Theses
Author/Creator
Joshua Manitowabi
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2017.
Jack Wilson and the Indian Service: The Response of the BIA to the Ghost Dance Prophet
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
L. G. Moses
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 4, 1979, pp. 295-316
Description
A history of the US Bureau of Indian Affairs' investigation into the Ghost Dance prophet Jack Wilson in the late eighteenth century. The investigation was filled with miscommunication, disinterest and confusion regarding the Ghost Dance and the identity of the "Indian Messiah".
Jimmy John Interview #1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jimmy John
Margaret Whitehead
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he mentions a smallpox epidemic in 1876, his life as a seal hunter and talks about an early missionary to his people.
Jimmy John Interview #2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jimmy John
Heather Whitehead
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview that is a very general discussion about potlatches.
Kahwà:tsire: Indigenous Families in a Family Therapy Practice with the Indigenous Worldview as the Foundation
Theses
Author/Creator
Jann Derrick
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tilburg University, 2017.
Keepers of the Game: Indian-Animal Relationships and the Fur Trade
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Barbara Graymont
American Historical Review, vol. 84, no. 2, April 1979, pp. 537-538
Description
Book review of: Keepers of the Game by Calvin Martin.
Keeping Company: An Inter-Cultural Conversation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 4, July/August 1996, pp. 23-24
Description
Book review of: Keeping Company by Chris Franks, Barbara Curr, Nakamarra Kumunjayi Poulson and Kemarre Margaret Mary Turner.
Kihcitwâw Kîkway Meskocipayiwin (Sacred Changes): Transforming Gendered Protocols in Cree Ceremonies through Cree Law
Theses
Author/Creator
Darcy Lindberg
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Victoria, 2017.
Kiya Waneekah: (Don't Forget)
Theses
Author/Creator
Dennis Davey
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
Labrador Inuit on the Hunt: Seasonal Patterns, Techniques, and Animals as They Appear in the Early Moravian Diaries
Alternate Title
Les Inuit du Labrador à la chasse : Modèles saisonniers, techniques et animaux tels qu’ils apparaissent dans les carnets anciens des frères Moraves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thea Olsthoorn
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 125-149
Description
Author gathers and studies accounts from the journals of Moravian settlers in Labrador; written between 1771 and 1778 these accounts contain depictions of seal and caribou as prey animals, information on when the Inuit hunted these animals and the techniques they used, and clues that suggest transformation between human and nonhuman beings.
Land-Based Learning: A Case Study Report for Educators Tasked with Integrating Indigenous Worldviews into Classrooms
Alternate Title
2016 Indigenous Innovation That Works
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
André Rebeiz and Max Cooke
Max Cooke
Description
Looks at the H’a H’a Tumxulaux Outdoor Education Program located in Trail, British Columbia which is targeted at 12-15 year-olds.
Learning from Country
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nadia Wheatley
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 2, 2017, pp. 243-256
Description
Article describes the author’s experience of learning Indigenous principles of education and adapting them for use with student living in different environments; advocates for a wholistic pedagogical approach to education.
Legend of Mistassini has Modern Chapter
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, November 22, 1996, p. A5
Description
Relates the story of the buffalo-shaped stone Mistassini, sacred to First Nations but destroyed when Gardiner Dam was built on the Saskatchewan River.
Legislative Ambiguity and Ontological Hierarchy in US Sacred Land Law
Alternate Title
Legislative Ambiguity and Ontological Hierarchy in United States Sacred Land Law
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam Dunstan
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 23-43
Description
Uses two court cases involving protection of the sacred San Francisco Peaks from ski-resort development to highlight how phrases in the American Indian Religious Freedom Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act lend themselves to judicial interpretations which undermine protection of sacred sites.
Living in Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache
Alternate Title
Living in Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA (Permanent Exhibition Opened May 20, 1995)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen E. Ash-Milby
Museum Anthropology, vol. 20, no. 1, Spring/Summer, March 1996, pp. 69-72
Description
Review of Exhibit opened on May 20, 1995 at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA. which is educational, evocative, and culturally sensitive without being romantic. This was achieved by collaborating with Native American consultants and asking for submissions of poetry, essays, artwork, or photographs that reflect the submittor's worldview.
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.
Louis 'David' Riel : Prophet of the New World
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thomas Flanagan
Description
Revised edition.
Louis 'David' Riel: "Prophet of the New World"
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
André Lalonde
Prairie Forum, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1979, pp. 149-151
Description
Book review of: Louis 'David' Riel: "Prophet of the New World" by Thomas Flanagan.
Lubicon Lake First Nation Concept of Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Maisie Cardinal
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1996.
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.
Mediations of the Spirit: Native American Religious Traditions and the Ethics of Representation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Inés Hernández-Ávila
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer-Autumn, 1996, pp. 329-352
Description
Author uses their personal narrative and experience as a way to describe various elements of the different Indigenous spiritual practices in which they participate.
Memory as Medicine: The Power of Recollection in "Ceremony"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan J. Scarberry
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, A Special Symposium Issue on Leslie Marmon Silko's , 1979, pp. 19-26
Description
An examination of the use of memory in the novel Ceremony. The main character Tayo has painful memories he is trying to forget but as the novel progresses he learns to embrace memories of his Indigenous traditions as a way to control his own life.
The Metamorphoses of an Ojibwa Manido
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria Brehm
American Literature: A Journal of Literary History, Criticism, and Bibliography, vol. 68, no. 4, December 1996, pp. 677-706
Description
Examines the symbolism of "Micipijiu", a supernatural being in Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine.
Mi'kmawey Mawio'mi: Changing Roles of the Mi'kmaq Grand Council from the Early Seventeenth Century to the Present
Alternate Title
Mi'kmawey Mawio'mi: Changing Roles of the Micmac Grand Council From the Early 17th Century to the Present
Theses
Author/Creator
Leslie Jane McMillan
p. 222
Description
Sociology and Social Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 1996.
[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.
Mirror of Heaven: Cross-Cultural Transference of the Sacred Geography of the Black Hills
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linea Sundstrom
Richard Bradley
World Archaeology, vol. 28, no. 2, October 1, 1996, pp. 177-189
Description
Discusses the transference of knowledge over the years between the Lakota, Cheyenne, Kiowa and Kiowa-Apache people.
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.
Mountain Home: Tales of Seeking a Family Life in Harmony With Nature
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Adolf Hungry Wolf
N. Scott Momaday: Towards an Indian Identity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thekla Zachrau
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 1979, pp. 39-56
Description
Looks at themes of alienation and loss of culture associated with the urban environment, and search for an authentic identity rooted in Indigenous culture in the novel House Made of Dawn.
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 Women Writing: Tracing the Patterns
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beverly Rasporich
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 1996, pp. 37-50
Description
Examines the style of women writings: the projection of intimate, first person, voice and the confessional, all displaying a common thread of orality.
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 Angles of Vision on the Cherokee Ghost Dance Movement of 1811-1812
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William G. McLoughlin
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 4, 1979, pp. 317-345
Description
Using primary sources to examine the various factors and historical moments that led to the rise of the Ghost Dance in the Cherokee Nation.
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
The Nightway: A History and a History of Documentation of a Navajo Ceremonial
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Miranda Warburton
Robert M. Begay
Ethnohistory, vol. 43, no. 4, Native American Womens Responses to Christianity, Autumn, 1996, pp. 744-745
Description
Book review of: The Nightway by James C. Faris.
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
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.
[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 Oppositional Paradigm of Purity versus Pollution in Charles Hudson's: "The Southeastern Indians"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary C. Churchill
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer-Autumn, 1996, pp. 563-593
Description
Author examines the work of the anthropologist Charles Hudson, discussed his writings about the spiritual practices of the Southeastern Indigenous peoples in the United States generally, and about those of the Cherokee people specifically.
Organizational Transformation: A Case Study of Two Aboriginal Organizations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David R. Newhouse
Ian D. Chapman
Human Relations, vol. 49, no. 7, July 1996, pp. 995-1011
Description
Based on Interviews with board members, executives and staff from each organization. Goal of both was to become more aligned with traditional Aboriginal values in their structure and decision-making. One was successful, one was not.
"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.
Photography as Social and Economic Exchange: Understanding the Challenges Posed by Photography of Zuni Religious Ceremonies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nigel Holman
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Special Issue on The Shadow Catcher: The Uses of Native American Photography, 1996, pp. 93-110
Description
Discusses the duel challenge of photographing Zuni religious ceremonies and how old photos now pose a new set of challenges to museums and archives, namely accessibility, privacy, and artist/owner rights.
Pimadaziwin: Contemporary Rituals in Odawa Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa A. Pflug
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer/Fall, 1996, pp. 489-513
Description
Comments on Odawa traditionalists efforts to overcome socio-religious marginalization through engaging in traditional behaviours and values.
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.