Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Leonard Bastien
Audrey Weasel Traveller
Stewart Breaker
Kathy Breaker
Wilton Good Striker
Evelyn Good Striker
Description
Argues that child and protective service assessments do not take into account cultural beliefs and world views.
Now Is the Time: Our Data, Our Stories, Our Future: The National Report of the First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education, and Employment Survey
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Kyla Marcoux
Katherine Wood
Jarret Laughlin
Margo Greenwood
Esther Usborne
Eric Crighton
Martin Cooke
Norm Lavallee]
Description
Numbers in American Indian Mythology
Alternate Title
Native American Leadership: Past, Present and Future
Native American Symposium; 11th, 2015
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Oksana Y. Danchevskaya
Description
Considers the meaning and significance of numbers between one and ten in Indigenous North American philosophies and beliefs.
Ohitika Chade Wiya - Brave Hearted Woman: A Narrative of Recovery, Reclamation and Renewal of an Indigenous Woman's Body Image
Theses
Author/Creator
Toni Sparkling Eyes Letendre
Description
Physical Education and Recreation Thesis (M.A.)--2016.
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.
[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.
Oskisihcikêwak / New Traditions in Cree Two -Spirit, Gay and Queer Narratives
Theses
Author/Creator
June Scudeler
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2016.
Partnering With American Indian Communities in Strength-Based Collaborative Health Research: Guiding Principles From the Fort Peck Ceremony of Research Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Rink
Elizabeth Ann R. Bird
Kris Fourstar
Adriann Ricker
Winona Runs-Above/Meyers
Rachel Hallum-Montes
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 3, Strength-based Approaches to Wellness in Indian Country, 2016, pp. 187-205
Description
Findings address relationship building and maintenance, inclusion of Tribal members in research design, respect for Tribal values, beliefs and customs in research process, and the reciprocity of research to assist in promotion of favourable experiences for communities.
La perception du carcajou/glouton par les Inuit du Nord canadien: Du passé au present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
Philosophy of Law in the Arctic
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dawid Bunikowski
Jaakko Husa
Diana Ginn
Ko Husegawa
Karol Dobrzeniecki ... [et al.]
Description
Articles cover five themes: Arctic cosmologies, beliefs, art and shamanism; Arctic lands, waters, and environment; Indigenous rights and customary law; topics for future teaching.
Place, Indigeneity, and Identity in Australia's Gulf Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Trigger
Richard J. Martin
American Anthropologist, vol. 118, no. 4, December 2016, pp. 824-837
Description
Studies the different ways Aboriginal and non-Aboriginals see connections between identity, land and water.
Plants and Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Focuses on Yukon First Nations Traditional Knowledge.
Plants & Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Plants and Connection to Place
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yukon First Nations Curriculum Working Group
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Teacher's guide.
The Poetry of Ralph Salisbury: Syntax as Vehicle for Conveying an Ethical Vision
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Eleanor Berry
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 19-38
Description
Literary criticism article which discusses the poet’s use of different parts of language and sentence structures to disrupt the flow of the poetry forcing the reader to attend to ethical issues discussed in the text.
Project Uplift: Managing Stress Through Mind, Body, Heart and Spirit
Alternate Title
Labour Market Development - Strategic Partnership Agreement
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Toolkit developed to help manage stress by understanding energy and vibration based on concepts of interconnection and energetic aura that links all living beings to the universe.
Promising Practices in Indigenous Communities in Saskatchewan
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network
Ken Clement
Merv Thomas
Jake Hanna
Jason Lawrence
Description
Focuses on AIDS initiatives developed by and for Aboriginals such as the Cree Haven Treatment Centre located on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation and the All Nations Hope organization.
Duration: 21:50.
Protective Factors of Native Youth: Findings from a Self-Report Survey in Rural Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa M. Wexler
Hang T. Dam
Katie Silvius
Janet Mazziotti
Ife Bamikole
Journal of Youth Studies, vol. 19, no. 3, 2016, pp. 358-373
Description
Study looked at youth's perceived internal and external assets, and evaluated how different factors related to gender, age, and community size.
Three hundred and fifty-five adolescents participated.
Psychological-Mindedness and American Indian Trauma: Interviews with Service Providers from a Great Plains Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William E. Hartmann
Joseph P. Gone
American Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 229-242
Description
Shows how cultural assumptions can encourage perspectives based on psychological concepts, limiting social, economic, and political aspects of health determinants.
Pushing the Needle: Collections Based Museum and Source Community Collaborations
Theses
Author/Creator
Molly Winslow
Description
Museology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2017.
Qugax̂: An Ethnoscience Analysis of Ancient Unangax̂
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Livingston
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 53, no. 2, 2016, pp. 81-92
Description
Analyzes archival material written at first contact in an attempt to reconstruct how Aleutians might have used spiritual beliefs to safeguard themselves during encounters with potentially aggressive or violent strangers.
Re(claiming) Indigenous Identity within Canada's Prison System: Indigenous Identity and Indigenous-Specific Prison Programming
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephanie Wellman
Description
Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Re-imagining Nature and American Indian Identity in Film
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ulrike Wiethaus
Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature & Culture, vol. 10, no. 2, 2016, pp. 189-207
Description
Comments on the theme of boarding-schools, and the films The Only Good Indian directed by Kevin Wilmott, and The Education of Little Tree directed by Friedenberg and Older Than America directed by Lightning.
The Rebirth of a People: Reincarnation Cosmology among the Tundra Yukaghir of the Lower Kolyma, Northeast Siberia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laur Vallikivi and Lena Sidorova
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017
Description
Authors examine rebirth accounts, the commentary of elders, and a varied of socio-cultural circumstances to explore the relationships between Yukaghir reincarnation cosmology and current cultural resurgence, historic contexts, kinship and identity recognition—both on a personal and a cultural level.
Reclaiming Territories through Indigenous Performance
Theses
Author/Creator
Francine Burning
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017Focusess on experiences of Madelaine McCallum, Mike Dengeli, Mique'l Dangeli, Leela Gilday, and Ronnie Dean Harris.
Recognizing Indigenous Legal Orders: Their Content, Embeddedness in Distinct Indigenous Cultures, and Implications for Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Indigenous Legal Orders in Canada: A Literature Review
Law Publications (Western University) ; 92
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Coyle
Description
Literature review primarily uses book chapters, journal articles, and internet sources.
Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming
E-Books
Author/Creator
Winona LaDuke
Reimagining Indigenous Spaces of Healing: Institutional Environmental Repossession
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa Ambtman-Smith
Chantelle Richmond
Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 1, no. 1, Heartwork, October 12, 2020, pp. 27-36
Description
Authors discuss and provide examples of environmental repossession - the social, economic, and cultural processes Indigenous people are engaging in to reconnect with their traditional lands and territories, to assert their rights as Indigenous people and to improve their own well-being.
A Rejoinder to Body Bags: Indigenous Resilience and Epidemic Disease, from COVID-19 to First “Contact”
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lindsay M. Montgomery
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 3, COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples: Tools to Promote Equity and Best Practices, 2020, pp. 65-86
Description
Uses oral and historical accounts to show how culturally grounded practices including dreaming, dancing, singing physical distancing were used in response to epidemics. Small pox, Spanish Flu, and COVID-19 time periods are discussed.
Rekindling the Flame: An Exploration of the Relationships Between Health, Culture and Place among Urban First Nations Men Living in London, Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Cindy Smithers Graeme
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2017.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire: Métis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tricia Logan
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 1, 2016, pp. 221-222
Description
Book review of: Rekindling the Sacred Fire by Chantal Fiola.
Scroll down to page 221 in REVIEWS section to read.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire: Métis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Blanca Tovías
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring, 2017, p. 146
Description
Book review of: Rekindling the Sacred Fire by Chantal Fiola.
Religious and Spiritual Practices among Homeless Urban American Indians and Alaska Natives with Severe Alcohol Problems
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dennis C. Wendt
Susan E. Collins
Lonnie A. Nelson
Kelly Serafini
Seema L. Clifasefi ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 39-62
Description
American Indians and Alaska Natives were compared to general population on demographic variables, alcohol problems, and religious affiliations and practices. Found that those who engaged in Native-specific spiritual practices had lower alcohol use.
Remembering Why We Sit at the Table
Theses
Author/Creator
Faith Decontie
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2017.
Discusses the Cree Nation of Chisasibi's Land Based Healing Program.
A Report on the Water Ceremony & Candlelight Vigil for the Missing Murdered Indigenous Women at Honouring the Circle, Hamilton, Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clarissa Kennedy
Indigenous Social Work Journal, vol. 10, Issues That Relate to Indigenous Relations, 2016, pp. 101-108
Description
Using a Honouring the Circle event to discuss using an Indigenous culturally specific approach to provide empowerment for its participants. To view article scroll down to page 101.
Resilience and Rebellious Memory Loops: Further Musings of an American Indian Ethnoecologist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Enrique Salmón
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
Description
Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
Rethinking Inequality in a Northern Indigenous Context: Affluence, Poverty, and the Racial Reconfiguration and Redistribution of Wealth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Kulchyski
The Northern Review, no. 42, Northern Inequalities - Global Processes, Local Legacies, 2016, pp. 97-108
Description
Discusses Indigenous inequality relating to their way of life being under attack.
A Review of The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Herman A. Peterson
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 74-76
Description
Book review of: The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology by Steve Pavlik.
Rights and Reconciliation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ry Moran
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 3, June-July 2017, pp. 36-40
Description
Argues that Canada must adopt a balanced world view in order to establish and maintain respectful relationships.
The Sacred and the Digital: Managing Heritage in an Open Access World
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Lison
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
"Saili Le Tofa: A Search for New Wisdom": Sexuality and Fa'afafine in the Samoan Context
Theses
Author/Creator
Pausa Kaio Thompson
Description
Theological Thesis (M.A.)--Union Theological Seminary, [2017?]
Saskatchewan History - The First Peoples: Plains First Nations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
J. Giannetta
Description
A wide range of topics such as clothing, bison, decoration, tools, etc. Developed for Grade 4 Social Studies.
Updated version.
Student Handouts.
The Saugeen Ojibway Nation and Canada: Historical Relationships, Settler Colonialism, and Stories of a Shared Space
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher James Wright
Description
History Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--King's College London, 2017.
Seeing the Skies through Navajo Eyes: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Astronomy
Alternate Title
Navajo Skies: An Introductory Guide to the Navajo Skies Planetarium Show
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy C. Maryboy
David H. Begay
Ashley C. Teren
Description
Designed as a resource for planetariums, for middle school teachers, and a book that families can read together.
A Selective Literature Review on Managed Alcohol Programs and Indigenous Healing Methodologies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erin Ramsperger
Kaylee Ramage
Description
Examines existing programs operating in Canada, evidence of impact on service utilization, health, and overall quality of life, and the need for Indigenous components in addictions treatment.
Sensoriality and Wendat Steams: The Analysis of Fifteenth- to Seventeenth-Century Wendat Steam Lodge Rituals in Southern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Dorland
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 1, Winter, 2017, pp. 1-30
Description
Analysis combines multiple approaches including archaeological evidence, ethnohistorical accounts, oral traditions, and an interview with an Elder.
Sharing Circles Versus Focus Group in the Development of Diabetic Retinopathy Mobile Health (mHealth) Intervention for Aboriginal Women: A Literature Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Onyinyechi Umaefulam
Kalyani Premkumar
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 87-104
Description
Authors completed a literature review—including the field notes of health researchers—to determine which model of engagement, Sharing Circles or Focus Groups, was more appropriate in Indigenous communities. Research suggests that given the focus on ceremony, relationship building and respect Sharing Circles are more appropriate for Indigenous communities.
Simon Ortiz's Poetry of Crisis Ordinariness: Spiritual Uncertainty During a Rosebud Reservation Winter
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reginald Dyck
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, Winter, 2017, pp. 1-14
Description
Looks at the poetry collection After and Before the Lightning by Simon Ortiz.