Personal Narratives & Interviews

Excerpt from book that looks at pregnancy, childbirth, mothering and general health from the perspective of Aboriginal mothers. Recommended as a teaching tool and resource.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian Catholic University, 2016.

Book review of: Words of Our Country, Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns-Yarrabah Region compiled and edited by R. M. W. Dixon. Review located by scrolling to page 272.

Native American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Montana State University, 2005.

Project began during conferences held at site of the Pelican Lake Indian Residential School, Sioux Lookout, Ontario. On page 2: "Exercises for building children, families and communities" .

Eight residents reflect on their lives in the community. Information was gathered through a series of conversational interviews.

Elders present songs and prayers with discussion about the loss of traditions and values, evils of alcohol, role of elders, etc. Also stories of adventures in intertribal warfare ; a story of a man who married a thunderwoman.

Book review of: The World We Used to Live In: Remembering the Powers of the Medicine Men by Vine Deloria Jr.

Higher Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2003.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Lakehead University, 2003. Using a culturally based framework, the author explores views and understandings of Patrick McGuire.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2004.

[English?] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Temple University, 2011. Discusses the writings of Zitkala-Ša and Charles Eastman.

Book review of Writing Indian, Native Conversations by John Lloyd Purdy. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 132.

Beth Brant discusses the role of writing in her life and her relationships with loved ones.

Arts Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Auckland, 2006.

Book review of: Writing the Circle: Native Women of Western Canada edited by Jeanne Perreault and Sylvia Vance.

English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2000.

The author uses Out of the Depths, Isabel Knockwood’s autobiography about her time in Indian Residential School, to discuss English alphabet writing as a colonizing tool and as consider different ways that Indigenous peoples have appropriated English writing as a form of cultural survivance.

Essay looks at the current autobiographical approach taken in whiteness studies.

Interview with author about his thoughts on Aboriginal life, films and literature. Discusses Welch's books Fools Crow and Killing Custer.

Comparative Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Irvine, 2010.

Interview is a general account of Mr. Ouellette's life.

In personal narrative, author explains the influence of personal experiences, graduate research and Elder's teachings. Essay for graduate-level class.

Interview in which the artist discusses the development of her kinetic performance sculpture which won the “Best Western Entry” in the Calgary Stampede parade.

Book review of Xweliqwiya by Rena Point Bolton and Richard Daly. Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 156.

Book review of: Yakama Rising by Michelle M. Jacob. Scroll down to page 208 to read review.

Book review of: Yakama Rising by Michelle M. Jacob.

Comments on the usefulness of applying yarning as a research method for the gathering of data in Indigenous research using results from an Indigenous group in Australia and and in Botswana.

The Nlakapamux concept of respect is explored as lived by an Nlakapamux grandmother and transmitted through narratives about her.

Book review of: A Year Inland edited by Barbara Belyea.

Video includes a compilation of conversations on the strength and resilience of Métis peoples in the context of the residential school experience and its after-effects. Duration: 9:54.

Book review of: The Yearning Journey: Escape From Alcoholism by Campbell Papequash with Maury Fraser.

Relates personal experience of removal from family, culture and identity.

Consists of an interview that tells how the Blood got tipis.

Speaks of the author's childhood and time spent with family and relatives.

Author reflects on the challenges, adventures, and dangers of living in a small shack. Article found by scrolling to page 5.

Reminiscences of an RCMP officer and his wife stationed at Baker Lake during the late 1940s and comparisons with the community of today.

Researchers conducted eighteen in-depth interviews with urban migrants to examine the effect of expanding settlement beyond reserves.

Article discuss findings of 10 interviews with community language teachers in New South Wales regarding their approaches to and perceptions of their language education practice.

Discusses how farmers and gardeners define food sovereignty and how the concept has been put into practice to attain the goals of promoting health and traditional culture.

Comments on the benefits of both traditional and contemporary childbearing knowledge and accessible health services.

Sixties Scoop experiences by a grandmother, mother, aunt and sister reveal the continuing impact on identity, family and community.

Paper describes the methodology use by the author in gathering narratives from 15 Haudenosaunee Grandmothers from the Six Nations community for a research study; discusses and centers Indigenous teachings, worldviews, and ways of knowing as a research practice.

In speech, noted author illustrates the power of stories by comparing an Aboriginal creation story to the Christian version and discussing what they convey about each culture and its values. To listen to this audio, scroll down to Part 1. Duration: 54:22.

Reports on how oral history interviews are used as political spaces.