X̱wi7x̱wa Library Guide
Writing and Reporting
- Mihesuah, D.A. (2005). So You Want to Write About American Indians? A Guide for Writers, Students, and Scholars. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.Mihesuah considers the issues of "stereotypes, author bias, the politics of publishing, ethics in research and writing, accountability in research and language, ethnic fraud, and contract negotiation." (p.x)
- Reporting in Indigenous CommunitiesGuide to researching and writing news stories and press materials about Indigenous peoples.
- Jacobs, D.T. (Four Arrows). (2008). The Authentic Dissertation: Alternative ways of knowing, research, and representation. New York, NY: Routledge.Presents modes of disrupting prevalent forms of the academic dissertation include fictional novels and film, photography, and wikis.
- Tobias, T.N. (2000). Chief Kerry's moose : A guidebook to land use and occupancy mapping, research design and data collection. Vancouver, BC: Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs.Considers five measures of quality for treaty rights and resource management research: reliability, validity, accuracy, representativeness, and consensus.
Publishing and Copyright
- Publication Policy (First Nation Innovation)Recommendations for authorship acknowledgement, and presenting conference papers from First Nations Innovation: a collaborative partnership between First Nations organizations and a university in Atlantic Canada.
- First Nations Innovation License to PublishTemplate for establishing a copyright belonging to a First Nation for articles published by authors working with First Nations. It can be used with or instead of a publishers' copyright agreements.
Related Resources
- UBC Experts GuideAn information source that gives journalists access to UBC's expertise. See Aboriginal Issues.