Theses
Author/Creator
Joseph C.O'Neill
Description
English Language, Literature and Creative Writing Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor, 2003.
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.
[Loggers Confront Haida Blockade]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Georges Tremel
Saturday Report
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Description
Discusses a confrontation between the Haida and loggers in British Columbia.
Duration: 3:29
A Longitudinal Study of Aboriginal Images in Annual Reports: Evidence from an Arts Council
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ruth Rentschler
Nava Subramaniam
Brian Martin
Accounting & Finance, vol. 59, no. 3, 2019, pp. 1585-1614
Description
Analysis of imagery, textual narrative and para-text found in reports produced by the Australian Arts Council over 43 years (1973-2015).
Looking for Roots: Curandera and Shamanic practices in Southwestern Fiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Robinett
Mosaic (Winnipeg), vol. 36, no. 1, March 2003, pp. 121-134
Description
Commonalities in Native American and Mexican American healing practices as evidenced in the fiction of Leslie Marmon Silko, Rudolpho Anaya and Ana Castillo.
Mapping Geographies of Canadian Colonial Occupation: Pathway Analysis of Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annita Hetoevėhotohke'e Lucchesi
Gender, Place & Culture, vol. 26, no. 6, 2019, pp. 868-887
Description
Uses life course analysis of four women to explore linkages between relationships to the land, colonialism and intergenerational violence, and argues that rather than putting themselves at risk as is popularly perceived, they find themselves subjected to circumstances created and maintained by the Canadian state which make them vulnerable to perpetrators of violence.
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.
The Media and Indigenous Policy Database
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
News and Media Research Centre (N&MRC)
Description
Indexes articles on Indigenous health which appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Courier Mail and The Australian.
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.
The Meskwaki and Sol Tax: Reconsidering the Actors in Action Anthropology
Theses
Author/Creator
Judith M. Daubenmier
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Michigan, 2003.
Methods and Motivations: The Iconography of the Native American by Euro-Americans
Theses
Author/Creator
Karen Ann Elizabeth Loe
Description
Education Research Paper (M.Sc.)--University of Wisconsin - Stout, 2003.
Mitakuye Oyasin (We Are All Related): Connecting Communication and Culture of the Lakota
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel P. Modaff
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 4, Fall, 2019, pp. 341-362
Description
Uses elder interviews, archival analysis, and behavioral observation to explore the cultural and communications practices of the Lakota people; relates those practices to the core cultural values of kinship and relationality; the idea that all people/things are related.
Mobile Health for First Nations Populations: Systematic Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Georgina R Hobson
Liam J Caffery
Maike Neuhaus
Danette H Langbecker
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth , vol. 7, no. 10, 2019, pp. [1-16]
Description
Examines mHealth interventions among Indigenous populations to evaluate its cultural responsiveness and clinical effectiveness.
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.
Naked Waneek Horn-Miller: Incredible Performance Call For Reinterpretation
Theses
Author/Creator
Karine Jacynthe Henrie
Description
Human Kinetics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2003.
A Nationwide Data Crisis: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Annita Lucchesi
Description
Webinar focusing on research conducted by the Urban Indian Health Institute to develop a database regarding missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, key findings from the initiative, and future directions.
Duration: 50:56.
"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.
The Native American and/as the Other: Presentation, Representation, Avoidance
Alternate Title
International Conference of Canadian Studies ; 1st, 2003
Other Language Otherness in Canadian Culture
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Naila Clerici
Description
Examines European constructions of Indigenous peoples and interactions between the two groups.
Chapter from Other Language Otherness in Canadian Culture.
Scroll down to page 127 to access chapter.
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 Representations: First Encounters, Distorted Images, and Literary Appropriations
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Susan A. Johnston
Anthropological Quarterly, vol. 76, no. 3, Summer, 2003, pp. 561-563
Description
Book review of: Native American Representations edited by Gretchen M. Bataille.
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 Americans Serving in Iraq
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, April 14, 2003, pp. 2003-05-14
Description
Reflects on the death of Army Pfc. Lori Piestewa, the first American female soldier killed in Iraq.
Native Narratives: The Representation of Native Americans in Public Broadcasting
Alternate Title
American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Library of Congress
GBH Archiv
Sally Smith
Description
Looks at radio and television coverage of key events or issues in both non-Native American-produced and Native American-created programs found in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting collection. Divided into five sections: (Mis)Representations of Native Americans; Termination, Relocation, and Restoration; The American Indian Movement; Native Americans in Contemporary News Media; and Visual Sovereignty: Native-Created Public Media.
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.
Navajo Cyber-Sovereignty
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Frances Vitali Jean Whitehorse
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Indigenous People and Information Technology, 2003, pp. 38-43
Description
Reports on the changes technology is bringing to the culture of the Navajo Nation.
To access this article scroll down to page 38.
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.
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
Alternate Title
[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 documentary examining the impact on Indigenous-white relations from the trail and acquittal of Gerald Stanley's regarding the fatal shooing of Cree man Colton Boushie.
No News Isn't Always Good News: Media Representation of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elisha Corbett
Description
Focuses on the print media's representations of Indigenous women who engage in "high-risk" lifestyles compared to those who do not. Looks at reports published between 2000-2010.
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 .
'Nobles and Savages' on the Television
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frances Peters-Little
Aboriginal History, vol. 27, 2003, pp. [16]-38
Description
Reviews misconceptions and preconceptions about Aboriginal film and television-making.
Northern Experience and the Myths of Canadian Culture
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marybelle Mitchell
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2003, pp. 44-45
Description
Book review of Northern Experience and the Myths of Canadian Culture by Renée Hulan.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 44.
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.
Oka Crisis, the Champlain Monument, and the Art of Acting Out Change (Without Erasing the Past)
Alternate Title
Not Artomatic
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Lara Evans
Description
Focuses on performance artist Greg Hill's Scout series.
On-Screen Protocols & Pathways: A Media Production Guide to Working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Communities, Cultures, Concepts and Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marcia Nickerson
Description
Intent is to provide decision-making guidelines for communities, content creators, funding bodies, and industry partners; share best practices; educate industry about cultural practices; and encourage informed, respectful dialogue by participants in productions.
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.
Online Learning for Aboriginal Community Health Workers
Theses
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Barnett
Irene Buck
Description
Distributed Learning Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2003.
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
Our Blood is Sweet: The Wampum Belt Journey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joe Jacobs
Nancy Gibson
Pimatziwin: A Journal of Indigenous and Aboriginal Community Health, vol. 1, no. 2, Winter, 2003, pp. 59-72
Description
Discussion of the Teiakonekwenhsatsikhe:tare wampum belt, and how it is walked from place to place, to teach the message of living a healthier life style.
Paper Talk: Print Culture, Libraries and Aboriginal People in Canada Before 1960
Theses
Author/Creator
Brendan Frederick R. Edwards
Description
Canadian Studies and Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2003.
Past, Present and Future: Photographic Presence in New Mexico
Theses
Author/Creator
Devorah Romanek
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University College London, 2019.
Paths of Indigenous Cyber-Activism
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kyra Landzelius
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Indigenous Peoples and Information Technology, 2003, pp. 6-13
Description
Overview of the virtual face of Indigenous people expressed through self-authoring engagements, websites, chat, emails or other applications.
To access this article scroll down to page 6.
Pathways to the International Market for Indigenous Screen Content: Success Stories, Lessons Learned from Selected Jurisdictions and a Strategy for Growth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maria De Rosa
Marilyn Burgess
Description
Consists of results of literature search, survey of Indigenous festivals and distribution networks, case studies of popular productions (including box office receipts, audience reach, sales and awards when possible), and interviews with thirty-one stakeholders.