Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 106-114
Description
Ortiz’s address to the AISA calls on Indigenous people to recognize the damage done to them by colonization and to find in that recognition the strength and will to participate in contemporary resistance to neocolonial projects rooted in consumer capitalist and extractive resource regimes.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 91-105
Description
This presentation text examines different sites and incidents of neocolonial violence and Aboriginal activism as defiance in response; asserts the basis of Native Studies is “indigenousness and sovereignty” and examines the implications of these concepts for activism and resistance movements.
Includes Culture Areas :
Volume 1: Tribes and Traditions: Abenaki-Missouri
Volume 2: Tribes and Traditions: Miwook - Zapotec
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American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 15, no. 1, 2008, pp. 18-32
Description
Results from a study that recruited 12 United States Aboriginals and 12 non-Aboriginal participants to play simulated slot machines in order to measure how sensation seeking and payback percentages affect gambling behaviours.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, Winter, 2000, pp. 142-161
Description
Author attempts to imagine the ways that the Navajo people would have viewed others by considering Diné stories, historical events in which the Navajo expressed ideas about or initiated actions towards other peoples, and the words of Navajo spokespersons.
Outlines characteristics of current programs for training adulteducation instructors and makes recommendations to increase the number Aboriginal faculty in mainstream colleges and vocational institutes.
Manual designed to help Indigenous women and service providers address key aspects of violence, as well as understand Indigenous women’s legal rights on matters related to leaving a violent relationship.
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act: Capabilities Failure?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wayne Edwards
Tara Natarajan
Native Studies Review, vol. 17, no. 2, 2008, pp. 69-97
Description
Argues that laws that had the potential to improve the well-being of people in Alaska were never fully realized due to the legislation's design and implementation.
Discusses the survival of traditional Andean textile traditions and how they are linked to the people’s environment and their ancestors.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 4, Fall, 2000, pp. 511-536
Description
How Spanish colonialism at the end of the 16th century, changed the gender roles and relations, and sexuality of Indigenous men and women in Inca societies.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-20
Description
Asserts that spirituality is central to Aboriginal approaches to social work and discusses four aspects of the relevance of other-than-human animals in spirituality: as part of kinship systems, sources of wisdom and protection, ceremonial significance and historical importance. Considers the Judeo-Christian focus of most scholarship on spirituality in social work and calls for a more decolonial, anti-oppressive practice.
Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Research Program: A Joint Initiative of Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre and Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority: Research Compilation, vol. 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre
Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority
Description
Material is full text of peer-reviewed literature.
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 3, December 2017, pp. 90-104
Description
Three themes emerged in interviews with seven Indigenous women: personal empowerment and confidence; wellbeing for themselves, family and community; and the importance of group mentorship. Author argues that they are applying the concept of gwesayjitodoon indo bimaadiziiwin, transforming oneself into a better life.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 26-30
Description
Discusses the importance of women's roles in determining outcomes of water issues.