Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, vol. 16, no. 3, Sustaining Teachers in Teaching, June 2010, pp. 285-305
Description
Looks at experiences of Aboriginal teachers and impacts on them as students, teachers and within the greater community from the narrative of colonization.
Teachers' guide developed in conjunction with exhibition mounted to dispel the misrepresentations of cultural beliefs created by Stephanie Myer's Twilight books.
History of Photography, vol. 34, no. 3, July 2010, pp. 234-250
Description
Photographs of Aboriginal people in prison shows the colonial violence against the Indigenous people at the turn of the century in north western Australia.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, January 2018, p. article 3
Description
Study used semi-structured, in-depth interviews with current and former employees of the Australian Public Service to identify factors which contribute to the ongoing problem of lack of retention.
Aboriginal History, vol. 42, December 2018, pp. 97-124
Description
Author examines the complicated relationship between the New Norcia Mission led by Abbot Anselm Catalan, and its contemporary Aborigines Department headed by Chief Protector of Aborigines, A.O. Neville.
Statistics for population, housing stocks, new dwelling, house transformation, renovation and infrastructure needs, and decontamination for mold and vermiculite.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education , vol. 29, no. 4, Wisdom of Elders, Summer, April 24, 2018, p. [?]
Description
Article profiles two Elders, Lorraine Greybear and Vernon Lambert, who are teaching Dakota language and culture to students at Cankdeska Cikana Community College.
BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management, vol. 10, no. 3
Description
Looks at the parallels that exist between structures of traditional Indigenous resource management systems and those based in western science to develop forest practice standards in the coastal temperate rainforest in Clayoquot Sound.
Identifies systemic and individual barriers and presents a cross-section of qualitative and quantitative research conducted by government, academics, and non-profit organizations, as well as those similar in structure to the Coast Guard. Best practices, trends and key strategies for engaging, attracting, hiring and retaining Indigenous peoples are also discussed.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 42, no. 4, 2018, pp. 21-41
Description
Discusses the medicalization of women’s in health in Mexico; articulates considerations of separation from traditional healthcare providers and practices, invasive Western practices surround pregnancy and birth, and discrimination against Indigenous and/or Afro-descendant women. Analyzes the way that poor women use the phrase “being cut” to describe “multiple experiences of frustration, mistreatment, and violence during childbirth.”
Buffett enter for International and Comparative Studies Energy Series ; Working Paper no.10-005
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ian Urquhart
Description
Paper presented at Conference on Canadian-United States Energy Issues After Copenhagen: Oil Sands and Energy Interdependence. Looks at the First Nations relationships to mining development as both critics and supporters.
CBC website tracks progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action in child welfare, education, language and culture, health, justice and reconciliation.
Attempts to decolonize Indigenous citizenship to more relevant and timely conceptions.
Undergraduate Honors Thesis in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (B.A.)--Stanford University, 2010.
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 129-149
Description
Discusses complicated and shifting relationships between museums and Indigenous peoples, highlights the contradictory roles museums play, and looks at exhibitions in public galleries of Royal British Columbia Museum, Museum of Anthropology, Museum of Vancouver which show the changing nature of the relationship.
Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography, vol. 8, no. 2, 2018, pp. 68-85
Description
Uses a participatory-action research model (PAR) to explore the ideas instilled by and the mobilizing potential of the REDress project—a grassroots, collaborative, community art exhibit intended to bring awareness to the issue of MMIW—at St. Francis Xavier University. Researcher partners with StFX Aboriginal Student’s Society.
Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 49, no. 3, Autumn, 2018, pp. 275-297
Description
An exploration of Indigenous student mobility away from the Sherman Institute in Riverside, California that reveals both Indigenous agency and neglect on the part of school officials.
Arctic, vol. 71, no. 4, December 19, 2018, pp. 393-406
Description
Authors discuss the 2011 Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic (ReSDA) research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC); research indicates gaps in understanding of cumulative impacts, regulatory processes which exclude local participation, and factors of community well-being separate from economic factors.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 35, no. 2, Special Section: Indigeneity in Dialogue: Indigenous Literary Expression Across Linguistic Divides, 2010, pp. [94]-109
Description
Discusses the importance of the inclusion of Aboriginal words in the plays of Yves Sioui Durand, Tomson Highway, and Floyd Favel.
Looks at the least prosperous demographic group in Canada.
Introduction from: Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights by Tom Flanagan, Christopher Alcantara, Andre Le Dressay.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. Suppl, November 7, 2018, pp. S16-S18
Description
Article examines a research partnership between health leaders in Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory and a team of scientists at Laurentian University and highlights the lessons learned through community-engaged approach to research.
Anthropology News, vol. 51, no. 3, 2010, pp. 11-12
Description
Comments on studies that use a community-based participatory research approach and are designed to address the community needs first and the research needs second.