Personal Narratives & Interviews

Book review of: Two Houses Half-Buried in Sand by Chris Arnett and Beryl Mildred Cryer. Scroll down to page 133 to read review.

Book review of: Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear: The Life and Adventures of Theresa Gowanlock and Theresa Delaney by Theresa Gowanlock and Theresa Delaney.

Part I written by Gowanlock, part II written by Delaney. Part II begins on page 83.

Uses an Elder's life story to illustrate the bicultural identity development model.

Author tells a story about a retreat he attended in northern Ontario.

Literary Criticism article examines Love Beyond Body Space and Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-fi Anthology edited by Hope Nicholson and Asegi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Two-Spirit Memory by Qwo-Li Driskill and how the speculative nature of the texts helps to reclaim IndigiQueer and LGBTQ identities.

Chapter excerpted from American Indian Women Telling Their Lives (p. [83]-112).

Book review of: The Two Worlds of Jimmie Barker as told to Janet Mathews. To access review, scroll down to page 161.

Presents a discussion with the children of two such marriages.

Excerpt from Mission Life, February 1, 1868

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2011.

Series follows the lives of members of an Inuit women's hockey team from Inukjuak, Nunavik over the period of a year. Episode 2: Mothers and Babies. Episode 3: Modern Times. Episode 4: I Am Young, I Am Proud. Episode 5: The Great Whale Cup.

Virtual exhibit of the family history and artwork of Allan Houser and his sons, Bob Haozous and Phillip Haozous.

Film depicts the family’s progress from a proud Chiricahua Apache family of storytellers in Oklahoma to a multi-talented artistic family in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Duration: 32:17.

Authors view about science career path and his encouragement for aboriginal people to pursue science and math careers.

Community Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2017.

Project's main objective was to gain understanding of the impact of disease by interviewing women who had a condition or were caregivers of someone who did. Bulk of report is personal narratives.

Educational Psychology Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1995.

The experiences of three different participants in an intergenerational, multi-week research workshop which explored how the concept of wellness is understood are portrayed through the lenses of a girl, a mother, and a grandmother.

Feminist and Gender Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.

Looks at the positive outcomes from two secondary school classes which experienced different aspects of Squamish culture.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saybrook University, 2017.

Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2006.

[Anthropology?] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian National University, 2000.

Looks at the lives of two aboriginal women whose past experiences in residential schools have influenced their present literacy practices.

Project involved interviewing participants from the communities of Igloolik and Qikiqtarjuaq. Common themes were: loneliness, romantic relationship problems, family problems, anger at family or romantic partners, hiding suicidal thoughts or distress, and youth copying each other.

Presents a unit plan to be used in conjunction with a grade twelve level study of autobiographical work.

Presents an interview with Tomson Highway, and discusses his novel, Kiss of the Fur Queen.

Discusses the initiatives of the Centre including the basic right to clean drinking water and proper sanitation. Duration: 34:29.

Focuses on policies which discriminate against Indigenous women and their offspring by denying them status and treaty rights.

The author describes the concept of Transmotion and how it relates to Indigenous literatures, worldviews and systems of knowledge. Discusses how the concept became central to his work and scholarship.

Uses the autobiography of Anthony Apakark Thrasher, a residential school survivor, to illustrate a new approach to survival narratives.

Author argues that reconciliation is an empty concept and apologies meaningless unless amends are made and a fundamental cultural shift takes place. Duration: 58:30.

Full version (1 hr. 48 min.) of documentary about abuse at residential schools which won Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and Best Director for an International Documentary at the New York International Film Festival. Based on Annett's book Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust.

Survivors of the Thomas Indian School in New York state and the Mohawk Institute (The Mush Hole) of southern Ontario relate their experiences. Duration: 29:50.

Book review of: Unsettled Pasts edited by Sarah Carter.

Documentary focuses on the history of the schools, former students' stories, and contemporary issues. Duration: 56:43.

Conversation with the author of the 2010 Hampton University Read-In selection, the first time a novel by a Native American was chosen.

[Arts and Social Sciences] Thesis (Ph.D.)--[University of Technology Sydney], 2016.

From : Popular Science Monthly

Describes how Inuit youth are employing technology share their lives and connect with others through video sharing on YouTube.

Book review of Uqalurait compiled and edited by John Bennett and Susan Rowley. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 35

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Prince Edward Island, 2008.