Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
International Journal of Leadership in Education, vol. 20, no. 3, 2017, pp. 328-344
Description
Using interviews from Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan principals to discuss their roles in student success through promoting Indigenous learning and values.
Issues in Educational Research, vol. 11, no. 1, 2001, pp. 1-13
Description
Analysis of a questionnaire given to upper primary and lower secondary years students indicated the need for teachers to form strong relationships with their students to ensure their educational success.
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, [Aboriginal Peoples: Special Issue], Spring/Summer, 2001, pp. 85-104
Description
An anthropologist's career and research about the Beothuk and Mi'kmaq. Speck was a student of Franz Boas, often referred to as the "father of American anthropology."
[Antimodernism and Artistic Experience: Policing the Boundaries of Modernity]
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Ruth B. Phillips
Description
Argues that during the period between the 1860s and the 1960s performance art offered the most favourable site for answering to stereotypes such as vanishing, pre-modern and degenerate races. Uses the careers of Ester Deer and Molly Nelson as examples.
Chapter from: Antimodernism and Artistic Experience: Policing the Boundaries of Modernity edited by Lynda Jessup
Looks at how province's first lieutenant-governor's attitudes about the land question continued to exert influence during two periods: the years following entry into Confederation (1871 to 1876) and during the era of postwar hydroelectric development using case studies from 1951 to 1989.
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 61, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 178-195
Description
Looks at the use of photovoice and postervoice to connect with and provide a voice to Indigenous youth in regards to water and health issues on their reserves.
Lifetime chief of the Fort MacKay band gives a brief account of the signing of Treaty 8; talks about Fort MacKay band reserves, how they are located a long way from Fort MacKay where people reside.
Arts and Sciences Graduate School Thesis (Ph.D.)---Columbia University, 2001.
Presents analytical review of artistic works including those of James Lavadour, Kay WalkingStick and Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie.
Pierre Vandale was born in Carlton, Saskatchewan. He was treated in a sanatorium for tuberculosis but on recovery worked at farming and woodcutting. He talks about his children's education and his lack of schooling and he shares what his grandfather told him about the Riel Rebellion of 1885, the Metis and World War I and II.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, 2001, pp. 1-25
Description
Discusses how the Niagara Regional Native Center operates a therapeutic health program which utilizes both traditional and western health care practices.
Examines the status of nine Indigenous languages in South Africa and the attempts to protect and preserve them. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.
Document is an interactive teaching tool that assists participants understand the historic relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Document reinforces the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) "Call to Action on Education" which has a direct impact on the ability of First Nations communities to create sustainable economies employing Indigenous people.