Titiro Whakamuri, Hoki Whakamua: Respectful Integration of Maori Perspectives within Early Childhood Environmental Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jenny Ritchie
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 17, [Indigenizing and Decolonizing Environmental Education], 2012, pp. 62-79
Description
Describes examples from "mainstream" educational settings where teachers incorporated Māori views about "caring for ourselves, others and the environment" as specified in the New Zealand curriculum document Te Whàriki.
Web publication describes and references published literature. Presents data for 527 species, drawing from over 490 ethnographic sources, and additional 91 unique sources reporting nutritional information, and 357 sources containing basic biological information.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 17344
Description
Survey of 262 schoolchildren from grades 6-12 indicated that traditional food consumption levels varied between communities and was related to contaminant concerns.
Based on three sources: literature review; interviews with traditional knowledge researchers and Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA) members and staff; and case study of the Biodiversity Traditional Knowledge Study.
Revised edition.
Report develops the perspective of Kehewin Cree Nation regarding the area within their traditional lands that is currently being taken up for the purpose of developing the ENG project.
Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs speaks about his background, challenges faced by community chiefs and First Nations political organizations, and the how the land plays a central role in attempts at reconciliation
Duration: 59:54.
Looks at attempts by Arctic Athabaskan Council, Gwich’in Council International, Inuit Circumpolar Council, and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) to frame Arctic climate change as a security issue.
Arctic, vol. 65, no. 3, September 2012, pp. 257-272
Description
Uses synthesis of field data, remote sensing, and Inuvialuit knowledge to explore the timing, causes, and implications of weather event that took place in September 1999.
Documentary looks at two Inuit communities on Baffin Island and Northwest Greenland and how they are connected and adapting to social and environmental changes. Includes English sub-titles.
Duration: 82:23.
Teacher's resource for unit which strengthens students' literacy and communication skills while they learn about local plants, the environment, and their community.
Teacher's resource for use with Grades 3, 4, and 5 primary students. Unit designed to strengthen students' literacy and communication skills while learning about local plants, the environment, and their community.
Indigenous Perspectives, vol. 10, 2012, pp. 59-142
Description
Study examined solid and liquid waste generation issues as well as waste management policies and strategies.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 59.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, Water and Indigenous Peoples, 2012, pp. 1-23
Description
Examines three issues: need to establish stronger legal and ethical frameworks, need to raise biodiversity/water security profile, need to improve cross-cultural understanding.
Arctic, vol. 65, no. 4, December 2012, pp. 439-455
Description
Describes the partnership between the First Nation's Heritage Department, academics and government funders working on the project Documenting Traditional Knowledge in Relation to
Climate Change and makes recommendations based on this experience.