Articles » General
Author/Creator
Siobhan Senier
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018, pp. 121-126
Description
Literary Criticism Article which describes and compares the ways the author of each text uses their work to participate in contemporary discussions of “sovereignty and survivance, territoriality and land.”
Money Stories: Financial Resilience among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Megan Weier
Kylie Dolan
Abigail Powell
Kristy Muir
Amanda Young
Description
Reports results from a questionnaire administered to 620 individuals who were asked about personal financial resources, products and service use, knowledge and behaviour, and social capital.
Monique Verdin's Louisiana Love: An Interview
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kirstin L. Squint
Monique Verdin
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 1, Winter, 2018, pp. 117-133
Description
Interview with co-producer and co-writer of My Louisiana Love, a documentary which details the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the BP oil spills on her family and community.
Monkey Beach
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theresa Warburton
BC Studies, no. 211, Autumn, 2021, pp. 123-124
Description
A look at Indigenous director Loretta Todd's film adaptation of Indigenous authors Eden Robinson's novel Monkey Beach.
Monsieur Batoche
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diane Payment
Saskatchewan History, vol. 32, no. 3, Autumn, 1979, pp. 81-103
Description
Author used government records, correspondence of the Oblats de Marie Immaculée, homestead files, and Métis testimony to illustrate the far reaching influence of the Métis generally, and specifically of the family and community of François-Xavier Letendre dit Batoche in the North West in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to p.81.
Montana's Landless Indians and the Assimilation Era of Federal Indian Policy: A Case of Contradictions: Lessons for Grades 7-12
E-Books
Author/Creator
Laura Ferguson
Description
Title refers to the Chippewa, Cree and Métis.
Moon of the Crusted Snow: Reading Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anna Rodrigues
Kaitlyn Watson
Description
To accompany book written by Waubgeshig Rice which tells the story of a small northern Anishinaabe community which finds itself completely isolated from the external world just as winter sets in. The key to survival is reconnecting with the land. Guide is arranged around the themes of land, colonialism, community, gender, language, traditions and culture, and real world events.o accompany story written by
Mopan in Context: Mayan Identity, Belizean Citizenship, and the Future of a Language
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Carolina Gómez Menjívar
William Salmon
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2018, pp. 7-90
Description
Compares grassroots Mayan languages revitalization movements in Belize and Guatemala/Mesoamerica; considers the academic and publishing communities’ marginalization of Belize language revitalization efforts and the effects on Kriol and Mopan dialects, and the socioeconomic and geopolitical factors at play in the language landscape of Belize.
"More Precious Than Gold": Indigenous Water Governance in the Context of Modern Land Claims in Yukon
Theses
Author/Creator
Nicole J. Wilson
Description
Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2018.
More Than Missions: Native Californians and Allies Changing the Story of California History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Khal Schneider
Dale Allender
Margarita Berta-Ávila
Rose Borunda
Gregg Castro ... [et al.]
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 58, no. 3, Fall, 2019, pp. 58-77
Description
Examines the shift towards a more inclusive California state history that incorporates Indigenous perspectives.
“The More You Know”: Critical Historical Knowledge About Indian Residential Schools Increases Non-Indigenous Canadians' Empathy for Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katelin H. S. Neufeld
Katherine B. Starzyk
Gregory D. Boese
Iloradanon H. Efimoff
Stephen Wright
Political Psychology, vol. 43, no. 4, 2021, pp. 617-633
Morning Star Rises: Peace, Power, and Righteousness in the Face of Colonization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo Killsback
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 33, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 5-37
Description
Biographical essay reexamines the legacy of a nineteenth-century Cheyenne leader named Vóóhéhéve (Morning Star or Dull Knife); draws on statements from his family and community members to decolonize the historical narrative surrounding the chief.
Mortality and Morbidity Related to Fire, Burns and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning among First Nations People, Métis and Inuit: Findings from the 2011 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mohan B. Kumar
Description
Compares rates to those of the non-Indigenous population as well as variations by sex, age group, province and territory where possible.
Mothers of Corn: Wixárika Women, Verbal Performances, and Ontology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cyndy Margarita García-Weyandt
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2018, pp. 113-120
Description
Discusses the active role of Maize within Wixáritari ceremony from cultivation to harvesting, emphasizing the role of women in preparing Corn-based substances for ceremonial offerings. Through storytelling and performative practices women are active in transmitting the relationships between corn and community.
A Movement to Reclaim American Indian Health through Tribal Sovereignty, Community Partnerships, and Growing Tribally-Driven Health Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria M. O’Keefe
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 172-176
Description
In this editorial article the author discusses Indigenous rights and Indigenous resistance to colonization and considers the other articles in this journal issue in the context of resistance and sovereignty.
Moving Toward Indigenous-Centred Perinatal Care in Urban Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natasha Blanchet-Cohen
Édith Cloutier
Stéphane Laroche
Carole Lévesque
Maxime-August Wawanoloath
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge, 2021, pp. 54-69
Description
Examines the use of Abinodjic as a wholistic approach to childcare that aligns with Indigenous cultural practices.
Moving Towards an Indigenous Research Process: A Reflexive Approach to Empirical Work with First Nations Communities in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elaine Toombs
Alexandra S. Drawson
Lori Chambers
Tina L. R. Bobinski
John Dixon
Christopher J. Mushquash
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, January 14, 2019
Description
Authors advocate for a reflexive practice of research methods which engage Indigenous people and communities, creating a more equitable and relevant body of research and representing the needs and interests of Indigenous communities.
Multiculturalism Policy Index: Indigenous Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Adrienne Davidson
Veldon Coburn
Description
Nine indicators used: recognition of land/title, self-government rights, cultural rights, and customary law, upholding historic treaties and/or signing new treaties, guarantees of representation/consultation in central government, affirmation of distinct status, support/ratification for international instruments, and affirmative action.
2nd edition.
Multimorbidity Prevalence in Canada: A Comparison of Northern Territories with Provinces, 2013/14
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. Andrew Basham
Mohammad Ehsanul Karim
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Article examines Canadian Community Health Survey data from 2013/14 to determine if there is a disparity in multimorbidity prevalence between the provinces and the territories. No significant difference was found.
Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in Canadian Crime Films
Theses
Author/Creator
Katelyn Mackenzie
Description
Sociology and Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2018.
Looks at four documentaries: Finding Dawn; The Pig Farm; Missing: The Documentary; and Highway of Tears.
The Murders of Indigenous Women in Canada as Femicides: Toward a Decolonial Intersectional Reconceptualization of Femicide
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paulina García-Del Moral
Signs, vol. 43, no. 4, Summer , 2018, pp. 929-954
Description
Argues that the term femicide is inadequate since it refers to generic male violence against women, and crimes against Indigenous women are racialized gendered violence rooted in the effects of colonial power relations.
The Murders of Indigenous Women in Canada as Feminicides: Toward a Decolonial Intersectional Reconceptualization of Femicide
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paulina García-Del Moral
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 43, no. 4, Summer, 2018, pp. 929-954
Description
An argument against the use of femicide as means to analyze murdered Indigenous women, rather it must go beyond the radical feminist definition to an intersectional framework to make gender as a necessary but not a definitive analytical category.
Murphy Diary
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
George B. Murphy
Description
Extracts from the diary of George B. Murphy, of Qu'Appelle, transport officer of the Battleford Column, Second Division of the North West Field Force, sent out to suppress the 1885 resistance. Entries from March 17 - July 16, 1885. Entries mostly include communications regarding troop movements.
Museums Decolonizing with Holistic Intentionality: Curatorial and Descendant Community Processes
Theses
Author/Creator
Deborah K. Morgan
Description
Museum Studies Thesis (M.A.)--San Francisco State University, 2018.
My Reflection of that Time
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeannette Armstrong
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 19-26
Description
Armstrong gives her personal account of the Indigenous rights movements that took place in British Columbia and across Canada, connecting the events and attitudes of the time to the larger Civil Rights Movement taking place across the continent and to other contemporary social/cultural shifts.
My Sobriety: In Hell Chapter VII [7]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Koorie Dhoulagarle
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, June 1979, pp. 27-36
Description
Continuing series excerpted from the book, My Sobriety which was written at the time the author had given up drinking for the previous 18 months.
My Sobriety: The Horror Man, Chapter VIII [8]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Koorie Dhoulagarle
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, September 1979, pp. 49-55
Description
Continuing series excerpted from the book, My Sobriety which was written at the time the author had given up drinking for the previous 18 months.
My Tribe the Crees
Alternate Title
Book Reviews of: My Tribe the Crees and My People the Bloods
My People the Bloods
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
A. H. Sahir
Prairie Forum, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1979, pp. 151-152
Description
Book reviews of 2 books:
My Tribe the Crees by Joseph F. Dion.
My People the Bloods by Mike Mountain Horse.
The Mystery Man of Sand Creek: George Laird Shoup
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joy Masoff
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 2, Spring, May 04, 2019, pp. 179-209
Description
The author works to recontextualize the life of Colonel George Laird Shoup illustrating his role and responsibility in the Sand Creek Massacre (November 29, 1864), an event which led to the deaths of 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho people.
N. Scott Momaday: Beyond Rainy Mountain
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert L. Berner
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 1979, pp. 57-67
Description
Analysis of the importance of language in The Way to Rainy Mountain.
N. Scott Momaday: Towards an Indian Identity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thekla Zachrau
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 1979, pp. 39-56
Description
Looks at themes of alienation and loss of culture associated with the urban environment, and search for an authentic identity rooted in Indigenous culture in the novel House Made of Dawn.
NADOC and the National Aborigines Day in Sydney, 1957–67
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Bollen
Anne Brewster
Aboriginal History, vol. 42, December 2018, pp. 3-30
Description
Author explores the origins and history of the National Aborigines Day Observance Committee (NADOC) and discusses the evolution of the narrative promoted by the committee.
Nagwediẑk'an gwaneŝ gangu ch'inidẑed ganexwilagh = The Fires Awakened Us: Tsilhqot’in Report on the 2017 Wildfires
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jocelyn Stacey
Crystal Verhaeghe
Emma Feltes
Names Tell a Story: The Alteration of Student Names at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, 1879-1890
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Liliana Elliott
Description
Looks at the role Anglicization of names played in attempts to erase Native American identity and further the goal of assimilation.
History Honors Thesis (B.A.)--University of Colorado Boulder, 2019.
The Narrative and Poetical Role of a Polynesian Literary Myth: Canoes of the Origins in Contemporary Texts from French Polynesia, New Zealand, and Samoa
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Chloé Angué [Chloe Angue]
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 1, 2018, pp. 97-109
Description
Article examines the way that contemporary Polynesian writers are reimagining the Polynesian migration in their works and how the rewriting of the migration narrative is a form of post-colonial resistance, and an active imagining of more equitable futures.
Narratives of Hope: Enacting Indigenous Language and Cultural Reclamation across Geographies and Positionalities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kari A.B. Chew
Vanessa Anthony-Stevens
Amanda LeClair-Diaz
Sheilah E. Nicholas
Angel Sobotta
Philip Stevens
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 132-151
Description
Authors work to examine the motivations and narratives of Indigenous language and cultural resurgence as well as the knowledge structures which support it; focus on the diversity of Indigenous cultures and “settler-colonial narratives which portray Indigenous languages and cultures as deficient and vanishing.”
A Nation of Families: Traditional Indigenous Kinship, the Foundation for Cheyenne Sovereignty
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo Kevin Killsback
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 1, 03 2019, pp. 34-43
Description
Outlines the negative effects that colonialism has had on traditional Cheyenne kinship systems and gender relations. Examines familial relationships in terms of roles and responsibilities, and as a means of imparting the traditional values of respect, reciprocity and balance.
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH)
Description
Website contains links to: child and youth health, determinants of health, emerging resources and setting the context.
The National Crime Information Center (NCIC)--Missing Person File
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russell J. Myers
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 43-45
Description
A description of the National Crime Information Center database and how to submit a missing person record.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 43.
National Guide to a Preventive Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
E-Books
Author/Creator
Penny Abbott
Mary Belfrage
Anne Chang
Justin Coleman
Sophia Couzos … [et al.]
Description
Third edition.
National Guidelines: Developing Authentic Indigenous Experiences in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada
Description
Provides general Information and advice as well some tailored to businesses in four categories: those which are in the planning stage, are visitor-ready, market-ready, or export-ready. Includes case study of The Great Spirit Circle Trail.
National Indian Education Study 2015: A Closer Look
Alternate Title
National Assessment of Educational Progress
NCES ; 2019-048
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Center for Education Statistics
Institute of Education Sciences
Description
Focuses on two major concerns raised throughout first decade's results from the National Indian Education Study: contextual factors associated with higher- and lower-performing students and how students see themselves in terms of their languages, culture and hopes for the future.
Studies related to academic performance of fourth- and eighth-grade students in mathematics and reading, and their school experiences.
National Indigenous Music Impact Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NVision Insight
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)
Description
Reports results of online survey with 621 creators, promoters, supporters of Indigenous music in Canada, group discussions and 70 interviews. Includes profiles and outputs of artists and companies, information on sources of economic impact, barriers and challenges encountered, and considerations for further development.
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: A Counter-Archive
Theses
Author/Creator
Sheridan Conty
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2019.
The National Inquiry's Consolidated Literature Review: Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls
Alternate Title
Consolidated Literature Review: Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Research Team
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Pippa Feinstein
Megan Pearce
Legal Strategy Coalition on Violence Against Indigenous Women]
Description
Includes initial list of 40 documents provided by Federal government as well as an additional 44 collected and summarized by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
National Inuit Strategy on Research
E-Books
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
A National Legacy Framework for Comprehensive Sustainable Access to Mental Health Services for Indigenous Children and Youth Mental Health in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason Walker
Sandra Harris
Jennie
Thomas
Miranda Mae Phillips
Andjelka Stones
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 145-164
Description
Authors conduct a review of literature relating to the disparity experienced by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit youth in need of metal heath care and discusses systemic issues that need to be addressed in order to provide equity of care.
National Overview of the Community Well-Being Index, 1981 to 2016
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Services Canada
Description
Index used to assess socio-economic well-being and is made up of four components: education, labour force activity, income, and housing. Includes information on Inuit, First Nations, and non-Indigenous communities.
Based on Statistics Canada's Census of Population (1981 to 2006, 2016) and the National Household Survey (2011).
National Report of the First Nations Regional Health Survey Phase 3: Volume 1
Alternate Title
National Report of the First Nations Regional Health Survey Phase 3: Volume One
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
Description
Related Material:
National Report of the First Nations Regional Health Survey Phase 3: Volume Two
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
Description
Related Material: