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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce E. Johansen
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 566-582
Description
Discussion of various efforts to preserve and revitalize languages in danger of extinction.
Broken Promises: Evaluating the Native American Health Care System
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR)
Description
Brings attention to cultural, social and structural barriers that continue to restrict Native American's access to health care and the failure of Congress to provide necessary resources.
Ethnic Identity and Acculturation Attitudes Among Indigenous Norwegian Sami and Ethnocultural Kven Adolescents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Siv Kvernmo
Sonja Heyerdahl
Journal of Adolescent Research, vol. 19, no. 5, September 2004, pp. 512-532
Description
Study of over 1,000 high school students aged 16 to 19 years revealed that language competence had a strong impact on identity.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
From Generation to Generation: Survival and Maintenance of Canada's Aboriginal Languages, within Families, Communities and Cities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Norris
TESL Canada Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 2004, pp. 1-16
Description
Looks at the critical roles that family and community play in the transmission of language from parent to child.
Guide to Relationships and Learning with the Indigenous Peoples of Alberta
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
College of Alberta School Superintendents
Description
Interactive resource designed to educate school superintendents. Includes written information, videos and links to supplemental material focused on the topics of identity, language, learning from the land, treaties and agreements, laws and policies, reconciliation and relationships.
In the Voices of the Sul-hween/Elders, on the Snuw’uyulh Teachings of Respect: Their Greatest Concerns Regarding Snuw’uyulh Today in the Coast Salish Hul’q’umi’num’ Treaty Group Territory
Theses
Author/Creator
S. Marlo Paige
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Victoria University, 2004.
An Interdisciplinary Study of the Term "Hawaiian"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kanalu Young
Hawaiian Journal of Law & Politics, vol. 1, no. 1, Summer, 2004, pp. 23-45
Description
Looks at language context and the Hawaiian identity.
Inuktitut and Inuit Youth: Language Attitudes as a Basis for Language Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Shelly Tulloch
Description
Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--Université Laval, 2004.
Language Shift, Youth Culture, and Ideology: A Yup'ik Example
Theses
Author/Creator
Leisy Thornton Wyman
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2004.
Linguistic and Cultural Evolution in an Unyielding Environment
Alternate Title
Cultural Diversity and Education: Interface Issues
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Barbara Burnaby
Description
Looks at language developments within the context of modern day circumstances of two Innu communities in Labrador. Chapter in book: Cultural Diversity and Education: Interface Issues by David F. Philpott, Wayne C. Nesbit, Mildred F. Cahill, and Gary H. Jeffery.
Minority and Indigenous Trends 2021: Focus on COVID-19
E-Books
Author/Creator
Minority Rights Group International
Nunavik in Figures 2020
Alternate Title
Nunavik Statistics Program
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gérard Duhaime
Andrée Caron
Karen Everett
Description
Related material: Nunavik in Figures 2020 -- Sources.
Politics and Power of Languages: Indigenous Resistance to Colonizing Experiences of Language Dominance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judy M. Iseke-Barnes
Journal of Thought, vol. 39, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 45-81
Description
Looks at the importance of storytelling and language shift in Cree and Metis speaking communities and the erosion of Indigenous language in education.
Population Reporting an Aboriginal Identity, by Mother Tongue, by Provinces and Territories (1996 Census)
Alternate Title
[Population by Aboriginal Group, 1996 Census]
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Source: 1996 Census Nation tables.
Risky Stories: Speaking and Writing in Colonial Spaces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynne Davis
Native Studies Review, vol. 15, no. 1, 2004, pp. 1-20
Description
Debates who can tell Indigenous stories and explores power relations in research using case studies.
Rupertsland Institute Lesson Plans
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Rupertsland Institute
Description
Video presentations accompanied by lesson plans for Kindergarten through Grade 12 arranged under the themes of Métis language, culture and traditions, homeland history, governance, and the Métis in Alberta.
Social and Economic Well-Being: A First Nations Gender-Balanced Analysis
Alternate Title
FNIGC Research Series
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
Tales of Sand and Snow
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hyacinthe Combary
Description
Film about looking for one's roots which includes a dialogue between the Gourmantche tribe of Africa with the Atikamekw of Northern Quebec.This film contains scenes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Duration: 48:27.
Telling Our Twisted Histories
Web Sites » Organizations
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Kaniehti:io Horn
Terre Innue
Description
Website contains links to a series of 12 podcasts which explore the impact of words such as reconciliation, indian time, school, reserve, and savage. Host Kaniehti:io Horn engages in conversations with more than 70 people from 15 First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities.
Traditional Plant Knowledge of the Tsimshian Curriculum: Keeping Knowledge in the Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judith C Thompson
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 28, no. 1-2, Transformative Sites of Indigenous Education, 2004, pp. 61-65
Description
How traditional knowledge has been adapted to be used in a high school classroom in the Hartley Bay School. The curriculum is being used as a way for students to learn about their people's ways of knowing, and to be involved in the intergenerational transmission of traditional ecological knowledge and wisdom.
Waccamaw Legacy: Contemporary Indians Fight for Survival
Alternate Title
Contemporary American Indian Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Patricia Barker Lerch
Wksitnuow Wejkwapniaqewa - Mi'kmaq: A Voice From the People of the Dawn
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna-Lee Smith
Josephine Peck
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 39, no. 3, 2004, pp. 342-353
Description
Looks at the development of the Certificate in Aboriginal Literacy Education program and follow-up workshops for creating children's books in-order to preserve the Mi'kmaq language in the community of Wagmatcook, Cape Breton.