Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [1]-25
Description
Uses traditional stories to illustrate fundamental principles of Indigenous education and argues that it must take place in the context of a relationship with the land.
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.
Leaning In
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. 193-195
Description
Short story.
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 from Native Adult Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeffrey A. Orr
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, no. 85, Spring, 2000, pp. 59-66
Description
Focuses on incorporating Aboriginal spirituality into the curriculum through the use of the medicine wheel.
Legends and Stories from the Past: A Teaching Resource for Dene Kede Grades K-9
E-Books
Author/Creator
George Blondin
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.
A Literature Review & Environmental Scan of The Experiences of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples with Advanced Cancer Illness and at the End of Life
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Infinity Consulting
Description
Looks at end-of-life care service models and policies, and advance care planning and identifies current needs, disparities, and services available to Indigenous patients.
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.
Living With Animals: Ojibwe Spirit Powers
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Darrel Manitowabi
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 260-261
Description
Book review of Living with Animals by Michael Pomedli.
Local Values in Governance: Legacy of Choho in Forest and School Management in a Tamang Community in Nepal
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mahesh Nath Parajuli
Indra Mani Rai
Prakash C Bhattarai
Suresh Gautam
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 8, no. 1, 2019, pp. 35-55
Description
Examines a shift in the practices of the Tamang ethnic community in Nepal; argues that the Choho institution is still present, and many practices are still present enacted as resistance against the modern state. Considers how the meaning of these practices may have changed in a contemporary context.
Louis Prince: A Mediator of the Higher Powers
Alternate Title
Powers Defy White Man: Witch Doctor’s Rites ‘Raise’ Lost Bodies
Mashkokiipines--Louis Prince: A Mediator of the Higher Powers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dave Hunt
Description
Originally published in the Winnipeg Tribune on July 28, 1954 under the title "Powers Defy White Man: Witch Doctor’s Rites ‘Raise’ Lost Bodies". Article is about Louis Prince, a healer and clairvoyant from Manitoba.
Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine, Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, and the (De)Mythologizing of the American West
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason P. Mitchell
Critique Studies in Contemporary Fiction, vol. 41, no. 3, Spring, 2000, pp. 290-304
Description
Explores myths about "cowboys and Indians" as warriors, the consequences of the influx of settlers, and the conflict between new and old conceptions of family, friendship, and spirituality.
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.
Mapurbe: Spiritual Decolonization and the Word in the Chilean Mierdópolis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sandra Collins
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. 23-47
Description
Discusses the ways in which cultural production disputes colonial expansion and reconnects Indigenous people with their spiritual traditions.
Memory Eternal: Tlingit Culture and Russian Orthodox Christianity Through Two Centuries
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sergei Kan
Mental Health Issues in an Urban Aboriginal Population: Focus on Substance Abuse
Theses
Author/Creator
Kahá:wi Joslyn Jacobs
Description
Psychiatry Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2000.
A Metissage: Learning in Nature with Indigenous Ways - Environmental Studies, Culture and 'Play' - Lessons That Meet PLO's
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Louise Wright
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Victoria, 2014.
[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's Eye, Stories from Whapmagoostui
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paul Wattez
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, p. 254
Description
Book review of Mind's Eye, Stories from Whapmagoostui edited by Susan Marshall and Emily Masty.
Mitakuye Oyasin (We Are All Related): Connecting Communication and Culture of the Lakota
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel P. Modaff
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 4, Fall, 2019, pp. 341-362
Description
Uses elder interviews, archival analysis, and behavioral observation to explore the cultural and communications practices of the Lakota people; relates those practices to the core cultural values of kinship and relationality; the idea that all people/things are related.
Modern Aboriginal Economics: Capitalism With a Red Face
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Newhouse
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 1, no. 2, Winter, 2000, pp. 55-61
Description
Discusses the impact of Aboriginal belief systems on development in communities.
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.
Mountain Spirits: Embodying the Sacred in Mascalero Apache Tradition
Theses
Author/Creator
Martin W. Ball
Description
Religious Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2000.
Moving Aboriginal Health Forward: Discarding Canada's Legal Barriers
E-Books
Author/Creator
Yvonne Boyer
Multicultural Issues in the Clinical Interview and Diagnostic Process
Alternate Title
APA Handbook of Multicultural Psychology: Vol. 2. Applications and Training
APA Handbooks in Psychology Series
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Carmela Alcántara
Joseph P. Gone
Description
Chapter from book: APA Handbook of Multicultural Psychology: Vol. 2. Applications and Training edited by F. T. L. Leong, L. Comas-Diaz, G. C. N. Hall, V. C. McLoyd and J. E. Trimble.
Reviews literature on cultural characteristics effecting clinical interviewing and diagnostic processing with racial minorities.
Native American Dance: A Synergy of Dance, Drama and Religion
Theses
Author/Creator
Denee Jaggers Bannister
Description
Humanities Thesis (M.A.)--University of Louisville, 2000.
Native Conversion, Native Identity: An Oral History of the Bahá'í Faith Among First Nations People in the Southern Central Yukon Territory, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Carolyn Patterson Sawin
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Washington, 2000.
Native Homelands along the Lewis & Clark Trail
Alternate Title
Native Homelands along the Lewis & Clark Trail: Teacher Guide for 4th-10th Grades
The Montana Experience: Stories from Big Sky Country
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Big Sky Pictures
Sally Thompson
Description
Members of Blackfoot, Mandan, Hidatsa, Shoshone, Salish, Nez Perce, Yakama, and Chinookan nations speak about their history and culture. Duration: 35:50.
Related material: Teacher Guide.
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.
The Nature of Empires and the Empires of Nature: Indigenous Peoples and the Great Lakes Environment
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sheena Kennedy Dalseg
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 247-249
Description
Book review of The Nature of Empires and the Empires of Nature edited by Karl S. Hele.
The Navajo Code Talkers of World War II: The First Twenty-Nine
Theses
Author/Creator
Zonnie M. Gorman
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Mexico, 2014.
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.
A New Anthropology of Neo-Indians
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brian D. Haley
Current Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 5, October 2014, pp. 670-671
Description
Book review of: The Neo-Indians: a Religion for the Third Millennium by Jacques Galinier and Antoinette Molinié.
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
Nga Reanga: Youth Development Māori Styles
E-Books
Author/Creator
Teorongonui Josie Keelan
[Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair CKP 2014: Keynote Speaker]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair
Description
Speech given at the 2014 Circle of Knowledge and Practices Conference held October 9-10, in Winnipeg.
Duration: 1:00:49.
Niitsitapiisini: Our Way of Life: The Story of the Blackfoot People
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Glenbow Museum
Description
Virtual exhibition divided into six sections: how we lived with the buffalo; how we lived with the land; how we lived with other people; our world; and traditional stories.
Includes link to teacher toolkit.
North American Indigenous Curators' Constructions of Indigenous Knowledge: Applying the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse
Theses
Author/Creator
Iulian Vamanu
Description
Communication, Information and Library Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 2014.
The Oceanic Imagination: Canadian and Australian Contributions to a Trans-Indigenous Methodology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgit Däwes
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 65-84
Description
Looks at significance of seascapes through representations found in Rebecca Belmore's Fountain, Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach and Kim Scott's That Deadman Dance.
Ojigkwanong - Encounter with an Algonquin Sage
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lucie Ouimet
Description
Film about Elder William Commanda, the vision he had when he was terminally ill, and how it changed the rest of his life.
Duration: 26:02.
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.
On-Screen Protocols & Pathways: A Media Production Guide to Working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Communities, Cultures, Concepts and Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marcia Nickerson
Description
Intent is to provide decision-making guidelines for communities, content creators, funding bodies, and industry partners; share best practices; educate industry about cultural practices; and encourage informed, respectful dialogue by participants in productions.
Operation Water Spirit
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Description
Collection of K-12 thematic units and lesson plans which focus on Aboriginal culture and perspectives on water and water quality issues faced by reserves.
[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.
Oranga and Māori Health Inequities, 1769–-1992
E-Books
Author/Creator
Fiona Cram
Beverly Te Huia
Tracee Te Huia
Melissa Matutina Williams
Nathan Williams