Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2019, pp. 58-83
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Author discusses the 1846 translation and annotation of Black Hawk’s autobiography by the Dutch pastor Rinse Posthumus; offers critical commentary on Posthumus’ station and politics as an influencing factor in his additions to and translation of the text.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Autumn, 1994, pp. 481-494
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Literary criticism article which examines Black Hawk: An Autobiography and argues that in addition to its value as a historical text, it should also be considered as an act of literary resistance against the narratives imposed on Indigenous peoples by mainstream society.
Looks at media coverage of the incident and use of the term, 'Black Velvet'.
Note from author: "Terms historicised in this article remain offensive and have continuing power to offend. This article attempts to dispel and challenge the meanings conveyed by the term ‘Black Velvet’ by tracing its use in print media and thereby intervening in the attitudes it disseminated"
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 117-135
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Argues that the Government of Canada has not learned from previous mistakes and its failure to change its behaviour has led to the ongoing trauma inflicted by residential schools and the high number of missing and murdered women.
Adapted for the Alberta context from the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience focusing on the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada. Themes explored are: assimilation, discrimination, Indigenous rights and reconciliation.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Author/Creator
Robert W. Mitchell
pp. 303-314
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Article from 1993 Conference proceeding, discussing justice reform, self-government in the context of inherent rights and facing the challenge of overlapping roles among the levels of government.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 253-300
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Argues that the occupation of Alcatraz Island started a process of Government repression of Indigenous activists that was without parallel in its virulence and lethal effects.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Gerald Vizenor, Spring, 1997, pp. [33]-46
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Discusses the parallels between Chinese and Native American culture as revealed in Griever: An American Monkey King in China.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Looks at results from the U.S. Department of Education's Indian Nations at Risk (INAR) Task Force and the White House Conference on Indian Education in 1992 regarding Native students in public schools and school reform.
Native American Classics: Graphic Classics ; vol. 24
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Author/Creator
Joseph Bruchac
John Smelcer
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Excerpt from Native American Classics: Graphic Classics, volume 24 edited by Joseph Bruchac, John Smelcer and Tom Pomplun.
American Indian writers often reference boarding school experiences in their poems, short stories, essays, novels and plays. Provides a list of suggested readings on American Indian boarding schools in Canada and the United States.
Northern Review, no. 45, Innovation in the Circumpolar North, June 2017, pp. 141-160
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Researchers interviewed female participants between the ages of 18 and 23 and found that all participants experienced BID as young adults. Participants provided suggestions for working with Indigenous Alaska females who suffer from BID.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 2, 2017, pp. 289-310
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Discusses failure of new protocols put in place to ensure safe drinking water on reserves and contrasts the response to the failure of water system in Walkerton, Ontario, which took place the same year.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 21032
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Book reviews of: Alaska Native Medical Centre: A History 1953-1983 by Robert Fortuine.
Circumpolar Health Atlas edited by T. Kue Young, Rajiv Rawat, Winfried Dallmann, Susan Chatwood, Peter Bjerregaard.
Healing Histories: Stories From Canada's Indian Hospitals by Laurie Meijer Drees.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 198-199
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Book review of: Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples by Nancy J. Turner. An updated second edition of Turner's 1975 British Columbia Provincial Museum Handbook. A companion volume Food Plants of Interior First Peoples has also be revised by Turner.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 370-372
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Book review on: The Encyclopedia of Native American Biography: Six Hundred Life Stories of Important People from Powhatan to Wilma Mankiller by Bruce E. Johansen and Donald A. Grinde Jr..