Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Description
Collection of K-12 thematic units and lesson plans which focus on Aboriginal culture and perspectives on water and water quality issues faced by reserves.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in BC
Alternate Title
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in British Columbia
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Beringia Community Planning Inc.]
Description
Related Material:
Toolkit Resources.
Pacific Indigenous People Unite to Protect Cultures: Report on the Symposium on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Indigenous Cultures in the Pacific Islands, Noumea, New Caledonia, 15 - 19 February 1999.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terri Janke
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 4, no. 3, 1999, p. 26
Description
Look at a symposium on Indigenous knowledge and the need for legal protection of Indigenous cultures and cultural expression.
Pacific Salmon in the Rapidly Changing Arctic: Exploring Local Knowledge and Emerging Fisheries in Utqiaġvik and Nuiqsut, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Courtney Carothers
Todd L. Sformo
Shelley Cotton
John C. George
Peter A.H. Westley
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019 , pp. 273-288
Description
Authors explore the emergence of new salmon fisheries in the Arctic by examining data collected in interviews with 41 active fishermen and Elders between 2010 and 2013. Findings show discrepancies regarding the abundance, but clear evidence of new fisheries.
Paddling With the Ancestors: Elders' Perspectives on the Construction and Use of the Caribou Skin Qajaq
Theses
Author/Creator
Shawn L. Charlebois
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.
Peace Education and Poetry: Dialoguing Toward Transformation With Women Poets of the South
Theses
Author/Creator
Sylvia Noreen Bell
Description
International/Intercultural Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alberta, 1999.
Peacemaking Circles: Principles for Introduction and Design of Peacemaking Circles
Theses
Author/Creator
Barry D. Stuart
Description
Law Thesis (L.L.M.)--York University, 1999.
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.
Photo Vignette – T’łisalagi’ lakw School, ‘Yalis (Alert Bay), BC, early days
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dara Culhane
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 45-47
Description
Describe the creation and early years of the independent school created by Kwakwaka’wakw parents on ‘Namgis First Nation territory; discusses inclusion of cultural and traditional teachings, and its evolution as one of the longest running independent schools in the province.
Photo Vignette – Whale Watching, Salish Style
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Maracle
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 27-29
Description
Author shares a personal story as a means of teaching about cross-cultural relationships.
Pimosatamowin Sikaw Kakeequaywin: Walking and Talking--a Saulteaux Elder's View of Native Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Akan
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 23, no. 1, Hands Back, Hands Forward: Revising Aboriginal Voices and Revisioning Aboriginal Research, 1999, pp. 16-39
Description
Reports Elder Alfred Manitopeyes' emphasis on the ethical responsibility of educators to live in such a way that our words reflect our lifestyle.
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.
Planning Between Cultural Paradigms: Traditional Knowledge and the Transition to Ecological Sustainability
Theses
Author/Creator
David Adam Lertzman
Description
Community and Regional Planning Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1999.
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.
A Question of Sustainability in Cree Harvesting Practices: The Seasons, Technological and Cultural Changes in the Western James Bay Region of Northern Ontario, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999, pp. 169-192
Description
Looks at changes in hunting, fishing and gathering patterns and speculates about the future of this way of life while there are also significant weather, technology, nutrition and dietary changes occurring.
Reclaiming Our "Universal Spiritual Heritage": Resurgence and Renewal of Indigenous Epistemology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John R Lovell
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, 2019, pp. 91-118
Description
A comparative study on Indigenous spirituality in Canada and the United Kingdom.
Recovering our Roots: The Importance of Salish Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Traditional Food Systems to Community Wellbeing on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana.
Theses
Author/Creator
Mitchell Rose Bear Don't Walk
Description
Environmental Sciences Thesis (MSc) -- University of Montana, 2019.
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.
Reflections on Métissage as an Indigenous Research Praxis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Burke
Rheanna Robinson
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 150-157
Description
Authors discuss the possibilities and limitations inherent in their use of Métissage—assemblage through mixing, blending—as a research method in their PhD studies.
Research and Indigenous Librarianship in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah Lee
Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, vol. 5, April 11, 2019
Description
Article aims to better inform academic librarians on the issues surrounding research in Indigenous communities and with Indigenous people. Provides strategies for avoiding harm when working with Aboriginal peoples, and reminds researchers that successful projects must include an in-depth understanding of Indigenous protocols, values, and epistemologies.
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.
Respecting Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terri Janke
University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, 1999, p. [?]
Description
Argues that recognition of Indigenous cultural rights is at the heart of the reconciliation process.
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.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Murray L. Wax
S. Carol Berg
John Richard Beery
Roberta Haines
Karen Wallace
Natchee Blu Barnd
Sioux Harvey
Paul Pasquaretta
Jerome Klinkowitz
Susan L. Rockwell
Anthony Webster
Manley Begay
Betty Booth Donohue
et. al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, 1999, pp. 195-238
Description
Book reviews of:
Beyond the Lodge of the Sun: Inner Mysteries of the Native American Way by Chokecherry Gall Eagle.
Chippewa Families: A Social Study of White Earth Reservation, 1938 by. M. Inez Hilger.
David Zeisberger: A Life Among the Indians by Earl P.
Revisiting the Labrador Boundary Decision to Include Indigenous Interpretations of the Region
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Andrew Klain
Mario Levesque
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 53, no. 1, Winter, 2019, pp. 123-151
Description
Discusses the failure of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) in 1927 to consider the perspectives of the Inuit, Innut, and Algonquian peoples when resolving the question of the border between Newfoundland and Quebec in the Labrador region. Highlights this practice as a reflection of Canada’s colonial past and how the inclusion of Indigenous knowledge would have changed the process.
Revisiting Traditional Land Use and Occupancy Studies: Relevance and Implications for Resource Management in Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laura MacKinnon
Caesar Apentik
Michael P. Robinson
Description
Assess the impact, implication and application of two traditional land use and occupancy studies that have been conducted in First Nation communities over the last decade.
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.Rooted in the Spirit
Theses
Author/Creator
Lana Dale Tiller
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--York University, 1999.
Researches cultural patterns used in First Nations research; i.e., organizing patterns and principles emanating from worldviews.
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.
Roundtable on Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science: Summary of Literature
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keelan Buck
Description
Results are organized under five themes: nature of Indigenous knowledge, principles of collaboration, supporting models and theories, challenges and recommendations.
Rural Women Economic Empowerment, Indigenous Fermented Milk Production, and the Challenges of Modernity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu
Nathan Taremwa
Vedaste Ndungutse
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 5, June 2019, pp. 119-142
Description
Study examines the potential opportunities and barriers for women living rurally in Rwanda to use their Indigenous knowledge around the production of fermented milk-based beverages as a means of economic empowerment.
Scalpel and the Silver Bear: the First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Windspeaker, vol. 17, no. 5, September 1999, p. 6B
Description
Book review of: The Scalpel and the Silver Bear by Lori Arviso Alvord and Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.20.
Science First Peoples Teacher Resource Guide: Secondary
Alternate Title
Secondary Science First Peoples Teacher Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
First Nations Schools Association
Description
Includes guidance for teachers on how to incorporate Indigenous science into the curriculum, thematic science units, and an annotated bibliography. Developed to conform to British Columbia curriculum, but material can be adapted for other contexts.
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.
Seeking Mino-pimatasiwin (the Good Life): An Aboriginal Approach to Social Work Practice
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Anthony Hart
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Incorporating Traditional Values in Social Work, April 1999, pp. 91-112
Description
Discusses the need for a greater understanding and respect of Aboriginal practices that can inform, enrich, and enhance social work practice with concepts including wholeness, balance, relationships, harmony, growth and healing.
The Seven Fires: The Lifelong Process of Growth and Learning as Explained by Saulteaux Elder Danny Musqua
Theses
Author/Creator
Diane Knight
Description
Educational Foundations Project Paper towards (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1999.
Sharing Medicines
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Stanford Parenteau
Description
Knowledge Keeper from Pine Creek, Manitoba talks about harvesting and associated protocols, preparation, and uses of balsam and poplar bark, sage, sweet grass, and wihkes (Black flagstaff root).
Duration: 46:14.
Sharing Multiple Perspectives on Burning: Towards a Participatory and Intercultural Fire Management Policy in Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bibiana Bilbao
Jayalaxshmi Mistry
Adriana Millán
Andrea Berardi
Fire, vol. 2, no. 3, Land-Use and Fire around the World from the Past to the Present, 2019, pp. [1-33]
Description
A discussion on the integrating of Indigenous knowledge within a fire management workshop in South America.
The Sharing of Indigenous Knowledge through Academic Means by Implementing Self-reflection and Story
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sweeney Windchief
Kenneth E Ryan
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 1, March 2019, pp. 82-89
Description
Argues that Indigenous academics can implement new way of sharing and transferring knowledge and research; discusses an ethical approach to Indigenous research methodologies.
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.
The Social Life of Stories: Narrative and Knowledge in the Yukon Territory
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sally Cole
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 80, no. 4, December 1999, pp. 714-717
Description
Book review of: The Social Life of Stories: Narrative and Knowledge in the Yukon Territory by Julie Cruikshank.
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".