Discusses the impacts of colonization, and the need for approaches that incorporate cultural values, survivor-centric models, restorative justice, and Indigenous laws.
'I Honored Him Until the End': Storytelling of Indigenous Female Caregivers and Care Providers Focused on Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias (ADOD)
International Journal of Indigenous Health , vol. 14, no. 2, February 20, 2020, pp. 293-306
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Article reviews The Indigenous Navigator role, within Cancer Care Ontario, finds that Indigenous Navigators provide support and advocacy for patients by facilitating access to support and palliative services while addressing cultural and spiritual needs and thereby increasing the well-being of Indigenous patients.
Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 1, no. 1, Heartwork, October 12, 2020, pp. 14-25
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Study of 15 Indigenous participants in the Sudbury and Manitoulin Island areas uses Indigenous research methods and grounded theory to compare Western and Indigenous epistemologies and structures of power. Author argues that a greater understanding of Western and Indigenous power structures can help to build better relations between Indigenous and Settler communities in Canada.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, 10 31, 2019, pp. 54-73
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Author shares the Indigenous research methodology that she has created and named “sweetgrass story weaving,” and some of the stories that have been recorded through this process. Includes information on moontime stories, berry fasts, and other women’s rites of passage.
Contains links to a set of lesson plans with links to extensive lists of resources and supporting documents for Grades 1 through 8 which focus on treaty-making, history of Indigenous-settler relations, the Indian Act, residential schools, and Indigenous worldviews. Although designed for Ontario, much of the material is applicable to Canada as a whole or easily adaptable.
Declaration is about the relationship with water and the life it brings, is based on Gitiizii m'inaanik (Elders and knowledge keepers) teachings, and is meant to guide future policy and decision-making.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 180-189
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Describes an arts based research project which uses graffiti art to make Haudenosaunee symbols and images accessible and relevant for Indigenous youth. Discusses cultural bridging and exchange, decolonization, identity, cultural values, and Indigenous solidarity.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2019, p. [9]
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Links to a short video biography of Little Thunder Woman (Katrina Harrison) in which the narrator discusses her experiences and the teachings she has received as a two-spirit person.
Thunder Finder
Duration: 3:10
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 9, no. 1, Indigenous Research Methodologies, 2020, pp. 1-18
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Paper describes the methodology use by the author in gathering narratives from 15 Haudenosaunee Grandmothers from the Six Nations community for a research study; discusses and centers Indigenous teachings, worldviews, and ways of knowing as a research practice.