Training is for service workers who are facilitating and supporting Indigenous Housing First participants' (re)connection to cultural practices. Findings are arranged under 10 themes: truth and reconciliation; experiential learning; personal transformations; empathy, spirituality, culture and ceremony; practice changes; practicing with intention; observed transformations; challenges in establishing connection to culture, and challenges to integrating culture with work.
Discusses the right of Indigenous peoples to govern data about communities, nations, lands, and resources, regardless of where it is held and by whom.
Duration: 1:02:09.
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018, pp. 114-120
Description
A review essay which discusses the books Mixed Blessings, Defining Métis, and Perishing Heathens and the way that they engage with Christianity from different Indigenous perspectives, and historical vantage points.
Describes the process of developing indicators based on the concept of biocultural diversity, which incorporates linkages between language, environment, and culture.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 70-75
Description
Overview of the development of local systems of justice, based on harmony and balance, from within the larger state system.
To access this article, scroll down to page 70.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 88-95
Description
Looks at how a community-based model of education can provide an avenue for integrating Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing into a Western-based educational system.
The Network was a five-year Knowledge Translation project designed to gather, apply and share information on infant/toddler health promotion and parenting in the context of programs in Ontario and Saskatchewan. Report includes overview of project, research methods and findings, and implications for health policy and research.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 74-87
Description
Discusses a physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual framework rooted in Indigenous epistemologies, worldviews, cultures and traditions for Indigenous based social work practice.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 23-33
Description
Looks at why the author's daughter was drawn to her Aboriginal identity; and examines the use of alternative methods of education focusing on Indigenous knowledge and peace building activities that encourage healing, and reconciliation for Aboriginal youth.
Looks at the efforts to bridge scientific knowledges from Indigenous and western worldviews for the purposes of science education, science research, science applications, and science outreach for youth and the community.
Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 3-[?]
Description
Introduction to special issue celebrating Indigenous film in North America with examples of key films and filmmakers, approaches to studying and writing and interviews with filmmakers in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 182, no. 1, January 12, 2010, p. E46
Description
Discusses the need for programs to promote wellness and community development; and looks at young people returning to traditions, such as acknowledging their spirit names.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 29-31
Description
Book review of Inuit Shamanism and Christianity by Frédéric B. Laugrand and Jarich G. Oosten.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review scroll to p. 29.
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.
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.
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.
Landscape as Narrative: Traveling the Sacred Geography of the Anishinaabeg
Narrative as Landscape: A Home Beyond Boundaries in Linda Hogan's Solar Storms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theresa S. Smith
Jill M. Fiore
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. [58]-80
Description
Discusses the importance of environment, location and sense of place in Native American literature.
Two sub-articles: Landscape as Narrative: Traveling the Sacred Geography of the Anishinaabeg and Narrative as Landscape: A Home Beyond Boundaries in Linda Hogan's Solar Storms.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 58.
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.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010
Description
Discussion on stories shared by Jeff Baker and his father, Lee Baker on physical and cultural disconnection, and the benefits of listening to and learning from each another.
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) ; May 18, 2010
Legends Project
Max'inuxw the Killer Whale Stalks Its Prey
Peace Treaty with the Mi'max'inuxw - The Killer Whales
The Gwich'in Legends
The Little Wren
The Origin of Dances and the Potlatch
The Path of Our Ancestors
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Lalakanis
Pauline Alfred
Henry "Teen" Hunt
Helen "Teen" Hunt
Maxwayalis Charlie Matilpi
Namgis Chief Wawi'igesu
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends, and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This segment created in Alert Bay, British Columbia.
Duration: 53.59
Presentation comes from 30 years of experience to preserve Indian culture. Architect discusses his roots, his design projects and use of graphics to come up with design guides.
Duration: 57:26.
Looks at the debate regarding the sacralisation of a mountain slated for ski slope development and the role of religion and secular law in the definition of sacred.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 144-147
Description
Book review of: Memories, Myths, and Dreams of an Ojibwe Leader by William Berens ; as told to A. Irving Hallowell ; edited by Jennifer S.H. Brown & Susan Elaine Gray.
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.
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.