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8th Fire Guide for Educators

Alternate Title
Guide for Educators
At the Crossroads
Indigenous in the City
It's Time
Whose Land is it Anyway?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsea Prince
Material for four episodes: Indigenous in the City, It's Time, Whose Land is it Anyway? and At the Crossroads.
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Aboriginal Music in Contemporary Canada: Echoes and Exchanges

Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 66
E-Books
Author/Creator
Anna Hoefnagels
Beverly Diamond
Amber Ridington
Garry Oker
Janice Esther Tulk
Gabriel Desrosiers ...
Sadie Buck ...
Annette Chrétien
Beverly Souliere
Jimmy Dick
Russell Wallace
Dylan Robinson
Marie Clements
Sophie Merasty
Columpa Bobb ...
Florent Vollant
Gilles Sioui
Donna Larivière
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Actor Gives Back Willingly

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela Sexsmith
Windspeaker, vol. 17, no. 11, March 2000, p. 20

Brief profile of Cree actor, Carol Greyeyes, artistic director and principal of the Indigenous Theatre School. The article tells how Carol is able to fulfill her life goal of serving her community by bringing together theatre, directing and teaching in Saskatchewan.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.32.

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AlterNatives

Alternate Title
Twentieth Century North American Drama
E-Books
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor

Originally published by Talonbooks, 2000.

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American Anthropologist. Vol. 105, No. 4, December 2003.

Alternate Title
Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner: Culture, History, and Politics in Inuit Media
Atanarjuat Off-Screen: From "Media Reservation" to the World Stage
Introduction: Visual Anthropology Section
Special Issue: Language Politics and Practices
Talking Back to Primitivism: Divided Audiences, Collective Desires
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lucas Bessire
Faye Ginsburg
Shari Huhndorf
Jeff Himpele
Articles from the Visual Arts section discuss the film Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner. Scroll down to section to access articles.
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American Indian Theatre and Performance

Alternate Title
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Indian Issues Today
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Courtney Elkin Mohler
Defines the genre, provides a brief historical background, looks at the Trickster character, and comments on stereotypes. Chapter from The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Indian Issues Today, Volume 1 edited by Russell M. Lawson.
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Anskohk Festival Celebrates Success of Aboriginal Writers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darla Read
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 10, November 2011, p. 23
Comments on Tomson Highway's path to his successful career and his performance in Saskatoon at the Aboriginal Writers Festival. Article located by scrolling to page 23.
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Anti-Hero Avengers and the Not-So-Lone Ranger

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathleen Buddle
Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 1, Indian Country, January/February 2007, pp. 48-51
Focuses on activism in film and media arts, highlighting the ImagineNATIVE Film and Arts Festival and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN).
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Artist-Run Organizations and the Restoration of Indigenous Cultural Sovereignty in Toronto, 1970 to 2010

Alternate Title
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Adrian Foster
Discusses contributions of organizations such as A Space, the Theatre Centre, Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts, V-Tape, and Centre for Aboriginal Media/ImagineNATIVE Festival, and the National Film Board's Challenge for Change program. Excerpt from Well-Being in the Urban Aboriginal Community edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté. Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.
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Arts-based Research Methods with Indigenous Peoples: an International Scoping Review

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chad Hammond
Wendy Gifford
Roanne Thomas

Seham Rabaa
Ovini Thomas ... [et al.]
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 3, September 2018, pp. 260-276
Reviews the literature of 36 international research studies; discusses research methods involving artistic practices. Identifies areas in which arts based methods may offer benefits to an Indigenous research agenda: (a) participant engagement, (b) relationship building, (c) Indigenous knowledge creation, (d) capacity building, and (e) community action.
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Banff Sparkles With Creativity, Quality Instruction

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Debora Steel
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 5, September 2002, p. 32

Focuses on the uniqueness of the Banff Centre's six-week Aboriginal Arts Program and the positive impact it has had on the Aboriginal community.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.17.

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Batoche Interactive Theatre Proves to be Larger Than Life

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrea Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 9, September 2008, p. 2,14
Looks at a dance theatre piece, staged at Batoche National Park, based on the romance of Gabriel and Madeleine Dumont. Article located by scrolling to page 2 and 14.
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Berlin Blues

Alternate Title
Blues Quartet
Twentieth Century North American Drama
E-Books
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Originally published by Talonbooks, 2007.
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The Best of the Best in Native Arts: Part 2

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Windspeaker, vol. 14, no. 11, March, 1997, p. 10

Examines plays both published and unpublished.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.

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The Best of the Best in Native Arts [Part I]

Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 14, no. 10, February 1997, pp. 9-10

Choices in the categories of art, literature, poetry, political works, and music.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

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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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Black Elk, Mexican Joe & Buffalo Bill: The Real Story

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Richard Green
Whispering Wind, vol. 43, no. 4, Issue 296, April 2015, pp. 33-35
Book review of: Black Elk, Mexican Joe & Buffalo Bill: The Real Story by Tom F. Cunningham. Scroll down to page 35 to read review.
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Blackfoot Warrior Shirts

Alternate Title
Ao'toksisawooyawa: Our Ancestors Have Come to Visit: Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts]
Lesson Plan: Creative Writing and Drama
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ramona L. Big Head
Lesson plan developed in conjunction with exhibition of Blackfoot shirts loaned from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, to the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta. Designed for high school students.
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Blood Quantum

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 6th, 2005
Native Women in the Arts, Education and Leadership: Proceedings of the Sixth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Adrian Cook
A performance piece recreates the author's experiences growing up as he attempted to reclaim his Native American heritage.
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The Boy in the Treehouse

Alternate Title
Twentieth Century North American Drama
E-Books
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Originally published by Talonbooks, 2000.
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Buck Naked Neechies Revel in Bare Truths

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Braden Dupuis
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 6, June 2011, p. 12
Looks at a comedy program recorded by the CBC for National Aboriginal Day designed to look at the brightside of hardship and suffering. Article located by scrolling to page 12.
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Buffalo Boy: Then and Now

Alternate Title
INDIANacts: Aboriginal Performance Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ryan Rice
Carla Taunton
Discusses how Adrian Stimson's anti-colonial, gender-bending persona is used to expose cultural and societal truths.
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Building Aboriginal Economies

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Ruth McVeigh
Edwinna von Baeyer
Wendy MacIntyre
Richards Landis
Diane Koven
Tara Lee Wittchen
Fred Favel
Inaugural edition of the Building Aboriginal Economies magazine, which features short articles dealing with individuals and groups in the arts field.
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The Buz'Gem Blues

Alternate Title
Blues Quartet
Twentieth Century North American Drama
E-Books
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Originally published by Talonbooks, 2002.
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CBC Honours "that which is going right" in Métis World

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Diane Adams
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 4, April 2011, p. 7
Highlights two Métis shows featured by the CBC, ê-miywahkamikahk and Wahkootowin, to celebrate the year after the year of the Métis. Article found by scrolling to page 7.
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