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Determination and Perseverance

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Keith Hunter
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, March/April 2001, pp. 29-31
Presents recollection of personal experiences entering mainstream education and the challenges associated with it.
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Developing and Expanding Aboriginal Mental Health Services

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Graham Skinner
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 12, no. 4, December 1988, pp. 43-45
Employee at the Lismore Base Hospital in Northern New South Wales discusses his role within the Richmond Clinic assisting Aboriginal clients and being their advocate.
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Dezerman Courtoreille (St. Germaine) Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Dezerman Courtoreille
Rose Saddleback
Indian History Film Project
History of Lesser Slave Lake reserves, and details of the history of Swan River Reserve.
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Diane Glancy: A Hunger for Many Voices

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laura Tisdel
Diane Glancy
Red Cedar Review, vol. 38, 2003, pp. 75-82
Interview with an author, of Cherokee and German descent, who is a prolific poet, playwright, and novelist.
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Diary of Francis Dickens - Vernon LaChance. - May 1930.

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Vernon LaChance
Francis Dickens
Diary of Inspector Francis Dickens of the Fort Pitt NWMP from 1885; entries from 4 March 1885 - 15 April 1885. Includes a historical introduction and commentary by Vernon LaChance.

Historical note:

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[Diary of James Mackinlay]

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
James Mackinlay

One bound copy of the diary maintained by Mackinlay May 7- August 23, 1890 during a summer journey northward from near Taltheilei on the east end of Great Slave Lake in the company of Wharburton Pike. Pike used the diary freely in his narrative of the journey called The Barren Grounds of Northern Canada. Mention of "Indians" in various situations and circumstances from trading and guiding to getting equipment made or repaired. Frequent mention of caribou and other animals killed and fish caught.

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The Diary of Lieut. J.A.V. Preston, 1885

Articles » General
Author/Creator
J. A. V. Preston
Saskatchewan History, vol. 8, no. 3, Autumn, 1955, pp. 95-107
Journal of the John Alexander Victor Preston, a Lieutenant in D Company of the Midland Battalion in the Canadian militia in 1885. Preston’s company arrived in Batoche on the 13th of May joining Middleton’s command and participating in extinguishing the Northwest Resistance. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 95.
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Diary of Lieutenant R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Infantry School Corps, April 8, 1885 to July 20, 1885, N.W. Campaign.

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
R. Lyndhurst Wadmore
Original diary and various papers of R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Lieutenant of the Royal Canadian Regiment during the Northwest Resistance, covering from 8 April to 20 July 1885. Included in diary pocket is a requisition for short boots that was signed by Wadmore on May 1885, lyrics of the Infantry School Corps fight song, and a Victoria Daily Times article from 23 June 1944 about the remaining members of the Northwest Field Force and their experiences.
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Dick Alook Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Dick Alook
David Starr
Indian History Film Project
Dick Alook describes the territory covered by himself and his ancestors in their hunt for animals.
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Did You See Us?: Reunion, Remembrance, and Reclamation at an Urban Indian Residential School

Alternate Title
Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation ; 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dorothy-Ann Crate
Theodore Fontaine
Jane Glennon
Caroline Perreault
Valerie T. Mainville
Dorothy Ann Crate
Theodore Fontaine
Jane Glennon
Caroline Perreault
Valerie T. Mainville
Mabel Horton
Hubert (Gilbert) Hart
Betty Ross
Charlie Nelson
Carole Starr
Martina Fisher ... [et al.]
Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation
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Difference is No Reason For Discrimination

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Costello
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 6, November/December 2000, p. 32
Includes the personal narrative of a young gay Aboriginal Australian man who experienced blatant racism after coming out as a gay man.
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Digital Archives Database

Alternate Title
Métis Digital Archive
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Métis Research Lab
University of Ottawa?]
Contains links to thousands of Métis historical documents, personal accounts, genealogical information and Hudson's Bay Company, Census, and Church missionary records.
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Digital Stories: First Nations Women Explore the Legacy of Residential Schools

Alternate Title
Am My Mother`s Daughter
Mary-Lou and Me
My Journey Into Motherhood
nikâwiy ekwa niya
Walking In A Good Way on Mother Earth
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Claudette Michell
Lisa Forbes
Lisa Murdock
Lorena Fontaine
Roberta Stout
Wendy McNab
Six brief videos by daughters of women who are residential school survivors. Done in conjunction with the kiskinohamâtôtâpânâsk: Inter-generational Effects on Professional First Nations Women Whose Mothers are Residential School Survivors project.
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Dilemmas of an Indigenous Academic: A Native Hawaiian Story

Alternate Title
Decolonizing Research in Cross-Cultural Contexts
[Engaging/Performing Theories of Decolonizing Research]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Julie Kaomea
Author discusses her efforts to reconcile competing expectations of her community and the academy by developing a hybrid research methodology. Chapter one from Decolonizing Research in Cross-Cultural Contexts edited by Kagendo Mutua and Beth Blue Swadener.
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Diné College Graduate Made it His Mission to do Well

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Davis Henderson
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 23, no. 4, Investing in Education, Empowering Tribal Communities, Summer , 2012
Speech-Language Pathologist talks about his education.
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A Discourse on the Religion of the Indian tribes of North America : Delivered Before the New-York Historical Society, December 20, 1819

E-Books
Note: Spine title: Religion of the N.A. Indian Jarvis' discourse begins with an assertion that North American indigenous peoples' religion has been degraded or dismissed by western thinkers. He then goes on to make observations regarding the spiritual idealogies and practices of, primarily, the Iroquois and the Chipewyan and place them into a Christian framework.
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[Discussion between Kent Monkman and Hélène Samson]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kent Monkman
Hélène Samson
Artist discuses the work Welcome to the Studio which was inspired by the Notman Photographic Archives in the McCord Museum and Gustave Corbet's The Artist's Studio. Duration: 1:10:56.
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A Discussion of "Ceremony"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen M. Sands
A. Lavonne Ruoff
Paula Gunn Allen
Peter G. Beidler
Susan J. Scarberry ... [et al.]
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, A Special Symposium Issue on Leslie Marmon Silko's , 1979, pp. 63-70
A discussion between six writers regarding Leslie Marmon Silko's novel Ceremony.
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A Discussion of "Winter in the Blood"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter G. Beidler
A. Lavonne Ruoff
Carter Revard
Gene Ruoff
Kay Sands ... [et al.]
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2, A Special Symposium Issue on James Welch's , 1978, pp. 159-168
A transcript version of a question and answer sessions by the authors of the articles from A Special Symposium Issue on James Welch's "Winter in the Blood".
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Dishinikawshon Jesse: A Life Transformed

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jesse Adrian Thistle
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 2015, pp. 69-93
Autobiographical sketch of Jesse Thistle, who overcame addiction and homelessness and obtained a post-secondary education.
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Dismantling the Patriarchal Altar From Within

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Cindy Gaudet
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 1, 2014, pp. 58-66
Presents a woman's narrative in which she explores her history as a Métis woman.
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Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Carol Geddes
Short documentary profiles five successful Aboriginal women. Duration: 28:42.
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The Doe Deer and Finding Harmony

Alternate Title
One Native Life
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard Wagamese
Canadian Dimension, vol. 43, no. 2, March/April 2009, pp. 16-17
A short story about the land.
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