Canadian Historical Review, vol. 100, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 182-201
Description
Argues that teaching the history of residential schools in Canada requires an examination of how that history has been recorded and preserved; that this examination reveals an incompatibility between the colonial frameworks in archival institutions and structures of Indigenous knowledges. Discusses the impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on Canadian archival practices.
Journal of Radical Librarianship, vol. 5, June 3, 2019 , pp. 113-152
Description
Authors offer a decolonial critique of academic attribution practices arguing that they maintain the Euro-centric hierarchies of knowledge production. They argue for the decolonizing attribution by reevaluating the process through Indigenous lenses of kinship and connection to land.
Report offers 26 recommendations for library staff and researchers seeking to decolonize their services in regards to collaborative research with Indigenous communities, the products of that research, and previously acquired archival materials. Multiple case studies included; majority are Canadian, but also includes cases from Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, and the United States.
Looks at a research network developed through the collaboration of universities, agencies and communities in British Columbia to provide research training and resources for Indigenous people working in Indigenous child well-being and research.
Data Science Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, July 2019, pp. 1-15
Description
Article examines the data inequities of Indigenous communities and how that affects those communities in contemporary, data centric contexts; argues for returning authority over Indigenous data back to Indigenous peoples.
International Journal of Social Research Methodology, vol. 22, no. 3, 2019, pp. 233-243
Description
Authors examine the lack of an Indigenous presence in the field of Indigenous data production; interrogate Western frameworks for statistical data collection and maintenance, and advocate for the development and implementation of Indigenous methodologies for managing quantitative data.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 220-249, 263
Description
Looks at how new media technologies such as the Nanisiniq Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) Adventure Website can be used as a resource in the preservation and promotion of Inuit traditional knowledge.
Discusses databases installed in fourteen sites in the Northern Territory, Australia, which form a component of the "Libraries and Knowledge Centres" program designed to bring information to remote Aboriginal communities.
Compilation of resources about improving oral health in children from various organizations and perspectives. Reports that a shocking number of children still suffer extensive tooth decay in both urban and remote First Nations and Inuit communities.
National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center
Description
Discusses five topics: suggested core values, value and validity of Indigenous knowledge, cultural aspects of research, stewardship of information, sovereignty, and benefits of research.
Results are organized under five themes: nature of Indigenous knowledge, principles of collaboration, supporting models and theories, challenges and recommendations.