Theses
Author/Creator
Clifford Gordon Atleo
Description
Human and Social Development Thesis (M.A.)--Univeristy of Victoria, 2008.
Oh Canada. Our Canada. One of Four Against
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Fyre Jean Graveline
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. 81-88
Description
Prose expresses the disappointment Aboriginal people feel in knowing that the United Nations Declaration on the Right of Indigenous Peoples was not signed.
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 Critical Frameworks for Analyzing Indigenous Literature: The Case of Monkey Beach
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michèle Lacombe
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 253-276
Description
Focuses on ways to examine author Eden Robinson’s novel using approaches based on creation stories and urban "post-Indian" perspectives.
On Intimate Grammars: With Examples From Navajo English, Navlish, and Navajo
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony K. Webster
Journal of Anthropological Research, vol. 66, no. 2, Summer, 2010, pp. 187-208
Description
Looks at ways individuals engage with languages.
On the Path of the Elders
Alternate Title
Mushkegowuk Cree, Anishinaabe Ojibway: Explore Treaty 9: As Understood by Our Elders
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
On The Path of the Elders
Description
Includes links to: on-line game, galleries (elders video collection, Doug Ellis Collection of audio recordings of legends, personal stories, memories and conversations gathered between 1955 and 1965; Deschâtelets Archive of photographs taken around the time of Treaty 9), history, and teacher's guides for grades 4-10.
On The Politics of Indigeneity: North American and Pacific Histories
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Doug Kiel
Journal of Social History, vol. 44, no. 1, Fall, 2010, pp. 239-245
Description
Book reviews of:
Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom by Tiya Miles.
Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century North-west Coast by Paige Raibmon.
Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity by J. Kēhaulani Kauanui.
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 Native Life
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Donna Beyer
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 169-172
Description
Book review of: One Native Life by Richard Wagamese.
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.
[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
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Opikinawasowin: The Life Long Process of Growing Cree and Metis Children
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Leah Marie Dorion
Description
Integrated Studies Project (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2010.
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The Opinions of Ambulance Personnel Regarding Using a Heated Mattress for Patients Being Cared for in a Cold Climate - An Intervention Study in Ambulance Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonas Aléx
Tom Uppstu
Britt-Inger Saveman
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1379305
Description
Ambulance personnel from northern Sweden rate their experiences as being positive for patient comfort.
Othering, Power Relations, and Indigenous Tourism: Experiences in Australia's Northern Territory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katie Bresner
PlatForum, vol. 11, 2010, pp. 10-26
Description
Describes personal tourist experiences in Kakadu National Park, Alice Springs, and Ulura-Kata Tjuta National Park.
Our Stolen Grandmother: The Entanglement of Slavery and Colonization in Anna Lee Walters's Ghost Singer
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reid Gómez
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 70-90
Description
This literary criticism article examines the intersections and lasting consequences of settler colonialism and the chattel enslavement of African people on North American lands, cultures and identities in the context of the novel.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Our Women and Girls Are Sacred: Interim Report: The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marion Buller
Michèle Audette
Brian Eyolfson
Qajaq Robinson
Outsourcing Reconciliation: The Government of Canada's #IndigenousReads Campaign and the Appropriation of Indigenous Intellectual Labor
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pauline Wakeham
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 1-30
Description
Author examines the #IndigenousReads campaign, considering it as a case study of reconciliatory gestures made by the Canadian Government; points out that reconciliation projects rely too heavily on the work of Indigenous writers and scholars, and fail to build cross-cultural relationships.
The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Caroline Leaf
Description
Animated Inuit story demonstrates the magic and beauty of family as well as the inherent struggles that arise from cultural differences.
Duration: 7:38
Paitarkiutenka: My Legacy to You (Book Review)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Meagan Gough
Oral History Review, vol. 37, no. 1, Winter/Spring, 2010, pp. 102-104
Description
Book Review of Paitarkiutenka: My Legacy to You by Frank "Miisaq" Andrew Sr.
Pan-Territorial Report: A Study of Women's Homelessness North of 60
Alternate Title
Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Judie Bobb
Rian van Bruggen
Shylah Elliott
Lyda Fuller
Mira Hache ... [et al.]
Description
Results of interviews or focus group sessions with 205 women (66 in the Northwest Territories, 66 in Yukon and 73 in Nunavut). Fifty-three percent were Inuit, 30 percent First Nations, 10 percent Caucasian, 5 percent Inuvialuit, 1 percent Métis, and 1 percent immigrant.
Chapter 4.5 of Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada edited by J. David Hulchanski, Phillippa Campsie, Shirley B.Y. Chau ... [et al.].
The Paradox of Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues
Alternate Title
ISSA Proceedings ; 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
International Society for the Study of Argumentation
Description
Comments on a novel which features an American Indian blues band named Coyote Springs.
Parents, Their Children, and the State: Intimate Perspectives on Reconciliation in Porcupines and China Dolls
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily Hazlett
English Studies in Canada, vol. 36, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 49-70
Description
Argues that the Canadian state's efforts to disrupt Aboriginal family life and isolate children from their parents, are not being recognized in redress claims.
Past Glory of the Plains Cree Recalled by Chief Thunderchild
Book Reviews
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 4, no. 1, January 1974, pp. 37-38
Description
Review of book: Voices of the Plains Cree by Edward Ahenakew (d. 1961).
Patterns in Contemporary Canadian Picture Books: Radical Change in Action
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beverley Brenna
Shuwen Sun
Yina Liu
In Education, vol. 23, no. 2, Autumn, 2017, pp. 43-70
Description
Study examined two groups of books, 57 titles published 2005 and 120 published in 2015 in terms of authors, illustrators, characterization, genre, and audiences.
Patterson's Life; Black Hawk's Story; Native American Elegy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arnold Krupat
American Literary History, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 527-552
Description
Discussion on Black Hawk's autobiography, a national rather than a personal story of what it means to be a Sauk.
Paul Boyer on the New Information Age
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 31, no. 1, The New Information Age, Spring-Summer, Aug 11, 2019
Description
Interview with the founding editor of Tribal College: Journal of American Indian Higher Education; Boyer reflects on the journal and on the new challenges that tribal communities face in the new information age.
Paul Powder Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Paul Powder
Alfred J. Beaver
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interviewee is aged 71, non-treaty. He speaks of payment of money and goods to treaty Indians; and his understanding of treaty promises.
Paul Powder Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Paul Powder
Harry Daniels
Gordon Lee
Indian History Film Project
Description
A very brief interview with this 66 year old man who discusses the duration of occupation in the Trout Lake area.
Paved Trails: Crip Poetics as an Approach Towards Decolonizing Accessibility
Theses
Author/Creator
Aimee Louw
Description
Media Studies Thesis (MA) -- Concordia University, 2019
Pemulwuy, The Rainbow Warrior
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Emma Dortins
Aboriginal History, vol. 34, 2010, pp. 259-261
Description
Book review of: Pemulwuy by Eric Willmot.
Review located by scrolling to page 259.
The Perfect Recipe
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Chamisa Edmo
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Native Activism, Fall, 2010, p. 48
Description
Presents the short story, The Perfect Recipe, written by Chamisa Edmo.
[Performing Worlds into Being: Native American Women's Theater]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tiffany Noell
The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 269-271
Description
Book review of: Performing Worlds into Being by Ann Elizabeth Armstrong, Kelli Lyon Johnson, and William A. Wortman.
"Perhaps the Bear Heard Fleur Calling, and Answered": The Significance of Magical Realism in Louise Erdrich's Tracks as a Postcolonial Novel
Theses
Author/Creator
Emily Myrick
Description
English Thesis [M.A.]--Georgia State University, 2010.
Permafrost
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Thaler
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 67-83
Description
Short story.
Peter Shirt Interview 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Peter Shirt
Louis Rain
Indian History Film Project
Description
Describes the amalgamations at the Saddle Lake Reserve, and the sale of reserve land.
Peter Shirt Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Peter Shirt
Abraham Burnstick
Indian History Film Project
Description
Gives his understanding of Treaty #6.
Photo Vignette – Whale Watching, Salish Style
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Maracle
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 27-29
Description
Author shares a personal story as a means of teaching about cross-cultural relationships.
A Photonarrative of Living with HIV: A Métis Woman's Experience
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
José Pruden
Description
Applied Psychology Project (M.C.)--Athabasca University, 2010.
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Pierre Cardinal Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Pierre Cardinal
Abraham Burnstick
Alexis Simon
Indian History Film Project
Description
Treaty 8 signing.
Pierre Labacane Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Pierre Labacane
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Labacane, a 55-yr. old member of Whitefish Lake band, explains the need for a reserve at Lubicon Lake.
Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, 2017, pp. 133-138
Description
Three poems: Selling Cigars on a Coral Gables Corner 1987, Into the Red Devil's Horn, and For a Good Boy We'll Break All the Rules.