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"Buffalo Bill" and the Siouan Image

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phyllis Rogers
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, 1983, pp. 43-53
Article studies William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) and his influence in creating the "Sioux" image of the Native American in regards to visual imagery.
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"Buried in Fine White Ash": Violence and the Reimagination of Ceremonial Bodies in Winter in the Blood and Bearhear

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Meg Armstrong
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 265-298
Literary criticism article which explores the way that Indigenous bodies appear and are used to articulate the struggles between Indigenous and Euro-American cultures in the novels Winter in the Blood and Bearhear.
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Buried Voices: Changing Tones: An Examination of Media Coverage of Indigenous Issues in Ontario: Media Monitoring Report: 2013-2016

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Miles Kenyon
Jorge Barrera
Cindy Blackstock
Duncan McCue
Tanya Talaga
Connie Walker
Coverage investigated 319 print and online news outlets for keywords including: Indigenous, Aboriginal, First Nation(s), Northern Ontario Reserves, Métis and Inuit. Tone analysis based on inherent positivity or negativity of event, topic or issue.
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Buried Voices: Media Coverage of Aboriginal Issues in Ontario

Alternate Title
Media Monitoring Report: 2010 – 2013
Ontario Media Monitoring Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robin Pierro
Examines the trends, news spikes, and total print and online media coverage of Aboriginal people, culture, and issues by Ontario-based media organizations.
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[But Is It Art?]

Alternate Title
ReVision Quest ; July 27, 2009
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Darrell Dennis
KC Adams
Jenny Western
Alex Janvier
Joan Cardinal-Schubert
Steve Loft
Discusses historical and contemporary Aboriginal art. Duration 27:31.
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By Any Other Name: Rhetorical Colonialism in North America

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary E. Stuckey
John M. Murphy
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 4, 2001, pp. 73-98
Explores and analyzes the political consequences and power in naming or labeling, as well as discussing how problems may end up disregarding reality.
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A Call for Attention to Indigenous Capitalisms

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexis Celesete Bunten
New Proposals, vol. 5, no. 1, November 2011, pp. 60-71
Concludes that future research is necessary in this area to look at new ways of understanding the ties between economic issues and Indigenous lives.
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"The Canadian Indian"

Documents & Presentations
File contains a report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1948 for the Indian Affairs Branch of the Department of Mines and Resources. It is a comprehensive report that includes demographic data and the activities or "progress" of Indians in each region of Canada (enfranchisement, land sales etc). There is also an editorial titled "The Canadian Indian" that appears to be an educational press release about the departments view on misconceptions about Canadian Indians.
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Canadian Indian Boys Shooting at Pennies, at Lorette - Sketch. - [1875?].

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
E.R. Morse
Reproduction of sketch from Harper's Weekly. Sketch shows Aboriginal boys in foreground, shooting with bows and arrows at pennies on the ground, in Lorette, [MB]. Well-dressed crowd looks on, with a man and woman riding by in a horse-drawn carriage. Buildings in background; sketch by E.R. Morse.

Historical note:

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Canadian Indians at the Front

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Verne De Witt Rowell
Current History Magazine, vol. 6, no. pt.2, August 1917, pp. 290-292

Brief article argues that even though men were not citizens and therefore knew "no politics as yet", they enlisted because they were monarchists. Comments on the high number "Indians" who volunteered for service. Tone reflects attitudes of the time. Several issues on one pdf. To access this article use page counter at the top of the screen and go to page 972 of 1276.

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The Canadian Newspaper Industry's Portrayal of the Oka Crisis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Warren H. Skea
Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 1, 1993-1994, pp. 15-31
Analysis of fifteen major daily newspapers' coverage of the issues over a one week period. Done to test influence of three variables: region of publication, corporate structure of publisher, and sources used in reports.
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Canadian "Range Wars": Struggles over Indian Cowboys

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marilyn Burgess
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [351-364]
Analysis of the ramifications of Aboriginal participation in the Banff Indian Days and Calgary Stampedes' rodeos and how public performances can change identity narratives and racial categories.
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Case Comment: R. v. Gladue

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean Lash
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 20, no. 3, Women 2000: Eradicating Poverty and Violence in the 21st Century, Fall, 2000, pp. 85-91
Comments on spousal abuse, domestic violence and discrimination against Aboriginal women in the Canadian justice system.
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The Case For Francis Noel Annance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Morag MacLachlan
The Beaver, vol. 73, no. 2, April/May 1993, pp. 35-?
Depicts the life of a servant in the Hudson Bay Company (b. 1789) compared to the stereotypes of mixed blood peoples depicted by Hollywood.
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Case Study: Reporting in Indigenous Communities

Alternate Title
Transforming Relations: A Collaborative Collection
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brodie Ferguson
Brief discussion of portrayals of Aboriginals in the news media and the descriptive website developed by Duncan McCue.
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Celluloid Indians: Native Americans and Film

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Erben
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 1, Series 2; Representations of American Indians in Contemporary Narrative Fiction Film , Spring, 2001, pp. [84]-86
Book review of: Celluloid Indians by Jacquelyn Kilpatrick. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Ceremonial Tradition as Form and Theme in Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven: A Performance-Based Approach to Native American Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen L. Carroll
Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association, vol. 38, no. 1, Special Convention Issue: Performance, Spring, 2005, pp. 74-84
Introduces undergraduate students to the storytelling tradition as a means to analyze how writers translate oral forms to written ones.
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Challenging Frontiers: The Canadian West

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Andrew R. Graybill
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 2, Summer, 2006, pp. 392-394
Book review of: Challenging Frontiers: The Canadian West by Lorry Felske and Beverly Rasporich.
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