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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.
Bella Bella
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Barbara Greene
Description
Film looks at the people of Campbell Island and their plans to regain self-sufficiency and retain ancient Heiltsuk culture.
Duration: 27:20.
"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.
Beluga Hunters: An Archaeological Reconstruction of the History and Culture of the Mackenzie Delta Kittegaryumiut
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert A. Ackerman
Arctic, vol. 28, no. 4, December 1975, pp. 304-305
Description
Book review of: Beluga Hunters by Robert McGhee, illustrated by D. W. Laverie.
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.
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 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.
Betsy Cutarm Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Betsy Cutarm
Joe Mackinaw
Indian History Film Project
Description
Tells of land leased or purchased by the Soldiers Settlement Board from one of the Hobbema Reserves.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
A Bibliography of the Arts and Crafts of the Northwest Coast Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian L. Bradley
BC Studies, no. 25, Spring, 1975, pp. 78-124
Description
Over 700 citations for books, catalogues of exhibitions, and other sources.
Big Horn Medicine Wheel: Why Was It Built?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan E. Reyman
John A. Eddy
Science, vol. 188, no. 4185, New Series, April 1975, pp. 278-279
Description
Argues that construction of medicine wheels illustrates knowledge of stars and astronomy that the Indigenous people possessed.
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.
Bill Brittian in costume at the Saskatoon Exhibition
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Donna Perkins
Description
Three photographs (2 scanned here) of Bill Britian dressed in Aboriginal ceremonial clothing at the Saskatoon Exhibition on July 10, 1975.
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.
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.
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.
The Birchbark Canoe
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 18, October 30, 1975, p. 8
Description
History of the birchbark canoe.
The Birth of the Reservation: Making the Modern Individual among the Lakota
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Biolsi
American Ethnologist, vol. 22, no. 1, February 1995, pp. 28-53
Description
Discusses the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations and State influence after 1885.
Black Elk and Flaming Rainbow: Personal Memories of the Lakota Holy Man and John Neihardt
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Hilda Neihardt
Blackfellas and Whitefellas: Aboriginal Land Rights, The Mabo Decision, and the Meaning of Land
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronald Paul Hill
Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, January 1, 1995, pp. 303-322
Description
Examines the contentious political situation concerning the provision of land rights to Aboriginal people.
Blackfoot Legal Culture: Wrongful Injuries Law on the Canadian Blackfoot Reserves, 1880-1920
Theses
Author/Creator
Rob K. Omura
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 1995.
Blood Thirsty Savages
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Shaun T. Griffin
[Weber Studies], vol. 12, no. 3, Native American Special Issue, Fall, 1995, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: Blood Thirsty Savages by Adrian C. Louis.
Click on link to read review.
The Blue Lake Issue
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary A. Hepburn
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 14, no. 2, January 1975, pp. [15-20]
Description
Problem of getting source materials for social studies teachers and the use of government documents and journal articles as an important resource.
Blueberry River Indian Band v. Canada (Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development), [1995] 4 S.C.R. 344
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court Report
Description
Looks at the validity of surrender of reserve land and the nature of the duty of the Crown prior to surrender. Supreme Court Reports at page 344 to 409. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Body Mass Index, Gestational Diabetes and Diabetes Mellitus in Three Northern Saskatchewan Aboriginal Communities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Roland F. Dyck
Leonard Tan
Vern H. Hoeppner
Chronic Diseases in Canada, vol. 16, no. 1, Winter, 1995, pp. [24-26]
Description
Descriptive study to determine if obesity and self-reported diabetes rise with increasing geographic accessibility to urban centres.
Bomb Threat Disrupts Chiefs Return
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 11, June 30, 1975, p. 8
Description
Return charter flight for Saskatchewan Chiefs was delayed due to a bomb scare.
The Book of Jessica: The Healing Circle of a Woman's Autobiography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susanna Egan
Canadian Literature, no. 144, Native, Individual, State, Spring, 1995, pp. 10 - 26
Description
Discusses a play, The Book of Jessica, that illustrates the struggle women have in understanding what being "a woman" means, including across the barriers of race, culture, privilege and age.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Various authors
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 15, no. 2, 1995, pp. 369-393
Description
Book reviews of 8 books:
The Oblate Assault on Canada's Northwest by Robert Choquette.
La zoologie des Montagnais by Daniel Clément.
The Cypress Hills: The Land and Its People by Walter Hildebrandt and Brian Hubner.
Singing an Indian Song: A Biography of D'Arcy McNickle by Dorothy R.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Various authors
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, 1995, pp. 163-186
Description
Book review of 11 books. All reviews are grouped together, you must scroll down to view the individual titles.
I Stand in the Center of the Good: Interviews with Contemporary Native American Artists edited by Lawrence Abbott.
Not Vanishing by Chrystos.
Hey Monias! The Story of Raphael Ironstand by Stewart Dickson.
In Search of the Drum by Ailo Gaup.
A Most Pernicious Thing: Gun Trading and Native Warfare in the Early Contact Period by Brian J.
Borderland Voices in Contemporary Native American Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Riley Fast
Contemporary Literature, vol. 36, no. 3, Autumn, 1995, pp. [508]-536
Description
Discusses the many "borders", e.g. between the traditional and the modern, that inform the work of Native American poets.
Bridging Two Worlds: Aboriginal English and Crosscultural Understanding
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margaret C. Sharpe
Aboriginal History, vol. 19, no. 2, 1995, pp. 200-202
Description
Book review of: Bridging Two Worlds by Jean Harkins.
Review located by scrolling to page 202.
Bringing the Law Back In: Legal Rights and the Regulation of Indian-White Relations on Rosebud Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Biolsi
Current Anthropology, vol. 36, no. 4, August-October 1995, pp. 543-571
Description
Argues that anthropologists must bring law into the equation to understand the current inequality.
Brisbane: the Aboriginal Presence 1824-1860
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jan Critchett
Aboriginal History, vol. 19, no. 2, 1995, pp. 186-188
Description
Book review of: Brisbane, The Aboriginal Presence 1824-1860 edited by Rod Fisher.
Review located by scrolling to page 186.
British Columbia: Legal Institutions in the Far West, From Contact to 1871
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hamar Foster
Manitoba Law Journal, vol. 23, 1995, pp. 293-340
Description
Comments on the factors that have played important roles in British Columbia's legal history.
British Columbia Treaty Commission Act
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Canada
Description
Commission is designed to facilitate the current Treaty process in British Columbia.
Broadening the Base of Interventions for Aboriginal People with Alcohol Problems
Alternate Title
Technical Report (National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre) ; no. 29
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maggie Brady
Brotherhood to Nationhood: George Manuel and the Making of the Modern Indian Movement
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paul Tennant
BC Studies, no. 107, Teaching and Education, Autumn, 1995, pp. 86-89
Description
Book review of: Brotherhood to Nationhood by Peter McFarlane.
To read review, scroll down to page 86.
Bruising the Red Earth: Ochre Mining and Ritual in Aboriginal Tasmania
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
M. A. Smith
Aboriginal History, vol. 19, 1995, pp. 213-215
Description
Book review of: Bruising the Red Earth edited by Antonio Sagona.
Review located by scrolling to page 213.
Buchanan Says His Gov't Has Done Most for Indians
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 12, July 15, 1975, p. 8
Description
Minister of Indian Affairs states that the Trudeau government has done more "than any other government to give natives control over their own affairs."
Bureau Schools Adopt Goals 2000
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard St. Germaine
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 35, no. 1, October 1995, pp. [39-43]
Description
Reviews the impact of reforms in the Educate America Act, 1994 on the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools.
The Business Economy of the First Nations in Saskatchewan: A Contingency Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert B. Anderson
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 15, no. 2, 1995, pp. 309-346
Description
Reviews an alternative theory for economic development provding commentary on its relevance.