Author argues that, if science education is to contribute to Aboriginal peoples economic development, environmental responsibility and cultural survival, then Indigenous common sense used together with Aboriginal and Western knowledge and technology about nature, as ways of learning, must also be used.
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 100-115
Description
Article/review resembles poetry and is written in a oral style. Author expresses his observations on Aboriginal culture, tradition and the environment.
Research Report (Border Policy Research Institute) ; no. 20
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Greg Boos
Greg McLawsen
Description
Comments on Jay Treaty rights established for free border passage and the scope and application of the term "American Indian born in Canada" in today's context.
Aboriginal History, vol. 37, December 2013, pp. 77-92
Description
Overview of noted journalist and scholar's life and research on Aboriginal culture based on information from the Haslam Collection at the University of Newcastle.
Annual William Walters Symposium on Urban Education ; 5th
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ellen Gabriel
Taiaiake Alfred
Susan Dion
Description
Showcases three keynote speakers discuss issues connecting teaching and learning in an anti-colonial framework.
Showcases a film, dance, and drama by students. Duration: 2:49:36.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 2, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Louis Owens, Summer, 1998, pp. 23-40
Description
Explores the dual and linked themes of stories and community as expressed through the main character, who finds himself isolated from both.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 89-94
Description
Book review of Living with Koryak Traditions: Playing with Culture in Siberia by Alexander King.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 89.
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Vivien Carli
Description
Discusses challenges faced by Indigenous populations and identifies some of the local, national and international initiatives underway to address these issues.
Excerpt from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté.
Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.
Discusses the importance of traditional governance systems, and efforts for revising constitutions to support Indian Nations' sovereignty including changing the criteria for White Earth citizenship.
Duration: 55:50. Includes transcript.
Requires creation of free account to access materials.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, 1998, pp. 131-150
Description
Examines the exclusion and then limited inclusion into the dominant society, and also the dominant society's construction of the alternative group's identity.