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Aboriginal Horizontal Framework: Programs and Spending Overview
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Treasury Board Secretariat
Government of Canada]
Description
Overview of Aboriginal-direct programming and spending offered by the Government of Canada. The 360 programs and services are arranged under seven thematic headings: Health, Lifelong Learning, Housing, Safe and Sustainable Communities, Economic Opportunities, Lands and Resources and Governance and Relationships.
Altering Perceptions Through Indigenous Studies: The Effects of Immersion in Hawaiian Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) on Non-Native and Part-Native Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Benjamin Charles Feinstein
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, 2005, pp. 477-490
Description
Content analysis of course curricula revealed varied responses and demonstrated the importance of a TEK course to education.
Building Green Campuses for the Seventh Generation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marjane Ambler
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 2, Sustainability, Winter, 2005
Description
Describes the installation of geothermal heat pumps at Turtle Mountain Community College in an effort to reduce energy costs and find a source of renewable energy.
Building Skills, Building Homes: Community Sustainability, Straw Bale Construction, and Indigenous Perspectives
Theses
Author/Creator
Carol Anne Vandale
Description
Continuing Education Thesis (M.C.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2005.
The Building Skills, Building Homes Project: A Community Education Study in Alternative Lifestyle Practices through Straw Bale Construction
E-Books
Author/Creator
Carol Vandale
Description
Discusses program that developed skills through the use of environmentally sustainable building methods. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
CDKC Building Strawbale Early Childhood Center
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 2, Sustainability, Winter, 2005
Description
Construction of an Early Childhood Learning Center at Chief Dull Knife College.
Compendium of Research Undertaken in Nunavut 2005
Alternate Title
Nunavut Research Compendium 2005
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Research Institute
Description
Lists title, location of research, principal researcher, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: social sciences, traditional knowledge, medical and health, and physical and natural sciences.
Dreams and Nightmares in First Nations Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Lena Ruwoldt
Description
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.
An Evaluation of the American Indian Air Quality Training Program
Theses
Author/Creator
MaryLynn Quartaroli
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ed.D.)--Northern Arizona University, 2005.
Factors That Support Indigenous Involvement in Multi-actor Environmental Stewardship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas J. Reo
Kyle P. Whyte
Deborah McGregor
M. A. (Peggy) Smith
James F. Jenkins
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, 2017, pp. 58-68
Description
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.
Ganawenimaa nimamainan aki = Respect Our Mother Earth: A Kid's Environmental Activity Booklet
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission]
Description
General environmental education resource with some references to the Lake Superior watershed.
Grade 5 Social Studies: People and Stories of Canada to 1867: A Foundation for Implementation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Renée Gillis
Ron Munro
Description
Modules: First Peoples, Early European Colonization (1600 to 1763), Fur Trade, and From British Colony to Confederation (1763 to 1867).
Indigenous World 2017
E-Books
Author/Creator
Shankar Limbu
Albert K. Barume
José Aylwin
Johan Strömgren
Olga Murashko .. [et al.]
Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ecological Restoration: Restoring Aboriginal Cultural Landscapes with Iskatewizaagegan No. 39 Independent First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
William John Roberts
Description
Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2005.
Introduction: Thinking Places: Indigenous Humanities and Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie Battiste
Cathryn McConaghy
Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, vol. 34, 2005, pp. 1-6
Description
Introduction to an issue of the Australian Journal of Indigenous Education that looks at the development of Indigenous humanities, within the field of education, and outlines papers, within the issue, that make links between education and place.
[Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Aboriginal Roundtable Documents]
Alternate Title
Backgrounder on Economic Opportunities
Backgrounder on Inuit and Education
Backgrounder on Inuit and Housing
Backgrounder on Inuit Health
Backgrounder on the Environment
Canada-Aboriginal Peoples Roundtable, 2004
Inuit Specific Sessions, Canada-Aboriginal Peoples Roundtable
Roundtable on Aboriginal Issues
Sectoral Sessions, Canada-Aboriginal Peoples Roundtable
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Jose A. Dusugak
Description
Includes speaking notes for president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, text of partnership agreement between the Canadian government and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, paper on Inuit-specific needs in the area federal government programming, and background papers on health, education, housing, economic development, etc.
Isi Askiwan-The State of the Land: Summary of the Prince Albert Grand Council Elders' Forum on Climate Change: Final Research Project Report to the Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Willie Ermine
Ralph Nilson
David Sauchyn
Ernest Sauve
Robin Yvonne Smith
no. 1
Description
Forum's primary objective was knowledge-sharing in an environment of "respectful learning and traditional protocol."
Learning from Country
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nadia Wheatley
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 2, 2017, pp. 243-256
Description
Article describes the author’s experience of learning Indigenous principles of education and adapting them for use with student living in different environments; advocates for a wholistic pedagogical approach to education.
The Legal Fiction of the Lake Matchimanitou Indian School
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Matthew L.M. Fletcher
The American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, vol. 13, no. 3, 2005, pp. 597-631
Description
Uses fictitious story of tribally-run school which eventually is taken over by non-Indians as an allegory for the European conquest of Indigenous peoples.
Making Tribal Campuses Sustainable
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrew Mills
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 2, Sustainability, Winter, 2005, pp. 23-26
Description
Reviews a number of web sites and books on energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable development.
A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Simon
Oil and the Iñupiaq: Linking Industry and Education at Iļisaġvik College
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pearl Kiyawn Brower
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 4, Oil and Indian Country, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Comments on college programming designed to support industry jobs.
[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 Eleven: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
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]: Grade Two: 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
Our Identities as Civic Power
Alternate Title
2017 State of Native Youth Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
[Erik R. Stegman
Amber Richardson
Josie Raphaelito
Aaron Slater
Bettina Gonzalez]
Description
Reports on the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Online Roundtable Survey of Native American youth between the ages 18-24. Respondents were asked about their three top priorities, what they are doing to tackle their challenges, and some of the ways they are partnering with their community to build resilience.
Population Health: Risk and Resistance
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kim Scott
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 2, no. 1, Population Health: Risk and Resistance, March 2005, pp. 2-3
Description
Editorial for themed issue of the same title briefly discusses each article.
Reclaiming Culture: Indigenous People and Self-Representation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joy Hendry
Sacred Salmon Film Wins National Acclaim for SKC
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 3, Indigenizing Education, Spring, 2005
Description
Discusses a film produced by the student television station at Salish Kootenai College (SKC), Sacred Salmon: A Gift to Sustain Life, that has received national acclaim. The film is about the health of the Columbia River salmon and the Yakama Nation.
Seasonal Circles
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 7 Cross-Curircular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Trine Dennis
Description
Contains material that can be used for mathematics, physical health and education, English language arts and science classes.
Think Indigenous [2017]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Francois Paulette
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2017]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Francois Paulette
Description
Speaker discusses lifelong learning and caring for Mother Earth.
Duration: 38:05.
Thinking Place: Animating the Indigenous Humanities and Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie Battiste
Lynne Bell
Isobel M. Findlay
Len Findlay
James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson
Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, vol. 34, Thinking Place: The Indigenous Humanities and Education, 2005, pp. 7-19
Description
Explores a research project at the U of S that presents examples of how the research team has endeavoured to clarify and exemplify what the Indigenous humanities are and what they can do to help reclaim Indigenous knowledges and pedagogies for education.
Thinking with Nunangat in Proposing Pedagogies for/with Inuit Early Childhood Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Caroline Rowan
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Brunswick, 2017.
Toxic Water: The Kashechewan Story
Alternate Title
CBC-TV News in Review
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
CBC News in Review, December 2005, pp. 20-33
Description
Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD News in Review: December 2005.
Trained and Certified Operators Key to Managing Water Systems
Alternate Title
Clean Water, Healthy Communities: Trained and Certified Operators Key to Managing Water Systems
Articles » General
On the Go, Winter, 2005/06, p. 6
Description
Discussion of First Nations Water Management Strategy (FNWMS) and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) efforts in supporting operator training, giving the example of Louie Sabbas.
The Tunguska Project: Educational Resource
Alternate Title
DOClibrary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
hotDOCS
Description
Guide to accompany film of same name which follows Cree playwright Floyd Flavel on a journey from Saskatchewan to Siberia.
An Urban Aboriginal Life: The 2005 Indicators Report on the Quality of Life of Aboriginal People in the Greater Vancouver Region
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nathan Cardinal
Emilie Adin
Yuntuwarrun: Learning on Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Nicholls
Tangikina Moimoi Steen
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 1, March 2017, pp. 26-34
Description
Discusses the experiential and collaborative engagement approach to learning utilized in a masters in sustainable design class offered by the University of South Australia.