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Long Walk participants in front of Correctional Centre

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Peter Blashill
An exterior photograph of Long Walk participants in front of the Saskatoon Correctional Centre on 16 August 1983. The man in the centre is Jake Badger (died in the mid-1980s) and the man in the wheelchair is elder Philip Nicotine.
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"Loss Must Be Marked and It Cannot Be Represented": Memorializing Sex Workers in Vancouver's West End

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Becki Lynn Ross
Jamie Lee Hamilton
BC Studies, no. 197, Spring, 2018, pp. 9-38
Looks at the culture of the area prior to the illegal evictions in 1984, history of advocacy by and for sex trade workers in Vancouver, and the authors’ struggle to secure reparations, an apology and a permanent memorial. Also discusses these issues in the context of ‘reconciliation’ and the consequences of racialization and criminalization.
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Loving the Alien: Indigenous Protest and Neo-colonial Violence in James Cameron's Avatar

Alternate Title
Immigrant Protest: Politics, Aesthetics, and Everyday Dissent
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bruce Bennett
Chapter five from Immigrant Protest: Politics, Aesthetics, and Everyday Dissent edited by Katarzyna Marciniak and Imogen Tyler. Discusses the ways in which the film Avatar dramatizes issues of Indigenous protest, political appropriation, immigration and colonization.
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Magical Resistance: Louise Erdrich’s Use of Magic Realism in Tracks and The Plague of Doves

Alternate Title
Native American Leadership: Past, Present and Future
Native American Symposium; 11th, 2015
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Caleb Tankersley
Literary criticism which discusses novels in the context of the genre of magical realism; discusses the genre as a means of political resistance and subversion favoured by post-colonial writers, feminist writers, and writers of colour.
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Make Yourself (Un)Comfortable: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun at the Museum

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tania Willard
Karen Duffek
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 113-127
Curators of the exhibition Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Unceded Territories describe project which brought together art, activism, history, Indigenous youth, and the wider public to "amplify the artist’s insistence that all of us consider our collective responsibilities to this earth".
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Making Claim

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Olive P. Dickason
The Beaver, vol. 80, no. 1, February/March 2000, p. 38
Chronicles some landmarks in the battle for Aboriginal title in Canada.
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Malakai McLeod Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Malakai McLeod
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Malakai McLeod talks about conditions in the north and the changes brought about by the CCF government to help the native people.
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Malcolm Norris Memorial

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Malcolm Norris
Indian History Film Project
A reunion in Prince Albert to commemorate Malcolm Norris. Speakers recall incidents illustrating the various aspects of Norris's life.
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Maori Education: Revolution and Transformative Action

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Graham Hingangaroa Smith
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 24, no. 1, Q epethet ye Mestiyexw, 2000, pp. 57-72
Discusses how the Maori developed educational changes in response to the loss of their traditions.
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Marie Baldwin, Racism, and the Society of American Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tadeusz Lewandowski
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 1, 2020, pp. 35-52
A response to Cathleen Cahill's article Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin: Indigenizing the Federal Indian Service regarding Baldwin's departure from the Society of American Indians and her campaign to exclude African-Americans from employment in the Indian Service.
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Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin: Indigenizing the Federal Indian Service

Alternate Title
American Indian Quarterly ; vol. 37, no. 3, Summer 2013
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cathleen D. Cahill
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 2, The Society of American Indians and Its Legacies, Summer, 2013, pp. [63]-86
Biography of an attorney in the Office of Indian Affairs traces developments in her political outlook and her involvement in the Society of American Indians. Special combined issue of Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 63.
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[Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cari M. Carpenter
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 85-87
Book review of: Mark My Words by Mishuana Goeman. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 85.
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Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gina Starblanket
NAIS : Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 1, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 184-186
Book review of: Mark My Words by Mishuana Goeman.
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Mary Two-Axe Earley

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charlotte Gray
Canada's History, vol. 96, no. 1, February/March 2016, p. 27
Brief biography about an unlikely activist who fought for the rights of Aboriginal women discriminated against under the 1876 Indian Act.
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Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Courtney Montour
Tells the story of the woman who fought for more than two decades against the sex discrimination embedded in the Indian Act and became leader in the Canadian women's rights movement. Duration: 34:07.
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Mass Incarceration Is the New Racism

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 29, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 95-97
Book review of: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander.
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A Measured Sovereignty: The Politics of Nation-Making in British Columbia

Alternate Title
A Measured Sovereignty The Politics of Nation Making in British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Woolford
R. S. Ratner
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 283-316
Argues that within the British Columbia Treaty Process, there are two radically different positions regarding self-determination; the First Nations focus on sovereignty and the non-Aboriginal focus on integration within the neoliberal state.
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Mederic McDougall Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mederic McDougall
Carol Pearlstone
Indian History Film Project
Mr. McDougall is descended from French and Scottish halfbreeds and is active in the Metis Society of Saskatchewan. He gives an account of the Metis way of life and philosophy, the Riel Rebellion, shares memories of WWI, WWII and the Depression. He also talks about the discrimination against native people.
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Medicines at Standing Rock: Stories of Native Healing through Survivance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Selma Hedlund
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 4, 2020, pp. 59-78
In 2016, Indigenous groups and allies met at Standing Rock, North Dakota to protest the creation of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Using interviews from participants to discuss Indigenous social movements, rooted in spirituality and ceremony, that moves away from the stereotypical viewpoint of Indigenous victimry.
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Memorial March, 2007

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lora McElhinney
West Coast Line, vol. 41, no. 1, Representations of Murdered and Missing Women, Spring, 2007, pp. 70-73
Comments on the march held in support of the missing and murdered women.
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Metis Activist Just Wanted a Fairer Deal for His People

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Black
Windspeaker, vol. 16, no. 12, April 1999, p. 8 s

Brief profile of Howard Adams, recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for education. The article discusses what drove his academic and political aspirations.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.28.

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The Métis and the Social Sciences

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Rivard
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Native Peoples, Museums, and Heritage Resource Management, 1987, pp. 1-6
Contributes to the academic debate on the position of Métis peoples as a distinct culture in support of recognition, self-determination, and self-government.
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Métis Group Joins Save the Fraser Declaration Against Pipeline

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 11, February 2013, p. 8,16

Comments on Métis and First Nations people joining together to oppose a pipeline project in British Columbia.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

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Métis in Canada: History, Identity, Law and Politics

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jennifer Hayter
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 141-142
Book review of Métis in Canada edited by Christopher Adams, Gregg Dahl, and Ian Peach. Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 141.
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Metis/Indian Marching

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Linda Holoboff
Eight images of a group of Aboriginal people demonstrating in Saskatoon on July 31, 1976. One sign reads: Political Asylum for Leonard Peltier.
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Métis Land Rights and Self-Government

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Leah Dorion
Describes the role the scrip system played in eliminating the Métis land base, lists Métis political organizations and discusses current activity aimed at recovering their land base, which would enable a move toward self-government.
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