Social Organization

Book review of 2 books: The Indian History of British Columbia by Wilson Duff. The First Nations of British Columbia by Robert J. Muckle. Scroll down to page 130 to read review.

Aims and objectives of the Centre are discussed along with a description of the projects and programming being offered.

Brief examination of one form of communication, Indian newspapers, that is a cultural solution allowing identities to be maintained. See also : "A Journey into Sacred Myth" (pages 98-99)

Discusses how Federal laws regulating and prohibiting drinking seemed to cause political and social problems within the tribes.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record . Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

Biolsi responds to the article "Progressive-Era Bureaucrats and the Unity of Twentieth-Century Indian Policy"; examines the ways that the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) used tribal governments to manufacture consent to government policies in Indigenous communities.

Discusses the spiritual, social and cultural importance of the Saskatchewan Indian Summer Games held in 2003 at the Flying Dust First Nation.

Describes the conditions of Treaty 5 and the adhesion of several different First Nations. Discusses the process and difficulties of moving to an agriculture or farming-based lifestyle, traditional economies, and the enfranchisement of the Métis through the scrip process. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 92.

Part of the 1894 Report on the North-Western Tribes of Canada.

Itemizes some of the 1971 aims and objectives raised at Women's Conference.

Flora Mike, Saskatchewan Native Women's Association, speaks at 1971 national conference of Indian women.

Isabel McNabb speaks for the Saskatchewan Indian Women's Association expressing their determination to survive and expand.

Information on the: Tlingit, Haida, Eyak, Northern Cree, Montagnais-Naskapi, Sami, Chukchis, Dolgans, Gilyaks, Kamchadals, Ostyaks, Samoyeds, Ipiutak, and Inuit. Digitized copy of typescript is part of the unpublished reference work on the Northern Arctic and subarctic regions. Project ran from 1947-1951.

The author details some of the barriers faced by Indigenous students in both attending and preparing to attend post-secondary institutions; explores the experience of both staff and students with systemic racism at the college they are employed at.

Originally published in: Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York, Vol. 28, No. 3 (1896), pp. 229-243.

Originally published as an Anthropological Handbook for The American Museum of Natural History

Geography Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Saskatchewan, 1987.

Surveys 25 Indigenous academics and allies, discusses three different levels of indigenization at Canadian post-secondary institutions revealed in the results. Suggests two frameworks creating a more just Canadian academy: treaty-based decolonial indigenization and resurgence-based decolonial indigenization.

Study of 15 Indigenous participants in the Sudbury and Manitoulin Island areas uses Indigenous research methods and grounded theory to compare Western and Indigenous epistemologies and structures of power. Author argues that a greater understanding of Western and Indigenous power structures can help to build better relations between Indigenous and Settler communities in Canada.

Looks at the history and social organization of the Ts'msyen and Gitxaala as independent producers and then as labourers.

Introduces the special issue of Extrapolation; discusses the Speculative Fiction (SF) genre, the decolonizing influence of Indigenous SF authors, and the contributions to this issue of Extrapolation.

Discusses how the work of these visual artists participates in Indigenous storytelling about the future by engaging with contemporary artistic practices and mainstream popular culture; author examines the way that the artists challenge Western colonial narratives and stereotypes.

Author argues that Indigenous environmental knowledge is currently only cited as evidence of climate change; asserts that Indigenous knowledges and cultures need to be recognized as holding legitimate, adaptive, and sustainable climate change strategies.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Fielding Institute, 2002.

Recorded lecture delivered at the 2011 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium. Speaker discusses the role that Indigenous writers play in the decolonization by contributing to a body literature(s) that "imagines otherwise." Duration: 48:42

Describes how Mohawk artist Skawennati developed and curated CyberPowWow, the first indigenous territory in cyberspace.

Planning Thesis (MES)--University of Waterloo, 2017.

"... introductory discussion about Indigenous law including different interpretations about what the term means, and why it is important to understand legal pluralism and to learn about Indigenous laws." Duration: 6:42.

Couple and Family Therapy Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of Guelph, 2014.

The author examines the political context of the “savagery vs civilization” binary in the culture of the United States and the ways that the resulting narrative allowed denial of Indigenous land ownership and enforced the religious and imperial narratives that have become an implicit part of the national discourse.

Examines the unique status of Aboriginal peoples in the United States.

Author interrogates the mainstream narrative of Canada’s successful immigration history and its failure to recognize the implicit colonial practices which discriminate against Indigenous and racialized people. Examines Indigenous-settler-immigrant relationships over time and calls for further critical migration scholarship.

Series of podcasts discusses various aspects of being both Indigenous and a public servant.

Article attempts to identify issues and concepts to guide in developing culturally appropriate mental health strategies; argues the mental health problems have social origins that require social and political solutions.

Uses Jeff Barnaby’s film, File Under Miscellaneous, and SyFy’s series, Helix, to discuss the subtleties inherent in Gerald Vizenor’s concept of “survivance” and Archille Mbembe’s competing logics of “martyrdom and survial.” Considers these as elements of resistance to colonial biopolitics.

Difficulty encountered by Indigenous academics in higher education institutions.

Speech comments on the political relationship between the Canadian state and First Nations.

Ahenakew talks about the cultural practices and responsibilities surrounding oral history; discusses the collective nature of forming and maintaining oral history and its details. Discusses the roles of Elders who carry these histories in the community, and their skill at conveying a story or lesson.

Community Health Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 2018.

Examines Native women's experiences and perspectives on oppression and their role in life based on transcriptions of interviews of urban Aboriginal women's groups.

Explores the terms of individualism and collectivism as they relate to First Nations people.

Community Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 1998.

Describes behavioural patterns in informal and formal power structures.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massey University, 2010.

Book review of Inherit My Heaven by Karla Jessen Williamson.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Windsor, 2005.