Lynching of Louie Sam

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rina Fraticelli
Mary Armstrong
David Milwraith
Wild Zone Films
Keith Carlson
Description
Docudrama about incident in 1884 when a lynch mob of approximately 100 Americans crossed the border and hung the fourteen-year-old St´:lõ boy who they accused of killing a American shopkeeper named James Bell. Based on article "The Lynching of Louis Sam", B.C. Studies, No. 109, Spring 1996, pp. 63-79, by Keith Thor Carlson. Duration: 52:04.
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The Lynx in Time: Haudenosaunee Women's Traditions and History

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara A. Mann
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 423-449
Description
Author explores the stories of the Jigonsaseh (Haudenosaunee Clan Mothers), how these women’s stories have been skewed through the Western lens of ethnography, and how reclamation of these narratives is important in the ongoing reevaluation of women’s social roles.
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The Mabo case: A Radical Decision?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Gray
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 33-74
Description
Discusses the landmark Australian case, the Mabo decision in the historical context of race relations and reviews issues such as separation of powers doctrine, terra nullius, sovereignty, and Native title.
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The Mace Runner Ceremony

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cynthia Block
Description
Comments on two historic events that occurred on May 29, 2006 in the Saskatchewan legislature; the 100th anniversary of the first sitting and the first recognition of treaties and treaty relationships. Duration: 14:03.
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Mackenzie's Rock / With a map showing the course followed by the explorer from Bella Coola, B.C., to the Rock, and illustrated with views along the route. - R.P. Bishop. - Booklet. - 1923.

Alternate Title
Historic Sites Series (National and Historic Parks Branch) ; no. 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R.P. Bishop
Description
Booklet on Captain Bishop's efforts to locate the rock which was the westernmost point reached by Sir Alexander Mackenzie during his 1793 expedition into what is now British Columbia.
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Maggie Sette Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Maggie Sette
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
Description
Maggie Sette tells of her childhood and living the traditional lifestyle.
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Magical Resistance: Louise Erdrich’s Use of Magic Realism in Tracks and The Plague of Doves

Alternate Title
Native American Leadership: Past, Present and Future
Native American Symposium; 11th, 2015
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Caleb Tankersley
Description
Literary criticism which discusses novels in the context of the genre of magical realism; discusses the genre as a means of political resistance and subversion favoured by post-colonial writers, feminist writers, and writers of colour.
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Mainstream Organizations' Interaction With Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in the Muuji Region of the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Julie Tongs
Nerelle Poroch
Jodie Fisher
David Thompson
Kerry Arabena
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, January/February 2009, pp. 8-10
Description
Results of the Services Survey during the 2003-2006 period indicate poor service levels towards the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.
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Mainstreaming Indigeneity by Indigenizing Policymaking: Towards an Indigenous Grounded Analysis Framework as Policy Paradigm

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Augie Fleras
Roger Maaka
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall, 2009
Description
Looks at the mainstreaming of Indigeneity along indigenous policymaking lines in New Zealand and Canada by examining self determining autonomy models and state determination governance models.
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Maintaining the Illusion of Democracy: Policy-making and Aboriginal Education in Canada, 1946-1948

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen Raptis
Samantha Bowker
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 102, March 27, 2010, pp. [1]-21
Description
Looks at the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons minutes and proceedings from 1949 which recommended a move away from segregated to integrated schools for Aboriginal children.
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Major Questions About Preservice Teachers to Indian Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James M. Mahan
Mary F. Smith

Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 18, no. 2, January 1979, pp. [1-5]
Description
Highlights the need for more research into the effectiveness of student teachers in cross cultural situations.
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Make Yourself (Un)Comfortable: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun at the Museum

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tania Willard
Karen Duffek
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 113-127
Description
Curators of the exhibition Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Unceded Territories describe project which brought together art, activism, history, Indigenous youth, and the wider public to "amplify the artist’s insistence that all of us consider our collective responsibilities to this earth".
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Making a Co-operative Turn: Renegotiating Culture-State Relationships

Alternate Title
Culture and the State ; v. 2
Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Isobel M. Findlay
pp. 7-30
Description
Discusses the renegotiation of culture-state relationships as an opportunity and obligation to enrich current debate and open up possibilities by revaluing Aboriginal knowledge and heritage and recognizing the benefits of co-operative, cross-disciplinary, and cross-cultural practices. Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies edited by James Gifford and Gabrielle Zezukla-Mailloux. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 7.
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Making Aboriginal People ‘Immigrants Too’: A Comparison of Citizenship Programs for Newcomers and Indigenous Peoples in Postwar Canada, 1940s–1960s

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heidi Bohaker
Franca Iacovetta
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 90, no. 3, September 2009, pp. 427-461
Description
Looks at the governments attempt to create a one-size-fits-all category of societal Canadian citizenship, and reveals the extent to which First Nations peoples and immigrants were expected to conform to Canadian values and standards.
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"Making All the Crooked Ways Straight": The Satirical Portrait of Whites in Coast Salish Folklore

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Madronna Holden
The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 89, no. 353, July-Sept. 1976, pp. 271-293
Description
Jokes played on the first whites by Native American Indians living in southwestern Washington State became known as a folkloristic reception and were used by Aboriginal storytellers to translate historical fact into record.
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Making Birch Bark Talk

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ross Mitchell
Manitoba Pageant, vol. 9, no. 2, January 1964, p. [?]
Description
Describes how Rev. James Evans came to invent Cree syllabics for the use of his students at Norway House.
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Making Movies, Changing Lives: Aboriginal Film and Identity

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jean-Paul Restoule
Canadian Issues, vol. 21, [Aboriginal Peoples in Canada/Futures and Identities], [Winter], 1999, pp. 180-189
Description

Comments on the empowerment of film-making as well as the increased opportunities for cross-cultural learning.

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[The Making of a Virtual Indian Residential School]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Adam Muller
Description
Presentation introduces the initiative and reflects on some of the key challenges facing researchers involved with the Embodying Empathy project which seeks to construct a digital representation of a Canadian Indian Residential School. Duration: 1:27:51.
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The Making of Treaty 8 in Canada's Northwest

Alternate Title
The Making of Treaty #8 in Canada's Northwest
The Making of Treaty Eight in Canada's Northwest
The Making of Treaty No. 8 in Canada's Northwest
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Virtual Museum of Canada
Description
Site describes events leading up to Treaty 8, its boundaries encompass portions of what are now British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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