The Dreamtime Narrative: Australian Aboriginal Women Writers, Oral Tradition and Personal Experience

Alternate Title
Culture and the State ; v. 2
Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Kathleen Crocker
Description
Demonstrates how Aboriginal women writers have developed a method of literary production termed "The Dreamed Narrative." Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 101.
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Drug Tourism or Spiritual Healing?: Ayahuasca Seekers in Amazonia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Winkelman
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 37, no. 2, Ayahuasca Use in Cross-Cultural Perspective, June 2005, pp. 209-218
Description
Study recounts the long-term benefits of the ayahuasca experience for spiritual and psychological growth.
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Drumming My Way Home: A Secwepemc Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Georgina Martin
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 107-116
Description
Examines the physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional benefits of hand-drumming practices in the pursuit of higher education.
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A Dry Oasis: The Canadian Plains in Late Prehistory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Daschuk
Prairie Forum, vol. 34, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 1-29
Description
Discusses how two key subsistence strategies, used by First Nations peoples to combat drought, were threatened when the ways of the modern world spread to the Great Plains.
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Duck Lake Indian Agency Office Records (E19)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
[W.E. Jones
C.P. Schmidt
N.J. McLeod]
Saskatchewan History, vol. 47, no. 1, Spring, 1995, pp. 36-41
Description
These selections from the Duck Lake Indian Agency records illustrate a pattern of negative government attitudes and policies of fiscal austerity towards First Nations peoples and communities. Introduction and commentary by J.R. Miller. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 36.
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Due Diligence, or How I lost Ten Pounds

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
LeAnne Howe
The Kenyon Review, vol. 32, no. 1, New Series, Winter, 2010, pp. 99-108
Description
A Choctaw author reminisces about her first book tour.
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Duelling Paradigms: Australian Aborigines, Marn-Grok and Football Histories

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Hallinan
Barry Judd
Sport in Society, vol. 15, no. 7, Indigenous People, Race Relations and Australian Sport, September 2012, pp. 975-986
Description
Discusses the significant high representation of Indigenous players in the Australian Football League (AFL), thus representing itself as a leading national authority on anti-racism in sports.
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The Duty to Consult and Accommodate Aboriginal Groups in Canada

Alternate Title
Policy Brief (Ivey Business School) ; September 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Guy Holburn
Margaret Loudermilk
Andre Wilkie]
Description
Overview of the development of Aboriginal rights beginning with the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and general discussion of consultation practices in Canada.
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A Duty to Protect and Respect: Seneca Opposition to Incorporation during the Removal Period

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudia Bettina Haake
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 4, 2020, pp. 21-40
Description
Looks at the Senaca's resisting the Indian Removal Act by requesting aid through the US government. However, as this article discusses, these requests served to both fight against their own displacement and strengthen their own claims of sovereignty.
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The Dynamics of American Indian Diplomacy in the Great Lakes Region

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Benjamin Ramirez-Shkwegnaabi
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 4, 2003, pp. 53-77
Description
Focuses on the Anishnaabe and changes they made in their negotiation tactics, away from a process dependant on ceremony, formal rhetoric and consensus decision-making, in order to remain on their land.
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Dynamiques culturelles et représentations sociales du chien dans la communauté inuit de Kuujjuaq (Nunavik)

Alternate Title
Cultural Dynamics and Social Representations of Dogs in the Inuit Community of Kuujjuaq (Nunavik)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Brunet
Francis Lévesque
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 265-283
Description
Presents the findings of research conducted in September of 2016 on the changing place of dogs in Kuujjaq, a community where Inuit and non-Inuit live together. Researchers found “that dogs in the community occupy a position that oscillates between appreciation and repulsion—a position shaped by cultural and community contexts.” Text in French.
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E Naʻauao Pū, E Noiʻi Pū, E Noelo Pū: Research Support for Hawaiian Studies

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kawena Komeiji
Keahiahi Long
Shavonn Matsuda
Annemarie Paikai
Kapena Shim


Description
As part of the Ithaca S+R report When Research is Relational researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi interview 17 faculty members about their research and teaching practices. Report presents finding and suggestions for improving library services to faculty in the area of Hawaiian Studies.
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The Eagles I Fed Who Did Not Love Me

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Woody Kipp
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 213-232
Description
Expresses hopes that the Alcatraz occupation created a consciousness that would reach into the lives of Native American youth and perhaps white Americans.
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The Early Efforts of the Oblate Missionaries in Western Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gaston Carrière
Prairie Forum, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1979, pp. 1-25
Description
Comments on the importance of missionary work of the Oblate Order of Mary Immaculate after 1845 in Western Canada. Oblates were seen as peace makers and educators who contributed to the development of the West.
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Earthworks: Native Intellectuals on the Ground

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Chadwick Allen
American Quarterly, vol. 59, no. 1, March 2007, pp. 199-209
Description
Book reviews of: Writing Indian Nations: Native Intellectuals and the Politics of Historiography, 1827–1863 by Maureen Konkle and Citizen Indians: Native American Intellectuals, Race, and Reform by Lucy Maddox.
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An East Kimberley Health Liaison Officer

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Derek Macale
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, March 1985, pp. 47-48
Description
Regional Aboriginal health worker describes the duties of the position which covers an area of approximately 142,000 square kilometres in Western Australia.
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