Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[International Indigenous ICT Task Force (IITF)]
Description
Website is a portal for Indigenous groups around the world, prepared by Indigenous peoples, many in their own voices - includes traditions, values, history, and hopes for the future.
Initial Aboriginal Early Years Strategic Framework
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alison Gerlach
Monique Gray Smith
Joyce Schneider
Description
Overview of development, principles and goals.
Integrating Aboriginal Teaching and Values into the Classroom
Alternate Title
What Works?: Research into Practice. Research Monograph ; no. 11
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela Rose Toulouse
What Works? Research into Practice, March 2008, pp. 1-4
Description
Looks at the relationship between self-esteem and educational attainment, strategies that work for Aboriginal students and the changes needed to honour Aboriginal students’ culture, language, world view and knowledge.
Interview with Alanis King
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis King
Description
Interview with artistic director of Saskatchewan Native Theater Company. Program teaches students culture, life skills, career management and preforming arts.
Duration: 13:17.
Inuit Identities, Language, and Territoriality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna Patrick
Diversite Urbaine, vol. 8, Special Issue: Plurilinguisme et identites au Canada, Autumn, 2008, pp. 91-108
Description
Discuses how the use of Inuktitut, French, and English languages affect linguistic and social-cultural identities in Nunavik and Ottawa.
Inuit Symbolism of the Bearded Seal
Alternate Title
Symbolisme inuit du phoque barbu
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgitte Sonne
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 29-50
Description
Examines traditional Inuit and Yupiit stories, rituals, and colloquial sayings to reveal different meanings associated with the bearded seal in these Indigenous cultures. Finds that bearded seals can impart multiple meanings ranging from monstrous to protection to renewal and reproduction.
IQ Corner
Alternate Title
IQ Corner with Elijah Tigullaraq
[Inuit Qaujumajatuqangit Corner]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Elijah Tigullaraq
Description
Links to stories and articles written to give outsiders a sense of the Inuit Qaujumajatuqangit perspective.
"It's My Duty... To Be a Warrior of the People": Kainai Perceptions of and Participation in the Canadian and American Forces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yale D. Belanger
Billy Wadsworth
Prairie Forum, vol. 33, no. 2, Fall, 2008, pp. 297-322
Description
Discusses the challenges faced by Aboriginals in the armed forces and why they are less likely to enlist.
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.
Kaandosswin, This is How We Come To Know! Indigenous Graduate Research in the Academy: Worldviews and Methodologies
Theses
Author/Creator
Kathleen Elaine Absolon
Description
Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2008.
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.
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.
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.
The Lakotan Ghost Dance of 1890: A Historiocritical Performance Analysis
Theses
Author/Creator
David M. (Michael) Berube
Description
Performance Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--New York University, 1990.
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.
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.
Leetsoii Means “Yellow Dirt” in the Navajo Language: Troubling Uranium Mining on Navajo Lands
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Al Henderson
Patricia Rife
Perry H. Charley
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2008
Description
Outlines a scientific history of uranium, and looks at the traditional Navajo’s belief system regarding uranium and milling as a disruption in the balance of earth and sky.
Scroll down to access article.
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.
Listening to the Land: Land: Native American Literary Responses to the Landscape
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lee Schweninger
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.
maskosis: The Healing Journey of Little Bear: A Narrative Analysis of the Life of an Aboriginal Man with Quadriplegia
Theses
Author/Creator
Karen Elizabeth Lloyd
Description
Educational Psychology and Special Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.
Material Histories: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Marischal Museum, University of Aberdeen, 26-27 April 2007
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alison K. Brown
Keith Goulet
Bryce Wilson
Kevin Brownlee
Chantal Knowles
Sherry Farrell Racette
Neil G.W. Curtis
Anna MacLennan
Jenny Meyer
Jennine Krauchi
Nancy Wachowich
Tim Ingold
Matter, Magic and Spirit: Representing Indian and African American Belief
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert Keith Collins
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 23, no. 2, 2008, pp. 114-117
Description
Book review of: Matter, Magic, and Spirit: Representing Indian and African American Belief by David Murray.
Meaning of Health: The Perspectives of Aboriginal Adults and Youth in a Northern Manitoba First Nations Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Corinne A. Isaak
Gail Marchessault
Canadian Journal of Diabetes, vol. 32, no. 2, June 2008, pp. 114-122
Description
Study suggests use of the Medicine Wheel to conceptualize health holistically may be an effective way to frame health promotion strategies for youth.
Media, Officials Must Show Cultural Sensitivity
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, February 15, 2008, p. A13
Description
Reflects on First Nations people's philosophies of death and how media and public officials need to respect that culture and tradition.
Medicine Bags and Dreamcatchers: American Indian Sacred Objects, Anglo-American Meaning
Theses
Author/Creator
Cristie Sue Barron
Description
Art and Art History and Religious Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2008.
[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.
Mind, Body, Emotions and Spirit: Reading to the Ancestors for Healing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Glen McCabe
Counselling Psychology Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, June 2008, pp. 143-152
Description
Looks at integrating traditional healing practices such as the medicine wheel, burning tobacco, story- telling and the sweat lodge into contemporary psychotherapy and counselling.
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.
My Home is in My Heart
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nils-Aslak Valkeapaa
AlterNative, vol. 4, no. 2, 2008, pp. 176-177
Description
Poem by Nils-Aslak Valkeapāā and translated by Ralph Salisbury, Lars Nordström and Harald Gaski describes how the Sámi people live in relation to the land.
Narratives of Exceptional Survivors Who Work with Aboriginal Healers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lewis Mehl-Madrona
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, vol. 14, no. 5, June 2008, pp. 497-504
Description
Evaluates the commonalities of 47 people who were given a 10% or less chance of survival beyond five years and sought out traditional healers for help with cancer.
Native American Creation Myths
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Whispering Wind, vol. 38, no. 2, Issue 264, November/December 2008, p. 25
Description
Book review of: Native American Creation Myths by Jeremiah Curtin.
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.
Native Spiritualities As Resistance: Disrupting Colonialism in the Americas
Theses
Author/Creator
Kirstin Lea Squint
Description
Comparative Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 2008.
Nehiyaw Iskwew Kiskinwâtasinahikewina - Paminisowin Namôya Tipeyimisowin: Learning Self Determination Through the Sacred
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wahpimaskwasis (Little White Bear)
Janice Alison Makokis
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 39-51
Description
Paper discusses the author's personal journey to self-determination through ceremony and spirituality.
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 Directions in American Indian History
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
A. Blair Stonechild
Prairie Forum, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall, 1990, pp. 383-385
Description
Book review of: New Directions in American Indian History by Colin G. Calloway.
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
A New Skin For An Old Drum: Changing Contexts of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá'í Storytelling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Echevarria
Northern Review, no. 29, Fall, 2008, pp. 39-62
Description
Examines the construction of the religious self through the storytelling process.
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää: Indigenous Voice and Multimedia Artist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harald Gaski
AlterNative, vol. 4, no. 2, 2008, pp. 155-178
Description
Discussion on the importance and culturally specific awareness of the artist's work.
No Gift: Tobacco Policy and Aboriginal People in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Debbie Pearce
Deborah Schwartz
Lorraine Greaves
Nourishing the Learning Spirit: Elders' Dialogue
Alternate Title
Nourishing the Learning Spirit: Animation Theme Bundle
E-Books
The Numbered Treaties in Saskatchewan: A Treaty Resource Guide for Grade 2
Alternate Title
Teaching Treaties in the Classroom
E-Books
Author/Creator
Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC)
Description
Field test draft.
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.
Oneida Lives: Long-Lost Voices of the Wisconsin Oneidas
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rosemary Ackley Christensen
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 4, Fall, 2008, pp. 522-525
Description
Book review of: Oneida Lives: Long-Lost Voices of the Wisconsin Oneidas by Herbert S. Lewis.
[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