Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 2, Summer, 2006, pp. 105-131
Description
Contends that the work of Sioux writer Alexander Eastman reflects not only an assimilationist perspective but also examines Native Americans within the oppressive socio-cultural context of 19th and 20th century.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 105.
Disinformation and Digital Democracies in the 21st Century
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Elisha Corbett
Description
Argues that the way women are framed in mainstream news suggests that they are to blame for the violence against them because they indulge in "high-risk" lifestyles and discusses how initiatives like #MMIWG are combating stereotypical representations and raising awareness.
Paper from Disinformation and Digital Democracies in the 21st Century edited by Joseph McQuade, Tiffany Kwok, and James Cho.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper scroll to p. 19.
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 2, June 19, 2019 , pp. 116-130
Description
Article identifies and examines the social and geopolitical factors and questions which contribute to the prominence of the idea of an international Arctic governance treaty over time; author traces the evolution of the Arctic treaty debate from 1970 to the current moment.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 111-120
Description
Author examines the multiple factors at play in defining the term indigeneity. Considers the right of people to self-identify, the legal implications and complications that result based on the definition, and the gap between the legal definition and the sociocultural practice thereof. Discuss both United States contexts and global ones.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 3, 2006, pp. 23-43
Description
Essay arguing for a way of reading responsibly that takes into account socioeconomic realities. The essay further argues that the roles of reader and critic must also become that of active teacher and citizen to become agents for change.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 83-114
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Literary criticism article that gives close readings of work from Chrystos's Not Vanishing; argues that Chrystos’s poetry work combat the rhetorical invisibility experience by two-spirit and queer Indigenous people in contemporary feminist movements.
Overview of project which explored practices across Canada and the United States in order to support scholars in ways which would also benefit Indigenous communities. Eleven studies were undertaken by academic libraries with direction from Indigenous scholars and librarians. Provides details on how initiative was developed, designed, and fielded, and highlights key themes which emerged.
When the State Bar Exam Embraces Indian Law: Teaching Experiences and Observations The Pedagogy of American Indian Law
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gloria Valencia-Weber
Sherri Nicole Thomas
North Dakota Law Review, vol. 82, no. 3, Pedagogy of American Indian Law, 2006
Description
Outlines the history of Indian law at the University of New Mexico and the decision to include Indian law on the state bar exam. The article is the perspective of a professor and a research librarian, and includes impacts on the inclusion and insights gained.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 6, November/December 1997, pp. 25-28
Description
Instructive article for Australian rural health research workers provides an understanding of the role that various politicians play in developing health policy.
Our Schools / Our Selves, vol. 18, no. 3, Beyond Child's Play: Caring For and Educating Young Children in Canada, Spring, 2009, pp. 169-175
Description
Discusses the lack of supports and services for children with special needs living on reserves due to inequities in health funding resulting from interjurisdictional disputes between provincial/territorial and federal governments about which will supply the required resources, despite governments' stated commitment to Jordan's Principle.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 3, September 2019, pp. 193-204
Description
Describes a project in which digitally augmented reality (AR) is used to engage people in traditional Māori land-based narratives, values, and storytelling. Argues that Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, a design approach developed to illustrate narratives using contemporary media, helps to promote “bicultural engagement with landscape.”
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 1, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Part 3), Winter, 1997, pp. 75-109
Description
Author examines stereotypes about the Apache people and how these narratives affect the way that the Apache people are perceived and engaged with by the United States government in land disputes generally, and specifically in relation to the Mt. Graham Observatory case.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northern Illinois University, 2006.
Discusses works by S. Alice Callahan, Mourning Dove (Christal Quintasket), D'Arcy McNickle, Anna Lee Walters, Thomas King and Sherman Alexie.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 4, Fall, 2019, pp. 331-340
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Author explores the contested historical memory of violent engagement between the Unites States government and Indigenous peoples in the mid to late 1800s, and how those narratives have contributed to the idea of American innocence in relation to the displacement genocide of Indigenous peoples.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2: Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997
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Explores the author's use of Indian characters, shadowed by non-Indian doubles, to illuminate the differences in the mores of the two cultures.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Timeline from the General Enfranchisement Act to the Indian Act and pertinent court cases and decisions which resulted in legislation to amend the Act.
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 5, June 2019, pp. 1-40
Description
Author asserts that Indigenous African knowledge about gorillas has been excluded from contemporary conservation efforts and that this limits their effectiveness. Argues that in order to engage Indigenous knowledge conservationists must reflect on their own ways of knowing and accept different understandings of ecology.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 3, Summer, 2019, pp. 249-280
Description
Authors re-examine the discourse surrounding the life and death of the Kiowa leader Satanta; discuss how even contemporary perceptions of Indigenous historical figures are rooted in colonial narratives of conquest which sought to diminish the humanity of Indigenous peoples and extinguish Indigenous title in favour of white settler expansion.