Becoming Two-Spirit: Difference and Desire in Indian Country
Theses
Author/Creator
Brian Joseph Gilley
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Oklahoma, 2002.
Being a Grandmother in the Tewa World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sue-Ellen Jacobs
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, 1995, pp. 67-83
Description
Discussion of moiety membership (a division of society into two lineal kinship parts or sides) and the concept of both achieved and ascribed "grandmotherhood" at San Juan Pueblo.
"Being a Half-Breed": Discourses of Race and Cultural
Syncreticity in the Works of Three Metis Women Writers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jodi Lundgren
Canadian Literature, no. 144, Native, Individual, State, Spring, 1995, pp. 82 - 96
Description
Discusses, using the works of Maria Campbell, Beatrice Culleton, and Lee Maracle, how race and culture can become oppressive elements in society.
"A Being of a New World:" The Ambiguity of Mixed Blood in Pauline Johnson's "My Mother"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margo Lukens
MELUS, vol. 27, no. 3, Native American Literature, Fall, September 2002, pp. 43-56
Description
Discusses Pauline Johnson's life, mixed-blood identity and literary works.
Being Yup'ik, Being Christian: Ethnicity and Christianity in Sivuqaq
Theses
Author/Creator
Carol Zane Jolles
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 1990
Bell's Theorem: Aboriginal Art - It's a White Thing?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Richard Bell
Description
Looks at the people and industry catering to Aboriginal art and the question of control.
Bella Coola: "... A Romantic History ..."
E-Books
Author/Creator
Cliff Kopas
"The Belly of This Story": Storytelling and Symbolic Birth
in Native American Fiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Chapman
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 3-16
Description
Looks at how the traditional myths of creation takes place through language and song rather than sexual reproduction. The article also discusses how gender is less important than language.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
'The Belly Wants Its Heat': Cultural Models of Health and Fertility Among Tojolab'al Maya Midwives
Theses
Author/Creator
Bryan P. Bayles
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002.
Bending the Rules: The Montreal Branch of the Woman's Art Association of Canada, 1894-1900
Theses
Author/Creator
Heather Victoria Haskins
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1995.
"Beneath the British Flag": Iroquois and Canadian Nationalism in the Work of Pauline Johnson
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rick Monture
Essays on Canadian Writing, no. 75, Winter, 2002, pp. 118-141
Description
Describes a curious tension that often emerges in Johnson's writing, particularly when she writes about the Iroquois nation.
Benefits and Risks of Traditional Food for Indigenous Peoples: Focus on Dietary Intakes of Arctic Men
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harriet V. Kuhnlein
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, vol. 73, no. 6, 1995, pp. 765-771
Description
Study shows older members of the community consume more traditional food than younger members and men consume more traditional food than do women.
The Berdache and the Illinois Indian Tribe during the Last Half of the Seventeenth Century
Alternate Title
The Berdache and the Illinois Indian Tribe during the Last Half of the 17th Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raymond E. Hauser
Ethnohistory, vol. 37, no. 1, Winter, 1990, pp. 45-65
Description
Examines roles in central Algonquian society, how they were regarded and the disappearance of their place in their communities by 1698.
The Berger Inquiry Revisited: The Meaning of Inclusion
for the Inuvialuit
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Virginia Cargill
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2002.
Best Part of Life: Subsistence Hunting, Ethnicity, and Economic Adaptation among Young Adult Inuit Males
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard G. Condon
Peter Collings
George Wenzel
Arctic, vol. 48, no. 1, March 1995, pp. 31-[?]
Description
Change in lifestyle in younger generation related to changes in livelihood including hunting and fishing for survival.
Best Practices in Increasing Aboriginal Postsecondary Enrolment Rates
Alternate Title
Best Practices in Increasing Aboriginal Post-secondary Enrollment Rates
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R.A. Malatest & Associates
Kenneth Whyte
Description
Prepared for The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), authors present findings concerning factors contributing to successes and barriers.
Best Practices: Learning from Experience, Editors' Introduction [Volume 2, Number 2]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Warren I. Weir
Wanda Wuttunee
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 2, no. 2, Special Issue on Gaming, Winter, 2002, pp. 1-2
Description
Introduction to articles by Warren I. Weir, Wanda Wuttunee, Chief Clarence Louie, Keven Wassegijig, Yale D. Belanger, et al.
Better Relationships for Better Learning: Schools Addressing Maori Achievement Through Partnership
Theses
Author/Creator
Jen McLeod
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Massey University College of Education, Palmerston North, 2002.
Between Heaven and Earth: The Art of Alex Jacobs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Larry Abbott
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 3, Series 2: Contemporary American Indian Poetry, Fall, 1995, pp. 39-50
Description
Interview with Alex Jacobs on Tribal Dada, his performance band; his poetry and artwork; his series Indian Radio; and other related subjects.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Between Justice and Certainty: Treaty Making in Modern-day British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew Woolford
Description
Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2002.
Between the Right to Forget and the Duty to Remember: The Politics of Memory in Canada's Public Church Apologies
Theses
Author/Creator
Alain P. Durocher
Description
Theology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2002.
Between Two Points : Drinking From a Hose
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
G. Barnes
[Weber Studies], vol. 12, no. 3, Native American Special Issue, Fall, 1995, p. [?]
Description
Two poems.
Between Two Worlds
Alternate Title
Unikkausivut - Sharing Our Stores: Between Two Worlds
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Barry Greenwald
Barbara Sears
Description
Documentary of Joseph Idlout's life as a symbol of the Inuit.
Duration: 57:45.
Between Voice and Text: Bicultural Negotiation in the Contemporary Native American Novel
Theses
Author/Creator
James Allison Gray
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995.
Examines a novel by each of the authors: James Welch, Leslie Marmon Silko, Thomas King, and Gerald Vizenor.
Between Worlds: Interpreters, Guides and Survivors
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margaret C. Sharpe
Aboriginal History, vol. 19, no. 2, 1995, pp. 202-204
Description
Book review of: Between Worlds by Frances Karttunen.
Review located by scrolling to page 202-204.
Between Worlds: Interpreters, Guides, and Survivors; Between Indian and White Worlds: The Cultural Broker
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joan Weibel-Orlando
Ethnohistory, vol. 42, no. 4, Fall, 1995, pp. 659-672
Description
Book review of: Between Worlds: Interpreters, Guides, and Survivors by Frances E. Karttunen and Between Indian and White Worlds edited by Margaret Connell Szasz.
Beyond the Dotted Drawings: The Aboriginal Health Worker and Health Promotion Practice
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Chelsea Bond
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 6, November-December 2002, pp. 16-18
Description
Supports the need for Australian Aboriginal health worker to continually promoted themselves as distinct.
Beyond the Nineteenth Century: Thomas King's Decolonization of the Literary Image of the Native
Theses
Author/Creator
Penelope Hamer
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1995.
Beyond Tribal Self Determination: A Community Health Initiative
Alternate Title
Beyond Tribal Self Determination A Community Health Initiative
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Harrowe
Merle A. Lustig
Teresa Wall
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2002, pp. 53-61
Description
Gila River Indian Community process of transforming their Department of Public Health (DPH) into one that incorporates the values and health concerns of the Native American community.
BIA Schools Complete First Step of Reform Effort
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard St. Germaine
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 35, no. 1, October 1995, pp. [30-38]
Description
Describes Phase One of the Effective Schools Movement (1989-94), a program that uses monitoring and evaluation to bring about reform.
Bible, Gender and Nationalism in American Indian and Christian Right Activism
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrea Lee Smith
Description
Sociology and Women's Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Cruz, 2002.
Bibliography [from "A Very Remarkable Sickness": Epidemics in the Petit Nord, 1670 to 1846]
Alternate Title
[A Very Remarkable Sickness: Epidemics in the Petit Nord, 1670 to 1846]
[Manitoba Studies in Native History ; 14]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Paul Hacket]
Description
From "A Very Remarkable Sickness": Epidemics in the Petit Nord, 1670 to 1846 by Paul Hacket.
A Bibliography of Ethnobotany for North American North of Mexico to 1980
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Richard H. Zander
Description
List of publications pre-1980.
Bibliography of Health Issues Affecting North American Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts, 1950-1988
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mitchell V. Owens
Description
Bibliography is divided into five categories: Social and cross cultural aspects of health and disease, Health, health education, and health care delivery, Genetics and metabolism, Infectious diseases, and Noninfectious/Chronic health problems.
Bibliography [Project for the Protection and Repatriation of First Nation Cultural Heritage in Canada]
Documents & Presentations
Description
Organized by articles, conference papers, organizations' publications, and information on legislation and case law. International in scope.
Revised version.
Big Bear’s Treaty: The Road to Freedom
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jean Allard
Inroads, no. 11, 2002, pp. 111-171
Description
Overview of developments in the field of Aboriginal affairs since the signing of Treaty 6 in 1882.
Big Changes in the Indian Health Service: Are Nurses Aware
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia A. Holkup
Journal of Transcultural Nursing, vol. 13, no. 1, 2002, pp. 47-53
Description
Explores the opportunities and challenges facing Native American health care delivery and examines nursing policy issues pertinent to the current state of the Indian Health Service (IHS).
Bigtime (at Chaw’se Sowwa)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clyde L. Hodge
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 43-44
Description
Poem by Clyde L. Hodge.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Bilingual Curriculum Among the Northern Arapaho: Oral Tradition, Literacy, and Performance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Cowell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 1, Winter, January 1, 2002, pp. 24-44
Description
Negative impact of education based on the written word as opposed to oral cultural traditions.
Bill C-31
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Communications Branch
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)]
Description
Brief information sheet deals with amendments to the Indian Act which were meant to remove discriminatory rules which had denied women status, restore status and membership rights, and increase band's control over their own affairs.
Bill C-37: Claim Settlements (Alberta and Saskatchewan) Implementation Act
Alternate Title
[Legislative Summary (Research Branch, Libary of Parliament)] ; LS-415E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Government of Canada
Description
Gives the legislative history of Bill C-37; legislation that facilitates land claim settlements, particularily those resolving treaty land entitlement and specific claims.
Bill C-61: The First Nations Governance Act
Alternate Title
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Research Branch) ; LS-428E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Bill Reid (1920-1998): In Memoriam
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Description
Dedicated to the famous Haida sculptor, carver and jeweller. Includes links to biographical notes, Remembering Bill Reid by Barry Herem, quotations by and about Bill Reid and a gallery of some examples of his works.
Bimaadiziwin, or the “Good Life,” as a Unifying Concept of Anishinaabe Religion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence W. Gross
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 1, 2002, pp. 15-32
Description
Discusses how the Anishnaabe concept bimaadiziwin is helping the Ojibwe recover from colonization.
The Bingocentric Worlds of Michel Tremblay and Tomson Highway: Les Belles-Soeurs vs. The Rez Sisters
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renate Usmiani
Canadian Literature, no. 144, Native, Individual, State, Spring, 1995, pp. 126 - 140
Description
Looks at the parallels between two plays in terms of the subject matter and the dramatic techniques used. For example, bingo, is used as a symbol and illustration of women's consumerism and of the spiritual emptiness in their lives.
Bioarchaeological Evidence for a Spanish-Native American Conflict in the Sixteenth-Century Southeast
Alternate Title
Bioarchaeological Evidence for a Spanish-Native American Conflict in the 16th Century Southeast
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert L. Blakely
David S. Mathews
American Antiquity, vol. 55, no. 4, October 1990, pp. 718-744
Description
Explains that the King's site high death rate was due to war with the Spaniards.
Bioarchaeology of the Stillwater Marsh: Prehistoric Human Adaptation in the Western Great Basin
Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; no. 77
E-Books
Author/Creator
Clark Spencer Larsen
Robert L. Kelly
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Biological Relationships among the Iroquois
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen P. Langdon
Human Biology, vol. 67, no. 3, June 1995, pp. 355-374
Description
Examines the differences found in Iroquois and Algonquians to determine the genetic drift between them.