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.
Being a Metis Woman: Our Lived Stories
Theses
Author/Creator
Louise Marie Legare
Description
Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1996.
"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.
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.
The Beothuks
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Description
Website focuses on the prehistoric, Algonkian-speaking peoples of Newfoundland.
The 'Berdache'/'Two-Spirit': A Comparison of Anthropological and Native Constructions of Gendered Identities Among the Northern Athapaskans
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean-Guy A. Goulet
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. 2, no. 4, December 1996, pp. 683-701
Description
Examines reincarnation of gender among the Dene Tha of northern Alberta and how dual gender identities may be created through dream interpretation and socialization.
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.
Betting on Casino Revenues: Lessons from State Experiences
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjana G. Madhusudhan
National Tax Journal, vol. 49, no. 3, September 1996, pp. 401-412
Description
Predicts that as casino gambling spreads, the returns will decline. Suggests more research is needed to weigh the social costs against the potential benefits.
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.
Betwixt and Between: The Trickster and Multiculturalism
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lori Landay
American Quarterly, vol. 48, no. 3, September, 1996, pp. 542-549
Description
Book review of: Tricksterism in Turn-of-the-Century American Literature: A Multicultural Perspective edited by Elizabeth Ammons and Annette White-Parks.
Beyond Anonymity: The Emergence of Textile Artists in the Canadian Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bernadette Driscoll-Engelstad
Museum Anthropology, vol. 20, no. 3, December 1996, pp. 26-38
Description
Compares and contrasts indigenous clothing design and recent textile art as "parallel artistic traditions."
Beyond "Ten Little Indians" and Turkeys: Alternative Approaches to Thanksgiving
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Patricia G. Ramsey
Young Children, vol. 34, no. 6, September 1979, pp. 28-32, 59-52
Description
Looks at challenging popular misconceptions and expanding and enhancing children's social awareness.
Beyond the Iconic Subject: Re-Visioning Louise Erdrich’s Tracks
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas Sloboda
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1996, pp. 63-79
Description
Discussion on the nature of Native American fiction and its portrayal of Native Americans, paying particular attention to identity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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.
Bibliographies on the Australian Aborigine: An Annotated Listing
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
James Urry
Aboriginal History, vol. 3, no. 2, 1979, p. 165
Description
Book review of: Bibliographies on the Australian Aborigine compiled by John Thawley.
To access review, scroll down to page 165.
A Bibliography of Northern Saskatchewan Ethnology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tim Jones
Description
Majority of citations from books.
Big Bear (Mistahimusqua)
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
James Rodger Miller
The Bighorn Medicine Wheel: A Crossroad of Cultural Conflict
Theses
Author/Creator
Ricky D. Laurent
Description
American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wyoming, 1996.
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.
Bilingual Education and the Pueblo Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carletta Suina-Lowery
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 18, no. 2, January 1979, pp. [23-27]
Description
Reviews legislation regarding bilingual-bicultural education and makes recommendations for the development of a program.
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.
Bill Reid
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jack Long
Description
Film highlights the artist Bill Reid and his explanations why cedar is the ideal material for making totem poles.
Duration: 45:00.
Bill Reid - Metalsmith, Wood Carver, Jeweller: About the Craftsperson
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation
Description
Discussion of the life and body of work of the 1986 recipient of the Saidye Bronfman Award for excellence in the fine crafts.
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 Diversity, Indigenous Knowledge, Drug Discovery and Intellectual Property Rights: Creating Reciprocity and Maintaining Relationships
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven R. King
Thomas J. Carlson
Katy Moran
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, vol. 51, no. 1-3, April 1996, pp. 45-57
Description
Emphasizes the need to provide immediate, short and medium-term benefits, rather than waiting the 8-10 years it may take for monetary reimbursement, when new plant derived therapeutics based on Indigenous Knowledge are being explored. The article uses examples of initiatives taken by Shaman Pharmaceuticals and the Healing Forest Conservancy.
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 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.
Bison and Elk in the American Southwest: In Search of the Pristine
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joe Truett
Environmental Management, vol. 20, no. 2, March 1996, pp. 195-206
Description
Evaluates theories that attempt to explain the scarcity of these large herbivores.
Bitter Feast: Amerindians and Europeans in Northeastern North America, 1600-64
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Larry G. Bowman
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Winter, 1996, pp. 135-138
Description
Book review of: Bitter Feast: Amerindians and Europeans in Northeastern North America. 1600-64 by Denys Delage; translated from the French by Jane Brierly.
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
The Black Resistance
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lyndall Ryan
Aboriginal History , vol. 3, no. 2, 1979, pp. 160-161
Description
Book review of: The Black Resistance by Fergus Robinson and Barry York.
To access review, scroll down to page 160.
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 on the Ice: Status, Self-Esteem, and Ritual Injury Among Inuit Hockey Players
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Collings
Richard G. Condon
Human Organization, vol. 55, no. 3, 1996, pp. 253-262
Description
Looks at the game of hockey in the community of Holman, Northwest Territories and the effects on the Inuit youth.
Blood Protein Residues on Lithic Artifacts From Two Archaeological Sites in the De Long Mountains, Northwestern Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S. Craig Gerlach
Arctic, vol. 49, no. 1, March 1996, p. 1
Description
Discusses 25 lithic artifacts from 2 sites that test positive for sturgeon, deer, rabbit, bear, cat, mouse and human blood.
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.
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.]
Blurs, Blends, Berdaches: Gender Mixing in the Novels of Louise Erdrich
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Barak
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1996, pp. [49]-62
Description
Discusses characters which exhibit traits of the opposite sex and cross the borders of expected behaviour.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
BNA Act To Remain In Westminster
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 9, no. 7, July 1979, pp. 3-4
Description
Excluded from the Constitutional discussions in Canada, First Nations travel to England to plead that the British Parliament ask the Canadian government to entrench Indian Treaty and Aboriginal rights when the Constitution is brought to Canada.
Boarding School Life at the Kiowa-Comanche Agency, 1893-1920
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clyde Ellis
Historian, vol. 58, no. 4, June 1996, pp. 777-793
Description
Description of Rainy Mountain School as well as students' memories of their experiences at the school.
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.