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Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ernest Tootoosis
Mani Boyd
Johnson Wanepee
Barney Dog
Jim Dumont
Ron Wakegijig
Dan Pine
Indian History Film Project
Description
A conference discussing Indian and Christian creation myths, reflections on education and religion, comparison of Indian and non-Indian values, and the loss of traditional values and beliefs and the movement to recover them.
1981 Elders' Conference 2/4
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ernest Tootoosis
Mani Boyd
Johnson Wanepee
Barney Dog
Jim Dumont
Ron Wakegijig
Dan Pine
Indian History Film Project
Description
Elders discuss: loss of values; loss of language; the role of the old ceremonies; the responsibility of the elders to teach the young people.
1981 Elders' Conference 3/4
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ernest Tootoosis
Mani Boyd
Johnson Wanepee
Barney Dog
Jim Dumont
Ron Wakegijig
Dan Pine
Indian History Film Project
Description
Elders discuss the loss of traditional religion and values; the relationship between traditional religions and Christianreligions; some stories of the creation and the flood.
1981 Elders' Conference 4/4
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ernest Tootoosis
Mani Boyd
Johnson Wanepee
Barney Dog
Jim Dumont
Ron Wakegijig
Dan Pine
Indian History Film Project
Description
A conference about prophecies and the recovery of traditional values, the role of Elders in the community, and the philosophy and practice of traditional medicine.
Aboriginal Sports Coaches, Community, and Culture
Alternate Title
Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australia and the World ; vol. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Demelza Marlin
Nicholas Apoifis
Andrew Bennie
Afghan Stories From the North-East of South Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Luise A. Hercus
Aboriginal History, vol. 5, no. 1, Special Issue: Aboriginal-Asian Contact, 1981, pp. 39-70
Description
Presents stories and translations on the Aborigines reaction to the presence of Afghans.
Afghans and Aborigines: Diyari Texts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ben Murray
Peter Austin
Aboriginal History, vol. 5, no. 1, Special Issue: Aboriginal-Asian Contact, 1981, pp. 71-80
Description
Presents two stories about encounters with Afghans that were transcribed and analyzed from their original Diyari.
American Indian English in History and Literature: The Evolution of a Pidgin From Reality to Stereotype
Theses
Author/Creator
Beverly Olson Flanigan
Description
[Applied Linguistics and English ]Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 1981.
The American Indian in the American Film
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael J. Brathwaite
Description
American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Canterbury, 1981.
American Indian Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Hunter
MELUS, vol. 8, no. 2, Summer, 1981, pp. 82-85
Description
Overview of works produced during the 1980s, as well predictions for the future.
Among the Chiglit Eskimos
Alternate Title
Les Grands Esquimaux
Occasional Publication (Boreal Institute for Northern Studies) ; no. 10
E-Books
Author/Creator
Émile Petitot
Occasional Publication (Boreal Institute for Northern Studies)
Angus Bear Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Angus Bear
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Bear has worked for Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting company for almost 30 years and he talks about the many changes he has witnessed as well as some of his experiences.
Anishinaabe Aadizokaanan: Our Teachings … Video Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Naadweechige-Gamig Wikwemikong Health Centre
FirstTel TV5
Bobby Osawabine
Thecla Neganegijig
Marie Eshkibok-Trudeau
Mark Eshkawkogan
Brian Peltier
Description
In ten videos, Knowledge keepers from Wiikwemkoong (Manitoulin Island) share thoughts and advice about staying physically and spiritually strong during the COVID pandemic. Six of the ten focus on identification and harvesting of plants for food and medicines.
Anishinaabekwewag Teachings of Self-Determination
Theses
Author/Creator
Jessica Martin
Description
Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Winnipeg, 2020.
Annie Richard Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Annie Richard
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
Description
Annie Richard talks about traditional lifestyle and shares her memories of childhood in the bush.
Aquagenesis: Drowning by Flooding is So Good for You
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Mercredi
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 1981, pp. 331-336
Description
Satirical pseudo-report to the Board of Directors of a hydroelectric project, proposing a solution to the problem of Indigenous people displaced by flooding.
Ava and the Little Folk: Traditional Story Study
Alternate Title
Inuktut Titiqqiriniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inhabit Education
Description
Geared toward Grades 6 to 8. Tells the story of an Inuit orphan who, abandoned by his village, ends up living with a group of magical dwarfs.
“Between here and there”: Assertion of the Poetic Voice in the Poetry of Rita Bouvier and Marilyn Dumont
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Molly Kearman
Description
English Honors Thesis (BA) -- University of California, 2020.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean Friesen
K. Wilson
Scott Clark
Ken Hanly
George F. G. Stanley
et al.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 1981, pp. 217-257
Description
Book reviews of 23 books:
The Forces Which Shaped Them: A History of the Education of Minority Group Children in British Columbia by Mary Ashworth.
Forty Years a Chief by George Barker.
A History of Native Claims Processes in Canada, 1867-1979 by Richard C. Daniel.
The Metaphysics of Modern Existence by Vine Deloria
The Covenant Chain: Indian Ceremonial and Indian Trade Silver by N.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Various authors
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 1981, pp. 363-375
Description
Book reviews of 6 books:
Urban Indians: The Strangers in Canada's Cities by Larry Krotz.
Report of the Indian Child Welfare Sub-Committee Manitoba.
Inuit Songs from Eskimo Point [edited] by Ramon Pellinski, Luk Suluk and Lucy Amarook.
Song of Sedna by Robert D. San Souci.
Gathering What the Great Nature Provided: Food Traditions of the Gitksan by the People of 'Ksan.
Pitseolak, A Canadian Tragedy by David F. Raine.
Books about, or Featuring, American Indians That Are Not Recommended
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kara Stewart
[Debbie Reese]
Description
Annotated list gives reasons why material is considered inappropriate.
Bowwow Powwow
Alternate Title
Indian Education for All Language Arts Model Teaching Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Education for All Unit, Montana Office of Public Instruction
Description
Lesson plan for book written by Brenda J. Child and illustrated by Jonathan Thunder. Designed for Pre-K to Grade 2.
Centering Stories by Urban Indigiqueers/Trans/Two-Spirit People and Indigenous Women on Practices of Decolonization, Collective-Care and Self-Care
Theses
Author/Creator
Melanie Lefebvre
Description
Social Science Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2020.
Changed Forever: American Indian Boarding-School Literature. Volume II
Alternate Title
Native Traces
E-Books
Author/Creator
Arnold Krupat
Cherokee Modern
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Mackay
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. i-vii
Description
In this introduction to the special issue on the work of Ralph Salisbury the author introduces Salsbury and his work to the reader, highlighting the elements of his life and of his writing that are especially influential.
Close to Home: An Indigenist Project of Story Gathering
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen E. Absolon
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 9, no. 1, Indigenous Research Methodologies, 2020
Description
Author uses the example of collecting stories from her mother over a period of three years to describe an Indigenous methodology for research that is rooted in relationality, seasonal progressions, and wholistic worldviews and that focuses on research through memory and story-telling.
Communities of Grief: Surviving War in the Fiction of Ralph Salisbury
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Miriam Brown Spiers
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 39-68
Description
Author examines the inter-generational quality of Salisbury’s last collection of stories, The Indian Who Bombed Berlin, discusses the ongoing grief surrounding stories of the Trail of Tears, and its relationship to Salisbury's own experiences as a soldier in World War II.
Connecting Myself to Indian Residential Schools and the Sixties Scoop
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Noela Crowe-Salazar
Alexa Salazar
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 15, no. 1, 2020, pp. 5-11
Description
Delves into an Indigenous women sharing her own personal experiences in residential school and the sixties scoop with her daughter.
Cora Sanderson Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Cora Sanderson
Janet R. Fietz
Archdeacon J.E. McKay
Indian History Film Project
Description
Cora Sanderson and Archdeacon J.E. McKay tell of their lives in the bush and in La Ronge.
COVID-19 and Indigenous Health and Wellness: Our Strength is in Our Stories: An RSC Collection of Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chantelle A.M. Richmond
Vanessa Ambtman-Smith
Carrie Bourassa
Chenoa Cassidy-Mathews
Karine R. Duhamel
Miranda Keewatin
Malcolm King
Alexandra King … Nathan Oakes … [et al.]
Description
Essays by scholars, practitioners and learners written with an emphasis on the relational and wholistic nature of Indigenous health discuss how the pandemic has affected individuals and communities.
COVID 19: The Changing State of the Inner City: Strengthening Community in a Time of Isolation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sarah Cooper
Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land
Justin Grift
Katharina Maier
Shayna Plaut
Niigaan Sinclair
Coyote and the Stars
Alternate Title
The Indian Reading Series: Stories and Legends of the Northwest ; Level 1, Book 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Members of the Warm Springs Reservation Committee
Description
[Cree Star Stories]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wilfred Buck
Description
Science facilitator from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation (Manitoba) tells stories associated with stars, discusses how culture and spirituality are intertwined with Indigenous knowledge, his ideas about gathering together Elders from all nations to share their people's star stories, and his mission to distribute portable planetariums.
Duration: 1:14:20.
The Critical Collaboration: Introductions as a Gateway to the Study of Native American Bi-Autobiography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. D. Theisz
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 5, no. 1, 1981, pp. 65-80
Description
Presents method of analysis which can be applied to the introductions of a literary genre consisting of an individual's personal narrative being recorded/edited by a non-Indigenous person.
Developing Indigenous Visual Arts Transnationally and Across Genres
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Birgit Daewes
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 263-271
Description
This review essay uses Visualities 2: More Perspectives on Contemporary American Indian Film and Art edited by Denise K. Cummings to discuss the recent developments in Indigenous films and visual texts.
Digital Storytelling in Indigenous Education: Decolonizing Journey for a Métis Community
Alternate Title
Routledge Research in Education
E-Books
Author/Creator
Yvonne Poitras Pratt
Disrupting Literature: Facilitating Indigenous Book Clubs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deniz Ozgan
Emily Kroeker
Pathfinder: A Canadian Journal for Information Science Students and Early Career Professionals, vol. 1, no. 1, Proceedings of the 2020 Forum for Information Professionals: There and Back Again: Resilience and Li, March 27, 2020
Description
Authors discuss subverting the historically mainstream and assimilative culture of book clubs through preparatory research and community collaboration in order to create a space for engaging with Indigenous literatures.
Drawing Identities: An Ethnography of Indigenous Comic Book Creators
Theses
Author/Creator
Melissa Kocelko
Description
[Anthropology] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Denver, 2020.
Eating the Heart of Weetigo World: Decolonial Imaginaries in the Stories of Louise Erdrich and Tomson Highway
Theses
Author/Creator
Rebecca Lynne Fullan
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D)--City University of New York, 2020.
Education in Movement Spaces: Standing Rock to Chicago Freedom Square
Alternate Title
Indigenous and Decolonization Studies in Education
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kelly Hayes
Django Paris
Kristiana Rae Colón
Frankie Jo Archambault
Maurine Archambault … [et al.]
Electronic Computer and Stub Pencil: Poetry and the Writing-in of Ralph Salisbury
Articles » General
Author/Creator
A. Robert Lee
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 1-18
Description
Article explores the ways that Salisbury’s poetry is influenced by and tied to the life that he led.
Eukuan nin matshi-manitu innushkueu = I Am a Damned Savage: Tanite nene etutamin nitassi? = What Have You Done to My Country?
Alternate Title
I Am a Damned Savage: What Have You Done to My Country?
Indigenous Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
An Antane Kapesh
Indigenous Studies Series
FNESC/FNSA Teacher Resource Guides Units, Lessons, and Activities for Blended or Remote Learning Contexts
Alternate Title
First Nations Education Steering Committee/First Nations Schools Association Teacher Resource Guides Units, Lessons, and Activities for Blended or Remote Learning Contexts
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
Description
For use in conjunction with other publications of the Steering Committee.
From Saskatoon to Moose Jaw with the Prisoner Riel
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Henry Trounce
Saskatchewan History, vol. 34, no. 2, 1981, pp. 75-75
Description
Selections from an archival letter written by William Henry Trounce to his mother in England in May of 1875. Mr. Trounce was part of a party that escorted Louis Riel to prison in Moose Jaw following the North West Resistance. Intro by D.H. Bocking.
entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 74.
"Gee, You Don't Seem Like an Indian from the Reservation"
Alternate Title
[This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Barbara Cameron
Description
Author writes about her experiences with racism, both as an American Indian and as a lesbian.
Excerpt from This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color edited by C. Moraga, G. Anzaldua.
Grade 3: Mawi-amskwesewey Ankukumkewey na ujit Kkijinu Maqamikew = The First Treaty is with Our Earth Mother = Amsqahsewey Lakutuwakon Wiciw Kci Kikuwosson
Alternate Title
Treaty Education Resource
E-Books
Author/Creator
New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development [Office of First Nations Education]]
Description
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
Grandfather Teachings with Elder Hazel
Alternate Title
Grandfather Teachings with Elder Hazel Video Response: Grades 6-8 Teacher Package
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Description
In a series of videos Elder Hazel Dixon discusses the seven principles underlying the Indigenous approach to life: wisdom, love, respect, courage, honest, humility and truth.
Accompanying material: Grandfather Teachings with Elder Hazel Video Response: Grades 6-8 Teacher Package.
Graphic Indigeneity : Comics in the Americas and Australasia
E-Books
Author/Creator
Brenna Clarke Gray
Chad a. Barbour
Jack Ford
Philip Cass
Dennin Ellis … [et al.]
A Historic Day for BC First Nations. Now the Work Starts: UNDRIP Starts Us on a Journey, But Without Work, Co-operation and Shared Vision We Will Be Lost
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Judith Sayers
BC Studies, no. 204, (Un)Settling the Islands: Race, Indigeneity, and the Transpacific, 01 09, 2020
Description
Op-ed piece republished from The Tyee, discusses what the BC Legislature passing Bill 41, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, might mean for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and communities in the province.