Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, vol. 37, no. 3, Autumn-Winter, 1998, pp. 334-345
Description
Discusses how The National Museum of the American Indian, in an attempt to develop an exhibit with community involvement and access, sent a selection of 19th Century Navajo blankets to a Navajo reservation in 1995.
Lawyer and author of The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story Of Louis Riel's People, The Métis Nation discusses the Métis Nation's history of law-making.
Duration: 1:01:02.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 46-62
Description
The author uses Out of the Depths, Isabel Knockwood’s autobiography about her time in Indian Residential School, to discuss English alphabet writing as a colonizing tool and as consider different ways that Indigenous peoples have appropriated English writing as a form of cultural survivance.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 10-35
Description
Examines author Leslie Marmon Silko’s post-1990 works, Almanac of the Dead, Sacred Waters, Gardens in the Dunes, and Oceanstory in the context of a growing focus on water scarcity and sovereignty; highlights Aboriginal and Native American perspective on the privatization of water for profit, and neocolonial and imperial interests.
American Indian Culture and Research, vol. 42, no. 4, 2018, pp. 113-130
Description
In this commentary article, the author describes the conditions and events surrounding a Diné school’s founding and the internal conflicts which eventually led to a breakdown between staff and leadership; highlights the potential learning for other nations working towards educational sovereignty.
Yesterday’s Promises: The Negotiation of Treaty 10
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony G. Gulig
Saskatchewan History, vol. 50, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 25-39
Description
Describes the process through which the Treaty 10 was negotiated and the underlying motives of the Canadian government, the Cree people and the Dené people. Discusses differences in opinion about the rights and enshrined therein, and the government’s prosecution of Indigenous harvesters.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 25.
Article discuss findings of 10 interviews with community language teachers in New South Wales regarding their approaches to and perceptions of their language education practice.
Discusses the authentic representations of Indigenous peoples and cultures in the film The Revenant and contrasts them to common cinematic stereotypes.
You're Still Not Listening To Us: What First Nations Youth are Saying
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Lickers
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 6 , no. 2018, September 2018, p. Article 1
Description
Summarizes the findings of 30 face-to-face storytelling interviews conducted with participants aged 18 to 30 on how traditional leadership knowledge is transmitted to youth in leadership roles.
Researchers consulted with service providers, youth, municipal government workers, community members, and researchers and students from local universities. Identifies structural issues, systems failures, and individual, family and relational factors.