Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean-Guy Goulet
Canadian Social Studies, vol. 35, no. 3, Citizenship Education, Spring, 2001, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: Night Spirits: The Story of the Relocation of the Sayisi Dene by Ila Bussidor and Üstün Bilgen-Reinart.
Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage Shipping and Marine Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E. R. Jakobsen
Zebedee Nungak
Silas Elytuk Arngna’naaq
Peter F. K. Ittinuar
Kuupik Vandersee Kleist
Okalik Eegeesiak]
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 .
North of Athabasca: Slave Lake and Mackenzie River Documents of the North West Company, 1800-1821
Alternate Title
Rupert's Land Record Society Series ; 6
E-Books
Author/Creator
James Porter
John Thompson
W. R. Wentzel
Alexander McKenzie
Alexander Henry
Georg Keith
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 Visions: New Perspective on the North in Canadian History: Challenging Northern Historiography
Alternate Title
Challenging Northern Historiography
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sherrill Grace
The Northern Review, no. 23, Special Issue: [Northern Communities and the State], Summer, 2001, pp. 183-185
Description
Book review of: Northern Visions edited by Kerry Abel and Ken Coates.
Northern Writes 9: Entries from the 2001 NWT Writing Contest
Alternate Title
Northern Writes Nine
E-Books
Author/Creator
Samantha Kenney
Grace Nowdlak
Denise Beaulieu
Melanie Phillips
Erica Kritsch ... [et al.]
The Novels of Louise Erdrich: Stories of Her People. Connie A. Jacobs
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lori Burlingame
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2001, pp. 105-110
Description
Book review of: The Novels of Louise Erdrich: Stories of Her People by Connie A. Jacobs.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Numerology as the Base of the Myth of Creation, According to the Mayas, Aztecs, and Some Contemporary American Indians
Theses
Author/Creator
Vera Anderson
Description
Spanish and Portuguese Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1993.
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.
"Old Maps" and "New Roads": Confronting Neocolonial Despair in Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues
Theses
Author/Creator
Matthew R. Burkhart
Description
[English] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Montana, 2001.
The Omnipresent Voice: Authorial Intrusion in Rudy Wiebe's "Games for Queen Victoria"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Albert Braz
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 26, no. 2, 2001, pp. [91]-106
Description
Looks at a series of works by Rudy Wiebe by discussing the importance of a narrator.
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 Successful Aboriginal Health Worker: A Case Study
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Terrence Ritharrmiwuy Guyula
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 6, November-December 2001, pp. 3-6
Description
Autobiographical article of Aboriginal health worker in Northern Territory, Australia and how he has made a positive impact in his community.
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.
"Onward ever, backward never": Student Life and Students' Lives at Haskell Institute, 1884-1920s
Theses
Author/Creator
Myriam Vuckovic
Description
American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, [2001]
"Open Containers": Sherman Alexie's Drunken Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen F. Evans
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 46-72
Description
Illustrates that works by Sherman Alexie, both poems and stories, use stereotypical and conventional character types to construct a realistic literary document.
[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.
Oral Narrative in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karl Kroeber
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 72-90
Description
Discusses the recording and translation of an oral narrative titled, The Golden Women
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
"The Original in Ourselves": Native American Women Writers and the Construction on Indian Women's Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrea Millenson Penner
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2001.
The Other Proletarians: Native American Literature and Class Struggle
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tim Libretti
MFS Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 47, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 164-189
Description
Argues that the literature presents an anticapitalist perspective and looks at issues of work and alienation in the larger context of genocide by colonization.
"Our Mountains Are Our Pillows": An Ethnographic Overview of Glacier Nations Park
E-Books
Author/Creator
Brian Reeves
Sandy Peacock
Description
Focuses on the K'tunaxa and Piikáni, and draws on documentary research and consultation with Piikáni Elders.
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
Padlaya Qiatsuk: Encouraging Young Carvers to Persevere
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Matthew Fox
Padlaya Qiatsuk
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 26-28
Description
Brief interview with a carver who likes to make transformation or shamanism themed carvings.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 26.
Parallel Voices: Indians and Others, Narratives of Cultural Struggle
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gail Guthrie Valaskakis
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [283-296]
Description
Explores issues of representation and appropriation of culture with particular emphasis on women.
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.
Patterns of Physical Activity Among American Indian Children: An Assessment of Barriers and Support
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice L. Thompson
Sally M. Davis
Joel Gittelsohn
Scott Going
Alberta Becenti ... [et al.]
Journal of Community Health, vol. 26, no. 6, December 2001, pp. 423-445
Description
Comments on a study to develop and test a school-based obesity prevention program in Native American schoolchildren in grades three through five.
Paula Gunn Allen's "The One Who Skins Cats": An Inquiry into Spiritedness
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary TallMountain
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 34-38
Description
Looks at the spirituality of women in Allen's poetry.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
People From Our Side: A Life Story with Photographs and Oral Biography
E-Books
Author/Creator
Peter Pitseolak
Dorothy Harley Eber
Permafrost
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Thaler
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 67-83
Description
Short story.
The "Person" in Postmodern Fiction: Gibson, Le Guin, and Vizenor
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Linton
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1993, pp. 3-11
Description
Looks at how postmodern fiction is changing the notion of what constitutes a person in Neuromancer by Gibson, Always Coming Home by Le Guin, and Bearheart by Vizenor.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Peter Palvik: "I'm Just Not Surrealistic"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kate McCarthy
Peter Palvik
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Summer, 2001, pp. 22-25
Description
Brief interview with an Inuit printmaker.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 22.
Places Important to Navajo People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Klara Kelley and Harris Francis
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 151-169
Description
Study conducted in 1986 & ‘87 interviews participants in 13 Navajo communities about spaces that are sacred or important to the people in those communities. Research was done to determine which sites should be the focus of the Navajo Nation’s Historic Preservation Department.
Placing the Ancestors: Postmodernism, "Realism", and American Indian Identity in James Welch's Winter in the Blood
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean Teuton
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 4, Fall, September 1, 2001, pp. 626-650
Description
Discusses the recovery of Native American cultural identity by looking to the past as found in Welch's book.
The Plains Cree Grotowski
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Forsythe
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 2, 2001, pp. 355-366
Description
Reviews the creation of a theatre training methodology that uses the principles rooted in storytelling, sign language, pictographs and oral language.
The Poetics of Self, Body and World: A Phenomenological Reinterpretation of B.C. Ethnography of Aboriginal Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
J. Christine Elsey
Description
Sociological and Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2001.
Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roberta Hill
Karenne Wood
Colerus
Rawdon Tomlinson
Mike Catalano
Joan Wiese Johannes
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, 2001, pp. 137-155
Description
Contains the poems: "Planting", "At Lame Deer, Montana", "Heat", "Mother’s Only Daughter", "Cicada", "Smoke Dancers", "Cactus Song", "Something Is Always Taking Us Away", "Amoroleck’s Words", "James Don Santiago Kirker, King of New Mexico: His Vision". "The Fish Dancers", "Gray Wolf", "On the Other Side", "Take It to the Cedar" and "Since Carving the Flute".
Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorna Dee Cervantes
Cherríe Moraga
Renée Bartocquteh
Edward Henry
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 4, 2001, pp. 99-107
Description
Contains the poems: "Map of My Homecoming", "Accented with Memories", "Galoni", "Tales in the Wind", "No Snow", and "Voices of the Stones".
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
Political Ramifications of Gender Complementarity for Women in Native American Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Patrice Eunice Marie Hollrah
Description
Examines works by Zitkala-Ša, Silko, Erdrich, and Alexie.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2001.