Thunder on the Tundra: Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit of the Bathurst Caribou
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nic Larter
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 552-554
Description
Book review of: Thunder on the Tundra by Natasha Thorpe, Naikak Hakongak, Sandra Eyegetok and the Kitikmeot Elders.
Too Many Deaths: Decolonizing Western Academic Research on Indigenous Cultures
Theses
Author/Creator
Gabrielle Welford
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Hawaii, 2003.
Towards a Hermeneutical Foundation For Liberalism
Theses
Author/Creator
Neal Garnet McLeod
Description
Philosophy Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1996.
Traces of Past Sami Forest Use: An Ecological Study of Culturally Modified Trees and Earlier Land Use Within a Boreal Forest Reserve
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lars Östlund
Tysk Staffan Ericsson
Olle Zackrisson
Rikard Andersson
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, vol. 18, no. 1, January 2003, pp. 78-89
Description
Studies the effect of settlement on forest resources over a period of one hundred years in the Piteälven river valley in Sweden.
Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property: A Handbook on Issues and Options for Traditional Knowledge Holders in Protecting their Intellectual Property and Maintaining Biological Diversity
E-Books
Author/Creator
Stephen A. Hansen
Justin W. VanFleet
Traditional Knowledge, Patents and the New Mechanisms (Part I)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shubha Ghosh
Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, vol. 85, no. 10, October 2003, pp. 828-833
Description
Discusses the debate over traditional knowledge in terms of ownership and control of resources, and the clash of cultures between developed and developing countries. The uses neem, basmati rice and turmeric are used as specific examples.
Traditional Knowledge, Patents, and the New Mercantilism (Part II)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shubha Ghosh
Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, vol. 85, no. 11, November 2003, pp. 885-924
Description
Explores the ramifications of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in terms of intellectual property.
Traditional Medicine In Contemporary Contexts: Protecting and Respecting Indigenous Knowledge and Medicine
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dawn Martin Hill
pp. 1-51
Description
Discusses how to conserve and utilize traditional medicine in a contemporary setting and includes recommendations from elders and healers.
Traditional Plant Knowledge of the Tsimshian: Unit Plan for Secondary Sciences, Social Studies, and Applied Skills
Alternate Title
Forests for the Future ; Unit 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Judy Thompson
Description
Recommended for: Science Grades 9-12; Resource Science (forests) Grades 11 and 12; Science and Technology Grade 11; Social Studies Grades 11-12; and Home Economics Grades 11-12.
Transformation and Aboriginal Literacy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Gamlin
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 1, Advancing Aboriginal Language and Literacy, 2003, pp. 16-22
Description
Meaningful Aboriginal literacy encompasses a broad range of values as presented in this article.
Two Ways of Knowing: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Scientific Knowledge
Alternate Title
Forests for the Future ; Unit 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Veronica Ignas
Description
Includes explanation of the main features of the two knowledge systems and three brief case studies: Indigenous plant classification and nomenclature; pine mushroom industry in Northwestern BC; smallpox epidemic of 1862; and AIDS and its impact on Indigenous populations.
Recommended for Grade 8 Biology.
UN Steps Up Action on Traditional Knowledge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clare Kapp
Lancet, vol. 362, no. 9391, October 11, 2003, p. 1206
Description
Discussion of an agreement to increase efforts in protecting traditional knowledge and genetic resources.
Unikkaartuit: Meanings of Well-Being, Sadness, Suicide, and Change in Two Inuit Communities
Alternate Title
Final Report to the National Health Research and Development Programs, Health Canada ; Project no.6606-6231-002
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael J. Kral
Description
Study demonstrates that family, kinship, communication, and traditional knowledge are essential to Inuit conceptions of well-being.
Vaa Tseerii'in, Funny Gwich'in Stories and Games
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth Frank
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 40, no. 2, 2003, pp. 56-58
Description
Discusses how to uncover and work with traditional knowledge.
Views of Traditional Ecological Knowledge [TEK] in Co-Management Bodies in Nunavik, Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evelyn J. Peters
Polar Record, vol. 39, no. 1, January 2003, pp. 49-60
Description
Results of a survey of members of committees formed pursuant to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement; three elements emerged: complex views of traditional knowledge, role of Inuit in attempting to shape the role of TEK in decision-making and need for financial support to collect TEK.
Voices From Hudson Bay: Cree Stories From York Factory
Alternate Title
Rupert's Land Record Society Series ; 5
E-Books
Description
Documents the daily activities of the Cree people who lived and worked at the fur trade post known locally as Kihci-wâskâhikan or Great House.
Wasakechak Lives in Victoria: Book Review: Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law by John Borrows
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Signa A. Daum Shanks
University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review, vol. 61, no. 2, 2003, pp. 235-240
Description
Book review of Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law by John Borrows.
Ways of Knowing, Being and Doing: a Theoretical Framework and Methods for Indigenous and Indigenist Re-search
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Martin
Booran Mirraboopa
Journal of Australian Studies, January 2003, pp. 203-218
Description
Asserts too much research being carried out is effecting Indigenous Australians and results in culture loss.
Why Indian People Should be the Ones to Write About Indian Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Gayton Swisher
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Winter, 1996, pp. 83-[?]
Description
Argues that only Aboriginal peoples can authoritatively and accurately speak about the issues in education that affect them.
William & Helen Trudeau 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Trudeau
Helen Trudeau
Tony Snowsill
Christine Welsh
Ernest Debassigae
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mrs. Trudeau talks about being adopted and the schooling she received as a child. Mr. Trudeau talks about growing up on the farm, and later working in the lumber and fishing industries. Interpreter : Ernest Debassigae ; transcriber : Joanne Greenwood.
With or Without You: First Nation Law (in Canada)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Borrows
McGill Law Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, June 1996, pp. 629-668
Description
Describes how Canadian jurisprudence compels the courts to apply principles of First Nations law.
"Working a Great Hardship On Us": First Nations People, the State, and Fur-bearer Conservation in British Columbia Prior to 1930
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda Ireland
Native Studies Review, vol. 11, no. 1, Native People in British Columbia: Recent Research, 1996, p. 65–90
Description
Discusses Native peoples concerns and objections to the implementation of the trap line registration system.
Working for Postcolonial Legal Studies: Working With the Indigenous Humanities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Isobel M. Findlay
LGD- Law, Social Justice and Global Development, no. 1, Special Issue on Postcolonical Legal Studies, 2003, p. [?]
Description
Looks at the value of Indigenous law and knowledge in the context of social justice and international development.
Worlds Into Words: The Technology of Language in Carter Revard’s Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ellen Arnold
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [32]-39
Description
Explores how the poet's work weaves "tribal" worldviews with those suggested by modern science.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.