Contemporary Native American Autobiography: N. Scott Momaday's The Way to Rainy Mountain
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hertha D. Wong
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, 1988, pp. 15-31
Description
Analyzes the attempt by Momaday to combine traditional Native American personal narratives with contemporary versions from their white education.
Contemporary Native Art in a Primitive World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katherine McFadden
WUJAVC: Western Undergraduate Journal of Art and Visual Culture, vol. 1, Inaugural Issue, 2007-2008, p. [?]
Description
Argues that both past and present Aboriginal art forms have been underrepresented in national museums. Past art because it has been viewed as craft, and modern works because their content makes viewers uncomfortable.
Contemporary Native Artists and International Biennial Culture
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bill Anthes
Visual Anthropology Review, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2009, pp. 109-127
Description
Examines global visibility of Native artists using the 2007 Venice Biennale, an international art exhibition, as a case study.
Contemporary Prairie Perceptions of Canada's Native Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger Gibbins
J. Rick Ponting
Prairie Forum, vol. 2, no. 1, May 1977, pp. 57-81
Description
Examines a study conducted January and February 1976 regarding the perceptions by non-Indian prairie residents of Native peoples. Statistics show differences in perception were significant between respondents of different educational attainments and age.
Contemporary Problems in the Study of Native North American Religions with Special Reference to the Hopis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Armin W. Geertz
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer-Autumn, 1996, pp. 393-414
Description
Article articulates some of the ethical issues that arise in the study in Indigenous spiritual practices; focuses on misinterpretation, appropriation, corruption of different spiritual practices.
The Contemporary Reality of Canadian Imperialism: Settler Colonialism and the Hybrid Colonial State
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam J. Barker
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3, Summer, 2009, pp. 325-352
Description
Looks into the structure of contemporary imperialism, the role Canada plays in an imperial system, and the nature of Canadian society as a Settler society.
Contemporary Regulation of Public Policy Participation of the Saami and Roma: A Truncated Process
Alternate Title
Contemporary Regulation of Public Policy Participation of the Sami and Roma: A Truncated Process
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Konstantia Koutouki
Doris Farget
International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, vol. 19, no. 4, 2012, pp. 427-451
Description
Assesses current participatory system for shortcomings and presents available options.
Contemporary Reinvention of Chief Seattle: Variant Texts of Chief Seattle's 1854 Speech
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Denise Low
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 407-421
Description
Author critically examines printed text versions of Chief Seattle’s speech, considers how factors of historical context, translation from oral performance to written text, and intended audience might influence the retelling and meaning of the speech.
Contested Conversations: Presentations, Expectations, and Responsibility at the National Museum of the American Indian
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanne Barker
Clayton Dumont
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 2006, pp. 111-140
Description
Controversy and politics about the representation of Native American art in the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.
Contested Destinies: Aboriginal Advocacy in South Australia's Interwar Years
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Foster
Aboriginal History, vol. 42, December 2018, pp. 73-95
Description
Author lists and describes many of the associations that were formed in Australian in the early part of the 20th century; discusses the agendas of the different organizations and how they affected government policy and social discourses.
Contested Spaces of Early America
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Coll Thrush
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 124-126
Description
Book review of: Contested Spaces of Early America edited by Juliana Barr and Edward Countryman.
Contesting Patriarchies: Nlha7pamux and Stl'atl'imx Women and Colonialism in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nadine Schuurman
Gender, Place & Culture, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 141-158
Description
Uses archival material to show the interaction between First Nations women and European settlers in the last half of the nineteenth century.
Contesting Scientists' Narrations of NAGPRA's Legislative History: Rule 10.11 and the Recovery of "Culturally Unidentifiable" Ancestors
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clayton W. Dumont
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 5-41
Description
Discusses the conflict between anthropologists & archaeologists and Indigenous peoples on the rule for the disposition of culturally unidentifiable Native American human remains in the possession or control of museums or Federal agencies.
Contesting White Knowledge: Yolngu Stories from World War II
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Noah Riseman
Oral History Review, vol. 37, no. 2, Summer/Fall, 2010, pp. 170-190
Description
Looks at written documents and oral recollections to uncover the experiences of Indigenous soldiers and their contributions in World War II, the Northern Territory, and Australian history.
Context and Background to Settlement Agreement
Alternate Title
Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes, Session 1
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cat Criger
Mayo Moran
Phil Fontaine
Description
Session One from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes held Friday, January 18, 2013 at the University of Toronto. Includes prayer and opening remarks and discussion on settlement negotiations.
Duration: 1:54:14.
The Context of the State of Nature
Alternate Title
Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson
Description
Looks at Thomas Hobbes' theory of the "state of nature" and how it has shaped Europeans' treatment of Indigenous peoples.
Chapter 1 from: Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision edited by Marie Battiste.
Contextualizing CBPR: Key Principles of CBPR Meet the Indigenous Research Context
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah LaVeaux
Suzanne Christopher
Pimatisiwin, vol. 7, no. 1, Summer, 2009, pp. 1-25
Description
Questions how the Community Based Participatory Research principles stand up when applied to American Aboriginal communities and whether additional contextual information is necessary to understand and work with these principles.
Contextually Appropriate Aquatic Programming in Canada's North: The Shallow Water Lifeguard Certification
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Audrey R. Giles
Kyle Rich
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 33, no. 1, 2013, pp. 49-64
Description
Studies program and recommends a greater inclusion of culturally responsive water safety education strategies in order to achieve a more desirable outcome.
The Continuing Impact of Manifest Destiny in a Small Town
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darcy James
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 14, no. 1, Spring, 1999, pp. 147-163
Description
Looks at the historical relationship, from a small town perspective, between people on the Nez Perce reservation and the United States, be it government or local level interactions.
Continuous Cultures, Ongoing Responsibilities: Principles and Guidelines for Australian Museums Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Janey Dolan
Description
Revision of the document Previous Possessions, New Obligations to ensure it remains relevant.
Related material:
Previous Possessions, New Obligations (older version).
First Peoples, Connecting Custodians (new version).
Continuum of Readiness for Collaboration, ICWA Compliance, and Reducing Disproportionality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom Lidot
Rose-Margaret Orrantia
Miryam J. Choca
Child Welfare, vol. 91, no. 3, Services for Native Children and Families in North America, May/June 2012, pp. 65-87
Description
Looks at strengthening collaboration between state and county welfare agencies and communities.
Contrary Neighbors: Southern Plains and Removed Indians in Indian Territory by David La Vere.
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rowena McClinton
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2001, pp. [91]-95
Description
Book review of: Contrary Neighbours: Southern Plains and Removed Indians in Indian Territory by David La Vere.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Contrasting Worlds
Alternate Title
Métis Development and the Canadian West ; 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Calvin Racette
Description
Overview of Métis history from the 1600s to the early 1870s when many Métis migrated from Manitoba to Saskatchewan. Includes questions for students.
2nd edition.
Controlling Land: Historical Representations of News Discourse in British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Harding
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 65-92
Description
Analysis of rhetoric used in news coverage of 1998 referendum on the Nisga'a Treaty and 2002 BC Treaty Referendum in the National Post, Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun, The Province, Abbotsford Times, Chilliwack Times, and Kamloops Daily News.
Convenient Truths: History, Memory, and Identity in Brantford, Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Farrugia
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 46, no. 2, Special Issue: Finding Common Ground, Spring, 2012, pp. 122-146
Description
Article discusses how the power elites erect monuments to their own version of history.
Convergence and Conflict: An Abstract
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa K. Nelson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 99-100
Description
Brief abstract explores the similarities and differences between Indigenous and contemporary science for scholar-activists.
A Conversation with the World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lonnie Graham
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 98-111
Description
Looks at two groups photographed and interviewed for the project: First Nations youth from Calgary, Alberta and Te Ora Hou, a Maori youth organization in Christchurch, New Zealand.