American indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
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Teresa L. McCarty
Lucille J. Watahomigie
Akira Y. Yamamoto
Ofelia Zepeda
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Offers some suggestions for community-based language restoration work.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; November 2010
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-120]
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Author/Creator
Bjorn Rutten
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Examines security challenges of Arctic including consequences of climate change, natural and man-made disasters, sovereignty-related issues, and sustainability and resiliency of communities.
Selective Ethnobotanical Education Directory (SEED) compiled by four Ktunaxa/Kinbasket students. Includes information on plants used in daily life, information about the First Nation and a short quiz.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 101-118
Description
Interprets the relationships between the settler colonizer, the Indigenous colonized, and a variety of differently categorized exogenous "Others" and how they interpenetrate and overlap, but remain separate as they co-define each other.
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, vol. 52, no. 3, June 2010, pp. 285-301
Description
Looks at restorative justice practices and diversion programs aimed at street-based workers; and argues for a shift in focus, regarding the conceptualization of victim, harm, and reparation needed.
Futureplay '10: Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology
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Beth Aileen Lameman
Jason E. Lewis
Skawennati Fragnito
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Examines the integration of Indigenous cultural framework within video game design. The pilot project was introduced at the Mohawk Kahnawake Survival School.
Chapter from Futureplay '10: Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology.
Curator's essay from catalogue for the exhibition Native Visions: Evolution in Northwest Coast Art from the Eighteenth Through the Twentieth Century by Steven C. Brown.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 11-28
Description
Introduction to the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), the work the network does internationally and domestically, and the challenges faced to help protect North America.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, 1998, pp. 1-69
Description
Historical overview of sovereignty, self-determination and rights issues and suggests engaging in processes that will force acknowledgement by states of Indigenous rights.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 6, December 2019, pp. 697-704
Description
Study analyzes data collected on Tuberculosis (TB) in North America in order to reveal long term trends surrounding infection rates, HIV coinfection rates, and incidence rates among different ethnicities.
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. 63-79
Description
Examines the history of Aboriginal cross-gender roles and discusses approaches to improve the quality of social work practices by including traditional Aboriginal practices and worldviews.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 107-124
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Book reviews of:
The Third Space of Sovereignty: The Postcolonial Politics of U.S.–Indigenous Relations by Kevin Bruyneel.
American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790–1880 by Deborah A. Rosen.
Sovereign Subjects: Indigenous Sovereignty Matters edited by Aileen Moreton-Robinson.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 107-124
Description
Book reviews of:
The Third Space of Sovereignty: The Postcolonial Politics of U.S.–Indigenous Relations by Kevin Bruyneel.
American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790–1880 by Deborah A. Rosen.
Sovereign Subjects: Indigenous Sovereignty Matters edited by Aileen Moreton-Robinson.
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019 , pp. 258-272
Description
Researchers explore the vulnerability of the subsistence existence in the Cup’ik village of Chevak and Yup’ik village of Kotlik; findings indicate that a high level of adaptability and ingenuity exists in these communities, but raise concerns of new barriers and vulnerabilities arising from accelerating climate change and socio-cultural changes.
Overview of project which explored practices across Canada and the United States in order to support scholars in ways which would also benefit Indigenous communities. Eleven studies were undertaken by academic libraries with direction from Indigenous scholars and librarians. Provides details on how initiative was developed, designed, and fielded, and highlights key themes which emerged.
Virtual exhibition features portrayals of traditional cultures of the Tlingit, Tsimshian, Haida, Nuxalk, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth, and Salish peoples.
Annotated list of journal articles dealing with youth suicide prevention. Grouped into: systematic reviews of research literature, community-wide interventions, youth engagement, system-level change, creative partnerships, and culturally and socio-politically informed approaches.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, [Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism], 2019, pp. 85-94
Description
A discussion on how use of the term "women and 2spirit" has been used to advocate gender issues but is also problematic because it can marginalize transgendered people from larger Indigenous activist causes.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, 1998, pp. 23-72
Description
Uses a theoretical approach to try to understand the theory and perspective that was originally developed to account for the colonizing effort in North America and apply it to precolonial conditions.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, pp. 117-141
Description
Investigates youth recreational activities in the northern Ontario community of Wapakeka and notes the activities enjoyed are a mix of Euro-American and Native American games of skill.