Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 96-120
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Discusses the absence of positive representations of gay men in contemporary Indigenous novels generally, and Welch’s novel specifically. Speculates that the editing out of non-heteronormative or queer identities is a result of colonial social structures in which the price of personhood is the performance of straight masculinity.
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A photograph of the North West Half-Breed Claims Royal Commission members in 1885. (l to r); W.P.R. Street QC Chairman; Roger Goulet Secretary; N.O. Cote; A.E. Forget.
TDR [The Drama Review], vol. 37, no. 1, Spring, 1993, pp. 9-17
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Letter to the editor regarding the article Weesageechak Begins to Dance: Native Earth Performing Arts Inc. (published in vol. 36 , no.1, 1992) as well as several letters in rebuttal.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 2, 2018, pp. 117-133
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Discusses the resilience of reciprocity rites practiced by the Chukotka people in Russia; describes how the people continued to practice these rites, which honour their relationships with the reindeer and the salmon on which they subsisted, even as the Soviet state reordered the social and economic structures in their region.
Topics include agricultural traditions, characteristics and performance of businesses, and current challenges and future opportunities for growth and development. Results of report based on ten in-depth interviews with business owners.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue on Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years, 1993, pp. 131-139
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Exposes the problems of intrusive research on Aboriginal peoples and the publication of information people within the communities do not wish disseminated to the general public.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 4, 1993, pp. 99-105
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Study found a positive correlation between the number of hospital beds and suicide and homicide rates among United States Indian Health Service (IHS) areas. This study puts into question previous studies which found a negative correlation between the same variables.
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report ; no. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report
Description
Looks to situate the problems of Aboriginal peoples within the larger context of suicide in Canadian society.
"A Report Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples".
Politics and Program: A Case Study of a First Nations Child and Family Service Agency
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joyce B. Timpson
Pete Hudson
Description
Examines internal and intergovernmental relationships through review of documents produced by the agency, its governing body and non-First Nations governments, and key informant interviews.
Ontario Native Education Counselling Association (ONECA)
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Provides information about select resources in the areas of education policies, commissions and inquiries, supportive organizations, fostering success, learning about culture, language and history, alternative secondary schools, Indigenous institutes, and supporting health lifestyles.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 109, no. 5-6, December 2018, pp. 710-716
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Examines the successes of a culturally appropriate early childcare and development program and challenges in implementing home visits in three communities in Québec; stresses the importance of hiring local Indigenous female family support workers (FSW) to provide culturally safe programming and outreach services.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1993, pp. 36-42
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Examines the relationship between the narrator and narratee regarding White Hawk's death sentence in Gerald Vizenor's work, Thomas White Hawk.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Discussion of 8 cases:
R. v. O'Connor, 1995
John Doe v. Bennett, 2004
Gardypie v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005
H.L. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005
Cloud v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005
Blackwater v. Plint2005
E.B. v. Order of the [Roman Catholic] Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia,2005
Canada (Attorney General) v. Fontaine, 2017
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
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Sketch showing the surrender to French's Scouts, led by Lord Melgund, General Middleton's chief of staff. Sketch caption : "Three Dakota scouts told their captors that they had been forced to join Riel."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Results from 63 agencies (57%). Objective was to establish baseline of costs, identify cost drivers, and gain an understanding of current context. Study was conducted between September 25 and November 22, 2017. Includes questionnaire.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, 2018, p. Article 2
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Provides qualitative evidence of the benefits of integrating traditional Indigenous healing practices -- in particular the sweat lodge ceremony -- into the Western treatment model, Seeking Safety.
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 81-89
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Discusses two projects: Country Tracking Voices, which looks at seven women's ways of relating to place, people, and perspectives through sharing stories; and Honouring Country and Community which involved Indigenous and non-Indigenous pre-service teachers painting three murals on the Macquirie University campus.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 4, Summer, November 09, 2018, pp. 407-424
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Article presents the background, content and findings of the digital history project, Chicana/o Activism in the Southern Plains through Time and Space, revealing the Chicana/o Movement to be a decentralized patchwork of local movements that included the Southern Plains, and that emerged in multiple regions across the USA forming a national social justice movement.