Speaker discusses the significance of the chain and the meaning of the wampum belts which were exchanged between British and First Nations, and argues that treaty-making is a relational process and not a single event.
Duration: 1:18:08.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 2, Autumn, 2004, pp. 33-48
Description
Article contends that the United States, as the last significant colonial power, still dominates indigenous peoples in external territories without their full consent. The paper argues that images of cowboys and Indians are a part of colonial history that asserts white supremacy and Indigenous inferiority.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 77-101
Description
Looks at how contact may affect the trajectory of change among the Mississippians. The article also expands on Chase-Dunn and Hall’s hypothesis that argues that episodes of incorporation, disintegration, and reincorporation may vary in highly predictable and interrelated ways in other systems.
Image of four Aboriginal male chiefs and an non-Aboriginal man posing for the camera; [indoor scene]. Note with photo: "Cree Chiefs from Crooked Lake. Seated - Flying in a Circle, Big Child Star Blanket. Standing - O'Soup a Blackfoot, P. Hourie an interpreter. Taken at Brantford, Ontario, at unveiling of Brant memorial Oct. 13, 1886. O'Soup Chippewa Chief / P. Hourie Interpreter / Front: Flying in a Circle / Big Child Mistawasis / Star Blanket Ahtahkakoop / names according to two of Rev.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-west Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of council held near Battleford. People; horses and terrain in foreground; buildings on extreme left and right of image.
Caption "The Battleford-bound Cree held a council on the Sweetgrass reserve in late March 1885; the meeting was interrupted by two Metis messengers who wanted the Indians to capture the fort."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-west Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Discussion by Elders who express regrets at loss of traditional customs and values and desire a return of schools on reserves ; a need to preserve Indian ceremonies and Indian medicines ; concerns about problems with alcohol recur throughout.
Elders discuss contemporary problems. Recurring themes are: problems with alcohol; education by whites from an early age; need to return to traditional teaching by elders in combination with white education.
Elders discuss concerns regarding: loss of Indian culture and traditions; failure to educate young Indians in traditionalways; young well-educated chiefs who will not take advice from elders.
Elders speak of their concerns regarding leadership on the reserves; new young leaders with education but no experience who ignore the elders and their advice; the failure to educate the young in traditional Indian ways.
Discussion of the educational system: relative merits of day schools, residential schools, integrated schools, etc.; need for inclusion of Indian culture into the curriculum at all levels ; the role of the elder as teacher.
Discussion of Indian ceremonies: how these are passed on from generation to generation; the role of women. Tipis: particular kinds of tipis; decorated tipis; tipis inrelation to death customs. No date given but probably January 1974, same as the others in this series.
Discussion of: Role of elders in setting young people on the right road ; Importance of breast-feeding and giving up alcohol ; Need for a tipi on each reserve, to be kept for prayer, pipe ceremonies and the counselling of the young.
Ethnohistory, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1974, pp. 95-122
Description
Examines the ethnic, linguistic, territorial, cultural and societal aspects of each group and the alliances, intermarriage and fused identities among groups.
Looks at ways to fill the gap in voluntary services and program supports offered to First Nations children, youth and families living on reserve nationally.
Forest Policy and Economics, vol. 6, no. 2, March 2004, pp. 95-110
Description
Showcases the Aboriginal Forest Planning Process (AFPP) which integrates Indigenous and Western forest management approaches in order to enhance the co-management of a B.C. forest.
Approaches to Teaching the Works of Louise Erdrich
Approaches to Teaching World Literature
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tom Matchie
Description
Looks at the married authors' collaborative process between 1970 and 1997.
Chapter in book: Approaches to Teaching the Works of Louise Erdrich edited by Greg Sarris, Connie A. Jacobs, and James R. Giles.
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 2004.
Explores concept of self-government with Cree Elders in northern Manitoba and discusses a Framework Agreement Initiative of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.
Canadian Literature, no. 182, Black Writing in Canada, Autumn, 2004, pp. 183-185
Description
Book reviews of:
For Joshua: An Ojibway Father Teaches His Son by Richard Wagamese.
The Setting Lake Sun by J. R. Lévillé.
The Great Gift of Tears by Heather Hodgson.
Working Paper Series (Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics) ; no. 20
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jerry Lipka
Barbara Adams
Description
Study uses the math curriculum "Building a Fish Rack: Investigations into Proof, Properties, Perimeter, and Area" to show culturally-based instruction has been successful with Yup'ik students.
Properties of Culture - Culture as Property: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Trond Thuen
Description
Examines the issue of cultural heritage ownership and rights.
Chapter from: Properties of Culture - Culture as Property: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia edited by Erich Kasten.
Properties of Culture - Culture as Property. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Andrew Wiget
Olga Balalaeva
Description
Chapter in book: Properties of Culture - Culture as Property. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia edited by Erich Kasten. Looks at the drafting of a unique law connected to intangible cultural heritage.