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Bitumen Films in Postcolonial Australia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fiona Probyn-Rapsey
Journal of Australian Studies, vol. 30, no. 88, Special Issue: Discordant Notes, 2006, pp. 97-109
Examines several films that highlight the relationship between whites, Aboriginal people and the road film genre.
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Blackfeet Classes Draw Students, Young and Old

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jack McNeel
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 3, Building Prosperity, Spring, 2007
Discussion of the curriculum at Blackfeet Community College in Browning, Montana.
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Blackfoot Blacktop

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bill Corbett
The Beaver, vol. 85, no. 4, August/September 2005, pp. 54-55
Discusses sites of historical interest in Alberta that deal with the Blackfoot Confederacy.
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Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park and Siksika Nation

Alternate Title
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erin Bragg
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Brief case study of the largest Aboriginal owned and operated tourist attraction in Canada.
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Blackfoot Culture and World Culture: Contexts for the Collection and Display of the Decorated Shirt of Issapoomahsika (Or CrowFoot) in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie Pratt
Journal of the History of Collections, vol. 18, no. 2, December 2006, pp. 237-247
Uses the the sacred costume as an example of attitudes toward the acquisition and presentation of material culture; discusses the purchase of the clothing in relation to events taking place in Canada in the 1870s and traces changes in the museum's curatorial practices as demonstrated by its placement in the museum's collection.
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Blackfoot Digital Library

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Blackfoot Community
Searchable digital library includes links to historical field notes, photographs, interviews, documents, photographs, etc.
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Blackfoot Ethnography

Alternate Title
Archaeological Survey of Alberta Manuscript Series ; no. 8, 1986
Theses
Author/Creator
Kenneth E. Kidd
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 1937.
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The Blackfoot Sun-Dance

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the Canadian Institute ; no. 151, 1889
E-Books
Author/Creator
John McLean
Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Canadian Institute, No. 151, 1889.
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Blanket Exercise Treaty 8 and Métis (Alberta) Adaptation: Facilitator Guide

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alberta Teachers' Association
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.
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Blood Tribe / Kainaiwa Big Claim Inquiry - Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Examines whether the rejected claim was properly resolved. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and Alan C. Holman. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
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Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa Inquiry: 1889 Akers Surrender

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) about whether a clerical error by the federal government resulted in 440 acres of mineral-rich land being taken without consent or compensation. No determination by ICC as parties agreed to negotiate a settlement under the Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: P. E. James Prentice, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Carole T. Corcoran. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa Inquiry: Akers Surrender 1889 Claim, July 2008

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains letters/memos, submissions, band council documents, and reports in regards to the dispute over the federal government taking over 440 acres of mineral-rich reserve land without full consent or compensation.

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Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa - The Big Claim

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Documents include Treaties, correspondence/letters, reports, submissions, maps and other related historical materials regarding The Big Claim by the Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and Alan C. Holman. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]

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Bloodsucking Colonizers and the Undead Anishinabe: History, Cultural Continuity, and Identity in Drew Hayden Taylor's The Night Wanderer

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristin Burnett
Judith Leggatt
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 3, no. 1, 2016, pp. 96-115
"Uses the genre of young adult vampire novel to explore the ways in which different practices and understandings of history shape both national and personal identities".
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The Blue Lake Issue

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary A. Hepburn
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 14, no. 2, January 1975, pp. [15-20]
Problem of getting source materials for social studies teachers and the use of government documents and journal articles as an important resource.
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Blue Quills First Nations College

Web Sites » Organizations
Website for an Indigenous non-profit educational institution that promotes a sense of pride in Indigenous heritage, traditional knowledge and practices.
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Blueberry Warriors and Men with Horns: Fantasy & Folly in the New World

Alternate Title
Blueberry Warriors and Men With Horns: Fantasy and Folly in the New World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joyce Wright
The Beaver, vol. 82, no. 1, February/March 2002, pp. 20-[?]
Recounts some of the lighter stories involving initial contact between Europeans and Indigenous peoples.
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Boarding School Abuses, Human Rights, and Reparations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Smith
Social Justice, vol. 31, no. 4, Native Women and State Violence, 2004, pp. 89-102
Discussion on the injustices suffered by Aboriginal children in schools, and the compensation offered to address those human rights violations.
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Boarding School Project: Mental Health Outcome

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathleen Graves
Louise Shavings
Cookie Rose
Anda Saylor
Cheryl Easley
Study conducted using interviews with 62 Alaska Native individuals who had attended schools or had parents who had experienced them. Looked at: disruption of family, multiple losses, coping strategies, and resilience.
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Boarding Schools, United States and Canada

Alternate Title
American Indian Heritage Month: Commemoration vs. Exploitation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
ABC-CLIO
Brief overview of the system. Includes student essay published by Carlisle School.
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Boat-Shaped Artifacts of the Gulf Southwest States.- J.T. Patterson.

Documents & Presentations
From foreword: "This paper will deal with the boat-shaped artifacts and certain other more or less related problematic forms from the Gulf Southwest states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. They have been alluded to... as "prehistoric objects of polished stone having somewhat the shape of a canoe, the use of which is unknown." Included are numerous illustrations of boat-shaped artifacts.
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