Spirituality

Provides overview of society including spirituality, organization. kinship, culture, customs, ceremony, ritual, and law. Chapter 2 from: Aboriginal Benchbook for Western Australia Courts by Stephanie Fryer-Smith. Chapter 2 located by scrolling to page 2:1.

Studies boulder alignment and its association with the summer solstice.

Findings indicate a relationship between spirituality and well-being for a group of Indigenous Australians.

Education project towards Master of Education (M.Ed.)--University of Lethbridge, 1998.

Describes a counseling technique which incorporates spirituality.

Native American nurses facilitate and promote balance and harmony through connectedness.

Comments on traditional ecological knowledge and practices.

Looks at developing a plan for suicide prevention based on spiritual beliefs, strong values, loving families and healthy life styles.

A bear totem pole. [Carved by Mr. Henry Hunt of the Kwawkewlth First Nations. Victoria, B.C.]

This file contains excerpts from Reginald Beatty's diary, correspondence about his encounters with Cree people, and letters home to his parents detailing his experience in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. Mr. Beatty was a farmer and fur trader in what is now known as the Melfort area of Saskatchewan.

American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2003.

[Anthropology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Florida, 2010.

Personal narratives from family members who run a bed and breakfast in Prince George, B.C. Duration: 13:23.

Advice given to an elderly Inuit woman long ago about spirituality and the pre-contact era.

Comments on practical ways to address the physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental health of Indigenous peoples.

File contains a photocopy of a bibliography of sources pertaining to Aboriginal religion/spirituality taken from various unknown source books. There is also a proposal for a new Native Studies seminar class called "Native Spirituality" to begin in the 86/87 school year and be offered every two years. Barron's proposal includes lists of suggested seminar topics, required textbooks and recommended readings.

Over 1,100 annotated citations covering all aspects Arctic life. Current as of 2007.

Some Aboriginal material included. Lists theses and dissertations published between 2006 and 2012.

Third edition, updated.

Summarizes resources in the "Dr Randolph Bowers Collection" in the archive of the Mi'kmaq Resource Centre at Cape Breton University. Covers works collected by the author until 2007. General as well as Aboriginal material.

Looks at the formative years of the transition to Catholicism including religious, political and economic factors.

Brief biographical article reports on the election of the first bishop for the diocese of Keewatin's northern Ontario region.

Describes creation stories told by Chief Men-es-to-kos, an Elder of the Kainai Nation.

Explores the dual and linked themes of stories and community as expressed through the main character, who finds himself isolated from both. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Book review of: The Bear-Walker and Other Stories by Basil H. Johnston.

Book review of: Visions of Sound: Musical Instruments of First Nations Communities in Northeastern America by Beverley Diamond, M. Sam Cronk and Franziska von Rosen.

Book reviews of 20 books: American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790-1880 by Deborah A. Rosen. Architectural Variability in the Southeast edited by Cameron H. Lacquement. Art from Fort Marion: The Silberman Collection by Joyce M.

Book reviews of 22 books: African Cherokees in Indian Territory: From Chattel to Citizen by Celia E. Naylor. American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle and the Law by Matthew L. M. Fletcher. Born of Fire: The Life and Pottery of Margaret Tafoya by Charles S. King. Brothers Among Nations: The Pursuit of Intercultural Alliances in Early America, 1580-1660 by Cynthia J.

Looks at perceptions of what constitutes traditional land rights.

Book review of: Bradford’s Indian Book by Betty Booth Donohue. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 98.

Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Manitoba, 2011.

Art and Art History Thesis (M.F.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2005.

Discusses the symbiotic relationship between the animal world and Indigenous people, and describes how the relationship can contribute to the rebirth of Indigenous creative expression.

Looks at the guiding principle of 'two-eyed seeing' used in science classrooms to bridge Indigenous and western ways of knowing.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2002.

Photograph depicts a cairn built near Rankin [Inlet, NU].

Investigates the use of spirituality into techniques commonly employed in family therapy sessions.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2001.

Briefly outlines the aims of the United Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress in Australia.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2000.

Discussion on the power of family caring and love.