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"The Belly of This Story": Storytelling and Symbolic Birth

in Native American Fiction

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Chapman
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 3-16
Looks at how the traditional myths of creation takes place through language and song rather than sexual reproduction. The article also discusses how gender is less important than language. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
CBC website tracks progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action in child welfare, education, language and culture, health, justice and reconciliation.
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Beyond Everyone's Horizon Stand the Naskapi

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
José Mailhot
Ethnohistory, vol. 33, no. 4, Fall, 1986, pp. 384-418
History of the word Naskapi in relation to Aboriginal peoples of the Quebec-Labrador Peninsula.
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Beyond the Divide: The Use of Native Languages in Anglo-and Franco-Indigenous Theatre

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Macfarlane
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 35, no. 2, Special Section: Indigeneity in Dialogue: Indigenous Literary Expression Across Linguistic Divides, 2010, pp. [94]-109
Discusses the importance of the inclusion of Aboriginal words in the plays of Yves Sioui Durand, Tomson Highway, and Floyd Favel.
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Bibliography of British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Safyan
BC Studies, no. 177, Spring, 2013, pp. 205-224
Some Aboriginal material included. Lists theses and dissertations published between 2006 and 2012.
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A Bibliography of the Athapaskan Languages

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Scott Rushforth
American Anthropologist, vol. 78, no. 3, New Series, September 1976, pp. 696-697
Book review of: A Bibliography of the Athapaskan Languages by Richard T. Parr and Native Peoples and Languages of Alaska by Michael E. Krauss.
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Biographical Notes and Bibliography of Michael E. Krauss

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la language et les savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 35-46
Includes education, professional positions, publications, grants, and research activities of the noted linguist from Alaska.
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Bishop Durieu's Chinook Bible History

Documents & Presentations
Chinook Bible History (CBH) was translated into Chinook shorthand by Father LeJeune and published in sections in the Kamloops Wawa in it's entirety the year of Bishop Durieu's death. Similar to the newsletter format, CBH includes English titles with the main text in Chinook shorthand. The author's name is misspelled in CBH as "Bishop Durien."
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'Black Velvet' and 'Purple Indignation': Print Responses to Japanese 'Poaching' of Aboriginal Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Liz Conor
Aboriginal History , vol. 37, 2013, pp. 51-76
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"
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Dinwoodie
Anthropological Quarterly, vol. 75, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 229-232
Book review of: Studying Native America: Problems and Prospects edited by Russell Thornton.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Donald Frantz
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 177-184
Book review of: nikotwâsik iskwâtêm, pâskihtêpayik!: Studies in Honour of H.C. Wolfart by John D. Nichols and Arden C. Ogg.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter Bakker
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 161-164
Book review of: âtalôhkâna nêsta tipâcimôwina. Cree Legends and Narratives from the West Coast of James Bay told by Simeon Scott and translated by C. Douglas Ellis.
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[Book Reviews]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lynn Gehl
Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 1, 2011, pp. 124-126
Review of: Dancing on Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-creation, Resurgence, and a New Emergence by Leanne Simpson.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Olive Patricia Dickason
Rae Ryan
John David Nichols
Barnett Richling
S. Nagata
A. Blair Stonechild
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 1984, pp. 165-177
Book reviews of 6 books: As Long as the Sun Shines and Water Flows edited by Ian Getty and Antoine S. Lussier. Native Children and the Child Welfare System by Patrick Johnston. A Bibliography of Algonquian Syllabic Texts in Canada Repositories by John Murdoch. Heritage of the North American Indian People: Some Suggestions Emphasizing the Eastern Woodlands by Daniel H. Page and Victor M.P. da Rosa. Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 10 by W.C. Sturtevant and A.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Furniss
Barry McGrory
Jeremy Hull
E. Paul Morrissy
Rosanne Gasse
et al.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, 1990, pp. 307-341
Book reviews of 15 books: Metaphors of Interpretation: Essays in Honour of W.E.H. Stanner edited by Diane E. Barwick, Jeremy Beckett and Marie Reay. Convertir Les Fils de Cain, Jesuites et Amerindiens Nomades en Nouvelle-France by Alain Beaulieu. The Alaska Highway: Papers of the 40th Anniversary Symposium edited by Kenneth Coates. Catlin and His Contemporaries: The Politics of Patronage by Brain W.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Various authors
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 11, no. 1, 1991, pp. 155-191
Book reviews of 13 books: The Collected Works of Edward Sapir, Volume V edited by William Bright. Life Lived Like a Story: Life Stories of Three Yukon Native Elders by Julie Cruikshank (in collaboration with Angela Sidney, Kitty Smith & Annie Ned). Yellow-Wolf & Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence by Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspe. Blackfoot Grammar by Donald G. Frantz. Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes by Donald G. Frantz and Norma-Jean Russell. Californian Indian Nights complied by Edward W.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marcos Julian Del Hierro
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. 85-88
Book review of Rhetorics of the Americas edited by Victor Villanueva and Damián Baca. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 85.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
D. N. Sprague. Gary M. Heathcote
Eileen M. McFadden
F. J. Shore
David T. McNab
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1983, pp. 397-410
Book reviews of 5 books: Riel and the Rebellion: 1885 Reconsidered by Thomas Flanagan. Eskimos and Explorers by Wendell H. Oswalt. Bibliography of Algonquian Linguistics by David C. Pentland and Christoph Wolfart. The Genealogy of the First Métis Nation: The Development and Dispersal of the Red River Settlement, 1820-1900 by D.M. Sprague and R.P. Frye. Hold High Your Heads, (History of the Métis Nation in Western Canada by A. H. de Tremaudan.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Vilma Santiago-Irizarry
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, vol. 11, no. 1, June 2001, pp. 15-161
Book review of: Theorizing the Americanist Tradition edited by Lisa Phillips Valentine and Regna Darnell.
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Bowman Books: A Gathering Place For Indigenous New England

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Siobhan Senier
Studies in American Indian Literatures , vol. 27, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 96-111
Looks at Bowman Books Publishing whose main focus is Indigenous writing and oral tradition from the Northeast United States.
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[Breaking Silence: Witnessing, Participating, Documenting the Residential School Legacy]

Alternate Title
[5th Annual Critical Conversations Series]
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Lorena Sekwan Fontaine
Podcast discusses the research project kiskinohamâtôtâpânâsk: Intergenerational Effects on Professional First Nations Women Whose Mothers are Residential School Survivors. Duration: unknown. Accompanying material.
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Bundjalung Settlement and Migration

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret C. Sharpe
Aboriginal History, vol. 9, no. 1, 1985, pp. 101-124
Looks at reconstructing migration and social contact patterns using language and archaeological, geographical, ethnohistorical and ethnomusical data.
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Caknernarqutet

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Sharp
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 6-11
An Yup'ik speaker describes her personal struggle as a student and later as a teacher in an English speaking classroom.
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California Kinship Systems

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.12, no.9
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alfred L. Kroeber
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 12, (pp339-296).
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Calls to Action Accountability: A 2021 Status Update on Reconciliation

Alternate Title
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2019 Status Update on Reconciliation
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2020 Status Update on Reconciliation
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2023 Status Update on Reconciliation
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2022 Status Update on Reconciliation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eva Jewell
Ian Mosby

Looks at which of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call2 to Action have been completed. 2023 Report, 2022 Report,  2020 Report.

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Canada: Indian and Inuit Communities and Languages

Alternate Title
Native Culture Areas of Canada
Native Language Families from the 16th to 18th Centuries
The National Atlas of Canada 5th Edition
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Geographical Mapping Division
Geographical Services Directorate
Surveys and Mapping Branch
Shows distribution of Indian and Inuit communities, Indian reserve, cultural areas, name, linguistics family (eleven major families representing 51 languages). Also shows linguistic families from the 16th to 18th centuries. inset map for southwestern British Columbia.
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Canada's First Nations

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Applied History Research Group
Multimedia tutorial covering period from antiquity to the nineteenth century; includes creation stories, cultures and languages, impact of European contact and Treaties.
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The Canadian Reconciliation Barometer 2021 Report

Alternate Title
The Canadian Reconciliation Barometer 2022 Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Reconciliation Barometer

Total sample for two polls was 2,106 non-Indigenous and 1,1112 Indigenous respondents. Questions were asked about 13 indicators: good understanding of past and present; acknowledgement of government, residential school and ongoing harm, engagement, mutually respectful and nation-to-nation relationships; personal and systemic equality; Indigenous thriving; Indigenous languages; respect for natural world; and apologies.

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