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Basic Empowering Strategies for the Classroom

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon A. Mihesuah
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 459-478
Description
Author details several methods for teaching Indigenous Studies in a way that engages both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students which he has developed through 16 years of experience teaching “Native history, culture, and current events.
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Batoche Election 1888

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D.H. Bocking
Saskatchewan History, vol. 42, no. 1, Winter, 1989, pp. 1-10
Description
Discusses the amendments to the North-West Territories Act which created a Legislative Assembly for the Territories; describes the process of creating constituencies and details the events of the first election of Members of the Legislative Assembly. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 1.
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Beauval, Saskatchewan: An Historical Sketch

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Hurly
Saskatchewan History, vol. 33, no. 3, Autumn, 1980, pp. 102-110
Description
Provides information on the founding of the town of Beauval and of the surrounding community: the Grey Nuns Mission at Ile-à-la-Crosse, the Mission build by the Oblate Marie Immaculate order, and the Indian Industrial School located there. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to p.102.
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Being a Grandmother in the Tewa World

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sue-Ellen Jacobs
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, 1995, pp. 67-83
Description
Discussion of moiety membership (a division of society into two lineal kinship parts or sides) and the concept of both achieved and ascribed "grandmotherhood" at San Juan Pueblo.
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Being an Indigenous CRC in the Era of the TRC #Notallitscrackeduptobe

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chelsea Gabel
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, January 31, 2019, pp. 88-98
Description
Author discusses their experience as a Canadian Research Chair (CRC) in Indigenous Well-Being, Community-Engagement, and Innovation at McMaster University. Considers the role that Indigenous scholars are currently playing in decolonization and Indigenization efforts in the Canadian academy and the personal cost to those scholars.
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Being and Place Among the Tlingit

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jeff Oliver
Northern Review, no. 31, Fall, 2009, pp. 242-246
Description
Book review of Being and Place Among the Tlingit by Thomas F. Thornton.
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Being and Place Among the Tlingit

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sergi Kan
BC Studies, no. 160, The Middle Fraser, Winter, 2008/2009, pp. 131-133
Description
Book review of: Being and Place Among the Tlingit by Thomas F. Thornton. Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 131.
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Beyond Inclusion: Canadian and Indigenous Sovereignties in Mainstream Museums

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caitlin Gordon-Walker
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 129-149
Description
Discusses complicated and shifting relationships between museums and Indigenous peoples, highlights the contradictory roles museums play, and looks at exhibitions in public galleries of Royal British Columbia Museum, Museum of Anthropology, Museum of Vancouver which show the changing nature of the relationship.
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Beyond Safety: Refusing Colonial Violence Through Indigenous Feminist Planning

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Dorries
Laura Harjo
Journal of Planning Education and Research, vol. 40, no. 2, Planning Beyond Mass Incarceration, 2020, pp. 210-2019
Description
An examination about settler colonialism targeting Indigenous women and how Indigenous feminism may provide solutions to fight for decolonization in Canada and United States.
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Beyond the Berger Inquiry: Can Extractive Resource Development Help the Sustainability of Canada’s Arctic Communities?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Southcott
Frances Abele
David Natcher
Brenda Parlee
Arctic, vol. 71, no. 4, December 19, 2018, pp. 393-406
Description
Authors discuss the 2011 Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic (ReSDA) research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC); research indicates gaps in understanding of cumulative impacts, regulatory processes which exclude local participation, and factors of community well-being separate from economic factors.
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Black and White and Re(a)d All over Again: Indigenous Minstrelsy in Contemporary Canadian and Australian Theatre

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen Gilbert
Theatre Journal , vol. 55, no. 4, December 2003, pp. 679-698
Description
Discusses the concept of "racechange" using Susan Gubar's book RaceChanges: White Skin, Black Face in American Culture to assess the various functions of whiteface performance as a strategic mode of representation in theatre" and how theatre can contribute to debates about racialsim.
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Body Techniques of Health: Making Products and Shaping Selves in Northwest Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amber Lincoln
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, Technologies Créatives / Creative Technologies, 2010, pp. 39-59
Description
Examines the connection between body and technology and wellness. Also seeks understanding of why local residents consider traditional activities a solution to social problems such as substance abuse.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
James S. Frideres
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 184-185
Description
Book review of: Aboriginal Self-Government in Urban Areas: Proceedings of a Workshop, May 25 and 26, 1994 edited by Evelyn Peters.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kenneth B. Mello
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 379-381
Description
Book review of: The Night Chant: A Navaho Ceremony by Washington Matthews
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean-Paul Restoule
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 392-396
Description
Book review of: Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit: Essays on Native American Life Today by Leslie Marmon Silko.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marybeth E. Culley
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 387-389
Description
Book review of: An Apache Life-Way: The Economic, Social and Religious Institutions of the Chirichua Indians by Morris Edward Opler.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Various authors
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 13, no. 2, 1993, pp. 327-371
Description
Book reviews of 14 books: Proceedings: First National Conference on Cancer in Native Americans. "Proceedings" reviewed by Rene R. Gadacz. Gabriel Dumont Speaks translated by Michael Barnholden. The Early Years of Native American Art History: The Politics of Scholarship and Collecting edited by Janet Catherine Berlo. Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization by Alfred W.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Various authors
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 2, 2001, pp. 367-376
Description
Book reviews of 7 books: A Recognition of Being: Reconstructing Native Womanhood by Kim Anderson. Harvest of Souls: The Jesuit Missions and Colonialism in North America by Carol Blackbum. Aboriginal Education: Fulfilling the Promise edited by Marlene Brant Castellano, Lynne Davis, and Louise Lahache. In the Words of Elders: Aboriginal Cultures in Transition edited by Peter Kulchyski, Don McCaskill, and David Newhouse. Suicide in Canada edited by Antoon A. Leenaars, Susanne Wenckstern, Isaac Sakinofsky, Ronald J. Dyck, Michael J. Kral, and Roger C.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
William J. Stilwell
E. Peers
Agnes Grant
Lynn Whidden
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985, pp. 277-282
Description
Book reviews of 4 books: Treaties on Trial by Fay G. Cohen. The Canadian Prairies: A History by Gerald Friesen. New Native American Drama: Three Plays by Hanay Geiogamah. The three plays are entitled Foghorn, 49, and Body Indian. A Homeland for the Cree by Richard F. Salisbury.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Susan Campbell
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 167-170
Description
Book review of: If You Poison Us: Uranium and Native Americans by Peter H. Eichstaedt.
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Boye Ladd: A Visit from a Friend

Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 11, February 2004, p. 21
Description

Powwow dancer, Boye Ladd, relates traditional teachings on various topics relating to First Nations culture, including information about the sacred drum, respect for other people and groups, and the right to wear an eagle feather.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.29.

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