Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Celeste Pedri-Spade
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. 73-100
Description
Examines the role and use of Indigenous photography in relationship to the Anishinabe way of being, seeing, listening and hearing.
A Nation Rising: Hawaiian Movements for Life, Land, and Sovereignty
Alternate Title
Narrating Native Histories
E-Books
Author/Creator
Anne Keala Kelly
Jacqueline Lasky
Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor
Ibrahim Aoudé
Katrina-Ann
R. Kapāʻanaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira ... [et al.]
R. Kapāʻanaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira ... [et al.]
National Indian Youth Council: Consideration of the United States Report and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Articles » General
Author/Creator
National Indian Youth Council
Justice as Healing, vol. 19, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1-8
Description
Critical review of policy problems that have application beyond the United States border and comments on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Native Claims: Indigenous Law against Empire, 1500-1920
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Daniel Clayton
BC Studies, no. 182, The Great War, Summer, 2014, pp. 223-225
Description
Book review of Native Claims edited by Saliha Belmessous.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 223.
Native Diasporas: Indigenous Identities and Settler Colonialism in the Americas
Alternate Title
Borderlands and Transcultural Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gregory D. Smithers
Rebecca Horn
Michael A. McDonnell
Brooke N. Newman
Linford D. Fisher ... [et al.]
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 Youth Sexual Health Network - North America
Alternate Title
International Expert Group Meeting: Sexual Health and Reproductive Rights: Articles 21, 22(1), 23 and 24 ...
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Youth Sexual Health Network
Description
Briefly discusses interrelated issues such as sex education, HIV/AIDS, sexual identity, and violence against sex trade workers.
Navajo Sovereignty: Understandings and Visions of the Diné People
Alternate Title
Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Raymond D. Austin
Bidtah Nellie Becker
Manley A. Begay
Leola Tsinnajinnie
Avery Denny ... [et al.]
Negotiating American Indian Inclusion: Sovereignty, Same-Sex Marriage, and Sexual Minorities in Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Lambert
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-21
Description
Discusses debates and tribal lawmaking around the issue in the United States with focus on ten-year period prior to the 2015 Supreme Court decision.
Negotiating Colonial Encounters: (Un)Mapping the Policing of Indigenous Peoples' Protests in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Democratia Dafnos
Description
Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2014.
“Neoliberal Apartheid”: Challenges for Decolonization from South Africa to Palestine (An Interview with Andy Clarno)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chandni Desai
Andy Clarno
Decolonization, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 96-98
Description
Author of Neoliberal Apartheid discusses commonalities between two states, including the patterns of extreme inequality, racialized poverty and advanced securitization which are symptomatic neoliberal regimes.
Neoliberal Indigenous Policy: Settler Colonialism and the "Post-Welfare" State
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael Lerma
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 130-131
Description
Book review of: Neoliberal Indigenous Policy by Elizabeth Strakosch.
Network Sovereignty: Building the Internet across Indian Country
Alternate Title
Indigenous Confluences
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marisa Elena Duarte
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 New Extractivism: A Post-Neoliberal Development Model or Imperialism of the 21st Century?
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marc Becker
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 4, 2014, pp. 434-435
Description
Book review of: The New Extractivism edited by Henry Veltmeyer, James Petras.
Next Steps for the Idle No More Movement: A Public Law Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander Hudson
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 1 & 2, 2014, pp. 149-163
Description
Discusses one of the most significant political campaigns, in modern history, put on by Canada's First Nations.
Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage Shipping and Marine Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E.R. Jakobsen … [et al.]]
Description
Essays by authors from across Inuit Nunangat and Greenland discuss the possible impacts of the opening of the Passage due to climate change.
The Nishga Land Claim, 1873-1973
Theses
Author/Creator
Edwin Peter May
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1979.
"No Indians Allowed": Challenging Aboriginal Segregation in Northern British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Matthew Barager
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2019.
No Name
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Aileen Marwung Walsh
ab-Original, vol. 3, no. 1, 2019, pp. 73-80
Description
Opinion piece written in poetic prose which articulates the different ways that settlers and colonial systems disregarded and erased Indigenous names and naming practices.
Notes on Becoming a Comrade: Indigenous Women, Leadership, and Movement(s) for Decolonization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jaskiran Dhillon
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism, 2019, pp. 41-54
Description
Author uses her own experiences as non-Indigenous woman of color to explore the challenges in becoming an ally with Indigenous communities fight in their fight for decolonization.
NWAC Report on the Five-Year Review of the Impacts of the Repeal of Section 67 of the Canadian Human Rights Act
Alternate Title
Native Women's Association of Canada's Report on the Five-Year Review of Impacts ...
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Reports on section which protected federal and First Nations governments from complaints of discrimination relating to actions arising from the Indian Act.
Of this Land, On this Land: Indigenous Artists Challenging the Racial Logics of Liberal Modernity
Theses
Author/Creator
Suzanne Morrissette
Description
Social and Political Thought Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.
Refers to works by Bonnie Devine, Kent Monkman, Kade Twist, Christian Chapman, the Ogimaa Mikana Project, Cheryl L'Hirondelle, Carl Beam, Merritt Johnson, A Tribe Called Red, and Fallon Simard.
Oil and Gas Consultation and Shale Gas Development in British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathryn H. Garvie
Karena Shaw
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 73-102
Description
Focus on provincial government's failure to engage with Indigenous concerns about development taking place on their land. Assesses consultation protocols and offers suggestions for regulatory reforms.
Oil Companies, Reindeer-Herding Communities, and Local Authorities: Rights to Land From the Perspective of Various Stakeholders
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Svetlana Tulaeva
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, The Dynamic Relationship Between Human Rights Law and Indigenous Peoples, 2014, pp. 1-15
Description
Promotes three measures to resolve existing problems including increasing the transparency of decision-making regarding land allocation.
On Being Here to Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Asch
On Being Here to Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Emily-Jean Gallant
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 241-242
Description
Book review of: On Being Here to Stay by Michael Asch.
On Improving Tribal-Corporate Relations In The Mining Sector: A White Paper on Strategies for Both Sides of the Table
E-Books
Author/Creator
The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
On Living in Reconciliation: Hannah Arendt, Agonism, and the Transformation of Indigenous-non-Indigenous Relations in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Hannah Katalin Schwenke Wyile
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2014.
Ontological Conflicts Concerning Indigenous Peoples in Contemporary Brazil
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa R. Lea
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 2, 2017, pp. 151-175
Description
Author examines the ongoing conflicts between Indigenous peoples and state government in Brazil, notes that at the root of the conflict is a profound difference in worldview and what is an appropriate use of resources. Where Indigenous perspective advocate for subsistence use, state governing bodies are tied to extractive practices and focus on growth centered economies.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
The Osoyoos Indian Band, Canadian Wildlife Service, and the Species at Risk Act: Lack of Consultation, and Perpetuation of Underdevelopment on Reserves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Mammel
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 85-103
Description
Discusses how imposition of the Act's prohibitions and lack of cooperation by the Wildlife Service, affected the Band's plans for economic development.
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in BC
Alternate Title
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in British Columbia
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Beringia Community Planning Inc.]
Description
Related Material:
Toolkit Resources.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Perceptions of Landscape and the Interplay Between Rainfall and Vegetation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Boland
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 5, 2014, pp. 462-477
Description
Comments on how climate change is altering views on what can be produced from the land.
Performativity of Time, Movement and Voice in Idle No More
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Selena Couture
Performance Research, vol. 19, no. 6, On Rupture, 2014, pp. 118-120
Description
Book review of: The Winter We Danced: Voices From the Past, the Future and the Idle No More Movement edited by The Kino-nda-niimi Collective, lead editors Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Tanya Kappo, Wanda Nanibush and Hayden King.
Persistence of Colonial Prejudice and Policy in British Columbia's Indigenous Relations: Did the Spirit of Joseph Trutch Haunt Twentieth-Century Resource Development?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Abbott
BC Studies, no. 194, Summer, 2017, pp. 39-64
Description
Looks at how province's first lieutenant-governor's attitudes about the land question continued to exert influence during two periods: the years following entry into Confederation (1871 to 1876) and during the era of postwar hydroelectric development using case studies from 1951 to 1989.
The Perspective of the Crown: Impacts of the Cases on Constitutional Duties and on the Law of Consultation and Accommodation
Alternate Title
Between Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in: Reflections From the Centre of Turtle Island
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Julie Blackhawk
Description
Presenter highlights of some of the implications of the two decisions, Grassy Narrows and Tsilhqot'in, on aboriginal rights and the management of natural resources from the perspective of the federal crown.
Duration: 52:14.
Philosophy and Aboriginal Rights: Critical Dialogues
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
D. Anthony Larivière
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 232-234
Description
Book review of Philosophy and Aboriginal Rights edited by Sandra Tomsons and Lorraine Mayer.
Place-Based Readings Toward Disrupting Colonized Literacies: A Métissage
Alternate Title
Place-Based Readings Toward Disrupting Colonized Literacies: A Metissage
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adrian Downey
Rachael Bell
Katelyn Copage
Pam Whitty
In Education, vol. 25, no. 2, 10th Anniversary Online Special Issue: Teaching in the 21st Century Intercultural/Multilingual/Multi, Autumn, 2019, pp. 39-58
Description
Authors discuss ways to teach land-based or place-based literacies and how doing so can expose settler-colonial narrative and disrupt them.
Plain Talk 10: First Nations Education
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 10
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Articulates why Indigenous people have strong feelings regarding education rights and why it should be delivered in a culturally appropriate method.
Planning Around Reserves: Probing the Inclusion of First Nations in Saskatchewan's Watershed Planning Framework
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Warrick Baijius
Robert J. Patrick
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, Special Issue: The Impact of Reserve and Reservation Systems on Indigenous Well-Being, November 22, 2019
Description
Results from a study which examines a dozen watershed plans indicates limited inclusion of First Nations in watershed plans created by the Saskatchewan Watershed authority.
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.
Political Failure, Judicial Opportunity: The Supreme Court of Canada and Aboriginal and Treaty Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kirsten Matoy Carlson
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 44, no. 3, CONNECT/Fulbright Canada—New Scholars Issue, 2014, pp. 334-346
Description
Discusses how the Court's decisions, vis-à-vis section 35(1) of the Constitution, influenced public policymaking.
The Politics of Arctic Sovereignty: Oil, Ice and Inuit Governance
Alternate Title
Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics ; 115
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica M. Shadian
Powering Self-Determination: Indigenous Renewable Energy Developments in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Eryn Fitzgerald
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2018.
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".
A President in Indian Country: Calvin Coolidge and Lakota Diplomacy in the Summer of 1927
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Steven Zimmer
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 215-234
Description
Looks at how Henry Standing Bear and Chauncey Yellow Robe capitalized on the historical presidential visit to the Pine Ridge reservation.