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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.
The Native American Lens: Native American Identity Visualized by Native American Directors
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle-Francine Natascha
Description
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Graz, 2021.
Focuses on Barking Water and Mekko directed by Sterlin Harjo, and Rhymes for Young Ghouls directed by Jeff Barnaby.
Native Foodways: Indigenous North American Religious Traditions and Foods
Alternate Title
Native Traces
E-Books
Author/Creator
Andrea McComb Sanchez
Suzanne Crawford O'Brien
Michael D. McNally
Lawrence W. Gross
David S. Walsh ... [et al.]
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.
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
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.
On Domestication, Permanent and Temporary: Qoranje, Elwelu, and Akweqor
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nikolai Vakhtin
Description
An analysis of two Yupik traditional stories and what they teach about Indigenous beliefs and connections to both tame and wild animals.
On the Variability of Traditional Singing and Incantation Practice of the Chukchi
Alternate Title
On the Variability of Traditional Singing and Incantation Practice of the Chukchi (Research Note)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zoia Weinstein-Tagrina
Etudes Inuit Stuides, vol. 45, no. 1/2, Chukotka: Understanding the Past, Contemporary Practices, and Perceptions of the Present, pp. 507-518
Description
Looks at the traditional Chukchi personal songs and its use in ceremonies and rituals.
[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.
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.
Puao-te-ata-tu = Day Break: The Report of the Ministerial Committee on a Maori Perspective for the Department of Social Welfare
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Te Rangi-Aniwaniwa Rangihau
Emarina Manuel. Donna Marie Tai Tokerau Hall
Hori Brennan
Peter Wilson Boag ... [et al.]
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.
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.
Respecting Tobacco: Traditional vs. Commercial Use
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)
Description
Educational animated short (8:26 min.).
Returning to Ceremony : Spirituality in Manitoba Métis Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Chantal Fiola
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.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nile Thompson
Carl G. Foster
Joane Nagel
Thomas F. Schilz
Joseph B. Herring
Catherine Price
Imre Sutton
G. Edward Evans
Larry R. Stucki
Ronald K. Inouye
Alan L. Hoover
Scott Rushforth
Karl E. Gilmont
Rebecca Kugel
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, 1988, pp. 73-109
Description
Book reviews on:
Coast Salish Essays by Wayne Suttles.
Phoenix Indian School by Robert Trennert.
The Good Red Road: Passages into Native America by Kenneth Lincoln with Al Logan Slagle.
The Indians of Texas: An Annotated Research Bibliography by Michael L. Tate.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains by John C. Fremont.
Among the Sioux of Dakota: Eighteen Months' Experience as an Indian Agent, 1869-70 by D. C. Poole.
Sovereignty and Symbol: Indian-White Conflict at Ganeinkeh by Gail H.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Al Logan Slagle
Omer C. Stewart
Albert B. Elsasser
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, 1988, pp. 115-122
Description
Book reviews of:
The Earth Is Our Mother: A Guide to the Indians of California, Their Locales and Historic Sites by Dolan H. Eargle, Jr.
Washo Shamans and Peyotists: Religious Conflict in an American Indian Tribe by Edgar E. Siskin.
California's Chumash Indians: A Project of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Education Center by Lynne McCall and Rosalind Perry.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert Gish
J. Anthony Paredes
Victoria Wyatt
Michael D. Green
Marvin Cohodas
Richard L. Haan
Thomas D. Hall
Gregory R. Campbell
Larry R. Stucki
Tessie Naranjo
Tito Naranjo
Jeffery R. Hanson
Kenneth Lincoln
Alfred Young Man
Richard O. Clemm
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, 1988, pp. 85-143
Description
Book reviews of:
The Trickster of Liberty: Tribal Heirs to a Wild Baronage by Gerald Vizenor.
Nairne's Muskhogean Journals: The 1708 Expedition to the Mississippi River edited by Alexander Moore.
The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt, Captive of Maquinna annotated and illustrated by Hilary Stewart.
A Creek Warrior for the Confederacy: The Autobiography of Chief G. W. Grayson edited by W. David Baird.
Native American Baskertry: An Annotated Bibliography complied by Frank W.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Melissa L. Meyer
Louis A. Hieb
Lynn A. Robbins
Harry A. Kersey
Dick G. Winchell
Richard Keeling
C. Eugene West
Neal Salisbury
Eugene H. Casad
H. David Brumble
Loretta Fowler
Jack Marken
Leo Schelbert
William Shipley
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 4, 1988, pp. 65-104
Description
Book reviews of:
Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862 edited by Gary Clayton Anderson, Alan R. Woolworth.
Abstracts of Native Studies, Volume 1. Abstracts of Native Studies, Volume 2 edited by R. C. Annis.
Fools Crow by James Welch.
The Seminole by Merwyn S. Garbarino.
The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West by Patricia Nelson Limerick.
Southeastern Pomo Ceremonials: The Kuksu Cult and Its Successors by Abraham M.
Richard E. Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of the United States
Description
Case involving permission to harvest timber or the construction of a road through land used for religious purposes by three Native tribes.
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.
Robes of Power: Totem Poles on Cloth
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ira Jacknis
BC Studies, no. 78, Summer, 1988, pp. 82-84
Description
Book review of: Robes of Power by Doreen Jensen and Polly Sargent.
Scroll down to page 82 to read review.
S. 705: In the Senate of the United States
Alternate Title
S.705: In the Senate of the United States: the Bradley Bill
Section 705: In the Senate of the United States
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bill Bradley
Daniel Inouye
Claiborne Pell
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 3-9
Description
Act outlines the rights of the Sioux Nation related to economic development, self-determination, traditional religion, and preserving the sacred Black Hills.
Sacred and Strong: Upholding Our Matriarchal Roles: The Health and Wellness Journey of BC First Nations Women and Girls
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Authority
British Columbia Office of the Provincial Health Officer
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.
"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?]
Sam Gill's Mother Earth: Colonialism, Genocide and the Expropriation of Indigenous Spiritual Tradition in Contemporary Academia
Alternate Title
Commentary and Debate: Sam Gill's Mother Earth: Colonialism, Genocide and the Expropriation of Indigenous Spiritual Tradition in Contemporary Academia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ward Churchill
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, 1988, pp. 49-67
Description
Commentary states that there is a growing tendency to distort and misrepresent Native American spiritualism in academic and commercial circles.
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.