Theses
Author/Creator
Cheryl Inkster
Description
Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
Factors That Support Indigenous Involvement in Multi-actor Environmental Stewardship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas J. Reo
Kyle P. Whyte
Deborah McGregor
M. A. (Peggy) Smith
James F. Jenkins
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, 2017, pp. 58-68
Description
Discusses the results of a cross-case study of 39 regional partnerships in the Great Lakes region. Found six factors influence willingness to stay engaged: respect for Indigenous knowledge, control of knowledge mobilization, intergenerational involvement, self-determination, cross-cultural education, and early involvement.
Finding Indigenous Discourse Survivance And Sending It Forward
Theses
Author/Creator
Gail Ann MacKay
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2017.
Flooding in Kashechewan First Nation: Is it an Environmental Justice Issue?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arshi Shaikh
Carol Kauppi
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 105-130
Description
Examines the reoccurring flooding in Kashechewan as a case study; finds that the repeated flooding and the corresponding damage to housing and community resources is a result of colonial practices, disregard for traditional knowledge, and forced relocations of First Nations people to flood zones.
Friendly Fire: When Environmentalists Dehumanize American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Waller
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, 1996, pp. 107-126
Description
Critical examination of the arguments of Environmentalists and Animal liberationists regarding the consumption of animals and a look at how Indigenous cultures get pulled into these arguments.
From the Caribbean to the South Pacific: Cultural Hybridity, Resistance, and Historical Difference
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria E. Posse Emiliani
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 62-80
Description
Author uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the processes of cultural hybridization and resistance and their presence in film, music, and art. Discusses how these factors can combine to preserve and revitalize traditional knowledges and cultures in the contemporary globalized world.
Generating and Sustaining Positive Spaces: Reflections on an Indigenous Youth Urban Arts Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julian Robbins
Warren Linds
Benjamin Ironstand
Erin Goodpipe
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Special Issue: Fostering Cultural Safety Across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 161-169
Description
Looks at youth, cultural safety, arts, and Indigenous knowledge in urban spaces.
A Guide to STS Problem Solving and Informed Social Action in Indigenous Communities
Alternate Title
A Guide to Problem Solving and Informed Social Action in Indigenous Communities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ken Bryson
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Guide developed using The Science, Technology and Society (STS) Panels to provide awareness and solve community issues where the three meet.
Health Care in North Must Acknowledge Inuit Values, Traditional Medicine
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 155, no. 11, December 1, 1996, pp. 1613-1614
Description
Argues that contemporary medical treatment must integrate traditional culture and practices.
How Raven Marked the Land When the Earth Was New
Alternate Title
Comment Corbeau a marqué le territoire alors que la Terre était nouvelle
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann Fienup-Riordan
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 215-241
Description
Examines the role and actions of Raven in Yup’ik creation narratives and traditional stories; and how those stories are recorded in the place names and understandings of the land.
Illiniavugut Nunami : Learning from the Land : Envisioning an Inuit-Centered Educational Future
Theses
Author/Creator
Diane Obed
Description
Atlantic Canada Studies Thesis (MA) -- Saint Mary's University, 2017.
In Deeper Waters: Indigenous, Gendered Approaches to Sustainability
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 Iroquoian Art as Knowledge: In the Shadow of the Eagle
Theses
Author/Creator
Jolene K. Rickard
Description
American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 1996.
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 Knowledge in Environmental Assessment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc G. Stevenson
Arctic, vol. 49, no. 3, September 1996, p. 278– 291
Description
Dicusses several factors that have limited the contributions of traditional knowledge to the environmental impact assessment.
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 Rights and Indigenous Peoples: Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Scott Jerome
Description
Divided into seven sections: Legal Frameworks and Analysis; DNA and Property Rights; Historical and Theoretical Accounts of Intellectual Property Rights; Case Studies; Biological Resources and Ethnomedicine; Websites on Intellectual Property Rights and Related Issues; and Organizations.
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.
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.
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.
Listening For Pleasure
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Cameron
Native Studies Review, vol. 11, no. 1, Native People in British Columbia: Recent Research, 1996, p. 109–129
Description
Narrative on the drainage of Sumas Lake, based on oral accounts & documentary sources, with interplay between place and its historical representation within culture.
Local Knowledge and the Environmental Review Process: Lessons from the Alberta-Pacific EIA Review Hearings
Theses
Author/Creator
Esmeralda Cabral
Description
Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1996.
Loss of Cree Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the Western James Bay Region of Northern Ontario, Canada: A Case Study of the Sharp-Tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus phasianellus
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J. S.Tsuji
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 16, no. 2, 1996, pp. 283-292
Description
Traditional ecological knowledge in the Fort Albany First Nation is being lost between generations.
Lubicon Lake First Nation Concept of Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Maisie Cardinal
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1996.
Mirror of Heaven: Cross-Cultural Transference of the Sacred Geography of the Black Hills
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linea Sundstrom
Richard Bradley
World Archaeology, vol. 28, no. 2, October 1, 1996, pp. 177-189
Description
Discusses the transference of knowledge over the years between the Lakota, Cheyenne, Kiowa and Kiowa-Apache people.
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.
Native Voices on Native Science: Mohawk Perspectives on the Concept, Practice, and Meaning of a Knowledge Production System Rooted in Traditional Native Thought
Theses
Author/Creator
Pamela Johnson
Description
Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 1996.
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
Nikāwiy Okiskinohāmāwina = Mother as Teacher : A Cree First Nation's Mother Teaching Through Stories
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Emily Bighead
Description
Indian and Northern Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1996.
Nourishing Terrains: Australian Aboriginal Views of Landscape and Wilderness
E-Books
Author/Creator
Deborah Bird Rose
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.