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Adapting a Person-Centred Planning Tool for Collecting Qualitative Data on an Indigenous Research Project new
Gill Potaka-Osborne, Heather Gifford Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, Vol. 3, No. 1, July 2018, pp. 57-68. Discusses use of the Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope (PATH) tool for collecting data and working with Māori whānau (families) to prevent chronic conditions. Authors found this method useful as it fits with Māori strengths-based values, is responsive to the worldview of participants, and is participatory. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Allotment Knowledges: Grid Spaces, Home Places, and Storyscapes on The Way to Rainy Mountain new
Marcel Brousseau Native American and Indigenous Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 136-167. Looks at Kiowa responses to allotment by comparing N. Scott Momaday’s canonical literary work to Mark Palmer's "Indigital" cartography in terms of understanding, recording and remembering the process and effects of the United States government’s policy in the Oklahoma territory. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Animals in Indigenous Spiritualities: Implications for Critical Social Work new
Melissa Marie Legge, Margaret Robinson Journal of Indigenous Social Development, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2017, pp. 1-20. Asserts that spirituality is central to Aboriginal approaches to social work and discusses four aspects of the relevance of other-than-human animals in spirituality: as part of kinship systems, sources of wisdom and protection, ceremonial significance and historical importance. Considers the Judeo-Christian focus of most scholarship on spirituality in social work and calls for a more decolonial, anti-oppressive practice. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
An Arts-Based Curriculum Encounter: What Does It Mean to Live on This Land? new
Diane Conrad, Patricia Jagger, Victoria Bleeks, Sarah Auger McGill Journal of Education, Vol. 53, No. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 379-392. The authors describe their experience in a graduate course on arts-based research methods. Their research touches on contexts of and relationships with/as land, Indigenous peoples, settlers, environmental crisis, and personal journey and the art they created in the process of the course. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Bones of Contention: The Repatriation of Native American Human Remains new
Andrew Gulliford Public Historian , Vol. 18, No. 4, Representing Native American History, Fall, 1996, pp. 119-143. Discusses the history of collecting skeletal remains and associated objects for study or display purposes and the Indigenous movement to have scientific or cultural institutions return them to their nations for proper funeral and burial rights. Looks at the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and similar State-enacted legislation. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Called to Action: Dialogue around Praxis for Reconciliation new
Jennifer MacDonald, Jennifer Markides McGill Journal of Education, Vol. 53, No. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 213-232. Two graduate student discuss their thoughts on enacting the the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action, reflect on their learning and share successes, insights, and tensions as they navigate various complexities of settler-Indigenous relations; they discuss the need for spaces that promote vulnerability and openness, and the strength of land-based and grassroots learning opportunities. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part Three: Real Messages in DNA new
Deborah A. Bolnick, Kenneth L. Feder, Bradley T. Lepper, Terry Barnhardt Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 36, No. 1, January/February 2012, p. [?]. Offers a critical review of the documentary The Lost Civilizations of North America; examines and responds to claims make in the documentary about DNA evidence of pre-Columbian contact between Indigenous peoples of North America and those from other continents. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Closing the Gaps in Cancer Screening with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Populations: A Narrative Literature Review new
Peter Hutchinson, Pam Tobin, Alic Muirhead, Nicole Robinson Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, Vol. 3, No. 1, July 2018, pp. 3-17. Critical summary of 21 articles on cancer screening rates among Indigenous peoples in Canada; researchers identify both barriers and facilitators, and advocate for community consultation in developing screening improvement programs. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Closing the Health Service Gap: Métis Women and Solutions for Culturally Safe Health Services new
Renée Monchalin, Lisa Monchalin Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, Vol. 3, No. 1, July 2018, pp. 18-29. Recommends drawing on the traditional knowledge and historical roles of Métis women to create healthcare services that can bridge the culturally-safe healthcare gap and overcome disparities in health determinants. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
A Collaborative Sharing of Stories on a Journey toward Reconciliation: “Belonging to This Place and Time” new
Kauʻi Keliipio, Kim Perry, Colleen Elderton McGill Journal of Education, Vol. 53, No. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 350-361. Three non-Indigenous teacher-educators reflect on the ways their responses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and the corresponding provincial mandates have been positively and constructively influenced by their professional relationships with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Coming Into Wisdom: Community, Family, Land, & Love new
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Northern Public Affairs, Vol. 6, No. Special Issue 1, The Pan-Territorial on-the-Land Summit, July 2018, pp. 12-17. Simpson uses traditional stories and teachings to talk about traditional knowledge systems, ways of knowing and learning, and the interconnectedness of ecosystems and of generations. Video of Conference Presentation: Freedom Sings: Indigenous Brilliance on the Land Duration: 42:29 More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Decolonization through Collaborative Filmmaking: Sharing Stories from the Heart
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Elizabeth Carlson, Gladys Rowe, Teddy Zegeye-Gebrehiwot, Sarah Story Journal of Indigenous Social Development, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2017, pp. [23]-49. Explores collective documentary filmmaking as an instrument of decolonizing storytelling, describes the consensus-based work of a diverse group including both Indigenous and settler artists involved in the Stories of Decolonization project's first short film Stories of Decolonization: Land Dispossession and Settlement. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Decolonizing Knowledge Development in Health Research Cultural Safety through the Lens of Hawaiian Homestead Residents new
Lana Sue I. Ka‘opua, Suresh Tamang, Adrienne Dillard, B. Puni Kekauoha Journal of Indigenous Social Development, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2017, pp. 20-12. Study looks at how to create culturally safe research methods for improving health equity; stresses that trust is the overarching theme fundamental to cultural safety, and that this trust is built by accommodating and engaging cultural and community practices and knowledges. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Delivering on Diversity: The Challenges of Commissioning for Whānau Ora new
Amohia Boulton, Heather Gifford, Tanya Allport, Haze White Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, Vol. 3, No. 1, July 2018, pp. 45-56. Study explores one commissioning model—Te Pou Matakana (TPO)—for purchasing health care services in terms of service-based outcomes delivered . Includes a history of Māori health provider development. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Drum as Map: Western Knowledge Systems and Northern Indigenous Map Making new
Jouko Keski-Säntti, Ulla Lehtonen, Pauli Sivonen, Ville Vuolanto Imago Mundi, Vol. 55, 2003, pp. 120-125. Discusses differences between Western and Indigenous understandings of what maps are, how they are made, how they look and what they do using two examples: one a drawing of north-eastern Siberia by a Chukchi man, the other by Sami of Lapland using marks on a drum in conjunction with Shamanistic performances as a means of mapping physical, spiritual and temporal elements of the environment. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Ethics and the Reburial Controversy new
Lynne Goldstein, Keith Kintigh American Antiquity, Vol. 55, No. 3, July 1990, pp. 585-591. Considers the issue of repatriation of human remains as an ethical/cultural conflict within the field of archaeology; discusses means of resolving this conflict based in negotiation and mutual respect; concludes that archaeology must “change the way it does business,” and presents a course for this change. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
“Fake Vegans”: Indigenous Solidarity and Animal Liberation Activism new
Melissa Marie Legge, Rasha Taha Journal of Indigenous Social Development, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2017, pp. 63-81. Discusses the experiences of members of the Hamilton-Halton Animal Liberation Team (HALT) while demonstrating in support of Haudenosaunee-negotiated hunting rights in Short Hills Provincial Park in Ontario which are being protested against by local property owners and animal rights activists. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Finding a Place at Home: The TRC as a Means of (R)Evolution in Pre-Service (Science) Teacher Education new
Dawn Wiseman McGill Journal of Education, Vol. 53, No. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 331-349. Author explores what the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action ask of teacher educators and specifically in the field of science education. Considers how Indigenous and Western ways of knowing might be brought together to highlight “the role that Land and the natural world might play in reconciliation via science teacher education.” More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
For Abiayala to Live, the Americas Must Die: Toward a Transhemispheric Indigeneity new
Emil Keme Native American and Indigenous Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 42-68. Beginning with the Guna understanding of “Abiayala” and the politics implicit in using the word to describe what is currently called South America, the author argues for a global Indigenous movement based in common experiences, worldview, and political standing. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Getting the Words Right: Perspectives on Naming and Places in Athapaskan Oral History new
Julie Cruikshank Arctic Anthropology, Vol. 27, No. 1, 1990, pp. 52-65. Examines the contentious role of oral histories in ethnohistorical reconstruction and discusses how six elderly individuals living in the Yukon used named locations in space to talk about past events. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Hakarʉ Marʉʉmatʉ Kwitaka? Seeking Representational Jurisdiction in Comanchería Cinema new
Dustin Tahmahkera Native American and Indigenous Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 100-135. Discusses representations of the Comanche people in both historic and contemporary films and other media; describes ways in which cinematic Comanche (actors and performers) worked to subvert mainstream narratives and portrayals of their people. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Indigenous Rememberings and Forgettings: Sixteenth-Century Nahua Letters and Petitions to the Spanish Crown new
Kelly McDonough Native American and Indigenous Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 69-99. Argues that while historical narratives have denied the Indigenous intellectual legacies in the written sphere, examples of Indigenous writing from around the world continue to surface in private and local collections. Focuses on letters penned by Nahuas nobles in which they highlighted certain aspects of their past and suppressed others as they maneuvered through the social, political and economic circumstances of the time. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Life Skills Journey: Measuring the Impact of a Resilience-based Intervention for Métis Children in Alberta new
Alicia Hibbert, Fay Fletcher, Brent Hammer Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, Vol. 3, No. 1, July 2018, pp. 30-44. Discusses a summer day-camp program conducted as part of a community-based participatory research project developed in collaboration four different Métis Settlements. Researchers considered inner strength, a mental toughness, and the capacity to bounce back, learn and thrive when faced with challenges at both the individual and community levels. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Many Lives of Justiniano Roxas: The Centenarian Fantasy in American History and Memory
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Boyd Cothran, Martin Rizzo Native American and Indigenous Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 168-204. Authors document the life the Californian Indigenous man purported to be 121 years old and "last of his race" in 1873 and contemplate what can be learned from investigating the true stories of Indigenous centenarians; discusses the discourse of extinction surrounding centenarians, and the role it plays in the imagination of settler culture. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Métis-Astute Social Work: Shining the Light on Some Helpful Practices new
Cathy Richardson/Kinewesquao Journal of Indigenous Social Development, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2016, pp. [82]-99. Argues that Métis children are both unrecognized and over-represented in provincially managed child welfare systems throughout Canada; critiques social work practices that marginalize families and explores issues of identification, identity, and advocates for social work practices which dignify, rather than further alienate Métis families. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites |
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