Black Majority

Book Reviews
Aboriginal and islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 4, 1989, pp. 51-53
Description
Book review of: Black Majority by Roberta B. Sykes.
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Blackfeet at Earnscliffe

Alternate Title
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of a gathering of Blackfoot members and associates at Earnscliffe, residence of John A. MacDonald, located in Ottawa, Ontario. On back of photograph: "Front row, left to right: North Axe; Peigan Chief; One Spot; Blood sub-chief. Middle row: Three Bulls, half brother of Crowfoot; Crowfoot; Blackfoot Chief, died 2nd April, 1890; Red Cloud; Blood Chief. Back row: Father Lacombe; John L'Heureux, interpreter. From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
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Blackfoot Ethnography

Alternate Title
Archaeological Survey of Alberta Manuscript Series ; no. 8, 1986
Theses
Author/Creator
Kenneth E. Kidd
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 1937.
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The Blackout of Native American Cultural Achievements

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Virgil J. Vogel
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 1, Winter, 1987, pp. 11-35
Description
Discusses the lack of recognition for historical Indigenous cultural achievements. Achievements examined are: medicine, maple sugar, and the use of fertilizer.
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The Blame Game: Constructions of Māori Medical Compliance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Liane Penney
Helen Moewaka Barnes
Tim McCreanor
AlterNative, vol. 7, no. 2, 2011, pp. 73-86
Description
Looks at the disparities in health which are compounded by discriminatory attitudes and behaviours of clinicians.
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Blanket Exercise Treaty 8 and Métis (Alberta) Adaptation: Facilitator Guide

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alberta Teachers' Association
Description
Adapted for the Alberta context from the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience focusing on the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada. Themes explored are: assimilation, discrimination, Indigenous rights and reconciliation.
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The Blessings of the Poppy: Opium and the Akha People of Northern Laos

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Epprecht
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Indochina, October/November/December 2000, pp. 16-21
Description
Discusses relations between the Akha highland peoples and the lowlanders as well as the role opium production and consumption plays in their lives. To access this article scroll down to page 16.
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Blockades or Breakthroughs? Aboriginal Peoples Confront the Canadian State

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sarah Nickel
BC Studies, no. 191, Autumn, 2016, pp. 165-167
Description
Book review of: Blockades or Breakthroughs? Aboriginal Peoples Confront the Canadian State edited by Yale D. Belanger and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 165.
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Blood Came from Their Mouths: Tongva and Chumash Responses to the Pandemic of 1801

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edward D. Castillo
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 47-61
Description
Examination of the religious and cultural responses, of two California Native American groups, to new diseases, which were of Spanish origin, and to colonization.
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Blood Politics, Racial Classification, and Cherokee National Identity: The Trials and Tribulations of the Cherokee Freedmen

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Circe Sturm
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 230-258
Description
Author considers different perceptions of and from people of mixed Black and Cherokee ancestry in an attempt to better understand the discourses surrounding the Cherokee Freedmen, tribal affiliations, and the constructs of individual and community identities.
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Blood Quantum

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
Adrian Cook
Description
A performance piece recreates the author's experiences growing up as he attempted to reclaim his Native American heritage.
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[Blue Ravens]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jay Whitaker
The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 2, Spring, 2015, pp. 228-230
Description
Book review of: Blue Ravens by Gerald Vizenor.
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Blueprint on Aboriginal Health: A 10-Year Transformative Plan

Documents & Presentations
Description
A national plan for closing the gap in health outcomes for the First Nation, Inuit and Métis people of Canada. Discussed at the meeting of the First Ministers and Leaders of National Aboriginal organizations, Strengthening Relationships and Closing the Gap, held November 24-25, 2005 in Kelowna, British Columbia.
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Blueprints for Indian Education: Improving Mainstream Schooling

Alternate Title
ERIC Digest ; 372898
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robin A. Buttlerfield
Description
Looks at results from the U.S. Department of Education's Indian Nations at Risk (INAR) Task Force and the White House Conference on Indian Education in 1992 regarding Native students in public schools and school reform.
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Blurring the Boundaries of Policy and Legislation in the Schooling of Indigenous Children in British Columbia, 1901-1951

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen Raptis
Historical Studies in Education, vol. 27, no. 2, Special Feature II: Selections from the CHEA Conference, Fall, 2015, pp. 65-77
Description
Contends that some Indigenous children were schooled alongside settler children prior to the passage of legislation that legalized such practices in 1951.
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"Body-snatching": Changes to Coroners Legislation and Possible Māori Responses

Alternate Title
"Body-snatching": Changes to Coroners Legislation and Possible Maori Responses
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carl Mika
AlterNative, vol. 5, no. 1, 2009, pp. 26-41
Description
Examines cultural issues associated with Māori funeral practices, and burial laws that are needed to address the conflicts with post-mortem examinations.
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The Book of Jessica: The Healing Circle of a Woman's Autobiography

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susanna Egan
Canadian Literature, no. 144, Native, Individual, State, Spring, 1995, pp. 10 - 26
Description

Discusses a play, The Book of Jessica, that illustrates the struggle women have in understanding what being "a woman" means, including across the barriers of race, culture, privilege and age. 

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Book review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ron Welburn
Wendy G. Teeter
Steven D. Gomez
Donald L. Fixico
Stephen Wall
Gregory R. Campbell
Gus Pànthái:dê Palmer
Martha J. Macri
James Mackay
Anthony K. Webster
Rebecca Tsosie
Anya Montiel
Maria Williams
Kevin J. White
Sarah Deer
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 3, 2009, pp. 111-165
Description
Book reviews of 20 books: The American Indian Oral History Manual: Making Many Voices Heard by Charles E. Trimble, Barbara W. Sommer and Mary Kay Quinlan. Collaborating at the Trowel's Edge: Teaching and Learning in Indigenous Archaeology edited by Stephen W. Silliman. Doctor to the North: Thirty Years Treating Heart Disease Among the Inuit by John H.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tom G. Svensson
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 447-449
Description
Book review of The Origins of Indigenism: Human Rights and the Politics of Identity by Ronald Niezen.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Scott R. Trevithick
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 164-166
Description
Book review of: Powhatan's World and Colonial Virginia: A Conflict of Cultures by Frederic W. Gleach.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David J. Norton
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 377-378
Description
Book review of: Behind the Frontier: Indians in 18th Century Eastern Massachusetts by Daniel R. Mandell
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rob Nestor
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 166-169
Description
Book review of: The Resettlement of British Columbia: Essay on Colonialism and Geographical Change by Cole Harris.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Don Lewis Lee Cardinal
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 191-193
Description
Book review of: Loyal Till Death: Indians and the NorthWest Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cam McEachern
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 375-377
Description
Book review of: When the Wind Was a River: Aleut Evacuation in World War II by Dean Kohlhoff.
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[Book Review]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Shepard Krech
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Native Peoples, Museums, and Heritage Resource Management, 1987, pp. 152-155
Description
Review of: Indian-European Trade Relations in the Lower Saskatchewan River Region to 1840 by Paul C. Thistle.
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Book Review [Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean-Paul Restoule
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 392-396
Description
Book review of: Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit: Essays on Native American Life Today by Leslie Marmon Silko.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Stuart Baldwin
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 188-190
Description
Book review of: Rio del Norte: People of the Upper Rio Grande From Earliest Times to the Pueblo Revolt by Carroll L. Riley.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dell Hymes
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 179-180
Description
Book review of: Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians by Morris Edward Opler.
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