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.
Joe Kapoeze 1 Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Joe Kapoeze
Archie Baptiste
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes a story about a child who was protected by the North Wind. Also included are stories of residential schools; conflict between Indians and Indian agents.Tape IH-045 has not as yet been translated from the Cree language.
Kaupapa Kōrero: A Māori Cultural Approach to Narrative Inquiry
Alternate Title
Kaupapa Korero: A Maori Cultural Approach to Narrative Inquiry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Felicity Ware
Mary Breheny
Margaret Forster
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 45-53
Description
Focuses on Maori principles, concept of narrative and analysis, and argues this approach ensures how the stories are shared, presented and understood conforms to cultural preferences.
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.
The Knowledge Holders: Imparting Wisdom at Tribal Colleges and Universities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Patty Talahongva
Studies in American Indian Literature, vol. 29, no. 4, Wisom of the Elders, Summer, April 24, 2018, p. [?]
Description
Article discusses the value of having Knowledge Keepers and Elders teaching at a post-secondary level, and the important role that cultural and language revitalization play in self-determination.
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.
Learning to be Part of the Land: Experiences of a Canadian Indigenous Researcher Doing Research in a Yucatec Maya Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Miguel Paul Sastaretsi Sioui
Canadian Journal of Native Studies , vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 125-144
Description
Author discusses their positionality as an Indigenous Canadian scholar and researcher in Yucatan, Mexico; reflects on how their Indigenous identity and culture helped to inform their approach to learning and led them to select Indigenous research methods.
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.
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.
The Moccasin Project: Understanding a Sense of Place through Indigenous Art Making and Storytelling
Theses
Author/Creator
Colleen 'Co' M. Carew
Description
[Expressive Therapies] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Lesley University, 2018.
Modern Indian Painting: A Separate and Unique Soul
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Eck
Heritage of the Great Plains, vol. 8, no. 4, 1975, pp. 19-28
Description
Examines the way Indian artists are reinventing traditions, tribal lore and mythology to explain themselves to their own people and other cultures.
Moieties in Ancient Mesoamerica: Inferences on Teotihuacán Social Structure. Part I
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marshall Joseph Becker
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 3, Autumn, 1975, pp. 217-236
Description
Uses iconography to discuss Teotihuacán political structure in the form of a moiety social structure. Part 1 of 2. Link to Part 2: https://iportal.usask.ca/record/70829
Moieties in Ancient Mesoamerica: Inferences on Teotihuacán Social Structure. Part II
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marshall Joseph Becker
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 4, Winter, 1975-1976, pp. [315]-330
Description
Uses iconography to discuss Teotihuacán political structure in the form of a moiety social structure. Part 2 of 2. Link to Part 1: https://iportal.usask.ca/record/70827
"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.
Mothers of Corn: Wixárika Women, Verbal Performances, and Ontology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cyndy Margarita García-Weyandt
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2018, pp. 113-120
Description
Discusses the active role of Maize within Wixáritari ceremony from cultivation to harvesting, emphasizing the role of women in preparing Corn-based substances for ceremonial offerings. Through storytelling and performative practices women are active in transmitting the relationships between corn and community.
Mrs. Buffalo Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mrs. Buffalo
Johnny Smith
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mrs. Buffalo of the Peigan Reserve, who is 93 years of age, answers questions about what her ancestors told her of buffalo, fur trade, treaty, smallpox and attitudes to the land.
The Nanticoke-Delaware Skeleton Dance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James H. Howard
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 1975, pp. 1-13
Description
An overview and analysis of the Nanticoke, a lost Indigenous group from Maryland adopted by the Delaware, their death rituals, and the Skeleton Dance and its significance.
The Native Self versus the Myth of the Autonomous Being
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 12th, 2017
Representations and Realities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Steve B. Csaki
Description
Author compares the philosophical idea of the self in Western thought with that of Indigenous/Native American worldviews.
The Navajo Theory of Life and Behavior
Theses
Author/Creator
James Kale McNeley
Description
Anthropology Thesis (PhD) -- University of Hawaii, 1975.
Nemuel Island
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tommy Orange
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018, pp. 110-113
Description
Creative prose piece which contemplates the perception of reality by describing the thoughts and deed of a man named Nemuel Island.
The Nomadic Nenets Dwelling "Mya": The Symbolism of a Woman's Role and Space in a Changing Tundra
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zoia Vylka Ravna
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 2-12
Description
Describes the construction methods, various types, cultural significance, and traditions associated with the traditional tent.
“Nya Anghuwa Che” (Our Food Gives Us Life): Exploring Indigenous Perspectives on Traditional Food Gathering and Foraging in an Irigwe Community from Nigeria
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Majing Oloko
Shailesh Shukla
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 1, 2018, pp. 1-22
Description
Study uses participatory research tools to explore and document the cultural meanings of food within Irigwe Indigenous food system and their relationship to Indigenous food-production practices such as food foraging.
On the Mysterious 1831 Cherokee Manuscript or Jisdu Fixes John Locke’s Two Treatises of Civil Government
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brian Burkhart
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018 , pp. 40-76
Description
Creative piece which imagines what Two Treatises of Civil Government would look like if it had been written by the Cherokee Rabbit Trickster, Jisdu.
Our Sacred Water: Theorizing Kuuyam as a Decolonial Possibility
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles Sepulveda
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 40-58
Description
Describes the polluted state of the Santa Ana River in southern California and how it came to be so. Considers traditional perspectives of the Acjachemen and Tongva tribes regarding "guests" as a way to re-center a Indigenous view of the land.
Parliament of Religions on the Prairie: Standing Rock as Interreligious Event
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 12th, 2017
Representations and Realities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Peter A. Huff
Description
Examines the Oceti Sakowin water protectors’ camp as an Indigenous-led interreligious meeting and criticizes media representation of the water protectors as “protesters” while ignoring the religious and interfaith elements of the movement.
Pat Paddy Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Pat Paddy
Abraham Burnstick
Indian History Film Project
Description
Gives his understanding of Treaty #6 and describes some of the changes which resulted from it.
Powwow Workshop 4
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jim Kanipitetew
Indian History Film Project
Description
Description of traditional Indian ceremonies and the changes which have taken place in them. Mr. Kanipitetew is concernedthat people are no longer following the strict rituals of the past.
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.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Foundations
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kory Wilson
Description
Guide discusses Indigenous-Canadian relationships from contact to the present, historical and contemporary context, and the diversity of Indigenous peoples.
Related material for:
Leaders and Administrators.
Curriculum Developers.
Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Pulling Together: A Guide for Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ian Cull
Robert L. A. Hancock
Stephanie McKeown
Michelle Pidgeon
Adrienne Vedan
Description
Related material: Foundations. Guides for: Leaders and Administrators.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Leaders and Administrators
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sybil Harrison
Janice Simcoe
Dawn Smith
Jennifer Stein
Description
Related material:
Foundations.
Guides for:
Curriculum Developers.
Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors.
Teachers and Instructors.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Teachers and Instructors
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bruce Allan
Amy Perreault
John Chenoweth
Dianne Biin
Sharon Hobenshield
Todd Ormiston
Shirley Anne Hardman
Louise Lacerte ... [et al.]
Description
Explores topics such as locating self and practice, Indigenous worldviews and pedagogies, ethical approach and relational protocols, colonization framework in Canada, and building an Indigenous practice.
Related material:
Foundations.
Guides for:
Leaders and Administrators.
Curr
Raising a Child with Early Childhood Dis-ability Supports Shakonehyra:ra's ne shakoyen'okon:'a
Alternate Title
Raising a Child with Early Childhood Disability Supports
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Ineese-Nash
Yvonne Bomberry
Kathryn Underwood
Arlene Hache
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, Winter, 2018, pp. 1-14
Description
Presents findings from Indigenous participants in the Early Childhood Service System Project.
Reconciliation and Canada’s Overdose Crisis: Responding to the Needs of Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Lavalley
Shelda Kastor
Jenna Valleriani
Ryan McNeil
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 50, December 17, 2018, pp. E1466-E1467
Description
Authors note that the current drug overdose crisis disproportionately affects Indigenous people as a result of a legacy of colonialism, racism and intergenerational trauma; argue that reconciliation with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples must include dismantling structural conditions which produce drug-related harms, and that current harm-reduction models must integrate Indigenous cultural values.
Refracting the State through Human-Fish Relations: Fishing, Indigenous Legal Orders and Colonialism in North/Western Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zoe Todd
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 60-75
Description
Considers Aboriginal worldviews around the relationships humans have with, and the responsibilities they have to non- or more-than-human entities as a framework for environmental activism, opposition to resource extraction, and government regulation. Asserts that a re-examination of the way that humans connect to our non-human relations is necessary for survivance.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire for Children and Families = Giitwaami-zaka'aman Manidookaadeg Ishkode: Giniijaanisimaanig zhigwa Gidinawenaaganag onji
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sun Lodge Village
Peguis Child and Family Services
Garry McCorrister (Ogimaa Kinew)
Dwayne McCorrister (Giizis Ininew)
Louise McCorrister (Piitwan Aki Doog)
Maurice Brubacher (Mkode-Binesi-Nini) ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2018, p. 4
Description
Links to a video that describes the programming which creates opportunities for families to participate in ceremonial and land-based ways of knowing and healing.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire...
Duration: 21:19
Restorying Indigenous–Settler Relations in Canada: Taking a Decolonial Turn toward a Settler Theology of Liberation
Theses
Author/Creator
Joëlle M. Morgan
Description
Theology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saint Paul University, 2018.
Resurging through Kishiichiwan: The Spatial Politics of Indigenous Water Relations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Daigle
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 159-172
Description
Discusses the Mushkegowuk people’s relationship to water and how it has been ruptured in the interests of extractive industries and economic development. Also discusses efforts to reconnect with and protect waterways.
Rethinking Environmental Science Education from Indigenous Knowledge Perspectives: An Experience with a Dene First Nation Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Kumar Datta
Environmental Education Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2018, pp. 50-66
Description
Examines the importance and implications of land-based approach and discusses how this particular community has taken control of programs, gained leadership in wisdom traditions and taught respect for the land and its inhabitants.
Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Air and Water: St’át’imc Legal Traditions Report
Alternate Title
RELAW Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dean Billy
Lindsay Borrows
Jessica Clogg
Helen Copeland
St’át’imc Elders
Sacred Ceremonies in Unsacred Places
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Waasegiizhig Price
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education , vol. 30, no. 2, The Spiritual Foundation of Tribal Colleges, Winter, October 29, 2018, p. [?]
Description
Article discusses the role of ceremony in spaces that have not traditionally been ceremonial—conferences, classrooms and other gatherings. Stresses the role and responsibility of the ceremony leader in keeping participants safe, and encourages people to make careful decisions around their attendance and participation. Author shares own experiences with ceremonies.
Saddle Lake Interviews
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
Nine elders in discussion at Saddle Lake Reserve. They talk about aspects of life before contact with whites, Treaty #6, the history of amalgamations and land sales, and a traditional story of a boy raised by buffalo.
sâkîyıso: Understanding and Building Health Relationships: A First Nations Violence Prevention Teacher Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN)
Description
Uses Cree/Nêhiyaw cultural teachings to support development of healthy relationships with peers, dating partners, family and community. Designed for Grade 9 students.
Secwépemc: Lands and Resources Law Research Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Asch
Kirsty Broadhead
Georgia Lloyd-Smith
Adrienne Macmillan
Simon Owen
Description
Analyzes 30 stories and conversations with community members to articulate the First Nation's legal principles with respect to: territorial and harvesting protocols and practices; establishing and maintaining agreements and conflict resolution; decision making; relationships, responsibilities and rights; and consequences, enforcement and teaching. Uses individual traditional stories as a foundation for case briefings.
A Shared Heritage with Anishinaabe / Ojibway
Alternate Title
A Shared Heritage with Anishinaabe / Ojibwe
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lac du Bonnet & District Historical Society
Description
Topics include seven traditional teachings, explanation of the clan system, and the Wendigo story.
Sipapu: A Cultural Perspective
Theses
Author/Creator
Paula Gunn Allen
Description
American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 1975.
The Sweat Lodge Ceremony: A Healing Intervention for Intergenerational Trauma and Substance Use
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teresa Naseba Marsh
David C. Marsh
Julie Ozawagosh
Frank Ozawagosh
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, 2018, p. Article 2
Description
Provides qualitative evidence of the benefits of integrating traditional Indigenous healing practices -- in particular the sweat lodge ceremony -- into the Western treatment model, Seeking Safety.
The Symbolism and Ritual Function of the Middle Classic Ball Game in Mesoamerica
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marvin Cohodas
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 2, Summer, 1975, pp. 99-130
Description
An examination of rituals and associated religious functions as depicted in the art found on the game's court walls
Tatanga Ishtima hinkna Įyá Waká: Sleeping Buffalo and Medicine Rock and Assiniboine Dislocation and Persistence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joshua Horowitz
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2018, pp. 123-145
Description
Uses the Sleeping Buffalo and Medicine Rock site as an example to talk about Assiniboine peoples’ ongoing relationship to sacred places and how ongoing connection to spaces has helped Indigenous peoples retain Indigenous knowledges and way of knowing despite colonization, settlement, national borders, residential schools, and reservation systems.
The Third Space
Alternate Title
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, Lecture 3
[2018 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Tanya Talaga
Description
Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the the third of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Vancouver.
Talaga discusses Indigenous kinship structures and the way in which colonial laws have created a disconnect between Indigenous peoples and their communities and cultures.
Duration: 53:59