Author combines academic theory and personal experience at the Oceti Sakowin, Standing Rock water protectors' camp to discuss the phenomenon of protest camps and their social, political and educational characteristics.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 10, October 2010, p. 13
Description
Discusses how the Dakota Dunes reinvests gaming profits to various communities which target youth, elders and the disadvantaged.
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Artist's own experiences as a hybrid subject influence her work and represents the reality of most Aboriginal people today. Includes annotated photographs from exhibition.
Analyzes the use of Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee references in Alexie's works.
Chapter 1 from Sherman Alexie: A Collection of Critical Essays edited by Jeff Berglund and Jan Roush.
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 287-325
Description
Argues that the bow and arrow were present in the early Holocene and that atlatls, bows and arrows were used, in varying frequencies, at the same time.
Discusses context of collection and use, and issues of data quality, jurisdiction, content, and community resources and capacity for access. Includes solutions and case studies under each topic.
The Federal Lawyer, vol. 1080-675X, April 2018, pp. 22-25, 67
Description
Discusses the ways in which data collected about criminal justice and legal services interacts with the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) and how that affects notions of tribal sovereignty.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 35, no. 2, Special Section: Indigeneity in Dialogue: Indigenous Library Expression Across Linguistic Divides, 2010, pp. [53]-75
Description
Comments on a play that focuses on the contemporary situation of youth in Montreal and the imaginary community of Kinogamish.
"The Dayspring From on High Hath Visited Us": An Examination of the Missionary Endeavours of the Moravians and the Anglican Church Missionary Society Among the Inuit in the Arctic Regions of Canada and Labrador, 1880s-1920s
Theses
Author/Creator
Davena Davis
Description
Religious Studies Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1987.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, 2010, pp. 81-101
Description
Promotes the cohesion of Haudenosaunee people on both sides of the United States/Canada border by sharing history, clan research and linking clan relatives.
Comments on the alleged slaughter of Inuit sled dogs by the RCMP, in the 1950s to the 1970s, and the Qikiqtani Truth Commissions' investigation of the allegations.
Debwewin: The First Nation Jury Review Implementation Committee: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Debwewin Jury Review Implementation Committee
Description
Committee was formed as a result of the report First Nations Representation on Ontario Juries (the Iacobucci Report) which looked at underrepresentation of on-reserve individuals on Ontario's provincial jury rolls as well as systemic issues in the justice system. Details the Committee's final advice, after extensive consultations with communities, with respect to each of the 17 recommendations found in the report.
Discusses the positive impacts of incorporating Indigenous perspectives on truth, academic freedom and tenure and approaches to scholarship into practices in post-secondary institutions.
Looks into what progress has been made towards encouraging and supporting First Nations Schools to undertake sustainability programming and initiatives.
American Quarterly, vol. 62, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 569-590
Description
Discussion on Native evangelical leaders and organizations that circulate through the North American Institute of Indigenous Theological Studies. The article also looks at the relationship between Native evangelicalism and decolonization.
Health Promotion International, vol. 25, no. 2, 2010, pp. 166-173
Description
Looks at a case study of a health promotion project which, using the teachings of the Medicine Wheel, aims to provide culturally appropriate health promotion.
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. 6-25
Description
Examines how cultural and traditional Aboriginal knowledge can improve social work and human service field education for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students.
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 94-113
Description
Uses the Mohawk artist's video art installation to highlight differences in settler and Indigenous attitudes towards water in general and the Grand River in particular; explores contested agreements, and considers possibilities for a decolonized relationship between Canada and Indigenous nations.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 42, no. 1, 2018, pp. 115-130
Description
Discusses decolonizing the research process, beginning with how researchers engage with Indigenous communities; challenges the mainstream scientific idea that there is a “single truth to be discovered and that scientific knowledge is far more valuable than subjective or experiential knowledge.”
Discussion focuses on the impact of the 19th century Alberta treaties, the 1894 North-west Irrigation Act (NWIA) and the 1930 Natural Resources Transfer Agreement (NRTA) and its amendments on Aboriginal water rights.