Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessi Casebeer
Northern Review, no. 50, Law in the Canadian North, April 07, 2020, pp. 191-193
Description
Author’s personal reflections and commentary on the practice of Canadian law in Northern communities. Discusses issues of dislocation from local languages and peoples, and the general transience of law professional working in the North.
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 Voices Telling Histories of Danish (Post) Colonialism
Theses
Author/Creator
Sofie Cold-Ravnkilde
Description
Comparative Literature Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2004.
Northwest Saskatchewan Métis Women's Health: Research Discussion Paper for the Northwest Métis Women's Health Research Committee
Alternate Title
Project (Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence) ; no. 88
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lisa McCallum-McLeod
Project (Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence)
Not Corn Pollen or Eagle Feathers: Native American Stereotypes and Identity in Sherman Alexie's Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
John Douglas Miles
Description
English and American Literatures Thesis (M.A.)--North Carolina State University, 2004.
Object Lessons: Wooden Spirits, Wax Voices, and Collecting the Folk
Alternate Title
Properties of Culture - Culture as Property. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Thomas Ross Miller
Description
Looks at examples of cultural property collected by anthropologists from the North Pacific in the late19th century.
Chapter in book: Properties of Culture - Culture as Property. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia edited by Erich Kasten.
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.
"The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell": the Power of Women in Native American Literature
E-Books
Author/Creator
Patrice E.M. Hollrah
Description
Includes readings on the works of Zitkala-Sa, Leslie Marmon Silko, Louise Erdrich and Sherman Alexie.
On the Shoulders of a Giant: Traditional Story Study
Alternate Title
Inuktut Titiqqiriniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inhabit Education
Description
Geared toward Grades 3 and 4. Humorous story of Inukpak, a giant who adopts an Inuit hunter because he thinks he is a child.
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 Small Medicine": An Interview with Maria Campbell
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gingell
Susan
Essays on Canadian Writing, vol. 83, Fall, 2004, pp. 188-205
Description
Interview with Maria Campbell about her reasons for writing the book Stories of the Road Allowance People and her experience in translating Cree concepts into English.
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.
[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.
Optic/Haptic/Abject: Revisioning Indigenous Media in Victor Masayesva, Jr and Leslie Marmon Silko
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Jacobs
Journal of Visual Culture, vol. 3, no. 3, December 2004, pp. 291-316
Description
Discusses the alternative strategies of visualization used in the film Imagining Indians and novel Almanac of the Dead.
Our Smallest Warriors, Our Strongest Medicine: Overcoming COVID-19
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristin Masten
Tara Maudrie
Victoria O'Keefe
Description
Storybook designed to be read by caregivers, parents, and teachers to children affected by the pandemic.
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 Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
"Our Unfixed Vision": The Undermining of Vision in Contemporary Canadian Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Nathalie Foy
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2004.
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
Outsourcing Reconciliation: The Government of Canada's #IndigenousReads Campaign and the Appropriation of Indigenous Intellectual Labor
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pauline Wakeham
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 1-30
Description
Author examines the #IndigenousReads campaign, considering it as a case study of reconciliatory gestures made by the Canadian Government; points out that reconciliation projects rely too heavily on the work of Indigenous writers and scholars, and fail to build cross-cultural relationships.
Paddling Her Own Canoe: The Times and Texts of E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Armand Garnet Ruffo
BC Studies, no. 144, Winter, 2004/2005, pp. 115-118
Description
Book review of: Paddling Her Own Canoe by Veronica Strong-Boag and Carole Gerson.
The Paradox of Native American Indian Intellectualism and Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathryn Winona Shanley
MELUS, vol. 29, no. 3-4, Fall/Winter, 2004, pp. 273-292
Description
Reviews the idea of "the vanishing Indian" and idea of "white guilt".
Parent Marginalization, Marginalized Parents: Creating a Place For Parents on the School Landscape
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Debbie Pushor
Bill Murphy
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 50, no. 3, Fall, 2004, pp. 221-235
Description
Parental involvement is categorized in four types: family support, parent education and school, parenthood, education and home, and parent involvement/parent participation.
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.
Paul Boyer on the New Information Age
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 31, no. 1, The New Information Age, Spring-Summer, Aug 11, 2019
Description
Interview with the founding editor of Tribal College: Journal of American Indian Higher Education; Boyer reflects on the journal and on the new challenges that tribal communities face in the new information age.
Paved Trails: Crip Poetics as an Approach Towards Decolonizing Accessibility
Theses
Author/Creator
Aimee Louw
Description
Media Studies Thesis (MA) -- Concordia University, 2019
People of the Corn: Teachings in Hopi Traditional Agriculture, Spirituality, and Sustainability
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dennis Wall
Virgil Masayesva
The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 435-453
Description
Overview of the Hopis tribe's relationship with corn and reliance on the crop to feed them.
Permafrost
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Thaler
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 67-83
Description
Short story.
Photo Vignette – Whale Watching, Salish Style
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Maracle
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 27-29
Description
Author shares a personal story as a means of teaching about cross-cultural relationships.
pīsim miskam ōmiskanaw = Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw [Excerpt]
Alternate Title
Six Seasons Series ; Book One
Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
William Dumas
Description
Story inspired by the discovery of the remains of young woman who lived during the 1600s, at time where there had yet to be contact with Europeans.
Revised edition.
Placing Gitxsan Stories in Text: Returning the Feathers. Guuxs Mak'am Mik'aax
Theses
Author/Creator
M. Jane Smith
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2005.
Poems by Ralph Salisbury
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ralph Salisbury
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, June 21, 2020, pp. 241-254
Description
Creative work. Poems by the late Ralph Salisbury.
“Sometimes Likely”
“With the Wind and the Sun”
“Swimming in the Morning News”
“A Coastal Temple Ruin, 1992”
“For Robert Wessels”
“Old German Woman, Some Wars”
“My Country Again Threatening Aggression (This time, for oil in Iraq)”
“An American-Indian Success Story in India”
“Medicine-Meeting, Hoopa, 1994”
“Respecting Uktena”
“My Brother's Poem: Vietnamese War, 1969”
“A Genesis”
“Awakened by Cell Phone”
“Around the Sun, the Alaskan Oil-Spill"
Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roe Bubar
Social Justice, vol. 31, no. 4, Native Women and State Violence, 2004, pp. 87-88
Description
Presents two poems, Cloth, Bone, and Skin and Ancestral Voices.
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
Poetry and Prose
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Poupart
Social Justice, vol. 31, no. 4, Native Women and State Violence, 2004, pp. 117-124
Description
Presents four poems.
Poetry Can Be All This: All of You, All of Me, All of Us
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joy Harjo
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 47-50
Description
Joy Harjo explains how Simon Ortiz inspired her poetic writings.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 47.
“Poetry [Film] = Anger × Imagination”: Intermediality, the Synthesis of Poetry and Film, and Cross- Cultural Belonging in Sherman Alexie’s The Business of Fancydancing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sabine N. Meyer
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 1, Winter , 2019, pp. 36-73
Description
Cultural and artistic criticism piece; considers Alexie’s film as an adaptation and as a poetry film. Discusses artistic tools of referencing, trans media adaptation, and genre defiance; and considers the social and political statements made about identity formation, cross cultural relationships, and the centering of Indigenous narratives.
The Poetry of Ralph Salisbury: Syntax as Vehicle for Conveying an Ethical Vision
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Eleanor Berry
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 19-38
Description
Literary criticism article which discusses the poet’s use of different parts of language and sentence structures to disrupt the flow of the poetry forcing the reader to attend to ethical issues discussed in the text.
Politics and Power of Languages: Indigenous Resistance to Colonizing Experiences of Language Dominance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judy M. Iseke-Barnes
Journal of Thought, vol. 39, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 45-81
Description
Looks at the importance of storytelling and language shift in Cree and Metis speaking communities and the erosion of Indigenous language in education.
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".
Prairie Songs and Poor Prayers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathryn W. Shanley
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 101-102
Description
Author reflects on meeting Acoma Pueblo writer Simon Ortiz.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 101.
Preserving the Sacred: Historical Perspectives on the Ojibwa Midewiwin
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
G. Malcolm Lewis
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, May 2004, pp. 133-134
Description
Book review of: Preserving the Sacred by Michael Angel.