From Sovereignty to Minority: As American as Apple Pie

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane Champagne
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 20, no. 2, Fall, 2005, pp. 21-36
Description
Personal perspectives, by the author, on the emergence of American Indian Studies as an autonomous discipline in the United States.
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From Strength to Weakness: Changing Position of Women in Societies of New France and British North America

Alternate Title
Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives=Lieu et Mémoire au Canada: Perspectives Globales
[Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies ; 3rd]
[International Conference of Central European Canadianists ; 3rd]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Magdalena Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek
Description
Traces changes from the 16th century when women (both immigrant and First Nations) had significant power and autonomy, through fur trade relationships, to influx of British immigrants which brought with it a paternalistic and patriarchal model. Conference paper from: Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives: 3rd Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies and 3rd International Conference of Central European Canadianists, April 30-May 3, 2004, Cracow, Poland edited by Magdalena Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek, Anna Reczyńska, and Anna Śpiewak.
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From Terra Incognita to Nunavik: How the Inuit of Northern Quebec Have Defended Their Aboriginal Homeland

Alternate Title
Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Conference on Nationalism, Diversity and Globalization: Coexistence and Conflicts, University of Ottawa, 2 June 1998
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zebedee Nungak
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 2, Aboriginal Peoples and National Rights Issues in Quebec, 1999, pp. 13-26
Description
Author gives brief history of European-Inuit relations and demonstrates, through use of maps, how the Inuit have been moved from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and placed within artificial boundaries which bear no relation to their actual territory.
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From the Caribbean to the South Pacific: Cultural Hybridity, Resistance, and Historical Difference

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria E. Posse Emiliani
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 62-80
Description
Author uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the processes of cultural hybridization and resistance and their presence in film, music, and art. Discusses how these factors can combine to preserve and revitalize traditional knowledges and cultures in the contemporary globalized world.
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From the Credibility Gap to Capacity Building: An Inuit Critique of Canadian Arctic Research

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pitseolak Pfeifer

Northern Public Affairs, vol. 6, no. 1, Redefining the Northern Research Landscape, July 2018, pp. 29-34
Description
Author looks at possibilities for research conducted by Inuit people for the benefit of Inuit communities; discusses factors including academic credibility (what counts as knowledge), harmonizing science with needs of Inuit, and the marginalization of Traditional Knowledge (TK) by the academy.
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From the Inside Out: Spirituality as the Heart of Aboriginal Helping in [Spite of ?] Western Systems

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nancy Stevens
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 181-197
Description
Looks at the challenges of incorporating Aboriginal spirituality into the helping process, and examines how to explore and integrate spirituality with individuals, families and communities.
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From the Minnetarees to the Shoshonees

Alternate Title
First Across the Continent: The Story of the Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark 1804-5-6
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Noah Brooks
Description
Chapter thirteen in book: First Across the Continent: The Story of the Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark 1804-5-6 by Noah Brooks.
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From the "Original Affluent Society" to the "Unjust Society": A Review Essay on Native Economic History in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 2, Special Edition: The State of the Aboriginal Economy: 10 Years After RCAP, Fall, 2005, pp. 30-70
Description
Discusses how economic security is fundamental to the well-being of Aboriginal communities, and that there is a need for changes in government policy to allow Aboriginal people to become full participants in Canadian society without having to give up their culture or treaty rights.
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From the Past Into the Future: Manitoba Métis Policy

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Manitoba
Description
Based on five principles: recognition, partnership, comprehensiveness, capacity and accountability. Developed as a result of the findings of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry.
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From the Reservation to Smithsonian via Alcatraz

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George P. Horse Capture
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 135-149
Description
Describes how there is sunshine everywhere, pride, perseverance, and a reawakening of an ancient culture which, the author contends, all came about due to the occupation of Alcatraz Island.
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From the Tomahawk Chop to the Road Block: Discourses of Savagism in Whitestream Media

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Morley Johnson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 104-134
Description
Examines how the media perpetuates stereotypes and inaccurate generalizations about Indigenous peoples such as the misrepresentation of racist sports mascots and related imagery; and looks at the discourses of Savagism with regard to news coverage of anticolonial direct action and the reclamation of land by sovereign Indigenous peoples and nations.
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From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for all Canadians

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christian Allan Bertelsen
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 18-19
Description
Book review of: From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for all Canadians by Greg Poelzer and Ken S. Coates. Several book reviews on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 18.
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From Where the Sun Rises: Addressing the Educational Achievement of Native Americans in Washington State

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Pavel
Susan Rae Banks-Joseph
Ella Inglebret
Laurie McCubbin
Jason Sievers ... [et al.]
Description
Plan for promoting educational success of Native American students focuses on measuring the progress of relationships between government, tribes and schools districts and supporting a curriculum based on tribal history, culture and government.
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From White Indians to Pākehā-Māori: Unruly White Men in Canada's and New Zealand's Colonial Pasts

Alternate Title
From White Indians to Pakeha-Maori: Unruly White Men in Canada's and New Zealand's Colonial Pasts
Historicising Whiteness Conference, University of Melbourne, 22-24 November, 2006
Historicising Whiteness: Transnational Perspectives on the Construction of Identity
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Angela Wanhalla
Description
Discusses men who married Aboriginal women, lived on reserves and were considered a threat to maintaining separate racial spaces.. Chapter in book: Historicising Whiteness: Transnational Perspectives on Construction of Identity edited by Leigh Boucher, Jane Carey, and Katherine Ellinghaus.
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