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Theses
Author/Creator
Laura Hall
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.
Increased Mortality Among Indigenous Persons in a Multisite Cohort of People Living With HIV in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anita C. Benoit
Jamie Younger
Kerrigan Beaver
Randy Jackson
Mona Loutfy ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 108, no. 2, 2017, pp. e169-e175
Description
Uses the Indigenous Health Epidemiology Model to compare the mortality rate between Indigenous peoples.
Indigenous and Western Environmental Resource Management: A Learning Experience With the Laitu Khyeng Indigenous Community in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Datta
Jebunnessa Chapola
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 52-80
Description
Focuses on everyday practices and traditional experiences within Indigenous regions.
Indigenous Intangible Cultural Heritage: Towards an Indigenous Approach to Canadian Heritage Management and Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Julia Catherine Marie Stevens
Description
Planning Thesis (MES)--University of Waterloo, 2017.
Indigenous Perspectives of Ecosystem-based Management and Co-governance in the Pacific Northwest: Lessons for Aotearoa
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai
Jonathan Timatanga Kilgour
Amy Whetu
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 69-79
Description
Case studies of Marine Plan Partnership for the Pacific North Coast and the Great Bear Initiative and discussion of how principles involved might apply in the New Zealand context.
Indigenous Research Methods: A Systematic Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexandra S. Drawson
Elaine Toombs
Christopher J. Mushquash
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-27
Description
Looks at peer reviewed literature by Indigenous scholars and proposed new methods for ethical research.
Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Western Science for Optimal Natural Resource Management
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Serra Jeanette Hoagland
IK: Other Ways Of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-15
Description
Reviews the two knowledge systems and suggests using the Wampum Theory to achieve sustainable natural resource management moving forward.
Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge and Bioprospecting: Searching for Efficient Balance of Rights
Theses
Author/Creator
Aman Gebru
Description
Juridical Sciences Thesis (JSD)--University of Toronto, 2017.
"Intratribal Cooperation and Communications: Is Consensus Possible?"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard M. Wheelock
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, Fall 2017, p. [?]
Description
Looks at a continued shared peoplehood and common ground between the individual and mass society.
Introduction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natale Zappia
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 1-8
Description
Introduction to special issue on Indigenous food sovereignty.
Invasive Species, Indigenous Stewards, and Vulnerability Discourse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas J. Reo
Kyle Whyte
Darren Ranco
Jodi Brandt
Emily Blackmer
Braden Elliott
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 201-223
Description
Looks at how Indigenous peoples are preparing for, responding to, and adapting to environmental changes in their territories. Study involved online survey of 106 individuals, most of whom were employed by Indigenous nations to carry out natural resource and environmental management.
It Sometimes Speaks to Us: Decolonizing Education by Utilizing Our Elders' Knowledge
Theses
Author/Creator
Joshua Manitowabi
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2017.
Jimmy Meneen Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jimmy Meneen
Roger Nanooch
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Meneen, aged 83, describes the difficulties of life when he was a child learning to trap in the bush; tells of the Indians' understanding of the treaty.
Joe McAuley Remembers: "Today Everything Is Different"
Articles » General
Description
Joe McAuley of Cumberland House remembers the past and comments on the differences between trapping in his youth and trapping as an elder. One picture: Joe outside.
Joe Morin: "I Told Myself I Shouldn't Have Come"
Articles » General
Description
Joe Morin reflects on northern lifestyles from fishing to buying goods. One picture: Joe Morin outside.
Joe Sylvester Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Joe Sylvester
Jocelyn Keeshig
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with Joe Sylvester where he gives an account of Indian medicine; legends concerning migration of Algonquin Indians; the role of elders; of the deterioration of reservation conditions following World War II; the religious significance of the number "four"; views on welfare and its role in disrupting traditional Indian values; and a legend about the origin of the drum.
John Muir's Evolving Attitudes toward Native American Cultures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard F. Fleck
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 1, 1978, pp. 19-31
Description
An examination of how writer John Muir's views on the American Indigenous populations changed due to his own personal interactions with the Indigenous populations throughout his life.
Keepers of the Game: Indian-Animal Relationships and the Fur Trade
E-Books
Author/Creator
Calvin Martin
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.
Mite Achimowin (Heart Talk): First Nations Women Expressions of Heart Health Study
Alternate Title
Voices from the Field Podcast Series ; 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lorena Fontaine
Annette Schultz
Lisa Forbes
Description
Transcript of podcast series, Voices from the Field, Episode 4.
Provides perspectives of First Nations women regarding heart health.
Full podcast.
Mite Achimowin (Heart Talk): [First Nations Women Expressions of Heart Health Study]
Alternate Title
Voices From the Field Series ; 4
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Lorena Fontaine
Annette Schultz
Lisa Forbes
Description
Podcast provides perspectives of First Nations women regarding heart health.
Duration: 14:35.
Full Transcript.
Moondani Yulenj: An Examination of Aboriginal Culture, Identity and Education: Artefact and Exegesis
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew Peters
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Swinburne University of Technology, 2017.
More Than Just Flesh: The Arts as Resistance and Sexual Empowerment
Theses
Author/Creator
Camille Usher
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2017.
New Resources on Indigenous Knowledge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 78-83
Description
Bibliography of new publications on Indigenous knowledge.
A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Simon
Nyungar of Southwestern Australia and Flinders: A Dialogue on Using Nyungar Intelligence to Better Understand Coastal Exploration
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Len Collard
Clint Bracknell
David Palmer
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-16
Description
Authors revisit archival records relating to the exploration of what is now Western Australia, with a focus on drawing out the places where the record shows the role of the Nyungar people in the exploration of the coast, and the Indigenous Knowledge share with explorers.
Okwire’shon:’a, the First Storytellers: Recovering Landed Consciousness in Readings of Trees & Texts
Theses
Author/Creator
Kaitlin Sandra June Debicki
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2017. Refers to the works Power by Linda Hogan, Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, and Truth and Bright Water by Thomas King.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
La perception du carcajou/glouton par les Inuit du Nord canadien: Du passé au present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
Plain Talk 18: First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning Model
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 18
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Briefly explores the Indigenous concept of holistic lifelong learning from an Aboriginal perspective.
Plants and Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Focuses on Yukon First Nations Traditional Knowledge.
Protect and Promote Your Culture: A Practical Guide to Intellectual Property for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Begoña Venero Aguirre
Hai-Yuean Tualima
Description
Discusses key features of intellectual property protection, copyright, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial designs, protection against unfair competition, and trade secrets. Includes examples from various countries around the world.
Qaqamiigux "to hunt for food and collect plants; subsistence": Head Start Traditional Foods Preschool Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Moses Dirks
Julia Sargent
Tracy Stewart
Suanne Unger
Description
Provides series of lessons and activities to teach nutritional value of local, traditional foods. Structured into six units according to animals and plants found in the region.
Reevaluation of the Lindenmeier Folsom: A Replication Experiment in Lithic Technology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Jeffrey Flenniken
American Antiquity, vol. 43, no. 3, July 1978, pp. 473-480
Description
Experimentation making modern Folsom points and what this teaches us about ancient technology.
Reset and Redefine: Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and the Rise of Indigenous Games
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maize Longboat
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 170-179
Description
Author critically engages the format and storytelling devices within the videogame Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and discusses how this and other digital platforms can be used to build understanding and counter stereotypes and misinformation about Indigenous peoples.
Resilience and Rebellious Memory Loops: Further Musings of an American Indian Ethnoecologist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Enrique Salmón
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
Description
Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
Returning the People to the Circle: An Overview on Overcoming the Fracturing of American Indian Communities
Alternate Title
Western Social Science Association Meeting, San Francisco, April 12-15, 2017
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen M. Sachs
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, Fall 2017, p. [?]
Description
Provides suggestions for repairing fractured communities: reinstating traditional inclusiveness, help to heal tribal member from historical trauma and destructive behaviors, renew traditional knowledge, support tribal development and inclusive communication.
A Review of The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Herman A. Peterson
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 74-76
Description
Book review of: The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology by Steve Pavlik.
Rivers, Fish and the People: Tradition, Science, and Historical Ecology of Fisheries in the American West
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joshua L. Reid
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 136-137
Description
Book review of: Rivers, Fish and the People by Pei-Lin Yu.
La Ronge Indian Days
Media » Film and Video
Description
The 22.17 minute video, titled 'La Ronge Indian Days', records the visit to La Ronge of a number of well-known Indian performers including singers Shannon Twofeathers and Winston Wuttenee, hoop-dancer Billy Brittain, and Vic Thunderchild and his Pow Wow Dancers.
Historical note:
A video made by La Ronge Community Television recording the 1978 La Ronge Indian Days.Roots of Inquiry Learning: Teaching and Learning in Traditional Aboriginal Pedagogy
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John W. Friesen
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Defines inquiry learning and looks at the steps of traditional education in First Nations societies.
Sanitation and Water Supply in Big Trout Lake: Participatory Research for Democratic Technical Solutions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ted Jackson
Gerry McKay
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 1982, pp. 129-145
Description
Case study of a northern Ontario community from 1971 to 1982.
Searching for Haknip Achukma (Good Health): Challenges to Food Sovereignty Initiatives in Oklahoma
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon Mihesuah
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 9-30
Description
Looks at reasons for the population's poor health and difficulties encountered when a tribes try to control production, quality and distribution of food. Some of the issues include definition of "traditional food", access, environmental degradation, poaching and invasive species.
Siberian Yupik Names for Birds: What Can Bird Names Tell Us about Language and Knowledge Transitions?
Alternate Title
Les désignations des oiseaux en yupik sibérien : Que peuvent nous dire les noms d’oiseaux sur les transitions linguistiques et cognitives ?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Igor Krupnik
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, 2017, pp. 179-213
Description
Author examines recorded names for birds in the language of the Yupik; finds a strong correlation between the imposition of Russian language and schooling and the loss of Yupik bird names and the traditional knowledge contained therein.
Space and Place Within Aboriginal Epistemological Traditions: Recent Trends in Historical Scholarship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda MacDougal
The Canadian Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 1, March 2017, pp. 64-82
Description
Assesses the changes in historical scholarship as it intersects with Indigenous societies.
Speaking In Circles: Indigenous Identity and White Privilege
Theses
Author/Creator
Adrian Downey
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2017.
The Spirit of Indigenous Youth: The Resilience and Self-Determination in Connecting to the Spirit and Ways of Knowing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonnie Freeman
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 1, June 2017, pp. 60-75
Description
Comments on the resilience and activism of a youth group known as "The Spirit of the Youth".
Stanley Mission's George McKenzie
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gill Gracie (photographer)
Department Of Northern Saskatchewan (photographer)
Description
Trapper, trader, prankster, guide - Stanley Mission's George McKenzie has been all of them. Now he remembers. Page one: one picture of George McKenzie. Page two: two pictures, one of George and Betsy McKenzie, one of George McKenzie. Both taken outside their cabin.
Stories That Nourish: Minnesota Anishinaabe Wild Rice Narratives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amelia V. Katanski
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 71-91
Description
Looks at how works by writers such as Jim Northrup, Heid Erdrich, Linda LeGarde Grover, and Gerald Vizenor illustrate the connection between story, culture, and knowledge.
Tails on the Trails
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie McCartney
Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 35-54
Description
Discusses the Biographies of Prominent Elders project as a method for using oral histories to preserve and promote Gwich'in culture, traditional knowledge and values. Includes five short stories told by project participants.