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.
Many Faces of Gender: Roles and Relationships Through Time in Indigenous Northern Communities
Alternate Title
[Northern LIghts ; v. 2]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Henry Stewart
Lillian Ackerman
Carol Zane Jolles
Rita S. Shepard
Jennifer Ann Tobey ... [et al.]
Many Voices, Many Journeys: Symposium Report
Alternate Title
Canadian Teachers’ Federation Symposium on Aboriginal Issues in Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Rattray
Rita Bouvier
Jackie Moore Daigle
David Anderson
Marie Battiste
Doug Willard
Deborah Jeffrey
Celia-Haig Brown
Kaaren Dannenmann
Julius Buski
Cam Willett
Shawneen Pete-Willett
Description
Presentation titles included The Aboriginal Worldview and the Four Goals of Aboriginal Education, Learning About Walking in Beauty: Placing Aboriginal Studies in Canadian Classrooms, Bringing Aboriginal Education into the Mainstream, Role and Challenges for CTF and Member Organizations, and Creating a Different Vision of Education.
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.
Maori Perspectives on Collaboration and Colonisation in Contemporary Aotearoa/New Zealand Child and Family Welfare Policies and Practices
Alternate Title
Partnerships for Children and Families Project
Positive Systems of Child Welfare Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Catherine Love
Description
Argues that while authorities claim that focus is on well-being and family, state child protection is based on colonial and racist mentalities which prevent real systemic change.
Mary Ann McKenzie Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mary Ann McKenzie
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mary Ann McKenzie talks about her childhood memories: food preparation, gardening, making moccasins, fish nets and snowshoes.
"Memory Alive": Race, Religion, and Métis Identities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carole Leclair
Essays on Canadian Writing, no. 75, Winter, 2002, pp. 159-176
Description
Author explores the various aspects of culture and experience that shape the meaning of what it is to be Métis.
[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.
Missing Artifacts Lead to Auditor General's Scrutiny
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 4, August 2002, p. 7,20
Description
Anthropology Museum of the University of Winnipeg failed to follow appropriate protocols and procedures for repatriation of artifacts.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.7.
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.
A Most Sacred Place: The Significance of Crater Lake among the Indians of Southern Oregon
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas Deur
Oregon Historical Quarterly, vol. 103, no. 1, Spring, 2002, p. 18
Description
Excerpts from interviews conducted with members of the Klamath people.
Movers and Shakers: Spirit and Power in Native Northwestern California
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Pamela Patterson
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brown University, 2002.
Native American Issues in Early Childhood Education
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Guy W. Jones
Sally Moomaw
Description
Chapter one in book: Lessons From Turtle Island: Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms by Guy W. Jones, Sally Moomaw.
Native American Spirituality: A Critical Reader
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christopher Vecsey
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1, Winter, 2002, pp. 64-65
Description
Book review of: Native American Spirituality edited by Lee Irwin.
Native Americans, the Earliest Interpreters: What is Known About Their Legends and Stories of Yellowstone National Park and the Complexities of Interpreting Them
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lee H. Whittlesey
The George Wright Forum, vol. 19, no. 3, 2002, pp. 40-51
Description
Describes the misinformation, fabrication, and misunderstandings associated with Yellowstone history and Native Americans.
Native and Christian: Religion and Spirituality as Transcultural Negotiation in American Indian Novels of the 1990s
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karsten Fitz
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, 2002, pp. 1-15
Description
Explores how transculturation or a middle ground, one that balances Indigenous and Christian religions, is used as a strategy for defining how religion is dealt with in three books. The three books used are: Linda Hogan’s Mean Spirit, Diane Glancy’s Pushing the Bear, and Sherman Alexie’s Reservation Blues.
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 Sex: Sex Rites, Land Rights and the Making of Aboriginal Civic Culture
Alternate Title
Gender Ironies of Nationalism: Sexing the Nation
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Elizabeth A. Povinelli
Description
Chapter 7 in book: Gender Ironies of Nationalism: Sexing the Nation edited by Tamar Mayer. Discusses customary practices and protection of tribal ceremony.
Scroll down to page 163 to read chapter.
Native Women's Identity in Higher Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Barbara Gay Barnes
Description
Resources and the Environment Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2002.
Navajo Sandpaintings: From Religious Act to Commercial Art
Theses
Author/Creator
Nancy Jean Parezo
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 1981.
Nekaneet Gathering: Second Annual First Nation International Healing and Medicines Gathering
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Eldon Henderson
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter, 2002, p. 6
Description
Description of the Second Annual First Nation International Healing and Medicines Gathering held at the Nekaneet First Nation in August 2001.
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
"Night Flying Woman": Sacred Stories of the Ojibway
Theses
Author/Creator
Pauline Brunette Danforth
Description
Graduate School Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2002.
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
La Nuit Inuit: Éléments de Réflexion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Guy Bordin
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, Inuit and Qallunaaq Perspectives: Interacting points of view, 2002, pp. [45]-70
Description
Compares historical writings about the Inuit and the effect of the long periods of darkness and the actual Inuit attitudes and perceptions.
Text in French.
The O-Keepa: A Reprinting Error from the Original Translation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. E. Johnson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, 1981, pp. 47-48
Description
Discusses why the description of torture activity performed as part of the Mandan ceremony, which was published in the Early Western Travels series, is inaccurate.
O'odham Himdag as a Source of Strength and Wellness Among the Tohono O'odham of Southern Arizona and Northern Sonora, Mexico
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teri Knutson Woods
Karen Blaine
Lauri Francisco
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, vol. 29, no. 1, Symposium of Native American Wellness, March 2002, pp. 35-51
Description
Looks at the history of the tribe and the concept of O'odham Himdag linking to wellness and way of life.
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.
On Our Way to Healing: Stories from the Oldest Living Generation of the File Hills Indian Residential School
Theses
Author/Creator
Ann Blair Callahan
Ann Blair Thomas Callahan
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 2002.
[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.
"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.
An Overview of Case Studies of Contemporary Native American Music in Canada, the United States of America and on the Web
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karl Neuenfeldt
The World of Music, vol. 44, no. 1, Indigenous Popular Music in North America: Conditions and Innovations, 2002, pp. 7-10
Description
Looks at adaptation and transculturation of Indigenous music.
Owls: Images and Voices in the Ojibwa and Midewiwin Worlds
Alternate Title
Owls: Images and Voices in the Ojibwe and Midewin Worlds
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael M. Pomedli
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, 2002, pp. 45-62
Description
Examines stories, images, and voices of the owl in Anishinaabe culture and how these teachings (owl) influenced the signatories of Treaty Three.
Payback
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Don Eastwell
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, September 1981, pp. 44-46
Description
Article investigates the family 'clan' system in northern Australia and the belief in 'payback' in which people believe that all misfortunes are a result of others wishing them harm.
A Pedagogy of the Land: Dreams of Respectful Relations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kaaren Dannenmann
Celia Haig-Brown
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 37, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Education: Ways of Knowing, Thinking, and Doing, 2002, pp. 451-468
Description
Looks at the development of an Indigenous Knowledge Instructors Program.
People of the Sacred Mountain: A History of the Northern Cheyenne Chiefs and Warrior Societies, 1830-1879: With an Epilogue, 1969-1974 [Vol. 1]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Peter John Powell
"People Speaking Silently to Themselves": An Examination of Keith Basso's Philosophical Speculations on "Sense of Place" in Apache Cultures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin W. Ball
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Summer, 2002, pp. 460-478
Description
Author critiques the theory presented in Basso’s book, Wisdom sits in Places, which argues that the voice of a place is nothing more than the projection of human imagination; article contextualize the critique in the within Apache cultural and spiritual practice.
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.
Performing Musqueam Culture and History at British Columbia's 1966 Centennial Celebrations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Roy
BC Studies, no. 135, Perspectives on Aboriginal Culture, Autumn, 2002, pp. 55-90
Description
Examines how cultural displays for non-Aboriginal audiences, which were sometimes revised for public presentation, were used as a method to increase political legitimacy.
Perspectives on Wellness: Journey on the Red Road
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hilary N. Weaver
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, vol. 29, no. 1, Symposium of Native American Wellness, March 2002, pp. 5-15
Description
Looks at the path to wellness and balance in First Nations/Native American communities, using a holistic concept.
Place Psychological Experience: A Native American Perspective
Theses
Author/Creator
Rand West
Description
Clinical Psychology Thesis (Psy.D.)--Antioch University, 2003.
Placing The Sacred Pipe: A Fractal Model for Lakota Ritual
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen Oyer-Owens
Description
Humanities Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Dallas, 2002.
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.