Sports & Games

Reproduction of sketch from Harper's Weekly. Sketch shows Aboriginal boys in foreground, shooting with bows and arrows at pennies on the ground, in Lorette, [MB]. Well-dressed crowd looks on, with a man and woman riding by in a horse-drawn carriage. Buildings in background; sketch by E.R. Morse.

Historical note:

Analysis of the ramifications of Aboriginal participation in the Banff Indian Days and Calgary Stampedes' rodeos and how public performances can change identity narratives and racial categories.

Comments on long distance journeys by canoe, the revival of canoe making and teaching respect for the water.

Looks at the formation of the Centre, profiles the community, discusses project intent and summarizes the findings of public consultations.

Howie Meeker holds coaches clinic at Fort Qu'Appelle.

Looks at the benefits of working with Alberta's Future Leaders Program (AFL) in Alberta.

Consists of an interview where he gives an account of the migration of the Potawatomi Indians and a general description of reserve life; an account of the importance of midwives and a brief description of naming ceremonies; and tells a story about an old man who remembered seeing the Chicago fire.

Looks at a program for school children to improve their health through physical education. Article located by scrolling to page 13.

Looks at components and implementation of the Positive Youth Development Programme (PYD) developed to increase leadership skills in youth.

Indian hockey player from the Cote Chiefs tries out for the NHL.

Recommends curriculum which supports a learning climate involving teachers critically assessing their own power, privilege, biases, and misconceptions.

Describes the playing pieces used in the game and method used for making them.

Study uses various newspapers, periodicals and interviews to prove that professional baseball was an instrument of both racial and cultural prejudices, enforced through the educational programs of boarding schools.

"U. MacDonald" at Fond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan.

Investigation suggests that alcohol advertising during sporting broadcasts reaches children and young people during a time period that normally doesn't allow alcohol advertising.

Children playing outdoors [in Rankin Inlet, NU]. Part of the "Inuit of Keewatin" series (#30).

Children at play. Part of the "Innuit of Keewatin" series (#29).

Consists of an interview that describes various traditional clothing.

Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 11 (p. [1]-276).

Looks at the four principles of the Circle of Courage and how they apply to a sporting event.

Leaders and representatives from national Aboriginal organizations across Canada gather to discuss the health and well-being of all Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Duration: 17:13.

Results found that programing was adequate for the Aboriginal community but there were barriers to the overall delivery of sports and recreation programs.

Consists of an interview where she gives a general account of reserve life. She gives a description of Indian games and tells of the establishment of the Gordon Reserve, Saskatchewan

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1972.

Looks at a certain style in the music and games in British Columbia and Washington.

New Media Game Design and Production Thesis (M.A.)--Aalto University, 2019. Looks at Never Alone, Mulaka and the Sámi Game Jam.

Discusses Jason Bear's dedication to martial arts and introduces his school of karate in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Compares three case studies which show how games play a central role in different areas of the North. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.

Examines the benefits of community-based research to look at the impact of sports participation for Indigenous youth and ways to enhance those sport experiences.

Native American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 2005.

Native American Studies Thesis (M.A)--University of Lethbridge, 2005.

Reviews and compares government policies and reports from Canada and Australia; highlights that interdepartmental partnerships in areas such as health, education, and justice fail in Canada due to inadequate facilitation on the part of Indigenous sport for development (SFD) agencies, but that Australia is having greater success as a result of a focus on federal partnership building.

Explores how ethnographic material can suggest connections between Onkwehonwe objects, traditions and knowledge.

Mouse over images to link to: household life (includes clothing, cooking, preserving food, etc.), village information (homes), resource gathering, society (includes role of elders and chiefs, governance, naming), gatherings (includes dancing and singing, trade), stages of life, and games.

Examines the exclusion and then limited inclusion into the dominant society, and also the dominant society's construction of the alternative group's identity.

Overview of the history of tourism at Banff, Alberta and the Banff Indian Days Festival.

Looks at national identity in the opening and closing ceremonies and the use of the Inuit inukshuk as the logo.

"This article examines the complexities of the Australian Aboriginal sporting experience including long entrenched racist barriers that denied Aboriginal participation on the sporting field".

Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 8 (p. [1]-300).

Looks at the achievements of Corey Matthews including being named University of Regina Outstanding Young Alumnus, receiving a Regina Crime Prevention award, a Centennial Medal for Service to Saskatchewan and being selected as a Métis representative Olympic torch bearer. Article located by scrolling to page 18.

Used cross-sectional design and data from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. Analysis was limited to those aged 12 to 17, who attended elementary or high school, lived off reserve, and identified as having a single Indigenous identity.

St. Philip's Rangers Hockey Tournament held at the Cote Sports Complex.

Chief Tony Cote presented with medal for spearheading Saskatchewan's first Indian Games.

Discusses various sports programs offered at several United States tribal colleges and universities.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Brunswick, 2007.

Teacher's guide for use with documentary which looks at the Iroquois Nationals, a lacrosse team from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, their efforts to win a gold medal at the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, and the controversy which erupted when they traveled with Haudenosaunee Confederacy passports.

Profiles several tribal college athletic programs and discusses their successes.