Natives and Settlers Now and Then: Historical Issues and Current Perspectives on Treaties and Land Claims in Canada

Alternate Title
"The Rights to the Land May be Transferred": Archival Records as Colonial Text—A Narrative of Métis Scrip
Nation-Building as Process: Reflections of a Nihiyow [Cree]
Natives and Settlers Now and Then: Refractions of the Colonial Past in the Present
Remembering Harold Cardinal
Three Treaty Nations Compared: Economic and Political Consequences for Indigenous People in Canada, the United States, and New Zealand
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
Sharon H. Venne
Harold Cardinal
Paul W. DePasquale
Patricia Seed
Erin McGregor
Description
Special issue of Canadian Review of Comparative Literature, vol. 34, no. 1, 2007.
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The Nature of the Potlatch

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
H. G. Barnett
American Anthropologist, vol. 40, no. 3, New Series, July-September 1938, pp. 349-358
Description
Discusses the essential facts about the ceremony attempting to adjust certain misunderstandings.
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Navaho and Zuni Veterans: A Study of Contrasting Modes of Culture Change

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Adair
Evon Vogt
American Anthropologist, vol. 51, no. 4, pt. 1, New Series, October-December 1949, pp. 547-561
Description
Authors compare each community's attitudes toward participating in the war, ceremonies conducted before and after enlistees went abroad and community response to the acculturation experienced by the veterans.
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Navajo Communication and the University Classroom

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles A. Braithwaite
Intercultural Communication Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, 1998-1999, pp. 33-42
Description
Investigates success of tribally controlled colleges to determine assistance needed for students transferring to predominately Anglo universities.
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Navajo Philosophy and Its Application in Education

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 3rd, 1999
Native American Symposium ; 4th, 2001
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jutta Vogelbacher
Description
Discusses how a curriculum framed from the Aboriginal perspective benefits Native American students.
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Navajo Poetry in a Changing World: What the Diné Can

Teach Us

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Zolbrod
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 4, Series 2. Critical Approaches, Winter, 1994, pp. 77-93
Description
Looks at how Navajo poetry integrative themes and poetic practices can be used to help us to look at ancient classics. The article also finds, in American Indian novels, what is missing in contemporary Western culture for true cultural and environmental restoration to take place. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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The Navajo Tradition - Transition to the Bahá’í Faith

Alternate Title
Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Linda S. Covey
Description
Examines the three reasons behind the conversion of the Navajo, or Diné, to the little-known eastern religion in the early 1960s.
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The Navajos in the Anglo-American Historical Imagination, 1807-1870

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William H. Lyon
Ethnohistory, vol. 43, no. 3, Summer, 1996, pp. 483-509
Description
Anglo-Americans had mixed and ambiguous attitudes towards the Navajo; while admiring their virtues they reluctantly resorted to a military solution as a response to Navajo raiding.
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Navigating the Cultural Geography of Indigenous Peoples' Attitude toward Genetic Research: The Ohana (Family) Heart Project

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
May Vawer
Patsy Kaina
Ann Leonard
Michael Ogata
Beth Blackburn
Malia Young
Todd B. Seto
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21346
Description
Study confirms that priorities for both researchers and Indigenous populations needs to be taken into account to ensure a mutually satisfying outcome.
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Navigating the Tide Together: Early Collaboration between Tribal and Academic Partners in a CBPR Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather S.V. Lonczak
Lisa Rey Thomas
Dennis Donovan
Lisette Austin
Robin L.W. Sigo
Nigel Lawrence
Squamish Tribe
Pimatisiwin, vol. 11, no. 3, 2013, pp. 395-409
Description
Examines the collaborative effort between the Squamish Tribe and the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute at the University of Washington to develop a culturally sensitive substance abuse prevention program.
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Navigating Two Worlds: Experiences of Counsellors Who Integrate Aboriginal Traditional Healing Practices

Alternate Title
Navigant Deux Mondes: Les Expériences de Conseillers Qui Intègrent les Pratiques Traditionnelles de Guérison Autochtone
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Olga Oulanova
Roy Moodley
Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, vol. 44, no. 4, 2010, p. 346–362
Description
Study discusses the interaction of factors needed to integrate traditional medicine into western health services for Aboriginal clients.
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A Necessary Inclusion: Native Literature in Native Studies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renate Eigenbrod
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 1-19
Description
Discussion on how and why Aboriginal literature should become an intrinsic component in the discipline of Native Studies. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
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The Necessity of Jimmie Durhan's Jokes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Shiff
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, Recent Native American Art, Autumn, 1992, pp. 74-80
Description
Discusses the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (United States) and the artist's response, as illustrated in his art, is that "authenticity" is another concept designed to keep Native Americans enclosed in "their world" through a label imposed by Euro-Americans.
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Ned Laboucan Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ned Laboucan
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
This 75 year old man describes changes brought about by Treaty #8; promises of reserve at Prairie Lake; and confusion over treaty status of many northern people.
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The Need For Interpreting and Translation Services For Australian Aboriginals With Special Reference to the Northern Territory - A Research Report

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
R. M. W. Dixon
Aboriginal History, vol. 4, no. 2, 1980, pp. 226-229
Description
Book review of: The Need For Interpreting and Translation Services For Australian Aboriginals With Special Reference to the Northern Territory - A Research Report compiled by Gloria Brennan. To access review, scroll down to page 226.
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The Need for Student Records in the Counseling of Navaho Students

Alternate Title
Need for Student Records in the Counseling of Navajo Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edward Charles Hinckley
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 2, no. 3, October 1962, pp. [1-6]
Description
Explains why a Navajo-wide standardization of records is required and why the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs employees' should have cultural understanding and awareness.
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Negotiating Divergent Economic and Social Systems in Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century North America: Women and the Fur Trade

Alternate Title
IEHC 2006: Settler Economies in World History ; Session 97
International Economic History Congress ; 14th, 2006
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Susan Sleeper-Smith
Description
Explores the exchange processes that came to characterize the North Atlantic commerce in furs. Paper presented at the 14th International Economic History Congress, Helsinki, Finland, 21-25, August 2006.
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