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Proceedings from the Indigenous Knowledges Dialogue Circle, Vancouver, B. C. February 2007.
Finding Fault: Indigenous Seismology, Colonial Science, and the Rediscovery of Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Cascadia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Coll Thrush
Ruth S. Ludwin
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, 2007, pp. 1-24
Description
Focuses on seismic activity in the Pacific Northwest and presents some understandings from oral history about earthquakes, landslides, and tsunamis.
First Nations Background and Position Paper on Systems
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerry Hurton
Description
Looks at regional education systems that would support Indigenous knowledge and locally determined First Nations needs and aspirations.
First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning Model
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council on Learning
Description
Illustrates the correlation between First Nations lifelong learning and community well-being and how it can be used as a framework for measuring success.
Fisheries and Oceans: An Intergrated Aboriginal Policy Framework, 2006-2010
Alternate Title
Fisheries and Oceans: An Integrated Aboriginal Policy Framework, 2006-2010
E-Books
Author/Creator
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
From Conflict to Collaboration: The Story of the Great Bear Rainforest
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Merran Smith
Art Sterritt
Description
Looks at how the collaborative efforts between the British Columbia government, First Nations, environmental groups and the forest companies transformed an era of conflict into a ground-breaking approach to conservation leading to a shift in the way coastal rainforests are managed and the successful integration of Indigenous decision making and community wellbeing.
From Isotopes to TK Interviews: Towards Interdisciplinary Research in Fort Resolution and the Slave River Delta, Northwest Territories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brent B. Wolfe
Derek Armitage
Sonia Wesche
Bronwyn E. Brock
Michael A. Sokal
et al.
Arctic, vol. 60, no. 1, March 2007, pp. 75-87
Description
Discusses how integrating natural and social sciences and traditional knowledge can improve the understanding of how natural ecosystem functions and responds to various environmental stressors.
Gender Dimensions of Intellectual Property and Traditional Medicinal Knowledge
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Heather Gibb
Description
Examines intellectual property rights issues associated with traditional knowledge in medicine from a gender perspective, and looks at the implications for the wellbeing of the Indigenous populations.
Genes, Ownership, and Indigenous Reality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Grant Gillett
Felicity McKergow
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 65, no. 10, November 2007, p. 2093–2104
Description
Examines the bioethical issues involving genetic ownership related to beliefs and practices of a culture and the effects on both health care and research.
The Geneticization of Aboriginal Diabetes and Obesity: Adding Another Scene to the Story of the Thrifty Gene
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Poudrier
Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology, vol. 44, no. 2, May 2007, pp. 237-261
Description
Argues that attributing weight gain and diabetes to the thrifty gene has failed to incorporate aboriginal health perspectives and should be "decolonized".
The Great Circle of Justice: North American Indigenous Justice and Contemporary Restoration Programs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Gray
Pat Lauderdale
Contemporary Justice Review, vol. 10, no. 2, June 2007, pp. 215-225
Description
Qualifies traditional Indigenous ideas concerning healing and justice for Aboriginal people.
Guest Editorial: What is an Indigenist Research Paradigm?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shawn Wilson
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 30, no. 2, 2007, pp. 193-195
Description
Discussion of the specific principles and guidelines that are the foundation of an Indigenous paradigm.
Gum yan asing Kaangas giidaay han hll guudang gas ga. I Will Never Again Feel That I Am Less Than: Indigenous Health Care Providers’ Perspectives on Ending Racism in Health Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Madeleine Kétéskwēw Dion Stout
Cornelia (Nel) Wieman
Lisa Bourque Bearskin
Becky C. Palmer
Lauren Brown ...
Namaste Marsden
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 1, Honouring the Sacred Fire: Ending Systemic Racism toward Indigenous Peoples, 2021, pp. 13-20
Description
Using personal experiences to address colonialism and the systematic racism within the Canadian health care system.
Haudenosaunee Worldviews Through Iroquoian Cosmologies: The Published Narratives in Historical Context
Theses
Author/Creator
Kevin J. White
Description
American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, 2007.
Here be Dragons!: Breaking Down the Iron Cage for Aboriginal Children
Alternate Title
Putting a Human Face on Child Welfare: Voices From the Prairies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jean Lafrance
Betty Bastien
Description
Chapter 4 from Putting a Human Face on Child Welfare: Voices From the Prairies edited by Ivan Brown, Ferzana Chaze, Don Fuchs, Jean Lafrance, Sharon McKay and Shelley Thomas Prokop.
Here be Dragons! Reconciling Indigenous and Western Knowledge to Improve Aboriginal Child Welfare
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean Lafrance
Betty Bastien
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 2007, pp. 105-126
Description
Highlights the "Making Our Hearts Sing" Initiative to raise awareness on more traditional issues relating to child welfare.
How Do You Get the Numbers to Dance? Effective Educational Practices in Mathematics for Native American Learners: A Conference Summary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inverness Research Associates
Pam Tambe
Becky Carroll
Heather Mitchell
Laurie Lopez ... [et al.]
Description
Looks at the needs of Native students in mathematics education and recommends strategies.
How I Survived Four Nights on the Ice: Educator's Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inhabit Media
Description
For use with book of same title, which is a man's personal narrative about how he used traditional knowledge to stay alive after his snowmobile broke down on the sea ice while returning home from a fishing camp.
How Political Change Paved the Way for Indigenous Knowledge: The Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julia Christensen
Miriam Grant
Arctic, vol. 60, no. 2, June 2007, pp. 115-123
Description
Highlights the process of political change in an attempt to recognize the legitimacy of indigenous knowledge in resource management.
Icy Battleground: Canada, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, and the Seal Hunt
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Heather Myers
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 268-270
Description
Book review of: Icy Battleground: Canada, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, and the Seal Hunt by Donald Barry.
Impact and Benefit Agreements: A Contentious Issue for Environmental and Aboriginal Justice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Courtney Fidler
Michael Hitch
Environments, vol. 35, no. 2, 2007, pp. 49-69
Description
Examines the tensions between Aboriginal environmental justice with non-renewable resource development and the recognition and reconciliation of Aboriginal interests.
Importance of Biodiversity for First Peoples of British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy J. Turner
Description
Discusses First Nations peoples relationship with lands, waters, plants and animals, and how the erosion of biodiversity has impacted traditional food systems.
Inculcating Indigenous Knowledge and Spirituality: A Siksika (Blackfoot) Theory of Learning
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J. W. Friesen
Virginia Lyons Friesen
Description
Comments on the steps in Siksika teaching and learning.
An Indian Chief, An English Tourist, A Doctor, A Reverend, And A Member of Parilament: The Journeys of Pasqua's Pictographs and the Meaning of Treaty Four
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bob Beal
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 1, 2007, p. 109
Description
Contextualizes Chief Pasqua's recently rediscovered pictographs, that add to our knowledge about the western numbered treaty process.
Indigenizing Research: A Resource Guide for Indigenous Peoples, Academics and Policy Makers: A Living Document
Alternate Title
Indigenising Research: A Resource Guide for Indigenous Peoples, Academics and Policy Makers: A Living Document
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Co-Creation of Indigenous Water Quality Tools
Description
Lists readings grouped around five themes: Indigenizing research, traditional ecological knowledge, research ethics, intellectual property, and the Doctrine of Discovery and the framework of dominance.
Indigenizing Scholarship to Examine Resilience Among HIV-positive Two-spirit Men: Lessons learned from the 2-Spirit HIV/AIDS Wellness and Longevity Study (2SHAWLS)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David J. Brennan
Georgi Georgievski
Randy Jackson
Chavisa Horemans
Art Zocole ... [et al.]
Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, vol. 12, Capacity Bridging, Winter, 2021, pp. 29-45
Description
Using a collaborative research approach that privileges Indigenous knowledge to better understand the experiences of two-spirit men living with HIV and AIDS.
Indigenous Digital Collections
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
N. M. Nakata
Australian Academic & Research Libraries, vol. 38, no. 2, June 2007, pp. 99-110
Description
Discusses some of the key issues in the areas where the library and information services sector intersect with Indigenous knowledge. The article also highlights the efforts of the Northern Territory Library (Australia).
Indigenous Governance Systems and Democracy in Ethiopia: Yejoka Qicha System of the Gurage People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birhanu Bitew
Asabu Sewenet
Getachew Fentahun
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, 2021, pp. 1-20
Description
Looks at the democratic elements of the Gurage's traditional system of governance and how it can be used to improve democracy within Ethiopia.
Indigenous Knowledge and Our Connection to the Land
E-Books
Author/Creator
Isaac Day-Murdoch
Description
Lesson plans which can be used with a variety of grades.
Indigenous Knowledge and Research: The Míkiwáhp as a Symbol for Reclaiming Our Knowledge and Ways of Knowing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Hart
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 2007, pp. 83-90
Description
Provides a brief literature review, uses the analogy of the tipi for the acquisition of Indigenous knowledge and looks at appropriate ways to develop it further.
Indigenous Knowledge and Science Revisited
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Glen S. Aikenhead
Masakata Ogawa
Description
Provides an understanding of the way three diverse cultural groups (Indigenous, Japanese, and Euro-American) understand nature.
Indigenous Knowledge & Pollinator Gardens: Workshop Series
Alternate Title
Indigenous Knowledge and Pollinator Gardens: Workshop Series
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Kelly Maracle
Description
Series of eight modules designed to teach Grade 6 students about the importance of biodiversity, local community and Indigenous knowledge by creating gardens. Each module should take place over the course of a week.
Indigenous Studies Working Group Statement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sonya Atalay
William Lempert
David Delgado Shorter
Kim TallBear
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 45, no. 1, Settler Science, Alien Contact, and Searches for Intelligence, 2021, pp. 9-18
Description
Looks at the ethics and proper etiquette for Indigenous knowledge exchange through the Breakthrough Listen project.
Integrating Conventional Science and Aboriginal Perspectives on Diabetes Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian G. Giles
C. Scott Findlay
George Haas
Brenda LaFrance
Wesley Laughing
Sakakohe Pembleton
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 64, no. 3, February 2007, pp. 562-576
Description
Presents fuzzy cognitive mapping as a technique to compare Aboriginal and conventional science-based views on diabetes.
Integrative Science: Enabling Concepts within a Journal Guided by Trees Holdings Hands and Two-Eyed Seeing
Alternate Title
Two-Eyed Seeing Knowledge Sharing Series, Manuscript No. 1.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cheryl M. Bartlett
Murdena Marshall
Albert Marshall
Description
Looks at emerging concepts for post-secondary science project at Cape Breton University.
Introduction: Current Research in Chukotka by Local Researchers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Tchoukotka / Chukotka, 2007, pp. 303-304
Description
Article introduces the barriers faced by local researchers regarding language, clothing, ethnicity, land use and human-animal relations.
Inuit Knowledge and Perceptions of the Land-Water Interface
Theses
Author/Creator
Scott Heyes
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University 2007.
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Knowledge Transmission in a Modern Inuit Community: Perceptions and Experiences of Mittimatalingmiut Women
Theses
Author/Creator
Eleanor Ayr Bonny
Description
Natural Resource Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2008.
Iñupiaq Values Curriculum: Avoidance of Conflict-Paaqæaktautaiññiq
Alternate Title
Iñupiaq Values Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
North Slope Borough School District
Description
Isi Wipan - Climate: Identifying the Impacts of Climate Change and Capacity For Adaptation in Two Saskatchewan First Nation Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Willie Ermine
Dave Sauchyn
Mary Vetter
Catherine Hart
Description
Cree Elders from James Smith and Shoal Lake reserves are interviewed about coping with changes to their traditional way of life.
Jidwá:Doh "Let's Become Again"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dawn Martin-Hill
Alexandra Darnay
James Lamouche
Pimatisiwin, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2007, pp. 55-76
Description
Comments on successful partnerships, between Elders, communities and individuals, that facilitate the transmission of Indigenous knowledge.
The Journey to a Sacred Geometry: Architecture as a Form of Cultural Healing
Theses
Author/Creator
Christie Layne Grayson
Description
Environmental Design Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Calgary, 2007.
Justice, Transaction, Translation: Blackfoot Tipi Transfers and WIPO's Search for the Facts of Traditional Knowledge Exchange
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Noble
American Anthropologist, vol. 109, no. 2, June 2007, pp. 338-349
Description
Discusses World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) efforts to harmonize intellectual property and patent law and policy and questions the practice of trying to translate knowledge from one sphere to another.
Keeping the Local Local: Recalibrating the Status of Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michiel Van Eijck
Wolff-Michael Roth
Science Education, vol. 91, no. 6, November 2007, pp. 926-947
Description
Discusses the multiculturalism / universalism debate in science education and the position of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) in science curricula.
Land, Bodies, and Knowledge: Biocolonialism of Plants, Indigenous Peoples, Women, and People with Disabilities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Hawthorne
Signs, vol. 32, no. 2, Gender and Spirituality, Winter, 2007, pp. 314-323
Description
Discusses bioprospecting, biopiracy and biocolonialism.
The Land Wants Me Around: Power, Authority and Their Negations in Traditional Hunting Knowledge at Wemindji (James Bay, Québec)
Theses
Author/Creator
Wren Nasr
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2007.
Learning From the Grandmothers: Incorporating Indigenous Principles into Qualitative Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlotte Loppie
Qualitative Health Research, vol. 17, no. 2, 2007, pp. 276-284
Description
Description of doctoral research about the midlife health experiences of women in Nova Scotia.
Lessons from the Earth and Beyond: Bringing Indigenous Knowledge Systems into the Classroom: Educator Resources
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education Association of Ontario]
Description
Website includes curriculum connections, lesson plans and inquiry-based activities for primary, junior and intermediate grades for three topics: lessons from the earth, lessons from the water, and lessons from beyond.
Maintaining Food Security in Elsipogtog First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Elisa A.M. Levi
Description
Public Health Thesis (M.P.H.) -- Lakehead University, 2007.