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 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.
The Native Peoples of Atlantic Canada: A History of Indian-European Relations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gwyn Jones
James P. Howley
Ruben Gold Thwaites
Nicholas Denys
Chrestien Le Clerq
R. O. MacFarlane
Elizabeth Ann Hutton
J. Bernard Gilpin
Wilson D. Wallis
Phililp K. Bock
Tom F. S. McFeat
Native Writers and Canadian Writing: Canadian Literature Special Issue
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Guy Lanoue
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, 1990, pp. 289-306
Description
Book review of: Native Writers and Canadian Writing: Canadian Literature Special Issue edited by W.H. New.
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.
Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage Shipping and Marine Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E.R. Jakobsen … [et al.]]
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.
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 .
Norman Nashkawa Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Norman Nashkawa
Evelyn Sit
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he gives a general account of his life.
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 Saskatchewan Native Students' Readings and Storytellings of Culturally Relevant and Culturally Non-Relevant Stories
Theses
Author/Creator
Jerline Quintal-Finell
Description
Indian and Northern Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1990.
Northern Traders: Caribou Hair in the Stew
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Richard C. Davis
Arctic, vol. 36, no. 3, September 1983, pp. 307-308
Description
Book review of: Northern Traders by Archie Hunter.
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.
An Ohunkakan Brings a Virgin Back to Camp
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julian Rice
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 4, Autumn, 1983, pp. 37-55
Description
A discussion on the role of oral traditions in Lakota culture and the certain patterns and styles used to engage listeners.
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.
The Oklahoma Plays of R. Lynn Riggs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phyllis Cole Braunlich
World Literature Today, vol. 64, no. 3, Centennial Issue, Summer, 1990, pp. 390-394
Description
Discusses works by famous playwright from Oklahoma, best known for the play Green Grow the Lilacs in 1931.
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.
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 Generation from Extinction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Basil H. Johnston
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125, Native Writers & Canadian Literature, pp. 10-15
Description
Discussion on the death of tribal languages.
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
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.
"The Orders of the Dreamed": George Nelson on Cree and Northern Ojibwa Religion and Myth, 1823
Alternate Title
Manitoba Studies in Native History; 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jennifer S.H Brown
Robert Brightman
Manitoba Studies in Native History
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 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
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.
Paula Gunn Allen and Joy Harjo: Closing the Distance between Personal and Mythic Space
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jim Ruppert
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 1, 1983, pp. 27-40
Description
Discusses and compares the literary methods of two Indigenous writers to encourage readers to perceive their own connection between personal and mythic space in their own lives.
Pauline Johnson
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gale Group
Dictionary of Literary Biography, Canadian Writers 1890-1920, vol. 92, 1990, pp. 162-164
Description
Pauline Johnson (March 10, 1861-March 7, 1913) as performer and poet.
Permafrost
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Thaler
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 67-83
Description
Short story.
Peter Lavallee Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Peter Lavallee
Sharon Gaddie
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interviewee gives a general description of his life. No index terms are provided.
[Phil Fontaine's 1990 account of physical and sexual abuse at residential school]
Alternate Title
The Journal ; October 30, 1990
[Phil Fontaine's Shocking Testimony of Sexual Abuse]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Barbara Frum
Phil Fontaine
Description
Head of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs calls for inquiry into abuse inflicted on children who attended residential schools.
Duration: 7:30.
[The Plains Cree: Diplomacy and War 1790 to 1870]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Stanley Cuthand
Native Studies Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 1990, p. 173
Description
Book review of: The Plains Cree by John S. Milloy.
Poems
Alternate Title
Blue Moon
Breakdown Moon
Inukshuk
Song on Starling Street
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel David Moses
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125, pp. 226-242
Description
Poems by Daniel David Moses, including: Song on Starling Street, Breakdown Moon, Blue Moon, and Inukshuk.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 226.
[Poems]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125, Native Writers & Canadian Literature, Spring/Summer, 1990
Description
Entire issue on one pdf. To access individual poems, scroll down to appropriate page.
Poems:
Artifacts by Frank Conibea. (p. 9)
Negative of You by Joan Crate. (p. 16)
Shawnandithit (Last of the Beothuks) by Joan Crate.
(p. 17)
The Blizzard Moans My Name by Joan Crate. (p. 18)
A Prairie Museum by Jim Tallosi. (p. 29)
Belugas by Jim Tallosi. (p. 30)
Four Dancers by Jim Tallosi. (p. 31)
Chewing the Pieces by David P. Reiter. (p. 48)
Pakashgoogan by Denis Stokes. (p. 74-75)
Shoreline, Old Lake Iroquois by M. T. Kelly. (p.
Poems [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, vol.2 no.2]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlotte Declue
Gus Palmer
Maurice Kenny
Forrest Aguila Funmaker
Armand Garnet Ruffo
Earle Thompson
Glen Simpson
LeAnne Howe
Roy N. Henry
Renee Matthew Singh
Maureena C. A. Manyfingers
Terri Meyette
Adrian C. Louis
Lance Henson
et al.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 2, Series 2: New Native American Writing, Summer, 1990, pp. 2-33
Description
Poems:
Voices by Charlotte DeClue
People of the Mid-Summer Sun by Gus Palmer
Philadelphia by Maurice Kenny
Manhattan by Maurice Kenny
Hesitation by Forrest Aguila Funmaker
Settlers by Armand Garnet Ruffo
Influences by Armand Garnet Ruffo
Lessons by Earle Thompson
Whale Song II by Earle Thompson
Overnight at Boundary House, 1984 by Glen Simpson
People in Parts by Glen Simpson
Choctaw Mortuary Practices by LeAnne Howe
Brevig Mission by Roy N.
A Poet in the Wild
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronald L. Olesky
The Beaver, vol. 70, no. 1, February/March 1990, pp. 6-?
Description
Profiles poet Rupert Brooke who travelled to Canada in 1913 and wrote articles about his wilderness experiences.
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.
Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jake Skeets
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 123-124
Description
Three poems:
Native American Poem
Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers
Comma
Policing the Boom Town: The Mounted Police as a Social Force in the Klondike
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William R. Morrison
The Northern Review, no. 6, Winter, 1990, pp. 83-97
Description
Looks at Dawson City, the gold rush, Sam Steele and the Northwest Mounted Police, and the truth about violent crimes.
The Politics of Representation: Some Native Canadian Women Writers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Godard
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125 , Native Writers & Canadian Writing, Spring/Summer , 1990, pp. 183 - 225
Description
Discussion on reviving traditional storytelling techniques, in new forms, and challenging the Canadian literary tradition.
Portrayal of Alaskan Native Americans in Children's Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Virginia Aleine Burgess
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Carolina, 1990.
Practicing Sovereignty: Colonial Temporalities, Cherokee Justice, and the "Socrates" Writings of John Ridge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelly Wisecup
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 30-60
Description
"This article shows that Ridge's Socrates articles provided a public venue in which to define relationships among the Cherokees, the states, and the federal government".
Prickly Pears
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Greg Sarris
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 3, Series 2 , Fall, 1990, pp. 1-17
Description
Looks at a chapter from the book, The Last Woman From Cache Creek: Conversations with Mabel McKay.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Primitivism in Missinippi Cree Historical Consciousness
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert A. Brightman
Man, vol. 25, no. 1, New Series, March 1990, pp. 108-128
Description
Missinippi Crees of northwestern Manitoba tell of an ancient 'races' or peoples. Article examines how this story has changed in modern times.