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
Original Sin, or, The Last of the First Ancestors: Michael Crummey's River Thieves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cynthia Sugars
English Studies in Canada, vol. 31, no. 4, December 2005, pp. 147-175
Description
Looks at a novel about the massacre of the Beothuk First Nations in Newfoundland
Os-sa-pah-chi-kan / Shapeshifting in the Matrices
Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Nicholas
ConunDrumOnline, vol. 2, September 2005, p. [?]
Description
Introduces shamans and shamanism followed by the first of a series of eight short stories.
The Other Side of the Story: The Importance of James Welch’s Fools Crow Novel
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 5th, 2003
Native Being -- Being Native: Identity and Difference : Proceedings of the Fifth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Patricia DiMond
Description
Discusses the realistic portrayal of Native American life and culture during the period of initial westward expansion.
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
Oyate Resource List
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Oyate
Description
Annotated bibliography of books suitable for teaching various grade levels. Current as of 2005.
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.
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.
Pedagogical Gothic: Education and National Identity in Early American Sensational Fiction, 1790-1830
Theses
Author/Creator
Alison Tracy Hale
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2005.
The People and the Word: Reading Native Nonfiction
Alternate Title
Indigenous Americas
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert Warrior
Permafrost
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Thaler
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 67-83
Description
Short story.
Phenomenological Research Among Canadian and United States Indigenous Populations: Oral Tradition and Quintessence of Time
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roxanne Struthers
Cynthia Peden-McAlpine
Qualitative Health Research, vol. 15, no. 9, 2005, pp. 1264-1276
Description
Argues that there is a link between phenomenology, the study of structures of consciousness, and Indigenous oral traditions.
[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.
"Planting the Seeds of Revolution": An Interview with Poet Esther Belin (Diné)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeff Berglund
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 62-72
Description
Interview with a Navajo (Diné) poet who uses her writing as a tool for activism.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 62.
Pocahontas: Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nancy Cooper
Atlantis, vol. 29, no. 2, [Indigenous Women: The State of Our Nations], 2005, pp. 151-152
Description
Book review of: Pocahontas by Paula Gunn Allen.
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.
The Poetics of History: An Interview with Rebecca Belmore
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Enright
Border Crossings, vol. 24, no. 3, August 2005, pp. 63-70
Description
Introductory biographical article followed by a interview conducted on June 8, 2005.
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.
Postcolonial Imagination and Postcolonial Theory: Indigenous Canadian and Australian Literature Fighting for (Postcolonial) Space
Alternate Title
Theory and Practice in English Studies 4 (2005): Proceedings from the Eighth Conference of British, American and Canadian Studies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Iva Polak
Description
Discusses the term "postcolonial literature" when applied to Indigenous writing in Canada and Australia.
Postindian Survivance and the Trickster Condition of In-Betweenness: Reading Sherman Alexie and Gerald Vizenor in the World of Postmodernism
Theses
Author/Creator
Manuela Ruxandra Rădulescu
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--Emporia State University, 2005.
Poverty, Racism Obstacles Overcome
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deirdre Tombs
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 2, May 2005, p. 19
Description
Focuses on the achievements of Emma LaRocque, a winner of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the education category, and describes how she overcame many obstacles to achieve her goals.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.33.
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".
Premonition
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Foerster
Atlantis, vol. 29, no. 2, [Indigenous Women: The State of Our Nations], 2005, pp. 93-95
Description
Presents a poem.
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.
Primitive Echoes: The Capturing and Conjuring of Native American Music
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher R. Geyer
Description
Folklore and Ethnomusicology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2005.
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.
Profiles of Métis Elders
Alternate Title
Métis Perspectives and Traditional Health Knowledge Series
Documents & Presentations
Description
Highlights the profiles of 14 Métis Elders who are committed to protecting traditional health knowledge and healing practices.
The Prophecy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Basil H. Johnston
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125, Native Writers & Canadian Writing, Spring/Summer , 1990, pp. 291-293
Description
Looks at a fictional visionary's dream about the horrors that await the First Nations of the Americas.
The Quinzhee
Alternate Title
The Cantilevered Universe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kirsten Madsen
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 121-136
Description
Excerpt from the novel Cantilevered Universe.
Raven Tales: Traditional Quileute Stories of Bayak, the Trickster
Documents & Presentations
Description
Includes five stories: Raven and Bear; Raven and Fishduck; Raven and Mole; Raven and Skatefish; and Raven and Eagle.
(Re)Claiming America: Ortiz's After and Before the Lightning
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Riley Fast
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 3, Fall, 2005, pp. 27-47
Description
Places the writing and issues in the context of mental, physical and historical challenges of colonization and the effects on individuals and entire commmunities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 27.
(Re)claiming History and Visibility Through Rhetorical Sovereignty: The Power of Diné Rhetorics in the Works of Laura Tohe
Theses
Author/Creator
Jessica Marie Safran Hoover
Description
[English] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Illinois State University, 2017.
Re-Constructing the Colonizer: Self-representation by First Nations Artists
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shandra Spears
Atlantis, vol. 29, no. 2, [Indigenous Women: The State of Our Nations], 2005, pp. 1-18
Description
Examines how women artists resist the colonial perspective to produce social change in educational ways.
Re-Imagining the Contact Zone: Ethnic Theory and the Friction of Clarence Major, Maxine Hong Kingston, Ana Castillo, and Gerald Vizenor
Theses
Author/Creator
Benjamin D. Carson
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska, 2005.
Reading Between Worlds: Narrativity in the Fiction of Louise Erdrich
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Rainwater
American Literature, vol. 62, no. 3, September 1990, pp. 405-422
Description
Contends that works of this Chippewa author reflect the ambivalence and tension in the lives of her characters who are of mixed heritage and explores their use of both powerlessness and power.
Reading Beyond Words: Contexts For Native History
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Roger Carpenter
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 754-756
Description
Book review of: Reading Beyond Words: Contexts for Native History edited by Jennifer S. H. Brown and Elizabeth Vibert.