Book Reviews
Author/Creator
J. D. Grierson
Arctic, vol. 41, no. 1, March 1988, pp. 75-76
Description
Book review of: Inuit Youth by Richard G. Condon.
Issues in Cross-Cultural Assessment: American Indian and Alaska Native Students
Alternate Title
Knowledge Brief (Far West Laboratory) ; no. 12
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elise Trumbull Estrin
Sharon Nelson-Barber
Description
Looks at underlying factors affecting student's learning and suggests strategies for improvement.
It Consumes What It Forgets
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carter Meland
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 137-149
Description
Author discusses different incarnations of the wiindigo narrative ranging from those found in the Anishinaabe oral tradition to those found in the journals of fur traders; examines different potential meanings and teachings of the narrative.
"It is a Strict Law That Bids Us Dance": Cosmologies, Colonialism, Death, and Ritual Authority in the Kwakwaka'wakw Potlatch, 1849 to 1922
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Masco
Comparative Studies in Society and History, vol. 37, no. 1, January 1995, pp. 41-75
Description
Argues that contact with Europeans fundamentally altered the Kwakwaka'wakw culture, rituals. Includes commentary on the Alert Bay trials.
It Sometimes Speaks to Us: Decolonizing Education by Utilizing Our Elders' Knowledge
Theses
Author/Creator
Joshua Manitowabi
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2017.
Just East of Sundown: the Queen Charlotte Islands
Alternate Title
Canadian Electronic Library. Book Collection
E-Books
Author/Creator
Charles Lillard
p. xii, 180
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 Earth
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jeannette Armstrong
Description
Presents an essay from the book Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind edited by Theodore Roszak, Mary Gomes and Allen Kanner.
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.
Kinship and the Drum Dance in a Northern Dene Community
Alternate Title
Circumpolar Research Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Asch
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.
Laguna Symbolic Geography and Silko's "Ceremony"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edith Swan
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 229-249
Description
Looks at the journey spiritual of Leslie Silko's protagonist Tayo through a Laguna symbolic world created by the Spider Women character. Laguna Pueblo is located in northwestern New Mexico.
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.
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.
Let Justice Flow Like a Mighty River: Brief by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Text and Workshop Models
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joanne Chafe
Bernard Dufresne
Jean-Claude Éthier
Jennifer Leddy
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.
Lubicon Lake Nation: Spirit of Resistance
Theses
Author/Creator
Dawn J. Hill
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 1995.
Lypa
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Shelagh Mackenzie
Sharon Van Raalte
Description
Profiles Inuit hunter and artist Lypa Pitsiulak.
Duration: 29:25.
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.
Material as Metaphor in Prehistoric Inuit Art
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert McGhee
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 9-11
Description
Argues that the choice between Caribou antler and walrus ivory for carvings was linked to the Thule world view, mythology and spiritualism.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Mi'kmaq Family (Migmaoei Otjiosog)
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Catherine Anne Martin
Description
Catherine Anne Martin examine the traditions of her Mi'kmaq family, and during a visit home for the annual St. Anne's Feast Day at Chapel Island, she explores values which have endured, adapted, and evolved. Accompanying material: Study Guide.
Duration: 32:28.
[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.
Micmac Documented Oral Accounts as Historical Source Material
Theses
Author/Creator
Scott Hector McKeen
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1995.
Middle Woodland Ceremonialism at Pinson Mounds, Tennessee
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert C. Mainfort
American Antiquity, vol. 53, no. 1, January 1988, pp. 158-173
Description
Description of one of the largest ceremonial centers in eastern North America, constructed and used between A.D. 1 - 500.
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.
Myth, Symbol and Colonial Encounter: British and Miʹkmaq in Acadia, 1700-1867
Alternate Title
Religions and Beliefs Series ; No. 4
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jennifer Reid
p. 133
National Treaty Chief's Meeting at the Beardy's Reserve
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 11 negatives from the National Treaty Chief's Meeting at the Beardy's Reserve on July 19, 1988. The first negative shows a procession of dignitaries with the Canadian flag. The second shows an unidentified Chief or elder with the Canadian flag. The third and forth show men apparently in prayer, with the flags of Canada and Great Britain. The fifth and sixth show two men in a tent one, of whom appears to be delivering a speech. The seventh and eighth show a procession of men (one of whom is an Aboriginal RCMP member) with a what appears to be an unidentified flag and a coup stick.
Native American Communities in Wisconsin, 1600-1960: A Study of Tradition and Change
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert E. Bieder
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 Participation in Land Management Planning in Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas J. Gallagher
Arctic, vol. 41, no. 2, June 1988, pp. 91-98
Description
Discusses barriers preventing Aboriginal participation in the planning process including large amounts of plans to look at, native world view, inappropriate use of public meetings, and communication styles.
Nature Power: In the Spirit of an Okanagan Storyteller
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lee Schweninger
MELUS, vol. 20, no. 2, Varieties of Ethnic Criticism, Summer, 1995, pp. 149-151
Description
Book review of: Nature Power by Harry Robinson.
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
Noah Meets Old Coyote, or Singing in the Rain: Intertextuality in Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura E. Donaldson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 27-43
Description
Looks at what is real and what is magical in Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water by weaving the traditional world of oral Indigenous story telling with the individualised western written text.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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
A Note on Cherokee Theological Concepts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan Kilpatrick
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 389-405
Description
Author examines 19th century liturgical texts adapted and translated to the Cherokee language. Semantic analysis reveals several representational and conceptual problems that had to be overcome in order to create effective translations of the texts.
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 Betsey: The Life and Times of a Famous Dakota Woman and Her Family
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mark Diedrich
[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.
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.
"The Peyote Way Church of God: Native Americans v. New Religions v. the Law"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bernadette Rigal-Cellier
European Review of Native American Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 1995, pp. 35-43
Description
Looks at two major cases pursuant to the freedom of religious practice regarding the legal possession of peyote.
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.