Book review of Cultural Grammars of Nation, Diaspora, and Indigeneity in Canada edited by Christine Kim, Sophie McCall, and Melina Baum Singer.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 139.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, pp. 1-19
Description
Contends that the nineteen Native American college students interviewed in this study persist in college due to the culture of their families and communities rather than that of the educational institutions.
Western American Literature, vol. 45, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 228-251
Description
Looks at how role reversals and racial imitations in Joe the Painter and the Deer Island Massacre transforms the stereotypical trappings of Indian roles by redescribing and incorporating a sense of the past into the present.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 204-207
Description
Author reflects on the effects of her mixed heritage and non-Aboriginal upbringing in rural Alberta.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 3, Summer, 2008, pp. 324-351
Description
Author believes televison shows dehumanize Native Americans and takes a critical look at how audiences' percieve representations, what frame of reference the audience uses to evaluate what they view, and argues that there is a need to view representations without accepting the status quo provided in encoded form.
[Aboriginal Culture as Intervention: Sharing How Aboriginal Culture is Part of the Healing Journey from Addictions]
[Honoring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
[Honouring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cynthia Shorting
Russell Bone
Description
Two individuals describe their experiences with addiction at a STREAM (Saskatchewan Team for Research and Evaluation of Addictions Treatment and Mental Health Services) meeting. Followed by a question and answer period.
Duration: 59:25.
Presented as part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.
[Dancing on Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence and a New Emergence]
[First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in & Community Gathering]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Leanne Simpson
Description
Talks about rebuilding nations from inside out as sovereign beings as indigenous women have been doing for centuries.
Book launch and reading presented at First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in and Community Gathering
Duration: 35:08.
Analyzes the use of Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee references in Alexie's works.
Chapter 1 from Sherman Alexie: A Collection of Critical Essays edited by Jeff Berglund and Jan Roush.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 35, no. 2, Special Section: Indigeneity in Dialogue: Indigenous Library Expression Across Linguistic Divides, 2010, pp. [53]-75
Description
Comments on a play that focuses on the contemporary situation of youth in Montreal and the imaginary community of Kinogamish.
Discussion on the performance-based budgeting process for tribal administration and program service delivery that focuses on strategic planning.
Duration: 23:19. Includes textual transcript.
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Argues that stories about food gathering and recipes have become ways to revitalize food knowledge, cultural integrity, and community and therefore are necessary when healing trauma from colonization.
Outlines steps in the process of dehumanizing "the Other" and discusses the techniques Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars have used to counteract Eurocentric practices. Brief discussion of the matriarchal character in Maracle's works.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 182.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 2, 2008, pp. 77-101
Description
Discussion of the book, Reasoning Together: The Native Critics Collection, which the author considers a very important theoretical work, contains essays by Indigenous literary critics.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 77.