Focuses on a group of women who ran a tribal council for over a year in the late 1960s. Discusses how they gained control, their impact on council activities and the long term effects on their community.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, May/June 1999, pp. 5-6
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Describes the origins of the program which arose due to the large number of preventable health problems in the remote Australian Aboriginal community of Ntaria, Northern Territory.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Summer, 1992, pp. 381-395
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Author summarizes, reviews, and compares several children’s literature books with Indigenous content, highlighting the elements of each book that contribute to a faithful or an inaccurate portrayal of the Indigenous peoples and cultures.
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 1999.
Discusses the North as a whole, but focuses on Fort Good Hope, NWT, a community of the Hareskin people within the Dene Nation.
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 144, Theatre in an Age of Eco-Crisis, Fall, 2010, pp. 42-47
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Interview in which the artist discusses the development of her kinetic performance sculpture which won the “Best Western Entry” in the Calgary Stampede parade.
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 2010, pp. 37-50
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Comments on the usefulness of applying yarning as a research method for the gathering of data in Indigenous research using results from an Indigenous group in Australia and and in Botswana.
Video includes a compilation of conversations on the strength and resilience of Métis peoples in the context of the residential school experience and its after-effects.
Duration: 9:54.
Comments on the interpretation of aboriginal history at fur-trade sites, and the challenge to move beyond the idealized and simplified interpretations of the past.
Theatre Research in Canada, vol. 31, no. 2, 2010, pp. 182-192
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Discusses the adaptation of the Clements' play regarding the hybrid character representing First Nations women and fulfills the role of mythological prophet.