Osage Gender: Continuity, Change and Colonialzation, 1720s-1870s
Theses
Author/Creator
Tai S. Edwards
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, 2010.
Our Generation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sinem Saban
Damien Curtis
Description
Award-winning documentary about Aboriginal rights and the response to the Australian Federal Government's Northern Territory Intervention which exerts compulsory control over 73 communities.
Duration: 1:13:42.
Accompanied by Study Guide
Our Life Among the Iroquois Indians
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Laurence M. Hauptman
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Summer, 2010, pp. 401-402
Description
Book review of: Our Life Among the Iroquois Indians by Harriet S. Clark Caswell, reprinted with a new introduction by Joy Bilharz.
The Paradox of Respect and Risk: Six Lakota Adolescents Speak
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary J. Isaacson
Description
Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2009.
Past, Present and Future Issues in Great Basin Archaeology: Papers in Honor of Don D. Fowler
Alternate Title
Cultural Resource Series No. 20
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Donald Hardesty
Alice Baldrica
Renée Corona Kolvet
C. Melvin Aikens
Alanah Woody
Angus R. Quinlan ... [et al.]
Description
An overview of cultural and environmental topics that have played roles in the study of the middle Holocene period in the Great Basin.
The People Have Never Stopped Dancing: Native American Modern Dance Histories
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Patrice Hollrah
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 128-131
Description
Book review of: The People Have Never Stopped Dancing by Jacqueline Shea Murphy.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 128.
The People Have Never Stopped Dancing: Native American Modern Dance Histories
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Deirdre Mulrooney
TDR [The Drama Review], vol. 53, no. 4, Winter, 2009, pp. 191-192
Description
Book review of: The People Have Never Stopped Dancing by Jacqueline Shea Murphy.
Performance as Exhibit: When Edward Curtis Met the Kwak-waka’wakw
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hannah Turner
Faculty of Information Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 2, May 2009, pp. 1-8
Description
Uses ethnographic film In the Land of the Headhunter to examine role of performance in museums.
The Performance of Body, Space, and Place: Creating Indigenous Performance
Alternate Title
Healing Collective Trauma: Using Sociodrama and Drama Therapy
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Thomas Riccio
Description
Discusses strategies and exercises used to promote individual and community healing.
Chapter seven from Healing Collective Trauma: Using Sociodrama and Drama Therapy edited by Eva Leveton.
The Peyote Road: Religious Freedom and the Native American Church
Alternate Title
Civilization of the American Indian Series; v. 265
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thomas Constantine Maroukis
Civilization of the American Indian Series
Pipeline Dreams: People, Environment, and the Arctic Energy Frontier
Alternate Title
IWGIA Document ; 126
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mark Nuttall
Pivotal Protocols: The Spirit Dimension in Indigenous and Western Psychologies
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Suzan McVicker
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. xxxv-xl
Description
Looks at the overlapping relationship between humans and forces in the spirit world.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page xxxv.
The Plains Indian Clowns, Their Contraries and Related Phenomena
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Plant
Description
Looks at historical information on ceremonial clowns, individual contraries, Reverse Reaction Warriors and the Ceremonial Fool of the Mandan.
Political Landscape and World Origins in Mesoamerican Texts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gordon Brotherston
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, 1987, pp. 355-366
Description
Describes Aztec texts from the pre-Cortesian period that are fundamentally map-equivalents.
Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Description
Documentary looks at treatment centre in St. Albert, Albert, the despair of addiction as well as the strength, courage and healing that takes place.
Duration: 29.27.
Powered by a Higher Power: A Conversation with HvnSent
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
HvsSent
Honey Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 4, Issue 272, September-October 2010, pp. 28-[?]
Description
Interview with singer Wesley Royce Stops also known as HvnSent.
Practical Application of an Indigenous Research Framework and Two Qualitative Indigenous Research Methods: Sharing Circles and Anishnaabe Symbol-Based Reflection
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn F. Lavallée
International Journal of Qualitative Methods, vol. 8, no. 1, 2009, pp. 21-40
Description
Explores how to apply Indigenous epistemologies and knowledges to research and discusses the issues and lessons learned from two culturally based research methods.
The Practice of the Kanaalda' on the North/Central Part of the Navajo Reservation
Theses
Author/Creator
Dorothy Ann Fischer Briggs
Description
Family and Consumer Resources Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of Arizona, 1987.
Preserving Tradition and Understanding the Past: Papers From the Conference on Iroquois Research, 2001-2005
Alternate Title
New York State Museum Record
E-Books
Author/Creator
Christine Sternberg Patrick
Barbara Graymont
Christina B. Rieth
Elizabeth Horton
Anthony Wonderley ... [et al.]
Promising Practices and Programs in Aboriginal Languages
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre: Promising Practices and Programs in Aboriginal Languages
Animation Theme Bundle 3: [Learning Through Aboriginal Language]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Blue Quills First Nations College
Protection of First Nations Cultural Heritage: Laws, Policy, and Reform
Alternate Title
Law and Society Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Catherine Bell
Robert K. Paterson
James Nafziger
Bruce Ziff
Melodie Hope
Norman Zlotkin ... [et al.]
Law and Society Series
Public Archaeology Forum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hester A. Davis
Ernest G. Walker
Brian E. Spurling
Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 14, no. 4, Winter, 1987, pp. 481-486
Description
Archaeological burial management in Saskatchewan and lessons learned from disturbing Fort Qu'Appelle burial site unearthed in 1985.
Pukaskwa Pits: Rethinking the Vision Quest Hypothesis
Theses
Author/Creator
Nancy Denise Champagne
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2009.
Puo'winue'l Prayers: Readings from North America's First Transtextual Script
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louis Esme Cruz
Qwo-Li Driskill
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 243-252
Description
Examines some of the issues related to "coming home" to ourselves, our land, and our people from a multiracial, visual-textual, Two-Spirit perspective.
Pursuing Wicozani (the Good Way of Life): Functional Adaptations through Dakota Lifeways
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Garrett
Joseph White
Adam Galovan
Kathryn Akipa
Brenden Rensink
AlterNative, vol. 5, no. 1, 2009, pp. 108-125
Description
Discusses how the Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota philosophies & spiritual belief strategies can be applied to promote a healthy path for Native families & communities.
A Radiant Curve: Poems and Stories
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Esther Belin
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 125-128
Description
Book review of: A Radiant Curve by Luci Tapahonso.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 125.
Raven Imagery in Northwest Coast Indian Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Finch
Description
Discusses the importance of the Raven image in art to Native American Indian cultural groups of the Northwest Coast.
Re/Claiming the Past-Constructing Ojibwe Identity in Minnesota Homes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tasoulla Hadjiyanni
Kristin Helle
Design Studies , vol. 30, no. 4, July 2009, pp. 462-481
Description
Shows how culturally sensitive spaces create connections that can help define identity and support well-being.
Re-conceptualizing Anishinaabe Mino-Bimaadiziwin (the Good Life) as Research Methodology: A Spirit-centered Way in Anishinaabe Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brent Debassige
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010, pp. 11-28, 154
Description
Discusses Indigenous approaches to knowledge concerning ethical and spiritual ways of knowing and being.
Re-indigenizing Curriculum: An Eco-hermeneutic Approach to Learning
Alternate Title
Re-indigenizing Curriculum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrejs Kulnieks
Dan Roronhiakewen Longboat
Kelly Young
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 1, 2010, pp. 15-24
Description
Discusses how eco-hermeneutics that places a priority on oral tradition is needed to reform the academic curriculum for a deeper understanding of the relationship between place and language.
Reconciliation is the Church's Responsibility
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Keith Knight
Anglican Journal, vol. 135, no. 1, January 2009, p. 4
Description
Looks at the need for spiritual reconciliation for former students, their families and the teachers of residential schools and how the Anglican church is responsible for helping these groups.
Reflections on C.G. Jung and the Sioux Traditions
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Thomas J. Hoffman
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-5
Description
Manuscript review of: C.G. Jung and the Sioux Traditions by Vine Deloria.
Regional Practitioners Colloquium
Alternate Title
Indigenous Architecture Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Description
Presentations and roundtable discussion by several different professionals including architects and interior designers; Beverly J. Diddy, Paul Fragua, Tamara Gay, Michelle Pfeiffer.
Duration: 58:26.
Relationships: A Study of Memory, Change, and Identity at a Place Called I:yem
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda Fehr
University of the Fraser Valley Research Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Through Students Eyes: Selected Papers From the Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School, Spring, 2009, pp. 9-35
Description
Explores ways the Aboriginal people of the Fraser Canyon and Valley understand I:yem and its memorial today.
Looks at significance of ancient memorial site for Stó:lō people.
The Religion of Nature: Evangelical Perspectives on the Environment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Jarich Oosten
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, Les Inuit et le Changement Climatique / The Inuit and Climate Change, 2010, pp. 71-91
Description
Reports on recent developments regarding Canada Awakening Ministries (CAM), an Evangelical movement with the Inuit in Canada's Eastern Arctic.
Remembering Smoke Signals: Interviews with Chris Eyre and Sherman Alexie
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna Hearne
Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 119-[?]
Description
Interview transcript with director and writer discuss the film and its continued impact on Native filmmaking ten years after release.
Repatriation, Digital Technology, and Culture in a Northern Athapaskan Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Kate Hennessy
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2010
Report of Aboriginal Child Welfare Collaborative Decision-Making Models
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Leanne Harder
Description
Report is part of an evaluation of service delivery projects involving alternative dispute resolution processes in Aboriginal child protection law.
Research That Benefits Native People: A Guide for Tribal Leaders: Module 1: Foundations of Research: An Indigenous Perspective
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center
Description
Discusses five topics: suggested core values, value and validity of Indigenous knowledge, cultural aspects of research, stewardship of information, sovereignty, and benefits of research.
[Residential Schools Effects: How Are These Affecting Current Elders' Spiritual Leadership]
Theses
Author/Creator
Juan Jimenez
Description
[Conflict Analysis and Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2010].
The Resilience of Native American Elders
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna M. Grandbois
Gregory F. Sanders
Issues in Mental Health Nursing, vol. 30, no. 9, 2009, p. 569–580
Description
Examines how American Indian elders have been able to adapt and overcome adversities to achieve well-being.
Resource Database
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Community Based Aboriginal Curriculum Initiatives
Description
Lists over 2300 resources covering a broad spectrum subject areas. Can be sorted by title or author.
Respect for Grizzly Bear: An Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience
Alternate Title
Article 42
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas A. Clark
D. Scott Slocombe
Ecology and Society, vol. 14, no. 1, 2009, p. Article 42
Description
Looks at the Aboriginal concept of respect by comparing the epistemological meaning of respect, storytelling, terminology, reciprocity and ritual.
Respecting Traditional Healing: A Journey of Understanding Where Spirituality and Cultural Competence Intersect
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Patricia Isaac
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. xlvi-xlvii
Description
Looks at the knowledge gained by a school psychologist during her employment with the Navajo.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page xlvi.
Restorative Justice Circles as a Method For Addressing the Impacts of Crime on Victims, Communities, and Offenders
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ingrid Diane Johnson
Description
Recounts history of restorative justice, who uses them and how successful they are.
Honors Captstone Research Project--[University of Alaska, Fairbanks], 2010.
[Resurgence of Traditional Ways of Being: Indigenous Paths of Action and Freedom]
Alternate Title
Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gerald Taiaiake Alfred
Description
Author speaks about being "Indigenous" and strategies for organization and decolonization.
Duration: 1:14:54.
Revival and Community: The History and Practices of a Native American Flute Circle
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Jones
Description
Art Thesis (M.A.)--Kent State University, 2010.
Reviving Witiko (Windigo): An Ethnohistory of "Cannibal Monsters" in the Athabasca District of Northern Alberta, 1878-1910
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathan D. Carlson
Ethnohistory, vol. 56, no. 3, Summer, 2009, pp. [355]-394
Description
Examines witiko case studies not previously scrutinized.
Rim First People: Participatory Design
Alternate Title
Indigenous Architecture Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Michael Fredericks
Description
Michael Fredericks discusses her company's philosophy and first project using a participate design concept at the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Facility at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Duration: 47:37.