Spirituality

Study gathered information through focus groups and key informants; reported that while all agreed on the various benefits of the food, there was growing concern about its safety due to environmental contamination.

Discusses the western European and American Indian views on the soul and the afterlife. Access through table of contents.

Comments of the rapid societal changes in Australia that have contributed to petrol (gas) sniffing by young Aboriginal people.

Looks at the impact of a martial arts program, and identifies the interconnection to mental, emotional and spiritual well-being of Aboriginal adults.

English Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2011.

Looks at the overlapping relationship between humans and forces in the spirit world. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page xxxv.

Personal narrative about a visit St. John's Episcopal Church on a cold winter day.

Clinical Psychology Thesis (Psy.D.)--Antioch University, 2003.

Interviews Navajos who were involved in a voluntary foster-care program sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah which placed Native American Mormon children into white Mormon homes for the school year.

Book review of: Plains Indian History and Culture by John C. Ewers.

Outlines the committee work needed to stage a good powwow.

The exploitation of Indigenous spiritual traditions described in context of New Age movement as a "consumerist movement."

Explores differences between romanticized portrayals and the reality of colonized First Nations' women in relation to morality, spirituality and sexuality.

Describes Aztec texts from the pre-Cortesian period that are fundamentally map-equivalents.

Excerpt from the Book of Common Prayer in Cree syllabics.

Applied Psychology Thesis (MAppPsy)--University of Waikato, 2012

Scarce Canadian data reveals that socio-economic status as well as spirituality can impact teenage fertility rates.

Looks at the connection between clay and people.

A few Aboriginal men in ceremonial dress stand in the foreground. Most of these men wear a full head-dress. There is a teepee and a large group of people in the background.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northern Arizona University, 2002.

[Clinical Psychology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Adler University, 2015.

Comments on one dimension of the process of reconciliation in Montreal and other places in Quebec. Chapter 5 from Plural Spiritualities: North American Experiences edited by Robert J. Schreiter. To access chapter 5, scroll to page 91.

Webcast of a presentation at the Health and Wellbeing Symposium by a teacher of Cherokee grammar. Duration: 34:48.

Review essay of: Weaving Ourselves into the Land: Charles Godfrey Leland, "Indians" and the Study of Native American Religions by Thomas C. Parkhill. Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian, Incorporated by Mike Gidley. Imagining Indians in the Southwest: Persistent Visions of a Primitive Past by Leah Dilworth. Wild West Shows and the Images of American Indians, 1883-1933. by L. G. Moses.

Student discusses her time spent working for a non-governmental organization in Nepal.

Book review of: The Price of a Gift: A Lakota Healer's Story by Gerald Mohatt and Joseph Eagle Elk.

Book review of: The Price of a Gift by Gerald Mohatt and Joseph Eagle Elk.

Comments on each of the six elements; land, relationships with living things, family, healing, ceremony and storytelling.

Complainant charged that the Department had discriminated against her on the basis of religion when it refused to provide boarding costs for her daughter to attend a Catholic High School. Tribunal found in the Department's favour.

Members of the Eskasoni Mi'Kmaw Nation talk about their community's experience with harm reduction and addictions treatment and recovery. Duration: 36:38.

Indigenous Nations Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, [2008?]

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2012.

Introduces a special edition of the Canadian Journal of Native Education (CJNE), regarding a collection of scholarly work on the spirit of the "gathering of the people." Articles include oral tradition, curriculum, language, policy and governance.

Data collected between September 2008 and February 2010 in 32 communities. Most results divided by age group; some by geographic zone.

Data collected between September 2008 and February 2010 in 21 communities. Most responses divided by age group; some by geographic zone.

Data collected between September 2008 and February 2010 in 21 communities. Most responses divided by age group; some by geographic zone.

Communication, Art and Technology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2012.

Comments on a novel that uses oral storytelling techniques to follow a journey of personal re-creation and a spiritual connection with the land.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2004. Considers writings from Thomas King's, Green Grass, Running Water and Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost.

Book review of: Ancient and Modern: Time, Culture, and Indigenous Philosophy by Stephen Muecke.

A list of Indigenous-related theses and dissertations 1997, & 2002-2003, alphabetical by author.

Discusses : "indivisibility of Ndee[Apache] land and culture, the historical forces that operated unsuccessfully to alienate the Ndee from their land, and how the Ndee are returning elements of their geographical, cultural, and linguistic heritage to a central place of honour while addressing contemporary challenges..."

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2006.

Looks at the need for spiritual reconciliation for former students, their families and the teachers of residential schools and how the Anglican church is responsible for helping these groups.

First speaker talks about the Federal government's duty to consult Aboriginals when making decisions that affect them, rights under the Constitution, and Bill C-45. Second discusses how a meaningful dialogue between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians might be established. Duration: 22:26.

Discusses the sacred connection between language, land and people, how language revitalization addresses spiritual needs and, argues that the loss of language represents loss of a unique way of organizing experiences.