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Heroes & Heronines

Beck, Mary L

Date Published:1989

Craftwork Techniques Of The Native Americans

Sutton, Scott

Craftwork Techniques This volume provides complete, step-by-step instructions for eight contemporary projects. Each is described in detail, with full-color photographs outlining each phase of construction. Information includes the selection of materials and required supplies. Close-up photos show how each step is accomplished, thus helping the reader to develop skills necessary to produce other items similar to these. Because the various beadwork techniques for these projects has been covered in my earlier work, as well as in many others, this version concentrates on the construction methods and materials that i use today, along with many tips and techniques that i have learned or developed and found successful over the years. It is my hope that the information presented here will inspire you to create many beautiful objects and give you hours of pleasure while pursuing the craft of beadwork.

Date Published:2014

Time Perspective in Aboriginal American Culture, A Study in Method

Sapir, E.

Rare book, this is not for loan. Canada Department of Mines

Date Published:1916

Because They Are Different

This short documentary explores issues surrounding the integration of Canadian Indigenous people into social institutions such as the non-Indigenous school systems and workforce. Questions arise about the viability and desirability of integration, and old prejudices are revealed in interviews and commentary from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians.

Date Published:1964

The Water Walker

Robertson, Joanne

The Water Walker is a celebration of a determined Ojibwe grandmother Nokomis Josephine and her love for water nibi. Nokomis walks to raise awareness of our need to protect Nibi for future generations, and for all life on the planet. She, along with other women, men, and youth, have walked around all the Great Lakes from the four salt waters, or oceans, to Lake Superior. The walks are full of challenges, and by her example Josephine challenges us all to take up our responsibility to protect our water, the giver of life, and to protect our planet for all generations. Ojibwe author and illustrator Joanne Robertson is a member of Atikameksheng Anishnawbek. She continues to help water walkers through live GPS spotting to make sure the water is safe on their journeys. Joanne lives near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. This important book presents a much-needed resource about a current First Nation woman who took it upon herself to raise awareness about the importance of water for our life on earth. Illustrator Joanne Robertson compliments her texts with engaging full colour images. The book contains a glossary of Ojibwe and English terms as well as simple maps young readers will understand. This is one of the best resources from Indigenous storytellers for 2017. Highly Recommended. The Water Walker has been selected in the Children’s Category Longlist for First Nation Communities READ 2018.

Date Published:2017

Frome Oral to Written

Highway, Tomson

Aboriginal Canadians tell their own stories, about their own people, in their own voice, from their own perspective. If as recently as forty years ago there was no recognizable body of work by Canadian writers, as recently as thirty years ago there was no Native literature in this country. Perhaps a few books had made a dent on the national consciousness: The Unjust Society by Harold Cardinal, Halfbreed by Maria Campbell, and the poetry of Pauline Johnson and even Louis Riel. Now, three decades later, Native people have a literature that paints them in colours that are psychologically complex and sophisticated. They have a literature that validates their existence, that gives them dignity, that tells them that they and their culture, their ideas, their languages, are important if not downright essential to the long-term survival of the planet.

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Homophobia: Deal with it and turn prejudice into pride

Solomon, Steven

Deal with it Series Homophobia: Deal With It and Turn Prejudice into Pride is one of the titles in the Deal With It Series created to assist adolescents with everyday conflicts in their lives and promotes peaceful resolution. This title examines how students can effectively deal with homophobia. The book covers how to take action against homophobic behaviours whether the student is the homophobe, the target, or the witness. The various forms of homophobia are defined with easy to understand examples presented in comic format, a quiz, letters to a Conflict Counsellor, do's and don’ts, and tips on how to deal with these issues. Suggested activities that demonstrate how to cope with bullying, teasing or harassing behaviours are provided as well as a resource guide for follow-up activities. This is a valuable student resource for dealing with homophobic behaviour at the classroom level and replacing it with acceptance and respect. The cartoon illustrations are effective and inclusive showing male and female students from a variety of cultural and religious groups.

Date Published:2013

Moose Factory Cree

TURNER, Daisy

An introduction to Cree syllabics which was prepared for use in Moose Factory schools Comes with 2 CD-ROM set

Date Published:2001

Mission Among The Blackfeet

HARROD, Howard

Date Published:1971

The Sacred Tree

BOPP, Judie

Date Published:1984

The Shield Archaic

Wright, James Valliere

Date Published:1972

Indian Acts and Amendments, 1868-1950. -- 2nd ed

CANADA. INDIAN AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS. CORPORATE POLICY. RESEARCH BRANCH

Date Published:1981

The Missing

Florence, Melanie

Will Feather find Mia....Alive? The Missing by Melanie Florence uses as its background the ongoing circumstance of unsolved cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls, this fictional mystery set in Winnipeg explores one teenager's response to a system that has long denied and misrepresented the problem.After a girl she knows from school goes missing and is found dead in the Red River, Feather is shocked when the police write it off as a suicide. Then, it's Feather's best friend, Mia, who vanishes - but Mia's mom and abusive stepfather paint Mia as a frequent runaway, so the authorities won't investigate her disappearance either. Everyone knows that Native girls are disappearing and being killed, but no one is connecting the dots. When Feather's brother Kiowa is arrested under suspicion of Mia's abduction, Feather knows she has to clear his name. What Feather doesn't know is that the young serial killer who has taken Mia has become obsessed with Feather, and her investigation is leading her into terrible danger. The Missing has been selected in the Young Adult/Adult Category Longlist for First Nation Communities READ 2017.

Date Published:2017

Authentic Indian Designs

Naylor, Maria

This vast Pictorial Archive collection offers you the beauty and vigor of 2,500 authentic Indian designs that come from all over the United States, including Alaska and the Canadian Pacific Coast. Dating from prehistoric times (c. 1000 B.C.) to the end of the nineteenth century, these designs have been selected from illustrations in the first 44 Annual Reports of the prestigious Bureau of American Ethnology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution, by American and Indian art expert Maria Naylor. The illustrations show designs and objects of innumerable kinds, including decorated vases and bottles; bowls, bottles, and pipes in the shape of birds, animals, and human heads; pottery vessels and their scrolled and fretted designs, including much Pueblo pottery with spiral, bird, animal, and other designs; shell gorgets with conventionalized rattlesnake designs; winger human figures and equal-arm cross designs on plates made by the Mound Builders; geometric and floral patterns on beadwork; pictographs of the battle of the Little Bighorn and other scenes; symbolic tipi decorations; masks depicting shamans such as the killer whale, wolf, raven, etc., dancing masks with human faces, ceremonial masks with half-human, half-animal faces, and incredibly elaborate Zuñi masks with their abstract designs; baskets and their conventionalized designs composed of stripes, chevrons, geometric figures, zigzags and so on; amazing Hopi katcina figures; legendary Zuñi and Navaho sand paintings with their pictograph-like figures; and much more. Each illustration or group of illustrations on one page has a caption containing information condensed from the Reports such as date and use of objects, tribe, region, etc. To make consideration of these illustrations easier, they have been divided into five categories: Prehistoric Art of the Eastern Woodlands; The Eastern Woodlands in the Historic Period; The Plains Area; The Northwest Coast, Alaska and the Arctic Regions; and The Southwest. If you are a commercial artist or illustrator who has been looking for authentic Indian designs, you are sure to find all that you need in this splendid collection. Anyone interested in the art of the North American Indian will find this collection to be an indispensable, comprehensive sourcebook.

Date Published:1975

Grandmother, tell us about the thirteen moons on turtle's back

Samatte, Sandra

Children learning about the Native Cultural This Series also contains: - Grandmother, tell us about Sweetgrass - Grandmother, tell us about the Sundance - Grandfather, tell us about sage - Grandfather, tell us about traditional tobacco - Grandmother, tell us about cedar - Grandfather, tell us about the scared pipe - Grandfather, tell us about the birch bark canoe - Grandfather, tell us about the bison - Grandfather, tell us about the fire ceremony .

Date Published:2014

The Seasons: Summer, Vol. 3

KARP, Barry

Date Published:1981

The Canadian Indian: A Brief Outline

INDIAN AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS

Date Published:1973

The History of Treaties in Canada

LeMay, Matt

From the Royal Proclamation of 1763 to the implementation on of the modern-day Algonquin land claim, The History of Treaties in Canada explores the history, application and legacy of these foundational legal documents and how they continue to shape and define the often strained relationships between First Nations and the Crown in Canada. Written and produced by award-winning Métis filmmaker Matt LeMay, this new video is a valuable resource for your History, Canadian Studies, Law, First Nations, Métis and Inuit Studies and Civics classes.

Date Published:2016

Grandmother, tell us about regalia

Samatte, Sandra

Children learning about Native Cultural Other books in the series include: Granfather, tell us about the eagle feather Grandmother, tell us about our elders Grandfather, tell us about wild rice Grandmother, tells about the star blanket Grandfather, tell us about the igloo Grandfather, tell us about the inukshuk Grandmother tell us about the four sacred medicines Grandfather, tell us about the totem pole Grandmother, tell us about the tipi.

Date Published:2014

Spirits Of The Earth: A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies

Lake-Thom, Bobby

Date Published:1997