Outlines the history of alcoholism in Aboriginal communities, and looks at combining western medicine and traditional healing methods to help Aboriginal people rebuild and sustain a healthy lifestyle.
Basic information on terminology, cultural diversity, history of First Nation peoples in Alberta, Alberta treaties and treaty relationships, legacy of residential schools, theTruth and Reconciliation Commission and respectful ways to interact with Elders.
Looks at the fundamental elements of Iroquois society, and the founding constitution of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, which provides an efficient institution of democratic governance, social and economic stability, and a moral equation to achieve peace.
Mamow Na-nan-da-we-ki-ken-chi-kay-win: Searching Together Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mamow Sha-way-gi-kay-win North South Partnership for Children
Description
Assessment focuses on six key areas: livelihoods, infrastructure, community participation, education/recreation, children and parents and mental and physical health.
Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 31, no. 9, 2009, pp. 1019-1024
Description
Results based on interviews with 61 foster parents in Manitoba to examine value-based and practical benefits of having a shared cultural background with foster children.
Mi'kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island (MCPEI) Justice Program
Justice Canada Indigenous Justice Program
Description
"This resource guide provides a general introduction to justice issues for people who work with Indigenous clients in the Atlantic Canadian justice system."
SA-eDUC Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, Special Edition on Education and Ethnicity, November 2009, pp. 100-116
Description
Supports the need to understand First Nations history from an Aboriginal perspective and the effects the Indian Act and residential school systems had on First Nations people in Canada.
Book review of: Celebration: Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian Dancing on the Land by Rosita Worl.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 137.
Research review article aims to understand the theoretical utility of and wise practices for conducting land-based cultural-wellness retreats for Indigenous peoples with HIV, HCV, or both. Advocates for land-based programming as a means to address disparities in health outcomes and decolonize healthcare.
A Consultation Journey: Developing a Kaupapa Maori Research Methodology to Explore Maori Whanau Experiences of Harm and Loss Around Birth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kendall Stevenson
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 54-62
Description
Methodology designed to keep participants safe involved five components: whānau (family), wāhi haumaru (providing a safe space), whakaaro (engaging in Māori philosophies),
kaitiaki (being empathetic), and hononga (building and maintaining relationships).
Explores land-based education through interviews with six Swampy Cree Elders from Northern Manitoba. Five themes emerged: counseling from the Elders, traditional teachings, ceremonies, and a connection to the land.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 230-252
Description
Cultural conflicts between Southeast Alaska's Tlingit Indians and Europeans from the viewpoint of three cultural systems: cosmology, jurisprudence and religion.
Discusses the positive impacts of incorporating Indigenous perspectives on truth, academic freedom and tenure and approaches to scholarship into practices in post-secondary institutions.
Rural Social Work & Community Practice, vol. 14, no. 2, December 2009, pp. 6-11
Description
Author equates the loss of language through assimilation with loss of a "moral compass" because it disrupts the ability to transmit teachings to children.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Guy Bordin
Description
Examines relationship between dreams and collective oral discourse and the attempts to re-invigorate the practice.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 61, no. 2, Glimpses of Métis Society and History in Northwest Saskatchewan, Fall, 2009, pp. 29-40
Description
Study uses oral interviews to engage Métis understandings of Marian apparitions and shrines in and surrounding Sakitawak (Île-à-la-Crosse); authors work to discuss Métis spirituality in a way that makes sense to community members and that also challenges outsiders presumptions about the relationship between the Métis and Mary.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 29.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 2, Death and Dying, December 2018, pp. 48-60
Description
Author critiques the colonial framing of death and dying as a medical event; argues for using the teachings contained in the Medicine Wheel and the Two Row Wampum as way to restore respect, balance, and spirit, and view death as an interconnected part of life, community, and culture.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 55, no. 3, Expanding Knowledge Systems in Teacher Education, Fall, 2009, pp. 298-318
Description
Looks at local ideas about traditional herbal medicine, uses and applications and how they apply to cultural, social, political, spiritual and physical areas of society.