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Becoming Flower: Gender and Culture in Contemporary Ethnic America Women's Literatures
Theses
Author/Creator
Nancy Leigh Chick
Description
[English] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Georgia, 1998.
Before the Great Spirit: The Many Faces of Sioux Spirituality
E-Books
Author/Creator
Julian Rice
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 Cherokee in a White World: The Ethnic Persistence of a Post-Removal American Indian Enclave
Theses
Author/Creator
Betty J. Duggan
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1998.
"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.
Below the Hamelin Line: CKRZ and Aboriginal Cultural Survival
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles Fairchild
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 23, no. 2, 1998, pp. [163-?]
Description
Examines the evolution and development of the radio station serving First Nations in Southwestern Ontario and evaluates its success as a viable community institution.
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 Beothuk of Newfoundland: A Vanished People
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ingeborg C. L. Marshall
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.
Betraying the Victims: The 'Stolen Generations' Report
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ron Brunton
IPA Backgrounder, vol. 10, no. 1, February 1998, pp. 1-24
Description
Disputes issues discussed in the 1997 national inquiry report, Bringing Them Home, such as specific cases, comparison of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal child removal and the claim of genocide.
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.
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.
Bibliography of Kate Peck Kent
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Batkin
Museum Anthropology, vol. 13, no. 2, May 1989, pp. 35-36
Description
Bibliography of published works and two major unpublished manuscripts by Kate Peck Kent regarding her work on southwest textiles.
Biculturalism in Postsecondary Inuit Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Fuzessy
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 22, no. 2, 1998, pp. 201-209
Description
Studies a survey on a first semester group of postsecondary students and their bicultural identity.
Big Bear's Pacifist Roar: The CBC Conjures Up an Intriguing Figure
Articles » General
Maclean's, vol. 111, no. 52, December/January 1998, pp. 114-[?]
Description
Discussion of mini-series based on the historical novel The Temptations of Big Bear about the Plains Cree leader and his fight to gain a fair Treaty settlement for his people. Filmed in Saskatchewan by Gil Cardinal of Alberta.
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.
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 C-31: The Abocide Bill
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Harry W. Daniels
Description
Contends that contents of the bill will eventually lead to loss of Status for Aboriginal people. Speech was delivered at the Unity for Our Grandchildren conference in a session with The Native Women's Association of Canada.
Bill C-31: Unity for Our Grandchildren
Alternate Title
1st National Conference on Bill C-31
First National Conference on Bill-31
NWAC Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Proceedings of conference that looked at the impact of the legislation. Main issues discussed were divisiveness resulting from adoption of band membership codes which block women from returning to their home communities and two-tiered system which produces loss of status due to the "second generation cutoff" rule.
Billie Kukshuk: "I use carving as a way to defer things that are unsettling in life"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Simeonie Kunnuk
Billie Kukshuk
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, Winter, 1998, pp. 18-19
Description
Brief interview with a carver from Arviat.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.
Bingo, Blackjack, and One-Armed Bandits in the Northwoods: A Sociology of American Indian Gaming in the United States
Theses
Author/Creator
Annette Kuhlman
Description
Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, 1998.
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 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 Birpai of the Manning River and Purfleet Station
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Ramsland
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, March 1989, pp. 3-13
Description
Looks at the history of the first people of the Manning River Valley, the Birpai and the establishment of the Purfleet station in 1900.
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.
Bishops Discuss New Model for Native Church
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathy Blair
Anglican Journal, vol. 124, no. 8, October 1998, p. 1
Description
Discussion centers on bringing aboriginal dioceses under leadership of Bishop Gordon Beardy.
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
Black Majority
Book Reviews
Aboriginal and islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 4, 1989, pp. 51-53
Description
Book review of: Black Majority by Roberta B. Sykes.
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.
The Blakeney Government and the Settlement of Treaty Indian Land Entitlements in Saskatchewan, 1975-1982
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James M. Pitsula
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association: Historical Papers, vol. 24, no. 1, 1989, pp. 190-209
Description
Discussion of the conflict between the provincial government understanding of 'spirit and intent' of Treaty and the inflexible Federal Office of Native Claims' preoccupation with "lawful obligation."
Blood Politics, Racial Classification, and Cherokee National Identity: The Trials and Tribulations of the Cherokee Freedmen
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Circe Sturm
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 230-258
Description
Author considers different perceptions of and from people of mixed Black and Cherokee ancestry in an attempt to better understand the discourses surrounding the Cherokee Freedmen, tribal affiliations, and the constructs of individual and community identities.
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.]
Boarding and Public Schools: Navajo Educational Attainment, Conduct Disorder, and Alcohol Dependency
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Henderson
Stephen J. Kunitz
K. Ruben Gabriel
Aaron McCright
Jerrold E. Levy
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 8, no. 2, 1998, pp. 28-49
Description
Discusses study investigating risk factors for alcohol dependency among the Navajo.
Body and Soul: An Aboriginal View
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mary Laughren
Aboriginal History, vol. 22, 1998, pp. 284-289
Description
Book review of: Body and Soul by Anthony Rex Peile ; edited by Peter Bindon.
Review located by scrolling to page 284.
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.
Bone Game’s Terminal Plots and Healing Stories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rochelle Venuto
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 2, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Louis Owens, Summer, 1998, pp. 23-40
Description
Explores the dual and linked themes of stories and community as expressed through the main character, who finds himself isolated from both.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
The Book of Jessica: The Healing Circle of a Woman's Autobiography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susanna Egan
Canadian Literature, no. 144, Native, Individual, State, Spring, 1995, pp. 10 - 26
Description
Discusses a play, The Book of Jessica, that illustrates the struggle women have in understanding what being "a woman" means, including across the barriers of race, culture, privilege and age.
Book Review
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Bea Medicine
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 155-157
Description
Book review of: Chief: The Life History of Eugene Delorme, Imprisoned Santee Sioux edited by Inez Cardozo-Freeman.
Book Review
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alexandra Freland
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 197-198
Description
Book review of: The Way of the Pipe: Aboriginal Spirituality and Symbolic Healing in Canadian Prisons by James B. Waldram.