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Author/Creator
Mary Simon
North Labrador and the Torngat Co-op: an Exploration of Checkland's Soft Systems Methodology Through its Application to Fisheries Development
Theses
Author/Creator
Hamish Gordon Rennie
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1989.
Nunivak Island Eskimo (Yuit) Technology and Material Culture
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Don E. Dumond
Arctic, vol. 42, no. 4, December 1989, pp. 374-375
Description
Book review of: Nunivak Island Eskimo (Yuit) Technology and Material Culture by James W. VanStone.
Okwire’shon:’a, the First Storytellers: Recovering Landed Consciousness in Readings of Trees & Texts
Theses
Author/Creator
Kaitlin Sandra June Debicki
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2017. Refers to the works Power by Linda Hogan, Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, and Truth and Bright Water by Thomas King.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Overland to Starvation Cove: With the Inuit in Search of Franklin 1878-1880
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Richard C. Davis
Arctic, vol. 42, no. 1, March 1989, pp. 74-75
Description
Book review of: Overland to Starvation Cove by Heinrich Klutschak. Edited and translated by William Barr.
La perception du carcajou/glouton par les Inuit du Nord canadien: Du passé au present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
Plain Talk 18: First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning Model
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 18
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Briefly explores the Indigenous concept of holistic lifelong learning from an Aboriginal perspective.
Planning a Common Ground for an Uncommon Future: Indigenous People, Land-Use Planning and Sustainable Development in Northern Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Paul Gerrald Sneed
Description
Community and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1989.
Plants and Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Focuses on Yukon First Nations Traditional Knowledge.
Protect and Promote Your Culture: A Practical Guide to Intellectual Property for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Begoña Venero Aguirre
Hai-Yuean Tualima
Description
Discusses key features of intellectual property protection, copyright, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial designs, protection against unfair competition, and trade secrets. Includes examples from various countries around the world.
Qaqamiigux "to hunt for food and collect plants; subsistence": Head Start Traditional Foods Preschool Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Moses Dirks
Julia Sargent
Tracy Stewart
Suanne Unger
Description
Provides series of lessons and activities to teach nutritional value of local, traditional foods. Structured into six units according to animals and plants found in the region.
Quliaqtuat Iñupiat Nunaŋiññiñ: The Report of the Chipp-Ikpikpuk River and Upper Meade River Oral History Project
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert R. Janes
Arctic, vol. 42, no. 3, September 1989, pp. 294-295
Description
Book review of: Quliaqtuat Iñupiat Nunaŋiññiñ by Wendy H. Arundale and William S. Schneider.
Reset and Redefine: Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and the Rise of Indigenous Games
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maize Longboat
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 170-179
Description
Author critically engages the format and storytelling devices within the videogame Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and discusses how this and other digital platforms can be used to build understanding and counter stereotypes and misinformation about Indigenous peoples.
Resilience and Rebellious Memory Loops: Further Musings of an American Indian Ethnoecologist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Enrique Salmón
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
Description
Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
Returning the People to the Circle: An Overview on Overcoming the Fracturing of American Indian Communities
Alternate Title
Western Social Science Association Meeting, San Francisco, April 12-15, 2017
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen M. Sachs
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, Fall 2017, p. [?]
Description
Provides suggestions for repairing fractured communities: reinstating traditional inclusiveness, help to heal tribal member from historical trauma and destructive behaviors, renew traditional knowledge, support tribal development and inclusive communication.
A Review of The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Herman A. Peterson
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 74-76
Description
Book review of: The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology by Steve Pavlik.
Roots of Inquiry Learning: Teaching and Learning in Traditional Aboriginal Pedagogy
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John W. Friesen
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Defines inquiry learning and looks at the steps of traditional education in First Nations societies.
Searching for Haknip Achukma (Good Health): Challenges to Food Sovereignty Initiatives in Oklahoma
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon Mihesuah
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 9-30
Description
Looks at reasons for the population's poor health and difficulties encountered when a tribes try to control production, quality and distribution of food. Some of the issues include definition of "traditional food", access, environmental degradation, poaching and invasive species.
Speaking In Circles: Indigenous Identity and White Privilege
Theses
Author/Creator
Adrian Downey
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2017.
The Spirit of Indigenous Youth: The Resilience and Self-Determination in Connecting to the Spirit and Ways of Knowing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonnie Freeman
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 1, June 2017, pp. 60-75
Description
Comments on the resilience and activism of a youth group known as "The Spirit of the Youth".
Stories That Nourish: Minnesota Anishinaabe Wild Rice Narratives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amelia V. Katanski
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 71-91
Description
Looks at how works by writers such as Jim Northrup, Heid Erdrich, Linda LeGarde Grover, and Gerald Vizenor illustrate the connection between story, culture, and knowledge.
Subjective Realities Of American Indian Students In An Urban Community College Setting: A Tohono O'Odham Case Study
Theses
Author/Creator
Denis Francis Viri
Description
Educational Foundations and Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1989.
Tails on the Trails
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie McCartney
Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 35-54
Description
Discusses the Biographies of Prominent Elders project as a method for using oral histories to preserve and promote Gwich'in culture, traditional knowledge and values. Includes five short stories told by project participants.
Talking Story with Vital Voices: Making Knowledge with Indigenous Language
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla
Alanaise Goodwill
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 3, December 2017, pp. 67-75
Description
Authors discuss their research practice using Indigenous Storywork principles.
Teaching with Indian Givers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ruth Norton
Craig Charbonneau Fontaine
Description
Explores the many contributions made by Indigenous peoples to North and South American societies and the long history of settler exploitation of the land, resources, and people of the two continents.
Thinking with Nunangat in Proposing Pedagogies for/with Inuit Early Childhood Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Caroline Rowan
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Brunswick, 2017.
The Three Sisters: Renewing the World
Alternate Title
New World Ideas: Indigenous Innovations That Changed Everything: Video and Curriculum Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lance Guilbault
Pauline Broderick
Peter Jordan
Margaret Hart
Leah Fontaine ... [et al.]
Description
Discusses the long history of Indigenous agriculture, how plants from the New World spread to the Old. and the need to return to traditional practices and regain food sovereignty. Educators share their experiences and lesson plans which use the story of the Three Sisters to teach a variety of subjects. Created to accompany the video.
Towards Indigenous Marine Management: A Case Study of Yelloweye Rockfish on the Central Coast of British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Lauren Eckert
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Victoria, 2017.
Traditional Knowledge in the Time of Neo-Liberalism: Access and Benefit-Sharing Regimes in Indian and Bhutan
Alternate Title
Article 3
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Indrani Barpujari
Ujjal Kumar Sarma
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-22
Description
Provides a legal and policy framework that allows participation by Indigenous local communities (ILCs) to access the economic potential of traditional knowledge.
Traditional Use
Alternate Title
People and Caribou in the Northwest Territories
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Chuck Arnold
Description
Focuses on the central role caribou have played in the lives of the Dene and Inuit people.
Chapter from People and Caribou in the Northwest Territories edited by Ed Hall.
Transformations and Remembrances in the Digital Game We Sing for Healing
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Elizabeth LaPensée
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 89-108
Description
Author describes the intent and process of designing We Sing for Healing, a musical choose-your-own adventure text game that mimics traditional storytelling and teaching styles with the way that the circular or looping narrative encourages a player to listen, choose, and revisit as a game-play strategy.
Transformative Learning, Tribal Membership and Cultural Restoration: A Case Study of an Embedded Native American Service-learning at a Research University
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brent E. Sykes
Joy Pendley
Zermarie Deacon
Gateways, vol. 10, 2017, pp. 204-228
Description
Looks at the development and implementation of a tribal-initiated service-learning project.
Two-spirits: Conceptualization in a L’nuwey Worldview
Theses
Author/Creator
John R. Sylliboy
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2017
Unsettling Methodologies/Decolonizing Movements
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Fortier
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. [20]-36
Description
Author reflects on the role of non-Indigenous peoples in decolonizing research methods and cultural participation using the core themes of identity and belonging, accountability and consent, and responsibility and appropriation.
What Happens After the Traditional Knowledge Study? Some Issues to Consider About Ownership and Confidentiality
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Senwung Luk
Description
Looks at Canadian laws surrounding traditional knowledge data collection and issues that should be sorted out before a project is started.