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"Open Containers": Sherman Alexie's Drunken Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen F. Evans
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 46-72
Description
Illustrates that works by Sherman Alexie, both poems and stories, use stereotypical and conventional character types to construct a realistic literary document.
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Opening Address

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emma LaRocque
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 31, no. 1, For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada, 2006, pp. 11-18
Description
Introductory remarks to delegates attending 'For the Love of Words': Aboriginal Writers of Canada conference held in Winnipeg in 2004.
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Opikokew Finding Her Voice

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrea Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 5, May 2009, p. 3
Description
Profiles a young woman who is active in many volunteer and leadership roles and encourages others to give back in as many ways as possible. Article found by scrolling to page 3.
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Order of Canada Awarded to David Ahenakew

Images » Photographs
Description
File contains one black and white photograph of Governor General Ed Schreyer awarding the Order of Canada to David Ahenakew in May, 1979.

Historical note:

David Ahenakew (born July 28, 1933) is a Canadian First Nations politician, and former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Ahenakew is a controversial public figure in Canada due to anti-semetic comments regarding World War 2 and the Holocaust.
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[The Orenda]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Richard Weyhing
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 2, Summer, 2015, pp. 102-105
Description
Book review of: The Orenda by Joseph Boyden.
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Oskate Wicasa (One Who Performs)

Theses
Author/Creator
Alida S. Boorn
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Central Missouri State University, 2005. Discussion of Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show and other similar venues.
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Our Elders: Interviews with Saskatchewan Elders

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre
Description
Photographs, short interviews and statements appearing in earlier publications of the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre (SICC) Saskatchewan Indian Elders, Enewuk, and All Nations
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Our Legacy: Kã-ki-pe-isi-nakatamãkawiyahk: Essays

Alternate Title
Kã-ki-pe-isi-nakatamãkawiyahk: Our Legacy: Essays
E-Books
Description
A compilation of essays by : Deborah Lee, Liam Haggarty, Brendan Edwards, Tamara Starblanket, Camie Augustus, Kurt Boyer, Anna Flamino, Merle Massie, Yvonne Vizina, Patricia Deiter, Meagan Gough, and Alan Long.
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The Owens Valley Epics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald Bahr
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, 2007, pp. 41-68
Description
Examination of Native American text that was presented orally to Alfred Kroeber by a Mojave person in 1902.
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[Own Yourself: Silent No More]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marjorie Beaucage
Description
Short video discusses the fact that Oprah Winfrey broke the silence on childhood sexual abuse which was helpful to so many. Duration: 3:15.
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Oyate Resource List

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Oyate
Description
Annotated bibliography of books suitable for teaching various grade levels. Current as of 2005.
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Paget Code's Images

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Paget James Code
Our Legacy
kã-ki-pe-isi-nakatamãkawiyahk
Description
Images Paget Code thought were important or interesting, including a photo of Thomas McKay, a contemporary and opponent of Louis Riel; who was also the first mayor of Prince Albert. Also included is the Thunderbird Stone at Kamsack, Saskatchewan.
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Panorama of "Dominion Bar Pageant" in Lebret, Sask

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Capitol Studio
Regina
Description
A panorama photograph of Dominion Bar Pageant in Lebret, Sask. Included are Native people in ceremonial clothing, Caucasian people wearing black-face and Indian costumes, RCMP officers, and large group of spectators. Group of Native and Metis(?) people stands on periphery in foreground. J.F. Bryant from District Court sits cross-legged in centre. Father Lebret statue also shown.
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Parallel Voices: Indians and Others, Narratives of Cultural Struggle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gail Guthrie Valaskakis
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [283-296]
Description
Explores issues of representation and appropriation of culture with particular emphasis on women.
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Parliament of Religions on the Prairie: Standing Rock as Interreligious Event

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 12th, 2017
Representations and Realities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Peter A. Huff
Description
Examines the Oceti Sakowin water protectors’ camp as an Indigenous-led interreligious meeting and criticizes media representation of the water protectors as “protesters” while ignoring the religious and interfaith elements of the movement.
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A People in Transition

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Clarence Tilenius
The Beaver, vol. 75, no. 5, October/November 1995, pp. 45-[?]
Description
Book review of: Between Two Cultures: A Photographer Among the Inuit by Charles Gimpel, with introduction by Maria Tippett.
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People of the Blood

Articles » General
Author/Creator
George Webber
Canadian Geographic, vol. 121, no. 4, July/August 2001, pp. 52-[?]
Description
Photographic essay on the Blood Indian Reserve, Alberta, with material gathered over ten years.
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Performing Archive: Curtis + "the vanishing race"

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Wernimont
Stephan Schoberg
Amy Borsuk
Beatrice Schuster
Heather Blackmore
Ulia Gosart (Popova)
Description
Website contains aggregation of visual, material and sonic collections based on the work Edward S. Curtis, the early 20th century photographer and amateur ethnographer who created the monumental 20 volume The North American Indian. The 25,000 media assets are accompanied by scholarly and contextual materials.
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Performing the Native Woman: Primitivism and Mimicry in Early Twentieth-Century Visual Culture

Alternate Title
[Antimodernism and Artistic Experience: Policing the Boundaries of Modernity]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ruth B. Phillips
Description
Argues that during the period between the 1860s and the 1960s performance art offered the most favourable site for answering to stereotypes such as vanishing, pre-modern and degenerate races. Uses the careers of Ester Deer and Molly Nelson as examples. Chapter from: Antimodernism and Artistic Experience: Policing the Boundaries of Modernity edited by Lynda Jessup
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Personalising the History Wars: Woretemoeteryenner's Story

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maggie Walter
Louise Daniels
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 2008, pp. 35-44
Description
Chronicles the life of Tasmanian woman who was born before European colonialism took place. By the time of her death fewer than 50 traditional Tasmanians remained.
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