Telling Our Daughters
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert M. Nelson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 103-107
Description
Reflects on the fragility and wonder of newborn life as portrayed in the work of Acoma Pueblo author Simon Ortiz.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 103.
Telling Our Twisted Histories
Web Sites » Organizations
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Kaniehti:io Horn
Terre Innue
Description
Website contains links to a series of 12 podcasts which explore the impact of words such as reconciliation, indian time, school, reserve, and savage. Host Kaniehti:io Horn engages in conversations with more than 70 people from 15 First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities.
Telling the Past - Healing the Future
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 4, July/August 1996, pp. 4-8
Description
Inquiry into the policies and practices that caused the removal of 10,000 children in North South Wales and 100,000 nationally.
Ten Years of Aboriginal Head Start in the NWT: 1996 to 2006
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jennifer Chalmers
Description
Booklet provides an overview of Aboriginal Head Start, site by site tour of the eight Northwest Territories Aboriginal Head Start (NWTAHS) programs, and evaluation and summary of the programs.
"There is no end to relationship among the Indians": Ojibwa Families and Kinship in Historical Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Peers
Jennifer S. H. Brown
History of the Family, vol. 4, no. 4, December 1999, pp. 529-555
Description
Overview of three centuries of relations with Europeans and role played by familial ties; traces continuity and persistence as well as loss and change in Ojibwa kinship relations.
Thessalon First Nation’s “Journey to Wellness”
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Susan Manitowabi
Sally Morningstar
Daniel Manitowabi
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, Resistance and Resiliency: Addressing Historical Trauma of Aboriginal Peoples, March 2007, pp. 79-95
Description
Looks at the activities undertaken by Thessalon First Nation in the development of a social safety net to deal with the inter-generational effects of the residential school system on the family and community.
"They are Strongly Attached to the Country of Rivers, Lakes, and Forests": The Social Landscapes of the Northwest
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Brenda Macdougall
Description
Looks at the familial relationships which developed in the community of Île à la Crosse as well as those established with representatives of the fur trade and the Church.
Introduction and Chapter 1 of: One of the Family: Métis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan.
'They Get a Bit Funny About Going' - Transfer Issues For Rural and Remote Australian Aboriginal People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
G. Stamp
D. Miller
H. Coleman
A. Milera
J. Taylor
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 6, no. 536, 2006, pp. 1-8
Description
Study discusses a number of issues: fear of travelling, lack of family support, more Aboriginal liaison staff, cultural sensitivity, and the need for consultation with clients.
"They Take Care of Their Own": Healthcare Professionals' Constructions of Sami Persons with Dementia and Their Families' Reluctance to Seek and Accept Help through Attributions to Multiple Contexts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bodil Hansen Blix
Torunn Hamran
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1328962
Description
Using data from focus groups in northern Norwegian municipalities, looks at consequences of healthcare professionals assessing service users' needs.
'They Tell a Story and There's Meaning Behind That Story': Indigenous Knowledge and Young Indigenous Children's Literacy Learning
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jan Hare
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, vol. 12, no. 4, December 2012, pp. 389-414
Description
Looks at the study of five First Nations communities with young children participating in the Aboriginal Head Start on Reserve (AHSOR) program concluding that many practices used by parents and caregivers constitute literacy.
Think Indigenous [2017]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Harold Johnson
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2017]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Harold Johnson
Description
Keynote speaker discusses the importance of knowing how to live off the land and the confidence these skills give you in other aspects of life.
Duration: 38:23.
The Third Space
Alternate Title
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, Lecture 3
[2018 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Tanya Talaga
Description
Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the the third of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Vancouver.
Talaga discusses Indigenous kinship structures and the way in which colonial laws have created a disconnect between Indigenous peoples and their communities and cultures.
Duration: 53:59
"This Hole in Our Heart": Urban Indian identity and the Power of Silence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah Davis Jackson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, Special Issue on American Indians and the Urban Experience, 1998, pp. 227-254
Description
Second generation urban Native Americans speak about their childhood experiences and sense of identity as well as sense of conflict and loss caused by failing intergenerational transfer of tradition.
"This is Our Playground": Skateboarding, DIY Aesthetics, and Apache Sovereignty in Dustinn Craig's 4wheelwarpony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna Hearne
Western American Literature, vol. 49, no. 1, Special Issue: Indigenous Wests: Literary and Visual Aesthetics, Spring, 2014, pp. 47-69
Description
Analyzes experimental film 4wheelwarpony which focuses on young skateboarders in a reservation setting.
This Is Who I Am
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carrie Sue Talks Different
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 1, Sovereignty in Indian Country, Fall, 2004, p. 31
Description
Author recounts how finding out about the origin of her name allowed her to cope with the teasing of classmates.
"This School Feels Like Ours Now; It Belongs to the Community": Engaging Parents & Inuit Educational Leaders in Policy Change in Nunavut
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Fiona Walton
Darlene O Leary
Lena Metuq
Fukeepa Hainnu
Saa Pitsiulak ... [et al.]
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education: in Inuit Nunangat, 2014, pp. 49-52
Description
Discusses two core suggestions taken from the National Strategy on Inuit Education 2011 report, investing in mobilizing parents and developing leaders in Inuit education.
Thomas McKenzie Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Thomas McKenzie
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
Description
He talks about traditional lifestyle while growing up in northern Saskatchewan and compares life today with life when he was a child.
Throwing Fire at the Sun, Water at the Moon. Anita Endrezze
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Siobhan Senier
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 2 & 3, Series 2 , Summer/Fall, 2002, pp. 50-54
Description
Book review of: Throwing Fire at the Sun, Water at the Moon by Anita Endrezze.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Tillie Black Bear: Her family, Boarding Schools & Life on the Rosebud Reservation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tillie Black Bear
Description
Lakota family violence expert and one of the founders of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, speaks at the North Michigan University's Uniting Neighbors in the Experience of Diversity (UNITED) Conference on September 23, 2008.
Time for Truth: Speaking the Unspeakable - Genocide and Apartheid in the 'Lucky' Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sue Stanton
Australian Humanities Review, no. 14, July 1999, p. [?]
Description
Review article of: The Stolen Children: Their Stories edited by Carmel Bird.
Book is a compilation of extracts from the Bringing Them Home report of the National Inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families.
Tlingit Adoption Practices, Past and Present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lillian Petershoare
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, 1985, pp. 1-32
Description
Identifies obstacles the Tlingit community must overcome in order to best utilize the authority allowed to them under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).
"To Build Up the Morals of the Tribe": Southern Ute Women's Sexual Behavior and the Office of Indian Affairs, 1895-1932
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katherine M. B. Osburn
Journal of Women's History, vol. 9, no. 3, Autumn, 1997, pp. [10]-27
Description
"This article explores attempts of Office of Indian Affairs (OIA) agents on the Southern Ute reservation in southwestern Colorado to use Southern Ute women to "reform" Ute sexual and marital practices, as well as Ute women's responses to these efforts".