The Maori Land Court in New Zealand: An Historical Overview

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bryan D. Gilling
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 17-29
Description
Reviews the history of Maori/non-Maori land relations since 1865 in New Zealand and explores how legislation has helped to shape race relations.
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Māori Sport and Māori in Sport: Mass Media Representations and Pākehā Discourse

Alternate Title
Maori Sport and Maori in Sport: Mass Media Representations and Pakeha Discourse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tim McCreanor
Jenny Rankine
Angela Moewaka Barnes
Belinda Borell
Ray Nairn
Mandi Gregory
Hector Kaiwai
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 3, 2010, pp. 235-247
Description
Discusses the role of sport within both Māori and Pākehā cultures and the media's tendency in mainstream journalism to promote Pākehā perspectives.
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Mapping a Space for Sámi Studies in North America

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Troy Storfjell
Scandinavian Studies, vol. 75, no. 2, The People of Eight Seasons: The Sámi and Their Changing Culture, Summer, 2003, pp. 153-164
Description
Discusses ways to approach the increasing amount of scholarship on the Sámi and the emerging field of Sámi studies.
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Mapping the Americas: The Transnational Politics of Contemporary Native Culture; Manifesting America: The Imperial Construction of U.S. National Space

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Virginia Kennedy
American Literature, vol. 82, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 837-839
Description
Book reviews of: Mapping the Americas: The Transnational Politics of Contemporary Native Culture by Shari M. Huhndorf Manifesting America: The Imperial Construction of U.S. National Space by Mark Rifkin Book reviews found by scrolling to page 837.
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Mapping the World: Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water as a Cartographic Novel

Alternate Title
4th International Conference on Language and Communication: Proceedings
Current Issues and Future Directions in Media, Communication and Language
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Punyashree Panda
Description
Comments on how the novel undermines colonialism's imposition of artificial boundaries as part of the dispossession of Aboriginal lands. Paper from Current Issues and Future Directions in Media, Communication and Language. Entire volume on one pdf. Scroll down to p. 241.
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The Mapuche and Climate Change in the Chilean Neoliberal Economic System

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rosamel Millaman Reinao
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, 2008, pp. 66-71
Description
Discusses the effects of climate change, excessive industrial use of water and forest expansion within the context of traditional Mapuche worldviews of personhood and community.
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Marcus Sparklingeyes, Etienne Faval, Peter Shirt Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marcus Sparklingeyes
Etienne Faval
Peter Shirt
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
Three elders from Goodfish Lake Reserve talk about problems of defining accurate boundaries, their rights to a timber berth, and hay meadows which they believe are part of their reserve.
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Margaret Siwallace Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Margaret Siwallace
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with Margaret Siwallace where she mentions a flood legend of her people. She briefly describes the initital encounter of her people with Alexander MacKenzie.
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Marge La Framboise

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Linda Holoboff
Description
Seven images (two scanned here) of First Nations court worker Marge La Framboise sitting in court. Taken March 3, 1979.
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Marginalization, Decolonization and Voice: Prospects for Aboriginal Education in Canada

Alternate Title
Discussion Paper: Pan-Canadian Education Research Agenda, Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
[PCERA Symposium ; 1999]
[Report on the Pan-Canadian Education Research Agenda Symposium]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Terry Wotherspoon
Bernard Schissel
Description
Addresses the causes and implications of, and possible solutions to, the "education gap" between Aboriginal people and the general population in Canada. The paper highlights Joe Duquette High School and Princess Alexandria Community School, which are located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Excerpt from Report on the Pan-Canadian Education Research Agenda Symposium.
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Mari Sandoz & Her Legacy: Rebirth in the New Millennium

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
LaVerne Harrell Clark
Whispering Wind, vol. 35, no. 1, January-February 2005, pp. 14-17
Description
Discusses the book The Battle of Little Big Horn by Mari Sandoz and Custer's reasoning behind the attack.
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Marie Osecap 3 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marie Osecap
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview consists of childhood hunting expeditions for rabbit, gophers and duck. Also included is a description of the police stopping a Sundance.
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Maritime Indian Treaties in Historical Perspective

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
W.E. Daugherty
Treaties and Historical Research Centres
Research Branch
Corporate Policy
Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Description
Discussion of Treaties that came out of a period of intense warfare during 1693-1761 in the Malecites, Abenaki, and Mi'kmaq territories.
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Mark Wolfleg Sr. Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mark (Sr.) Wolfleg
Tony Snowsill
Indian History Film Project
Description
This is an interview with Mark Wolfleg held on the Blackfoot Reserve.
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Mark Wolfleg Sr. Interview 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mark (Sr.) Wolfleg
Tony Snowsill
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mark Wolfleg talks about the Blackfoot interpretation of the terms of Treaty #7; also the roles of the Crowfoot and a group of Metis in taking Treaty #7. He also talks about his overseas experiences during World War II.
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Married Couples Workshop

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ed Tax
Ernest Tootoosis
Indian History Film Project
Description
Destruction of Indian culture and religion by schools and by Christian churches. Discussion of the need to return to Indian religion and Indian values. No date given, probably late 1960's.
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Married Couples Workshop 3

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ed Thunderchild
Ed Laliberte
Jonas Lariviere
Felix Sugar
Alex Poorman
Morris Lewis
J. B. Stanley
James George Crooked
Joe Machiskenie
Bill Wapass
Pete Wapass
Marius Nahnepawish
Emile Piapot
Indian History Film Project
Description
Discussion on problems of the younger generation, including alcoholism. Also discussed ways in which parents and elders can help by instructing children and young people and by maintaining the Indian religion.
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Marrin Weejali: Alcohol & Other Drugs Centre, Mt Druitt

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Josie Dahlstrom
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 5, Sept./Oct. 2005, pp. 33-34
Description
Describes the success of, 'Tony Hunter's Place', a drug and alcohol treatment centre in Emerton, New South Wales, Australia.
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Martin Says All the Right Things to Chiefs [AFN Annual General Assembly]

Alternate Title
Martin Says All the Right Things to Chiefs [Assembly of First Nations Annual General Assembly]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 4, August 2002, p. 13
Description

Comments that Paul Martin’s speech in 2002 was met with interest and approval when he hinted at criticism of his own government's approach to issues regarding treaties and self-government, but with far less enthusiasm when he mentioned the First Nations governance act.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.7.

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Marxism and Native Americans Revisited

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 6th, 2005
Native Women in the Arts, Education and Leadership: Proceedings of the Sixth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
David Michael Smith
Description
Article attempts to assess the Native American relationship to Marxism.
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Mary Wemigwans Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mary Wemigwans
Cyndy Baskin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she gives a brief account of life in a residential school.
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Mary Whiteford Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mary Whiteford
Dan McLean
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mary Whiteford, aged 88, tells of the promises made to her father at the signing of Treaty 8.
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