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TOPIC: Personal Names

Search Terms

"personal names"

self-concept

identity

"social aspects"

meaning

anthroponymy (this term refers to the study of personal names)

onomastics  (this term refers to the study of personal names in literature)

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"They can lean to say my name" : Redistributing responsibility for integrating immigrants to Canada (Pennesi, 2016)

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Going by an English name: The adoption and use of English names by young Taiwanese adults (Baresova & Marcel, 2020)

The English-Slovene language contact: Borrowing of personal names (Sicherl, 2015)

A machine learning approach to predict ethnicity using personal name and census location in Canada (Won, et al., 2020)

Reclaiming traditional names stolen by residential schools (CTV News)

 

TOPIC: Language fluency and decolonization

Search Terms

"First Nations" or Indigenous or Aboriginal or Metis or Inuit or Indian 

"language revitalization" or "language maintenance" or "heritage languages" or "endangered languages" or "language fluency" 

Subject Terms: 

Michif--language or Cree--language or Kwakiutl--language

 

TOPIC: Land Back Movement

Search Terms

"First Nations" or Indigenous or Aboriginal or Metis or Inuit

"decision making"

"self-determination'

"land access"

"land use"

"treaties"

"land defenders"

"governance models"

 

TOPIC: Literature and Indigenous activism

Search Terms

"First Nations" or Indigenous or Aboriginal or Metis or Inuit

literature or writing or writers or fiction or journalism or books or storytelling or novels

activis* or “political activism” or “political participation” or “political movement” or “student activism” or “social movement”

 

TOPIC: Media and Indigenous activism

Search Terms

"First Nations" or Indigenous or Aboriginal or Metis or Inuit

media or television or film or cinema or director or advertising or magazines or “social media” or "video games"

activis* or “political activism” or “political participation” or “political movement” or “student activism” or “social movement”

 

TOPIC: Interweaving Indigenous teachings into "Westernized" institutions

Search Terms

"First Nations" or Indigenous or Aboriginal or Metis or Inuit

"traditional knowledge" or "ways of knowing" or "Indigenous knowledge" 

curriculum or health or journalism or research or archaeology or "post secondary"

From the Xwi7xwa Library Aboriginal Language Guide

When searching for articles using Summon, Google Scholar, or databases, remember that names of Indigenous languages often change over time and spellings vary. You may need to conduct multiple searches using a variety of search terms to find information about a particular Indigenous language.

Changes Over Time

• Names of languages change over time and also vary by different groups and academic disciplines.
  For example: Dane-zaa Záágéʔ is also called the Beaver language.
  For example: Dakelh is also called the Carrier language.

• Names of dialects also vary.
  For example: Plains Cree is also known as the Y-dialect or Nehiyawewin.

Spelling Variations

• Consider spelling variations, especially for languages that have had multiple (or no) written systems.
• Classification systems in libraries and archives might use different spellings and ordering systems.
  For example: Stó:lō, Stó:lô, Stó:lõ, Stahlo, Staulo, Stolo, Stohlo, Sto:lo (group of people)
  For example: Tsuut’ina, Sarcee, Sarsi, Tsuu T’ina, Tsu T’ina, Tsúùtínà (language)

The First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia maintains a First Nations Index, which includes current and other names of nations, and a Language Index, which includes current and other names of languages.