The Canadian Journal of Native Studies is a highly recognized journal in the field of Native Studies. It comes out on a bi-annual basis, and publishes original research which is refereed by peer review.
As a general focus, the journal publishes anthropological, historical, sociological, political, legal, educational and cultural issues affecting First Nations people. Although the majority of articles deal with Indigenous peoples in Canada, it also publishes articles dealing with Indigenous peoples world-wide.
A good measure of the journal's influence is the vast number of sources which index the title. These include: Abstracts of Native Studies, America: History and Life, Anthropological Index, Bibliography of Natives of North America, Canadian Index, Canadian Periodical Index, Indigenous Studies Portal, First Nations Periodical Index, Historical Abstracts, and MLA International Bibliography.
The online edition of this journal has been made available through a joint project between the Society for the Advancement of Native Studies and the John E. Robbins Library at Brandon University. The aim of the project is to mount all back issues of the journal, two years after the volume has been published, and make them available for free. Phase I (volumes 1-16) of the digitization of content was funded in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Manitoba Education and Training's CareerStart program, and Brandon University. Phase II of the Digitization (volumes 17-25) was provided by the Indigenous Studies Portal at the University of Saskatchewan - who has agreed to partner with the Journal for the continued digitization of content two years after publication.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies is the official publication of The Canadian Indian/Native Studies Association.
Editors
- Editor: Dr. Lorraine Mayer
Department of Native Studies- Brandon University
- Brandon, MB
- Canada, R7A 6A9
Ph: (204) 727-9713- E-mail: CJNS@brandonu.ca
Review Editor
- Rosanne Gasse
Department of English
Brandon University
Gasse@brandonu.ca
French Section Editor
Cathy Mattes
Department of Visual and Aboriginal Art
Brandon University
270-18th Street
Brandon, Manitoba
Canada R7A 6A9
Ph: (204) 571-8557
Mattesc@brandonu.ca
Art Director
Cathy Mattes
Department of Visual and Aboriginal Art
Brandon University
270-18th Street
Brandon, Manitoba
Canada R7A 6A9
Ph: (204) 571-8557
Mattesc@brandonu.ca
Founding Editor
- Dr. Samuel W. Corrigan ( Deceased)
- Department of Native Studies
- Brandon University
Online Journal Editor
- Carmen Kazakoff-Lane, Extension Librarian
- John E. Robbins Library
- Brandon University
- Brandon, MB
- Canada, R7A 6A9
- Ph: (204) 727-7483
- Fax: (204) 726-1072
- E-mail: Kazakoff@BrandonU.CA
Editorial Board
- Don McGaskill Trent University, Peterborough, ON
- Arthur W. Blue Brandon University, Brandon, MB
Peter Kulchyski University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Lynn Davis Trent University, Peterborough, ON
Leonard J.S. Tsuji University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
Eleanor Blain Brandon University, Brandon, MB
Reinhold Kramer Brandon University, Brandon, MB
Jim Naylor Brandon University, Brandon, MB- Paul Chartrand University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
- Colleen Cutshell Brandon University, Brandon, MB
Neil McLeod Trent University
Winona Wheeler Athabasca University
Gordon Christie University of British Columbia
Paul De Pasquale University of Winnipeg
International Advisory Board
Thurman Lee Hester Oklahoma State University
Jace Weaver University of Georgia
Janice Gray University of New South Wales, Australia
Thomas Norton-Smith Kent State University
Price
- Individuals: $30.00
- Institutions: $54.00
Payable in Canadian Funds for delivery within Canada. Payable in United States funds for delivery elsewhere.
Address
- Canadian Journal of Native Studies/Le Revue Canadienne Des Etudes Autochtones
- Brandon University
- Brandon, MB
- Canada R7A 6A9
- Ph: (204) 727-9640 (Office) or Ph: (204) 727-9713 (Editor)
- Fax: (204) 726-0473 (Office)
- E-mail: CJNS@brandonu.ca
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies is an international refereed periodical in the discipline of Native Studies published twice annually in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. CJNS publishes articles and reviews concerning Aboriginal People and Aboriginal affairs in Canada, the USA, and other countries of the world. All submissions to this journal, except critical reviews, are independently and anonymously reviewed by peers prior to acceptance for publication.
Articles and reviews may be submitted either in English or French. Manuscripts must be submitted together with an abstract not exceeding 100 words. Authors should study recent issues of CJNS for style guidelines. We also recommend the use of Keys for Writers by Ann Raimes (2008: New York: Houghton Mifflin Company). Authors are invited to query the editors in advance, although unsolicited manuscripts are welcome. The following guidelines are offered in advance:
If you are interested in submitting your article to the journal, you can either do so by mail or e-mail. If you are submitting it electronically, send it to Dr. Lorraine Mayer at: CJNS@Brandonu.CA . If you wish to submit it via the traditional postal system, it can be mailed to:
La Revue Canadienne de Etudes Autochtones est une revue internationale axée sur des ètudes autochtones, et publiée deux fois par an à Brandon, au Manitoba, au Canada. La RCEA pulie des articles et des comptes redus portant sur les autochtones et les affaires aborigènes au Canada, aux Etats-Unis, et dans d'autres pas du monde. A l'exception des comptes rendus, tous les articles sont examinés, sans nom d'suteur, pas les memebres du Comitéde Rédaction, individuellement, afin de déterminer la publication éventuelle des articles.
Les articles et les comptes rendus doivent être en anglais ou en français. Trois copies des manuscrits (dont l'une, au moins, est l'originale) devraient être soumises, et aussi un résumé ne dépassant pas 100 mots. Les auteurs devraient étudier les numéro récents de la RCEA pous se former une idée du style à audopter. Nous recommandons aussi l'emploie de Guide de rédacteur de l'administration fédérale (1983: Ottawa: Centre d'edition du gouvernement du Canada). Les auteurs son invités à l'avance avec les membres de la rédaction, mais les manuscrits non solicités seront reçus. Prière de faire attention aux indications ci-dessous:
All material published in The Canadian Journal of Native Studies is copyright by The Canadian Journal of Native Studies. Permission is hereby granted to copy individual papers within this issue, without prior written permission, for any legitimate not-for-profit educational purposes. This includes the production of limited numbers of classroom copies. Acknowledgement must be given. Copying for commercial purposes, including reproduction in textbooks and anthologies, will normally be allowed without payment subject to prior written permission.
Under no circumstances should any individual or group pay any fee of any kind, other than actual posted copying costs, for the reproduction of material from this Journal. No library, agency, or central copyright body is entitled either to receive a fee for permission to copy, or to give or withhold permission to copy from this journal. Any persons asked to pay any charges over and above the actual photocopy costs are asked to notify the Editors.
Question: How did the project begin?
The impetus for this program was a push by librarians to place the Canadian Journal of Native Studies online, and a subsequent agreement between the editor, and the library, to undertake the digitization of the journal. Funding from two agencies, Manitoba Education and Training's CareerStart program and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, enabled us to hire students to convert files for the first phase of the project, and contract out the scanning of journals in the second phase of the project.
Phase three of the project - which involved the digitzation and mounting of volumes 17-25 - was completed in March of 2008. The digitization was completed by the Indigenous Studies Portal at the University of Saskatchewan Libraries in partnership with the Canadian Journal of Native Studies at Brandon University. We would like to thank them for their assistance in this phase of the project.
Question: Are there plans to continue making the full edition of each issue available?
Yes there are. We have agreed to publish continuing back issues, two years after the last edition of a volume is published.
Question: Is there a definite deadline for submissions?
Answer: No. All submissions are reviewed as received, then published in one of the bi-annual publications upon the approval of the Editorial and Peer Review Staff.
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