Alternate Title
Inuit Women's Conceptualisations of, and Approaches to, Health in a Changing Climate
Theses
Author/Creator
Linnaea Jasiuk
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 2016.
It Sometimes Speaks to Us: Decolonizing Education by Utilizing Our Elders' Knowledge
Theses
Author/Creator
Joshua Manitowabi
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2017.
Joining the Circle: Guide for Educators
E-Books
Author/Creator
COPA (Centre ontarien de prévention des agressions)
Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF)
Description
Accompanying material:
Kahwà:tsire: Indigenous Families in a Family Therapy Practice with the Indigenous Worldview as the Foundation
Theses
Author/Creator
Jann Derrick
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tilburg University, 2017.
Kanien'kehá:ka Creation Story
Documents & Presentations
Description
Traditional Mohawk story, sometimes known as the Sky Woman story.
Keepers of the Game: Indian-Animal Relationships and the Fur Trade
E-Books
Author/Creator
Calvin Martin
Kihcitwâw Kîkway Meskocipayiwin (Sacred Changes): Transforming Gendered Protocols in Cree Ceremonies through Cree Law
Theses
Author/Creator
Darcy Lindberg
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Victoria, 2017.
Kiya Waneekah: (Don't Forget)
Theses
Author/Creator
Dennis Davey
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
Knowledge Translation in Indigenous Communities: A Review of the Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Randy Jackson
Renée Masching
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-based HIV/AIDS Research , vol. 8, Winter, 2016, pp. 81-104
Description
Surveys current literature related to presenting current research to Indigenous communities using Aboriginal knowledge systems and ways of knowing. Focuses on decolonization, participatory approaches, ethical responsibilities of researchers, and Indigenous self-determination.
Ku Kia’i Mauna: Warriors Rising in Kapu Aloha; Re-Branding the Hawaiian Identity through the Revival of Place Authenticity
Theses
Author/Creator
Mélodie Lirette
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Montreal, 2016.
Kwork Kwork the Green Frog and Other Tales From the Spirit Time; the Aboriginal Children's History of Australia
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Genevieve Bell
Aboriginal History, vol. 2, no. 2, 1978, pp. 182-183
Description
Book review of: Kwork Kwork the Green Frog and Other Tales From the Spirit Time and The Aboriginal Children's History of Australia by Aboriginal Children.
To access review, scroll down to page 182.
Labrador Inuit on the Hunt: Seasonal Patterns, Techniques, and Animals as They Appear in the Early Moravian Diaries
Alternate Title
Les Inuit du Labrador à la chasse : Modèles saisonniers, techniques et animaux tels qu’ils apparaissent dans les carnets anciens des frères Moraves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thea Olsthoorn
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 125-149
Description
Author gathers and studies accounts from the journals of Moravian settlers in Labrador; written between 1771 and 1778 these accounts contain depictions of seal and caribou as prey animals, information on when the Inuit hunted these animals and the techniques they used, and clues that suggest transformation between human and nonhuman beings.
Land-Based Learning: A Case Study Report for Educators Tasked with Integrating Indigenous Worldviews into Classrooms
Alternate Title
2016 Indigenous Innovation That Works
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
André Rebeiz and Max Cooke
Max Cooke
Description
Looks at the H’a H’a Tumxulaux Outdoor Education Program located in Trail, British Columbia which is targeted at 12-15 year-olds.
Landscapes’ Lessons: Native American Cultural Geography
in Nineteenth-Century Oregon and Washington
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mathias D. Bergmann
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 2, 2016, pp. 45-85
Description
Discusses how U.S. government removal and relocation policies disrupted the vital relationship to land.
Language has a Spirit: Shakha (Yakut) Language Ideologies and Aesthetics of Sustenance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jenanne Ferguson
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 53, no. 1, January 2016, pp. 95-111
Description
Examines the beliefs behind the Shakha language and the idea of tyl ichchileekh (language spirit) and influence on language practice.
The Last Indian War: Reassessing the Legacy of American Indian Boarding Schools and the Emergence of Pan-Indian Identity
Alternate Title
Article 2
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Abigail M. Gibson
Global Tides, vol. 10, no. 1, 2016, pp. 1-20
Description
Gives some context behind the rise of Pan-Indianism in part due to the divide between urban and reservation American Indians struggling between spiritual and communal connection and learned white individualistic industrial activity.
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.
Learning to Relate: An Exploration of Indigenous Science Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Jeff Jordan Baker
Description
Curriculum and Pedagogy Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2016.
Legislative Ambiguity and Ontological Hierarchy in US Sacred Land Law
Alternate Title
Legislative Ambiguity and Ontological Hierarchy in United States Sacred Land Law
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam Dunstan
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 23-43
Description
Uses two court cases involving protection of the sacred San Francisco Peaks from ski-resort development to highlight how phrases in the American Indian Religious Freedom Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act lend themselves to judicial interpretations which undermine protection of sacred sites.
Lessons from the Earth: Storytelling, Art and Indigenous Knowledge
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Excellent resource contains links to videos of cultural teachings and lesson plans for primary, junior and intermediate grade levels. Topics covered: significance of building local relationships, an agreement with Mother Earth, walking with a good heart, clan system, courage, love, offerings, and working together in a good way.
Living on the Land: Indigenous Women's Understanding of Place
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kahente Horn-Miller
Shalene Jobin
Carole Lévesque
Denise Geoffroy
Geneviève Polèse ... [et al.]
Living Tradition: The Kwakwaka'wakw Potlatch on the Northwest Coast
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
U'Mista Cultural Society
Description
Website provides links to introduction to Potlatch, people, lands, history, language, educational resources, and a virtual tour.
Māori Men, Relationships, and Everyday Practices: Towards Broadening Domestic Violence Research
Alternate Title
Maori Men, Relationships, and Everyday Practices: Towards Broadening Domestic Violence Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pita King
Neville Robertson
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 210-217
Description
Study focused on five men's experiences with intimate relationships and extended family life and how they draw on traditional ways-of-being to maintain and enhance those relationships.
Maps and Memes: Redrawing Culture, Place and Identity in Indigenous Communities
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Daniel Clayton
BC Studies, no. 191, Autumn, 2016, pp. 164-165
Description
Book review: Maps and Memes by Gwilym Lucas Eades.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 164.
Medicine Wheel Surviving Suicide-Strengthening Life Bundle
Theses
Author/Creator
Deborah Dawn Danard
Description
Education Thesis (PhD) -- University of Toronto, 2016.
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
Alternate Title
Anishinaabe / Chippewa / Ojibwe 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.
Mining and Communities in Northern Canada: History, Politics, and Memory
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jen Jones
The Northern Review, no. 42, Northern Inequalities - Global Processes, Local Legacies, 2016, pp. 181-184
Description
Book review of: Mining and Communities in Northern Canada edited by Arn Keeling and John Sandlos.
Mixed Blessings: Indigenous Encounters with Christianity in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Timothy Pearson
Elizabeth Elbourne
Amanda Fehr
Cecilia Morgan
Jean-François Belisle … [et al.]
More Than a Façade: The Kenekuk Religion Revisited
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Garrett
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, Fall, 2017, pp. 293-310
Description
Discusses what the Prophet's spiritual teachings may have meant to his Kickapoo followers.
The Moving Frontier: Aspects of Aboriginal-European Interaction in Australia
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
D. J. Mulvaney
Aboriginal History , vol. 2, no. 2, 1978, pp. 172-174
Description
Book review of: The Moving Frontier edited by Peter Stanbury, A. H. Reed and A.W. Reed.
To access review, scroll down to page 172.
Native Life
Alternate Title
CANADIANHISTORY.CA: The Many Histories of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J .R. Miller
Description
Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.
Negotiating an Urban Indigenous Identity: Expectations, Prejudices and Claims Faced by Urban Sámi in Two Contemporary Norwegian Cities
Theses
Author/Creator
Siv Eli Vuolab
Description
Indigenous Studies Thesis (MPhil)--The Arctic University of Norway, 2016.
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.
New Light on Black Elk and The Sacred Pipe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Fitzgerald
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 71-91
Description
Uses correspondence to and from Joseph Brown to explore his personal philosophy and his process of transcribing and editing The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk’s Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux
Nistawatsimin: Exploring First Nations Parenting: A Literature Review and Expert Consultation with Blackfoot Elders
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Leonard Bastien
Audrey Weasel Traveller
Stewart Breaker
Kathy Breaker
Wilton Good Striker
Evelyn Good Striker
Description
Argues that child and protective service assessments do not take into account cultural beliefs and world views.
Now Is the Time: Our Data, Our Stories, Our Future: The National Report of the First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education, and Employment Survey
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Kyla Marcoux
Katherine Wood
Jarret Laughlin
Margo Greenwood
Esther Usborne
Eric Crighton
Martin Cooke
Norm Lavallee]
Description
Numbers in American Indian Mythology
Alternate Title
Native American Leadership: Past, Present and Future
Native American Symposium; 11th, 2015
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Oksana Y. Danchevskaya
Description
Considers the meaning and significance of numbers between one and ten in Indigenous North American philosophies and beliefs.
Ohitika Chade Wiya - Brave Hearted Woman: A Narrative of Recovery, Reclamation and Renewal of an Indigenous Woman's Body Image
Theses
Author/Creator
Toni Sparkling Eyes Letendre
Description
Physical Education and Recreation Thesis (M.A.)--2016.
Okwire’shon:’a, the First Storytellers: Recovering Landed Consciousness in Readings of Trees & Texts
Theses
Author/Creator
Kaitlin Sandra June Debicki
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2017. Refers to the works Power by Linda Hogan, Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, and Truth and Bright Water by Thomas King.
[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
Opioid Use in Pregnancy and Parenting: An Indigenous-Based Collaborative Framework for Northwestern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naana Afua Jumah
Lisa Bishop
Mike Franklyn
Janet Gordon
Len Kelly ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 108, no. 5-6, 2017, pp. e616-e620
Description
Describes two workshops that looked at issues from the perspectives of research, health care, social service provision and supportive care.
Oskisihcikêwak / New Traditions in Cree Two -Spirit, Gay and Queer Narratives
Theses
Author/Creator
June Scudeler
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2016.
Partnering With American Indian Communities in Strength-Based Collaborative Health Research: Guiding Principles From the Fort Peck Ceremony of Research Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Rink
Elizabeth Ann R. Bird
Kris Fourstar
Adriann Ricker
Winona Runs-Above/Meyers
Rachel Hallum-Montes
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 3, Strength-based Approaches to Wellness in Indian Country, 2016, pp. 187-205
Description
Findings address relationship building and maintenance, inclusion of Tribal members in research design, respect for Tribal values, beliefs and customs in research process, and the reciprocity of research to assist in promotion of favourable experiences for communities.
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.
Philosophy of Law in the Arctic
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dawid Bunikowski
Jaakko Husa
Diana Ginn
Ko Husegawa
Karol Dobrzeniecki ... [et al.]
Description
Articles cover five themes: Arctic cosmologies, beliefs, art and shamanism; Arctic lands, waters, and environment; Indigenous rights and customary law; topics for future teaching.
Place, Indigeneity, and Identity in Australia's Gulf Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Trigger
Richard J. Martin
American Anthropologist, vol. 118, no. 4, December 2016, pp. 824-837
Description
Studies the different ways Aboriginal and non-Aboriginals see connections between identity, land and water.
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.