Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bette S. Weidman
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 1/2, Indigenous Languages and Indigenous Literature, Winter - Spring, 2006, pp. 166-263
Description
Article describes an undergraduate research project that investigates the representation of Indigenous languages in print media intended for an English-speaking audience. Includes an annotated bibliography.
Native American Mystery, Crime and Detective Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Stoecklein
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2017.
Looks at novels by Linda Hogan, Tom Holm, Frances Washburn, Louise Erdrich, Louis Owens, and Tony Hillerman, and films by Chris Eyre.
Native American Picture Books of Change: The Art of Historic Children's Editions
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Susan Gardner
Children's Literature Association Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3, Fall, 2005, pp. 333-337
Description
Book review of: Native American Picture Books of Change: The Art of Historic Children's Editions by Rebecca C. Benes, forward by Gloria Emerson.
A Native American Response: Why Do Colleges and Universities Fail the Minority Challenge?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
William G. Demmert
Description
Identifies alternative ways to improve recruitment, graduation rates, research work and policy issues for government programs.
Native American Spatial Imaginaries and Notions of Erasure in Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nina Rothberg
Anamesa, vol. 3, no. 1, Democracy Issue, Spring, 2005, pp. 63-69
Description
Examines the Native American identity and cultural survival within contemporary multicultural societies.
Native Americans
Alternate Title
Native Americans Teacher Guide
Core Knowledge History and Geography
Core Knowledge Curriculum Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rosie McCormick
Description
Five stories intended for use with Kindergarten students.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Guide.
Native Americans and American History
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Francis Flavin
Description
Discusses references and textbooks with a general overview of writing American Native history.
[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 Universe: Voices of Indian America, by Native American Tribal Leaders, Writers, Scholars and Storytellers
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sheila Hannah
Visual Resources: An International Journal of Documentation, vol. 21, no. 4, December 2005, pp. 385-391
Description
Book review of: Native Universe edited by Gerald McMaster & Clifford E. Trafzer.
Native Ways of Knowing: Let Me Count the Ways
Alternate Title
[First Nations, First Thoughts Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda Sue Warner
Description
Reviews Indigenous ways of knowing and comparable terms in academic scholarship, drawing conclusions from representative publications.
Native Women, Violence, Substance Abuse and HIV Risk
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Saylors
Nalini Daliparthy
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 37, no. 3, Faces of HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse in Native American Communities, September 2005, pp. 273-280
Description
Outlines the overlap between sexual, physical and substance abuse and increased HIV risk behaviours amid urban Native women in the San Francisco Bay area.
Nature as a Theme in Canadian Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kate Turner
Bill Freedman
Environmental Reviews, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2005, pp. 169-197
Description
Review of historical and contemporary portrayals of nature and early Aboriginal expression.
Nau Te Rourou, Nau Te Rakau: The Oceanic, Indigenous, Postcolonial and New Zealand Comparative Contexts of Maori Writing in English
Theses
Author/Creator
Alice Anne Te Punga Somerville
Description
English and American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Cornell University, 2006.
A Navajo Legacy: The Life and Teachings of John Holiday
Alternate Title
An NWAC Needs Assessment
The Civilization of the American Indians Series; v. 251
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Holiday
Robert S. McPherson
Navajo Traditions in the Works of David K. John
Theses
Author/Creator
Marinella Lentis
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 2006.
The Need for Stories
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Renate Eigenbrod
Canadian Literature, no. 190, South Asian Diaspora, Autumn, 2006, pp. 88-90
Description
Book reviews of: Suddenly They Heard Footsteps: Storytelling for the Twenty-First Century by Dan Yashinsky and Our Story: Aboriginal Voices On Canada’s Past by Tantoo Cardinal, Tomson Highway and Lee Maracle.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 88.
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.
Ngā Whiringa Muka: Adult Literacy and Employment Whanganui Iwi Research Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Āneta Rāwiri
Description
"Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography"
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.
Niitsitapiisini: Our Way of Life: The Story of the Blackfoot People
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Glenbow Museum
Description
Virtual exhibition divided into six sections: how we lived with the buffalo; how we lived with the land; how we lived with other people; our world; and traditional stories.
Includes link to teacher toolkit.
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 .
Noel
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carolyn Ann Marie DeGarza Hurdi
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 1, The Winding Road to Student Success, Fall, 2006, p. 33
Description
Presents a short story titled, Noel, written by a student of Sitting Bull College.
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 Writes Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elke Heinneman
Description
Includes text of four stories, classroom handouts, learning activities, writing resources, and instructor notes.
Notes on Contributors
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 31, no. 1, 2006, pp. 161-163
Description
Contains short biographies on the authors featured in this issue of "Studies in Canadian Literature", including: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Jeannette Armstrong, Marie Annharte Baker, Warren Cariou, Jennifer Delisle, Marilyn Dumont, Renate Eigenbrod, Marvin Francis, Lally Grauer, Jane Haladay, Emma LaRocque, Duncan Mercredi, Deanna Reder, Jack Robinson, Pamela Sing, Louise Bernice Halfe Skydancer, and June Scudeler.
Offering, In Return
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cari M. Carpenter
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Special Issue: Honoring A. Lavonne Brown, Summer, 2005, pp. 81-82
Description
Recollections of meeting Dr. A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff, and recall of her generosity, collegiality and collective spirit.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 81.
Ogawa v. Hokkaido (Governor), the Ainu Communal Property Trust (Trust Assets ) Litigation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Georgina Stevens
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Fall, 2005, pp. 219-239
Description
Presents Ainu litigation against the mismanagement of property by the Japanese state under the Former Natives Protection Act .
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.
Ojibwe Treaty Rights: Understanding and Impact
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sue Erickson
Description
Designed to introduce younger readers to Ojibwe history, culture and exercising rights and resource management.
5th edition
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
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kathryn W. Shanley
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 154-157
Description
Book review of: The Old Lady Trill, The Victory Yell by Patrice. E. M. Hollrah.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll to page 154 to access 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.
One Hundred Miles Back in Time
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandy White Shield
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 1, The Winding Road to Student Success, Fall, 2006, pp. 39-40
Description
Describes the author's experience of moving a horse to the Badlands in South Dakota and Nebraska.
One River, Two Cultures: A History of the Bella Coola Valley
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Patricia E. Roy
BC Studies, no. 146, Summer, 2005, pp. 123-124
Description
Book review of: One River by Paula Wild.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 123.
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.
An Open Letter to Ted Chamberlin by Way of Review
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Susan Alison Gingell
Postcolonial Text, vol. 2, no. 3, 2006, pp. 1-4
Description
Book review of: If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories? Finding Common Ground by J. Edward Chamberlin.
Opening Address
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emma LaRocque
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 31, no. 1, For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada, 2006, pp. 11-18
Description
Introductory remarks to delegates attending 'For the Love of Words': Aboriginal Writers of Canada conference held in Winnipeg in 2004.
[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 and Ojibwa Story Cycles in Louis Erdrich's The Birchbark House and The Game of Silence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Gargano
Children's Literature Association Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, 2006, pp. 27-39
Description
Comments on two novels for children which interweave the daily experiences of protagonists with traditional stories of powerful spirit-mentors.
Orality and the Art of Survivance: The Trickster Figure in Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Theses
Author/Creator
Debra Jacobs
Description
Looks at the use of exaggeration and humor in Alexie's short story collection.
Senior paper towards Literature (B.A.)--University of North Carolina, 2006.
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.