Activism

Argues that the Native Americans persistent wish to preserve culture and identity proved to be the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) best tool in the right to a separate ethnic identity.

Examines the use of physical occupation and civil disobedience by Aboriginal peoples to accomplish their objectives relating to land, treaty, and other rights; and examines the impact of the Nu-Chah-Nulth First Nations’ blockade on forest practices in Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Discusses a blockade by members of Grassy Narrows First Nation, which began in 2002 at Slant Lake in northwestern Ontario, to protest industrial clear-cutting.

Book Review of: Cultural Politics and the Mass Media by Patrick J. Daley and Beverly A. James

Comments on Ola's life and activist work to preserve a sacred place.

Looks at the occupation of Wounded Knee and the struggle of the Oglala Lakota people.

Discusses the use of several political tools, including languages and cultures, that can serve as a force de resistance against political subjugation.

[History and American Indian Studies] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2012.

Author combines academic theory and personal experience at the Oceti Sakowin, Standing Rock water protectors' camp to discuss the phenomenon of protest camps and their social, political and educational characteristics.

The author shares their personal experience of the 2002 walk to commemorate the Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota peoples forcibly removed from their lands to Fort Snelling including information about their emotional and intellectual responses during the walk, and their sense that the memorial walk allowed participants to experience and grieve the events of 1862.

Book review of: This is Not a Peace Pipe by Dale Turner.

Performance Studies Thesis (Ph. D.)--New York University, 1999.

Comments on the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee by Oglala protestors.

Book review of: A Dangerous Idea by Peter Metcalfe and Kathy Kolkhorst Ruddy.

English and Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2007.

Speakers discuss struggles for Métis rights and recognition which led to Daniels case and the Supreme Court's ruling that Métis and non-Status individuals fall within the definition of "Indian" in section 91(24) of the Constitution Act,1867; Maria Campbell reminisces about leader Harry Daniels, who initiated the court action. Duration: 1:59:52. Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.

Native American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2011.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--State University of New York, 2020.

Discusses Malcolm Norris and his political views, his involvement with the Neestow Project, his visions for the future, his family, his frustrations and short-comings.

Comments on the Assembly of First Nations' Day of Action on June 29, 2007.

Calls for a national day of action stemming from the failure of the government to implement the Kelowna Accord.

Review of book: A Death Feast in Dimlahamid by Terry Glavin

Book review of: A Death Feast in Dimlahamid by Terry Glavin.

Supporters of Harriet Nahanee are calling for a public inquiry as to why the elder was jailed even though she was in a weakened physical state.

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

Describes the land-based university program and its role in resisting settler colonial capitalism, particularly the oil-based extractive resource economy that has defined the relationship between the Dene and the Canadian nation state.

Features activist who is trying to get claim settled before construction begins on the Mackenzie Valley pipeline. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section. Duration: 8:40.

One of first rights documents lists areas of concern and possible solutions.

Outlines the major objectives of the Metis and non-status indigenous people in Canada. Appendices include: Metis National Anthem, Metis petitions for special rights 1845, List of Rights from Metis Provisional Government 1870, Constitutional and Legislative Recognition of Rights of Metis and Non-Status Indians, Metis Petitions, and the Principles of the Metis Movement.

Document signed by 16 chiefs and sent to both the federal and provincial governments protests the treatment received with respect to ownership of land

Overview of the movement and the historical background to the Crown-First Nation relationship.

Editorial introduction to issue focusing on Palestine and decolonization.

Examines the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) case presented in front of the fourth Russell Tribunal on the Rights of the Indians of the Americas in Rotterdam in 1980. This tribunal meeting coincided with the Constitution Express movement.

Co-developed with youth, publication is designed to spark conversations, give advice for collaborating with communities and promoting a role for Indigenous youth in leadership. Related material: Facilitator Guide.

Examines a social movement that challenges the growing socio-economic inequality and institutional policies that have historically worked to disenfranchise Indigenous groups.

Cultural Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2012.

Compares Western and Indigenous worldviews focusing on ways of dealing with conflict.

Article examines the narratives surrounding the 1862 Death Marches, The Sioux Uprising that preceded it, and the colonial actions of the state that created the uprising. Author uses the work of anti-oppression scholars to reframe the discourse surrounding this historical moment.

History/Museum Studies (M.A.)--University of Central Oklahoma, 2013.

Discusses the community resistance to a hydroelectric project in Guatemala, the death of a community leader, President Molina's response, and military retaliation to the conflict.

Examines issues of racism and colonization in the essays of Zitkala-Ša (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin). Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.

Discusses community consultation processes and campaigns to organize environmentally responsible mining practices.

Chronological and analytical history of the political organization located in the Northwest Territories.

Sums up Anishinaabe mix blood Dennis Banks' trial in regards to his participation at the occupation at Wounded Knee in 1973.

Chronicles the life of the author of the first full length autobiography done by a Native American, with special focus on Methodist religious influences and his civil activism efforts.

A Menominee female academic relates the difficulties she encountered at two post-secondary institutions.

Discusses the complexities in determining identity , as revealed in personal correspondence of Chinquilla, Jones and Bonin regarding Native American organizations in the 1920s.

Analyzes Bill C-92 and its relationship between Indigenous self-determination regarding labour relations in Indigenous-run workplaces.