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Native American Creatives: Additional Resources & Reading

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This page includes sources and LibGuides for contemporary Native Issues referenced in other In-the-Round presentations. 

For more information about North American Indigenous Peoples beyond this page, consult the HIST 2210: North American Indigenous Peoples LibGuide created by Rebecca Stanwick.

Raven's Book Recommendations

Land Back and Indigenous Sovereignty

Whose Land Are You On?

"Native Land," Native Land Digital. 

"BGSU Land Acknowledgement," Bowling Green State University.

 

Websites

"Dedicated to Building Indigenous Power," NDN Collective.

"Landback," NDN Collective.

"Become a Rebuilder," Native Governance Center.

Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and Environmental Activism

Articles

"Indigenous Women, Water Protectors, and Reciprocal Responsibilities," by Mary Kate Dennis and Finn McLafferty Bell, National Association of Social Workers, 2020.

 

Websites

"Taŋyáŋ yahí (Welcome)," Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

"About Us," Mother Earth Water Walk.

 

For more information, consult these dedicated LibGuides:

The Dakota Access Pipeline: Native American Perspectives,” University of New Mexico LibGuide. 

Residential Schools Resources

Residential School History

"The U.S. History of Native American Boarding Schools," by Melissa Mejia, the Indigenous Foundation.

"US Indian Boarding School History," The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.

 

For more information, consult these dedicated LibGuides:

Boarding Schools,” IAIA Library LibGuide. 

Indian Residential School System of Canada,” University of British Columbia LibGuide. 

 

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Resources

Articles

"Stitching through Silence: Walking with Our Sisters, Honoring the Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada," by Stephanie G. Anderson, Textile, 14(1), January 2016.

"Multicultural Feeling, Feminist Rage, Indigenous Refusal," by Jerry Burman, Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, 16(4), 2016.

"Unsettling Spaces: Grassroots Responses to Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women During the Harper Government Years," by Samira Saramo, Comparative American Studies, 14(3-4), 2016.
 

Websites

"Meet Kaysera Stops Pretty Places," Justice for Kaysera.

"MMIWGS2S," Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women.

National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC).

 

Reports and Other Sources

"Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls: A snapshot of data from 71 urban cities in the United States," by the Urban Indian Health Institute, 2016.

"Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men," by André B. Rosay, National Institute of Justice, June 1, 2016.

 

For more information, consult these dedicated LibGuides:

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG),” University of New Mexico LibGuide. 

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, & Two-Spirit (MMIWG2S),” University of British Columbia LibGuide. 

Two-Spirit and Queer Resources

Articles

""My Spirit in My Heart": Identity Experiences and Challenges among American Indian Two-Spirit Women,"' by Karina Walters, et al.,  Journal of Lesbian Studies, 10(1-2), January 2006.

"Two Spirits, Nadleeh, and LGBTQ2 Navajo gaze," by Gabriel Estrada, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 35(4), January 2011.

"'And-we-are-still-here': From Berdache to Two-Spirit People," by W. Thomas and S.E. Jacobs, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 23(2), January 1999.

"Theorising Gender, Sexuality and Settler Colonialism: An Introduction," by Scott Lauria Morgensen, Settler Colonial Studies, 2(2), January 2012.

 

Other Resources

"Two Spirit & Indigenous Queer Resource List," Xwi7xwa Library at the University of British Columbia.

 

For more information, consult these dedicated LibGuides:

"Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Studies," University of British Columbia LibGuide.

Other Resources

Other LibGuides

Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Library

Native American Resources – Websites: Indigenous Governance, Laws & Treaties,” IAIA Library Libguide. 

“Indigenous Narratives on Climate Change: Interviews,” IAIA Library LibGuide. 

 

University of Washington

American Indian History & Studies: Home,” University of Washington LibGuide.

 

University of British Columbia

First Nations and Indigenous Studies,” University of British Columbia LibGuide. 

Indigenous Research Methodologies,” University of British Columbia LibGuide.