Chief Seattle's Speech Revisited

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arnold Krupat
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 192-214
Description
Analyzes a speech given by Duwamish and Suquamish Indian Chief Sealth or Seattle, along with Henry Smith's account, concerning the concession of native lands to the settlers and a plea for respect of Native American rights and environmental values.
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"Chief": The American Indian Integration of Baseball, 1897-1945

Alternate Title
'Chief'
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffrey Powers-Beck
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 4, Fall, 2001, pp. 508-538
Description
Study uses various newspapers, periodicals and interviews to prove that professional baseball was an instrument of both racial and cultural prejudices, enforced through the educational programs of boarding schools.
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"Chiefs Campbell & Black, with Families."

Images » Photographs
Description
An image of three horses, two of which are hitched to a travois. There are three Aboriginal people on horseback, and two standing nearby. The horse on the right appears to be carrying two non-Aboriginal men who are posing for the photograph.
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Chiefs with Lt. Gov. Dewdney

Images » Photographs
Description
Subtitled: "Entered according to act of Parliament of Canada, in the year 1885 by Prof. Buell in the office of the ministry of agriculture." Image of Lt. Gov. Dewdney and a troop of military men in uniform. In the foreground are 6 chiefs.
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The Chilcotin Uprising of 1864

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edward Sleigh Hewlett
BC Studies, no. 19, Indians in British Columbia, Autumn, 1973, pp. 50-72
Description
Looks at attitudes and factors involved in the resistance.
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Child Care

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Janet Jones
June Barker
Steven Djabi
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, March 1979, pp. 21-22
Description
Three health workers report on their experiences in the field regarding children's' health issues.
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Children of Change, Not Doom: Indigenous Futurist Heroines in YA

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynette James
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 151-176
Description
Proposes that “Indigenous futurism is a deliberate, intentional, and purpose-driven position that addresses not only inclusion but intersectionality for its protagonists and themes;” and ask the reader to consider it both an aesthetic and a framework for critical theory. Examines different dystopian YA texts in this context.
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Children of Mr. & Mrs. George Mann Jr.

Images » Photographs
Description
A studio photograph of the children of Mr. and Mrs. George Mann Jr., probably taken in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan in the 1920s. (l to r) Eveleen, Beatrice, Pete and Marion.
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The Children of Tama

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth E. Hoyt
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 3, no. 1, October 1963, pp. [15-20]
Description
Examines two educational experiments carried out by the University of Chicago at the Sac and Fox Indian settlement in Tama County, Iowa.
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The Children of Tomorrow's Great Potlatch

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ernie Crey
BC Studies, no. 89, In Celebration of Our Survival: The First Nations of British Columbia, Spring, 1991, pp. 150-158
Description
Looks at effects of the Indian Act and the damage done to First Nations children in residential schools and child welfare services.
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China & the Arctic Council

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tony Penikett
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, no. 2, Literacy & Democracy, December 2013, pp. 77-[78]
Description
Discusses China's observer status and their refusal to express support for the rights of the Arctic’s Indigenous peoples.
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Chipewyan, Cree and Inuit Relations West of Hudson Bay, 1714-1955

Alternate Title
Chippewayan, Cree and Inuit Relations West of Hudson Bay, 1714-1955
Chipwyan, Cree and Inuit Relations West of Hudson Bay, 1714-1955
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James G. E. Smith
Ethnohistory, vol. 28, no. 2, Spring, 1981, pp. 133-156
Description
Analyzes three phases of relations among groups using historical sources including documentation from the Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Winnipeg.
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Chippewa Tri-Council Inquiry: Chippewas of Beausoleil First Nation, Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation, Chippewas of Rama First Nation: Collins Treaty Claim

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background to claim presented to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the validity of Collins Treaty. ICC assisted the two parties in reaching an agreement in principle. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Chitty Harjo

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles Brashear
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, 1997, pp. 255-264
Description
Presents a fictional story of cross cultural relations and friendship.
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Choctawan Aesthetics, Spirituality, and Gender Relations: An Interview with LeAnne Howe

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kirstin L. Squint
MELUS, vol. 35, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 211-224
Description
Discussion with LeAnne Howe on her novels Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story and Shell Shaker and their representations of Choctawan cultural elements such as spirituality, linguistic characteristics, ancient trade and diplomacy practices, and gender roles.
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Choosing America's Heroes and Villains: Lessons Learned from the Execution of Silon Lewis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon A. Mihesuah
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 29, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 2005, pp. 239-262
Description
Editorial article examines how the execution of the Choctaw man Silon Lewis is framed in the social narrative which surrounds it and how that framing allows Lewis to be seen as a “savage” or villain rather that a hero protecting his people and culture.
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Chris Bull Shields Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Chris Bull Shields
Mike Devine
Indian History Film Project
Description
Chris Bull Shields, age 73, describes the signing of Treaty #7, and the establishment of the boundaries of the Blood Reserve.
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Christianization among the Chumash: An Ethnohistoric Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James A. Sandos
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 1, Winter, 1991, pp. 65-89
Description
Article attempts to examine some of the reasons the Chumash people elected to be baptized, the consequences for that choice, and the resistance (both overt and subversive) that they offered to Christian missionaries.
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Christine Quintasket

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Heather Andrews Miller
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 1, April 2007, p. 30
Description

Chronicles the life and works of the novelist and advocate of Aboriginal land rights.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.30.

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Christopher Columbus and the Problems of History

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Johnny P. Flynn
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue on Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years, 1993, pp. 11-16
Description
Provides alternative fictional history of Columbus' voyage, contact and effects through use of Coyote to illustrate the teaching.
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Christopher Columbus: Lost Havens in the Ruins of Representation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald Vizenor
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Shamans and Preachers, Color Symbolism and Commercial Evangelism: Reflections on Early Mid-Atlantic , Autumn, 1992, pp. 521-532
Description
Author engages with the narrative surrounding Christopher Columbus and the sociocultural implications of that narrative in the USA.
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[Christopher Morris]

Alternate Title
Hinterviews, no. 4, 2009-10
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Peter Hinton
Christopher Morris
Description
Writer/director of the play Night discusses his work. Duration: 28:55.
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Churches Rejoice at Australian Apology

Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 134, no. 4, April 2008, p. 9
Description
Comments on the Australian Prime Minister's February 13th, 2008 apology to the country's indigenous peoples for past wrong doings.
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[The Churches Speak about Residential Schools]

Alternate Title
World at Six
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Rick Grant
Georges Erasmus
Adam Exner
Description
Church leaders appear before the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) regarding charges of abuse and cultural genocide. Duration: 2:04.
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Cindy Blackstock Speech, May 8, 2013

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Description
Comments on the disparities between Canadian First Nations children and those of other Canadian children.
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Cinema, Culture & Society: Westerns

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cinema
Culture & Society
Description
Brief bibliography lists general and Aboriginal-specific sources of literature on the genre. Current as of 2004.
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Circling the Question of Nationalism in Native Canadian Literature and its Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristina Fagan
Sam McKegney
Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, vol. 41, no. 1, May 2008, pp. 31-42
Description
Examines to what extent Native writers, critics, and researchers, as well as non-Native people who work in Native Studies, are led or constrained by beliefs about what is traditional, spiritually appropriate, politically effective and beneficial to Native communities.
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