Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 44, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 219-229
Description
Book reviews of: Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada by J.R. Miller.
Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M.
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."
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.
[Royal Anthropological Institute of Britain and Ireland
Max Carocci]
Description
Website developed for exhibition of the same name as well as the book launch for Warriors of the Plains: The Arts of Plains Indian Warfare by Max Carocci.
Contains links to exhibition, catalogue, bibliography, videos and information on the book.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 2, Summer, 2010, pp. 86-89
Description
Book review of: An Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru by Titu Cusi Yupanqui ; translated by Ralph Bauer.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 86.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, pp. 21-43
Description
Explores the main factors involved in the contentious collective action by the Labrador Innu during the 1980s and 1990s and questions the possible application of these factors to other cases.
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.
Joseph Boyden and John Ralston Saul discuss their books from the Extraordinary Canadians series.
"October 12, 2010, Toronto Reference Library."
Duration: 9:57.
Panel discussion with the authors of Riel: A Life of Revolution, Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography and Louis the Heretic Poems talking about the life of Louis Riel.
Duration: 44:40.
Video of lecture by author of book of same name. Discussion of Lakota chief's character and events leading up to his death while in the custody of the U.S. army.
Duration: 1:01:42.