topic:"Indigenous Culture" found 4 records - Research Collections

Abstract: For centuries, Canadian sovereignty has existed uneasily alongside forms of Indigenous legal and political authority. Canadian Law and Indigenous Self-Determination demonstrates how, over the last few decades, Canadian law has attempted to remove Indigenous sovereignty from the Canadian legal and social landscape. Adopting a naturalist analysis, Gordon Christie responds to questions about how to theorize this legal phenomenon, and how the study of law should accommodate the presence of diverse perspectives. Exploring the socially-constructed nature of Canadian law, Christie reveals how legal meaning, understood to be the outcome of a specific society, is being reworked to devalue the capacities of Indigenous societies. Addressing liberal positivism and critical postcolonial theory, Canadian Law and Indigenous Self-Determination considers the way in which Canadian jurists, working within a world circumscribed by liberal thought, have deployed the law in such a way as to attempt to remove Indigenous meaning-generating capacity. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents: Setting the stage -- Canadian law and its puzzles -- Differing understandings and the way forward -- Remarks on theorizing and method -- Problems with theorizing about the law -- Liberal positivism and aboriginal rights -- Characterizing and defining 'existing' aboriginal rights -- The place of aboriginal rights in Canada -- Postcolonial theory and aboriginal law.

ISBN: 9781442628991

Accession Number: P2023.12

Call Number: 07.2 C46c

Collection: Archives Library

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Honouring the strength of Indian women : plays, stories, poetry

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2019

Author: Manuel, Vera

Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada : University of Manitoba Press

Call Number: 07.2 M31h

Author: Manuel, Vera

Responsibility: Vera Manuel = Kulilu Pal ki, Edited by Michelle Coupal, Deanna Reder, Joanne Arnott, and Emalene A. Manuel ; introduction by Emalene A. Manuel ; afterwords by Michelle Coupal, Deanna Reder, and Joanne Arnott.

Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada : University of Manitoba Press

Published Date: 2019

Physical Description: xii, 391 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Indigenous; Indigenous Culture; Indigenous Customs; Indigenous Art; Indigenous Peoples; Indigenous Traditions; Women; Ktunaxa; Secwepemc

Abstract: This critical edition delivers a unique and comprehensive collection of the works of Ktunaxa-Secwepemc writer and educator Vera Manuel, daughter of prominent Indigenous leaders Marceline Paul and George Manuel. A vibrant force in the burgeoning Indigenous theatre scene, Vera was at the forefront of residential school writing and did groundbreaking work as a dramatherapist and healer. Long before mainstream Canada understood and discussed the impact and devastating legacy of Canada's Indian residential schools, Vera Manuel wrote about it as part of her personal and community healing. She became a grassroots leader addressing the need to bring to light the stories of survivors, their journeys of healing, and the therapeutic value of writing and performing arts. A collaboration by four Indigenous writers and scholars steeped in values of Indigenous ethics and editing practices, the volume features Manuel's most famous play, "Strength of Indian Women"--First performed in 1992 and still one of the most important literary works to deal with the trauma of residential schools-along with an assemblage of plays, written between the late 1980s until Manuel's untimely passing in 2010, that were performed but never before published. The volume also includes three previously unpublished short stories written in 1988, poetry written over three decades in a variety of venues, and a 1987 college essay that draws on family and community interviews on the effects of residential schools. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents: Introduction / Emalene A. Manuel -- Plays. Strength of Indian women -- Song of the circle -- Journey through the past to the future -- Echoes of our Mothers' past -- Every warrior's song -- Stories. That grey building -- Theresa -- The letter -- The abyss -- Poetry. The storm -- Woman without a tongue -- Ghosts & predators -- L.A. Obsession song -- Addictions -- Lies -- Life abuse of girls -- The woman I could be -- Fools -- Loneliness -- Abused mothers, wounded fathers -- Hunger -- The Catholic Church -- Deadly legacy -- Keeping Secrets -- Forgiveness -- When I first came to know myself -- When my sister & I dance -- The girl who could catch fish with her hands -- Two brothers -- La Guerra -- Keepers in the dark -- Inheritance -- For the child who knew -- Never ever tell -- Ottawa -- The truth about colonization -- Justice -- Beric -- Christmas inside of me -- Spring fever -- Megcenetkwe -- Dying -- Afterwords. Narrative acts of truth and reconciliation: teaching the healing plays of Vera Manuel / by Michelle Coupal -- Embedded teachings: Vera Manuel's recovered short stories / Deanna Reder -- "Through poetry a community is brought together": Vera Manuel's poetry, poetry activism, and poetics / Joanne Arnott -- Appendix. Indians and residential school: a study of the breakdown of a culture / Vera Manuel

Notes: The "l " in Vera Manuel's (Kulilu Pal ki's) name on the title page appears as the International Phonetic Alphabet symbol for palatoalveolar click.

ISBN: 9780887558368

Accession Number: 2023.09

Call Number: 07.2 M31h

Collection: Archives Library

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Indigenous repatriation handbook

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2019

Publisher: Victoria, BC : Royal British Columbia Museum

Call Number: 07.2 C69i

Responsibility: Prepared by Jisang Nika Collison, Sdaahl K'awaas Lucy Bell, and Lou-ann Neal

Publisher: Victoria, BC : Royal British Columbia Museum

Published Date: 2019

Physical Description: 162 pages ; 6 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Indigenous; Indigenous Culture; Indigenous People; Indigenous Traditions; Repatriation; Museums

Abstract: A reference for BC Indigenous communities and museums, created by and for Indigenous people working in repatriation. -- From back cover

Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Organizing a successful repatriation -- 3. Conducting research -- 4. Repatriation from the royal BC museum -- 5. Repatriation for other institutions -- 6. For institutions wishing to repatriate to Indigenous Peoples in BC -- 7. Case study: repatriation journey of the Haida Nation -- APPENDIX -- A. Glossary of terms -- B. Indigenous museums and cultural centres in Canada -- C. Organizational templates, procedures and examples -- D. Fundraising resouces -- E. Sample letters to museums -- F. Tips for planning for travel and transport -- G. Global museums with major indigenous collections from BC -- H. Resources on education in indigenous museology -- I. Frequently asked questions about repatriation -- J. Repatriation stories.

ISBN: 9780772673176

Accession Number: P2023.25

Call Number: 07.2 C69i

Collection: Archives Library

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Native American almanac : more than 50,000 years of the cultures and histories of indigenous peoples

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2016

Author: Wakim Dennis, Yvonne; Hirschfelder, Arlene; and Rothenberger Flynn, Shannon

Publisher: Canton, MI : Visible Ink Press

Call Number: 07.2 D42n

Author: Wakim Dennis, Yvonne; Hirschfelder, Arlene; and Rothenberger Flynn, Shannon

Publisher: Canton, MI : Visible Ink Press

Published Date: 2016

Physical Description: xi, 643 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Indigenous Peoples; History; Indigenous Culture; Turtle Island

Abstract: The impact of early encounters, past policies, treaties, wars, and prejudices toward America's Indigenous peoples is a legacy that continues to mark America. The history of the United States and Native Americans are intertwined. Agriculture, place names, and language have all been influenced by Native American culture. The stories and history of pre- and post-colonial Tribal Nations and peoples continue to resonate and informs the geographical boundaries, laws, language and modern life. From ancient rock drawings to today's urban living, the Native American Almanac: More Than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples traces the rich heritage of indigenous people. It is a fascinating mix of biography, pre-contact and post-contact history, current events, Tribal Nations' histories, enlightening insights on environmental and land issues, arts, treaties, languages, education, movements, and more. Ten regional chapters, including urban living, cover the narrative history, the communities, land, environment, important figures, and backgrounds of each area's Tribal Nations and peoples. The stories of 345 Tribal Nations, biographies of 400 influential figures in all walks of life, Native American firsts, awards, and statistics are covered. Over 300 photographs and illustrations bring the text to life. The most complete and affordable single-volume reference work about Native American culture available today, the Native American Almanac is a unique and valuable resource devoted to illustrating, demystifying, and celebrating the moving, sometimes difficult, and often lost history of the indigenous people of America. Capturing the stories and voices of the American Indian of yesterday and today, it provides a range of information on Native American history, society, and culture. -- Publisher's description

Contents: Historical overview of Indian-White relations in the United States -- Northeast -- Southeast -- Midwest -- Northern plains -- Southern plains: Texas and Oklahoma -- The Great Basin and Rocky Mountains -- Southwest -- Pacific Northwest: Washington State and Oregon -- California -- Alaska -- Hawaii -- Urban -- Appendix A: Canada -- -- Appendix B: Mexico -- Appendix C: Caribbean -- Appendix D: Greenland -- Appendix E: Indigenous nations/groups in Native America Almanac -- Appendix F: Indian lands: definitions and explanations -- Appendix G: Indigenized English -- Appendix H: Indigeneity from sea to sea -- Appendix I: Selected indigeneity firsts: people, places, and things -- Appendix J: Native owned and operated museums -- Appendix K: The indigeneity of the Powwow -- Appendix L: Indigenous ancestry affiliation of some notable people.

ISBN: 9781578595075

Accession Number: 2022.17

Call Number: 07.2 D42n

Collection: Archives Library

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