Theses
Author/Creator
Danielle Desjardins
Description
Education Graduating Paper (MEd) -- University of British Columbia, 2018.
Teaching History for Truth and Reconciliation: The Challenges and Opportunities of Narrativity, Temporality, and Identity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Miles
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 294-311
Description
Contends history educators are especially implicated in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action through their responsibility to teach Indigenous and Canadian history, including the injustices of settler colonialism. Identifies three challenges of teaching history for truth and reconciliation and suggests strategies for reframing these challenges as opportunities.
Technology and Inuit Identity: Facebook Use by Inuit Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander Castleton
AlterNative, September 2018, pp. 228-236
Description
Article interviews students from the Arctic college in Iqaluit to explore how they use the social network, Facebook. Discusses the relationship between technologies and Inuit identity and argues that, like other contemporary cultures, Indigenous cultures are dynamic and integrating and evolving with modern technologies.
Technology and Learning in the New Information Age
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul F. Trebian
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 31, no. 1, The New Information Age, Fall, 2019
Description
Author discusses how modern technologies might be used in Tribal College and University (TCU) environments to engage students, staff, and faculty, in learning and teaching. Offers five strategies for effective applied use of technology.
Technology’s Role in Mapudungun Language Teaching and Revitalization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Jacqueline Quintrileo Llancao
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 3, September 2019, pp. 205-216
Description
Reports on a study of the use of internet based teaching and learning technologies and strategies in Mapuche language learning and revitalization in Chile.
Telling Our Stories: A One Act Play
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 12th, 2017
Representations and Realities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Kathleen Hardgrove
Description
Produced by the Department of Art, Communication, and Theatre, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Terra Nova: Enacting Videogame Development through Indigenous-Led Creation
Theses
Author/Creator
Maize Longboat
Description
Media Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2019.
Territoriality and Sovereign Advantage: Public Lands, Treaty Rights, and the Contentious Politics of the American West
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick Eudaily
Steve Smith
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, Fall, 2019
Description
Authors deconstruct the language and concepts of sovereignty and territory, and re-examine the relationship between the two. They advocate shifting away from contemporary models of “sovereignty over a territory” and towards an approach in which the practice of sovereignty is rooted in a particular territory, its peoples and communities.
Their Voices Will Guide Us: Student and Youth Engagement Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Charlene Bearhead
Description
Teacher's resource for educating students about the important role Indigenous women fulfill in their families, communities, and nations, the impact of the high levels of violence experienced by women and girls and how this violates their Treaty, Constitutional, and human rights. There are seven focus areas under each age group (ESC-Grade 4, Grades 5-8, and Grades 9-12): foundational learning, inquiring minds, resources, themes, finding their voices, sharing the message and inspiring change; and sample activities.
Them Eskimo Mob: International Implications of Nunavut: An Essay Commissioned by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Jull
Description
Rev. 2nd edition.
Theorizing the Earth: Feminist Approaches to Nature and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Orr
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, 1994, pp. 145-157
Description
Argues that ecofeminism, or those who found a connection between technological exploitation of land and oppression of women, could benefit from a careful reading of Ceremony.
There Is No Question of American Indian Genocide
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melissa Michal Slocum
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Genocide Special Issue, December 30, 2018, pp. 1-30
Description
Article introduces the special edition on the genocide of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas; the author examines the way that international definitions of genocide actively work to exclude Native Americans and works to redefine the term from a Haudenosaunee perspective.
There Is Truth Here: Creativity and Resilience in Children’s Art from Indian Residential and Indian Day Schools: Inkameep Indian Day School
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Legacy Art Gallery, University of Victoria
“There Needs to Be Full Recognition of Who We Are Beyond Symbolic Gestures”: Indigenous People's Stories About Their Education and Experiences
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erica Neeganagwedgin
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 58, no. 1/2, Spring/Summer, 2019, pp. 39-61
Description
Using the experiences of Indigenous university students to discuss the importance of using Indigenous ways of knowing within contemporary school pedagogy.
"These Paintings Have Spirit": Voices Found in Childhood Artwork from Indian Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Adele Bibault
Description
Discusses the repatriation and exhibition of paintings produced at the Alberni Indian Residential School and the Mackay Indian Residential School by exploring the views of a Survivor, Mark Atleo, and Intergenerational Survivor, Lorilee Wastasecoot.
Anthropology Honours Paper (B.A.)--University of Victoria, 2019.
"These Rascally Spackaloids": The Rise of Gispaxlots Hegemony at Fort Simpson, 1832-40
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan R. Dean
BC Studies, no. 101, The First Nations in British Columbia, Spring, 1994, pp. 41-78
Description
Examines the relationship between the Coast Tsimshians, Chief Legaic and the Hudson Bay Company.
"They do think about health": Health, Culture and Identity in Katherine
Theses
Author/Creator
Mascha Simone Friderichs
Description
[Health?] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Charles Darwin University, 2018.
“They Grow as Speakers, as Leaders”: A Case Study of Experiential Leadership in the Miss World Eskimo– Indian Olympics Pageant
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline Williams
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2019, pp. 204-235
Description
Report demonstrates that the objectifying space of the traditional beauty pageant has been appropriated by the Miss World Eskimo– Indian Olympics (WEIO), and reconstructed as a space focused on developing community-centered leadership skills in the young women that participate.
"They Knew How to Respect Children": Life Histories and Culturally Appropriate Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert M. Leavitt
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Culture and Educating: Aboriginal Settings, Concerns, and Insights, Spring, 1994, pp. 182-192
Description
Looks at life histories of Maliseet and Micmac university students and Bolivian Aymara, Quechua, and Uru women to help students realize their own identity and potential.
Thinking About Aboriginal Justice: Myths and Revolution
Alternate Title
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Patricia Monture-Okanee
Description
Article from a 1993 Conference proceedings, discusses how despite some changes, the non-Aboriginal justice system fails Aboriginal Peoples at every turn; justice she concludes is a human problem and the answers are in the women of communities.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Thinking in the Circle: the American Indian Influence on the Development of the American philosophy of Pragmatism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steve Sachs
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, Fall, 2019
Description
Defines pragmatism as framework that is centered on problem solving rather than a pursuit of ultimate knowledge, and discusses the ways that Western understandings of pragmatism are influenced by Indigenous philosophy and worldview.
The Third Space
Alternate Title
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, Lecture 3
[2018 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Tanya Talaga
Description
Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the the third of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Vancouver.
Talaga discusses Indigenous kinship structures and the way in which colonial laws have created a disconnect between Indigenous peoples and their communities and cultures.
Duration: 53:59
The Third Space: Shared Understanding between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal People
Theses
Author/Creator
Helen Joan Todd
Description
[Business] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Curtin University, 2018.
This Pageant Which is Not Won: The Rabín Ahau, Maya Women, and the Guatemalan Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Carlota Pierce McAllister
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1994.
“This Story Needs a Witness”: The Imbrication of Witnessing, Storytelling, and Resilience in Lee Maracle’s Celia’s Song
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura J. Beard
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 151-178
Description
Examines themes of testimony, trauma, storytelling, and witnessing in Maracle’s novel; discusses the role that narrating and observing can play as a means of collaborating in the decolonization of settler systems and violence.
Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian: Small Shoes for Feet Too Large
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Gresko
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 75, no. 1, March 1994, pp. 100-103
Description
Book review of: Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian by Clarence Bolt.
'Thomson Time'
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Athol Chase
Aboriginal History , vol. 3, no. 2, 1979, pp. 109-110
Description
Discusses the Donald Thomson collection which contains artifacts and photographs from the eastern Cape York area.
Those Who Run in the Sky: Novel Study
Alternate Title
Inuktut Titiqqiriniq
E-Books
Author/Creator
Department of Education, Government of Nunavut
Description
Story about a young Inuit shaman who finds himself in the world of the spirits and must master all his powers to make his way home.
A Thousand Years: Indigenous Peoples and Northern Europeans: An Essay Commissioned by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Jull
Description
Compares the experience of the Sami to that of Canadian Aboriginals.
2nd ed., revised and expanded.
Three Generation Life History Study of Métis Women in Alberta: Revised Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cynthia Dunnigan
Description
Emphasis is on cultural sub-systems of family, religion and career from insider's perspective, and placing women's experiences in a social and cultural context.
The Three Men Who Captured Riel in 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Folder containing photographs of Robert Armstrong and William Diehl, with a sketch of Tom Houri [Hourie]. all items glued to folder.
Three Yukon First Nations Elders Share Their Knowledge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Josephine Holloway
[Gladys Johnston
Grace Dewhurst
Ann Geddes]
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 14, no. 4, Women of the North, Fall, 1994, pp. 62-69
Description
Presents excerpts from interviews with Elders by three researchers.
Through the Diamond Threshold: A Community-Based Psycho-Educational Group Training Program for Treatment of Substance Use Disorders among American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rockey R. Robbins
Bryan G. Stare
Brittany M. Riggin
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 1, 2019, pp. 79-105
Description
Describes a culturally relevant, community-based training program designed to increase awareness and promote healing related to substance use disorders. Program centers Indigenous traditions, collectivism, and historical context.
Through the Lens of the Land: Reflections from Archaeology, Ethnoecology, and Environmental Science on Collaborations with First Nations, 1970s to the Present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dana Lepofsky
Ken Lertzman
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 141-160
Description
Authors describe their process of decolonizing their research practice in British Columbia over an extended period of time. Highlights the need for researchers to develop collaborative partnerships with Indigenous communities.
Thunder Bay Police Services Board Investigation: Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Investigation came about due to complaints by leaders from Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Grand Council Treaty 3 and the Rainy River First Nations that the Board was not responding to deaths and race-based violence against Indigenous peoples.
Thunder Finder
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kaitrina L. Harrisson
M'Wikwedong Youth Group
Carlos E. Sanchez-Pimienta
Jeffrey Masuda
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2019, p. [9]
Description
Links to a short video biography of Little Thunder Woman (Katrina Harrison) in which the narrator discusses her experiences and the teachings she has received as a two-spirit person.
Thunder Finder
Duration: 3:10
A Thunder's Wisom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Randy Jackson
Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, vol. 9, Winter, 2018, pp. 38-56
Description
Using seventy-two interviews from Indigenous HIV survivors to create a fictional story to provide insight into the experiences of Indigenous people with HIV.
Thunderbird Women: Indigenous Women Reclaiming Autonomy through Stories of Resistance
Theses
Author/Creator
Amanda Fayant
Description
Indigenous Studies Thesis (MPhil)--UiT Arctic University of Norway, 2019.
Ti wa7 szwatenem. What We Know: Indigenous Knowledge and Learning
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorna Williams
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 31-44
Description
Author uses a personal essay to discuss basic tenets of Indigenous knowledge, ways of knowing, and ontological constructs; uses Líl̓wat language concepts to help illustrate her points. Highlights experiential and action based teaching and learning, relational understanding, and the concepts of flux, balance.
Tides of Endurance: Indigenous Peace Traditions of Aotearoa New Zealand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Devere
Kelli Te Maihāroa
Maui Solomon
Maata Wharehoka
ab-Original, vol. 3, no. 1, 2019, pp. 24-47
Description
Article considers three Māori communities and the endurance and resilience they have demonstrated in maintaining their unique peace traditions in the face of opposition from both Western and Māori cultures of violence.
The Time of Things: The Continuum of Indigenous Customary Practice into Contemporary Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
France Trépanier
Description
Catalogue for exhibition of the same name which featured works by Daphne Boyer, Maureen Gruben, Susan Pavel, Skeena Reece, and Marika Echachis Swan.
A Time of Visions: Alfred Young Man
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larry Abbott
Alfred Young Man
Description
Interview with the Cree artist.
A Time of Visions: Anita Fields
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larry Abbott
Anita Fields
Description
Interview by Larry Abbott with the Osage artist; also itemizes several exhibitions of her work.
A Time of Visions: Bently Spang
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larry Abbott
Bently Spang
Description
Interview with the Northern Cheyenne artist.
A Time of Visions: Bob Haozous
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larry Abbott
Bob Haozous
Description
Interview with the Apache artist; includes brief list of exhibitions and bibliography.
A Time of Visions: Bobby Martin
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larry Abbott
Bobby Martin
Description
Interview with the Musogee artist.
A Time of Visions: Diego Romero
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larry Abbott
Diego Romero
Description
Interview with the Cochiti artist.
A Time of Visions: Ernie Whiteman
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larry Abbott
Ernie Whiteman
Description
Interview with the Northern Arapaho artist.
A Time of Visions: George Morrison
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larry Abbott
George Morrison
Description
Interview with the Ojibwe artist.
A Time of Visions: Gerald McMaster
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larry Abbott
Description
Interview with the Plains Cree artist and curator.