Activism
Seizing the Sky: Redefining American Art
Alternate Title
Kay WalkingStick: An American Artist
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kate Morris
Jessica L. Horton
Lisa Roberts Seppi
Robert Houle
Joelene Rickard ... [et al.]
Description
Symposium honoring Kay WalkingStick held at the National Museum of the American Indian November 5, 2015. Features 12 symposium videos divided into 2 sessions. The first session discusses Kay's personal approach to making art. The second session discusses the larger context of her work in art, history, society and culture.
Session 1 - Duration: 81:40
Session 2 - Duration: 127.25
Self-Determination and Indigenous Women - 'Whose Voice Is It We Hear in the Sámi Parliament?'
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rauna Kuokkanen
International Journal on Minority & Group Rights, vol. 18, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 39-62
Description
Interviews Sámi women in Norway and Finland on their perspective of self-determination and engagement in the process.
Senators Just Wanted Some Sober Second Thought on C-27
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 12, March 2013, p. 25,29
Description
Comments on three Aboriginal Liberal senators who walked out of two committee meetings when the motion to table a bill was defeated.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.25.
Sending a Message: How Indigenous Australian Women Use Contemporary Music Recording Technologies to Provide a Space for Agency, Viewpoints and Agendas
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katelyn Barney
The World of Music, vol. 49, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples, Recording Techniques, and the Recording Industry, 2007, pp. 105-124
Description
Uses interviews and examples of recordings to show how awareness for political and social justice issues are being raised through music.
Shadowed Pasts
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margery Fee
Canadian Literature, no. 181, Wiseman, Livesay, Sime, Connelly, Robinson, Summer, 2004, pp. 99-100
Description
Book reviews of: Whispering in Shadows by Jeannette C. Armstrong and In the Shadow of Evil by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier.
Shame to Jail Band Members for Defending Rights
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, March 28, 2008, p. A11
Description
Describes the jail sentences given to 6 leaders of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation, located in Northern Ontario, over mineral exploration on a disputed land claim area.
Shattered Hearts: Indigenous Women and Subaltern Resistance in Indonesian and Indigenous Canadian Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Alicia Marie Lawrence
Description
Pacific and Asian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2012.
Supplementary material: interview with Eden Robinson.
"Shut The Province Down": First Nations Blockades in British Columbia, 1984-1995
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas Blomley
BC Studies, no. 111, Autumn, 1996, pp. 5-35
Description
Overview of blockades including underlying grievances, reasons for using a blockade to protest and reactions of non-Indigenous residents.
A Sign of Forgotten Times?: Alberta Places Little Value on Time Before Settlers
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 6, October 2002, p. 9
Description
Examines the lack of legal protection for traditional burial sites within the city of Edmonton.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.
Silvia Carrera: A Symbol of Dignity for Indigenous Women in Panama
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Isidoro Rodriguez
Barbara Sorensen
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 2, 40 Years of Advocacy, June 2012, p. [?]
Description
Silvia Carrera discusses her life, the social discrimination against Indigenous peoples, and strategies for dealing with the government.
Singing at a Center of the Indian World: The SAI and Ohio Earthworks
Alternate Title
American Indian Quarterly ; vol. 37, no. 3, Summer 2013
Singing at the Centre of the Indian World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mari L. Chaatsmith
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 2, The Society of American Indians and Its Legacies, Summer, 2013, pp. 181-198
Description
Describes the Newark Earthworks, a monumental earthen architectural complex built by the mound builders, and discusses its significance.
Special combines issues of Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 181.
Sister A. Brady, Anne Brady Walther, Dorothy Chapman
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Sister A. Brady
Anne Brady Walther
Dorothy Chapman
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with three of Jim Brady's sisters. They talk about early life in St. Paul des Metis in the 1920s and 1930s, the politics and lifestyle of their father, Jim Brady, Sr., as well as discussing Brady's maternal grandfather, Laurent Garneau.
The Situation of Poor Indigenous Peoples in Baguio City: The Philippines
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Geraldine Cacho
Joan Carling
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Indigenous People in Urban Areas, 2002, pp. 22-27
Description
Describes the struggles faced by Indigenous peoples from Cordillera who migrate to Baguio City in search of opportunity.
To access this article scroll down to page 22.
Six Miles Deep
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sara Roque
Lea Marin
Katharine Asals
Stan Barua
Description
Documentary about the role clan mothers played in the conflict that took place near Caledonia, Ontario over a proposed housing development on Six Nation traditional territory.
Access study guide.
Duration: 43:24
Six Miles Deep: Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[National Film Board]
Description
Developed to accompany the National Film Board documentary Six Miles Deep which deals with the conflict that took place over land development near Caledonia, Ontario.
"Smudging, drumming and the like do not a nation make": Temporal Liminality and Delegitimization of Indigenous Protest in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard G. Baker
Nadia Verrelli
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 1, Destabilizing Canada / Le Canada déstabilisé, Winter, 2017, pp. 37-63
Description
Analyzes representations of activities associated with the Idle No More movement in editorial and commentary of sections in the Globe and Mail and the National Post.
Social Impacts of Aboriginal Economic Development: Three Case Studies From Atlantic Canada
Alternate Title
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeff Orr
Monica Diochon
Clare Fawcett
Behrang Foroughi
Alison Mathie
Leslie Jane McMillan
Description
Looked at the communities of Millbrook First Nation (Nova Scotia), Miawpukek Mi'kmawey Mawio'mi Conne River First Nation (Newfoundland and Labrador), and Tobique Mailiseet Nation (New Brunswick).
Social Media and the Opportunities for Expression and Action of Tino Rangatiratanga (Self-determination)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Acushla Sciascia
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 1, no. 2, Reterritorialising Social Media: Indigenous People Rise Up, 2016
Description
Discusses how sites such as Facebook and Twitter can become a space for establishing online Indigenous citizenship and vehicles for discussion, practicing culture, expressing identity, and political mobilization.
Duration: 34:30.
Somewhere Beyond The Barricade: Explaining Indigenous Protest in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nadya Repin
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 2012, pp. 143-171
Description
Uses three social movement theories to illustrate the contentious actions that sparked mobilization among Aboriginal communities.
The Soul of Unity: The Quarterly Journal of the Society of American Indians, 1913-1915
Alternate Title
American Indian Quarterly ; vol. 37, no. 3, Summer 2013
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gregory D. Smithers
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 2, The Society of American Indians and Its Legacies, Summer, 2013, pp. 263-289
Description
Looks at the messages conveyed in the independent periodical.
Special combined issue of Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 263.
The Spirit of Indigenous Youth: The Resilience and Self-Determination in Connecting to the Spirit and Ways of Knowing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonnie Freeman
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 1, June 2017, pp. 60-75
Description
Comments on the resilience and activism of a youth group known as "The Spirit of the Youth".