Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 6, November/December 1996, pp. 22-23
Description
Conference hosted by the Centre for Appropriate Technology (CAT) included workshops on women in communication, water, waste, transport, and shelter and environment.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 154-159
Description
Author describes how words define her and cannot be separated from the Aboriginal oral traditions and world view.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 3, Becoming a Healer, Fall, 2008
Description
Highlights the commitment of the Wind River reservation in Wyoming to offer Arapaho language immersion at the elementary school in an effort to keep the language alive for years to come.
Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, vol. 19, no. 2, 2008, pp. [204-223]
Description
Discusses theme of "Indian" versus "White" identities, intertwining of real-world setting with mythology, and the juxtaposition of biblical and Aboriginal creation stories.
"It highlights examples of thriving collaborative, community-based, suicide prevention projects that are funded through the National Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy (NAYSPS)." Examples used: Prince Albert Grand Council, Kenora Chiefs Advisory, Gitxsan Health Society and File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 5, May 2008, p. 10
Description
Looks at a partnership developed to help Aboriginal people, both on and off-reserve, have healthier lifestyles.
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Worthy Recognition for Several Saskatchewan Natives
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Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, November 28, 2008, p. A11
Description
Discusses the contributions by recipients of the 2008 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards which honor political, scholarly and artistic achievements.
Journal of Museum Ethnography, vol. 8, May 1996, pp. 41-58
Description
Discusses repatriation request by the Pine Ridge Wounded Knee Survivors Association for articles housed at the Art Gallery and Museum in Kelvingrove, Glasgow. Articles included a necklace, moccasins, Sioux cradle and Ghost Shirt.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, 1996, pp. 27-41
Description
Examines two spheres of discourse, the written and the oral tradition and argues the novel affirms the oral tradition in written form, in terms of identity, community, continuity and change.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 2008, pp. 1-28
Description
Discusses how Welch's fiction examines links between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals, and how the two cultures intersect in both positive and negative ways.
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Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 63-68
Description
Essay illustrates ways in which oral traditions expressed in contemporary forms support the author's scholarly and activist work.
Humanities Research , vol. 15, no. 2, Compelling Cultures: Representing Cultural Diversity and Cohesion in Multicultural Australia, 2009, pp. 133-151
Description
Discusses problematic methodological approaches to Aboriginal art that have become a standard for use by historians and anthropologists and suggests how to write about art in the future.