The ''Journal of Indigenous Studies'' (

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: ''La Revue des Études Indigènes'') was a

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, biannual,

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. It was established in 1989 and was sponsored by the Gabriel Dumont Institute, a

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-directed educational and cultural entity in

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(

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, Canada), affiliated with the University of Regina. The journal's scope was

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and cross-cultural, with a focus on

indigenous people Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

, from the perspectives of a variety of

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, including

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education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

, law,

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, and

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. The journal was one of several Native American newspapers and periodicals under the auspices of the

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. While all six volumes were written in

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and

, three of them (Nos. 3, 5, and 6) were also in

Cree The Cree ( cr, néhinaw, script=Latn, , etc.; french: link=no, Cri) are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada ...

. (six issues online) The last volume was published in 1997.

History

Dana F. Lawrence was the founding

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1989

The first issue, Winter (January) 1989, written in English and French, circulated in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Topics included native self-government, indigenous values in a colonial education system, Indian/Métis language programs with French immersion, and death/reburial. There were also two book reviews within this issue. The second issue, Summer (July) 1989, featured articles on

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languages, Michif language, and First Nations women. There were also three book reviews within this issue.

1990s

There were no issues printed in 1990 during a personnel turnover while Lawrence moved on to the

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. Catherine Littlejohn, free-lance historian, researcher, author and consultant, was introduced as the new editor for the third issue, published in Winter (January) 1991. As with her predecessor, Littlejohn urged for international participation. Besides English and French, it was also written in Cree. There were articles on archaeology, health, and spirituality, as well as two book reviews. Summer (July) 1991, the fourth issue, saw several major changes: the associated editors of previous issues were replaced by a review board entirely made up of participants from Canadian institutions, article abstracts were written in Cree syllabics, APA format was no longer required for articles written in a discipline that used another style, and citations for traditional knowledge had to be validated by the indigenous community. The issue contained articles on education, law, policy, and residential schools, as well as two book reviews within this issue. McNinch wrote the opening editorial of the Winter (January) 1992 issue, as Littlejohn had left the journal. Circulation expanded to New Zealand and included the topics of

Māori language Māori (), or ('the Māori language'), also known as ('the language'), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. Closely related to Cook Islands Māori, Tuamotuan, and ...

, Māori music, and a literary

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on Native American

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Paula Gunn Allen Paula Gunn Allen (October 24, 1939 – May 29, 2008) was a Native American poet, literary critic, activist, professor, and novelist. Of mixed-race European-American, Native American, and Arab-American descent, she identified with her mother's p ...

. There was one book review within this issue. The sixth and final issue did not appear until Winter (January) 1997, and with it, another editor,

Karla Jessen Williamson Karla Jessen Williamson (born 1954 in Appamiut, Maniitsoq, Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark) is an assistant professor of educational foundations at the University of Saskatchewan. Formerly, she was the executive director of the Arctic Institute of N ...

. The previous long list of editorial board members or assistant editors was gone, replaced by a list of

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evaluators. The topics of this issue included education, employment/training, native/newcomer relations.

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s and North American

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were the subject populations. There were three book reviews within this issue.

Publishing

The front cover was designed by Sherry Farrell Racette and, while the colours of the front cover changed for the different issues, the design never changed. Earlier issues of the journal were typeset by ABCOM Publishers and the last one was typeset by The Little Print Shop (Saskatoon). All but the last issue were printed and distributed by

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. The journal did not accept paid advertising.

Scholarly references

The short-lived journal and individual articles were subsequently cited by other scholars. For example, White's "Forced Sterilization amongst American Indian Women" (1989) was quoted by Davies & Clow (2009), ''American Indian sovereignty and law'', and Douglas' "Māori Language Nests" (1992) was mentioned in Abley (2005), ''Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages''. At least one article was reprinted as a chapter in a later book: Watson's, "The affirmation of indigenous values in a colonial education system" in Stone & MacKenzie (1990), ''The Excluded past: Archaeology in education''. Likewise, a chapter previously published elsewhere (for example, Hubert's, "A proper place for the dead: a critical review of the 'reburial' issue", chapter ten, in Layton (1994), ''Conflict in the archaeology of living traditions''), was reprinted in the journal.

References

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