Sacred Sites

Objective of document is to help local governments understand Aboriginal rights, opportunities for engagement, and obligations when there is a duty to consult. Case studies: Teston Site Ossuary, town of Midland, Common Ground Working Group with Abitibi-Consolidated, Elliot Lake--Serpent River First Nation Memorandum of Agreement, and Belle Island and Kingston.

A brief history of Native American Indian and United States relations; examines the similarities between the historical experiences of Native Americans and Palestinians; and discusses the movement to recover the objects and remains of their ancestors.

Donald L. Fixico, policy historian, speaks about relationships, places of reference, stories and legends and his latest book, Inside the Lodge: American Indian Oral Tradition, Myth, and Oral History. Duration: 1:01:47.

Document provides an understanding of the issues raised by the implemention of the NAGPRA and a reference tool for Canadian law reform.

Reprint of Public Law 101-601, which provides protection of Native American graves.

Argues that NAGPRA is unique in that it considers for the first time legislatively the Indigenous perspective; but unanswered is the problem of culturally unidentifiable ancient remains.

Examines the issues involved when development threatens sacred sites.

Provides links to a collection of essays on issues involving Native American religious and cultural freedom.

Describes the misinformation, fabrication, and misunderstandings associated with Yellowstone history and Native Americans.

Discusses perspectives on relationship to land, and cultural and linguistic ties to places.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2008.

Religious Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2012.

Author examines the ways that the field of archaeology has worked to other Indigenous peoples; discusses the ways that this binary is be disassembled by Indigenous archaeologists.

Looks at the Traditional Land Use Study and Consultation Unit created to act as an intermediary between industry, the provincial government of Alberta and First Nations to protect language and culture.

Research paper discusses legal aspects including aspects of the Heritage Conservation Act and the Cemeteries Act.

Fact sheet on the lack of legislation regarding the destruction and disinterment of human remains and cultural items.

Book reviews of: The Noonkanbah Story by Eric Kolig.

Book review of: Northern Nomadic Hunter-Gatherersby David Riches.

Extracts of suthor's journey with descriptions of Indigenous peoples of Nicaragua.

Explores the religious significance of the site on the Old Man River in relation to the Pii'kani (North Peigan peoples) worldview and the strength of traditions.

Article describes the consultation process and the eventual agreement (1985) between the Tohono O’Odham nation, the Arizona State Museum, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding the exhumations, examination and repatriation of human remains at the San Xavier Bridge site.

Book review of: Opening Archaeology: Repatriation's Impact on Contemporary Research and Practice by Thomas Killion.

Over 4000 personal papers of A.B. Welch including battle stories, short biographies, personal diaries and more.

Results of a skeletal analysis on prehistoric burial caves and the remains of Native Americans exhumed from these sites.

Describes a project undertaken by the St. Laurent Shrine Committee, with the help of Canada North Environmental Services, in 2013 to complete a detailed recording of all marked and unmarked graves located in Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery in the Métis community of St. Laurrent. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 20.

Looks at the New Interpretations Project involving Native artists who used their traditional perspectives in the creation of works about the Grand Canyon.

Author uses terms and language from social and cognitive psychology to describe the processes of building successful collaborative relationships between archaeologists and the communities they engage with.

An overview of cultural and environmental topics that have played roles in the study of the middle Holocene period in the Great Basin.

Chronicles the grave looting that took place after relocations in the 1870s and the Nebraska State Historical Society professionalizing the activity, even labelling it archaeological excavation.

Author critiques the theory presented in Basso’s book, Wisdom sits in Places, which argues that the voice of a place is nothing more than the projection of human imagination; article contextualize the critique in the within Apache cultural and spiritual practice.

Looks at the five pillars as tools and services to aid with the rebuilding of First Nations.

Study conducted in 1986 & ‘87 interviews participants in 13 Navajo communities about spaces that are sacred or important to the people in those communities. Research was done to determine which sites should be the focus of the Navajo Nation’s Historic Preservation Department.

Exhibit of photos taken by Norman Hallendy of Canadian Arctic landscapes, Inuit sacred sites and inuksuit. Site includes a short biography of the photographer, a brief introduction and text commentary.

Looks at the interaction between people and environment and and ties to landscape.

Literary criticism article in which the author examines the Silko’s novel and its relevance to Laguna narratives of land, territory, resistance, and cultural survivance.

Photograph. Caption: "Poundmaker's grave site at the top of Cut Knife Hill, Poundmaker First Nation." From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.

Introductory article to a special issue devoted to the Repatriation of American Indian Remains.

Anthropology & Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2002.

Describes the impact of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), which was passed in 1990.

Very brief article discusses the protection of sites sacred to Indigenous people in the United States. Access through table of contents.

Case study examines the alliance between Indigenous nations and organizations, the National Parks Service, and various religious organizations during the litigation surrounding the use of the Devil’s Tower formation during the Sun Dance season.

Brief outline of efforts by such international organizations as International Labour Organization, the United Nations and the World Intellectual Property Organization to protect scared sites and place names.

Archaeological burial management in Saskatchewan and lessons learned from disturbing Fort Qu'Appelle burial site unearthed in 1985.

Describes the land struggle of the Native American population of Southern California pitted against a refuse (dump) development company.

Looks at burial sites desecrated by settlers, how these acts represent an attempt to erase Indigenous and Black existence, and how these communities have pushed back by reclaiming and reconsecrating their scared places.

Presents recommendations of working group regarding the protection and preservation of heritage places and sites of the Sahtu Dene and Metis.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 2005.