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"Our Responsibility to Keep The Land Alive": Voices of Northern Indigenous Researchers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah McGregor
Walter Bayha
Deborah Simmons
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 101-123
Description
Looks at the Research the Indigenous Way workshop, held at the Northern Governance Policy Research Conference in November 2009, where a discussion of Indigenous methodologies took place.
Paddling With the Ancestors: Elders' Perspectives on the Construction and Use of the Caribou Skin Qajaq
Theses
Author/Creator
Shawn L. Charlebois
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.
Peacemaking Circles: Principles for Introduction and Design of Peacemaking Circles
Theses
Author/Creator
Barry D. Stuart
Description
Law Thesis (L.L.M.)--York University, 1999.
Peek-Skee-Ton (Let's Talk): Co-Creating the Aboriginal Learner Post-Secondary Experience
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael Paul French
Description
Leadership Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2010.
Perspectives on Health Within The Teachings of a Gifted Cree Elder
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ross Hoffman
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 19-31
Description
Comments on the authors friendship and learnings of Indigenous knowledge from Elder Joe P. Cardinal.
Pipeline Dreams: People, Environment, and the Arctic Energy Frontier
Alternate Title
IWGIA Document ; 126
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mark Nuttall
Planning Between Cultural Paradigms: Traditional Knowledge and the Transition to Ecological Sustainability
Theses
Author/Creator
David Adam Lertzman
Description
Community and Regional Planning Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1999.
Putting the ‘Last-Mile’ First: Re-framing Broadband Development in First Nations and Inuit Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rob McMahon
Susan O’Donnell
Richard Smith
Jason Woodman Simmonds
Brian Walmark
Description
Looks at how First Nations and Inuit communities are using broadband networks and information and communication technologies; and discusses the broadband projects and federal broadband Initiatives in First Nations and Inuit communities.
Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Igloolik Isuma Productions
Kunuk Cohn Productions
Zacharias Kunuk
Ian Mauro
Norman Cohn
Stéphane Rituit ... [et al.]
Description
Leaders, Elders and hunters speak about the social and ecological impact of warming in the Arctic. In Inuktitut with English subtitles.
Duration: 54:07.
A Question of Sustainability in Cree Harvesting Practices: The Seasons, Technological and Cultural Changes in the Western James Bay Region of Northern Ontario, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999, pp. 169-192
Description
Looks at changes in hunting, fishing and gathering patterns and speculates about the future of this way of life while there are also significant weather, technology, nutrition and dietary changes occurring.
Realizing 'Quality' in Indigenous Early Childhood Development
Theses
Author/Creator
Danielle Nichole Mashon
Description
Language and Literacy Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2010.
Repatriation, Digital Technology, and Culture in a Northern Athapaskan Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Kate Hennessy
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2010
Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Peoples' Heritage
Language and Culture Council
Description
Provides statistics regarding risk of endangerment, revitalization efforts, and numbers of existing speakers, as well as list of resources.
Residential Schools: The Intergenerational Impacts on Aboriginal Peoples
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryle Partridge
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010
Description
Investigates the role and impacts of residential schools on Aboriginal traditional knowledge.
Resource Guide for Canadian Aboriginal Astronomy (May 2010)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Prune Harris
Description
Annotated bibliography includes printed and web-based materials. Appropriate for students and educators.
Restorative Justice Circles as a Method For Addressing the Impacts of Crime on Victims, Communities, and Offenders
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ingrid Diane Johnson
Description
Recounts history of restorative justice, who uses them and how successful they are.
Honors Captstone Research Project--[University of Alaska, Fairbanks], 2010.
Returning Home Through Stories: A Decolonizing Approach To Omushkego Cree Theatre Through the Methodological Practices of Native Performance Culture (NPC)
Theses
Author/Creator
Candace Brandy Brunette
Description
Adult Education and Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2010.
Revisiting Traditional Land Use and Occupancy Studies: Relevance and Implications for Resource Management in Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laura MacKinnon
Caesar Apentik
Michael P. Robinson
Description
Assess the impact, implication and application of two traditional land use and occupancy studies that have been conducted in First Nation communities over the last decade.
The Role of Indigenous Knowledge in the Promotion of Anti-Racism Education in Schools
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ann Torres
Our Schools, Our Selves, vol. 19, no. 3, Anti-Racism in Education: Missing in Action, Spring, 2010, pp. 239-254
Description
Discusses strategies for the classroom by using an anti-colonial discursive framework.
The Role of ‘Kijigabandan’ and ‘Manadjitowin’ in Understanding Harm Reduction Policies and Programs for Aboriginal Peoples
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Colleen Anne Dell
Tara Lyons
Kathleen Cayer
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 109-137
Description
Looks at how the concepts of ‘Kijigabandan’ and ‘Manadjitowin’ can assist Aboriginal social work to address two key barriers that often impede Aboriginal-specific harm reduction discussions, widespread support for abstinence and prohibition, and the belief that harm reduction and Aboriginal culture are incompatible.
The Role of the Elder within a Mainstream Addiction and Mental Health Hospital: Developing an Integrated Paradigm
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter Menzies
Ana Bodnar
Vern Harper
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 87-107
Description
Discusses the role of an Elder in counseling sessions with Aboriginal clinicians trained in Western healing intervention, providing insight into their problems both from an Aboriginal perspective as well as from a western clinical perspective.
Rooted in the Spirit
Theses
Author/Creator
Lana Dale Tiller
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--York University, 1999.
Researches cultural patterns used in First Nations research; i.e., organizing patterns and principles emanating from worldviews.
School Failed Coyote, So Fox Made a New School: Indigenous Okanagan Knowledge Transforms Educational Pedagogy
Theses
Author/Creator
William Alexander Cohen
Description
Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2010.
Security in Canada’s North: Looking Beyond Arctic Sovereignty
Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; November 2010
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-120]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bjorn Rutten
Description
Examines security challenges of Arctic including consequences of climate change, natural and man-made disasters, sovereignty-related issues, and sustainability and resiliency of communities.
Seeing the Homeland and the Trees? First Nations/Environmentalist Relations in N'Daki MenanTemagami 1986-1994
Theses
Author/Creator
Alexandra M. Thomson
Description
Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2010
Seeking Mino-pimatasiwin (the Good Life): An Aboriginal Approach to Social Work Practice
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Anthony Hart
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Incorporating Traditional Values in Social Work, April 1999, pp. 91-112
Description
Discusses the need for a greater understanding and respect of Aboriginal practices that can inform, enrich, and enhance social work practice with concepts including wholeness, balance, relationships, harmony, growth and healing.
The Seven Fires: The Lifelong Process of Growth and Learning as Explained by Saulteaux Elder Danny Musqua
Theses
Author/Creator
Diane Knight
Description
Educational Foundations Project Paper towards (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1999.
Sharing Aboriginal Stories: Drumming Traditional Knowledge
Alternate Title
Circles of Intelligent Knowledge Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Henry Earl Gardypie
Description
Very short pamphlet, written by a student, meant for use in the classroom as a tool to improve literacy. Text in English and Cree.
The Social Life of Stories: Narrative and Knowledge in the Yukon Territory
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sally Cole
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 80, no. 4, December 1999, pp. 714-717
Description
Book review of: The Social Life of Stories: Narrative and Knowledge in the Yukon Territory by Julie Cruikshank.
The Spiritual Imperative of Native Epistemology: Restoring Harmony and Balance to Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Hanohano
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 23, no. 2, 1999, pp. 206-219
Description
Challenges educators to employ the wisdom and spirituality from Indigenous communities to better fulfil the educational missions.
Strengthening the Role of Indigenous People and Their Communities in the Context of Sustainable Development
Alternate Title
Working Paper (Sustainable Forest Management Network) ; 1999-17
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mike Robinson
Working Paper (Sustainable Forest Management Network)
Description
Looks at how First Nations communities have played an important role in the development of unique co-management regimes that promote regional natural resource sustainability.
Suicide and Aboriginal Youth: Cultural Considerations in Understanding Positive Youth Development
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cynthia Howard
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 163-180
Description
Examines the need for culturally appropriate mental health services for the prevention of Aboriginal youth suicide and the importance of positive youth development to foster healthy mental, emotional, social, spiritual and physical development.
Taking It Back, Passing It On: Reverence For The Ordinary in Bush Cree Teacher Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Mader
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999, pp. 91-118
Description
How the Cree women teachers cherished the ordinary things they did with and for each other and shared their knowledge for the benefit of others; includes several photographs.
Teachers' and Principals' Perceptions of Citizenship Development of Aboriginal High School Students in the Province of Manitoba: An Exploratory Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Deer
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 110, September 20, 2010, pp. [1]-33
Description
Looks at citizenship education and the need for traditional Aboriginal ways of learning to be incorporated into the curriculum to provide practical experiences in citizenship development.
Teachers' Views on Aboriginal Students Learning Western and Aboriginal Science
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Glen Aikenhead
Bente Huntley
Description
Discussion of the interrelationships between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal concepts of science.
A Tla'amin Cultural Landscape: Combining Traditional Knowledge With Archaeological Investigation in Grace Harbour, Desolation Sound, B.C.
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Elizabeth Johnson
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2010.
Tobacco Ties: The Relationship of the Sacred to Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Debby Danard Wilson
Jean-Paul Restoule
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010
Description
Discusses the way in which the tobacco contributes to Indigenous research methodology and examines how Indigenous research can draw upon Indigenous ways of knowing by connecting individuals with the spiritual and physical world.
Toward Sustainable Development in the Circumpolar North
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Fenge
Description
Looks at connections between Aboriginal self-determination, sustainable development, and use of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).
Trading Identities: The Souvenir in Native North American Art from the Northeast, 1700-1900
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Arlette M. S. Barrette
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 23, no. 2, 1999, pp. 220-221
Description
Book review of: Trading Identities by Ruth B. Phillips.
Traditional Approach Solves New Problems
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela Sexsmith
Windspeaker, vol. 17, no. 8, December 1999, p. 22
Description
Discussion with Margaret Wapass, who intends to utilize traditional holistic counseling in order to address residential school syndrome, intergenerational impacts, crime prevention, corrections services and addictions.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.
Traditional Knowledge Focus of Camp
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Bauchop Wells
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 30, no. 1, Winter, 1999/2000, p. 13,15
Description
Describes the Indian Outdoor Education camp in the Qu'Appelle Valley for teachers at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College.
Traditional Native American Medicine in Dermatology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dennis A. Weigand
Clinics in Dermatology, vol. 17, no. 1, January 2, 1999, pp. 49-51
Description
Brief discussion of medicinal plants and other therapeutic interventions, characteristics and modern perspectives on traditional medicine, and current applications.
Translation of Indigenous/Western Science Perspectives on Adaptive Management for Environmental Assessments
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen Crawford
2010
Description
Describes the key concepts of Western science and the principles and processes of Adaptive Management. The paper also looks at the similarities and differences in Indigenous and Western science perspectives.
True Stories Being Told
Alternate Title
Comment
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Chartrand
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 11, November 2010, p. 6
Description
Comments on the changing views of Canadian history due to the writings of indigenous authors.
Article found by scrolling to page 6.
Turn the Beat Around
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melanie Cummings
Herizons, vol. 12, no. 4, Winter, 1999, pp. 24-[?]
Description
Focuses on the teenage girls drum group, Neebin Nodin from Winnipeg, and their commitment to cultural traditions.
Two-Eyed Seeing: Building Cultural Bridges for Aboriginal Students
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Annamarie Hatcher
Cheryl Bartlett
Canadian Teacher, May 2010, pp. 14-17
Description
Looks at the challenges affecting performance of Aboriginal students and the benefit of using principles which combine both Indigenous and western perspectives in the classroom.
Two-Spirited People and Social Work Practice: Exploring the History of Aboriginal Gender and Sexual Diversity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jill Alaers
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.
Understanding Chronic Disease and the Role for Traditional Approaches in Aboriginal Communities
Alternate Title
Social Determinants of Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lynda Earle
Description
Looks at diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory disease and holistic approaches to prevention.
Understanding Resilience Through Revitalizing Traditional Ways of Healing in a Kanien'kehá:ka Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Morgan Kahentonni Phillips
Description
Social and Cultural Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2010.