Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gaynor Macdonald
Aboriginal History, vol. 38, 2014, pp. 213-214
Description
Book review of: Our Stories Are Our Survival by Lawrence Bamblett.
Scroll down to page 213 to read review.
Overcoming
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Clifton J. Pecore
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 1, Celebrating 25 Years, Fall, 2014, p. 51
Description
Short story about the ghost of a young boy who walks after enduring a lifetime of suffering.
Parliament of Religions on the Prairie: Standing Rock as Interreligious Event
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 12th, 2017
Representations and Realities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Peter A. Huff
Description
Examines the Oceti Sakowin water protectors’ camp as an Indigenous-led interreligious meeting and criticizes media representation of the water protectors as “protesters” while ignoring the religious and interfaith elements of the movement.
A Pedagogical Aboriginal Paradigm
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Herbert C. Nabigon
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 9, Special Edition In Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the School of Indigenous Relations, February 2014, pp. 29-34
Description
Elder Emeritus Herbert Nabigon discusses his use of traditional cultural practices in the classroom.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 29 to read article.
Philosophy and Aboriginal Rights: Critical Dialogues
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
D. Anthony Larivière
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 232-234
Description
Book review of Philosophy and Aboriginal Rights edited by Sandra Tomsons and Lorraine Mayer.
A Place in the Middle
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kumu Hina Wong-Kalu
Dean Hamer
Joe Wilson
Description
Film about the Hawaiian approach to gender diversity and a true story about a girl who wants to be in an all-boy hula troupe at her school. For grades 6-12.
Duration: 24:41
Discussion Guide.
Principles of Tsawalk: An Indigenous Approach to Global Crisis
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Deborah C. Poff
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 201-203
Description
Book review of Principles of Tsawalk by Umeek (E. Richard Atleo).
Protecting the Rights of Indigenous and Multicultural Children and Preserving Their Cultures in Fostering and Adoption
Alternate Title
6th World Congress on Family Law and Children’s Rights: Building Bridges – From Principle to Reality, Australia, March 2013
Child's Right to Retain Its Culture
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Anderson
Family Court Review, vol. 52, no. 1, January 2014, pp. 6-27
Description
Focuses legal aspects and court decisions, with particular reference to Australia.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Curriculum Developers
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Asma-na-hi Antoine
Rachel Mason
Roberta Mason
Sophia Palahicky
Carmen Rodriguez de France
Description
Related material:
Foundations.
Guides for:
Leaders and Administrators.
Front-line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors.
Teachers and Instructors.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Foundations
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kory Wilson
Description
Guide discusses Indigenous-Canadian relationships from contact to the present, historical and contemporary context, and the diversity of Indigenous peoples.
Related material for:
Leaders and Administrators.
Curriculum Developers.
Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Pulling Together: A Guide for Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ian Cull
Robert L. A. Hancock
Stephanie McKeown
Michelle Pidgeon
Adrienne Vedan
Description
Related material: Foundations. Guides for: Leaders and Administrators.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Leaders and Administrators
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sybil Harrison
Janice Simcoe
Dawn Smith
Jennifer Stein
Description
Related material:
Foundations.
Guides for:
Curriculum Developers.
Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors.
Teachers and Instructors.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Teachers and Instructors
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bruce Allan
Amy Perreault
John Chenoweth
Dianne Biin
Sharon Hobenshield … [et al.]
Description
Explores topics such as locating self and practice, Indigenous worldviews and pedagogies, ethical approach and relational protocols, colonization framework in Canada, and building an Indigenous practice.
Related material:
Foundations.
Guides for:
Leaders and Administrators.
Curr
Queer Xicana Indígena Cultural Production: Remembering Through Oral and Visual Storytelling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susy J. Zepeda
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. 119-141
Description
Examines the use of Indigenous storytelling to regain ancestral memories and restore cultural identity.
Raising a Child with Early Childhood Dis-ability Supports Shakonehyra:ra's ne shakoyen'okon:'a
Alternate Title
Raising a Child with Early Childhood Disability Supports
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Ineese-Nash
Yvonne Bomberry
Kathryn Underwood
Arlene Hache
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, Winter, 2018, pp. 1-14
Description
Presents findings from Indigenous participants in the Early Childhood Service System Project.
Reclaiming Indigenous Languages: A Reconsideration of the Roles and Responsibilities of Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teresa L. McCarty
Sheilah E. Nicholas
Review of Research in Education, vol. 38, no. 1, March 2014, pp. 106-136
Description
Looks at the link between linguistic and cultural diversity and Indigenous languages to knowledge systems of the Mohawk in Canada and the United States, the Hawaiian in the Pacific, and the Hopi and Navajo in the U. S. Southwest.
Reconciliation and Canada’s Overdose Crisis: Responding to the Needs of Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Lavalley
Shelda Kastor
Jenna Valleriani
Ryan McNeil
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 50, December 17, 2018, pp. E1466-E1467
Description
Authors note that the current drug overdose crisis disproportionately affects Indigenous people as a result of a legacy of colonialism, racism and intergenerational trauma; argue that reconciliation with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples must include dismantling structural conditions which produce drug-related harms, and that current harm-reduction models must integrate Indigenous cultural values.
ReEarthlings: Finding Our Way Back to the Land
Alternate Title
Film Seedlings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teresa Konechne
Brad Haami
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014
Description
These two video shorts - seedlings/sketches - are stories from Aotearoa.
Refracting the State through Human-Fish Relations: Fishing, Indigenous Legal Orders and Colonialism in North/Western Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zoe Todd
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 60-75
Description
Considers Aboriginal worldviews around the relationships humans have with, and the responsibilities they have to non- or more-than-human entities as a framework for environmental activism, opposition to resource extraction, and government regulation. Asserts that a re-examination of the way that humans connect to our non-human relations is necessary for survivance.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire for Children and Families = Giitwaami-zaka'aman Manidookaadeg Ishkode: Giniijaanisimaanig zhigwa Gidinawenaaganag onji
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sun Lodge Village
Peguis Child and Family Services
Garry McCorrister (Ogimaa Kinew)
Dwayne McCorrister (Giizis Ininew)
Louise McCorrister (Piitwan Aki Doog)
Maurice Brubacher (Mkode-Binesi-Nini) ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2018, p. 4
Description
Links to a video that describes the programming which creates opportunities for families to participate in ceremonial and land-based ways of knowing and healing.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire...
Duration: 21:19
Renewed Spirit in Winnipeg's North End: An emerging Aboriginal Young Adult Co-Creative Leadership Model
Theses
Author/Creator
Adel Compton
Description
Theological Studies Thesis (STM)--University of Winnipeg, 2014.
Restorying Indigenous–Settler Relations in Canada: Taking a Decolonial Turn toward a Settler Theology of Liberation
Theses
Author/Creator
Joëlle M. Morgan
Description
Theology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saint Paul University, 2018.
Resurging through Kishiichiwan: The Spatial Politics of Indigenous Water Relations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Daigle
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 159-172
Description
Discusses the Mushkegowuk people’s relationship to water and how it has been ruptured in the interests of extractive industries and economic development. Also discusses efforts to reconnect with and protect waterways.
Rethinking Environmental Science Education from Indigenous Knowledge Perspectives: An Experience with a Dene First Nation Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Kumar Datta
Environmental Education Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2018, pp. 50-66
Description
Examines the importance and implications of land-based approach and discusses how this particular community has taken control of programs, gained leadership in wisdom traditions and taught respect for the land and its inhabitants.
Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Air and Water: St’át’imc Legal Traditions Report
Alternate Title
RELAW Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dean Billy
Lindsay Borrows
Jessica Clogg
Helen Copeland
St’át’imc Elders
The River Multiple: Exploring Place, Identity and Resource Politics on the Gander River, Newfoundland
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Kathleen Daniels
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2014.
Sacred Ceremonies in Unsacred Places
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Waasegiizhig Price
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education , vol. 30, no. 2, The Spiritual Foundation of Tribal Colleges, Winter, October 29, 2018, p. [?]
Description
Article discusses the role of ceremony in spaces that have not traditionally been ceremonial—conferences, classrooms and other gatherings. Stresses the role and responsibility of the ceremony leader in keeping participants safe, and encourages people to make careful decisions around their attendance and participation. Author shares own experiences with ceremonies.
sâkîyıso: Understanding and Building Health Relationships: A First Nations Violence Prevention Teacher Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN)
Description
Uses Cree/Nêhiyaw cultural teachings to support development of healthy relationships with peers, dating partners, family and community. Designed for Grade 9 students.
Secwépemc: Lands and Resources Law Research Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Asch
Kirsty Broadhead
Georgia Lloyd-Smith
Adrienne Macmillan
Simon Owen
Description
Analyzes 30 stories and conversations with community members to articulate the First Nation's legal principles with respect to: territorial and harvesting protocols and practices; establishing and maintaining agreements and conflict resolution; decision making; relationships, responsibilities and rights; and consequences, enforcement and teaching. Uses individual traditional stories as a foundation for case briefings.
Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity/Expression Discrimination and Victimization Among Self-Identified LGBTQI Native Hawaiians in Hawai‘i
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca L. Stotzer
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 3, no. 1, August 2014, pp. 1-16
Description
Findings from a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI ) needs assessment on experiences of bias-motivated discrimination due to sexual orientation, and gender identity.
A Shared Heritage with Anishinaabe / Ojibway
Alternate Title
A Shared Heritage with Anishinaabe / Ojibwe
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lac du Bonnet & District Historical Society
Description
Topics include seven traditional teachings, explanation of the clan system, and the Wendigo story.
Sharing the Light of the Sacred Fire: A Proposal for a Paradigm Shift in Psychology
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Art W. Blume
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 3, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1-5
Description
Argues that the discipline should move away from its focus on the individual to a more communal, holistic approach in light of new global challenges.
Sharing What We Know about Living a Good Life: Indigenous Approaches to Knowledge Translation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Smylie
Michelle Olding
Carolyn Ziegler
Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, vol. 35, no. 1, Special Issue on Aboriginal Health Information, April 2014, pp. 16-23
Description
Comments on the application of Indigenous Knowledge Translation (KT) approaches to health information work and practice, and identifies specific strategies for implementing TK activities in Indigenous contexts.
Spirit Gifting: Ecological Knowing in Métis Life Narratives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Adese
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [48]-66
Description
Author discusses traditional knowledge systems of the Métis in Alberta and how the arrival of capitalism impacted the relationship to land. Focuses on writings of Elmer Ghostkeeper, Victoria Belcourt Callihoo and Herb Belcourt.
A Spiritual Blockbuster: Avatar, Environmentalism, and the New Religions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cynthia Erb
Journal of Film and Video, vol. 66, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 3-17
Description
An analysis of the ecological interdependence and animistic spirituality in the movie Avatar.
Spiritual Practices among Northern Plains Tribal Members as a Protective Factor in the Relationship between Unexpected Deaths and Traumatic Grief
Theses
Author/Creator
Ciara D Hansen
Description
Psychology Thesis (MA) -- University of Montana, 2014.
Spirituality and the Seamstress: Birds in Ipiutak and Western Thule Lifeways at Deering, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna C. Sloan
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 51, no. 2, 2014, pp. 35-59
Description
Looks at the dependence on birds for food and sewing needles.
Standing on Sacred Ground: Teacher's Guide
Alternate Title
Sacred Land Film Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rebecca Isaacson
Christopher McLeod
Description
For use with documentary.
Survivance: An Indigenous Social Impact Game
Theses
Author/Creator
Elizabeth LaPensée
Description
Interactive Arts and Technology Thesis (Ph.D)--Simon Fraser University, 2014
Survivance as an Indigenously Determined Game
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth LaPensée
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 3, 2014, pp. 263-275
Description
Examines development, design, and playtesting outcomes of game adapted from multimedia health and wellness program project, Discovering Our Story
The Sweat Lodge Ceremony: A Healing Intervention for Intergenerational Trauma and Substance Use
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teresa Naseba Marsh
David C. Marsh
Julie Ozawagosh
Frank Ozawagosh
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, 2018, p. Article 2
Description
Provides qualitative evidence of the benefits of integrating traditional Indigenous healing practices -- in particular the sweat lodge ceremony -- into the Western treatment model, Seeking Safety.
Tatanga Ishtima hinkna Įyá Waká: Sleeping Buffalo and Medicine Rock and Assiniboine Dislocation and Persistence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joshua Horowitz
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2018, pp. 123-145
Description
Uses the Sleeping Buffalo and Medicine Rock site as an example to talk about Assiniboine peoples’ ongoing relationship to sacred places and how ongoing connection to spaces has helped Indigenous peoples retain Indigenous knowledges and way of knowing despite colonization, settlement, national borders, residential schools, and reservation systems.
Teacher's Guide: Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw by William Dumas; illustrated by Leonard Paul
E-Books
Author/Creator
Margaret Dumas
Deborah Schnitzer
Description
For use with picture-book which provides historical information about the pre-contact culture and language of the Rocky Cree people from around South Indian Lake in Northern Manitoba.
English text with some Cree vocabulary and phrases, and glossary and pronunciation guide.
Teaching by the Medicine Wheel: An Anishinaabe Framework For Indigenous Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nicole Bell
Education Canada, vol. 54, no. 3, Summer, 2014, p. [?]
Description
Discusses concept of Medicine Wheel and use in teachings in the Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Cultural Healing and Learning Program.
Teaching Each Other: Nehinuw Concepts and Indigenous Pedagogies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Linda M. Goulet
Keith N. Goulet
The Third Space
Alternate Title
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, Lecture 3
[2018 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Tanya Talaga
Description
Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the the third of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Vancouver.
Talaga discusses Indigenous kinship structures and the way in which colonial laws have created a disconnect between Indigenous peoples and their communities and cultures.
Duration: 53:59
The Third Space: Shared Understanding between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal People
Theses
Author/Creator
Helen Joan Todd
Description
[Business] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Curtin University, 2018.
Together We Are ... Feathers of Hope: A First Nations Youth Action Plan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Uko Abara
Nicole Beardy-Meekis
Samantha Crowe
Kathryn Morris
Julaine Trudeau
Description
Summarizes presentations made at a five day forum in which youth from 62 northern communities shared lived experiences and issues affecting their lives.
Toku Toa, He Toa Rangatira: A Qualitative Investigation of New Zealand Māori End-of-Life Care Customs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tess Moeke-Maxwell
Rawiri Wharemate
Stella Black
Kathleen Mason
Janine Wiles ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 2, Death and Dying, December 2018, pp. 30-46
Description
Reports on Pae Herenga pilot study undertaken to explore how care customs contribute towards strengthening extended family (whānau) resilience and bereavement. Results indicate a need for further study, wider understanding of whānau practices among health professionals, and a digital resource centre.
Traces / Re-Traced: Reconstructing Identity: An Interdisciplinary Exhibition
Theses
Author/Creator
Bernard Leroux
Description
Interdisciplinary Art Media and Design Thesis (MFA)--Ontario College of Art and Design, University of Toronto, 2018.