American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 221-228
Description
An analysis of prophets as an extension of traditional Indigenous shamans and how their similarities allowed prophets to achieve legitimacy within Indigenous communities.
Harvard Educational Review, vol. 58, no. 3, August 1988, pp. 280-298
Description
Author uses the debate over process-oriented versus skills-oriented writing instruction as the starting point for a discussion on five aspects of the "culture of power" in the field of education.
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, p. 17–40
Description
Discussion on Native patients' dependency on clinical encounters in the health service system as opposed to use of alternative methods with relation to medical evacuations and southern hospitalizations.
From a series of interviews about health, this article reveals one woman's struggle with mental illness and discusses some differences between medical treatment and traditional healing.
Ethnohistory, vol. 29, no. 4, Autumn, 1982, pp. 281-306
Description
Apologia: There is no intention to offend, insult or embarrass by inclusion of this article.
Describes colonial views held of Native Americans as "uncivilized" and discusses the social standing of white and Indigenous women.
Documents the successes, challenges and transformations experienced by Pete Standing Alone and the Blood Reserve in Alberta over the past 25 years. Accompanying material: An Integrated Educator's Guide.
Duration: 57:50.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 1989, pp. 33-53
Description
Investigates the deficiencies in service provided to Métis families in Manitoba by mainstream child and family service agencies and seeks to understand reasons for the disparity.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Change and Continuity as Experienced by Navajo Women, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 149-169
Description
Discusses women's predisposition for innovations due to their traditional cultural backgrounds. Focus is placed on the Navajo's shift from self-sufficient agricultural work to wage-based work in the service, industrial and large farm-based industries.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. 529-534
Description
The author describes his own experience of finding spiritual balance through a visit to the Tolowa's Yontockey village. The author examines how he found this spiritual balance, how he came to this realization and its implications.
Journal of the Southwest , vol. 30, no. 3, Autumn, 1988, pp. 325-355
Description
Discusses how Leslie Marmon Silko's Storyteller combines fiction, poetry, family history, and oral tradition to create a sense of personal, cultural, feminist, and human identity.
Ethnohistory, vol. 29, no. 2, Spring, 1982, pp. 103-115
Description
Describes a relationship between the Hudson's Bay Company and the Cree and how that relationship went from mutual dependence to dominance of the trading post.
Book review: Tlingit Indians of Alaska by Archimandrite Anatolii Kamenskii. Translated, with an Introduction and supplementary material, by Sergei Kan.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 22, no. 1, October 1982, pp. [18-32]
Description
Contends that Native American women must reclaim their traditional position in society, which was based on the concepts of matriarchy, androgyny and spiritual unity.
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 163-174
Description
Examines the relationship between non-Native nurses with traditional healers and elders in northern communities and discusses the relevance of traditional healing approaches to medicine for Aboriginal people.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 11-33
Description
An examination of ethnographic material and published life histories to assess the quality and quantity of information regarding Navajo women's traditional roles and significance in Navajo society.
Explains how the James Bay Project has increased the traditional way of life in Quebec, how mercury poisoning has stopped fishing at site, and how the income security program helps people live in the bush.
Duration: 3:13.