Alternate Title
'A Flag that Knows No Color Line': Aboriginal Veterans in Canada, 1914-1939
Theses
Author/Creator
Brian R. MacDowall
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.
From New Peoples to New Nations: Aspects of Métis History and Identity from the Eighteenth to the Twenty-first Centuries
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gerhard J. Ens
Joe Sawchuk
From Recognition to Reconciliation: Essays on the Constitutional Entrenchment of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights
E-Books
Author/Creator
Patrick Macklem
Mark D. Walters
Jeremy Webber
Brian Slattery
P. G. McHugh
Dwight Newman ... [et al.]
From Seven Oaks to Batoche: Métis Resistance in History and Narrative
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wolfgang Klooss
TransCanadiana, vol. 8, Canadian Sites of Resistance: Solidarity-Struggle=Change(?), 2016, pp. [25]-51
Description
Highlights some of the most important facts in the history of Métis resistance consulting both historiographic accounts and literary texts.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.
From the Klondike to Berlin: The Yukon in the First World War
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Gates
Northern Review, no. 43, The North and the First World War, April 2017, pp. 9-30
Description
Discusses the participation of the Yukon in the war including those who enlisted, those committed to efforts at home, women volunteers who fund raised and personal stories of participation by such folks as Joe Boyle, Robert Service, George Black, Martha Black and others.
From the Tundra to the Trenches
Alternate Title
First Voices, First Texts ; 4
E-Books
Author/Creator
Eddy Weetaltuk
First Voices, First Texts
Gabriel Dumont: Métis Legend
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
Martin Shulman
Calvin Racette
Lorna Payne
Peter Myo
Description
Brief video discusses the life of the Metis leader and his role in the 1885 Resistance. Duration: 7:25.
Related Material: Transcript; Teacher's Guide.
Generational Politics and American Indian Youth Movements of the 1960s and 1970s
Theses
Author/Creator
Karen Ziegelman
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 1985.
A Genocidal Legacy: A Case Study of Cultural Survival in Northwestern California
Theses
Author/Creator
Aimee L. VanHavermaat-Snyder
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Chico, 2017.
"He Was Neither a Soldier nor a Slave: He Was Under the Control of No Man": Kahnawake Mohawks in the Northwest Fur Trade, 1790-1850
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole St-Onge
Canadian Journal of History, vol. 51, no. 1, Spring-Summer, 2016, pp. 1-32
Description
"This article argues that both these long-standing perceptions of Mohawks as men possessing superior skills as woodsmen and imbued with a fierce character informed the Montreal-area hiring practices of large fur trade concerns."
Her Majesty's Justice Be Done: Métis Legal Mobilization and the Pitfalls to Indigenous Political Movement Building
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Voth
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 49, no. 2, June 2016, pp. 243-266
Description
Paper states that legal disputes between Manitoba Métis Federation and Treaty 1 peoples leave neither party in a better position.
History and the Imagination: Gerald Vizenor's "The People Named the Chippewa"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Ainsworth
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, The Literary Achievements of Gerald Vizenor, Winter, 1985, pp. 49-54
Description
Reflects on Gerald Vizenor's The People Named the Chippewa challenging the historical depictions of Indigenous cultures in the United States.
History of North Dakota
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Elwyn B.] Robinson
Description
"with a new preface and postscript".
"Holding Their End Up in Splendid Style": Indigenous People and Canada's First World War
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karine Duhamel
Matthew McRae
Manitoba History, no. 82, Fall, 2016, pp. 41-46
Description
Comments on the significance of Indigenous service.
The Homestead as Fortress: Fact or Folklore?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Burke
Lynley A. Wallis
Bryce Barker
Megan Tutty
Noelene Cole ... [et al.]
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 151-176
Description
Examines the construction of a homestead in Cambridge Downs (and its replica) alongside narratives which assert that the stout stone construction was designed as a defense against Aboriginal attacks, and considers other reasons that the design and materials may have been used.
An Honor Long Overdue: The 2013 Congressional Gold and Silver Medal Ceremonies in Honor of Native American Code Talkers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William C. Meadows
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 2, 2016, pp. 91-121
Description
Comments on the The Navajo Act of 2000, the Code Talkers Recognition Act of 2008 and the Congressional Gold Medal.
Horse Nations: The Worldwide Impact of the Horse on Indigenous Societies Post-1492
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John P. Husmann
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 4, Fall, 2016, pp. 330-331
Description
Book review of: Horse Nations by Peter Mitchell.
"I Was Brought to Life to Save My People from Starvation and from Their Enemies": Pahukatawa and the Pawnee Trauma of Genocide
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark van de Logt
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 3, 2016, pp. 23-46
Description
Examines the emergence of a spiritual entity during a period of warfare waged by the Lakota and Cheyenne on the Pawnee. Argues that their desperate situation triggered a spiritual crisis since the traditional sacred power of Morning Star seemed to provide no protection from enemy threats.
Idle No More: Indigenous Resurgence as Revitalization
Theses
Author/Creator
Tamie Coleman
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Waterloo, 2016.
An Illustrated History of Canada's Native People: I Have Lived Here Since the World Began
E-Books
Author/Creator
Arthur J. Ray
Description
Fourth edition.
Imprints: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the City of Chicago
E-Books
Author/Creator
John N. Low
In Defence of Country: Life Stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Servicemen & Women
Alternate Title
Aboriginal History Monograph
E-Books
Author/Creator
Noah Riseman
Aboriginal History Monograph
"The Index to a Man's Principles": Dawson and the Canadian Yukon Patriotic Fund, 1914-1920
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Kikkert
P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Northern Review, vol. 44, The North and the First World War, April 2017, pp. 51-78
Description
" ... this article complicates the glowing contemporary and historical assessments of the Yukon's war effort by revealing the social divisions, frustrations, and disillusionment that also mark the community's complex First World Ward experience".
Indigenous Blockages and the Power to Speak the Law: From Settler Colonialism to Indigenous Resurgence
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher Albinati
Description
Law Thesis (LLM)--York University, 2017.
Indigenous Passages to Cuba, 1515-1900
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kathryn Walkiewicz
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 119-120
Description
Book review of: Indigenous Passages to Cuba, 1515-1900 by Jason M. Yaremko.
Indigenous Perspectives on the Outstanding Land Issue in British Columbia: "We Deny Their Right To It"
Theses
Author/Creator
Cathrena Narcisse
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2016.
Indigenous Posthumans: Cyberpunk Surgeries and Biotech Boarding Schools in File under Miscellaneous and SyFy’s Helix
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stina Attebery
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 95-116
Description
Uses Jeff Barnaby’s film, File Under Miscellaneous, and SyFy’s series, Helix, to discuss the subtleties inherent in Gerald Vizenor’s concept of “survivance” and Archille Mbembe’s competing logics of “martyrdom and survial.” Considers these as elements of resistance to colonial biopolitics.
Infamous Dakota War Trials of 1862: Revenge, Military Law and the Judgment of History
E-Books
Author/Creator
John A. Haymond
Inspired by Plains Indian Drawings: The Mystery of Lieutenant Adolphus von Luettwitz's Drawings of the Plains Indian War
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judith Bookbinder
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 3, Summer, 2016, pp. 161-185
Description
Comments on a U.S. soldier's work that resembles Native American ledger drawings.
Interdependence and Colonization: Metis Auxiliaries and the North-West Mounted Police, 1874-1895
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aurelio Ayala
Peter J. Carrington
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 2, Spring , 2016, pp. 101-130
Description
Article provides a description and interpretation of the cooperation between the NWMP and the Metis auxiliaries.
Introduction: Brothers and Sisters in Arms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Noah Riseman
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 5-8
Description
Articles in this special issue offer histories of Indigenous military service.
Introduction: The North and the First World War
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brent Slobodin
Ken Coates
Northern Review, no. 44, The North and the First World War, April 2017, pp. 3-8
Description
Introduces a special collection of papers originally presented at "The North and First World War" conference held May 2016 in Whitehorse, Yukon.
The Invasion Within: The Contest of Cultures in Colonial North America
E-Books
Author/Creator
James Axtell
The Iroquois Perspective
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Collin Reid
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 2, April/May 2017, p. 51
Description
Offers up an alternative narrative on what colonization was like for the local Iroquois in what is now current day Montreal, QC.
J. Z. LaRocque: A Métis Historian’s Account of His Family’s Experiences during the North-West Rebellion of 1885
Alternate Title
Finding Directions West: Readings That Locate and Dislocate Western Canada's Past
The West ; no. 9
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Heather Devine
Description
Discusses Joseph Zépherin LaRocque, born in Lebret, Saskatchewan, who was one of the very few Métis vernacular historians writing in the early 20th century.
"The Land Grows People": Indigenous Knowledge and Social Repairing in Rural Post-Conflict Northern Uganda
Theses
Author/Creator
Lara Rosenoff Gauvin
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2016.
A Legacy of Sacrifice and Honor: Celebrating Tribal Resilience and Military Service at Haskell Nations University
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jancita Warrington
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 29, no. 2, Honoring Veterans, Winter, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Looks at the history of service by students, alumni and faculty.
A Library Matter of Genocide: The Library of Congress and the Historiography of the Native American Holocaust
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Q. Dudley
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-30
Description
Analyzes books in OCLC Worldcat with Library of Congress subject heading "Indians of North America", with keywords genocide, holocaust or extermination.
Literary Land Claims: The "Indian Land Question" from Pontiac's War to Attawapiskat
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Megan Harvey
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 155-156
Description
Book review of Literary Land Claims by Margery Fee.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 155.
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
E-Books
Louis Riel: A Bibliography
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ved Parkash Arora
Description
Revised bibliography expands and updates published references including news papers, diaries, letters, photographs, and maps. Also includes citations for diaries and writings of Riel.
Main Poc: Potawatomi Wabeno
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. David Edmunds
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 3, Prophets: Religious Leaders and Revitalization Movements, Summer, pp. 259-272
Description
Investigation into Potawatomi Wabeno (sorcerer) influence on Indigenous-white relations in Illinois following the War of 1812.
Māori as "Warriors" and "Locals" in the Private Military Industry
Alternate Title
Maori as "Warriors" and "Locals" in the Private Military Industry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Bargh
Quentin Whanau
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 102-117
Description
Comments on how Māori are not predominantly seen and do not predominantly speak about themselves as "warriors".
The Mark of Rebels: Indios Fronterizos and Mexican Independence
Alternate Title
Atlantic Crossings
E-Books
Author/Creator
Barry M. Robinson
[Masters of Empire: Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ben Molson
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, 2016, pp. 244-246
Description
Book review of: Masters of Empire by Michael J. McDonnell.
Meeting at St. Boniface--Desire of the French to Retain the Troops
Archival » Archival Items
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 2, 1985, pp. 99-100
Description
Minutes of the meeting containing four motions expressing confidence in Donald Smith, Member of Parliament and requesting that troops continue to be stationed at St. Boniface.
Métis as Treaty Parties
Alternate Title
Reconciliation and the Métis Conference [Session Four]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Adam Gaudry
Brenda Gunn
Darren O'Toole
Description
Gaudry discusses the concept of Wicihitowin as used to resolve a 19th century conflict between the Métis and the Dakota. Gunn discusses how international law relates to treaties signed with Indigenous peoples in Canada. O'Toole discusses whether Section 31 of The Manitoba Act constituted a treaty.
Duration: 1:52:03.
Mobilising across Colour Lines: Intimate Encounters between Aboriginal Women and African American and Other Allied Servicemen on the World War II Australian Home Front
Alternate Title
Mobilising Across Color Lines:
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Hughes
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 47-70
Description
Article examines oral histories and archival content to reveal the lived experiences of Aboriginal women in Australia who formed relationships with the allied service men stationed there during WWII. Discusses how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and African American, Native American and other servicemen of colour were often drawn together in the face of shared experiences of colonial discrimination and oppression.
Native American Music from Wounded Knee to the Billboard Charts: A Document Based Exploration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
TeachRock
Description
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
Native Americans and the Civil War
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arrell Morgan Gibson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 4, Autumn, 1985, pp. 385-410
Description
Examines the American Indigenous population's direct and indirect involvement in the US Civil War and its aftermath. The Confederate army courted Indigenous groups due to their tactical location and as a source for more troops.