Study involved principal, teachers, counselors, and program coordinators. Found most challenges were task-related. Provides recommendations for further research.
Identity, Prejudice and Healing in Aboriginal Circles: Models of Identity, Embodiment and Ecology of Place as Traditional Medicine for Education and Counselling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kisiku Sa'qawei Paq'tism Randolph Bowers
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 3, 2010, pp. 203-221
Description
Looks at healing of identity from an Aboriginal perspective using holistic models of wellbeing through the integration of emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of being.
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 5, no. 4, November 1999, pp. 308-316
Description
Examines barriers Native American students face and ways for Universities to attract students through increased financial aid, advertising, personal faculty outreach and establishing Native American resource centres.
BC Studies, no. 124, Politics and Planning, Winter, 1999/2000, pp. 93-98
Description
Book review of:
Indians, Fire, and the Land in the Pacific Northwest edited by Robert Boyd.
An Anchored Radiance by Jay Miller.
Beyond the Reservation: Indians, Settlers, and the Law in Washington Territory, 1853-1889 by Brad Asher.
Indians in the Making: Ethnic Relations and Indian Identities around Puget Sound by Alexandra Harmon.
Pardon Me If When I Talk Want to Tell the Story of My Life It's the Land I Talk About by Pablo Neruda.
Recorded lecture delivered at the 2011 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium. Speaker discusses the role that Indigenous writers play in the decolonization by contributing to a body literature(s) that "imagines otherwise."
Duration: 48:42
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.
Journal of Enterprising Communities, vol. 6, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Communities, the Bioeconomy and Natural Resource Development, 2012, pp. 213-229
Description
Study of use of biological and cultural resources by the Gitga'at First Nation regarding the development of a locally run eco-cultural tourism business.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 51, no. 1, Spring, 1999, pp. 29-30
Description
Ahenakew talks about the cultural practices and responsibilities surrounding oral history; discusses the collective nature of forming and maintaining oral history and its details. Discusses the roles of Elders who carry these histories in the community, and their skill at conveying a story or lesson.
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.
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal Women and Decolonization, 1999, p. 127–142
Description
Examines Native women's experiences and perspectives on oppression and their role in life based on transcriptions of interviews of urban Aboriginal women's groups.
Book review of: Indigenous Women and Feminism edited by Cheryl Suzack, Shari M. Huhndorf, Jeanne Perreault, and Jean Barman.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 146.
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.
Journal of Enterprising Communities, vol. 6, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Communities, the Bioeconomy and Natural Resource Development, 2012, pp. 194-212
Description
Discussed the traditional use of caribou in health care, potential uses for biomedicines, nutraoceuticals, functional foods, and the benefits that could arise from being in partnerships.
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.
Phase two looks at local cultural knowledge and visual ways of thinking about a healthy body weight and image from First Nations women. Part of a larger project "The Cultural and Visual Context of Healthy Body Weight and Body Image Among Aboriginal Women in the Battlefords Tribal Council Region".
In interview, Manitoba Treaty Commissioner discusses the issue of who should be the carriers of Aboriginal culture, ceremonies, and traditions.
Duration: 28:44.
Aboriginal Culture as Intervention: Sharing How Aboriginal Culture is Part of the Healing Journey from Addictions
[Honoring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
[Honouring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
P. Jenny Gardipy
Billy Ermine
Gladys Wapass-Greyeyes
Description
Woman discusses the role culture has played in her recovery from alcohol addiction.
Duration: 6:23.
Part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.
Aboriginal Culture as Intervention: Sharing How Aboriginal Culture is Part of the Healing Journey from Addictions
[Honoring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention]
[Honouring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
P. Jenny Gardipy
Billy Ermine
Gladys Wapass-Greyeyes
Description
Woman discusses the role culture has played in her recovery from alcohol addiction.
Duration: 8:19.
Part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.
Approaches the case of R v. Kikkik using three different stories of encounter: the trial transcript on statement given by Kikkik, the narrative account in a book by Farley Mowat's The Desperate People, three Inuit sculptures carved by Peggy Ekagina, and the documentary film Kikkik.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, 1999, pp. 53-72
Description
How the authors German language novels planted a seed of interest in North American Indigenous culture, an interest which flourished for over a century.