Personal Narratives & Interviews

Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 1998.

American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2005.

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

Book review of: American Indian Women by Gretchen M. Bataille and Kathleen Mullen Sands.

In the interview, the acclaimed author of House Made of Dawn, discusses, among other things, oral traditions as compared to the written word. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Examines six major supports systems and eight major barriers to student's successful entry to medical school.

Author explores the different meanings and uses of the word “empowerment,” and how it is embraced by and/or applied to Indigenous peoples.

"New revised edition."

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2013.

Book review of Among the Stone Age People in the Queensland Wilderness by Eric Mjöberg, translated by S. M. Fryer.

Excerpt from The Century Magazinedescribing encounters with Tlingit in Alaska in 1877.

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The entire document is an account of her education.

Canadian Plains Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2012.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2000.

Transpersonal Psychology / Deep Ecology (Ph.D.)--The Union Institute, 1998.

Describes Mi'kmaq life just before European contact, based on oral history related by a Mi'kmaq shaman, Arguimaut, to Father Pierre Maillard about 1740.

Interview with the acclaimed poet, scholar, and author of such works as Pocahontas: Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat and The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Andre Bouthillette was an assistant to Jim Brady when he was a field officer with the Dept. of Natural Resources in Cumberland House from 1948-1950.

The material in this document is disconnected and frequently incoherent.

Collection of papers from the early 1800's including the interactions of an early European settler and soldier with Indigenous peoples at the time.

Interviewee gives a general description of his life. No index terms are provided.

Interview describes the struggles,over medicare for First Nations peoples, between Andrew Swimmer and the Federal Government.

Interview covers allocation of large areas of land to interviewee's father-in-law, and the subsequent sale of land by her husband.

Author recalls troubled childhood family life and how she overcame these challenges to have a fulfilling life.

Mr. Bear has worked for Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting company for almost 30 years and he talks about the many changes he has witnessed as well as some of his experiences.

Links to a short video in which the narrator speaks about his experience with mainstream education and mental health institutions, and his more positive experience with culturally-based healing practices. Animkee Duration: 2:35

Documents Aboriginal women's stories about their experiences with the health care system and discusses how the results show that Aboriginal women face health problems that are not common to non-Aboriginal women.

Discussion on restoring pedagogies of wholeness in Aboriginal education.

Explores the varied ways in which the Anishinaabeg of White Earth defined themselves during the early twentieth century.

Three themes emerged in interviews with seven Indigenous women: personal empowerment and confidence; wellbeing for themselves, family and community; and the importance of group mentorship. Author argues that they are applying the concept of gwesayjitodoon indo bimaadiziiwin, transforming oneself into a better life.

Human Kinetics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2018.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Manitoba, 1997.

Applied Language (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2011.

Brief interview with an Inuit carver. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.

Documentary about the formation of the first cooperative venture in the Inuit community of George River in Northern Quebec. Duration: 29.15.

Reprint. Marie Battiste translates her family history from Mi'kmaq to English.

Interviewee gives a general description of her life. No index terms are provided.

Interviewee continues the account of her life. No index terms are provided.

Annie Richard talks about traditional lifestyle and shares her memories of childhood in the bush.

Interview includes stories of traditional life including ceremonies, dances, burials, hunting, and spirits.

Interview includes an assortment of stories about animals and animal omens, floods and the Legend of Sounding Lake.

Consists of an interview that tells of the arrival of Simon Fraser amongst the Thompson Indians. Annie York discusses the life of her grandfather and speaks at great length of her devotion to the Christian religion.

An interview where they give general reminiscences of their lives. There is also mention of a legend concerning the creation of the sun and moon.

Article includes two video clips and a written transcript of the interview.

N. Scott Momaday’s book is examined as an autobiographical form which strengthens interpretations of oral and written stories to form identities.

Overview of historical writings, with particular emphasis on collections of Franz Boas and his collaborators. See also article in Arctic Anthropology, vol. 40, no. 1, 2003, p. 1-28.

Consists of an interview where he talks about his memories of Gabriel Dumont, the causes of the Riel Rebellion of 1885 and the present day treatment of Metis people.

Interview with the respected storyteller and singer Antoine Lonesinger. Interview includes the Legend of Cut Knife Hill and stories of BlackRock and Chokecherry Wood.