American Indian Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, Winter, 2013, pp. 34-76
Description
Looks at the contributions and documented responses of Native American students to the institutional practices and the cultural guidelines introduced to them.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, The World on Our Shoulders: Cultivating Indigenous Youth Leadership, September 2013, p. [?]
Description
Describes the event for Indigenous women's participation in the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues. Comments on the role of leadership for women and the necessity of Indigenous knowledge for future generations.
Speaker discusses the importance of teachers to the process of decolonization.
From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan.
Duration: 42:59.
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.
Author of Green Grass, Running Water, and A Coyote Columbus Story, discusses his non-fiction book An Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, government policies and movements like Idle No More.
Duration: 48:17.
Article considers three Māori communities and the endurance and resilience they have demonstrated in maintaining their unique peace traditions in the face of opposition from both Western and Māori cultures of violence.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010
Description
Discusses the way in which the tobacco contributes to Indigenous research methodology and examines how Indigenous research can draw upon Indigenous ways of knowing by connecting individuals with the spiritual and physical world.
Documents sixteen case studies and highlights innovative tools and approaches developed to help local communities address critical challenges that affect their natural and cultural resources.
Paper looks at developing an account of collective resentment to understand sources of hostility that persist as barriers to constructing positive relations between Indigenous and settler Canadians.
First National Trudeau Fellow discusses the Canadian art establishment's failure to recognize continuum of Aboriginal art or its aesthetic.
Duration: 1:08:05.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 8, no. 1, 2019, pp. 19-34
Description
Examines contemporary social work practice in relation to homeless Greelanders and suggests an Indigenous social work model as a culturally relevant alternative that roots interventions in cultural competency, recognition, and participatory action.
Presents evidence gathered from focus groups involving youth, parents, service providers and community leaders, as well as statistical information, program inventory, and social network analysis. Focuses on indicators related to education, employment, health and mental health, and sense of belonging.
Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Rachael Price
Description
Describes how elements from these novels serve as a mirror of hybridity theory with an emphasis on stories and the idea of journeys for true cultural unity.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 15-41
Description
Authors stress that there is a need for interdisciplinary and collaborative community-centered approaches to research and healthcare programming in Indigenous communities. Article notes that transdisciplinary research is one of the three core values of the Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health, and stress the relevance of the social determinants of health.
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 11-32
Description
This literary criticism article considers Vizenor’s body of work as a whole and discusses his attention to historical moments and his use of fiction to overturn colonial knowledge of those moments and to disrupt contemporary understandings of transnationalism.
Video of representative from the Office of the Treaty Commissioner speaking at the 2010 Growing Saskatchewan Conference.
Five parts. Viewer is automatically sent to next part.
Total duration: 59:10.
Curriculum Sub-committee of the Shared Standards and Capacity Building Council
Saskatchewan Ministry of Education
Description
Lists specific expectations for Kindergarten to Grade 12 students in the subject areas of treaty relationships, spirit and intent of treaties, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions.
Board of Education Saskatoon School Division no. 13, Meeting of the Saskatoon Board of Education Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Tunison
Jennifer Hingley
Barry MacDougall
Description
Measures Saskatoon Grade 7 students' knowledge in six areas: treaties, treaty relationship, history, worldviews, symbolism and contemporary issues. Compares scores to earlier years.
Survey results appear on p. 10.
Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Marija Kneževiċ
Description
Discusses how the comic mobility of the trickster is used to address serious social issues in Sherman Alexie's volume of short stories.
Excerpt from Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium edited by Mark B. Spencer.