Anthropology of Consciousness, vol. 7, no. 3, September 1996, pp. 30-43
Description
Compares one child's experience of growing up in the Gitxsan/Witsuwit'en culture to that of a child adopted out of the community in terms of the cultural belief of rebirth of an Elder or relative in a baby.
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 135-144
Description
Discusses research in Indigenous studies using three themes: worldview and ethics, culturally based research methods and researching both the sources and symptoms of disadvantage.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer/Fall, 1996, pp. 451-[?]
Description
Discusses the difficulties outsiders encounter when attempting to learn about and understand Aboriginal spirituality and culture.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2010, pp. 1-6
Description
Ojibwe Traditional Elder briefly discusses the pipe ceremony, language, clan system, legends/stories, code of conduct, beginning of man and womanhood, and the eagle feather.
Looks at projects by architects John Paul Jones, Douglas Cardinal, Dennis Sun Rhodes, David Sloan, Robert Altman and others. Explains how values and identity are expressed within the designs and defined by existence to the landscape.
Duration: 55:18.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer-Autumn, 1996, pp. 393-414
Description
Article articulates some of the ethical issues that arise in the study in Indigenous spiritual practices; focuses on misinterpretation, appropriation, corruption of different spiritual practices.
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
Description
Manual specifically designed for residents of Quebec and Labrador. Focuses on physical, spiritual, emotional and mental dimensions of living with the diseases.
The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Winona Wheeler
Description
Discusses the importance of Elders as storytellers and oral historians.
Chapter from The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region edited Alvin Finkel, Sarah Carter, and Peter Fortna.
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Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 139-161
Description
Discusses various aspects of the Medicine Wheel, including knowledge about human development from the mainstream paradigm and Indigenous wisdom and ways of knowing from an ecological position, thus linking human development concerns to a wholistic view.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer - Autumn, 1996, pp. 353-376
Description
Asks whether the current politics of recognition provides new perspectives on the study of religions.
Properties of Culture - Culture as Property. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Andrew Wiget
Olga Balalaeva
Description
Chapter in book: Properties of Culture - Culture as Property. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia edited by Erich Kasten. Looks at the drafting of a unique law connected to intangible cultural heritage.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 106-113
Description
Discusses the implementation of a culturally sensitive strengths-based intervention approach within an elementary school, and looks at its value to Aboriginal children from the child welfare system.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 10, no. 3, Special Issue: Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Racial and Ethnic Minority Individuals, August 2004, pp. 387-301
Description
Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics, Native cultural participation, trauma, physical and mental health and substance use.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 16-21
Description
Discusses customary law’s contribution to addressing areas where ordinary criminal or civil laws have failed particularly in reference to mass violence .
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American Quarterly, vol. 62, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 569-590
Description
Discussion on Native evangelical leaders and organizations that circulate through the North American Institute of Indigenous Theological Studies. The article also looks at the relationship between Native evangelicalism and decolonization.
Justice as Healing, vol. 1, no. 4, Winter, 1996, p. [?]
Description
Perspective on maintaining or regaining balance discussed in relation to individual as well the relationship between tradition and the administration of justice in Canada.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication 2010 Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication Vancouver, Canada, 15-18 June 2010.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maja Van Der Velden
Description
Describes various approaches to using technology to deal with the difficult area of Indigenous knowledge, which does not lend itself to traditional Western systems.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 78-85
Description
Discusses the similarities and differences between the use of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," and an Aboriginal naming ceremony used by the Coast-Salish people in British Columbia.
Dialogue As A Method For Evolving Mātauranga Māori
Dialogue As A Method For Evolving Mātauranga Maori
Dialogue As A Method For Evolving Mātauranga Maori: Perspectives On The Use Of Embryos In Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maui Hudson
Mere Roberts
Linda Tuhwai Smith
Murray Hemi
Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 1, 2010, pp. 54-65
Description
Discusses the epistemological distinctions between scientific practice and different Indigenous knowledge systems relating to embryo research and how the two can be mutually beneficial in a changing society.
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 69-92
Description
Looks at how Two-Spirit critiques, critiques that centralize Native peoples, nations, identities, land bases, and survival tactics, challenge and strengthen work in queer studies.
Landscape designer for the National Museum of the American Indian, speaks about her philosophy during the concept, design and construction stages of building the museum.
Duration: 54:19.
Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 21-[53]
Description
Tells the story of the Papaschase Cree Indian Reserve Number 136. Includes photos of Frank Oliver, editor of the Bulletin, his home, Betsy Brass, and a historical map of the reserve.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer - Autumn, 1996, pp. 377-392
Description
Assesses the work of Europeans Mircea Eliade and Ake Hultkrantz in the field of comparative religion, with emphasis on their work on Native Americans.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 297-307
Description
Article speaks to many of the pieces included in Issue 20:2 of American Indian Quarterly, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, and describes some of the process and changes happening in Indigenous and Archaeological communities.
Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 94-[?]
Description
Discusses various documentary and narrative fiction films and shows how embedded historical and cultural information is meant to educate the viewer and undermine the notion of fixed genre.