Looks at the challenges accessing Canadian residential school records and how the decision to destroy certain survivor accounts regarding abuse in residential schools is a threat to the memory of cultural genocide in Canada.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 301-317
Description
Literary criticism article which engages the text Black Eagle Child: The Facepaint Narratives. Author asserts that Young Bear’s narrative centers Mesquakie voices and perspectives and in doing so challenges mainstream perspectives.
Personal diary of Major Smith of the I.S.C. Toronto Brigade during the Brigade's march west. Observations include health of fellow soldiers, the weather, and the monotony of waiting for next orders. Brief entries after 23 April 1885, final entry on 18 May 1885. Diary has metal clasp, black cloth covers and marbleized end papers. Item found within folder 2 of file Rebellion, 1885.
Small notebook of "C" Company, Infantry School Corps, documenting daily 'officer of the day' postings, brigade orders from Lt.-Col. Otter, arrival of padres, daily lists of company orders and notification of church parades and target practice. All entries made from Battleford, NWT; most made by Lt. J.M. Sears and Lt. R.L. Wadmore. Entries made in black ink and primarily blue pencil. Item found within folder 2 of file Rebellion, 1885.
Order book of the North-West Field Force, with Winnipeg being the first entry. Entries made from (all NWT / SK) Troy (Qu'Appelle), Fort Qu'Appelle and area, Humboldt, Clark's Crossing, Fish Creek, Gabriel's Crossing, Birch Hills, Batoche, Lepine, Prince Albert, while on board the steamer "North West," Battleford, Fort Pitt, while on board the steamer "Marquis"; (all NWT / MB) Cedar Lake, while on board the steamer "Princess," ending at Selkirk, MB. Entries made by Colonel Houghton, Lord Melgund, General Middleton's Chief of Staff, and a third unidentified officer.
New Internationalist, no. 440, March 2011, pp. 44-45
Description
Presents an interview with Murray Sinclair, chair of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, who discusses various testimonies from residential school survivors.
New Internationalist, no. 440, March 2011, pp. 44-45
Description
Presents an interview with Murray Sinclair, chair of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), and discusses various residential school policies of assimilation.
Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies , vol. 33, no. 4, Racism, Colonialism, and Film in Canada, 2011, pp. 318-332
Description
A question and answer period on the 'Saskatoon freezing deaths' and the problem of police brutality and abuse of power with respect to Aboriginal people.
Examines the role that the setting and the audience play in a telling of an oral history, the Nenet way of storytelling, and the differences between the Nenet oral history of participation in the Second World War and the public discourse surrounding the same.
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 312-330
Description
Author uses perspectives from school teachers and Indigenous writers to argue that “Indigenous literary arts can foster relational understandings between readers and Indigenous communities.” Encourages educators to draw on Indigenous literatures for inspiration and motivation in this work.
Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together
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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jordan Coble
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 23-26
Description
Discusses author's perspective and experience building an Indigenous-led and -focused museum.
Extract from author's presentation at “Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together” symposium, March 2017.
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 81-94
Description
Author--who is an anthropologist specializing in Coast Salish culture, a member and chair of the collections committee, and a board member of the Museum--discusses several examples of repatriating objects, and the process of developing a formal policy.
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences ; 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
James Bartleman
Description
Video of speech given at the 2011 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Ontario's first Aboriginal Lieutenant Governor discusses the epidemic of youth-suicide in First Nations communities.
Duration: 1:11:17.
Environmental Education Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2018, pp. 50-66
Description
Examines the importance and implications of land-based approach and discusses how this particular community has taken control of programs, gained leadership in wisdom traditions and taught respect for the land and its inhabitants.
"Literary License" or "Mutated Plagiarism"?: Additional Comments about Ann Rinaldi's My Heart Is on the Ground
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Debbie Reese
Beverly Slapin
Barb Landis
Marlene Atleo
Naomi Caldwell
Jean Mendoza
Deborah Miranda
LaVera Rose
Cynthia Smith
Description
Criticism of book, aimed at 9-12 year old girls, on basis of: cultural appropriation, lack of historical accuracy, lack of cultural authenticity, stereotypes, and stereotypical language.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 3, 2011, pp. 159-212
Description
Book reviews of:
Captive Arizona, 1851–1900 by Victoria Smith
Caring and Curing: A History of the Indian Health Service by James P. Rife and Alan J. Dellapenna
Conversations with Sherman Alexie edited by Nancy Peterson
Documents of Native American Political Development, 1500s to 1933 edited by David E. Wilkins
Encounters on the Passage: Inuit Meet the Explorers by Dorothy Harley Eber
Give Me Eighty Men: Women and the Myth of the Fetterman Fight by Shannon D. Smith
Indian Alliances and the Spanish in the Southwest, 750–1750 by William B.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 103-122
Description
Book reviews of:
Our Grandmothers’ Lives as Told in Their Own Words edited and translated by Freda Ahenakew and H. C. Wolfart.
Born a Chief: The Nineteenth Century Hopi Boyhood of
Edmund Nequatewa as told to Alfred F. Whiting and edited by P.
Toronto Star journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths, Tanya Talaga, talks about how she came to write the book about the deaths of seven First Nations high school students, the story of Chanie Wenjack, who died while running away from a residential school and what these stories say about Canadian society and history.
Duration: 1:13:35.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education , vol. 30, no. 2, The Spiritual Foundation of Tribal Colleges, Winter, October 29, 2018, p. [?]
Description
Article discusses the role of ceremony in spaces that have not traditionally been ceremonial—conferences, classrooms and other gatherings. Stresses the role and responsibility of the ceremony leader in keeping participants safe, and encourages people to make careful decisions around their attendance and participation. Author shares own experiences with ceremonies.
Podcast of interview with authors of book which deals with representations of Aboriginals in coverage of events such as signing of Treaty 3, the North-West Rebellion, Bill C-31, death of Pauline E. Johnson, and the Oka Crisis.
Duration: 34:42.
Video (30 min) explores the First Nations prophecy of spiritual rebirth for all North Americans. Includes historical background and interviews with residential school survivors.