Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Australians Together
Description
Focus is the Australian context.
Version 1.3.
"The Legacy Will Be the Change": Reconciling How We Live with and Relate to Water
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lindsay Day
Ashlee Cunsolo
Heather Castleden
Alex Sawatzky
Debbie Martin ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, The COVID-19 Pandemic and Indigenous Peoples, 2020, pp. 1-23
Description
Looks at the Indigenous approach towards water knowledge and how this approach can be used in collaboration with Western knowledge systems for water policy making and research.
The Listener: Remembering The Dane-zaa Soundscape Recordings of Howard Broomfield
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Ridington
Jillian Ridington
BC Studies, no. 193, Summer, 2017, pp. 147-161
Description
Discusses the importance of audio recordings and describes work done with First Nations in British Columbia ; the recordings have now been digitized, compiled and mounted online as part of the Ridington/Dane-zaa audio archive. Gives descriptions of a random sample of archive's content.
“Lives, Breathes, and Thrives”: Can American Indian Students With Disabilities Access Tribal College Websites?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Z. W. Taylor
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 59, no. 2/3, Summer/Fall, 2020, pp. 146-168
Description
Looks at the inaccessibility of tribal college websites and support available for Indigenous students with disabilities.
Lost and Forgotten: Sex Workers on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jori Dusome
INvoke , vol. 6, Gangs, Violence Against Women, and Medicine, 2020, pp. [4-13]
Description
Discussion of how media coverage, which depicted Robert Pickton as a single deranged perpetrator, failed to place the crimes in the broader social context which leads to the violent victimization of women.
Māori Instagram: The Social Media Lifeworlds and Decolonising Practices of Rangatahi Māori
Theses
Author/Creator
Jordan Green
Description
Anthropology Thesis (MA) -- University of Otago, 2020.
Marketing Desire: The "Normative/Other" Male Body and the "Pure" White Female Body on the Cover Art of Cassie Edwards' Savage Dream (1990), Savage Persuasion (1991), and Savage Mists (1992)
Theses
Author/Creator
Victoria Lessard
Description
Art History Thesis (MA) -- McGill University, 2017.
Mass Media Representations of Indigenous Peoples
Alternate Title
Massey University Research Fund Report
MURF Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Raymond Nairn
Tim McCreanor
Angela Moewaka Barnes
Description
Reviewed literature (primarily journal articles) about representations in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA, Chile, Colombia, Finland, Mexico, and Peru published between 2000 and 2015.
The Mechanics of Survivance in Indigenously-Directed Video-Games: Invaders and Never Alone
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah L Madsen
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 79-110
Description
The authors explore the ways that the design of two different Indigenous video games compels players to enact survivance, and how that experience of survivance creates a space for teaching and learning about culture and for decolonizing perspectives.
Media Consumption, Media Preferences and Communication Channels of Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Audiences: Summary
Alternate Title
Radio: Audience, Preferences and Technologies
Remote Indigenous Media and Communications: Radio Listenership Summary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Remote Communications Association (IRCA)
Description
Statistics for the remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander radio service such as: stations listened to regularly, rates of listenership, rates by population groups, language and content preferences, impact of mobile connectivity, sources of Government information, and listener demographics.
Medicine through Comics: Wheels Are Turning on the Road to Healing: Native Americans through the Lens of Francophone Graphic Novels
Theses
Author/Creator
Nathalie Bleser
Description
Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Mexico, 2017.
Medicines at Standing Rock: Stories of Native Healing through Survivance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Selma Hedlund
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 4, 2020, pp. 59-78
Description
In 2016, Indigenous groups and allies met at Standing Rock, North Dakota to protest the creation of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Using interviews from participants to discuss Indigenous social movements, rooted in spirituality and ceremony, that moves away from the stereotypical viewpoint of Indigenous victimry.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: The Role of Media and Political Administrations/Campaigns in Undermining Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melika Khajeh
Politicus, vol. 6, no. 1, 2020, pp. 26-39
Description
A discussion of the how the political rhetoric and lack of action from government officials has served to diminish the importance of the crisis. The author focuses on the Harper and Trudeau governments.
Montreal Premiere of Birth of a Family: Q & A with Director Tasha Hubbard
Alternate Title
Q & A with Tasha Hubbard
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tasha Hubbard
Description
Director of documentary about four siblings separated through adoption during the infamous "Sixties Scoop" answers questions from audience.
Duration: 23:06.
More Than Radio - A Community Asset: Social Return on Investment Analyses of indigenous Broadcasting Services
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Social Ventures Australia (SVA)
Description
Analyses includes background and context, investment and impact in the sector, estimates and values of the change created, key lessons, and the alignment between services' impact and the Government's priorities.
A Movement for Authenticity: American Indian Representations in Film: 1990 to Present
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Raya Williamson
Description
Comments on the societal impacts of Native American stereotypes in film.
Marketing Honors Paper (B.A.)--Kent State University, 2017.
"Native" Advertising: An Evaluation of Nike's N7 Social Media Campaign
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. Scott Sanders
Selene G. Phillips
Cecelia Alexander
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 43-63
Description
Evaluates the success of the campaign in the context of targeted marketing to ethnic minorities and representation of Native Americans in advertisements, and presents two case studies which assess whether the company successfully engaged with youth via Twitter.
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 Americans on Screen in 1939 and 2015: A Postcolonial Study on the Portrayal of the Indigenous People of America in Films and How to Adapt it into the EFL Classroom
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Emil Pettersson
Description
Discusses using Stagecoach and The Revenant in a Swedish English as a foreign language classroom.
Bachelor Thesis, Linnaeus University, 2017.
Native Pop: Bunky Echo-Hawk and Steven Paul Judd Subvert Star Wars
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Olena McLaughlin
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 30-52
Description
Author discusses the work of two Indigenous pop-artists and how they appropriate iconic mainstream imagery in order to subvert popular narratives and stereotypes in the Star Wars franchise and in the wider film industry.
Native to the Device: Thoughts on Digital Indigenous Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna Hearne
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 1, Digital Indigenous Studies: Gender, Genre, and New Media, Spring, 2017, pp. [3]-26
Description
Introduces the essays in this special issue.
Never Alone: (Re)Coding the Comic Holotrope of Survivance
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michelle Lee Brown
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 22-44
Description
Article examines the use of gaming and other communication technologies as strategies for resistance, survivance and cultural resurgence; discusses practices of re/mapping, kinship-making and relationality.
The Next Chapter of Indigenous Representation in Video Games: A New Crop of Games Teaches Language and Culture
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Molly C. Beer
Description
Profiles the work of four developers: Carl Petersen, Meagan Byrne, Elizabeth LaPensée, and Maize Longboat.
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up [Shorter Version]
Alternate Title
A young Cree man's death raised disturbing questions of racism in our legal system
CBC Docs POV
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tasha Hubbard
Bonnie Thompson
Jon Montes
George Hupka
Downstream Documentary Productions Inc.
National Film Board of Canada [NFB]
Description
A shorter version of the documentary examining the impact on Indigenous-white relations from the trail and acquittal of Gerald Stanley's regarding the fatal shooting of Cree man Colton Boushie.
Duration: 44:03
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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 .
Now Is the Time
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristin L Dowell
BC Studies, no. 207, Autumn, 2020, pp. 130-131
Description
Reviews Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter short film Now Is the Time. The films acts as a sequel to the 1970 National Film Board of Canada short film This Was the Time documenting the raising of the first totem pole on Haida Gwaii. To view article scroll down to page 130.
Of Linguicide and Resistance: Children and English Instruction in Nineteenth-Century Indian Boarding Schools in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Griffin
Paedagogica Historica, vol. 53, no. 6, 2017, pp. 763-782
Description
Examines government documents and school newspapers to explore sanctions against the use of their Indigenous languages by residential school students.
One Little, Two Little, Three Little Stereotypes: A History of Native Culture and Imagery in American Cinematic Cartoons
Theses
Author/Creator
Dustin Devore
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Oklahoma State University, 2017.
Open Letter to Massachusetts Joint Committee on Education to Ban Native American Mascots
Articles » General
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Reprinted from Cultural Survival, June 6, 2017.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Perspectives of Water and Health Using Photovoice with Youths Living on Reserve
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lori E. A. Bradford
Rebecca Zagozewski
Lalita A. Bharadwaj
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 61, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 178-195
Description
Looks at the use of photovoice and postervoice to connect with and provide a voice to Indigenous youth in regards to water and health issues on their reserves.
Planning Through Land Acknowledgments
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Emma Nelson
Description
Environmental Studies Major Project Report (MES) -- York University, 2020.
Playing in the Digital Qargi: Iñupiat Gaming and Online Competition in Kisima Inŋitchuŋa
Alternate Title
Playing in the Digital Qargi: Inupiat Gaming and Online Competition in Kisima Innitchuna
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katherine Meloche
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 1-21
Description
Article considers the online platform used in the game Kisima Inŋitchuŋa (Never Alone) as a “place” where people gather and examines the ways that Inuit culture, values and sovereignty are taught and engaged with in those spaces.
Playing (the Casino) Indian: Native American Roles in Peak TV
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Courtney Elkin Mohler
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 4, 2020, pp. 79-100
Description
Looks at the representation of Indigenous characters on television and how these depictions distorts the facts that casino tribes still suffer from disproportionate social and economic suffering due to centuries of colonization.
“Please mom? Can you please download it at home?”: Video Games as a Symbol of Linguistic Survivance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Dennison Lacho
Aaron Leon
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming , July 31, 2017, pp. 70-88
Description
Authors examine the ways that video games can be and are used as a tool for language and cultural survivance and resurgence.
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".
Presentation of Self, Culture, and Other in Public Podium Talk: Constructing Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations in Grassroots Popular Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen Peters
Description
Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2017.
Promoting Inuit Health through a Participatory Whiteboard Video
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Manpreet Saini
Steven Roche
Andrew Papadopoulos
Nicole Markwick
Inez Shiwak ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 111, no. 1, February 2020, pp. 50-59
Description
Article describes the collaborative community-centered approach used to create a culturally relevant health information video targeting the Inuit community of Kikiaq (Rigolet) with information about acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI).
Questioning Indigenous-Settler Relations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Alternate Title
Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australia and the World ; vol. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Morgan Brigg
Thalia Anthony
Katherine Ellinghaus
Barry Judd
David Nolan … [et al.]
Questions about Questions: Law and Film Reflections on the Duty to Learn
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Johnson
Northern Review, no. 50, Law in the Canadian North, April 07, 2020, pp. 83-108
Description
Authors considers different ways that Canadian lawyers and Canadian law can engage with Indigenous law in the interest of working towards reconciliation. Discusses a process of self-questioning and self-reflection tied to film and cultural studies.
RAVEN (De)Briefs Podcast: Indigenous Law in Action
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lydia Toorenburgh
BC Studies, no. 207, Autumn, 2020, pp. 128-129
Description
A brief profile of the Indigenous RAVEN (De)Briefs Podcast hosted by Susan Smitten that explores contemporary Indigenous issues.
Recovering Native American Writings in the Boarding School Press
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Arizona Jackson
Samuel Townsend
Luther Standing Bear
Ida Johnson
Lula Walker
Lucy Grey ... [et al.]]
Redskins: Insult and Brand
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kevin Bruyneel
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 114-115
Description
Book review of: Redskins: Insult and Brand by C. Richard King.
Reel Indians: Native American Representation in Film, 1950-1970
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher Colt Chaney
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D)--Oklahoma State University, 2017.
Remembering Settlement, Forgetting Dispossession: Saskatchewan’s Pioneer Questionnaires
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michel Hogue
Saskatchewan History, vol. 69, no. 1, Winter, 2017-2018, pp. 32-37, 41
Description
Describes the questionnaires used by archival and folklore societies in Saskatchewan to gather information on settler histories; discusses how they both showcase settler-Indigenous relationships in some cases and obscure them in others, creating a segregated history of the province.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 32.
Research into the COVID-19 Response Plan for Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu: “Manaaki20 - a collective mobilisation of Māori magic.”
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Catherine Savage
Letitia Goldsmith
Kate Standring
Sue Quinn
Sam Selwyn
Larissa Kus-Harbord
Anne Hynds
Reset and Redefine: Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and the Rise of Indigenous Games
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maize Longboat
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 170-179
Description
Author critically engages the format and storytelling devices within the videogame Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and discusses how this and other digital platforms can be used to build understanding and counter stereotypes and misinformation about Indigenous peoples.
Residential Schools and "Reconciliation" in the Media Art of Skeena Reece and Lisa Jackson
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristin Dowell
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 1, Digital Indigenous Studies: Gender, Genre, and New Media, Spring, 2017, pp. 116-138
Description
"This article discusses the historical trauma and ongoing intergenerational legacy of the Indian Residential School system in Canada".
Responding to Concerning Posts on Social Media: Insights and Solutions from American Indian and Alaska Native Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jesse Gritton
Stephanie Craig Rushing
David Stephens
Thomas Ghost Dog
Bradley Kerr ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Health Research, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 63-87
Description
Describes how a sample of adolescents interpreted and acted upon disclosures of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation on Facebook or Twitter and what resources they felt were needed.