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Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Caroline Monnet
Description
Follows Sébastien Aubin on a path to learning traditional Aboriginal medicine from Mark Thompson, a healer.
Duration: 18:01.
Abalone Tales: Collaborative Explorations of Sovereignty and Identity in Native California
Alternate Title
Narrating Native Histories
E-Books
Author/Creator
Les W. Field
Alaska EARTH Study Data Summary 2008
Alternate Title
Alaska EARTH (Education and Research Towards Health)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anne Lanier
Alaska EARTH Research Team
Description
Data identifies protective and risk factors for chronic diseases based on 3,828 Alaskan Native and American Indian participants.
Related Material: Full Report.
Andean Success Stories and Representations of Nature in Andean Textiles
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Catherine Joslyn
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the survival of traditional Andean textile traditions and how they are linked to the people’s environment and their ancestors.
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L’animal arctique au-devant de la scène: Introduction au bestiaire inuit = Spotlight on Arctic Animals: Introduction to the Inuit Bestiary
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Francis Lévesque
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 3-28
Description
Introduction to the themed issue ties together perspectives and considerations of the contributors.
Centeotzintli: Sacred Maize, a 7,000 Year Ceremonial Discourse
Theses
Author/Creator
Roberto Garcia Rodriguez
Description
Mass Communications Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008.
A Collection of Curricula for the STARLAB Inuit Star Lore Cylinder. Including Inuit Star Lore by Ole Knudsen
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Science First/STARLAB
Description
Although designed for use with the SKYLAB cylinder, can be modified for use without it.
A Collection of Curricula for the STARLAB Native American Mythology Cylinder. Including Stories of the Early Americans by Gary D. Kratzer; Background Information on the Navajo by Gloria D. Rall; More Native American Star Legends by Doris Forror
Alternate Title
Stories of the Early Americans: A Guide to the STARLAB Native American Cylinder
Background Information on the Navajo
More Native American Star Legends
Script for the SKYLAB Native American Mythology Cylinder
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gloria D. Rall
Science First/SKYLAB
Description
Although designed for use with the STARLAB cylinder, contains script which can be adapted for use without it.
"Coming to Know": Weaving Aboriginal and Western Science Knowledge, Language, and Literacy Into the Science Classroom
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gloria J. Snively
Lorna B. Williams
L1 - Educational Studies in Language and Literature, vol. 8, no. 1, 2008, pp. 109-133
Description
Discusses the importance of incorporating both approaches to science when teaching students.
Contested Place: Religion and Values in the Dispute, Burnt Church/Esgenoôpetitj, New Brunswick
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah J. King
Description
Collaborative Program in Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2008.
Cornus versus dentus et autres modalités d’association des animaux dans l’imaginaire inuit
Alternate Title
Horned versus Teethed and Other Modalities of Animal Association in the Inuit Imagination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vladimir Randa
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 51-71
Description
Author explores Inuit ontologies or knowledge systems around non-human members of their ecosystem; discuss how Inuit ways of knowing the animals are rooted in social and cultural factors of relationality.
Text in French.
The Cosmological Liveliness of Terril Calder's The Lodge: Animating Our Relations and Unsettling Our Cinematic Spaces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Salma Monani
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 4, Winter, 2017, pp. 1-28
Description
Examines Calder’s stop-frame animated feature film in the context of animation, ecocinema, and Indigenous studies; focuses on theme of hybridity and métissage.
Covering Bones: The Archaeology of Respect on the Kazan River, Nunavut
Alternate Title
Recouvrir les ossements : L’archéologie du respect sur la rivière Kazan, Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. Max Friesen
Andrew M. Stewart
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017
Description
Authors examine the archaeological evidence of the historic Inuit practice of burying the bones of harvested caribou; describe this as a manifestation of the respect and reverence Inuit communities held for the non-human members of their communities. Research conducted in collaboration with Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake) community members.
Cree Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses.children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
Dreams and Nightmares in First Nations Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Lena Ruwoldt
Description
Philosophy Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Greifswald, 2017.
Focuses on Robert Arthur Alexie's Porcupines and China Dolls, Cherie Dimaline's Red Rooms, Richard Van Camp's "On the Wings of This Prayer" and Richard Wagamese's Ragged Company.
Ecological Relations and Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Standing Rock
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Morgan L. Ruelle
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 113-125
Description
Discusses how colonization has disrupted communities' relationship with the land, efforts to restore the connection on the reservation, and how ideas about tradition and sustainability are linked to food sovereignty.
Factors That Support Indigenous Involvement in Multi-actor Environmental Stewardship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas J. Reo
Kyle P. Whyte
Deborah McGregor
M. A. (Peggy) Smith
James F. Jenkins
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, 2017, pp. 58-68
Description
Discusses the results of a cross-case study of 39 regional partnerships in the Great Lakes region. Found six factors influence willingness to stay engaged: respect for Indigenous knowledge, control of knowledge mobilization, intergenerational involvement, self-determination, cross-cultural education, and early involvement.
First Nations Land Rights and Environmentalism in British Columbia
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Karen Wonders
Description
Website looks at First Nation relationships with the land, natural resource and development. Provides links to First Nations Bands - Tribes, Councils, Alliances, education centres and First Nations organizations in British Columbia.
[Foreword, Introduction]
Alternate Title
Dignity and Power
Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree
Nature, History, Society
Why James Bay?
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Hans M. Carlson
Graeme Wynn
Description
Author explains why he believes studying Cree hunters' relationship with their environment is important, and how this relationship has been effected by hydroelectric dams and integration into the modern Canadian economy.
Excerpt from Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M. Carlson, foreword by Graeme Wynn.
The Four Directions Medicine Wheel as Shared by a Female Elder from the Anishnabe Nation
Documents & Presentations
Description
Pamphlet produced in conjunction with the establishment of the Medicine Wheel Garden at the First Nations University of Canada.
Gray Whales, Green Indians, and Sea Shepherds: Questioning the Application of Theories of Totemism by Scholars to Anti-Whaling Activism
Theses
Author/Creator
Clinton Thomas Bland
Description
Religious Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, 2008.
Highlights Report: RAIC International Indigenous Architecture and Design Symposium
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)
Description
Overview of presentations from four sessions: Kora Sessions from Aotearoa New Zealand; Respecting the Land and Identities; Creating Consensus and Engagement; and Indigenous Design: Tools, Methods and Processes.
Historical Ecology of Cultural Keystone Places of the Northwest Coast
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dana Lepofsky
Chelsey Geralda Armstrong
Spencer Greening
Julia Jackley
Jennifer Carpenter ... [et al.]
American Anthropologist, vol. 119, no. 3, September 2017, p. 448–463
Description
Describes methods and initial results for documenting history of cultural landscapes at three sites in British Columbia: Hauyat, Laxgalts’ap (Old Town) and Dałk Gyilakyaw (Robin Town).
In Deeper Waters: Indigenous, Gendered Approaches to Sustainability
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura Hall
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.
Indigenization in the Time of Pipelines
Alternate Title
Weweni Indigenous Scholars Speaker Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Chelsea Vowel
Description
Thoughts about Indigenization and the need to return to relationships.
Duration: 42:59.
Inuit Identities, Language, and Territoriality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna Patrick
Diversite Urbaine, vol. 8, Special Issue: Plurilinguisme et identites au Canada, Autumn, 2008, pp. 91-108
Description
Discuses how the use of Inuktitut, French, and English languages affect linguistic and social-cultural identities in Nunavik and Ottawa.
Inuit Symbolism of the Bearded Seal
Alternate Title
Symbolisme inuit du phoque barbu
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgitte Sonne
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 29-50
Description
Examines traditional Inuit and Yupiit stories, rituals, and colloquial sayings to reveal different meanings associated with the bearded seal in these Indigenous cultures. Finds that bearded seals can impart multiple meanings ranging from monstrous to protection to renewal and reproduction.
IQ Corner
Alternate Title
IQ Corner with Elijah Tigullaraq
[Inuit Qaujumajatuqangit Corner]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Elijah Tigullaraq
Description
Links to stories and articles written to give outsiders a sense of the Inuit Qaujumajatuqangit perspective.
Learning from Country
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nadia Wheatley
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 2, 2017, pp. 243-256
Description
Article describes the author’s experience of learning Indigenous principles of education and adapting them for use with student living in different environments; advocates for a wholistic pedagogical approach to education.
Leetsoii Means “Yellow Dirt” in the Navajo Language: Troubling Uranium Mining on Navajo Lands
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Al Henderson
Patricia Rife
Perry H. Charley
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2008
Description
Outlines a scientific history of uranium, and looks at the traditional Navajo’s belief system regarding uranium and milling as a disruption in the balance of earth and sky.
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Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story
Alternate Title
Game Development Conference ; 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Dima Veryovka
Description
A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
Duration: 50:01.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
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.
Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Project Area Ecosystem Services Valuation Assessment
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vivek Voora
Stephan Barg
Description
Looks at the economic value of the ecosystem services provided by the natural environments of the Pimachiowin Aki area.
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.
Plants & Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Plants and Connection to Place
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yukon First Nations Curriculum Working Group
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Teacher's guide.
Preserving Aboriginal Heritage: Technical and Traditional Approaches: Proceedings of Symposium 2007
E-Books
Author/Creator
Stephen J. Augustine
Winnie Owingayak
Sherry Farrell Racette
John Moses
Miriam Clavir ... [et al.]
Description
Symposium held September 24-28, 2007 in Ottawa.
Reading the Signs in the Whitefeather Forest Cultural Landscape, Northwestern Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Janene M. Shearer
Description
Nature Resources Management (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2008
Recognizing Indigenous Legal Orders: Their Content, Embeddedness in Distinct Indigenous Cultures, and Implications for Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Indigenous Legal Orders in Canada: A Literature Review
Law Publications (Western University) ; 92
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Coyle
Description
Literature review primarily uses book chapters, journal articles, and internet sources.
Report to Southcentral Foundation, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, [and] Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation: Earth (Education and Research Towards Health) Research Project
Alternate Title
Prospective Study of Alaska Native and American Indian People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anne P. Lanier
Gretchen Day
Elvin Asay
Diana Redwood
Description
Looks at data on protective and risk factors for multiple chronic diseases. Information gathered between March 2004 and August 2006.
Related Material: Data Summary.
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.
Resource Extraction and Aboriginal Communities in Northern Canada: Cultural Considerations
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)
Description
Looks at the economic potential of mining, oil and gas projects and the potential harm to the environment and to traditional lifestyles in Aboriginal communities.
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.
The Sacred and the Digital: Managing Heritage in an Open Access World
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Lison
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
Saskatchewan History - The First Peoples: Plains First Nations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
J. Giannetta
Description
A wide range of topics such as clothing, bison, decoration, tools, etc. Developed for Grade 4 Social Studies.
Updated version.
Student Handouts.
Seeing the Skies through Navajo Eyes: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Astronomy
Alternate Title
Navajo Skies: An Introductory Guide to the Navajo Skies Planetarium Show
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy C. Maryboy
David H. Begay
Ashley C. Teren
Description
Designed as a resource for planetariums, for middle school teachers, and a book that families can read together.
Speaking the Past, Engaging the Present: The Infrapolitics of an Adnyamathanha Enterprise
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy Joy Darby
AlterNative, vol. 4, no. 2, 2008, pp. 59-74
Description
Looks at a tourism company which creates an authentic Aboriginal eco-spiritual experience with both historical and cultural insights.
Sq’ éwlets: A Stó:lō -Coast Salish Community in the Fraser River Valley Virtual Museum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dara Kelly
BC Studies, no. 194, Summer, 2017, pp. 195-197
Description
Reviews website featuring stories, history, language, and the connection between the people and place.