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
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.
The Omaha Dance in Oglala and Sicangu Sioux History, 1883-1923
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark G. Thiel
Whispering Wind, vol. 23, no. 5, Fall/Winter, 1990, pp. 4-17
Description
Discusses the influence the Wild West show had on dance customs and the suppression of the dance on reservations.
On the Treatment and Reburial of Human Remains: The San Xavier Bridge Project, Tucson, Arizona
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John C. Ravesloot
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, Winter, 1990, pp. 35-50
Description
Article describes the consultation process and the eventual agreement (1985) between the Tohono O’Odham nation, the Arizona State Museum, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding the exhumations, examination and repatriation of human remains at the San Xavier Bridge site.
[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
Opioid Use in Pregnancy and Parenting: An Indigenous-Based Collaborative Framework for Northwestern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naana Afua Jumah
Lisa Bishop
Mike Franklyn
Janet Gordon
Len Kelly ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 108, no. 5-6, 2017, pp. e616-e620
Description
Describes two workshops that looked at issues from the perspectives of research, health care, social service provision and supportive care.
"The Orders of the Dreamed": George Nelson on Cree and Northern Ojibwa Religion and Myth, 1823
Alternate Title
Manitoba Studies in Native History; 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jennifer S.H Brown
Robert Brightman
Manitoba Studies in Native History
"Our Hope and Our Protection": Misko-biiwaabik (Copper) and Tribal Sovereignty in Michigan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erik M. Redix
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 224-249
Description
Argues that the Smithsonian's refusal to repatriate a sacred boulder illustrates how the Lake Superior Ojibwe experienced colonialism in that its removal was part of the exploitation of rich copper deposits in the area.
La perception du carcajou/glouton par les Inuit du Nord canadien: Du passé au present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
Pictographs in Northern Saskatchewan: Vision Quest and Pawakan
Theses
Author/Creator
Katherine A. Lipsett
p. 339
Description
Anthropology and Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1990.
Plants and Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Focuses on Yukon First Nations Traditional Knowledge.
Plants & Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Plants and Connection to Place
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yukon First Nations Curriculum Working Group
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Teacher's guide.
Promising Practices In Eskasoni
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ken Clement
Merv Thomas
Darko Sikman
CANCON
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network
Description
Members of the Eskasoni Mi'Kmaw Nation talk about their community's experience with harm reduction and addictions treatment and recovery.
Duration: 36:38.
Pushing the Needle: Collections Based Museum and Source Community Collaborations
Theses
Author/Creator
Molly Winslow
Description
Museology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2017.
Re(claiming) Indigenous Identity within Canada's Prison System: Indigenous Identity and Indigenous-Specific Prison Programming
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephanie Wellman
Description
Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
The Rebirth of a People: Reincarnation Cosmology among the Tundra Yukaghir of the Lower Kolyma, Northeast Siberia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laur Vallikivi and Lena Sidorova
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017
Description
Authors examine rebirth accounts, the commentary of elders, and a varied of socio-cultural circumstances to explore the relationships between Yukaghir reincarnation cosmology and current cultural resurgence, historic contexts, kinship and identity recognition—both on a personal and a cultural level.
Reclaiming Territories through Indigenous Performance
Theses
Author/Creator
Francine Burning
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017Focusess on experiences of Madelaine McCallum, Mike Dengeli, Mique'l Dangeli, Leela Gilday, and Ronnie Dean Harris.
Recognizing Indigenous Legal Orders: Their Content, Embeddedness in Distinct Indigenous Cultures, and Implications for Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Indigenous Legal Orders in Canada: A Literature Review
Law Publications (Western University) ; 92
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Coyle
Description
Literature review primarily uses book chapters, journal articles, and internet sources.
Rekindling the Flame: An Exploration of the Relationships Between Health, Culture and Place among Urban First Nations Men Living in London, Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Cindy Smithers Graeme
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2017.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire: Métis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Blanca Tovías
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring, 2017, p. 146
Description
Book review of: Rekindling the Sacred Fire by Chantal Fiola.
Religious and Spiritual Practices among Homeless Urban American Indians and Alaska Natives with Severe Alcohol Problems
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dennis C. Wendt
Susan E. Collins
Lonnie A. Nelson
Kelly Serafini
Seema L. Clifasefi ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 39-62
Description
American Indians and Alaska Natives were compared to general population on demographic variables, alcohol problems, and religious affiliations and practices. Found that those who engaged in Native-specific spiritual practices had lower alcohol use.
Remembering Why We Sit at the Table
Theses
Author/Creator
Faith Decontie
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2017.
Discusses the Cree Nation of Chisasibi's Land Based Healing Program.
The Repatriation of Ahayu:da Zuni War Gods
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Museum Anthropology, vol. 14, no. 2, May 1990, pp. 7-14
Description
An interview with the Zuni Tribal Council to collect information for presentation to museum staff about Zuni culture and express the appreciation the Zuni feel for the return of their sacred War Gods.
Resilience and Rebellious Memory Loops: Further Musings of an American Indian Ethnoecologist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Enrique Salmón
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
Description
Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
Review Articles: No Writing at All Here: Review Notes on Writing Native
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Laurie Ricou
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125, Native Writers & Canadian Literature, Spring/Summer, 1990, pp. 294-301
Description
Author reviews, in essay format, numerous books dealing with Aboriginal subject matter.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access review, scroll down to appropriate page.
A Review of The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Herman A. Peterson
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 74-76
Description
Book review of: The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology by Steve Pavlik.
Review: One Eye on the Sky
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Annie Finch
The Women's Review of Books, vol. 7, no. 6, March 1990, pp. 25-26
Description
Book review of: She Rises Like the Sun: Invocations of the Goddess by Contemporary American Women edited by Janine Canan.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
A. D. Fisher
Jill P. May
Heather K. Hardy
Gregory R. Campbell
Carolyn Balkwell
Catherine Price
Kathleen A. Dahl
Alice B. Kehoe
Cornelius J Jaenen
Rebecca Kugel
Michael J. Mullin
Steven Allaback
Greg Sarris
Martine J. Reid
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 3, 1990, pp. 93-174
Description
Book reviews of:
As Long as the Rivers Run: Hydroelectric Development and Native Communities in Western Canada by James B. Waldram.
Sun Journey: A Story of Zuni Pueblo by Ann Nolan Clark.
Maricopa Morphology and Syntax by Lynn Gordon.
The Cheyenne Nation: A Social and Demographic History by John H. Moore.
Pride of the Indian Wardrobe-Northern Athapascan Footwear by Judy Thompson.
Sagebrush Soldier: Private William Earl Smith's View of the Sioux War of 1876 by Sherry L.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Raymond Wilson
David Murray
Donald L. Fixico
Donna Rosh
Kathleen A. Dahl
Francis Jennings
John F. Boatman
Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz
Darryl Wilson
David W. Penney
James D. Nason
Terrence Cole
Eric G. Ackermann
WIlliam C. Sturtevant
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 4, 1990, pp. 67-122
Description
Book reviews of:
The View From Officers' Row: Army Perceptions of Western Indians by Sherry L. Smith.
Indians of the Northwest Coast by Maximilien Bruggmann and Peter R. Gerber.
Oklahoma Seminoles, Medicine, Magic, and Religion by James H. Howard in collaboration with Willie Lena.
American Indian Identities: Today's Changing Perspectives edited by Clifford E. Trafzer.
Oil Age Eskimos by Joseph G. Jorgensen.
The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800: War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian People by Colin G.
Rights and Reconciliation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ry Moran
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 3, June-July 2017, pp. 36-40
Description
Argues that Canada must adopt a balanced world view in order to establish and maintain respectful relationships.
Ritual and Renewal: Keres Traditions in the Short Fiction of Leslie Silko
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. LaVonne Ruoff
MELUS, vol. 5, no. 4, New Writers and New Insights , Winter, 1978, pp. 2-17
Description
Contends that the author emphasizes that strength is drawn from adaptation of traditions to modern circumstances, rather than a strict adherence to old rituals.
Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, March 1990, pp. 14-18
Description
Talks about commissioner Pat Dodson, appointed to study issues surrounding Aboriginal deaths in custody including social, cultural and legal influences.
The Sacred and the Digital: Managing Heritage in an Open Access World
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Lison
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
The Sacred and the Secular: Tlingit Potlatch Songs outside the Potlatch
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sergei Kan
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 355-366
Description
Article voices the concerns and commentary of Tlingit elders surrounding the effects of secular performance of sacred song and dances and weighs the value of creating cross-cultural understanding against the devaluation of ceremonial practices.
"Saili Le Tofa: A Search for New Wisdom": Sexuality and Fa'afafine in the Samoan Context
Theses
Author/Creator
Pausa Kaio Thompson
Description
Theological Thesis (M.A.)--Union Theological Seminary, [2017?]
Saskatchewan History - The First Peoples: Plains First Nations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
J. Giannetta
Description
A wide range of topics such as clothing, bison, decoration, tools, etc. Developed for Grade 4 Social Studies.
Updated version.
Student Handouts.
The Saugeen Ojibway Nation and Canada: Historical Relationships, Settler Colonialism, and Stories of a Shared Space
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher James Wright
Description
History Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--King's College London, 2017.
Seeing the Skies through Navajo Eyes: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Astronomy
Alternate Title
Navajo Skies: An Introductory Guide to the Navajo Skies Planetarium Show
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy C. Maryboy
David H. Begay
Ashley C. Teren
Description
Designed as a resource for planetariums, for middle school teachers, and a book that families can read together.
A Selective Literature Review on Managed Alcohol Programs and Indigenous Healing Methodologies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erin Ramsperger
Kaylee Ramage
Description
Examines existing programs operating in Canada, evidence of impact on service utilization, health, and overall quality of life, and the need for Indigenous components in addictions treatment.
Sensoriality and Wendat Steams: The Analysis of Fifteenth- to Seventeenth-Century Wendat Steam Lodge Rituals in Southern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Dorland
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 1, Winter, 2017, pp. 1-30
Description
Analysis combines multiple approaches including archaeological evidence, ethnohistorical accounts, oral traditions, and an interview with an Elder.
Sharing Circles Versus Focus Group in the Development of Diabetic Retinopathy Mobile Health (mHealth) Intervention for Aboriginal Women: A Literature Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Onyinyechi Umaefulam
Kalyani Premkumar
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 87-104
Description
Authors completed a literature review—including the field notes of health researchers—to determine which model of engagement, Sharing Circles or Focus Groups, was more appropriate in Indigenous communities. Research suggests that given the focus on ceremony, relationship building and respect Sharing Circles are more appropriate for Indigenous communities.
Showing and Telling the Story of Nikis (My Little House): An Arts-Based Autoethnographic Journey of a Cree Adult Educator
Theses
Author/Creator
Brenda Isabel Wastasecoot
Description
Leadership, Higher and Adult Education Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Toronto, 2017
Signatures and Thumbprints: Ethnicity among the White Earth Anishinaabeg, 1889-1920
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa L. Meyer
Social Science History, vol. 14, no. 3, Autumn, 1990, pp. 305-345
Description
Explores the intra-tribe relationships and delineations along ethnic lines which evolved after contact with Europeans.
Simon Ortiz's Poetry of Crisis Ordinariness: Spiritual Uncertainty During a Rosebud Reservation Winter
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reginald Dyck
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, Winter, 2017, pp. 1-14
Description
Looks at the poetry collection After and Before the Lightning by Simon Ortiz.
The Soul Concepts of the Huron
Theses
Author/Creator
John Lawson Steckley
Description
Anthropology Thesis (MA) -- Memorial University, 1978.
Special Problems in Teaching Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paula Gunn Allen
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 379-386
Description
Author discusses some of the difficulties raised by teaching pieces of Indigenous literature that contain information considered to be sacred, ceremonial, or confidential.