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Dionne Brand and Alanis Obomsawin: Polyphony in the Poetics of Resistance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Lúia Milléo Martins
Ilha Do Desterro, no. 56, Jan./June 2009, pp. 151-164
Looks at Dionne Brand's poetry and documentaries, Sister in the Struggle and Long Time Comin' and Alanis Obomsawin documentaries, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance and Rocks at Whiskey Trench.
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Dis/engagement: Zitkala-Ŝa's Letters to Carlos Montezuma, 1901-1902

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ruth Spack
MELUS, vol. 26, no. 1, Varieties of the Ethnic Experience, Spring, 2001, pp. 172-204
Article explores the biographical, historical and sociocultural context of the correspondence housed by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
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Disassembling Media Representations 101

Alternate Title
The Media Gaze: Representations of Diversities in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Augie Fleras
Comments on media coverage of Aboriginal people which portrays negative stereotypes and images. Chapter one from The Media Gaze: Representations of Diversities in Canada.
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Dissenters Must Be Heard, Too: [Final Edition]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard Wagamese
Edmonton Journal, January 15, 1992, p. A10
Discusses a conversation about the Oka Mohawk crisis in 1990 and opposition to it. Reprinted from the Calgary Herald.
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Diverting an Old Man from Alberta; There is a River Involved, but the Old Man is not in it (He is Reading his Local Newspaper)

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sara Johansson
Totem, vol. 14, no. 1, 2006, pp. 23-28
Looks at portrayal newspapers put in articles printed in the Calgary Herald, the Montreal Gazette, the Vancouver Province and the Edmonton journal pertaining to the diversion of the Oldman River by a group called the Lone Fighters from the Peigan First Nation.
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Documents: Introduction

Alternate Title
[Document One]: Lake of Two Mountains Petition
[Document Two]: Response By the Under Secretary of State
[Document Two]: Response [to Lake of Two Mountains Petition] by the Under Secretary of State
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
F. Laurie Barron
E. J. Langevin
Native Studies Review, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 129-131

Introduction and documents regarding Lake of Two Mountains Petition which speak to the social gulf, that by the mid-1870's, separated the Mohawks and Oka townspeople

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Documents [Introduction to Documents and Commentaries]

Alternate Title
Comment on Treaty Alliance by Chief Bernard Ominayak
Comment on Treaty Alliance by Chief Billy Diamond
Comment on Treaty Alliance by George Erasmus
[Document One]: Treaty Alliance of North American Aboriginal Nations
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Winona L. Stevenson
James B. Waldram
Georges Erasmus
Billy Diamond
Bernard Ominayak
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 113-125

Focuses on the Treaty Alliance of North American Aboriginal Nations which is a mutual defense pact. Includes supportive commentaries.

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Don McLean Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Don McLean
Christine Welsh
Indian History Film Project
Consists of an interview with non-Indian employed at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in Regina. At the time of the interview he was writing a book on the history of the Metis nation.
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Don Nielson Interview 1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Don Nielson
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Don Nielson was one of the original organizers of the Metis Association of Saskatchewan in 1964. He talks about the differences between Metis groups in the north and south and Norris's fight against government funding.
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Don Nielson Interview 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Don Nielson
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
One of the original organizers of the Metis Association of Saskatchewan in 1964 discusses problems within native organizations between north and south, status and non-status, Liberal and CCF.
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Dr. Thomas A Bland, Critic of Forced Assimilation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas W. Cowger
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 4, 1992, pp. 77-97
Examines Bland's background influences which helped motivate him to act as an advocate against the practice of assimilation.
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Drawn to Change: Comics and Critical Consciousness

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean Carleton
Labour/Le Travail, vol. 73, Spring, 2014, pp. [151]-177
Looks at academic engagement with comics and how they link to promotion of activist learning to take action against oppression.
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The Eagles I Fed Who Did Not Love Me

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Woody Kipp
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 213-232
Expresses hopes that the Alcatraz occupation created a consciousness that would reach into the lives of Native American youth and perhaps white Americans.
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Editorial: [Indigenous Affairs: Bolivia]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alejandro Parellada
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Bolivia, June 2002, pp. 4-5
Editorial comments on agrarian and political reforms in Bolivia. To access this article, scroll down to page 4.
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Editorial: [Indigenous Affairs: IWGIA 40 Years On]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Espen Waehle
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, IWGIA 40 Years On, 2008, pp. 4-7
Introduction to journal issue highlighting the organizations' work done for Indigenous people in different parts of the world.
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