Activism

Explains why Tuhoe activist Te Kaha in an act of cultural activism, took a painting by Colin McCahon from the Aniwaniwa Visitor Centre in 1997 and then returned it in 1998.

Discusses history of Native American Indian studies programs at colleges and universities in the United States.

Recounts several incidences of murdered and missing Aboriginal women. Statistics show 4.5 out of every 100,000 Indigenous women are killed by homicide.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2018.

Observations of the resistance and determination of the Mohawk people in the Oka crisis, which became a source of pride within the First Nations community across Canada.

Memorial to a knowledgeable, witty, and intelligent writer who struggled to achieve national sovereignty for First Nations peoples.

Annotated list of: books, audiovisual resources, articles, reports, declarations, conventions, and acts, and website. Current as of November, 2007.

Includes toolkit to help with workshop templates for environmental violence teach-ins, resources for healing and traditional land-based medicines, and community health assessments.

Peace and Conflict Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2018.

Book review of: Voices of American Indian Assimilation and Resistance by Siobhan Senier. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1994.

An examination of George Vizenor's use of the traditional Indigenous trickster narrative to discuss Indigenous concerns and issues.

Comments shared by participants of the Dakota Commemorative March in 2002 to remember their peoples forced removal march of 1862.

Chronicles the life (1933-2005) of a Native American author, theologian, historian and activist.

Arts and Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 1986.

Examines the Indigenous social movement and uprising in Chiapas and at Wounded Knee.

Discusses the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg's push for recognition of their traditional lands and treaty rights following the First World War in Eastern Canada through collaborations with Chief Richard and the Tuscaroras of New York.

Overview of societies' role in asserting Indigenous rights and nationhood. Mainly relies on primary sources from societies themselves, reports and communiqés from conflict situations, and interviews with individuals involved.

Social Justice Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2014.

Examines the occupation of Wound Knee to discuss the connection between Indigenous masculinity and nation building.

Provides brief overview of the movement. Scroll down to page 20 to read article.

Assignment reporter Mike Wendling in the United States to find out why protests against the name "Redskins" are on the rise. Duration: 25:00.

Discusses some of the sociopolitical issues and topics addressed in special issue including #NoDAPL, the cuts to the American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), water sovereignty, regulation and distribution, and extractive practices.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.) University of Oklahoma, 2019.

Longtime Inuk activist and head of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference receives the Sophie Award honouring her work on climate change.

Comments on the work done by activist, Clyde Warrior, noting that his focus was always what could be done by and for American Indians, rather than focusing on what was being done against American Indians.

Examines history of international Indigenous movement and the use of Indigenous identity as a valued significant status with a focus on the Sami peoples.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1992.

Script of play.

Considers Potawatomie’s address at the 1893 World’s Fair, in which he used the platform to expose the realities of the U.S. Government Indian policy, as a rhetorical strategy of resistance and an attempt to garner sympathy from the public at large. Discusses the implications and potential fallout of Potawatomie’s move.

Looks at the relationship between the Miskitu fighters and the non-indigenous counter-revolutionary groups, the Contras.

Investigates the Red Power era in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s, which promoted Native sovereignty.

Discusses context and history of a protest march that took place in Kenora, Ontario in 1965.

Literary criticism essay that uses Hogan’s novel Solar Storms and the incidents Standing Rock, ND to illustrate a connection between the violence enacted on Indigenous bodies and the social discourses surrounding extractive resource practices. Argues that conscious storytelling could help to reshape the discourse surrounding trauma, the more than human community and environmental/climate justice.

Looks at the implementation of an Indigenous education program that reflects the needs of the community by focusing on four areas: life and environment, history, languages and mathematics. To access this article, scroll down to page 16.

Looks at Defense Minister Gordon O'Connor clarifying that a document was not meant to suggest that Aboriginals in Canada are a potential military target. Article located by scrolling to page 5.

Focuses on Standing Rock Sioux Water Protectors' fight against construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, United States v. Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska’s defense of Blackbird Bend.

Examines a parallel activism effort next to the Constitution Express by a group of Indigenous women when they staged an occupation of a Department of Office in British Columbia in response to the departments inadequate dealing with Indigenous housing, education and employment.

Includes post-viewing, comprehension and discussion questions, and activities.

Arts Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2018

Short article describes the history of Inter-Communal Body of Women of the Capaincy of Izozog, CIMCI. To access this article, scroll down to page 46.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007.

Editorial introduction to issue 13:1 "A Barrier-free Health System for Indigenous Communities"

Reports on the casualties from pro-independence demonstrations. To access this article scroll down to page 66.

Looks at the Mohawk Warrior Society, Red Power movement and the West Coast Warrior Society. Scroll down to page 4 to read article.

Recalls how women in 1971, supported by the American Indian Movement (AIM), took over a United States Coast Guard Station in Milwaukee to establish a school.

Analyzes whether protest can be explained by resource mobilization, political opportunities or the construction of PanAboriginal collective identity.

Comments on J. Edward Chamberlin's book entitled If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground.