Crystal Gail Fraser
Biographic Data
| ID | 453081 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Crystal Gail Fraser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Crystal Gail |
| FAMILY NAME | Fraser |
| SIGNATURE | FRASER C G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Crooked on the Stretcher Board
Did You See Us? Reunion, Remembrance, and Reclamation at an Urban Indian Residential School
Indian residential schooling histories need to centralize the voices of Survivors and Indigenous Knowledge Keepers, and Did You See Us? will not disappoint readers. In this beautiful collection of stories, we learn about Survivor experiences, Indigenous storytelling methodologies, and the complicated and diverse nature of the genocidal Indian residential schooling system in Canada. The book is concerned with not only the history of the Assiniboia…
By Strength, We Are Still Here
WINNER Best Book in Canadian Studies Prize, Canadian Studies Network (2025) WINNER Best First Book - Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (2025) WINNER CLIO History Prize (North), Canadian Historical Association (2025) WINNER Best Scholarly (English-Language) Book in Canadian History Prize, Canadian Historical Association (2025) SHORT-LISTED Indigenous History Book Prize, Canadian Historical Association (2025) SHORT-LISTED J.W. Dafo…
“This Year Book…has been entirely produced by staff and students”
In 1960, two of the newly constructed schools in the Northwest Territories (NWT) published yearbooks for the first time. By the end of the decade, yearbooks were a common feature of school life in the territory. While school yearbooks have been important for historians working in a variety of subdisciplines, there is little methodological writing on these sources. In this article, which draws on yearbooks from seven Indian residential and day sch…
Lessons in relationality
This article offers a sampling and critique of the history of education in North America, including Canada, the United States and Mexico. Being Black and Indigenous academics, respectively, the authors’ scholarship centres on community relationships, considering activism around #BlackLivesMatter and Indigenous Peoples, especially with the news of thousands of unmarked graves at former Indian Residential Schools in Canada. Amidst increasing global…
Our Whole Gwich'in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich'in K'yuu Gwiidandài' Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih Stories from the People of the Land by Leslie McCartney and The Gwich'in Tribal Council
Reviewed by: Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih Stories from the People of the Land by Leslie McCartney and The Gwich’in Tribal Council Crystal Gail Fraser (bio) Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih Stories from the People of the Land by Leslie McCartney and The Gwich’in Tribal Council University of Alberta Press, 2020 this magnificent, 8…
Dinjii Vadzaih Dhidlit
Dinjii Vadzaih Dhidlit: The Man Who Became a Caribou: Gwich'in Stories and Conversations from Alaska and the Yukon by Craig Mishler and Kenneth Frank is a gift. 19). At the center of this work is vadzaih, or caribou, and the recognition that “the body of the caribou is a microcosm of Gwich'in culture” (p. 33). Readers learn about Dinjii Zhuh (Gwich'in) hunting methods, the practices of processing, using, and storing vadzaih products, and importan…
Reflecting on the Foundations of Our Discipline Inspired by the TRC
History was front and centre of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Five years following the release of the six-volume final report and ninety-four Calls to Action, Crystal Gail Fraser and Allyson Stevenson evaluate the foundations of professional historical writing in Canada, consider institutional efforts put forward to address the report and its Calls to Action, and point to some potential avenues for future engagements for historian…
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Reflecting on the Foundations of Our Discipline Inspired by the TRC
History was front and centre of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Five years following the release of the six-volume final report and ninety-four Calls to Action, Crystal Gail Fraser and Allyson Stevenson evaluate the foundations of professional historical writing in Canada, consider institutional efforts put forward to address the report and its Calls to Action, and point to some potential avenues for future engagements for historian…
“This Year Book…has been entirely produced by staff and students”
In 1960, two of the newly constructed schools in the Northwest Territories (NWT) published yearbooks for the first time. By the end of the decade, yearbooks were a common feature of school life in the territory. While school yearbooks have been important for historians working in a variety of subdisciplines, there is little methodological writing on these sources. In this article, which draws on yearbooks from seven Indian residential and day sch…
Lessons in relationality
This article offers a sampling and critique of the history of education in North America, including Canada, the United States and Mexico. Being Black and Indigenous academics, respectively, the authors’ scholarship centres on community relationships, considering activism around #BlackLivesMatter and Indigenous Peoples, especially with the news of thousands of unmarked graves at former Indian Residential Schools in Canada. Amidst increasing global…
Our Whole Gwich'in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich'in K'yuu Gwiidandài' Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih Stories from the People of the Land by Leslie McCartney and The Gwich'in Tribal Council
Reviewed by: Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih Stories from the People of the Land by Leslie McCartney and The Gwich’in Tribal Council Crystal Gail Fraser (bio) Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih Stories from the People of the Land by Leslie McCartney and The Gwich’in Tribal Council University of Alberta Press, 2020 this magnificent, 8…
Dinjii Vadzaih Dhidlit
Dinjii Vadzaih Dhidlit: The Man Who Became a Caribou: Gwich'in Stories and Conversations from Alaska and the Yukon by Craig Mishler and Kenneth Frank is a gift. 19). At the center of this work is vadzaih, or caribou, and the recognition that “the body of the caribou is a microcosm of Gwich'in culture” (p. 33). Readers learn about Dinjii Zhuh (Gwich'in) hunting methods, the practices of processing, using, and storing vadzaih products, and importan…
Did You See Us? Reunion, Remembrance, and Reclamation at an Urban Indian Residential School
Indian residential schooling histories need to centralize the voices of Survivors and Indigenous Knowledge Keepers, and Did You See Us? will not disappoint readers. In this beautiful collection of stories, we learn about Survivor experiences, Indigenous storytelling methodologies, and the complicated and diverse nature of the genocidal Indian residential schooling system in Canada. The book is concerned with not only the history of the Assiniboia…
By Strength, We Are Still Here
WINNER Best Book in Canadian Studies Prize, Canadian Studies Network (2025) WINNER Best First Book - Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (2025) WINNER CLIO History Prize (North), Canadian Historical Association (2025) WINNER Best Scholarly (English-Language) Book in Canadian History Prize, Canadian Historical Association (2025) SHORT-LISTED Indigenous History Book Prize, Canadian Historical Association (2025) SHORT-LISTED J.W. Dafo…
Crooked on the Stretcher Board
Sociology (5 works) · History (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Canadian Identity and History (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)