Theses
Author/Creator
Pepper-Mackena Armstrong-Pritty
Description
Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2018.
Indigenizing Water Security
Theses
Author/Creator
Obadiah Awume
Description
Geography and Planning Thesis (M.A.)—University of Saskatchewan, 2018
Indigenous Anglicans in Canada: A New Agape and the Path to Self-Determination
Theses
Author/Creator
Tanis Kolisnyk
Description
Theology Thesis (MA) -- United Centre for Theological Studies, 2015.
Indigenous Architecture Through Indigenous Knowledge: Dim sagalts’apkw nisim̓ [Together We Will Build a Village]
Theses
Author/Creator
Patrick Robert Reid Stewart
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2015.
Indigenous Artists' Needs Assessment Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kate Vermette
Creative Manitoba's Indigenous Programs
Description
Includes information gathered from three Indigenous Artist Circles, full-day focus group in 2012, and a province-wide survey conducted in 2014. Overall recommendations were: mentorship programs, access to cultural teachings, community building, business and entrepreneurial education, funding resources and more access to employment opportunities.
The Indigenous Cultural Helper Program: Report of Research Findings
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Jane] Slessor
Description
Training is for service workers who are facilitating and supporting Indigenous Housing First participants' (re)connection to cultural practices. Findings are arranged under 10 themes: truth and reconciliation; experiential learning; personal transformations; empathy, spirituality, culture and ceremony; practice changes; practicing with intention; observed transformations; challenges in establishing connection to culture, and challenges to integrating culture with work.
Indigenous Engagement with Christianity: A Review Essay
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rachel R. Luckenbill
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018, pp. 114-120
Description
A review essay which discusses the books Mixed Blessings, Defining Métis, and Perishing Heathens and the way that they engage with Christianity from different Indigenous perspectives, and historical vantage points.
Indigenous Health Indicators: A Participatory Approach to Co-designing Indicators to Monitor and Measure First Nations Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Paulette Fox
Description
Describes the process of developing indicators based on the concept of biocultural diversity, which incorporates linkages between language, environment, and culture.
Indigenous Knowledge Network for Infant Child & Family Health: Final Community Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rebeka Tabobondung
Janet Smylie
Laura Sense
Description
The Network was a five-year Knowledge Translation project designed to gather, apply and share information on infant/toddler health promotion and parenting in the context of programs in Ontario and Saskatchewan. Report includes overview of project, research methods and findings, and implications for health policy and research.
Indigenous Law & Idle No More
Alternate Title
Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing nehiyaw Legal Systems
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sylvia McAdam
Justice as Healing, vol. 20, no. 1, 2015, pp. 1-8
Description
Comments on problematic and questionable bills as well as the Idle No More movement.
Excerpts from Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing nêhiyaw Legal Systems by Sylvia McAdam.
Indigenous Law Video on Demand: Discussion Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Emily Snyder
Description
Covers use of guide, the video presentations and discussion questions.
Videos.
Indigenous Online Mapping in Canada - Decolonizing or Recolonizing Forms of Spatial Expressions?
Theses
Author/Creator
Thomas J. McGurk
Description
Geography, Urban, and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--Concordia University, 2018.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: First Nations
Alternate Title
First Nations: Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Indigenous Presence: Experiencing and Envisioning Indigenous Knowledges within Selected Post-Secondary Sites of Education and Social Work
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Jeannine Carriere
Harpell Montgomery
M.J. Barrett
Carmen Gilles
Description
Study surveyed 16 tenured faculty members with 25 years or more of experience. Discusses what has been accomplished, summarizes current situation, and makes suggestions for future development.
Indigenous Spirituality in Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson and The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louse Erdrich
Theses
Author/Creator
Tomáš Kovanda
Description
English Language and Literature Thesis (M.A.)--Masaryk University, 2018.
Indigenous Water Governance in British Columbia and Canada: Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Description
Central themes included are: Indigenous governance and socio-cultural relationships with water, water allocation and implications for water rights, legal framework for water and territorial rights, and drinking water issues on reserves.
Indigenous Well-Being in Schools: Web-Based Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Native Education Counselling Association (ONECA)
Description
Topics include: identity and worldview; culture and ceremonies; cultural competency; health and well-being; healing; services; and implementing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action.
Companion to: Indigenous Well-being in Schools: Understanding, Promoting and Supporting Indigenous Learners: Final Report.
International Indigenous Development Research Conference 2014: Proceedings
E-Books
Author/Creator
Heather Gifford
Amohia Boulton
Jason De Santolo
Arnja Dale
John Perrott ... [et al.]
Intervention as a Strategy in Protecting Indigenous Cultural Heritage
Articles » General
Author/Creator
George Nicholas
Brian Egan
Kelly Bannister
Emily Benson
SAA Archaeological Record, vol. 15, no. 4, 2015, pp. 41-47
Description
Looks at a property development dispute on Grace Islet near Salt Spring Island, British Columbia between heritage holders, land owners, policy makers and First Nations.
"Inulariuyunga; Imngirnik quvigiyaqaqtunga!" - I'm a Real Inuit; I Love to Sing: Interactions between Music, Inummariit, and Belief in an Inuit Community Since Resettlement
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Elizabeth Piercey-Lewis
Description
Music Thesis (Ph.D.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2015.
Investigation of Unmarked Graves and Burial Grounds at the Brandon Indian Residential School
Theses
Author/Creator
Katherine Lyndsay Nichols
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2015.
“It’s a lot of work, and I’m still doing it”: Indigenous Perceptions of Help after Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
K. Amanda Maranzan
Roseanna Hudson
Rosemary Scofich
Melody McGregor
Rachel Seguin
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 1, A Barrier-free Health System for Indigenous Communities, August 27, 2018, pp. 140-156
Description
Researchers used talking circles, interviews and survey to learn from participants about types of spiritual, physical, and emotional practices which helped them with the healing process.
June 24
Articles » General
Canada's History, vol. 95, no. 3, June-July 2015, p. 13
Description
Brief article describes the first baptism of Aboriginals ceremony which took place June 24, 1610 in Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia).
Scroll down page to access article.
[Kahente Horn-Miller: Indigenous Missing and Murdered Women and Girls]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kahente Horn-Miller
Description
Talks about contrasts in world views and racism which perpetuate the problem of violence towards women starting from the historical point of contact.
Duration: 20:10.
Kindergarten Treaty Education Learning Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description
Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Getting to Know My Community" inquiry questions about spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.
Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science: Book Two
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nan Kendy
Cathleen Anne Tenning
Gloria Snively
David Ashurst
Richard Kool …
Mupenkin John Lyall ... [et al.]
Description
Related material: Book One.
Kogeahlook: an Ethnographic Study of a Canadian Inuit Women
Theses
Author/Creator
Nora Zilkie
Description
Integrated Studies Project towards (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2015.
Kulhulmcilh and Iixsalh: Our Land and Medicine: Creating a Nuxalk Database of Museum Collections
Theses
Author/Creator
Emily Jean Leischner
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2018.
The Land Is Our Teacher: Reflections and Stories on Working with Aboriginal Knowledge Holders to Manage Parks Canada's Heritage Places
E-Books
Author/Creator
Simon Brascoupé
Learning from Indigenous Worldviews
Alternate Title
Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education: Unit 3 Introduction
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jan Hare
Sara Florence Davidson
Description
Looks at culturally responsive education for Indigenous students and approaches to learning that are inclusive of Indigenous ways of knowing. Unit 3 of 6.
Duration: 14:23.
The Long Tent of Life
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Settee Jr.
Description
Describes the Anishinaabeg approach to the quest to live a long, healthy life (Medewiwin), how it is connected to the ceremonial lodge and the physical structure of the lodge itself. One of three articles published in the Selkirk Chronicle in 1887 under the title Indian Mythology.
The Lord of the Coppers
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Don Macnaughtan
Community College Moment, May [2015], pp. 74-78
Description
Brief rendition of story of a copper artifact with great power and value.
Manitoba First Nations Oral History Survival Booklet
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre (MFNERC)
Description
Provides guidance to those wishing to record Elders' remembrances including interview tips, and suggested questions about personal information, and home, bush, prairie, social and political, and spiritual-religious life.
Mi'kmawe'l Tan Teli-kina'muemk: Teaching about the Mi'kmaq
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre
Description
Milo Pimatisiwin Project: Healthy Living for Mushkegowuk Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Cindy Gaudet
Carmen Chilton
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 1, A Barrier-free Health System for Indigenous Communities, August 27, 2018, pp. 20-40
Description
Describes an initiative in the Moose Cree First Nation community which focused on the Cree philosophy milo pimatisiwin (good and healthy living). Discusses program elements which included land-based initiatives, sharing teachings over the local radio, and feedback from youth.
Ministerial Transition Book: November 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)]
Description
"The material provides an overview of the mandate and history of the Department, the parliamentary environment, the Minister's portfolio, key relationships, and departmental sectors and their mandates. It also includes an overview of First Nation, Métis and Inuit protocols, cultures and traditions."
Miyo Nêhiyâwiwin (Beautiful Creeness): Ceremonial Aesthetics and Nêhiyaw Legal Pedagogy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darcy Lindberg
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 16/17, no. 1, 2018, pp. 51-65
Description
Explores the relationship between Nêhiyaw ceremony and Nêhiyaw laws and uses the sweat lodge ceremony to demonstrate the nature of Cree law and how it is rooted in the sacred.
"More Precious Than Gold": Indigenous Water Governance in the Context of Modern Land Claims in Yukon
Theses
Author/Creator
Nicole J. Wilson
Description
Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2018.
Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing nêhiyaw Legal Systems
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sylvia McAdam (Saysewahum)
Native American Religious Traditions
Alternate Title
Religions of the World
E-Books
Author/Creator
Suzanne J. Crawford
Native Art in Canada: An Ojibwa Elder's Art and Stories
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Native Art in Canada
Description
Contains links to information on woodland art, Ojibwa culture, spirituality, food, birch bark canoes, and tanning hides.
Native Studies Keywords
Alternate Title
Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Michelle H. Raheja
Nandita Sharma
Mishuana Goeman
Vicente M. Diaz ...
Kim TallBear ...
Chris Andersen ... [et al.]
The Ojibwe Renaissance: Transnational Evangelicalism and the Making of an Algonquian Intelligentsia, 1812-1867
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Penner
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 45, no. 1, 2015, pp. 71-92
Description
Reports on existing conditions during this period which produced a distinct Ojibwe version of Christianity.
Ontological Security, Movement, and Well-Being: Teetł'it Gwich'in Experiences of Life Transformations
Theses
Author/Creator
Thea Luig
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2015.
Our Coming In Stories: Cree identity, Body Sovereignty and Gender Self-Determination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alex Wilson
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 1, no. 1, Cultured Queer/Queering Culture Symposium, 2015, p. article 4
Description
Looks at use of Cree traditional law in relation to sexual diversity, regulation of Cree two spirit people by government and the church, and the Idle No More social movement.
Accompanying interview.
Accompanying presentation.
Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery: An Archaeological Approach to Cemetery Management
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mike A. Markowski
Kara Wolfe
Troy Zimmer
Saskatchewan History, vol. 67, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 20-27
Description
Describes a project undertaken by the St. Laurent Shrine Committee, with the help of Canada North Environmental Services, in 2013 to complete a detailed recording of all marked and unmarked graves located in Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery in the Métis community of St. Laurrent.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 20.
Postcolonial Citizenship: Reconceiving Authority and Belonging in Settler Societies
Theses
Author/Creator
Derek Wayne Kornelsen
Description
Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2015.
Potlatch 67-67: Then and Now
Alternate Title
Potlatch 67-67 Lesson Series
Hiłt̕sist̕a'a̱m: The Copper Will Be Fixed
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kumugwe Cultural Society
Comox Valley Art Gallery
Description
Catalogue for exhibition held to mark the 67th anniversary of the lifting of the Potlatch ban.
Related material: Lesson Plan.
Practices of Plural Spiritualities in a Secular Society: Circles of Reconciliation With Aboriginal Peoples in Quebec
Alternate Title
Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change. Series VIII, Christian Philosophical Studies ; v. 14
Plural Spiritualities: North American Experiences
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Michel Elias Andraos
Description
Comments on one dimension of the process of reconciliation in Montreal and other places in Quebec.
Chapter 5 from Plural Spiritualities: North American Experiences edited by Robert J. Schreiter.
To access chapter 5, scroll to page 91.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Curriculum Developers
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Asma-na-hi Antoine
Rachel Mason
Roberta Mason
Sophia Palahicky
Carmen Rodriguez de France
Description
Related material:
Foundations.
Guides for:
Leaders and Administrators.
Front-line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors.
Teachers and Instructors.