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De/Scribing Squ*w: Indigenous Womenand Imperial Idioms in the United States

Alternate Title
DeScribing Squ*w Indigenous Women
DeScribing Squw Indigenous Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. Richard King
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 1-16
Apologia: There is no intention to offend, insult or embarrass by inclusion of this article. The author examines the possible origins, diverse uses, and meaning of the term "squaw" and asserts that the struggles of its usage are centered in indigeneity, femininity, and sovereignty in a post-colonial America.
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Dealing with the “Community Conundrum”: Métis Responses to the Application of R v Powley in British Columbia—Litigation, Negotiation, and Practice

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Rights Litigation, Negotiation, and Practice among the Metis of BC: Community Perspectives on Creating Legal Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kerry Sloan
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 48-86
Case developed requirement that s. 35 rights be vested in "historic" communities (existed before European control) and there must be continuity with present-day communities. Author interviewed 23 people about problems with application of the decision in three cases: Howse, Nunn, and Willison.
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Debating Cultural Appropriation

Alternate Title
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Teachrock

Lesson plan focuses on what cultural appropriation is, how it affects Indigenous peoples and whether it should be regulated by law.

Accompanying Material: Student Version.

Developed in conjunction with the documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World.

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Debwewin (The Sound of the Heart)

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Isabella Griffin
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 1, Celebrating 25 Years, Fall, 2014, p. 55
Explores meaning, significance, and making of the drum, and looks at one made for the White Earth Tribal and Community College.
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Decentering Durham

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Marie Mithlo
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities, 2019, pp. 25-28
Discussion of the controversy surrounding the identity of artist Jimmie Durham and the exhibition Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World. Durham's claims to having Cherokee ancestry are denied by the Cherokee Nation. Author argues that by displaying Durham's works the art establishment may be seen to be substantiating his claims and invalidating tribes' sovereignty over citizenship.
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Decolonization in the Arctic? Nature Practices and Land Rights in Sub-arctic Norway

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gro B. Ween
Marianne E. Lien
Journal of Rural and Community Development, vol. 7, no. 1, Human Resources and Remote Indigenous Communities, 2012, pp. 93-109
Looks at the Finnmark Act in 2005, the establishment of Finnmark Estate and contemporary Sami nature practices. Follows two local women and their families.
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Decolonization Matters: Remember This! Dakota Decolonization and the Eli Taylor Narratives by Waziyatawin Angela Wilson and In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors edited by Waziyatawin Angela Wilson

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D. Anthony Tyeeme Clark
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. 101-118
Review essay on: Remember This! Dakota Decolonization and the Eli Taylor Narratives by Waziyatawin Angela Wilson and In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors edited by Waziyatawin Angela Wilson.
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Decolonization through Collaborative Filmmaking: Sharing Stories from the Heart

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Carlson
Gladys Rowe
Teddy Zegeye-Gebrehiwot
Sarah Story
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. [23]-49
Explores collective documentary filmmaking as an instrument of decolonizing storytelling, describes the consensus-based work of a diverse group including both Indigenous and settler artists involved in the Stories of Decolonization project's first short film Stories of Decolonization: Land Dispossession and Settlement.
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Defining Aboriginality in Australia

Alternate Title
Current Issues Brief (Department of the Parliamentary Library) ; no. 10 2002-03
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Gardiner-Garden
Looks at historical definitions, contemporary problems with terminology, and international comparisons.
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Definition of Indigenous Homelessness in Canada

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jesse A. Thistle
Discusses historical and contemporary factors which contribute to high rate of homeless found in the Indigenous population and looks at 12 different dimensions: historic displacement, contemporary geographic separation, spiritual disconnection, mental disruption and imbalance, cultural disintegration and loss, overcrowding, relocation and mobility, nowhere to go, escaping or evading harm, emergency crisis, and climatic refuge,
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Delaware Identity in the Cherokee Nations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudia Haake
Indigenous Nations Studies Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, Spring, 2002, pp. 19-45
Looks at the history of the Delaware tribe and the survival of their identity within the Cherokee Nation.
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A Dene First Nation’s Community Readiness Assessment to Take Action against HIV/AIDS: A Pilot Project

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Larcombe
Albert McLeod
Sarah Samuel
Jennifer Samuel
Michael Payne ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Northlands Denesuline First Nation (NDFN) identified the need to revisit their level of knowledge and preparedness for responding to the increasing rates of HIV; article describes the use of a community readiness assessment tool (CRA) to evaluate current readiness levels and guide planning for culturally appropriate interventions and programmes.
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Designing, Producing and Enacting Nationalisms: Contemporary Amerindian Fashions in Canada

Alternate Title
[The Force of Fashion in Politics and Society: Global Perspectives from Early Modern to Contemporary Times]
[The History of Retailing and Consumption]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Cory Willmott
Argues that incorporating traditional elements into modern designs has produced an expression of "intertribal nationhood". Chapter eight from The Force of Fashion in Politics and Society: Global Perspectives from Early Modern to Contemporary Times edited by Beverly Lemire.
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Desistance and Identity Change Among Aboriginal Females

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John D. Hundleby
Barbara M. Gfellner
Darrell Racine
Identity, vol. 7, no. 3, 2007, pp. 225-253
Comments on a group of women who left a life of problems and antisocial behaviour and adopted a positive view of themselves.
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Desperately Seeking Some Kind of Solution

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Windspeaker, vol. 18, no. 8, December 2000, p. 7

Jokingly looks at the "blended blood" issue or what Taylor calls the people of mixed societies (pms).

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.7.

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Determinants of Racial Misclassification in COVID-19 Mortality Data: The Role of Funeral Directors and Social Context

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Kalweit
Marc Clark
Jamie Ishcomer-Aazami
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 3, COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples: Tools to Promote Equity and Best Practices, 2020, pp. 15-36
Describes the determinants of misidentification on death certificates, discusses them in relation to changes in the funeral industry, death registration process, and social context during the pandemic, and expected impacts of changes and opportunities for prevention.
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