Native American Studies category: 1415 books
Learning and Teaching Community-Based Research
Linking Pedagogy to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Community-Based Research, or CBR, is a mix of innovative, participatory approaches that put the community at the heart of the research process. Learning and Teaching Community-Based Research shows that CBR can also operate as an innovative pedagogical practice, engaging community members, research...
Anishinaabe Syndicated
A View from the Rez
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
The topics of the day fly fast and furious over Jim Northrup’s moccasin telegraph:
The game wardens were playing catch and release with the Anishinaabeg spearers. one Shinnob went back for seconds. He got two tickets. . . .
The powwow was great. I’d like to thank all those who worked...
by Ana Maria Spagna
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
For most of the past century, Humbug Valley, a forest-hemmed meadow sacred to the Mountain Maidu tribe, was in the grip of a utility company. Washington�s White Salmon River was saddled with a fish-obstructing, inefficient dam, and the Timbisha Shoshone Homeland was unacknowledged within the boundaries...
Prairie Rising
Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
In 2016, Canada’s newly elected federal government publically committed to reconciling the social and material deprivation of Indigenous communities across the country. Does this outward shift in the Canadian state’s approach to longstanding injustices facing Indigenous peoples reflect a “transformation...
by Clarence E. Mulford
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
A HARD-RIDING, QUICK-SHOOTING ADVENTURE, FEATURING HOPALONG CASSIDY
Hopalong Cassidy, Red Connors and Johnny nelson rode across the searing inferno of the Staked Plains and challenged Kane—who dominated the country like a colossus.
They rode with vengeance in their hearts and with...
Surviving Canada
Indigenous Peoples Celebrate 150 Years of Betrayal
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Surviving Canada: Indigenous Peoples Celebrate 150 Years of Betrayal (ARP Books) is a collection of elegant, thoughtful, and powerful reflections about Indigenous Peoples’ complicated, and often frustrating, relationship with Canada, and how—even 150 years after Confederation—the fight for...
Finding Dahshaa
Self-Government, Social Suffering, and Aboriginal Policy in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The social suffering and self-determination of Indigenous peoples are important public policy issues in Canada today. This book asks a fundamental question regarding Canadian-Aboriginal relations: Are self-government agreements an effective path to self-determination?
Finding Dahshaa describes...
by Joseph M. Marshall, III
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Returning to the Lakota Way immerses us once again in the world of the Lakota Sioux through the beautiful storytelling and deep insight of Joseph Marshall’s writing. Relaying traditional tales that have been passed down over generations, Marshall takes us on an inspiring journey that will help us...
Dawnland Encounters
Indians and Europeans in Northern New England
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2000
Colin G. Calloway collects, for the first time, documents describing the full range of encounters of Indians and Europeans in northern New England during the Colonial era. His comprehensive and highly readable introduction to the subject of Indian and European interaction in northern New England covers...
by John Steckley
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The Inuit are a familiar part of Canadian identity but also exotic residing in the remote Arctic. The mix of the familiar and the exotic has resulted in the creation and perpetuation of a number of "White Lies." These are stories that have been developed over long periods of time, reproduced...
Alliances
Re/Envisioning Indigenous-non-Indigenous Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2010
When Indigenous and non-Indigenous activists work together, what are the ends that they seek, and how do they negotiate their relationships while pursuing social change? Alliances brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders, activists, and scholars in order to examine their experiences of...
Healing Traditions
The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Aboriginal peoples in Canada have diverse cultures but share common social and political challenges that have contributed to their experiences of health and illness. This collection addresses the origins of mental health and social problems and the emergence of culturally responsive approaches to...
As We Have Always Done
Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Across North America, Indigenous acts of resistance have in recent years opposed the removal of federal protections for forests and waterways in Indigenous lands, halted the expansion of tar sands extraction and the pipeline construction at Standing Rock, and demanded justice for murdered and missing...
Grandma Says: Wake Up, World!
The Wisdom, Wit, Advice, and Stories of "Grandma Aggie"
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Agnes Baker Pilgrim, known to most as Grandma Aggie, is in her nineties and is the oldest living member of the Takelma Tribe, one of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz.
A descendant of both spiritual and political tribal leaders, Grandma Aggie travels tirelessly around the world to keep traditions...