The Northern Plains Beaded Collar and Necktie

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Green
Whispering Wind, vol. 37, no. 6, July-August 2008, pp. 4-[?]
Description
Looks at examples of Euro-American inspired dress adopted by the Plains tribes for their own use in Canada and the United States.
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Northern Québec James Bay Cree Regional Health Governance in Support of Community Participation: Honouring the "Butterfly"

Alternate Title
Northern Quebec James Bay Cree Regional Health Governance in Support of Community Participation: Honouring the "Butterfly"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martine C. Lévesque
Susan Law
Jill Torrie
Robert Carlin
Lucy Trapper ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 4, October 21, 2019
Description
Discusses the revelations of studies conducted by the Quebec regional health and social services agency on community engagement in healthcare planning. Highlights the nuanced differences between Cree perspectives and non-Indigenous perspectives and the need for models based in the recognition and elevation of community knowledges and viewpoints.
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Northern Resident Helps Bridge the Gap Between Cultures

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Black
Windspeaker, vol. 16, no. 12, April 1999, p. 16 s
Description

Brief profile of Mitiarjuk Attasie Nappaaluk, recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation in the Heritage and Spirituality category. Mitiarjuk is a Nunavik storyteller and teacher of Inuit culture, history, language and traditional knowledge.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.36.

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Northern Student Education Initiative

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nona R. German
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Inaugural Edition, May 1997, pp. 33-41
Description
Looks at the Northern Student Education Initiative that assists Aboriginal students pursuing post-secondary education in finding a sense of balance and harmony, while striving to futher their education in an unfamiliar environment.
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Northern Voices (Book Review)

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 70, no. 4, December 1989, pp. 606-608
Description
Book review of: Northern Voices: Inuit Writing in English by Penny Petrone.
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Northwest Frontier

Media » Film and Video
Description
Documentary filmed in 1941 gives brief history of the Northwest Territories and describes the situation at that time. Duration: 29:00.
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Not All Sorrys Are Created Equal, Some Are More Equal than ‘Others’

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brooke Collins-Gearing
M/C Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, May 2008, p. [?]
Description
A response to Brendan Nelson's apology to the Stolen Generations of Aboriginal Australians criticizing him for ignoring Aboriginal concepts of the time and perpetuating the attitudes and discourses that led to the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families in the first place.
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Not an Indian Tradition: The Sexual Colonization of Native Peoples

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Smith
Hypatia, vol. 18, no. 2, Indigenous Women in the Americas, Spring, 2003, pp. 70-85
Description
Looks at the connection between sexual violence and colonialism and the effects on contemporary U.S. policies regarding Native Americans.
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“Not Exactly Like Heaven”: Theological Imperialism

in The Surrounded

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laird Christensen
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1999, pp. [2]-16
Description
Discussion of the historical novel's treatment of the disruption of Salish belief systems and social / family structures due to the impact of Christianity after contact. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Not for Publication, or: On Not (Yet, Anyway) Producing

Bicultural Lumbee Auto-Ethnography

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Gardner
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 2, Series 2; Teaching American Indian Literatures, Summer, 1996, pp. [29]-46
Description
Describes a masters level course which included a fieldwork component consisting of interviewing an elder. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Note on the Shingwauk Industrial Home for Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Donald Wilson
Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society, vol. 16, no. 4, December 1, 1974, pp. 66-71
Description
Describes the policies, practises and curriculum of the school, as well as the philosophy of its founder, Rev. E. F. Wilson. Brief mention of the the Wawanosh School for girls.
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Notes from the Melting Pot: 463 Years after Cherokees Met DeSoto

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Blake Hausman
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 233-239
Description
Author examines the way that the current narratives surrounding Indigenous Peoples in what is now The United States historicize first peoples and marginalize their involvement in diversity programs within the academy.
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Notes on Becoming a Comrade: Indigenous Women, Leadership, and Movement(s) for Decolonization

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jaskiran Dhillon
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism, 2019, pp. 41-54
Description

Author uses her own experiences as non-Indigenous woman of color to explore the challenges in becoming an ally with Indigenous communities fight in their fight for decolonization.

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Notes on Contemporary Indian Identity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fedora Giordano
RSA Journal, no. 20, 2009, pp. [47]-62
Description
Reflects on legislation recognizing American Indians and discusses the politics of identity.
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Notes on Russian Indianists

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
O. Y. Danchevskaya
Description
Examines the present day interest in Native American life and culture.
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Notes on the Beothuk Indians of Newfoundland

Alternate Title
Annual Report of the National Museum of Canada 1927
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Diamond Jenness
Description
A summary of Diamond Jenness's 1927 trip to Newfoundland, where he studied the existence of Inuit features in Beothuk culture, the apparent absence of very ancient Beothuk remains in Newfoundland, and aspects of the Dorset-Eskimo culture.
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Notokwe Opikiheet - "Old-Lady Raised": Aboriginal Women's Reflections on Ethics and Methodologies in Health Research

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim Anderson
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 6-12
Description
Drawing on interviews with seven grandmothers, author argues that Aboriginal women have played a vital role in managing health and wellness in their communities.
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"Now ... Didn't Our People Laugh?" Female Misbehavior and Algonquian Culture in Mary Rowlandson's Captivity and Restauration

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Arnold
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, 1997, pp. 1-28
Description
Argues that a closer look at humour, in the work of Rowlandson, provides readers with a greater understanding of the Algonquian side of early cross-cultural relations and reveals the ways in which cultural discomfort and disharmony are not rare, but rather integral concepts for early American identity.
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The NSW SAS Cultural Safety Toolkit

Alternate Title
The New South Wales Sexual Assault Services Safety Toolkit
The SAS Cultural Safety Toolkit for NSW Sexual Assault Services
E-Books
Author/Creator
NSW Health
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The Numbered Treaties

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Connie Wyatt Anderson
Description

Lesson plan for use with the article The Numbered Treaties by Wabi Benais Mistatim Equay (Cynthia Bird) found on page 26 of  Treaties and the Treaty Relationship, a special issue of Canada's History. Suitable for Grades 7-12.

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The Numbered Treaties: Similar Means to Dichotomous Ends

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Derek Whitehouse

Past Imperfect, vol. 3, 1994, pp. [25]-45
Description
Argues that Aboriginals of the North-West Territories entered the treaty making process seeking to ensure cultural survival, while the government had the goal of assimilation.
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The Nunamiut Eskimos: Hunters of Caribou

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
B. Y. Card
Arctic, vol. 19, no. 4, December 1966, pp. 359-360
Description
Book review of: The Nunamiut Eskimosby Nicholas J. Gubser, with a foreword by George Peter Murdock.
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Nuuk, Greenland: Site, Situation, and “The Law of the Primate City”

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony J. Dzik
Northern Review, no. 48, October 18, 2018, pp. 3-32
Description
Defines a city’s “primacy” as having three factors: a large population in comparison to other cities in the country, economic preeminence, and symbolic of a national cultural identity and assesses how well Nuuk fulfills those criteria.
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