ICT in Aboriginal Communities: Increasing Aboriginal Social Capital
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Javier Mignone
Heather Henley
Jason Brown
John O’Neil
Wendy Ross
Description
Looks at the theory of social capital as it applies to Aboriginal communities and presents the social capital framework that guides its examination in relation to information and communication technology. Also presented is a summary of case descriptions of information and communication technology implementation in First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 6, June 2008, p. 10
Description
Highlights some tips, ideas, and stories from cancer survivors attending the June 2008 conference held in Winnipeg, Manitoba and introduces a documentary about Sandra Ahenakew's life with cancer.
Article located by scrolling to page 10.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis in Canada and Quebec / Présentation: Représentations des, 2010, pp. 181-192
Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 3-[?]
Description
Introduction to special issue celebrating Indigenous film in North America with examples of key films and filmmakers, approaches to studying and writing and interviews with filmmakers in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities & Nations, vol. 8, no. 3, 2008, pp. 1-9
Description
Author examined news articles, opinion articles and letters to the editor which covered the shooting of Dudley George during a dispute over a burial ground.
Explores opera which looks at the contradictory forces of social alienation and cultural assimilation that aboriginals faced during the early twentieth century.
It's a Sunny Day at Oglala Lakota College TV Studio
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Juan A. Avila Hernandez
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Native Voices, Modern Media, Fall, 2008, p. 21
Description
Comments on a student production, Wojapi, a show inspired by Sesame Street, which features Lakota words and promotes Lakota language, culture and values.
Proposes changes in policy, funding and structural frameworks for the Indigenous media sector to promote uptake of technologies and make it an integral part of the broadcasting structure in Australia.
The Howard Journal of Communications, vol. 21, no. 4, Special Issue: Special Forum: American Indians and the Media, 2010, pp. 328-344
Description
Looks at Native American journalism from 1828 starting with Cherokee Phoenix, the first Aboriginal published newspaper to Aboriginal owned and operated radio stations by the mid-1970s.
Examines environmental journalism strategies of demonizing, orientalizing, essentializing and exaggerating Indigenous peoples as an argumentative strategy to influence readers in the struggle against policies and proposed rule changes that supports Indigenous cultural practices.
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Journal of Community Health, vol. 33, no. 4, August 2008, pp. 192-198
Description
A study of awareness of tuberculosis (TB) causes, risk factors and symptoms; and their experiences with health services among a group of Aboriginal peoples living in Montreal.
Ryerson University Rally supporting Robert Lovelace, KI Chief Donny Morris of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) community, (Ontario) and councillors who were jailed for protesting mining development on traditional land.
Duration: 10:00.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, 2008, pp. 79-84
Description
Looks at the lack of voice for Native Americans in the media, where everything is put in terms of black and white, and argues that what happened in New Orleans was a forced relocation of a population.
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2010.
Focuses on The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.
Leonie Sandercock discusses documentary, Finding Our Way a documentary about Burns Lake municipality, the reserve in the middle and the Carrie Nation.
Duration: 47.12.
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. xlviii-liv
Description
Describes recent legislation towards the eradication of Native American themed mascots, nicknames, and logos.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page xlviii.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 4, Success by Accountability and Assessment, Summer, 2008
Description
Comments on the college's new library facility which includes innovative design ideas such as displaying digital archives on wall mounted flat screen televisions.
American Literature, vol. 82, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 837-839
Description
Book reviews of:
Mapping the Americas: The Transnational Politics of Contemporary Native Culture by Shari M. Huhndorf
Manifesting America: The Imperial Construction of U.S. National Space by Mark Rifkin
Book reviews found by scrolling to page 837.
Essay from: Around and About Marius Bareau: Modelling Twentieth-Century Culture edited by Lynda Jessup, Andrew Nurse and Gorden E. Smith. Discusses Barbeau's ethnographic filmmaking of Aboriginal life from a variety of different perspectives.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 144-147
Description
Book review of: Memories, Myths, and Dreams of an Ojibwe Leader by William Berens ; as told to A. Irving Hallowell ; edited by Jennifer S.H. Brown & Susan Elaine Gray.