Identity

Marilyn Poitras discusses the complex issue of identity from personal, group, legal and government perspectives. Jason Madden discusses Métis identity in terms of case law and rights contained in Section 35 of the Constitution Act. Duration: 37:58.

Discusses the attributes of identity, focusing on legal definitions, interpretation of the law and implications.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2004.

Discusses how names give tribes identity.

Discusses a new working definition of Indigenous peoples using a model developed by Holm, Pearson and Chavis.

Nationalism Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Central European University, 2014.

Author asserts that Indigenous African knowledge about gorillas has been excluded from contemporary conservation efforts and that this limits their effectiveness. Argues that in order to engage Indigenous knowledge conservationists must reflect on their own ways of knowing and accept different understandings of ecology.

Book review of: Who Owns Native Culture? by Michael F. Brown.

Discusses how the Communicable Diseases Unit of Queensland (Australia) Health has started programs to ensure that more patients self identify as Indigenous when using public health services.

Comments on the way tribal status was determined and depicts the historical background of the tribe which inhabited the eastern section of Long Island.

Critical analysis of The Surrounded, by D'Arcy McNickle, with emphasis on cultural and racial identity.

An anonymous contribution to the issue which briefly describes the first American Indian Support Program (AISP) within a public Community College from its conceptualization to dissolution 23 years later.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2007.

Reviews the large scale northern tour of an award winning First Nations play, fareWel by Ian Ross, which looks at issues such as identity, poverty, substance abuse, and racism.

Speech, by the Honorable Robert Yazzie, that speaks to the theme "Aboriginals and the Criminal Justice System".

Examines Stead's critical examination of Hulme's The Bone People, and suggests his ideas about race and equality should not be dismissed.

Chapter six in book: The Anthropology of Peace and Nonviolence edited by Leslie E. Sponsel and Thomas Gregor.

Related Material: Educator's Guide by Nastassia Subban.

Investigates how Native Americans who adopted the European concept of time (mechanical) were viewed as temporal as opposed to sun time or "real Indians'.

Article considers current trends in Indigenous education in Canada and examines the indigenization of curriculum through the inclusion of languages, knowledge structures, cultural resurgence, and reconnection with land, Elders, culture, and community.

Evaluation of Dr. Sebastien Malette and Guilliaume Marcotte's article and testimony regarding Marie-Louise Riel being Louis Riel's aunt. The two were expert witnesses in two courts cases regarding the claim of a historical Métis community in eastern Canada.

Foreword for AlterNative’s 2018 Volume 14 Issue 4 Special Issue on Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, authored by its two Guest Editors; highlights the topics, authors and social contexts to be covered in the issue.

Book review of: Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians by Sophie White. Review located by scrolling to page 194.

Shows the resilience and adaptability of the Catawba religion through an examination of the devil in Catawba culture.

Discusses the role of the karadj or "medicine man" within the Australian Aboriginal community.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2016.

Looks at resource use for Sami reindeer herders, tourist concept of wilderness, and implications for place and people.

Discussion of the novel's theme tracing the environmental and spiritual devastation caused by the concepts of manifest destiny and nation building as used by EuroAmericans. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Looks at future public policy decisions regarding tourist use in designated wilderness areas that has raised concerns for Sami people.

Looks at responsibilities of Native American filmmakers. Chapter from Recasting Commodity and Spectacle in the Indigenous Americas edited by Helen Gilbert and Charlotte Gleghorn.

Brief description of William Barak's life and leadership at the Coranderrk settlement and his efforts to preserve aspects of Aboriginal tradition in his art.

The author explores the windigo tales and how they relate to modern U.S. culture.

Discussion of the Blackfeet poet-novelist, James Welch, and the change of passage in Indigenous literature - that of returning home.

Annotated list of journal articles dealing with youth suicide prevention. Grouped into: systematic reviews of research literature, community-wide interventions, youth engagement, system-level change, creative partnerships, and culturally and socio-politically informed approaches.

Discusses how KUYI 88.1 FM has created a new way of storytelling by creating culturally relevant local programming through music and ideas.

Examines how Laguna Pueblo author Leslie Silko encourages looking at tradition and ceremony in relation to the global community, with the belief change must begin person by person, and be vigilantly maintained so as to ultimately revolutionalize cities, energy sources, foreign policy and interethnic interactions. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 114.

Looks at Nickula's portrayal of the Skolt people in The Skolt Lapp Community Suenjelsijd During the Year 1938 and Lappish Nation and Alariesto's art which depicted Lapland.

Presents findings from six Gatherings of Métis women from across Alberta.

Documentary with Elders, fathers, and matriarchs on strengthening the role for First Nations, Inuit and Mètis fathers. Accompanying Report. Durations: 26:30.

Overview of two-day gathering of over 100 individuals to address social and cultural changes for Inuit, Mètis and First Nations men. Accompanying documentary.

Show examples of artist's work and discusses meaning behind the designs.

Music Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, San Diego.

Book review of: Witness: A Húnkpapȟa Historian's Strong-Heart Song of the Lakotas by Josephine Waggoner.

Looks at the development of the Certificate in Aboriginal Literacy Education program and follow-up workshops for creating children's books in-order to preserve the Mi'kmaq language in the community of Wagmatcook, Cape Breton.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University, 1998.

A discussion on how use of the term "women and 2spirit" has been used to advocate gender issues but is also problematic because it can marginalize transgendered people from larger Indigenous activist causes.