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Married Couples Workshop

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ed Tax
Ernest Tootoosis
Indian History Film Project
Description
Destruction of Indian culture and religion by schools and by Christian churches. Discussion of the need to return to Indian religion and Indian values. No date given, probably late 1960's.
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Married Couples Workshop 3

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ed Thunderchild
Ed Laliberte
Jonas Lariviere
Felix Sugar
Alex Poorman
Morris Lewis
J. B. Stanley
James George Crooked
Joe Machiskenie
Bill Wapass
Pete Wapass
Marius Nahnepawish
Emile Piapot
Indian History Film Project
Description
Discussion on problems of the younger generation, including alcoholism. Also discussed ways in which parents and elders can help by instructing children and young people and by maintaining the Indian religion.
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Mary Ann McKenzie Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mary Ann McKenzie
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mary Ann McKenzie talks about her childhood memories: food preparation, gardening, making moccasins, fish nets and snowshoes.
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Matriarchy and the Canadian Charter

Alternate Title
NWAC Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
NWAC Discussion Paper
Description
Depicts the status of Iroquoian Matriarchy, focusing on its structures, powers and functions, and presents recommendations for the matriarchal system within the Canadian Constitution and the Charter.
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Matrimonial Real Property on Reserve in Canada

Alternate Title
Research Paper (Scow Institute)
Fact Sheet (Scow Institute)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karen Whonnock
Description

Research paper discusses the Indian Act, provincial family laws, traditional Aboriginal property rights, and divorces.

Related Material: Fact Sheet.

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Mavis J. Adams Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mavis J. Adams
Mick Burrs
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mrs. Adams is a retired white schoolteacher and was 69 years old at the time of the interview. She tells of her induction as an honorary chief of the Blackfoot reserve and shares her experiences among the Blackfoot.
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Max Ireland Interview #2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Max Ireland
Alex Cywink
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he gives accounts of storytelling amongst the Oneida; accounts of the educational system and its abuses.
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Maximum Morality of Art: Thomas King’s Medicine River

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 9th, 2011
Where No One Else Has Gone Before: Proceedings of the Ninth Native American Symposium
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marija Krivokapic Kneževic
Description
Discusses the concept of relations and Native American identity in Medicine River.
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[Meadow Lake Agency] Family Allowances - General

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Affairs Branch
Department of Mines and Resources
Description
Correspondence and circulars from Indian Affairs primarily concerning family allowances.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.
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Measuring Social Support in Aboriginal Early Childhood Programs

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Enid Elliot
Research Connections Canada, no. 12, 2005, pp. 41-60
Description
Examines how two community-based child care programs are received and perceived by the parents whose children are using the programs. Scroll down to page 41 to read article.
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Mederic McDougall Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mederic McDougall
Carol Pearlstone
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. McDougall is descended from French and Scottish halfbreeds and is active in the Metis Society of Saskatchewan. He gives an account of the Metis way of life and philosophy, the Riel Rebellion, shares memories of WWI, WWII and the Depression. He also talks about the discrimination against native people.
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Medevac and Beyond: The Impact of Medical Travel on Nunavut Residents

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cameron McKenzie
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 9, no. 2, Inuit Health and Well-Being, 2012, pp. 80-88
Description

Study shows that current medical transfer system does not fully meet psychosocial needs of Inuit patients and their families. 

NOTE: Also published as Journal of Aboriginal Health, Summer, 2015.

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Mediations of the Spirit: Native American Religious Traditions and the Ethics of Representation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Inés Hernández-Ávila
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. 329-352
Description
Author uses their personal narrative and experience as a way to describe various elements of the different Indigenous spiritual practices in which they participate.
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Medicine River

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom King
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 15-20
Description
Chapter 7 excerpt from the book Medicine River by Tom King.
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A MELUS Interview: Joseph Bruchac

Alternate Title
A MELUS Interview: Joseph Bruchac
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Meredith Ricker
Joseph Bruchac
MELUS, vol. 21, no. 3, Other Americas, Fall 1996, pp. 159-178
Description
Well known Native American storyteller speaks about his beliefs.
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Memory as Medicine: The Power of Recollection in "Ceremony"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan J. Scarberry
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, A Special Symposium Issue on Leslie Marmon Silko's , 1979, pp. 19-26
Description
An examination of the use of memory in the novel Ceremony. The main character Tayo has painful memories he is trying to forget but as the novel progresses he learns to embrace memories of his Indigenous traditions as a way to control his own life.
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Mending Skins

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 6, Issue 274, January-February 2011, p. 32
Description
Book review of: Mending Skins by Eric Gansworth.
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Mental Health Issues for Elders With a Focus on Grannies

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gwen Seru
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, January/February 1994, p. 13
Description
Explains the traditional role older women play in the family and community and how that role has changed.
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The Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples. Part 2

Alternate Title
Cultural Psychiatry: A Critical Introduction ; lecture 9
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Description
Discusses the role cultural continuity plays in mental health. Part 2 of 2. Duration: 1:32:04.
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Métis-Astute Social Work: Shining the Light on Some Helpful Practices

Alternate Title
Metis-Astute Social Work: Shining the Light on Some Helpful Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cathy Richardson/Kinewesquao
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2016, pp. [82]-99
Description
Argues that Métis children are both unrecognized and over-represented in provincially managed child welfare systems throughout Canada; critiques social work practices that marginalize families and explores issues of identification, identity, and advocates for social work practices which dignify, rather than further alienate Métis families.
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[Métis Community & Kinship]

Alternate Title
Métis Community and Kinship
[Métis Culture and Traditions]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Rupertsland Institute, Education Team]
Description

Designed for Grades 4-9.

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Métis Family Life

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Leah Dorion
Description
Discusses the evolution of Métis practices regarding marriage and family from the fur trade forward and listing of some genealogical sources for research.
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[Métis Registries]

Alternate Title
Wahkootowin as Methodology: How Archival Records Reveal a Metis Kinscape
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
[Big Historical Data: Strategies for Leveraging Colonial History]
[Métis Identification and Registry]
[The Daniels Decision, Métis Registries, and Métis Research]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Brenda Macdougall
Mike Evans
Ryan Shackleton
Tracee Mcfeeters
Description
Presenters discuss importance of family relationships and kinship rather than just bloodlines, the Métis Nation of British Columbia's BC Métis Mapping Research Project, and administration of the Métis Nation of Alberta's identification and registration process. Duration: 1:32:26. Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
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Mexican Kinship Terms

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.31, no.1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Paul Radin
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 31, (pp1-14).
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Mi'kmaq

Theses
Author/Creator
Eleanor V. Johnson
Description
Cultural Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Cape Breton University, 1992. Text in Mi'kmaq.
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Mi'kmaq Family (Migmaoei Otjiosog)

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Catherine Anne Martin
Description
Catherine Anne Martin examine the traditions of her Mi'kmaq family, and during a visit home for the annual St. Anne's Feast Day at Chapel Island, she explores values which have endured, adapted, and evolved. Accompanying material: Study Guide. Duration: 32:28.
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