Alternate Title
Linking Arms Together (Part 6): Guest Speaker Chief Wilton Littlechild
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wilton Littlechild
Description
Member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Wilton Littlechild speaks at Linking Arms Together Symposium held at York University, June 28, 2013.
Duration: 24:16
Linking Arms Together 2013: PM Session Guest Speaker Dr. Marlene Brant Castellano [Part 5]
Alternate Title
Linking Arms Together (Part 5): Guest Speaker Dr. Marlene Brant Castellano
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marlene Brant Castellano
Description
Professor of Native Studies speaks at Linking Arms Together symposium held at York University, June 28, 2013.
Duration: 32:10.
Linking Arms Together 2013: PM Session Keynote Address Grand Chief Edward John [Part 8}
Alternate Title
Linking Arms Together: (Part 8): Keynote Address Grand Chief Edward John
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Edward John
Description
Speaks about Indigenous human rights internationally and within Canada at Linking Arms Together symposium held at York University, June 28, 2013.
Duration: 46:40.
Literature Review: Companion to the Youth Program Model: Kwanlin Dün First Nation Land-Based Healing Program Research Assistance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jenn Redvers
Description
Literature search on contributing factors and causes related to high Aboriginal youth involvement in the criminal justice system including: cultural and familial disconnect, intergenerational and childhood trauma, mental health and addictions, and other health challenges.
Living in Balance: A Lakota and Mohawk Dialogue
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin Brokenleg
Adrienne Brant James
Reclaiming Children and Youth, vol. 22, no. 2, Summer, 2013, pp. 51-55
Description
Looks at the wisdom from two Native American traditions of how ageless values of respect and cooperation are essential to peace and well-being.
Living Tradition: The Kwakwaka'wakw Potlatch on the Northwest Coast
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
U'Mista Cultural Society
Description
Website provides links to introduction to Potlatch, people, lands, history, language, educational resources, and a virtual tour.
Lloyd Chief Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lloyd Chief
Mary Mountain
Iris Baker
Group of White Teachers
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview with the grandson of Misihew and great-grandson of Seekaskootch, Mr. Lloyd Chief. During the interview, Mr. Chief discusses a variety of subjects including: leadership qualities; intertribal wars of the Cree and Blackfoot; the power of dreams; the significance of the Northern Lights; and the powers of Cannibals.
"A loss so fine it pierced my heart": Lost Languages and Cultural Identity in Hiromi Goto's Chorus Of Mushrooms and Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ewa Bodal
TransCanadiana, no. 6, The Peaceable Kingdom? Cultural and Language Communities in Canada and the Rule of Law, 2013, pp. 235-261
Description
Compares loss of ancestral language and cultural identity of the female protagonists in the two novels.
Māori Men, Relationships, and Everyday Practices: Towards Broadening Domestic Violence Research
Alternate Title
Maori Men, Relationships, and Everyday Practices: Towards Broadening Domestic Violence Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pita King
Neville Robertson
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 210-217
Description
Study focused on five men's experiences with intimate relationships and extended family life and how they draw on traditional ways-of-being to maintain and enhance those relationships.
Maria and the Ukok Princess: Climate Change and the Fate of the Altai
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gleb Raygorodetsky
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, The World on Our Shoulders: Cultivating Indigenous Youth Leadership, September 2013, p. [?]
Description
Author describes travels in the Altai, the landscape, people, history and culture, and challenges of preservation of sacred sites due to climate change.
Meanings of Memory: Understanding Aging and Dementia in First Nations
Communities on Manitoulin Island, Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Jessica E. Pace
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2013.
Measuring Indigenous Peoples' and Planet's Well-Being
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mauricio Malanes
Tebtebba, vol. 14, 2013, pp. [4]-13
Description
Looks into the holistic view of life and development shared by Indigenous peoples worldwide.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 4.
Mederic McDougall Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mederic McDougall
Carol Pearlstone
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. McDougall is descended from French and Scottish halfbreeds and is active in the Metis Society of Saskatchewan. He gives an account of the Metis way of life and philosophy, the Riel Rebellion, shares memories of WWI, WWII and the Depression. He also talks about the discrimination against native people.
A Metaphoric Mind: Selected Writings of Joseph Couture
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joseph Couture
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
Alternate Title
Anishinaabe / Chippewa / Ojibwe Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses, children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
The Missionaries: God Against the Indians
E-Books
Author/Creator
Norman Lewis
Mitákuye Owás’ (All My Relatives): Dakota Wiconi (Way of Life) and Wicozani Waste (Well-Being)
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Mark Ruml
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 6
Description
Discusses basic tenants of Dakota spiritual traditions. Chapter ten from Learning, Technology, and Traditions, which is vol. 6 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
A Modernist Moment: Native Art and Surrealism at the University of Oklahoma
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark A. White
Journal of Surrealism and the Americas, vol. 7, no. 1, 2013, pp. 52-70
Description
Discuses the Native American fine arts movement of personal expression and active engagement with mainstream modern art during the late 1940s. Focuses on the work of artists Chief Terry Saul, Walter Richard "Dick" West, and Oscar Howe.
Module 2: Changes in Expressions of Cultural Identity in Northern North American: Media, Art, Education, and Recreation
Alternate Title
CS 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II
Module Two: Changes in Expressions of Cultural Identity in Northern North American: Media, Art, Education, and Recreation
University of the Arctic – CS 322
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322]
[Cultural Identity In North America]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Heather Exner
Greg Poelzer
Tamara Andreyeva
Kristina Fagan
Heather Harris
Terry Wotherspoon ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses how each area contributes to an individual's sense of belonging to a unique community.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 2: People of the Forest
Alternate Title
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Two: People of the Forest
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses traditional economies and lifeways of Indigenous peoples living in the subarctic boreal forest, focusing on hunting, fishing, gathering and small-scale reindeer herding.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 3: Changes in Expressions of Cultural Identity in Northwest Russia, Siberia and the Far East
Alternate Title
CS 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II
Module Three: Changes in Expressions of Cultural Identity in Northwest Russia, Siberia and the Far East
University of the Arctic – CS 322
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322]
[Cultural Identity In Russia]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Heather Exner
Greg Poelzer
Tamara Andreyeva
Kristina Fagan
Heather Harris
Terry Wotherspoon ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses the role of language, literature, media, art, family and education.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 3: People of the Coast
Alternate Title
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Three: People of the Coast
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Overview of traditional livelihoods of the Aleut and Iñupiat of Northern Alaska; the Yupiit and Chukchi of the Russian Far East; the Inuit of Nunavut; the Isertormeeq, Kalaallit and Kujataamiut of Greenland; and the coastal Sami people of the European Far North.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
"A Moment of Magic": Coyote, Tricksterism, and the Role of the Shaman in Rudolfo Anaya's Sonny Baca Novels
Theses
Author/Creator
Roy Turner
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2013.
More Than a Façade: The Kenekuk Religion Revisited
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Garrett
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, Fall, 2017, pp. 293-310
Description
Discusses what the Prophet's spiritual teachings may have meant to his Kickapoo followers.
Mound Builders and Monument Makers of the Northern Great Lakes, 1200-1600
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kathleen M. Foley
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 3, 2013, pp. 603-604
Description
Review of Book: Mound Builders and Monument Makers of the Northern Great Lakes, 1200-1600 by Meghan C. L. Howey.
Mountains and Rivers for a Home: A Study of the Cultural and Social Repercussions of the Return to Nature in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony and Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water
Theses
Author/Creator
Murielle Cayouette
Description
English Literature Thesis (M.A.)--Laval University, 2013.
Mrs. Marion Dillon Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marion Dillon
Mary Mountain
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview that includes stories of hunting, trading and food gathering. Also included are stories about the Frog Lake massacre and Wihtiko (cannibal monster)
Nanai Shamanic Culture in Indigenous Discourse
Alternate Title
[Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tatiana Bulgakova
[National Museum of the American Indian: Bears]
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Description
Displays 75 items of "bear" themed objects with accompanying information.
[National Museum of the American Indian: Ernest Spybuck, Shawnee Artist]
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Ernest Spybuck
Description
Displays 20 items from collection featuring watercolors and drawings from 1883-1949.
Native American Narratives as Ecoethical Discourse in Land-Use Consultations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joy H. Greenberg
Gregory Greenberg
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 28, no. 2, Fall, 2013, pp. 30-59
Description
Examines the issues involved when development threatens sacred sites.
The Native American Renaissance: Literary Imagination and Achievement
Alternate Title
American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series ; v. 59
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alan R. Velie
A. Robert Lee
Jace Weaver
James Mackay
Rebecca Tillett ... [et al.]
American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series
Native Life
Alternate Title
CANADIANHISTORY.CA: The Many Histories of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J .R. Miller
Description
Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.
Native North Americans in Literature for Youth: A Selective Annotated Bibliography for K-12
Alternate Title
Literature for Youth ; no. 14
E-Books
Native Peoples of North America
E-Books
Author/Creator
Susan Stebbins
The Nature of Empires and the Empires of Nature: Indigenous Peoples and the Great Lakes Environment
Alternate Title
Indigenous Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
John MacKenzie
Heather Marie Annis
Alesha Jane Breckenridge
Lori-Beth Hallock
Karen J. Travers
Brian Rice ...
Lianne C. Leddy ...
David T. McNab ... [et al.]
Indigenous Studies Series
Negotiating Two Worlds: Learning Through the Stories of Haudenosaunee Youth and Adults
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Bomberry
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 36, no. 2, Indigenous Education: Pathways to (Re)membering, 2013, pp. 248-283
Description
Looks at educational experiences and community challenges facing Six Nation youth of the Grand River Territory.
Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story
Alternate Title
Game Development Conference ; 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Dima Veryovka
Description
A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
Duration: 50:01.
New Light on Black Elk and The Sacred Pipe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Fitzgerald
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 71-91
Description
Uses correspondence to and from Joseph Brown to explore his personal philosophy and his process of transcribing and editing The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk’s Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux
Nooksack Place Names: Geography, Culture, and Language
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Bill Angelbeck
BC Studies, no. 179, Ethnobotany in BC, Autumn, 2013, pp. 216-218
Description
Book review of Nooksack Place Names by Allan Richardson and Brent Galloway.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 216.
Not Your Grandfather's Horse: Automobiles Performing the Trickster in Modern and Contemporary Work by Artists from Plains Cultures
Theses
Author/Creator
Aaron Moses
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Oklahoma State University, 2017
Refers to the works of Horace Poolaw, Dallin Maybee, Arthur Amiotte, Jay Polite Labor, and Wendy Red Star
Nurturing the "Beginning" in Protecting Our Traditional Practices From the End: Family, Kinship and Kamilaroi Aboriginal First Nation Knowledge in Australia
Alternate Title
Getting it Right: Protecting Family, Kinship and Traditional Practices in Kamilaroi Aboriginal First Nation Knowledge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcus Waters
Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia, vol. 4, no. 1-2, Indigenous Marriage, Family and Kinship in Australia:The Persistence of Life and Hope, 2013, pp. 177-192
Description
Discusses the survival of Aboriginal knowledge and definitions of identity and values in the Australian and Torres Strait Island Academy.
Of the Heart: Scoping Review of Indigenous Youth Suicide and Prevention
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rita Henderson
Lindsay Crowshoe
Brittany Johnson
Naomi Parker
Stephanie Perrin ... [et al.]
Description
Sources of data: Indigenous advisors, academic and grey literature review, and environmental scan. Includes information on general context, promising practices, and knowledge gaps around service provision.
Okwire’shon:’a, the First Storytellers: Recovering Landed Consciousness in Readings of Trees & Texts
Theses
Author/Creator
Kaitlin Sandra June Debicki
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2017. Refers to the works Power by Linda Hogan, Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, and Truth and Bright Water by Thomas King.
[Old World Roots of the Cherokee: How DNA, Ancient Alphabets and Religion Explain the Origins of America's Largest Indian Nation]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Eldon Yellowhorn
Native Studies Review, vol. 22, no. 1/2, 2013, pp. 216-219
Description
Book Review of: Old World Roots of the Cherokee by Donald N. Yates
Opening the Circle: Welcoming Brother Sun
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sandra Styres
Dawn Zinga
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 36, no. 2, Indigenous Education: Pathways to (Re)membering, 2013, pp. [1-3]
Description
Editorial to special issue focusing on historical and contemporary Indigenous education.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eleven: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation