Metaphorical Reflections on the Colonial Circus of the Drunken Indian and the Kidney Machine

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Koptie with editorial assistance by Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, pp. 66-79
Description
Contends that First Nations community workers need to share their observations and insights of Indigenous historic trauma and unresolved intergenerational suffering to help with the healing process.
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The Metaphysics of Modern Existence: A Spragens Analysis

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thomas J. Hoffman
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2013 WSSA American Indian Studies Section, Fall, 2013, pp. 1-4
Description
Looks at Deloria's exposition of the differences between Western and Non-Western views of nature.
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Métis as Treaty Parties

Alternate Title
Reconciliation and the Métis Conference [Session Four]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Adam Gaudry
Brenda Gunn
Darren O'Toole
Description
Gaudry discusses the concept of Wicihitowin as used to resolve a 19th century conflict between the Métis and the Dakota. Gunn discusses how international law relates to treaties signed with Indigenous peoples in Canada. O'Toole discusses whether Section 31 of The Manitoba Act constituted a treaty. Duration: 1:52:03.
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The Métis in English Canadian Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emma LaRocque
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 84-94
Description
Explores the position that First Nation and Métis peoples are not appropriately characterized in Canadian popular literature.
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Metis, Mennonites and the 'Unsettled Prairie,' 1874-1896

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donovan Giesbrecht
Journal of Mennonite Studies, vol. 19, 2001, pp. [103]-111
Description
Discusses example of how Mennonites have played a role in oppressing Manitoba's Native people even though they may be perceived as the spokespeople for the oppressed.
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Metis/Native Work Program

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
unknown
Description
31 images (four scanned here) of people involved in a Metis/Native work program in Saskatoon. Some photos of people working in a tire store. May 5, 1980.
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The Métis Status Decision

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
William Wicken
Description
History professor discusses the significance of Daniels v Canada with regards to identity of non-status Indians. Duration: 5:16.
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Métis Welfare: A History of Economic Exchange in Northwest Saskatchewan, 1770-1870

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Liam Haggarty
Saskatchewan History, vol. 61, no. 20, Glimpses of Métis Society and History in Northwest Saskatchewan, Fall, 2009, pp. 7-16
Description
Argues that most studies which examine poverty and government income supports to Métis and other Indigenous communities fail to consider Aboriginal systems of reciprocity, wealth distribution and social obligations. Compares Métis and Euro-Canadian conceptualizations of social welfare. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 7.
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Mexican Indigenismo, Choctaw Self-Determination, and Todd Downing's Detective Novels

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James H. Cox
American Quarterly, vol. 62, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 639-661
Description
Looks at how Todd Downing appropriates and refigures Mexico's Indigenous history and culture to reveal evidence of the modern Indigenous people obscured by Indigenismo discourse. The article also anticipates the anticolonial discourses of the American Indian civil rights movement.
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Mi'kmaq Children's Perceptions on Education

Alternate Title
Micmac Children's Perceptions on Education
Mikmaq Children's Perceptions on Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim A. Critchley
Vianne Timmons
Fiona Walton
Janet Bryanton
Mary Jean McCarthy
Jennifer Taylor
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 30, no. 2, 2007, pp. 217-230
Description
Comments on unique aspects of the research study, Building Healthy Mi'kmaq Communities in Prince Edward Island, which focused on the determinants of health, with education considered a strong social determinant.
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Micro-Reconciliation as a Pathway for Transformative Change

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline Lily Tait
William Mussell
Robert Henry
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, October 31, 2019, pp. 19-38
Description
Authors describe Micro-Reconciliation as “a pervasive and transformative moral refashioning of everyday interpersonal interactions between First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples and Canada’s settler population.” They stress the need for micro-level changes in day-to-day operations to be linked to overall structural reform if they are to be sustainable.
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The Middle of Somewhere

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Rozniatowski
The Beaver, vol. 77, no. 3, June/July 1997, p. 45
Description
Book review of: The Middle of Nowhere: Rediscovering Saskatchewan selected and with an introduction by Dennis Gruending.
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Miengun’s Children: Tales from a Mixed-Race Family

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan E. Gray
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 29, no. 2-3, 2008, pp. 146-185
Description
Presents a multi-generational biography of the Wolfe family lineage based on an array of personal narratives, diaries, memoirs and oral interviews with descendants.
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Migration, Mobility and the Health and Well-Being of Aboriginal Two-Spirit/LGBTQ People: Findings from a Winnipeg Project

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Ristock
Art Zoccole
Lisa Passante
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 4, Winter, 2011, pp. 5-34
Description
Examines experiences of moving and the impact on health and acceptance. Also recommends resources for services to aid in the transition.
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[The Mikmaw Concordat]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Laurie Meijer Drees
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal Women and Decolonization, 1999, pp. 147-152
Description
Book review of: The Mikmaw Concordat by James (Sakej) Youngblood Henderson.
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Mildred Redmond Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mildred Redmond
Evelyn Sit
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she tells of one of her ancestors, captured during the War of 1812, married into the tribe. Early organizer of native groups in Toronto.
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Militarization in the Cordillera Region, The Philippines

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Carling
Benedict Solang
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Militarization, 2001, pp. 20-25
Description
Describes the partial implementation and success of the Total War Policy against the New Peoples Army in the Philippines. To access this article, scroll down to page 20.
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Mind, Memory, and the Five-Year-Old

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gary F. Dorr
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Genocide Special Issue, December 30, 2018, pp. 132-135
Description
Creative non-fiction piece in which the Indigenous author reflects on the process of becoming a member of their white adoptive family.
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Mining Economies: Inuit Business Development and Employment in the Eastern Subarctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anteneh Belayneh
Thierry Rodon
Stephan Schott
Northern Review, no. 47, Dealing with Resource Development in Canada's North, August 03, 2018, pp. 59-78
Description
Article analyzes the impacts of the Raglan and Voisey’s Bay mines on business and employment rates in Nunavik and Nunatsiavut. Authors present the design, methodology, and results of a three-year study; examine trends, policy insights and possibilities for future research.
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