Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 14, no. 2, Autumn, 1999, pp. 32-45
Description
Argues that Native American literature, whether oral or written, serves all the functions any literature can or does serve, including spiritual inspiration and political insight.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 180-189
Description
Describes an arts based research project which uses graffiti art to make Haudenosaunee symbols and images accessible and relevant for Indigenous youth. Discusses cultural bridging and exchange, decolonization, identity, cultural values, and Indigenous solidarity.
File contains 17 negatives showing Tawney Ahdeman of Prince Albert off posing for a portrait before leaving for an Indian Princess Pageant, on August 8, 1991.
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, vol. 4, no. 1, Data and Digital Sovereignty, July 28, 2019, pp. 6-14
Description
Article describes a Māori-led, four-year research project which focused on identifying and addressing iwi (tribal) data needs of the Rangitīkei Iwi Collective, and on establishing a framework for iwi data sovereignty.
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. lxiv-lxviii
Description
Project goal is to develop a mental health curriculum sensitive to Native American values.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page lxiv.
Guidebook developed for high school teachers with the intent to prevent the spread of TB and to encourage healthy behaviours through activities and lesson resources.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 2, Spring, 1991, pp. 153-170
Description
Author examines attempts by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to terminate Indian tribes’ status and recognition in the United States following the second world war. Focuses on the Eastern Cherokee and the conditions surrounding the Nation’s fight for continued recognition.
History of the Family, vol. 4, no. 4, December 1999, pp. 529-555
Description
Overview of three centuries of relations with Europeans and role played by familial ties; traces continuity and persistence as well as loss and change in Ojibwa kinship relations.
Looks at the familial relationships which developed in the community of Île à la Crosse as well as those established with representatives of the fur trade and the Church.
Introduction and Chapter 1 of: One of the Family: Métis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2019, pp. 204-235
Description
Report demonstrates that the objectifying space of the traditional beauty pageant has been appropriated by the Miss World Eskimo– Indian Olympics (WEIO), and reconstructed as a space focused on developing community-centered leadership skills in the young women that participate.
Defines pragmatism as framework that is centered on problem solving rather than a pursuit of ultimate knowledge, and discusses the ways that Western understandings of pragmatism are influenced by Indigenous philosophy and worldview.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2019, p. [9]
Description
Links to a short video biography of Little Thunder Woman (Katrina Harrison) in which the narrator discusses her experiences and the teachings she has received as a two-spirit person.
Thunder Finder
Duration: 3:10
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 31-44
Description
Author uses a personal essay to discuss basic tenets of Indigenous knowledge, ways of knowing, and ontological constructs; uses Líl̓wat language concepts to help illustrate her points. Highlights experiential and action based teaching and learning, relational understanding, and the concepts of flux, balance.
Article considers three Māori communities and the endurance and resilience they have demonstrated in maintaining their unique peace traditions in the face of opposition from both Western and Māori cultures of violence.
Australian Humanities Review, no. 14, July 1999, p. [?]
Description
Review article of: The Stolen Children: Their Stories edited by Carmel Bird.
Book is a compilation of extracts from the Bringing Them Home report of the National Inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1999, pp. [51]-65
Description
Examines the ways in which photography, both past and present, by Western photographers and the Aboriginal character of Will, is used as a plot device in the novel.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010
Description
Discusses the way in which the tobacco contributes to Indigenous research methodology and examines how Indigenous research can draw upon Indigenous ways of knowing by connecting individuals with the spiritual and physical world.