Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barb Lateroute
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 30, no. 2, 2007, pp. 289-304
Description
Comments on the debilitating aspects of colonialism and how Aboriginal people can combat racism effectively by working together to empower each other as a cultural group.
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.
Omushkego Oral History Project
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Centre for Rupert's Land Studies
University of Winnipeg
Description
Swampy Cree stories told by Louis Bird can be listened to in either English or Cree. Includes links to storytelling lessons for grades K-8.
On the Warpath
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Donna Coates
Canadian Literature, no. 195, Winter, 2007, pp. 122-123
Description
Book review of: Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 122.
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 Moon Gallery: The Art of Darlene Gait
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Darlene Gait
Description
Highlights artist's works through wildlife, native and mixed media galleries and includes brief video of artist explaining the inspirations for her art.
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.
Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth
Alternate Title
Someday Trilogy
Twentieth Century North American Drama
E-Books
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Description
Originally published by Talonbooks, 1998.
"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.
Opening Sacred Bundles
Alternate Title
One Native Life
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard Wagamese
Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 6, November/December 2007, pp. 12-13
Description
Story about opening a Beaver Bundle from the Peigan people in southern Alberta.
Opening the Cache of Canadian Secrets: The Residential School Experience in Books for Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brianne Grant
The Looking Glass: New Perspectives on Children's Literature, vol. 11, no. 2, 2007
Description
Discusses the importance of displaying accurate historical information in children's literature.
[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 Tradition is Alive and Well: Living Literature in the Siksika (Blackfoot) Community
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John W. Friesen
Virginia Lyons Friesen
Description
Paper on oral traditions prepared for the Indigenous Literature in Native Studies Panel.
Oral Traditions and the Archaeological Record of a Wabanaki Maritime Society
Theses
Author/Creator
Brettan L. Deweese
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The Florida State University, 2007.
"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 Struggle Goes Beyond Democracy"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Choquehuanca
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, First Year of Evo Morales Presidency, June 2007, pp. 80-81
Description
Bolivian Minister of Foreign Affairs talks about harmony, vision and way of life.
To access this article, scroll down to page 80.
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
Out of the Classroom and Into the Canyons: An American Indian Travel Course in Theory and Practice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Conrad Shumaker
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 1, Special Issue, Spring, 2007, pp. 32-48
Description
Examines a University of Central Arkansas Native American Literature course providing experiential learning about traditions.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 32.
The Owens Valley Epics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald Bahr
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, 2007, pp. 41-68
Description
Examination of Native American text that was presented orally to Alfred Kroeber by a Mojave person in 1902.
Paradise Revisited: Images of the First Women in the Poetry of Joy Kogawa and the Fiction of Thomas King
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorata Filipczak
Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, no. 43, 2007, pp. [291]-303
Description
Discusses how The Book of Genesis has been reinvented in the poem A Song of Lilith, the short story One Good Story, That One and the novel Green Grass, Running Water.
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 Grievance in Native American Families With Fetal/Infant/Child Death
Theses
Author/Creator
LuAnn J. Stromme
Description
Nursing Thesis (DNP)--North Dakota State University, 2007.
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.
Performing Aboriginalities: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Simona Achitei
Journal of New Zealand Literature, no. 24, Part 2: Special Issue: Comparative Approaches to Indigenous Literary Studies, 2007, pp. 117-134
Description
Compares two plays Gulpilil by David Gulpilil and Tales of the Urban Indian by Darrell Dennis to show different perspectives of what it means to be Aboriginal.
Performing Aboriginality at the Venice Biennale: The Performance Art of Rebeca Belmore and James Luna
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carla Taunton
Revista Mexicana de Estudios Canadienses, no. 13, New Series, primavera-verano, 2007, pp. 55-68
Description
Argues that the artists use a combination of storytelling and technology to express viewpoints on contemporary issues.
Permafrost
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Thaler
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 67-83
Description
Short story.
Pimatisiwin: Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Our Time Has Come
Theses
Author/Creator
Priscilla Settee
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2007.
Pivut
Alternate Title
Fantastic Beings from Arctic Stories
Two Stories about Arctic Giants & Qallupilluit (Beings of the Ocean Depths)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rachel A. Qitsualik
Sean A. Tinsley
Neil Christopher
Michael Austin
Todd Lockwood
Larry MacDougall
Wayne Reynolds
Description
First issue of graphic magazine designed to support literacy in Inuktitut and English and promote Inuit culture. This issue focuses on supernatural beings from traditional stories.
A Place of Serenity
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rachel Hanon
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 1, Tribal College Students Today, Fall, 2007, p. 43
Description
Personal narrative about a visit St. John's Episcopal Church on a cold winter day.
The Place of Story and the Story of Place: How the Convergence of Text and Image Marks the Opening of a New Literary Frontier
Theses
Author/Creator
Marie Elizabeth Lynn
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--Montana State University, 2007.
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.
Playing Dead: A Contemplation Concerning the Arctic
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alfred Fisher
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 1, 2007, p. 218
Description
Book review of: Playing Dead by Rudy Wiebe.
Scroll to page 218 to read review.
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
Policy Challenges in American Indian/Alaska Native Health Professions Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald Warne
Journal of interprofessional care, vol. 21, no. S2, October 2007, pp. 11-19
Description
Looks at the US federal Indian policy over the last two centuries and opportunities for tribal self-determination to improve funding for health and education programs.
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.
Politics in the Canadian Novel
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lisa Chalykoff
Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 5, September/October 2007, pp. 35-38
Description
Looks at the the issue of class in Canadian fiction and discusses how the class content is hidden.