Protocol is comprised of six key principles: self-determination and inclusion in all stages of the research process; acting in good faith; understanding determinants of health; recognition of culture and vision and culturally-grounded research and solutions; respect for local peoples and their ways of knowing, Elders and ancestral understandings; and incorporating Two-Eyed Seeing into process.
Research Connections Canada 12: Supporting Children and Families
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Onowa McIvor
Research Connections Canada , vol. 12, 2005, pp. 5-20
Description
Examines language programs in two First Nations communities to see if they are suitable for use in the revitalization of languages and early childhood development in other Aboriginal communities.
Scroll to p.5 to read article.
Horned versus Teethed and Other Modalities of Animal Association in the Inuit Imagination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vladimir Randa
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 51-71
Description
Author explores Inuit ontologies or knowledge systems around non-human members of their ecosystem; discuss how Inuit ways of knowing the animals are rooted in social and cultural factors of relationality.
Text in French.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 4, Winter, 2017, pp. 1-28
Description
Examines Calder’s stop-frame animated feature film in the context of animation, ecocinema, and Indigenous studies; focuses on theme of hybridity and métissage.
Authors examine the archaeological evidence of the historic Inuit practice of burying the bones of harvested caribou; describe this as a manifestation of the respect and reverence Inuit communities held for the non-human members of their communities. Research conducted in collaboration with Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake) community members.
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.
Culture and Wellness in the Workplace: A Guidebook
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Imagination FX
Nene Kraneveldt Consulting
Description
Developed to help employees, teams, volunteers, board members, and social service organizations as a whole. Information is divided into three sections: take care of yourself, take care of each other, and take care of this place.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 230-252
Description
Cultural conflicts between Southeast Alaska's Tlingit Indians and Europeans from the viewpoint of three cultural systems: cosmology, jurisprudence and religion.
Atlantis, vol. 29, no. 2, [Indigenous Women: The State of Our Nations], 2005, pp. 1-13
Description
Examines a program developed for urban Native women that focuses on restoring a sense of sacred interconnection and developing spiritual practices incorporating traditional teachings.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-4
Description
Book review of: Determinants of Indigenous Peoples' Health in Canada edited by Margo Greenwood, Sarah de Leeuw, Nicole Marie Lindsay and Charlotte Reading.
Rural Social Work & Community Practice, vol. 14, no. 2, December 2009, pp. 6-11
Description
Author equates the loss of language through assimilation with loss of a "moral compass" because it disrupts the ability to transmit teachings to children.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Guy Bordin
Description
Examines relationship between dreams and collective oral discourse and the attempts to re-invigorate the practice.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Philosophy Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Greifswald, 2017.
Focuses on Robert Arthur Alexie's Porcupines and China Dolls, Cherie Dimaline's Red Rooms, Richard Van Camp's "On the Wings of This Prayer" and Richard Wagamese's Ragged Company.
Cultural Dynamics and Social Representations of Dogs in the Inuit Community of Kuujjuaq (Nunavik)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Brunet
Francis Lévesque
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 265-283
Description
Presents the findings of research conducted in September of 2016 on the changing place of dogs in Kuujjaq, a community where Inuit and non-Inuit live together. Researchers found “that dogs in the community occupy a position that oscillates between appreciation and repulsion—a position shaped by cultural and community contexts.”
Text in French.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 113-125
Description
Discusses how colonization has disrupted communities' relationship with the land, efforts to restore the connection on the reservation, and how ideas about tradition and sustainability are linked to food sovereignty.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 37, no. 3, Faces of HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse in Native American Communities, September 2005, pp. 241-246
Description
Overview of issue articles highlighting traditional support and innovative projects for healthier lifestyles, the state of HIV in communities, information on current rates of HIV, substance use, STIs and other risk factors.
Annual National Association of Native American Studies Conference; 2005
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alberta Yeboah
Description
Brief discussion of traditional practices, era of government-imposed assimilation through residential schools, and current situation with respect to tribal control of education.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 61, no. 2, Glimpses of Métis Society and History in Northwest Saskatchewan, Fall, 2009, pp. 29-40
Description
Study uses oral interviews to engage Métis understandings of Marian apparitions and shrines in and surrounding Sakitawak (Île-à-la-Crosse); authors work to discuss Métis spirituality in a way that makes sense to community members and that also challenges outsiders presumptions about the relationship between the Métis and Mary.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 29.
Explores the crisis in community health by examining the biological and environmental reasons for the transition from nomadic to sedentary village life style.
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Fostering Cultural Safety across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 179-189
Description
Discusses how two organizations, the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) and Northern Health, have approached incorporating Indigenous knowledge about health and wellness into their healthcare practices.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 55, no. 3, Expanding Knowledge Systems in Teacher Education, Fall, 2009, pp. 298-318
Description
Looks at local ideas about traditional herbal medicine, uses and applications and how they apply to cultural, social, political, spiritual and physical areas of society.
Discusses the results of a cross-case study of 39 regional partnerships in the Great Lakes region. Found six factors influence willingness to stay engaged: respect for Indigenous knowledge, control of knowledge mobilization, intergenerational involvement, self-determination, cross-cultural education, and early involvement.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 3, Fall, 2005, pp. 67-84
Description
Demonstrates how this Chickasaw writer uses ecofeminist heuristics to demonstrate the interconnectedness between tribal cultures and the natural landscape.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 67.
Looks at the revival of traditional justice systems and the use of standardized initiatives like the Maori family conferencing model and the sentencing circle.