E-Books
Author/Creator
Fort McMurray Métis Local 1935
Description
Includes numerous maps of plant gathering places, trapping locations, traplines, hunting and fishing areas, and berry picking locations.
Mary Rowlandson's Spiritual Conflicts and Gain
Theses
Author/Creator
Thawivann Lamouth Spalding
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Loyola University Chicago, 2001.
Mennonite Missionary Henry Neufeld and Syncretism Among the Pauingassi Ojibwa, 1955-1970
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alvina Block
Journal of Mennonite Studies, vol. 19, 2001, pp. [47]-64
Description
Essay argues that Henry Neufeld did not expect the Ojibwa to reject all of their cultural traditions and religious practices when they accepted Christianity.
Mennonite Voluntary Service Workers in Aboriginal and Metis Communities in Northern Alberta, 1954-1970
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. D. Regehr
Journal of Mennonite Studies, vol. 19, 2001, pp. [112]-126
Description
Comments on the service program that established new and different relations between Mennonites and the Aboriginal and Metis people.
[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.
The Misplaced Mountain: Maps, Memory, and the Yakama Reservation Boundary Dispute
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Fisher
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 1, 2012, pp. 79-121
Description
Looks at boundaries changed to honour a promise made by the United States in 1855.
Mission of Change In Southwest Alaska: Conversations with Father René Astruc and Paul Dixon on Their Work with Yup'ik People, 1950-1988
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ann Fienup-Riordan
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.
More Than Just Bones: Ethics and Research on Human Remains
E-Books
Author/Creator
Oddbjørn Sørmoen
Ingegerd Holand
Ingrid Sommerseth
Sebastian Payne
Kjell-Äke Aronsson ... [et al.]
[Murielle Borst-Tarrant: 2012 Trent University Indigenous Women's Symposium Keynote]
Alternate Title
[Trent University Indigenous Women's Symposium ; 2012]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murielle Borst-Tarrant
Description
2012 Indigenous Women's Symposium keynote address.
Duration: 50:47.
Musqueam Celebrates 'Huge Win' to Protect Ancient Burial Site
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 8, November 2012
Description
Comments on a protest to halt construction on a condominium project.
Page 1 of insert entitled Raven's Eye: Special Section Providing Aboriginal News from BC & Yukon.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to access article.
Mythologies of an [Un]dead Indian
Theses
Author/Creator
Jackson 2bears Leween
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2012.
NAGPRA as a Paradigm: The Historical Context and Meaning of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act in 2011
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 9th, 2011
Where No One Else Has Gone Before: Proceedings of the Ninth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Thomaira Babbit
Description
A brief history of Native American Indian and United States relations; examines the similarities between the historical experiences of Native Americans and Palestinians; and discusses the movement to recover the objects and remains of their ancestors.
Native American Dance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Shea Murphy
Description
Looks at examples of two very different contemporary dance practices.
Native American Educational Leadership in the Pacific Northwest
Theses
Author/Creator
Denise Bill
Description
Educational Leadership and Policy Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Washington, 2012.
Native American Indian Language & Culture in New York
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NYS Language Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network (Language RBE-RN)
Description
Looks at the history of Native Americans living in New York from 9000 B.C. to the present day.
Native American Literature in Tribal Context: Anishinaabe Aadisokaang Noongom
Theses
Author/Creator
Margaret Ann Noori
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2001.
Analyzes the work of Louise Erdrich, Jim Northrup, Basil Johnston, and Gerald Vizenor as writings grounded in their culture and worldviews.
Native American Masks of the Northwest Coast and Alaska
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Description
Selection of web gallery photographs featuring Pacific Northwest masks belonging to the Kwakwaka'wakw, Makah, Nuu-chah-nulth and Yup'ik people.
Native American Voices: A Reader
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christopher Teuton
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 4, Autumn, 2001, pp. 659-660
Description
Book review of: Native American Voices edited by Susan Lobo and Steve Talbot.
Native Canadian Gothic Refigured: Reading Robinson's Monkey Beach
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Andrews
Essays on Canadian Writing, no. 73, Spring, 2001, pp. 1-24
Description
Examines the book Monkey Beach and its rendition of the Gothic novel through the character of Lisamarie Hill, a Haisla woman whose world is populated by supernatural characters.
Native Connection to Place: Policies and Play
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rena Martin
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, 2001, pp. 35-40
Description
Discusses perspectives on relationship to land, and cultural and linguistic ties to places.
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 Storytelling Festival: The Real Story of the Quileute Wolves]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Chris Morganroth
Description
Quileute Elder relates traditional stories and discusses the way Quileute culture has been presented in the Twilight books and movies.
Duration: 1:10:03.
Nature as Sacred Space: Beyond Eliade's The Sacred and the Profane
Theses
Author/Creator
Kelly Dean Shepherd
Description
Religious Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2012.
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 Spirits: The Story of the Relocation of the Sayisi Dene
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean-Guy Goulet
Canadian Social Studies, vol. 35, no. 3, Citizenship Education, Spring, 2001, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: Night Spirits: The Story of the Relocation of the Sayisi Dene by Ila Bussidor and Üstün Bilgen-Reinart.
Niitsitapi Relational and Experiential Theories in Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tsuaki R. O. Marule
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 35, no. 1, Indigenous Pedagogies Resurgence and Restoration, 2012, pp. 131-143, 223
Description
Discusses a proposed Indigenous educational theory centering on Niitsitapi ways of knowing to reappropriate the curricular space.
"No Nature So Wild": The Ursuline Nuns and Female Community in Native Conversion to Christianity, 1639-1655
Theses
Author/Creator
Emma Claire Lawton
Description
History Thesis (B.A.)--University of Michigan, 2012.
"No One Here is Torn": Religious Symbolism in David Treuer's Little and The Hiawatha
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lydia R. Cooper
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 2012, pp. 101-118
Description
Examines different images and contrasting metaphors in David Treuer's work, challenging the whole idea of Indian identity.
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.
Off Native Ground: Europe in Contemporary American Indian Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Mackay
European Journal of American Culture, vol. 31, no. 3, Native Americans in Europe in the Twentieth Century, October 18, 2012, pp. 249-263
Description
Examines poetry by Native American poets: Simon Ortiz, Jim Barnes, Drucilla Wall, Luci Tapahonso, Joy Harjo, Ralph Salisbury and James Thomas.
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 The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine: Archaeological Paradigms And The Chaco "Tree Of Life"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. H. Wills
American Antiquity, vol. 77, no. 3, July 2012, pp. 478-497
Description
Evidence studied contends that the lone pine tree theory which symbolically connects physical with spiritual, cannot be supported and should be dismissed.
Opaskwayak Cree Nation Wetland Ethnoecology: Land, Identity and Well-Being in a Flooded Landscape
Theses
Author/Creator
Alli N. Morrison
Description
Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.
[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 Orders of the Dreamed: George Nelson on Cree and Northern Ojibwa Religion and Myth, 1823]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Olive Dickason
Native Studies Review, vol. 21, no. 2, Special Issue, 2012, pp. 129-131
Description
Book review of: The Orders of the Dreamed by Jennifer S. H. Brown and Robert Brightman.
Original Men's Straight Dance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Jones
Whispering Wind, vol. 41, no. 1, Issue 281, April 2012, pp. 32-33
Description
Describes traditional outfits worn by dancers at the Delaware Powwow 2012 Copan, Oklahoma. Includes photographs.
"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.
"Our Mountains Are Our Pillows": An Ethnographic Overview of Glacier Nations Park
E-Books
Author/Creator
Brian Reeves
Sandy Peacock
Description
Focuses on the K'tunaxa and Piikáni, and draws on documentary research and consultation with Piikáni Elders.
"Our Songs Are Alive": Traditional Diné Leaders and a Pedagogy of Possibility for Diné Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Ann McCauley
Description
Educational Leadership Thesis (Ed.D.)--Northern Arizona University, 2001.
The Pedagogy of Indigenous Restorative Justice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John George Hansen
Rose Antsanen
The Quint, vol. 5, no. 1, December 2012, pp. 29-40
Description
Looks at the idea of restorative justice as healing and the importance of Indigenous ways of teaching.
Scroll down to page 29 to read article.
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.
Performances and Celebrations: Displaying Lakota Identity, 1880-1915
Theses
Author/Creator
Adriana Greci Green
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick, 2001.
Performative Power in Native America: Powwow Dancing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann Axtmann
Dance Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, Summer, 2001, pp. 7-22
Description
Examines the physical, social and spiritual power produced by the dancers as they perform specific choreographic styles.