Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gabriel S. Estrada
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 2, Digital Technologies and Native Literature, Summer, 2011, pp. [48]-70
Description
Discusses how classroom teaching can be augmented with use of the internet, databases, and culturally specific websites. As examples author uses Flight by Sherman Alexie, the 3D virtual space Second Life, and direct email communication between students and writers.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 48.
[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.
[Native Liberty: Natural Reason and Cultural Survivance]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Matthew L. M. Fletcher
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 4, Winter, 2011, pp. 133-136
Description
Book review of: Native Liberty by Gerald Vizenor.
Scroll to page 133 for article.
Native Literature in Canada: A Comparative Study of the Coyote Trickster in the Literature of Thomas King and W.P. Kinsella
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen Fergusson
Description
Text in French. Comparative Canadian Literature Thesis (M.A.)--Université de Sherbrooke, 1999.
Native Poetics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth Lincoln
Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 45, no. 1, Native American Literature, Spring, 1999, pp. 146-184
Description
Looks at the cross-reference of Anglo-American and American Indian literatures as they have evolved over a century.
[Native Storiers: Five Selections]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jeff Berglund
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 4, Winter, 2011, pp. 131-133
Description
Book review of: Native Storiers edited by Gerald Vizenor.
Scroll to page 131 for article.
Native Writers Resisting Colonizing Practices in Canadian Historiography and Literature
Alternate Title
Native Writers Resisting Colonizing Practices in Canadian Historiography & Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Emma LaRocque
p. 337
Description
Interdisciplinary Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.
Navigating Neoliberalism: Self-Determination and the Mikisew Cree First Nation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Clinton N. Westman
Northern Review, no. 33, Canadas Role in the Circumpolar World, Spring, 2011, pp. 170-173
Description
Book review of: Navigating Neoliberalism by Gabrielle Slowey.
NAWPA [Native American Women Playwrights Archive] Authors' Roundtable
Documents & Presentations
Description
General discussion involving background, inspiration, and issues surrounding Native women in theatre.
Negotiating Nisga'a Rights: An Interview with Joseph Gosnell
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Joseph Gosnell
Description
Topics discussed by Nisga'a Tribal Council Chairman, include Aboriginal title, ownership, courts, rights, and customary law.
Interview first published in Multinational Monitor, vol. 13, no. 9, September, 1992.
Negotiating Violence and Identity in Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Giorgio Mariani
Forum for Inter-American Research, vol. 4, no. 2, Indigenous America, November 2011, p. [?]
Description
Compares novel to John Ford's classic Western, The Searchers.
Nēnapohš āhtahsōkēwinan = [Nenapohs aahtahsookewinan] = Nēnapohš Legends
Alternate Title
First Nations Language Readers ; memoir 2
University of Regina Publications ; 25
E-Books
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.
New Resources Available From the Gabriel Dumon Institute
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Morin
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 7, July 2011, p. 19
Description
Reports the publication of a children's story about a Métis grandmother and her granddaughter and a book about iconic Métis figure Gabriel Dumont.
Article located by scrolling to page 19.
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.
Nights 'Round Here Devour Us
Articles » General
Author/Creator
A. M. Nelson
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 23, no. 1, Beyond Racism, Fall, 2011, p. 45
Description
Presents a poem titled, Nights 'Round Here Devour Us written by A. M. Nelson.
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.
Nisga'a Paradigm of Rebirth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Antonia Mills
Deanna Nyce
Emma Nyce
Joseph Gosnell
Pauline Grandison
Lorene Plante ... [et al.]
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 85-95, 187-189
Description
Discusses the spiritual beliefs associated with reincarnation.
Nishnaabeg Resurgence: Stories from Within
Alternate Title
Dancing on Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-creation, Resurgence and a New Emergence
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Leanne Simpson
Description
Author's personal reflections on identity, resistance and cultural revival.
Chapter from Dancing on Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-creation, Resurgence and a New Emergence by Leanne Simpson.
Nlakapmux Grandmothers' Traditional Teachings and Learnings
Theses
Author/Creator
Beatrice Marie Anderson
Description
Educational Leadership and Policy Thesis (Ed.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 2011.
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.
No Turning Back: A True Account of a Hopi Indian Girl's Struggle to Bridge the Gap Between the World of Her People and the World of the White Man
E-Books
Author/Creator
Polingaysi Qoyawayma (Elizabeth Q. White)
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 .
"Nobody's Children"
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Métis National Council
Description
Métis residential and day school survivors tell their stories.
Duration: 22:19.
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 Resident Helps Bridge the Gap Between Cultures
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Black
Windspeaker, vol. 16, no. 12, April 1999, p. 16 s
Description
Brief profile of Mitiarjuk Attasie Nappaaluk, recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation in the Heritage and Spirituality category. Mitiarjuk is a Nunavik storyteller and teacher of Inuit culture, history, language and traditional knowledge.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.36.
“Not Exactly Like Heaven”: Theological Imperialism
in The Surrounded
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laird Christensen
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1999, pp. [2]-16
Description
Discussion of the historical novel's treatment of the disruption of Salish belief systems and social / family structures due to the impact of Christianity after contact.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Nunavut Backround With Paul Quassa
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Simeonie Kunnuk
Inuktitut, no. 85, 1999, pp. 7-19
Description
Interview regarding the land claims process and developments leading to the creation of Nunavut.
Obscured Obstetrics: Indigenous Midwives in Western Canada
Alternate Title
Recollecting: Lives of Aboriginal Women of the Canadian Northwest and Borderlands
The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Kristin Burnett
Description
Gives accounts of Indigenous midwives aiding the births of European-Canadian women who were distanced from familial support.
Chapter 6 from Recollecting: Lives of Aboriginal Women of the Canadian Northwest and Borderlands edited by Sarah Carter and Patricia McCormack.
Ode to Loobey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stuart Hoahwah
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1999, p. [79]
Description
Poem.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Off-Reservation Boarding High School Teachers: How Are They Perceived by Former American Indian Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ben Chavis
The Social Science Journal, vol. 36, no. 1, January 1999, p. 33
Description
Discusses various recollections of the teacher-student relationships Native American's had with their former teachers in boarding school settings, and looks at the process of assimilation fostered within the context of an all-Indian boarding school.
Ogimah Ikwe: Native Women and Their Path to Leadership
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Denise K. Lajimodiere
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 2, Fall, 2011, pp. 57-82
Description
Interviews with nine Native American female leaders regarding their upbringing, education and their mentors.
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.
On Reading Grace's Potiki
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eva Rask Knudsen
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, vol. 13, no. 2, Thematic Issue: About Indigenous Literatures, June 2011, pp. 1-10
Description
Discusses how indigenous knowledge is overlooked by non-Indigenous scholars when it comes to the subject of marginalizing and resistance in the 1986 novel, Potiki by Māori writer Patricia Grace.
On Sacred Ground: Medicine People in Native American Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Brianna Burke
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2011.
Discusses works by Susan Power, James Welch, Sherman Alexie, Anna Lee Walters, Louis Owens, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Louise Erdrich.
On the Astronomical Knowledge and Traditions of Aboriginal Australians
Theses
Author/Creator
Duane Willis Hamacher
Description
[Cultural Astronomy] Thesis (Ph.D.)--MacQuarie University, 2011.
On the North Trail: The Treaty 8 Diary of O.C. Edwards
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Melinda Marie Jetté
BC Studies, no. 123, Treaty 8, Autumn, 1999, pp. 81-83
Description
Book review of: On the North Trail edited by David Leonard and Beverly Whalen.
Scroll down to page 81 to read review.
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.
Once Were Warriors, But How about Maoritanga Now? Novel and Film as a Dialogic Third Space
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cornelis Martin Renes
Miscelánea, vol. 44, Literature, Film and Cultural Studies, 2011, pp. 85-105
Description
Comments on novel and film that address the trials and tribulations of a dysfunctional Maori family.
One Scrap of Earth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ernestine Hayes
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. [126]-129
Description
Author gives life instructions based on stories about the Raven.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 126.
"One Small Way": Racism, Redress, and Reconciliation in Canadian Women's Fiction, 1980-2000
Theses
Author/Creator
Rebecca Babcock
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalhousie University, 2011.
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.
"Only the Drum is Confident": Simulations and Syncretisms in Native American Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Darrell Jesse Peters
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 1999.
[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