Study uses participatory research tools to explore and document the cultural meanings of food within Irigwe Indigenous food system and their relationship to Indigenous food-production practices such as food foraging.
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 3, September 2018, pp. 190-199
Description
Discusses black feminist identity politics as an intersectional space and practice of resistance to settler colonialism. Author argues that these politics resist the erasure of Indigenous ways of knowing in North America by settler societies seeking to complete the project of colonization.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, pp. 57-65
Description
Looks at a personal narrative about a community-based project that explores perceptions, beliefs and experiences regarding mental health and healing from an Indigenous perspective.
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.
Looks at data from a participatory action research project to identify and analyze current and future ethical needs associated with conducting psychological research with Aboriginal youth.
Looks at EALÁT, a Reindeer Herders Vulnerability Network Study and project examining reindeer pastoralism of the Sami and climate change.
Duration: 35:34.
International Journal of Qualitative Methods, vol. 8, no. 1, 2009, pp. 21-40
Description
Explores how to apply Indigenous epistemologies and knowledges to research and discusses the issues and lessons learned from two culturally based research methods.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 3, Fall, 2009, pp. 222-232
Description
Discusses the approach to understanding Indigenous legal traditions in terms of healing, politics, epistemology, and justice in Let Right Be Done: Aboriginal Title, the Calder Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights; New Histories for Old: Changing Perspectives on Canada's Native Pasts; and Indigenous Legal Traditions.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, October 2018, p. Article 4
Description
Discusses food sovereignty and Indigenous ways of knowing with an eye to the conflict between promoting knowledge for the sake of resurgence and running the risk of subjecting knowledges, resources and communities to exploitation, criminalization and over-harvesting.
Discusses how the Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota philosophies & spiritual belief strategies can be applied to promote a healthy path for Native families & communities.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 50, December 17, 2018, pp. E1466-E1467
Description
Authors note that the current drug overdose crisis disproportionately affects Indigenous people as a result of a legacy of colonialism, racism and intergenerational trauma; argue that reconciliation with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples must include dismantling structural conditions which produce drug-related harms, and that current harm-reduction models must integrate Indigenous cultural values.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, REDD and Indigenous Peoples, 2009, pp. 10-19
Description
Presents overview of REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) with an analysis of the challenges and opportunities to moving forward.
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 60-75
Description
Considers Aboriginal worldviews around the relationships humans have with, and the responsibilities they have to non- or more-than-human entities as a framework for environmental activism, opposition to resource extraction, and government regulation. Asserts that a re-examination of the way that humans connect to our non-human relations is necessary for survivance.
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 13-24
Description
Compares Western permaculture theory and methods to the agroforestry-based food cultivation practices of the Indigenous people of the Peruvian Upper Amazon.
Maurice Brubacher (Mkode-Binesi-Nini) ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2018, p. 4
Description
Links to a video that describes the programming which creates opportunities for families to participate in ceremonial and land-based ways of knowing and healing.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire...
Duration: 21:19
The Routledge Companion to Media Studies and Digital Humanities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Kim Christen
Description
Author examines historical and contemporary issues that arise in when Indigenous knowledges are digitized and shared; articulates a framework for relational practices for institutions engaging with Indigenous communities.
Excerpt from The Routledge Companion to Media Studies and Digital Humanities
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 4, Autumn, 1991, pp. 457-468
Description
In this opinion piece the author reflects on the shifting ethics in social sciences research in Indigenous communities; referring to his previous work in Custer Died for Your Sins, Deloria provides commentary that highlights relationship and reciprocity as fundamental to research in Aboriginal 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.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 25, June 25, 2018, pp. E778-E779
Description
Article discusses the basis for and challenges of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s upcoming mandate that all residency programs implement a cultural safety training component.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 4, no. 2, Aboriginal Womens Health, December 2009, pp. 6-13
Description
Viewpoints of the women, Elders' and Anishinabek Knowledge Holders as to how the contamination of the English-Wabigoon River system continues to impact the community.
Environmental Education Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2018, pp. 50-66
Description
Examines the importance and implications of land-based approach and discusses how this particular community has taken control of programs, gained leadership in wisdom traditions and taught respect for the land and its inhabitants.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 179-199
Description
Provides a close reading with literary cricism of González’s novel which is set during the Guatemalan civil war. Author examines the Maya responses to this conflict in the context of the social, political, and economic factors, and discusses issues of cultural revitalization, Maya self-determination, education and leadership.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 7, no. 2, 2018, pp. 1-21
Description
Reports on research done using semi-structured face-to-face interviews to examine Indigenous practices around conflict resolution. Findings indicate that Indigenous practices: are more flexible than formal court proceedings, focus on consensus building, and aim to restore harmony rather than on punishment.