Concentric, vol. 37, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 231-253
Description
Re-reading of the American classic, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, exploring author's choice to narrate the story from the perspective of the character of the Native American chief.
New Internationalist, no. 440, March 2011, pp. 44-45
Description
Presents an interview with Murray Sinclair, chair of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, who discusses various testimonies from residential school survivors.
New Internationalist, no. 440, March 2011, pp. 44-45
Description
Presents an interview with Murray Sinclair, chair of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), and discusses various residential school policies of assimilation.
Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies , vol. 33, no. 4, Racism, Colonialism, and Film in Canada, 2011, pp. 318-332
Description
A question and answer period on the 'Saskatoon freezing deaths' and the problem of police brutality and abuse of power with respect to Aboriginal people.
University of the Fraser Valley Research Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Through Students Eyes: Selected Papers From the Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School, Spring, 2009, pp. 9-35
Description
Explores ways the Aboriginal people of the Fraser Canyon and Valley understand I:yem and its memorial today.
Looks at significance of ancient memorial site for Stó:lō people.
Stories from interviews with Métis war veterans, many who have passed on, regarding their experiences in World War I, World War II or the Korean Conflict.
Franco Mondini-Ruiz and Kent Monkman discuss their work; presented in conjunction with the exhibition Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World.
Duration: 1:09:06.
American Literature, vol. 83, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 93-119
Description
Discusses how the author, like other Indigenous writers, faces the difficulty of representing societies which share commonalities with contemporary mainstream society, yet are fundamentally different from it as well.
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences ; 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
James Bartleman
Description
Video of speech given at the 2011 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Ontario's first Aboriginal Lieutenant Governor discusses the epidemic of youth-suicide in First Nations communities.
Duration: 1:11:17.
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Globalizing Indigeneity: New Research Directions, 2009, pp. 117-127
Description
"This article explores the reappropriation of the English and French languages within First Nations contemporary literatures, specifically how literary texts enable the retelling and reclaiming of Indigenous People's histories and rights for sovereign governance".
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 117.