Becoming Métis: The Relationship Between the Sense of Métis Self and Cultural Stories
Theses
Author/Creator
Catherine Lynn Richardson
Description
Child and Youth Care Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2004.
Becoming Rosalind's Daughter: Reflections on Intercultural Kinship and Embodied Histories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Hughes
Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia, vol. 4, no. 1, Indigenous Marriage, Family and Kinship in Australia:The Persistence of Life and Hope, 2013, pp. 76-91
Description
Presents personal story about the process of being adopted into an Aboriginal family.
Becoming Visible in Invisible Space: How the Cyborg Trickster is (Re)Inventing American Indian (NDN) Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Pamela Corinne Chisum
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D)--Washington State University, 2013.
Becoming Whole: A Grounded Theory Analysis of Empowerment in Aboriginal Women Leaders and Professionals
Theses
Author/Creator
Kathryn F. M. Ritchot
Description
[Psychology?] Graduate Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Manitoba, 2004.
Before Ontario: The Archaeology of a Province
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 72
E-Books
Author/Creator
Neal Ferris
Andrew M. Stewart
Christopher J. Ellis
Ronald F. Williamson
Gary Warrick ... [et al.]
Before Qallunaaq: Excerpt From The Idea of God and Morality Among the Ancient Eskimo. Fr. Joseph Buliard, O.M.I. Eskimo Magazine, no. 6a, New Series, Fall/Winter 1973, p.13-14. Revised by Dorothee Kmoangapik, 2004
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joseph Buliard
Inuktitut, no. 94, 2004, pp. 34-[?]
Description
Advice given to an elderly Inuit woman long ago about spirituality and the pre-contact era.
Before Truth: Memory, History and Nation in the Context of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Naomi Angel
Description
Media, Culture, and Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--New York University, 2013.
The Beginning and the End: Lewis and Clark among the Upper Missouri River People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clarissa Confer
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 11-19
Description
Examines how the first contact between the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804 to the upper Missouri River region affected Native Americans.
Behavioural Risk Factors of Arterial Hypertension in the Evenk Population of the Russian Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Svetlana Semenovna Shadrina
Anna Innokentievna Sivtseva
Elena Nikolaevna Sivtseva
Ara Andreevna Donskaya
Olga Nikolaevna Ivanova
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Article examines the behavioural risk factors for arterial hypertension (AH)—including tobacco use, excessive alcohol use, and a lack of physical activity—among Evenk people. Also notes that incidence of AH is also influenced by marital status, employment, education, and housing conditions.
'Behind Indian Teeth': The Use of Humour in Contemporary Native American Film
Theses
Author/Creator
Geraldine Maynard Eliot
Description
Studies four films; Smoke Signals, Powwow Highway, Medicine River, and Dead Man.
English in American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Cape Town, 2004.
Behind the Scenes, Progress is Being Made, Said Bellegarde
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 12, March 2013, p. 10
Description
Comments on the federal government commitment to work with Aboriginal leaders to improve First Nations issues including job creation and economic growth.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.
Behind the Shadows of Wounded Knee: The Slippage of Imagination in Wynema: A Child of the Forest
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Tatonetti
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 1-31
Description
Contends that the depiction of the 1890 Lakota Ghost Dance and the Wounded Knee massacre in Sophia Alice Callahan's novel, the first known novel by an Native American woman, provides a Native American perspective on self-identity in the late nineteenth century.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
[Behold, America! Symposium. Part 2]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
James Luna
Description
Conversation with an artist about his performance installation.
Duration: 36:44.
[Behold, America! Symposium. Part 5]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[San Diego Museum of Art]
Description
Question and answer period with 6 member panel including artist James Luna.
Duration: 34:08.
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.
"Being Alive Well": Health and the Politics of Cree Well-Being
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lynne Gehl
Native Studies Review, vol. 15, no. 1, 2004, pp. 107-109
Description
Book review of: Being Alive Well: Health and the Politics of Cree Well-Being, by Naomi Adelson.
Being an Indigenous CRC in the Era of the TRC #Notallitscrackeduptobe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chelsea Gabel
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, January 31, 2019, pp. 88-98
Description
Author discusses their experience as a Canadian Research Chair (CRC) in Indigenous Well-Being, Community-Engagement, and Innovation at McMaster University. Considers the role that Indigenous scholars are currently playing in decolonization and Indigenization efforts in the Canadian academy and the personal cost to those scholars.
Being Idle No More: The Women Behind the Movement
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Febna Caven
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, The Electronic Drum: Community Radios Role in Indigenous Language Revitalization, March 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the grassroots movement that is challenging the legislative onslaught upon Indigenous treaty rights, sovereignty, and the environment.
Being Indigenous: Commentary on Chandler
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margo Greenwood
Human Development, vol. 56, no. 2, March 2013, pp. 98-105
Description
Author's interpretation of Michael Chandler's essay, On Being Indigenous: An Essay on the Hermeneutics of 'Cultural Identity'.
Being Indigenous: Perspectives on Activism, Culture, Language and Identity
E-Books
Author/Creator
Neyooxet Greymorning
Anna Afanasyeva ...
Piita Irniq
Gunvor Guttorm
Arleen Adams
Moana Jackson
Henrietta Mann
James (Sa’ke’j) Youngblood Henderson
Kauanoe Kamanā
Steven Newcomb
Sharon Venne
Jirota Kitahara
Robert Hall
“Being Judged by Its Fruits”: Transforming Indian Land into Orchards along the Arkansas River, 1800–1867
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John J. Buchkoski
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter, January 10, 2019, pp. 39-58
Description
Author compares the way in which settlers in the Arkansas River Valley made use of the natural land to cultivate orchards and vineyards to the way local Indigenous nations had lived on the land.
Being Neighbourly: Urban Reserves, Treaty Settlement Lands, and the Discursive Construction of Municipal–First Nation Relations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Barry
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, Special Issue: The Impact of Reserve and Reservation Systems on Indigenous Well-Being, 11 22, 2019
Description
Author offers a critical perspective on the perspectives in discussion papers being released by municipal government agencies in response to reserves being created within and adjacent to urban centers; argues that many of the perspective within these documents reinforce settler colonialism and ignore Indigenous sovereignty.
Being/Nothing: Native Title and Fantasy Fulfilment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katherine Biber
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, Fall, 2004, pp. 1-18
Description
Author explores the consequences of imaging the nation in a fantasy way by reading the formative Australian cases through which Native jurisprudence developed in Australia.
'Beings Who Are', 'Beings Who Were' and the Neiden Reburial
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Larry J. Zimmerman
Norwegian Archaeological Review, vol. 46, no. 2, 2013, pp. 233-236
Description
Article investigates the insights of author Asgeir Svestad on the reburial of Skolt Sámi skeletons.
Believe in Our Healing Journey:Report on the Dehcho Cancer Sharing Circle held September 10-11, 2013 in Fort Liard, Northwest Territories.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Northwest Territories Health and Social Services
"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.
Belonging and Belongings: Ethnographic Collecting and Indigenous Agency at the Six Nations of the Grand River
Theses
Author/Creator
Stacey Anna-Marie Loyer
Description
Cultural Mediations Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2013.
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.
Benefit Agreements in Canada's North: Priority Project on Sustainable Resource Development
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Northern Development Ministers Forum
Description
Project reflects on over 250 publicly-known benefit agreements from the northern regions of Canada.
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.
"Best of Both Worlds": Conceptualising an Urban Sámi Identity
Alternate Title
"Best of Both Worlds": Conceptualizing an Urban Sámi Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Kajsa Kemi Gjerpe
Description
Indigenous Studies Thesis (MPhil)--University of Tromsø, 2013.
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.
"The Best Possible Education": Federal Indian Educational Policy in the Public Schools, 1969-1980
Theses
Author/Creator
Richard C. Gunyon
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oregon, 2013.
Best Practices and Available Tools for the Use of Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge and Practices for Adaptation, and the Application of Gender-Sensitive Approaches and Tools for Understanding and Assessing Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change: Technical Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Description
Includes extensive literature review and examples from different regions and sectors and from different adaptation contexts based on submissions from relevant organizations.
Best Practices for Consultation and Accommodation: Moving to Informed Consent
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brian Payer
Michael Bonshor
Description
Practices based on experiences shared by First Nations leaders and managers, lawyers specializing in Indigenous law, and previous reports. Primary focus is British Columbia, but information generally applies across Canada.
Updated version of Best Practices for Consultation and Accommodation by MNP.
Best Practices in Action: Tools for Community-Based Adult Literacy and Basic Education Programs
E-Books
Author/Creator
NWT Literacy Council
Description
Documentation produced to assist teachers to plan, develop and deliver programming for adult learners.
Best Practices in American Indian & Alaska Native Public Health: A Report from the Tribal Epidemiology Centers 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tribal Epidemiology Centers
Description
Focuses on challenges involved in collecting, accessing and reporting information about the population, and the work that centers do to provide communities with surveillance and interpretation of data.
Betrayals of Justice and Visions Beyond: Indigenous/Other Perspectives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arlene Stairs
Native Studies Review, vol. 15, no. 2, 2004, pp. 107-116
Description
Discusses instances of betrayal and gives an assessment of the indigenous communities.
'A Better Chance'?: Sexual Abuse and the Apprenticeship of Aboriginal Girls Under the NSW Aborigines Protection Board
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria Haskins
Aboriginal History, vol. 28, 2004, pp. [33]-58
Description
Discusses the treatment of young aboriginal girls and women removed from their families between the years 1920 and 1934.
Better Indigenous Policies: The Role of Evaluation: Roundtable Proceedings
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gary Banks
Robert Fitzgerald
Fred Chaney
Les Malezer
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark ... [et al.]
Better Medication Management For Aboriginal People
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Inge Kownko
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, March/April 2004, pp. 11-13
Description
Conducts an overview of a research project regarding medication issues for Aboriginal health consumers in South Australia.
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 Modernity and "the Real Thing": Maynard Dixon's Mural for the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erika Doss
American Art, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2004, pp. 8-31
Description
Looks at the murals officially entitled Themes of the Bureau of Indian Affairs which were installed in the Interior Department building in Washington, D.C.
"Between Rage and Love": Disidentifications Among Racialized, Ethnicized, and Colonized Allosexual Activists in Montreal
Theses
Author/Creator
Alan Wong
Description
Special Individualized Program Thesis (Ph.D.)--Concordia University, 2013.
Between Two Cultures: Discourse Transitions From Home To School For Indigenous Children
Theses
Author/Creator
Farvardin Daliri
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--James Cook University, 2004.
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 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.