Alternate Title
[250th Anniversary of the Treaty of Niagara]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alan Corbiere
Description
Speaker discusses the significance of the chain and the meaning of the wampum belts which were exchanged between British and First Nations, and argues that treaty-making is a relational process and not a single event.
Duration: 1:18:08.
Covenant is Back on the Table for Indigenous Anglicans: Possible Proposal of Self Determination
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 130, no. 5, May 2004, p. 2
Description
Ten year old document states Indigenous members seek new relationship with church based on self determination, but little has been done.
Coverage Trends for American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joan Alker
Karina Wagnerman
Andy Schneider
Description
Predicts rates will rise if there are cuts made to the Medicaid program.
Covering Bones: The Archaeology of Respect on the Kazan River, Nunavut
Alternate Title
Recouvrir les ossements : L’archéologie du respect sur la rivière Kazan, Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. Max Friesen
Andrew M. Stewart
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017
Description
Authors examine the archaeological evidence of the historic Inuit practice of burying the bones of harvested caribou; describe this as a manifestation of the respect and reverence Inuit communities held for the non-human members of their communities. Research conducted in collaboration with Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake) community members.
Cowboys and Indians: Toys of Genocide, Icons of American Colonialism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Yellow Bird
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 2, Autumn, 2004, pp. 33-48
Description
Article contends that the United States, as the last significant colonial power, still dominates indigenous peoples in external territories without their full consent. The paper argues that images of cowboys and Indians are a part of colonial history that asserts white supremacy and Indigenous inferiority.
Coyote and the Stars
Alternate Title
The Indian Reading Series: Stories and Legends of the Northwest ; Level 1, Book 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Members of the Warm Springs Reservation Committee
Description
Coyote As Culprit: The Coyote Aesthetics of Gail Anderson-Dargatz's the Cure for Death by Lightning
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, September 2004, pp. 175-185
Description
Book review of: The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-Dargatz.
Coyote Learns a New Trick: Humour, Irony and Parody in Sherman Alexie's "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" and "Smoke Signals"
Theses
Author/Creator
Terry Anne Gudmunson
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2004.
Coyote Places the Stars [by] Harriet Peck Taylor
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erie District
Description
Designed to accompany retelling of traditional Wasco story about how stars came to be arranged in the shapes of animals. Recommended for use with Grade 3 students.
Coyote Poems: Navajo Poetry, Intertextuality, and Language Choice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony K. Webster
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 69-91
Description
Describes a genre of Navajo poetry emerging that has links to oral tradition and often focuses on Coyote.
Coyote's Way: Missy Whiteman's Indigenous New Media
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angelica Lawson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 1, Digital Indigenous Studies: Gender, Genre, and New Media, Spring, 2017, pp. 100-115
Description
Looks at a female Native American filmmaker who is reaching Native American youth through film.
Coyote Tales: Written by Thomas King; Illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler
Alternate Title
Coyote Sings to the Moon
Coyote's New Suit
Groundwood Study Guides
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Groundwood Books
Description
Guide for book containing two humorous trickster stories.
For use with Grades 1 to 4.
Coyote Warrior: One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial That Forged a Nation
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Paul VanDevelder
CPR Telegraph Ledger: The North-West Resistance
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Archives
Description
Online exhibition of communication between the military forces and the Canadian government during the conflict. Telegrams begin in days leading up to Battle of Fish Creek, after the initial Battle of Duck Lake, and after the Frog Lake Massacre.
Cracking the Glass Ceiling: Contemporary Inuit Drawing
Theses
Author/Creator
Nancy Campbell
Description
Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.
Crafting Europe’s “Clean Slate” Advantage: World-System Expansion and the Indigenous Mississippians of North America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shirley A. Hollis
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 77-101
Description
Looks at how contact may affect the trajectory of change among the Mississippians. The article also expands on Chase-Dunn and Hall’s hypothesis that argues that episodes of incorporation, disintegration, and reincorporation may vary in highly predictable and interrelated ways in other systems.
Creating a New Narrative: Empowering Indigenous Women through Entrepreneurship
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Impakt Marketing
Description
Looks at current context in Alberta; need for gender-specific programming; issue of financing; lack of awareness of business opportunities and start-up resources; and need to build relationships in communities. Presents two-point plan to address needs of Indigenous women.
Creating Belonging for Aboriginal Learners in Elementary Schools
Theses
Author/Creator
Karen Edwards
Description
Educational Research Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Calgary, 2017
Creating Racism-Free Schools through Critical/Courageous Conversations on Race
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba Education and Training, Indigenous Inclusion Directorate
Creating Space for Historical Narratives through Indigenous Storywork and Unsettling the Settler
Theses
Author/Creator
Margaret J. A. Knickle
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2017.
Creating the Future: A Planning Handbook for Board Members and Administrators of First Nations' Boards
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larry Thomas
Description
Introduces the strategic planning process through the development of a governance action plan.
Creations of Mystics and Philosophers: The White Man's Perceptions of Northwest Coast Indian Art from the 1930s to the Present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aldona Jonaitis
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, 1981, pp. 1-45
Description
Looks at how views about Aboriginal art has changed from a ethnographic specimen to accepted as art.
Cree and Dêné Experiences of Death in the Early Nineteenth Century: Using HBC Records for Ethnographic Insight
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Omeasoo Wahpasiw
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 137-151
Description
Customs relating to death written about in Hudson's Bay Company journals from Île-à-la-Crosse between 1819-1827.
Cree Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses.children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
Crime, Cultural Reintegration and Community Healing: Narratives of an Inuit Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Kate J. Burkhardt
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Windsor, 2004.
A Crisis in First Nations Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, November 29, 2004, p. B1
Description
Discusses how poverty contributes to high drop-out rates among Aboriginal youth.
Crisis Response in First Nations Child and Family Services
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathryn Irvine
Description
Looks at ways to fill the gap in voluntary services and program supports offered to First Nations children, youth and families living on reserve nationally.
Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Planning: A Framework for Recording Aboriginal Resource and Social Values
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melanie K .Karjala
Erin E. Sherry
Stephen M Dewhurst
Forest Policy and Economics, vol. 6, no. 2, March 2004, pp. 95-110
Description
Showcases the Aboriginal Forest Planning Process (AFPP) which integrates Indigenous and Western forest management approaches in order to enhance the co-management of a B.C. forest.
Critical and Theoretical Perspectives: Collaboration in the Works of Erdrich and Michael Dorris: A Study in the Process of Writing
Alternate Title
Approaches to Teaching the Works of Louise Erdrich
Approaches to Teaching World Literature
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tom Matchie
Description
Looks at the married authors' collaborative process between 1970 and 1997.
Chapter in book: Approaches to Teaching the Works of Louise Erdrich edited by Greg Sarris, Connie A. Jacobs, and James R. Giles.
The Critical Collaboration: Introductions as a Gateway to the Study of Native American Bi-Autobiography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. D. Theisz
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 5, no. 1, 1981, pp. 65-80
Description
Presents method of analysis which can be applied to the introductions of a literary genre consisting of an individual's personal narrative being recorded/edited by a non-Indigenous person.
Critical/Courageous Conversations on Race: What Your Child Is Learning at School and How You Can Help
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba Education and Training
Indigenous Inclusion Directorate
A Critical Race Theory Analysis of Métis Teachers' Counter-Stories
Theses
Author/Creator
Carmen Leigh Gillies
Description
Educational Foundations Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2017.
A Critical Reading of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie Green
Indigenous Policy Journal , vol. 29, no. 3, Winter, 2019
Description
Article discusses philosophical underpinnings of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) noting that the Declaration favours Western cultures, hierarchical rankings of rights, and focuses on the rights of individuals rather than communities and fails to consider the rights of the land itself.
Critique of NEH Code of Ethics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Oandasan
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, 1981, pp. 41-44
Description
Discusses the National Endowment for the Humanities' recently adopted code for awarding research grants in the field of Native American cultural studies. Includes text of code.
Cross Country Overview of Indigenous Education Structure, Initiatives and Promising Practices
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian School Boards Association (CSBA)
Description
Reports results of survey administered to provincial school boards associations, ministries of education, other organizations and key educational partners. Responses grouped into three parts: Indigenous education structure, responses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, and initiatives and promising practices.
The Cross-Cultural Significance of the Sweat Lodge Experience
Theses
Author/Creator
Grace K. Felix
Description
Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2004.
Cross-Cultural Study of Sex Differences Found in Drawings by Canadian Inuit and American Children
Theses
Author/Creator
Marlene Joan Cox
Description
Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Illinois State University, 1979.
Cross-Curricular Connect: Indian Gallery
Alternate Title
George Catlin and His Indian Gallery
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
McQuillen Studios
Description
Teaching resource centers on portraits produced by George Catlin in the 19th century.
Cross-Curricular Connect: Indian Gallery
Alternate Title
George Catlin and His Indian Gallery
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
McQuillen Studios
Description
Features portraits of Indigenous subjects painted by George Catlin, who traveled the United States during the 1830s to capture images of the "vanishing race". Includes biographical information, excerpts from his writings, general historical information and exercises to teach students to think critically about the works and the stereotypes found in them. Compares his portraits to photographs taken by Edward S. Curtis in the early 1900s.
Cross-Curricular Connect: The Last of the Buffalo
Author/Creator
McQuillen Studios
Description
Resource uses the painting by Albert Bierstadt to teach close reading skills, allegory and the importance of wildlife conservation. Includes links to interactive puzzle, team-building game, sorting activity, game-based art survey and inquiry study.
"The Cross-Heart People": Indigenous Narratives, Cinema, and the Western
Theses
Author/Creator
Joanna Megan Hearne
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2004.
Crossing the River: Attitudes of Invasion in the Revolutionary Ohio Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Oliver Zeltner
Indigenous Nations Studies Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 51-72
Description
Looks at how perceptions and propaganda fueled Indian-hating attitudes towards the Shawnee, Delaware, Ottawa, Wyandol, Miami, and Mingos.
Crow Style Bridle Ornament
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lewis Richards
Whispering Wind, vol. 45, no. 3, May 2017, pp. 28-29
Description
Describes the construction of the ornament made for a special horse who returned to St. Stephens Mission on his own volition.
Crowe Loved the Land
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, December 13, 2004, p. B1
Description
Elder Ernest Crowe, from the Piapot First Nation, is fondly remembered.
"A Cry From The Heartland"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeff McMullen
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, May/June 2004, pp. 32-34
Description
Discusses the rapid rate of change endured by Indigenous Australians and the resulting impact on their health.
Cultivating Alliances: Reflections on the Role of Non-Indigenous Collaborators in Indigenous Educational Sovereignty
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa Anthony-Stevens
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 56, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 81-104
Description
Looks at the collaboration of Indigenous and non-Indigenous to improve Indigenous education and research.
Cultural Appropriation vs. Appreciation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christina Elmslie
Robert Durocher
Mandisa Bromfield
Nicole Kazemzadeh
Description
Designed as a brief introduction to the issues for educators.
The Cultural Erosion of Indigenous People in Health Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Matthews
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 189, no. 2, January 16, 2017, pp. E78-E79
Description
States that at present, Canadian health care for Indigenous people is not culturally safe due to attacks on Indigenous cultural identities.
Cultural Estrangement: The Experiences of Physicians Caring for American Indian Patients
Theses
Author/Creator
Alan Stephen Vince
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2004.
A Cultural Framework For Cree Self-Government: Retracing Our Steps Back
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennie Wastesicoot
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 2004.
Explores concept of self-government with Cree Elders in northern Manitoba and discusses a Framework Agreement Initiative of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.