Teacher's guide to accompany documentary by Jeff Bear and Marianne Jones about the decision by Haida Elders to occupy the front lines in a logging blockade which took place in the winter of 1985-1986. Highlights the Haida's relationship with the land, and respect for Elders and their roles in Indigenous society.
Annotated list of material includes reading level, curriculum areas, themes and topics, publication dates and number of pages.
Updated version. Originally published in 2011.
Third Text, vol. 27, no. 1, Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology, January 2013, pp. 17-28
Description
Discusses how several Aboriginal artists have incorporated the traditional worldview, in which everything is animate, into their modern works. Highlights Jimmie Durham, Rebecca Belmore, Jolene Rickard, and Will Wilson.
Looks at research pertaining to impacts of climate change and strategies for adaptation and mitigation in the areas of sovereignty and self-determination, culture and cultural identity, Indigenous community health indicators, and economies and livelihoods.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 2016, pp. 98-100
Description
Book review: Determinants of Indigenous Peoples' Health in Canada: Beyond the Social edited Margo Greenwood, Sarah de Leeuw, Nicole Marie Lindsay, and Charlotte Reading.
Center for Native American Youth at The Aspen Institute
Description
Reports the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-1) online survey of youth under the age of 25. The 700 respondents were asked questions about health and well-being, child welfare, juvenile justice, education and employment, sacred sites, lands, and waterways, and culture's role in each of those areas.
Arctic, vol. 69, no. 3, September 2016, pp. 305-317
Description
Uses household survey data from rural villages regarding subsistence activities in order to analyze the impact of having road access to the Ambler Mining District.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 2016, pp. 90-97
Description
Discusses experiment conducted in an anthropology class where students spent a week thinking about the waterways in Ottawa and the relationships between water, rivers, fish, humans and colonization.
Book review of Gathering Places edited by Carolyn Podruchny and Laura Peers.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 174.
Overview of project, environmental study and Aboriginal treaty rights, and concerns voiced by the communities of Lac Des Mille Lacs, Lac La Croix, Seine River, Wabigoon and Nigigoosiminikaaning.
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 221-228
Description
Personal essay in which the author articulates the relationship between her practice of the traditional West African religion Ifa and her practice as a science fiction writer.
The Journal of the Canadian Rheumatology Association: Focus on Aboriginal Health and Rheumatology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Henry L. Averns
Cheryl Barnabe
Joyce Greene
Harold Boudreau
Alka Bhalla ... [et al.]
Description
Entire journal issue discusses rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis in the Aboriginal population with a focus on care, barriers and gaps. Full issue on one pdf.
Discusses how media and communication technologies have provided the Māori people with alternative tools and methods to practise culture, without necessarily having a face-to-face interaction.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, The World on Our Shoulders: Cultivating Indigenous Youth Leadership, September 2013, p. [?]
Description
Author describes travels in the Altai, the landscape, people, history and culture, and challenges of preservation of sacred sites due to climate change.
BC Studies, no. 179, Ethnobotany in BC, Autumn, 2013, pp. 216-218
Description
Book review of Nooksack Place Names by Allan Richardson and Brent Galloway.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 216.
Articles cover five themes: Arctic cosmologies, beliefs, art and shamanism; Arctic lands, waters, and environment; Indigenous rights and customary law; topics for future teaching.