Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 35, no. 2, 2015, pp. 153-181
Description
Comments on the closure of a campground for 5 days versus 150 years of limited access for the Splatsin people to the Shuswap River in British Columbia.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, January 14, 2019
Description
Article presents research from a four-year place-based project which investigate the success of Aboriginal communities in addressing the disparity faced by Aboriginal people; participants redefine this disparity as symptom of colonial structures and cultural exclusion and develop trauma informed approaches.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 3, Summer, 2019, pp. 281-305
Description
Study examines the potential for using opt-in internet surveys as means to study the political attitudes and behaviors of Indigenous people in the United States.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 180-189
Description
Describes an arts based research project which uses graffiti art to make Haudenosaunee symbols and images accessible and relevant for Indigenous youth. Discusses cultural bridging and exchange, decolonization, identity, cultural values, and Indigenous solidarity.
Defines pragmatism as framework that is centered on problem solving rather than a pursuit of ultimate knowledge, and discusses the ways that Western understandings of pragmatism are influenced by Indigenous philosophy and worldview.
Search of literature published between 2010 and 2016 which focused on either Alberta or Canada produced 44 results. Results are arranged under the headings interconnected worldview, development of legal traditions, positive individual and collective identity, and self-determination.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. [20]-36
Description
Author reflects on the role of non-Indigenous peoples in decolonizing research methods and cultural participation using the core themes of identity and belonging, accountability and consent, and responsibility and appropriation.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, [Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism], 2019, pp. 95-118
Description
Uses cases studies from Nicaragua and South Africa to compare colonization and imperialistic practices and how these experiences helped with the formation of what the author describes as Indigenous internationalist feminism.
'Walking between worlds': The Experiences of New Zealand Maori Cross-Cultural Adoptees
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Haenga-Collins
Anita Gibbs
Adoption & Fostering, vol. 39, no. 1, 2015, pp. 62-75
Description
Looks at the narratives of six adults who were part of the system of closed stranger adoption, which placed children with white families and denied access to birth records.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 41-54
Description
A re-evaluation of Jimmie Durham's work, taking into account the artist's fraudulent claims to Cherokee ancestry and discussion of the implications for scholars, art critics, collectors, and viewers of his works.
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 5, June 2019, pp. 1-40
Description
Author asserts that Indigenous African knowledge about gorillas has been excluded from contemporary conservation efforts and that this limits their effectiveness. Argues that in order to engage Indigenous knowledge conservationists must reflect on their own ways of knowing and accept different understandings of ecology.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter, 2015, pp. 1-24
Description
Investigates how Native Americans who adopted the European concept of time (mechanical) were viewed as temporal as opposed to sun time or "real Indians'.
Young Sami Men on the Move: Actors, Activities, and Aims for the Future
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Merete Saus
Else Målfrid Boine
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage, December 2019, pp. 368-376
Description
Study uses results from interviews with eight young Sámi men about their experience with moving from rural to urban spaces and with becoming part of a minority group after having been the majority. Findings indicated that the men experience changes in the main actors and activities in their lives, as well as in their aims for the future.