American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology, Summer - Autumn, 2006, pp. 388-415
Description
Article describes an Archaeological field school project for graduate students in which the authors provided instruction on methods and practices; discusses how the project promotes a framework of decolonization through community collaboration and cultural integration.
Annual Review of Anthropology, vol. 26, October 1997, pp. 465-485
Description
Social hierarchies in the Mississippian Period. Increased importance of cosmography and iconography in the period of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex.
Case Studies on Access Policies for Native American Archival Materials ; no. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brian Carpenter
Description
Describes initiatives undertaken by the Society to provide meaningful and appropriate access to its collections. The initiatives included projects to digitize and more accurately describe items, assess research constituencies, and to collaborate with Indigenous communities.
Arctic Adaptability: Infrastructure at Ilisagvik College
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caitlin Walls
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 31, no. 2, Building Infrastructure, Winter, 2019
Description
Article describes the history of the Iḷisaġvik College from its founding in 1986 and how it made use of the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL) following the departure of the military scientists; describes the changing needs of the college, its students, and its community and the evolving plans for building and new campus.
Anglican Journal, vol. 132, no. 10, December 2006, p. 13
Description
Discusses Reverend James C. Barlow, dean of St. Jude's Cathedral in Iqaluit, and the challenges he faced replacing the igloo-shaped church that burned down in 2005.
Journal of Nutrition, vol. 134, no. 6, June 2004, pp. 1447-1453
Description
Reports survey data from three large cultural areas: the Yukon First Nations, Dene/Métis, and Inuit communities and compares current proportion of traditional food in diets to the precontact period and the amount of traditional food consumed by older vs. younger generation.
Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rob Huebert
Description
Looks at historical understandings of security and the Arctic: traditional, environmental, and human.
Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
Canadian Government Lauds Advances in Indigenous Rights
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Sinclair
Canadian Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3, The International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People, Fall, 2004
Description
Presents a review of succcessful negotiations on land claims and self-government agreements, in Canada, to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3, The International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People, Fall, 2004
Description
Interview with Adelard Blackman, special emissary for Chief Elmer Campbell and the people of Buffalo River Dene Nations, regarding the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 1, no. 1, September 2004, pp. 73-82
Description
Comments on a two-year study of abuse and neglect of Native American and Native Alaskan children based on records from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS).
Article reports on a Koorie art club that eventually evolved into an art class; discusses elements and approaches implemented that allowed the class to become a site of exploration and self-discovery for the youth that participated.
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, 2004, pp. 1-20
Description
Discusses the relationship between art and spirit, with a special reference to the way Navajo art is used in healing ceremonies to evoke and channel power.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 649-684
Description
Features the life and works of the author, a supporter of Native American arts who taught at the Carlisle (Pennsylvania) Indian School from 1906 to 1915.
Native American playwright speaks about experience in Mexico at the 30th International Theatre Institute World Congress in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexicio.
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 90, Spring, 1997, pp. 83-85
Description
Reports on research into theatre methodology based on native performance practices, as a means of avoiding confusion between native traditions and the world at large.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 174, no. 7, March 28, 2006, pp. 979-982
Description
Discussion of 2006 exhibition entitled Norval Morrisseau: Shaman Artist held at the National Art Gallery of Canada which featured 59 works spanning 1958-2002.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 65-76
Description
An examination of the art world's control over Indigenous art, placing the importance of art over tribal sovereignty, in regards to the Jimmie Durham Cherokee ancestry debate.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, Special Issue on New Directions in American Indian Autobiography, 2006, pp. 67-86
Description
This article examines the autobiography,The Seven Visions of Bull Lodge, as Told by His Daughter, Garter Snake. In the book, Bull Lodge narrates his life story about his youth who becomes a warrior.