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 .
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.
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.
“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.
The Pocahontas Perplex: The Image of Indian Women in American Culture
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rayna Green
The Massachusetts Review, vol. 16, no. 4, Autumn, 1975, pp. 698-714
Description
Looks at representations of Aboriginal women in early American writing.
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 Healthy Medication Use Through Indigenous Knowledge Sharing: A Coyote Story
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gina Gaspard
Carrie Gadsby
Cindy Preston
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge, 2021, pp. 166-176
Description
Looks at the creation of a traditional Coyote story as a strategy to address Polypharmacy, "when multiple medications are being taken and the benefits no longer outweigh the risks", for Indigenous patients.
Psychological First Aid for COVID-19 Frontline Workers in American Indian/Alaska Native Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health
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.
Renewing a Vital Indigenous Voice and Community Asset – The Indigenous Broadcasting and Media Sector: Report Commissioned by the National Indigenous Australians Agency
E-Books
Author/Creator
Hugh Watson Consulting
Replaying Colonialism: Indigenous National Sovereignty and Its Limits in Strategic Videogames
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc James Carpenter
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 1, Winter, 2021, pp. [33]-55
Description
An examination of the inclusion of Indigenous nations in the games Europa Universalis and Civilization which force the player to use colonial practices to achieve victory and how this is not reflection of Indigenous sovereignty.
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.
Returning the People to the Circle: An Overview on Overcoming the Fracturing of American Indian Communities
Alternate Title
Western Social Science Association Meeting, San Francisco, April 12-15, 2017
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen M. Sachs
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, Fall 2017, p. [?]
Description
Provides suggestions for repairing fractured communities: reinstating traditional inclusiveness, help to heal tribal member from historical trauma and destructive behaviors, renew traditional knowledge, support tribal development and inclusive communication.
Screen Text and Institutional Context: Indigenous Film Production and Academic Research Institutions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karrmen Crey
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 61-88
Description
Discusses two documentaries with thematic similarities, Navajo Talking Picture and Cry Rock.
Settler Colonial Ways of Seeing: Documentary Governance of Indigenous Life in Canada and Its Disruption
Theses
Author/Creator
Danielle Taschereau Mamers
Description
Media Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2017.
"Smudging, drumming and the like do not a nation make": Temporal Liminality and Delegitimization of Indigenous Protest in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard G. Baker
Nadia Verrelli
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 1, Destabilizing Canada / Le Canada déstabilisé, Winter, 2017, pp. 37-63
Description
Analyzes representations of activities associated with the Idle No More movement in editorial and commentary of sections in the Globe and Mail and the National Post.
Social Denial: An Analysis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Rebecca Bychutsky
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Social Media and the Sexual Exploitation of Indigenous Girls
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dustin William Louie
Girlhood Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 97-113
Description
Discusses how the technology, particularly Facebook, has increasingly become a tool to recruit and keep underage girls in the sex trade. Research conducted with 19 staff members of Prince Albert Outreach and 5 survivors indicated the importance of recognizing early signs of exploitation so that intervention could take place, family-based prevention and education, and using survivors as educators.
Spirit Bear's Guide to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
Description
Child-friendly booklet.
Sq’ éwlets: A Stó:lō -Coast Salish Community in the Fraser River Valley Virtual Museum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dara Kelly
BC Studies, no. 194, Summer, 2017, pp. 195-197
Description
Reviews website featuring stories, history, language, and the connection between the people and place.
St. Joseph's Industrial School Fonds
Alternate Title
Glenbow Archives Finding Aids
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Glenbow Libraries and Archives
Description
Finding aid has links to scanned copies of letterbook correspondence documents. Includes descriptions and photographs.
Statement to the 16th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples by the Indigenous Media and Communications Caucus
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Indigenous Media and Communications Caucus
Ingenious Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
The creation of a Indigenous Media Zone by the United Nations at the 16th UNPFII session.
Style Guide for Reporting on Indigenous People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Journalists for Human Rights
Indigenous Reporters Program
Description
Quick reference to appropriate language for writing about communities and avoiding perpetuation of stereotypes and misconceptions.
Suicide Clusters within American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: A Review of the Literature and Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Description
Review based on published research, discussions with subject matter experts and interviews with representatives from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Indian Health Service (IHS).
Survey Report on the Calls for Justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Southern Chief's Organization [Manitoba]
Description
Reports findings of survey which asked 23 questions about the Calls to Justice. Topics were: culture, health and wellness, policing, corrections, media and social influencers, education, child welfare, natural resource extraction, human security, and rights.
Surviving Wounded Knee: The Lakotas and the Politics of Memory
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Boyd Cothran
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 110-111
Description
Book review of: Surviving Wounded Knee by David W. Grua.
Surviving Wounded Knee: The Lakotas and the Politics of Memory
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael Mclean
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, Winter, 2017, p. 73
Description
Book review of: Surviving Wounded Knee by David W. Grua.
Telling Our Twisted Histories
Web Sites » Organizations
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Kaniehti:io Horn
Terre Innue
Description
Website contains links to a series of 12 podcasts which explore the impact of words such as reconciliation, indian time, school, reserve, and savage. Host Kaniehti:io Horn engages in conversations with more than 70 people from 15 First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities.
"There's a River to Consider": Heid E. Erdrich's "Pre-Occupied"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Bernardin
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 1, Digital Indigenous Studies: Gender, Genre, and New Media, Spring, 2017, pp. 38-55
Description
Discusses a poem written for a blog and a short film.
"They Need to Get Over It ..." The Dismissal of Native American Social Issues
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew Tomer
Description
Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Maine, 2017.
"This Ain't Dances with Salmon": Native American Tropes in Dime Novels and Western Film Referencing Dances with Wolves
Alternate Title
Native American Tropes and the White Savior
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer K. Melton
Description
Communication Thesis (MCM)--University of Texas at Tyler, 2021.
"This is a Continuation of Genocide": Examining the Pathologization of Indigeneity in the 2016 Suicide Crisis and State of Emergency in Attawapiskat First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Chantal Persad
Description
Environmental Studies Major Paper (MES)--York University, 2017.
Toward an Indigenous Feminine Animation Aesthetic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Channette Romero
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 1, Digital Indigenous Studies: Gender, Genre, and New Media, Spring, 2017, pp. 56-87
Description
Analyzes Indigenous women's animated films including works by well known and lesser known filmmakers.
"A Tragedy to Be Sure": Heteropatriarchy, Historical Amnesia, and Housing Crises in Northern Ontario
Alternate Title
Arts in Action ; no. 1
Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Travis Hay
Kristin Burnett
Lori Chambers
Description
Looks at media coverage of the Declaration of Emergency which was issued for the housing crises in the communities of Kashechewan, Attawapiskat, and Fort Albany in 2012, with particular attention to the backlash that occurred against Chief Teresa Spence's hunger strike.
Chapter six from Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide edited by Scott W. Murray.
Transformations and Remembrances in the Digital Game We Sing for Healing
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Elizabeth LaPensée
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 89-108
Description
Author describes the intent and process of designing We Sing for Healing, a musical choose-your-own adventure text game that mimics traditional storytelling and teaching styles with the way that the circular or looping narrative encourages a player to listen, choose, and revisit as a game-play strategy.
Tribal Television: Viewing Native People in Sitcoms
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Laura L. Beadling
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 193-195
Description
Book review of Tribal Television by Dustin Tahmahkera.
Truth on Trial: Indigenous News Media and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Alternate Title
Media@LSE MSc Dissertation series
Theses
Author/Creator
Tomas Borsa
Description
Politics & Communication Thesis (M.Sc.)--London School of Economics, 2016.
Turn Your Words into Actions: An Indigenous Style Guide
Alternate Title
Turn Your Words into Actions: An Indigenous Style Guide; Learning from Gergory Younging
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kate Morris
Description
Highlights points from Elements of Indigenous Style: A Guide for Writing by and about Indigenous Peoples by Gregory Younging.
"Two-Eyed Seeing": Moving From Paralysis to Action in Understanding the Legacy of Indian Residential Schools in British Columbia, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl Kay
Journal of Dance Education, vol. 17, no. 3, Reflective Practice in Dance Education, 2017, pp. 106-114
Description
Describes the steps the author used to understand the legacy of the residential school experience and how to teach a new curriculum.
Uncanadian Indians and Good Corporate Citizens: Representations of The Spirit Sings: Aristic Traditions of Canada’s First Peoples in the English-Canadian Media
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Josh Nelson
Adie Nelson
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 61-86
Description
Authors examines the (neo)colonial narratives present the English print media coverage of the Glenbow Museum’s 1988 exhibit The Spirit Sings. The exhibit, a headliner of the 1988 Winter Olympic Arts Festival in Calgary, is often considered to be the “catalyst for Canada's Task Force on Museums and First Peoples (1992).”