Racism & Discrimination

Discusses the concept of "racechange" using Susan Gubar's book RaceChanges: White Skin, Black Face in American Culture to assess the various functions of whiteface performance as a strategic mode of representation in theatre" and how theatre can contribute to debates about racialsim.

Chronicles creative accounting practices by the Australian government pertaining to their definition of 'spending' on Indigenous affairs.

Looks at Aboriginal athletes challenging the unofficial code of Australian male culture.

Looks at media coverage of the incident and use of the term, 'Black Velvet'. Note from author: "Terms historicised in this article remain offensive and have continuing power to offend. This article attempts to dispel and challenge the meanings conveyed by the term ‘Black Velvet’ by tracing its use in print media and thereby intervening in the attitudes it disseminated"

Book review of: Black, White, and Indian by Claudio Saunt.

Discusses Brian Moore's fiction Blackrobe, and the use of obscene language, stereotyping and racial discrimination. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Interviews players of the Ballarat Wanderers men's basketball team about their experiences with non-Aboriginal teams.

Adapted for the Alberta context from the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience focusing on the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada. Themes explored are: assimilation, discrimination, Indigenous rights and reconciliation.

Discusses a story of survival from degrading, traumatic experiences related to ethnic identity.

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Contrasts contemporary discourse between Aboriginal and colonial regarding blood talk (used as metaphor for bloodlines).

Discusses a questionable comment made on the radio by host T. J. Conner regarding the Olympic Torch visit stopping in Curve Lake to "buy smokes".

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.

Discussion on the injustices suffered by Aboriginal children in schools, and the compensation offered to address those human rights violations.

Book review of: Chief: The Life History of Eugene Delorme, Imprisoned Santee Sioux edited by Inez Cardozo-Freeman.

Book review of: Indigenous Legal Issues by Heather McRae, Garth Nettheim and Laura Beacroft

Book review of: Racialized Policing by Elizabeth Comack.

Book review of: A Tortured People: The Politics of Colonization by Howard Adams.

Book reviews of: The Erotics of Sovereignty: Queer Native Writing in the Era of Self-Determination by Mark Rifkin. Spaces between Us: Queer Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Decolonization by Scott Morgensen. Beyond the Nation: Diasporic Filipino Literature and Queer Reading by Martin Joseph Ponce.

Review of: We are Not You: First Nations and Canadian Modernity by Denis Claude.

Reviews Contesting Knowledge: Museums and Indigenous Perspectives edited by Susan Sleeper-Smith. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to p. 130.

Books reviews of Removable Type: Histories of the Book in Indian Country, 1663-1880 by Phillip H. Round. Slavery in Indian Country: The Changing Face of Captivity in Early America by Christina Snyder.

Book reviews of: Red Ink: Native Americans Picking up the Pen in the Colonial Period by Drew Lopenzina. The Transit of Empire: Indigenous Critiques of Colonialism by Jodi A. Byrd. On Records: Delaware Indians, Colonists, and the Media of History and Memory Andrew Newman. Trans-Indigenous: Methodologies for Global Native Literary Studies by Chadwick Allen.

Book review of: Out of the Depths: The Experiences of Mi'kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia by Isabelle Knockwood.

Book reviews of 17 books: wanisinwak iskwesisak; awasisasinahikanis/Two Little Girls Lost in the Bush; A Cree Story for Children told by Nehiyaw/Glecia Bear, edited and translated by Freda Ahenakew and H. C. Wolfart. The Geography of the Canadian North by Robert Bone. The Queen's People: A Study of Hegemony, Coercion, and Accommodation Among the Okanagan of Canada by Peter Carstens. Being and Becoming Indian: Biographical Studies of North American Frontiers by James A.

Book reviews of 22 books: African Cherokees in Indian Territory: From Chattel to Citizen by Celia E. Naylor. American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle and the Law by Matthew L. M. Fletcher. Born of Fire: The Life and Pottery of Margaret Tafoya by Charles S. King. Brothers Among Nations: The Pursuit of Intercultural Alliances in Early America, 1580-1660 by Cynthia J.

Book review of: The Campo Indian Landfill War: The Fight For Gold in California's Garbage by Dan McGovern.

Book review of: If You Poison Us: Uranium and Native Americans by Peter H. Eichstaedt.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Austin, 2001.

Author examines several images contemporary to the 1904 World’s Fair, discusses the way in which Indigenous people were portrayed as "spectacle, commodity and spoil of American conquest;" articulates ways that some Indigenous Leaders both corroborated these portrayals and subverted them.

Looks at an alternative way to address Aboriginal subject material, shifting the focus from an essentializing or "othering" exploration of the attributes of Aboriginal peoples to a focus on historical experiences that inform our understanding of contemporary relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples.

Human Development Thesis (M.A.)--Laurentian University of Sudbury, 1998.

Presents a tribute to three of Canada's earliest Aboriginal nurses, Isobel "Bella" Jenny Healy Toth, Nora Gladstone Baldwin and Jennie Tallow Nielsen.

Book review of: Breasting the Waves, by Joanne Arnott.

Discusses a unique governance system and challenges facing tribal governments and communities. Duration: 41:32. Includes textual transcript. Requires creation of a free account to access materials.

Brief overview of the history of the removals and migrants, examines the demands made for reparations and the legal and moral basis of reparations. Concludes with a suggested approach to the issue of providing reparations.

Reports on information gathered at Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Workshop and through interviews with community members and service providers.

Discusses that more must be done to ensure First Nations peoples have access to library and information services.

Describes boarding school experiences using first-hand accounts and continuing healing process.

Discusses the history of Aboriginals prior to European contact and assimilation policies of the colonial period, as well as reparations needed for recovery of past injustices.

Looks at racial and gendered discrimination against Aboriginal women.

Discusses how the media can reform their practices to promote democratic, inclusive intercultural dialogue, and help solve conflicts between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.

Educator's resource for the report Bringing Them Home: National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. Most activities suitable for grade 9 and up.

Documentary from the report, Bringing Them Home: Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children From Their Families. Survivors speak about their experiences. Duration: 32:29.

Links to audio of interviews with over 190 Aboriginals who were taken from their families by the Australian government in an effort to assimilate them.

Book review of: Brisbane, The Aboriginal Presence 1824-1860 edited by Rod Fisher. Review located by scrolling to page 186.

Brings attention to cultural, social and structural barriers that continue to restrict Native American's access to health care and the failure of Congress to provide necessary resources.

Inquiry conducted in response to allegations that the Thunder Bay Police Service had not conducted thorough investigations into more than 30 suspicious deaths. Examined 37 investigations, selected both randomly and based on specific criteria, involving sudden deaths going back to 2009. Found that systemic racism exists in the police service at an institutional level. Includes 44 recommendations.

Book review of: The Brothertown Nation of Indians by Brad D. E. Jarvis.