Belief Systems
Canadian Aboriginal Art and Spirituality: A Vital Link
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
William G. Lindsay
BC Studies, no. 151, Autumn, 2006, pp. 114-115
Description
Book review of: Canadian Aboriginal Art and Spirituality by John W. Friesen, Virginia Lyons Friesen. Artwork by David J. Friesen.
To access this review, scroll to page 114.
Canadian Aboriginal People's Experiences with HIV/AIDS as Portrayed in Selected English Language Aboriginal Media (1996–2000)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Juanne N. Clarke
Daniela B. Friedman
Laurie Hoffman-Goetz
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 60, no. 10, May 2005, pp. 2169-2180
Description
Explores themes in coverage of the disease and contrasts the treatment of issues to that found in mainstream media.
Canadian Savage Folk: the Native Tribes of Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Maclean
Description
Includes Maclean's perspectives on spirituality, regalia, influence of missionaries, signing, camps, particular individuals including Crowfoot, Poundmaker, Hiawatha, Shawundais, Mikasto as well as general commentary on Sarcee, Stoney, Cree, Inuit, Dakota, Nakota, Ojibwa, Mi'kmaq and other peoples.
Canadian Savage Folk: The Native Tribes of Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alex F. Chamberlain
Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada, vol. 1, no. 1, January 1897, pp. 24-28
Description
Book review of: Canadian Savage Folk by John Maclean.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 24.
The Canoe Trip: A Northern Cree Metaphor for Conducting Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Herman Michell
in education: exploring our connective educational landscape, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring, 2012, p. [?]
Description
Discusses how respectful community-based research approaches are metaphorically like going on a canoe journey.
A Capital Assets Framework For Appraising and Building Capacity For Tourism Development in Aboriginal Protected Area Gateway Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathan Bennett
Raynald H. Lemelin
Rhonda Koster
Isabel Budke
Tourism Management, vol. 33, no. 4, 2012, pp. 752-766
Description
Presents case studies of research projects in Lutsel K’e, NWT, Nain, Labrador, the Weenusk Cree Nation, Ontario, Lake Helen First Nation, Ontario and Aboriginal communities along the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.
Captured in the Middle: Tradition and Experience in Contemporary Native American Writing. Sidner Larson
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Carter Meland
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2002, pp. 45-48
Description
Book review of: Captured in the Middle by Sidner Larson.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Career Counselling First Nations Youth: Applying the First Nations Career-Life Planning Model
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harly Neumann
Rod M. McCormick
Norman E. Amundson
Holly B. McLean
Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, vol. 34, no. 3, Innovations in Career and Employment Counselling, 2000, pp. 172-185
Description
Results of field-test designed to determine whether the Model was viable, practical, and culturally appropriate. Involved 13 high school students from British Columbia.
A Career-Life Planning Model for First Nations People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rod M. McCormick
Norman E. Amundson
Journal of Employment Counselling, vol. 34, no. 4, 1997, pp. 171-179
Description
Discusses five components of Aboriginal culture which should be Incorporated into counselling: connectedness, balance, roles and responsibilities, aptitudes, and values.
Career-Life Planning with First Nations People
Alternate Title
NATCON Papers 2003
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathy Offet-Gartner
Description
Discussion of the counselling model developed by Rod M. McCormick and Norman E. Amundson which is based on an Aboriginal, rather than the Eurocentric worldview.
Caregiver-Infant Attachment For Aboriginal Families
Alternate Title
Child and Youth Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cindy Hardy
Description
Fact sheet discusses importance of health and well-being to infant attachment and the impact colonization has had on relationships in Aboriginal families. Provides list of online resources for parents and caregivers.
Carlton Agency Interview #1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
D.G. (Dr.) Mandelbaum
kakiceniupimuxteu (Walks Like An Old Man)
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview that provides a description of gift-giving.
Carriers of Water: Aboriginal Women's Experiences, Relationships, and Reflections
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim Anderson
Barbara Clow
Margaret Haworth-Brockman
Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 60, December 2013, pp. 11-17
Description
Overview of the quality of water in Aboriginal communities and interviews Grandmothers about the nature of water, its meaning and the importance of water to Aboriginal women.
Carving Cultural Connections: Alternative School #1 Seattle, Washington
Alternate Title
[Students Carve Cultural Connections -- And A Canoe]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ken Ellis
Description
Looks at seventh grade students involved in an experience-based education project to built a traditional cedar canoe under the direction of Saaduuts Peele, Director of Carving Cultural Connections.
Duration: 8:01.
A Case Study of the Red Lake, Minnesota, School Shooting: Intercultural Learning in the Renewal Process
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert S. Littlefield
Jennifer Reierson
Kimberly Cowden
Shelly Stowman
Cheryl Long Feather
Communication, Culture & Critique, vol. 2, no. 3, September 2009, p. 361–383
Description
Discusses the community’s responses to the shootings on the Red Lake Indian Reservation and the strategies used for healing and renewal.
Casper Solomon Interview #1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Casper Solomon
Jocelyn Keeshig
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he gives an account of the migration of the Potawatomi Indians and a general description of reserve life; an account of the importance of midwives and a brief description of naming ceremonies; and tells a story about an old man who remembered seeing the Chicago fire.
Casper Solomon Interview #2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Casper Solomon
Jocelyn Keeshig
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he gives a description of naming ceremonies, explains the significance of "grandfathers" in Indian sprituality, and recounts several ghost stories.
Catholic Nuns and Ojibwa Shamans: Pauline and Fleur in Loise Erdrich's Tracks
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle R. Hessler
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 11, no. 1, Spring, 1995, pp. 40-45
Description
Discusses two women characters Pauline Puyat, a nun who denies her Native American heritage and Fleur Pillager, a shaman, in the novel Tracks.
Catholicism in Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine and Tracks
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dennis Walsh
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, 2001, pp. 107-127
Description
Investigates Catholicism and its relationship and conflict with traditional shamans. It looks at the spiritual failure of this European religion among the Ojibwa nations.
Celebrating Strengths: Aboriginal Students and Their Stories of Success in Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Education Research Committee
Lina Arruda
Betty Ash
Amy Carpenter
Jeremy Daniels
Sherri Denysuik ... [et al.]
Description
Reports on the Seven Oaks School Division study on Aboriginal perspectives of education by former students.
Celebration: Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian Dancing on the Land
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Karen Duffek
BC Studies, no. 161, Spring, 2009, pp. 137-138
Description
Book review of: Celebration: Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian Dancing on the Land by Rosita Worl.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 137.
Centering First Nations Concepts of Wellbeing: Toward a GDP-Alternative Index in British Columbia
Alternate Title
Centring First Nations Concepts of Wellbeing: Toward a GDP-Alternative Index in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mark Podlasly
Suzanne von der Porten
Dara Kelly
Max Lindley-Peart
Description
Includes history of Gross Domestic Product as a measure of wellbeing, discussion of other methods including those developed by Indigenous peoples, and the rationale for creating different indices.
Ceremonial Bundles of the Blackfoot Indians
Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 7, pt. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Clark Wissler
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 7 (p. 65-298).
Ceremonial Healing and the Multiple Narrative Tradition in Louise Erdrich's "Tales of Burning Love"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roberta Rosenberg
MELUS, vol. 27, no. 3, Native American Literature, Autumn, September 2002, pp. 113-131
Description
Examines how the author weaves European storytelling with Chippewa narrative tradition in this literary work.
Les Cérémonies de Remise de Diplômes au Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fabien Pernet
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 33, no. 1-2, Education and Transmission of Inuit Knowledge in Canada, 2009, pp. 225-243
Description
Discusses how Inuit worldviews and customs were incorporated into graduation ceremonies.
"Ceremony" as Ritual
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Mitchell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, A Special Symposium Issue on Leslie Marmon Silko's , 1979, pp. 27-35
Description
Reflects on the importance of evolving traditional Indigenous ceremonies in contemporary Indigenous communities.
Change Is in All of Us
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Danielle DeLuca
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, The Electronic Drum: Community Radios Role in Indigenous Language Revitalization, March 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discussion about the end of the Oxlajuj B'aq'tun and the start of a new era that should be seen as an opportunity for positive renewal to generate changes in society.
A Change of Subject: Perspectivism and Multinaturalism in Inuit Depictions of Interspecies Transformation
Alternate Title
Un changement de sujet : Perspectivisme et multinaturalisme dans les représentations inuit des transformations interespèces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean P.A. Desjardins
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 101-124
Description
Article argues that two pre-contact Inuit artifacts, recovered from the Pingiqqalik site, depict interspecies transformation; author argues that this is evidence that interspecies relations were influenced by a cosmology rooted in multinaturalism.
Changes in Navajo Mortuary Practices and Beliefs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Shepardson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 4, A Special Symposium Issue on Navajo Mortuary Practices and Beliefs, 1978, pp. 383-395
Description
A reflection on the impact of institutional changes in Navajo mortuary practices from traditional to more Christian.
Changing Attitudes, Touching Hearts
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nicola Burns
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 7, November 2002, p. 15
Description
Relates how a cultural awareness workshop for staff initiated by chaplain Leonard Bananish has changed attitudes about Aboriginal inmates of the Thunder Bay district jail.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Changing Burial Practices of the Western Navajo: A Consideration of the Relationship between Attitudes and Behavior
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jerrold E. Levy
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 4, A Special Symposium Issue on Navajo Mortuary Practices and Beliefs, 1978, pp. 397-405
Description
A discussion about educational, financial and spiritual changes in the Navajo lifestyle that has led to changes in Navajo beliefs and culture. However, these markers alone are not sufficient enough to prove the presence or absence of specifics beliefs and further research is required.
The Changing Symbolism of Flags in Plains Indian Cultures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael H. Logan
Douglas A. Schmittou
Whispering Wind, vol. 37, no. 4, Issue 260, March-April 2008, pp. 4-12
Description
Interprets the use of the American flag in Indian art and daily life. Includes photographs.
Changing the Subject: Individual versus Collective Interests in Indian Country Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane Champagne
Carole Goldberg
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 20, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 49-69
Description
Discusses concerns by Native American communities of the impacts of science, research and information on nation building and the protection of their rights and culture.