Books and Worlds: A Literary Cartography of the Canadian North
Theses
Author/Creator
Joanna C. Surgeoner
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2004.
Discussion on educational border work and the struggle for control of education between First Nations and Canadian society.
Powwow dancer, Boye Ladd, relates traditional teachings on various topics relating to First Nations culture, including information about the sacred drum, respect for other people and groups, and the right to wear an eagle feather.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.29.
Historical note:
Robinson Lyndhurst Wadmore, who was born in England in 1855, entered the Canadian forces as a lieutenant in 1883 and served with the Royal Canadian Regiment during the Northwest Resistance of 1885. Wadmore became a colonel in 1910. He died in Victoria, BC, in 1955.Uses the Madison Buffalo Jump State Park as a starting point to discuss the buffalo's importance in the economies, cosmologies, social organization, and spiritual life of Indigenous peoples of the plains. Recommended for use with Grade 9-12 students.
Science Thesis (M.Sc.) -- Hood College, 2004.