Articles » General
Author/Creator
Majing Oloko
Shailesh Shukla
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 1, 2018, pp. 1-22
Description
Study uses participatory research tools to explore and document the cultural meanings of food within Irigwe Indigenous food system and their relationship to Indigenous food-production practices such as food foraging.
[The Ojibwa of Berens River Manitoba: Ethnography into History]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Richard J. Preston
Native Studies Review, vol. 8, no. 2, 1992, pp. 141-142
Description
Book review of: The Ojibwa of Berens River Manitoba: by A. Irving Hallowell, with Jennifer S.H. Brown.
On the Mysterious 1831 Cherokee Manuscript or Jisdu Fixes John Locke’s Two Treatises of Civil Government
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brian Burkhart
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018 , pp. 40-76
Description
Creative piece which imagines what Two Treatises of Civil Government would look like if it had been written by the Cherokee Rabbit Trickster, Jisdu.
Our Sacred Water: Theorizing Kuuyam as a Decolonial Possibility
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles Sepulveda
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 40-58
Description
Describes the polluted state of the Santa Ana River in southern California and how it came to be so. Considers traditional perspectives of the Acjachemen and Tongva tribes regarding "guests" as a way to re-center a Indigenous view of the land.
Parade Leader: North American Indigenous Games
Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of the Parade leader for the 1993 North American Indigenous Games held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The leader is a man in traditional Plains garb on horseback, taken in Prime Minister's Park.
Parliament of Religions on the Prairie: Standing Rock as Interreligious Event
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 12th, 2017
Representations and Realities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Peter A. Huff
Description
Examines the Oceti Sakowin water protectors’ camp as an Indigenous-led interreligious meeting and criticizes media representation of the water protectors as “protesters” while ignoring the religious and interfaith elements of the movement.
The Path to Healing: Report of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues
Alternate Title
A Model for Delivery of Health and Social Services to the Atikamekw People: Theory, Practice and Necessity
Aboriginal Health Policy for the Next Century
Aboriginal People Living in Remote and Northern Areas
Anishnawbe Health
Beyond the Caregivers: Health and Social Services Policy for the 1990s
Challenging the Way We Think about Health
Community Development, Sobriety and After-Care at Alkali Lake Band
Deficits, Foundation and Aspirations Signal Need for Restructuring
Funding Policy for Indigenous Human Services
Global Nutrition and the Holistic Environment of Indigenous Peoples
Health and Social Issues of Aboriginal People with Disabilities: An Alberta Perspective
Illness Care, Health, and the Economic Base
Integrating Science and Traditional Culture
Pathways to a Dream: Professional Education in the Health Sciences
Suicide in Canadian Aboriginal Peoples: Causes and Prevention
The Inuulitsivik Health Centre and its Maternity Project
The Kahnawake Mohawk Experience: Responsibility for Controlling Our Own Health Care Services
The Nuu-Chah-Nulth Experience: A Descriptive Review of West Coast People‟s Struggle to Rebuild Healthy
Treaty Right to Health
Violence in Aboriginal Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Louis T. Montour
John D. O'Neil
Rosemary Proctor
Clare Clifton Brant
Emma D. LaRocque
K. A. (Kim) Scott
W.J. (Bill) Mussell
Alma Favel-King ... [et al.]]
Paula Gunn Allen's "The One Who Skins Cats": An Inquiry into Spiritedness
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary TallMountain
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 34-38
Description
Looks at the spirituality of women in Allen's poetry.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Pawnee Mortuary Traditions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger C. Echo-Hawk
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 2, 1992, pp. 77-99
Description
Consulting ethnographic literature, Pawnee traditions and historical records reveal a complex heritage where funeral preparations varied according to rank.
The Pawnee of Nebraska: Twice Removed
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Orlan J. Svingen
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 2, 1992, pp. 121-137
Description
Chronicles the grave looting that took place after relocations in the 1870s and the Nebraska State Historical Society professionalizing the activity, even labelling it archaeological excavation.
Peekiskwetan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rhonda Johnson
Winona Stevenson
Donna Greschner
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 6, no. 1, 1993, pp. 153-173
Description
Cross-cultural dialogue between three women: Rhonda Johnson, Winona Stevenson and Donna Greschner.
The People: Reflections of Native Peoples on the Catholic Experience in North America
E-Books
Author/Creator
P. Michael Galvan
Kater Mitchell
Marie Therese Archambault
Paul Ojibway
Places Important to Navajo People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Klara Kelley and Harris Francis
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 151-169
Description
Study conducted in 1986 & ‘87 interviews participants in 13 Navajo communities about spaces that are sacred or important to the people in those communities. Research was done to determine which sites should be the focus of the Navajo Nation’s Historic Preservation Department.
Potlatch 67-67: Then and Now
Alternate Title
Potlatch 67-67 Lesson Series
Hiłt̕sist̕a'a̱m: The Copper Will Be Fixed
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kumugwe Cultural Society
Comox Valley Art Gallery
Description
Catalogue for exhibition held to mark the 67th anniversary of the lifting of the Potlatch ban.
Related material: Lesson Plan.
Powhatan Priests and English Rectors: World Views and Congregations in Conflict
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen C. Rountree
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Shamans and Preachers, Color Symbolism and Commercial Evangelism: Reflections on Early Mid-Atlantic , Autumn, 1992, pp. 485-500
Description
Author examines the different worldviews and practices surrounding religion and spirituality that are and were held by Christian Europeans and the Powhatan in the early 1600’s, notes the points of divergence and potential conflict between the two forms of spirituality.
Prairie Indians and the 1918 Influenza epidemic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maureen Lux
Native Studies Review, vol. 8, no. 1, 1992, pp. 23-33
Description
Examines impact of epidemic and suggests high death rate was not the result of biological invasion but of poor living conditions, poor nutrition and lack of access to medical care.
Preface
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Walter Echo-Hawk
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 2, 1992, pp. 1-7
Description
Introductory article to a special issue devoted to the Repatriation of American Indian Remains.
[Prince v. Canada (Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development)]
Alternate Title
Violet Prince (Complainant) and the Canadian Human Rights Commission vs. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Respondent): Decision of the Tribunal
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lee Ongman
Lois Rae Serwa
Guizar Samji
Description
Complainant charged that the Department had discriminated against her on the basis of religion when it refused to provide boarding costs for her daughter to attend a Catholic High School. Tribunal found in the Department's favour.
Protestant Missionaries and Native Culture: Parallel Careers of Asher Wright and Silas T. Rand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas S. Abler
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 25-37
Description
Author examines the writings and compares the careers of two missionaries working to convert Indigenous peoples in North America; focuses on the missionaries’ engagement with the elders, storytellers and culture of the nations.
Public Hearings: Overview of the First Round
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Cassidy
Description
Summarizes presentations given before the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Curriculum Developers
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Asma-na-hi Antoine
Rachel Mason
Roberta Mason
Sophia Palahicky
Carmen Rodriguez de France
Description
Related material:
Foundations.
Guides for:
Leaders and Administrators.
Front-line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors.
Teachers and Instructors.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Foundations
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kory Wilson
Description
Guide discusses Indigenous-Canadian relationships from contact to the present, historical and contemporary context, and the diversity of Indigenous peoples.
Related material for:
Leaders and Administrators.
Curriculum Developers.
Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Pulling Together: A Guide for Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ian Cull
Robert L. A. Hancock
Stephanie McKeown
Michelle Pidgeon
Adrienne Vedan
Description
Related material: Foundations. Guides for: Leaders and Administrators.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Leaders and Administrators
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sybil Harrison
Janice Simcoe
Dawn Smith
Jennifer Stein
Description
Related material:
Foundations.
Guides for:
Curriculum Developers.
Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors.
Teachers and Instructors.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Teachers and Instructors
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bruce Allan
Amy Perreault
John Chenoweth
Dianne Biin
Sharon Hobenshield
Todd Ormiston
Shirley Anne Hardman
Louise Lacerte ... [et al.]
Description
Explores topics such as locating self and practice, Indigenous worldviews and pedagogies, ethical approach and relational protocols, colonization framework in Canada, and building an Indigenous practice.
Related material:
Foundations.
Guides for:
Leaders and Administrators.
Curr
Quanah Parker, Comanche Chief
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
William T. Hagan
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey [2015]: Language and Culture
Alternate Title
First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS): Phase 3
Sociodemographic and Socioeconomic Conditions
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
Questions of the Spirit: Bloodlines in Louise Erdrich's Chippewa Landscape
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annette Van Dyke
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 15-27
Description
Explores the inspiration of the symbols of water and the water god shown in Erdrich's Love Medicine and Tracks.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Raising a Child with Early Childhood Dis-ability Supports Shakonehyra:ra's ne shakoyen'okon:'a
Alternate Title
Raising a Child with Early Childhood Disability Supports
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Ineese-Nash
Yvonne Bomberry
Kathryn Underwood
Arlene Hache
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, Winter, 2018, pp. 1-14
Description
Presents findings from Indigenous participants in the Early Childhood Service System Project.
A Recipe for Change: Reclamation of Indigenous Food Sovereignty in O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Asfia Gulrukh Kamal
Description
[Environment and Geography?] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2018.
Reconciliation and Canada’s Overdose Crisis: Responding to the Needs of Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Lavalley
Shelda Kastor
Jenna Valleriani
Ryan McNeil
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 50, December 17, 2018, pp. E1466-E1467
Description
Authors note that the current drug overdose crisis disproportionately affects Indigenous people as a result of a legacy of colonialism, racism and intergenerational trauma; argue that reconciliation with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples must include dismantling structural conditions which produce drug-related harms, and that current harm-reduction models must integrate Indigenous cultural values.
Reconsidering Confederation: Canada's Founding Debates, 1864 - 1999
Alternate Title
Compact, Contract, Covenant: The Evolution of First Nations Treaty-Making
Resisting Canada’s Will: Manitoba’s Entry into Confederation
“A More Accurate Face on Canada to the World”: The Creation of Nunavut
E-Books
Author/Creator
J. R. Miller
Daniel Heidt
Marcel Martel
Colin M. Coates
Martin Pâquet
... [et al.]
Description
See:
Chapter Two: Compact, Contract, Covenant: The Evolution of First Nations Treaty-Making by J.R. Miller.
Chapter Six: Resisting Canada’s Will: Manitoba’s Entry into Confederation by Robert Wardhaugh and Barry Ferguson.
Chapter Eleven: “A More Accurate Face on Canada to the World”: The Creation of Nunavut by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Andr&ecaute Légaré.
Recovering Rights: Bowhead Whales and Inuvialuit Subsistence in the Western Canadian Arctic
Alternate Title
Occasional Publication Series (Canadian Circumpolar Institute) ; no. 31
Studies on Whaling ; no. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Milton M. R. Freeman
Eleanor E. Wein
Darren E. Keith
Refracting the State through Human-Fish Relations: Fishing, Indigenous Legal Orders and Colonialism in North/Western Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zoe Todd
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 60-75
Description
Considers Aboriginal worldviews around the relationships humans have with, and the responsibilities they have to non- or more-than-human entities as a framework for environmental activism, opposition to resource extraction, and government regulation. Asserts that a re-examination of the way that humans connect to our non-human relations is necessary for survivance.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire for Children and Families = Giitwaami-zaka'aman Manidookaadeg Ishkode: Giniijaanisimaanig zhigwa Gidinawenaaganag onji
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sun Lodge Village
Peguis Child and Family Services
Garry McCorrister (Ogimaa Kinew)
Dwayne McCorrister (Giizis Ininew)
Louise McCorrister (Piitwan Aki Doog)
Maurice Brubacher (Mkode-Binesi-Nini) ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2018, p. 4
Description
Links to a video that describes the programming which creates opportunities for families to participate in ceremonial and land-based ways of knowing and healing.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire...
Duration: 21:19
Religion and Encounter: Mid-Atlantic Regional Contact between Native American and Euroamerican Peoples after the Voyages of Columbus
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John A. Grim
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Shamans and Preachers, Color Symbolism and Commercial Evangelism: Reflections on Early Mid-Atlantic , Autumn, 1992, pp. 445-450
Description
Article provides an introduction to the special issue, includes a summary of the papers included and commentary on the reoccurring themes including links between religion and material culture, diversity of Indigenous perspectives, and the connections between worldview, land use, and geomorphology (changes in the natural world resulting from human use).
Religious Practice and Ceremonial Clothing on the Belcher Islands, Northwest Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
Deborah Nancy Caseburg
Description
Clothing and Textiles Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 1993.
Remaking the Connections: An Aboriginal Response to Domestic Violence in Australian Aboriginal Communities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sharon Williams
Sadie Smith
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 16, no. 6, November/December 1992, pp. 6-9
Description
Looks at Mygunya Aboriginal Corporation established to help Aboriginal women suffering from domestic violence get access to services, travel to women's safe houses, and promotes connections between the woman and her spirit.
Remote Area Aboriginal Ear and Hearing Health: Who Defines the Problem?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ian Henderson
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 4, July/August 1993, pp. 19-22
Description
Paper presented at the The Otitis Media in Childhood Conference. Compares Aboriginal perceptions in remote communities about hearing loss to non-Aboriginal western thinking.
A Resource Guide on Family Violence Issues for Aboriginal Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
David McTimoney
Restorying Indigenous–Settler Relations in Canada: Taking a Decolonial Turn toward a Settler Theology of Liberation
Theses
Author/Creator
Joëlle M. Morgan
Description
Theology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saint Paul University, 2018.
Resurging through Kishiichiwan: The Spatial Politics of Indigenous Water Relations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Daigle
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 159-172
Description
Discusses the Mushkegowuk people’s relationship to water and how it has been ruptured in the interests of extractive industries and economic development. Also discusses efforts to reconnect with and protect waterways.
Rethinking Environmental Science Education from Indigenous Knowledge Perspectives: An Experience with a Dene First Nation Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Kumar Datta
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.
Returning to Fields
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Lee López
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, 1992, pp. 165-174
Description
Critique of article by Kent H. Redford entitled The Ecologically Noble Savage, published in Cultural Survival.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Linda L. Danielson
Annette Van Dyke
Sandra L. Sprayberry
Lawrence Abbott
Roger Weaver
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 105-118
Description
Book reviews of:
Mohawk Trail by Beth Brant
Food & Spirits by Beth Brant
Madonna Swan: A Lakota Woman's Story as told through Mark St. Pierre
Mud Woman: Poems From the City by Nora Naranjo-Morse
Other Council Fires Were Here Before Ours retold by Twylah Nitsch & Jamie Sams.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Air and Water: St’át’imc Legal Traditions Report
Alternate Title
RELAW Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dean Billy
Lindsay Borrows
Jessica Clogg
Helen Copeland
St’át’imc Elders
Rituals of Encounter: Interpreting Native American Views of European Explorers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Sabo
Arkansas Historical Association , vol. 51, no. 1, Spring, 1992, pp. 54-68
Description
Describes greeting ceremonies used by the Quapaw and Caddo tribes when explorers Rene-Robert Cavelier and Sieur de La Salle made their way up the Mississippi River.
The Road to Poverty Is Paved With Good Intentions: Social Interventions and Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas Durst
International Social Work , vol. 35, Special Issue: The New Reality of Poverty and Social Work Interventions, 1992, pp. 191-202
Description
Looks at child adoption and unemployment programs and analyzes a western society agrarian rationale verses the Indigenous culture rationale based on hunting and gathering.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 117: Opening Prayer, Welcoming Remarks, Opening Remarks
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an opening prayer, welcoming remarks, and opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Canadore College, North Bay, Ontario on Tuesday, May 11, 1993. File contains an opening prayer by Gordie Restoule, and welcoming remarks by Moderator Georgina Pelletier and Mayor of North Bay, Stan Lawlor. File also contains opening remarks by Commissioners Mary Sillett and Bertha Wilson who discuss the Commission's educational and policy roles.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 132: Opening Prayer, Drum Ceremony, Opening comments by Moderator John Stiffarm
Documents & Presentations
Description
The file contains an opening prayer, drum ceremony, and opening comments by Moderator John Stiffarm for the Youth Circle sitting held by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Tuesday, May 25, 1993, at the Lethbridge Lodge, Ballroom A, Lethbridge, Alberta. Following a sweetgrass ceremony, opening prayer, and drum ceremony, Moderator John Stiffarm discusses the significance of the ceremony and the circle hearing, as well as its' format. Commissioner Georges Erasmus also makes some brief remarks on the sitting's format.