sherman Alexie, and Gerald Vizenor.
"Mutual Answerability": Aesthetics, Ethics, Transgredients From Mikhail Bakhtin To Lee Smith To Leslie Marmon Silko
Theses
Author/Creator
Diana Kay Campbell
Description
[English] Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1999.
My Name Soars Like an Eagle
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
This, vol. 33, no. 2, September/October 1999, pp. 15-16
Description
Discusses the perceptions, influence and expectations that may derive from a name.
My Reflection of that Time
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeannette Armstrong
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 19-26
Description
Armstrong gives her personal account of the Indigenous rights movements that took place in British Columbia and across Canada, connecting the events and attitudes of the time to the larger Civil Rights Movement taking place across the continent and to other contemporary social/cultural shifts.
The Mythopoeic Vision in Native American Literature: The Problem of Myth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paula Gunn Allen
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, 1974, pp. 3-13
Description
Discusses concept of this narrative form, how it works and the part it plays in literature and life.
Narrating Intimate Partner Violence: Reclaiming Indigenous Women's Voices
Theses
Author/Creator
Chen Vu
Description
Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
Narrative Possession in Stephen Graham Jones's Ledfeather
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leah Pennywark
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. [89]-110
Description
Looks at themes of possession and history in the frontier gothic novel.
Narrative Wisps of the Ochekwi Sipi Past: A Journey in Recovering Collective Memories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Winona Stevenson
Oral History Forum, vol. 19-20, Indigenous Voices from the Great Plains, 1999-2000, pp. [113]-125
Description
Discusses history projects focusing on the complexities of translating the Elders oral histories into text.
Narratives and Identities in the Saint Lawrence Valley, 1667-1720
Alternate Title
Narratives and Identities in the St. Lawrence Valley, 1667-1720
Theses
Author/Creator
Linda Breuer Gray
p. 538
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1999.
Narrcise Brown Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Narrcise Brown
Louis Rain
Indian History Film Project
Description
Talks about the sale and lease of various lands and the fate of Sharphead and Papaschase reserves.
Nashine Ginwenimazawin: Constant Care
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shelley Vanderhoef
Description
Information for Aboriginal people with AIDS who are in need of palliative care and their caregivers. Covers physical, spiritual/traditional, emotional, and mental aspects.
[A National Crime: The Canadian Government and the Residential School System - 1879 to 1986]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael Angel
Manitoba History, vol. 38, Autumn / Winter, 1999-2000
Description
Book review of: A National Crime by John Milloy.
"National Memory" and Its Remainders: Labrador Inuit Counterhistories of Residential Schooling
Alternate Title
Power through Testimony: Reframing Residential Schools in the Age of Reconciliation
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Arie Molema
Description
Draws on 12 months of ethnographic fieldwork, including participant observation at Truth and Reconciliation Commission national events and 50 interviews with former students who have been denied recognition and compensation under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.
Chapter from Power through Testimony: Reframing Residential Schools in the Age of Reconciliation edited by Brieg Capitaine and Karine Vanthuyne.
Native American Mystery, Crime and Detective Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Stoecklein
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2017.
Looks at novels by Linda Hogan, Tom Holm, Frances Washburn, Louise Erdrich, Louis Owens, and Tony Hillerman, and films by Chris Eyre.
Native Americans
Alternate Title
Native Americans Teacher Guide
Core Knowledge History and Geography
Core Knowledge Curriculum Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rosie McCormick
Description
Five stories intended for use with Kindergarten students.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Guide.
[Native Education Resource LIst]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Education and Aboriginal Services
SD #78 (Fraser-Cascade)
Description
Extensive list of storybooks and novels, colour-coded for grade level and annotated.
Native Literature in Canada: A Comparative Study of the Coyote Trickster in the Literature of Thomas King and W.P. Kinsella
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen Fergusson
Description
Text in French. Comparative Canadian Literature Thesis (M.A.)--Université de Sherbrooke, 1999.
Native Poetics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth Lincoln
Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 45, no. 1, Native American Literature, Spring, 1999, pp. 146-184
Description
Looks at the cross-reference of Anglo-American and American Indian literatures as they have evolved over a century.
Native Writers Resisting Colonizing Practices in Canadian Historiography and Literature
Alternate Title
Native Writers Resisting Colonizing Practices in Canadian Historiography & Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Emma LaRocque
p. 337
Description
Interdisciplinary Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.
NAWPA [Native American Women Playwrights Archive] Authors' Roundtable
Documents & Presentations
Description
General discussion involving background, inspiration, and issues surrounding Native women in theatre.
Ned Laboucan Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ned Laboucan
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
This 75 year old man describes changes brought about by Treaty #8; promises of reserve at Prairie Lake; and confusion over treaty status of many northern people.
Negotiating Nisga'a Rights: An Interview with Joseph Gosnell
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Joseph Gosnell
Description
Topics discussed by Nisga'a Tribal Council Chairman, include Aboriginal title, ownership, courts, rights, and customary law.
Interview first published in Multinational Monitor, vol. 13, no. 9, September, 1992.
Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story
Alternate Title
Game Development Conference ; 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Dima Veryovka
Description
A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
Duration: 50:01.
Ngapartji Ngapartji: Finding Ethical Approaches to Research Involving Indigenous Peoples, Australian Perspectives
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gina Louise Hawkes
David Pollock
Barry Judd
Peter Phipps
Elinor Assoulin
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 17-41
Description
Article explores the process of integrating ethical research frameworks for engaging Indigenous communities into academic institutions. Authors use five personal vignettes to examine the potential pitfalls related to integrating Indigenous values knowledge systems with Western legal practices.
Niitsitapiisini: Our Way of Life: The Story of the Blackfoot People
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Glenbow Museum
Description
Virtual exhibition divided into six sections: how we lived with the buffalo; how we lived with the land; how we lived with other people; our world; and traditional stories.
Includes link to teacher toolkit.
Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage Shipping and Marine Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E. R. Jakobsen
Zebedee Nungak
Silas Elytuk Arngna’naaq
Peter F. K. Ittinuar
Kuupik Vandersee Kleist
Okalik Eegeesiak]
Description
Essays by authors from across Inuit Nunangat and Greenland discuss the possible impacts of the opening of the Passage due to climate change.
Nipi and Mother Earth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
Description
Primary reading level storybook.
No Takebacks
Alternate Title
No take backs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen Graham Jones
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 139-169
Description
Short fiction piece. When two friends develop an app for mobile devices the results are much different than they expect.
No Turning Back: A True Account of a Hopi Indian Girl's Struggle to Bridge the Gap Between the World of Her People and the World of the White Man
E-Books
Author/Creator
Polingaysi Qoyawayma (Elizabeth Q. White)
The "Noble Savage" in American Music and Literature, 1790-1855
Theses
Author/Creator
Jacob Mathew Somers
Description
Music History and Literature Thesis (M.A.)--Marshall University, 2017
Refers to James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans, Henry Russell's "The Indian Hunter", and Henry Woodsworth Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha .
Northern Literature: Look Here, Look Again
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maureen Long
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 5-8
Description
Introduction to the special literary issue.
Northern Resident Helps Bridge the Gap Between Cultures
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Black
Windspeaker, vol. 16, no. 12, April 1999, p. 16 s
Description
Brief profile of Mitiarjuk Attasie Nappaaluk, recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation in the Heritage and Spirituality category. Mitiarjuk is a Nunavik storyteller and teacher of Inuit culture, history, language and traditional knowledge.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.36.
“Not Exactly Like Heaven”: Theological Imperialism
in The Surrounded
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laird Christensen
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1999, pp. [2]-16
Description
Discussion of the historical novel's treatment of the disruption of Salish belief systems and social / family structures due to the impact of Christianity after contact.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Nunavut Backround With Paul Quassa
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Simeonie Kunnuk
Inuktitut, no. 85, 1999, pp. 7-19
Description
Interview regarding the land claims process and developments leading to the creation of Nunavut.
Ode to Loobey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stuart Hoahwah
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1999, p. [79]
Description
Poem.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Off-Reservation Boarding High School Teachers: How Are They Perceived by Former American Indian Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ben Chavis
The Social Science Journal, vol. 36, no. 1, January 1999, p. 33
Description
Discusses various recollections of the teacher-student relationships Native American's had with their former teachers in boarding school settings, and looks at the process of assimilation fostered within the context of an all-Indian boarding school.
Oh Canada, Whose Home and Native Land? Negotiating Multicultural, Aboriginal and Canadian Identity Narratives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Momina Khan
Michael Cottrell
Education Matters: The Journal of Teaching and Learning, vol. 5, no. 1, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the need to restructure the social studies curriculum that allows for more voices and narratives to be heard.
The Ojibwe Who Slew the Wiindigo
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 3, Indigenous Peoples History, Spring, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses colonization, historical trauma and historical loss symptoms.
Okwire’shon:’a, the First Storytellers: Recovering Landed Consciousness in Readings of Trees & Texts
Theses
Author/Creator
Kaitlin Sandra June Debicki
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2017. Refers to the works Power by Linda Hogan, Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, and Truth and Bright Water by Thomas King.
On the North Trail: The Treaty 8 Diary of O.C. Edwards
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Melinda Marie Jetté
BC Studies, no. 123, Treaty 8, Autumn, 1999, pp. 81-83
Description
Book review of: On the North Trail edited by David Leonard and Beverly Whalen.
Scroll down to page 81 to read review.
Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ezekiel Gow
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 174-175
Description
Book review of Once They Were Hats by Frances Backhouse.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 174.
One Writer, Becoming
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Lord
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 9-17
Description
Author is presented with letters written to a friend 40 years previously and reflects on her younger self.
"Only the Drum is Confident": Simulations and Syncretisms in Native American Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Darrell Jesse Peters
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 1999.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Ten: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation