Fur Trade & Exploration
Tying up the Bundle and the Katuns of Dishonor: Maya Worldview and Politics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victor Montejo
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, Special Issue on International Year of Indigenous Peoples: Discovery and Human Rights, 1993, pp. 103-114
Description
Takes a second look at celebrating the arrival of Columbus, an event that led to five hundred years of the dismantling of Aboriginal cultures and land expropriation.
Uneasy Allies
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Denys Delâge
The Beaver, vol. 88, no. 1, February 2008, p. 11
Description
Comments on the arrival of François Gravé du Pont and Samuel de Champlain in what is now Quebec, and the relationship between the French and First Nations.
Unit 9: Native Americans Teacher Guide: Grade 5
Alternate Title
Grade 5 Core Knowledge Language Arts Reader
Unit 8: Native Americans: A Changing Landscape.
E-Books
Author/Creator
Core Knowledge Language Arts
Description
Related material: Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts Reader.
Unsettling Settler Belonging: (Re)naming and Territory Making in the Pacific Northwest
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda Murphyao
Kelly Black
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 45, no. 3, The Nature of Canadian Studies in the United States, 2015, pp. 315-331
Description
Demonstrates the use of white settler privilege and how re-naming practices can harm cross-cultural relations.
The Use of Racial and Ethnic Terms in America: Management by Manipulation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jck D. Forbes
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 11, no. 2, Autumn, 1995, pp. 53-65
Description
Examines pre-emptive use of the words America and American by mainstream, effects of denial of right of Indigenous peoples to use the name of their own land and resulting terms like "Native American" and "American Indian."
The Vérendryes and Their Successors, 1727-1760
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Antoine Champagne
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 25, Series 3, 1968-1969, p. [?]
Description
Overview of prominent individuals in the early exploration and operations of the west.
Veronica Goneau Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Veronica Goneau
Evelyn Sit
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she gives a general account of life and the traditional foods on the reserve.
The Violent Legacies of the California Missions: Mapping the Origins of Native Women's Mass Incarceration
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jackie Teran
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 1, 2016, pp. 19-32
Description
Looks at settler colonialism and the 1850 Act for the Government and Protections of Indians paving the way for victimization and criminalization of American Native women.
Virginia's Indian Nations: Policy Issues and Solutions for Future Generations
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeff J. Corntassel
Reeva G. Tilley
Virginia Issues & Answers, vol. 8, no. 2, Spring, 2002, pp. 16-[21]
Description
Looks at the history of American Indian policy in Virgina and future policy solutions to address sovereignty and protection of land.
A Visit to Red River and the Saskatchewan, 1861, By Dr. John Rae, Frgs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Irene M. Spry
The Geographical Journal, vol. 140, Part 1, February 1974, pp. 1-17
Description
Provides observations and account of land, wildlife, and inhabitants during explorer's expedition to western Canada.
A Voyage Around the World: In a Canoe
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kaimana Barcarse
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Description
Results of an experiment to whether the Polynesians in their voyaging canoes were able to intentionally travel from island group to island group in the Pacific using only traditional methods of navigation.
Voyage of Domination, "Purchase" as Conquest, Sakakawea for Savagery: Distorted Icons from Misrepresentation of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James V. Fenelon
Mary Louise Defender-Wilson
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 85-104
Description
Describes ideas of discovery, ideologies of purchase, and misinterpretations, for example that of Native American women as battered women, by Lewis and Clark in their explorations, 1804-1806.