"Our Responsibility to Keep The Land Alive": Voices of Northern Indigenous Researchers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah McGregor
Walter Bayha
Deborah Simmons
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 101-123
Description
Looks at the Research the Indigenous Way workshop, held at the Northern Governance Policy Research Conference in November 2009, where a discussion of Indigenous methodologies took place.
Participatory Archiving: Exploring a Collaborative Approach to Aboriginal Societal Provenance
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle Rydz
Description
Archival Studies - History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba/University of Winnipeg, 2010
Peek-Skee-Ton (Let's Talk): Co-Creating the Aboriginal Learner Post-Secondary Experience
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael Paul French
Description
Leadership Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2010.
Perceptions of Digital Libraries With Indigenous Knowledge: An Exploratory Study
Theses
Author/Creator
Debra Lynn Capponi
Description
Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of Tennessee, 2010.
Perspectives on Health Within The Teachings of a Gifted Cree Elder
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ross Hoffman
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 19-31
Description
Comments on the authors friendship and learnings of Indigenous knowledge from Elder Joe P. Cardinal.
Pipeline Dreams: People, Environment, and the Arctic Energy Frontier
Alternate Title
IWGIA Document ; 126
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mark Nuttall
The Politics of Making Traditional Knowledge Law: Texts, Talk and Theories of Indigenous Engagement
Theses
Author/Creator
Louise Buckingham
Description
Law Thesis (JD)--University of New South Wales, 2018
Promoting or Protecting Traditional Knowledges? Tensions in the Resurgence of Indigenous Food Practices on Vancouver Island
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Megan K. Muller
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, October 2018, p. Article 4
Description
Discusses food sovereignty and Indigenous ways of knowing with an eye to the conflict between promoting knowledge for the sake of resurgence and running the risk of subjecting knowledges, resources and communities to exploitation, criminalization and over-harvesting.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Curriculum Developers
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Asma-na-hi Antoine
Rachel Mason
Roberta Mason
Sophia Palahicky
Carmen Rodriguez de France
Description
Related material:
Foundations.
Guides for:
Leaders and Administrators.
Front-line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors.
Teachers and Instructors.
Putting the ‘Last-Mile’ First: Re-framing Broadband Development in First Nations and Inuit Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rob McMahon
Susan O’Donnell
Richard Smith
Jason Woodman Simmonds
Brian Walmark
Description
Looks at how First Nations and Inuit communities are using broadband networks and information and communication technologies; and discusses the broadband projects and federal broadband Initiatives in First Nations and Inuit communities.
Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Igloolik Isuma Productions
Kunuk Cohn Productions
Zacharias Kunuk
Ian Mauro
Norman Cohn
Stéphane Rituit ... [et al.]
Description
Leaders, Elders and hunters speak about the social and ecological impact of warming in the Arctic. In Inuktitut with English subtitles.
Duration: 54:07.
Re-conceptualizing Anishinaabe Mino-Bimaadiziwin (the Good Life) as Research Methodology: A Spirit-centered Way in Anishinaabe Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brent Debassige
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010, pp. 11-28, 154
Description
Discusses Indigenous approaches to knowledge concerning ethical and spiritual ways of knowing and being.
Re-Conceptualizing Research: An Indigenous Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naadli Todd Ormiston
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 50-56
Description
Discusses various Indigenizing approaches to research including concepts of actualizing, regeneration of cultures and communities, and sustainable self-determination.
Re-indigenizing Curriculum: An Eco-hermeneutic Approach to Learning
Alternate Title
Re-indigenizing Curriculum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrejs Kulnieks
Dan Roronhiakewen Longboat
Kelly Young
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 1, 2010, pp. 15-24
Description
Discusses how eco-hermeneutics that places a priority on oral tradition is needed to reform the academic curriculum for a deeper understanding of the relationship between place and language.
Realizing 'Quality' in Indigenous Early Childhood Development
Theses
Author/Creator
Danielle Nichole Mashon
Description
Language and Literacy Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2010.
The Reciprocity Principle and Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Understanding the Significance of Indigenous Protest on the Presumpscot River
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lisa T. Brooks
Cassandra M. Brooks
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 2010, pp. 11-28
Description
Looks at the story of a Wabanaki sagamore who protested the damming of a river which he and his people relied on for sustenance.
Reconciliation and Canada’s Overdose Crisis: Responding to the Needs of Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Lavalley
Shelda Kastor
Jenna Valleriani
Ryan McNeil
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 50, December 17, 2018, pp. E1466-E1467
Description
Authors note that the current drug overdose crisis disproportionately affects Indigenous people as a result of a legacy of colonialism, racism and intergenerational trauma; argue that reconciliation with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples must include dismantling structural conditions which produce drug-related harms, and that current harm-reduction models must integrate Indigenous cultural values.
The Rediscovered Self: Indigenous Identity and Cultural Justice
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mark K. Watson
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 2, 2010, pp. 150-152
Description
Book review of: The Rediscovered Self by Ronald Niezen.
Refracting the State through Human-Fish Relations: Fishing, Indigenous Legal Orders and Colonialism in North/Western Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zoe Todd
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 60-75
Description
Considers Aboriginal worldviews around the relationships humans have with, and the responsibilities they have to non- or more-than-human entities as a framework for environmental activism, opposition to resource extraction, and government regulation. Asserts that a re-examination of the way that humans connect to our non-human relations is necessary for survivance.
The Regenerated Chacra of the Kichwa-Lamistas: An Alternative to Permaculture?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeremy L. Caradonna
Frederique Apffel-Marglin
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 13-24
Description
Compares Western permaculture theory and methods to the agroforestry-based food cultivation practices of the Indigenous people of the Peruvian Upper Amazon.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire for Children and Families = Giitwaami-zaka'aman Manidookaadeg Ishkode: Giniijaanisimaanig zhigwa Gidinawenaaganag onji
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sun Lodge Village
Peguis Child and Family Services
Garry McCorrister (Ogimaa Kinew)
Dwayne McCorrister (Giizis Ininew)
Louise McCorrister (Piitwan Aki Doog)
Maurice Brubacher (Mkode-Binesi-Nini) ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2018, p. 4
Description
Links to a video that describes the programming which creates opportunities for families to participate in ceremonial and land-based ways of knowing and healing.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire...
Duration: 21:19
Relationships, Not Records: Digital Heritage and the Ethics of Sharing Indigenous Knowledge Online
Alternate Title
The Routledge Companion to Media Studies and Digital Humanities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Kim Christen
Description
Author examines historical and contemporary issues that arise in when Indigenous knowledges are digitized and shared; articulates a framework for relational practices for institutions engaging with Indigenous communities.
Excerpt from The Routledge Companion to Media Studies and Digital Humanities
Reliability, Accuracy, and Tracking Techniques of Inuit Hunters in Estimating Polar Bear Characteristics From Tracks
Theses
Author/Creator
Pamela Wong
Description
Biology Thesis (M.Sc.)--Queen's University, 2010.
Repatriation, Digital Technology, and Culture in a Northern Athapaskan Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Kate Hennessy
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2010
Repatriation of Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property to East Greenland
Alternate Title
Inuit Studies Conference ; 17th, 2010
[Inuit People and the Aboriginal World]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aviâja Rosing Jakobsen
Cunera Buijs
Description
Discusses project to connect Greenlanders with two photo collections that are their intellectual property.
Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Peoples' Heritage
Language and Culture Council
Description
Provides statistics regarding risk of endangerment, revitalization efforts, and numbers of existing speakers, as well as list of resources.
Reports From a Wild Country: Ethics for Decolonization
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nathaniel Pollock
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 2, 2010, pp. 153-154
Description
Book review of: Reports From a Wild Country: Ethics for Decolonization by Deborah Bird Rose.
Residency Programs Grapple with new Indigenous Cultural Safety Training Requirement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 25, June 25, 2018, pp. E778-E779
Description
Article discusses the basis for and challenges of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s upcoming mandate that all residency programs implement a cultural safety training component.
Residential Schools: The Intergenerational Impacts on Aboriginal Peoples
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryle Partridge
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010
Description
Investigates the role and impacts of residential schools on Aboriginal traditional knowledge.
Resource Guide for Canadian Aboriginal Astronomy (May 2010)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Prune Harris
Description
Annotated bibliography includes printed and web-based materials. Appropriate for students and educators.
Restorative Justice Circles as a Method For Addressing the Impacts of Crime on Victims, Communities, and Offenders
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ingrid Diane Johnson
Description
Recounts history of restorative justice, who uses them and how successful they are.
Honors Captstone Research Project--[University of Alaska, Fairbanks], 2010.
Restoring the Balance: First Nations Women, Community and Culture
Alternate Title
Gail Guthrie Valaskakis, Madeleine Dion Stout and Eric Guimond (eds), Restoring the Balance: First Nations Women, Community and Culture
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jacky Moore
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 292-93
Description
Book Review of: Restoring the Balance edited by Gail Guthrie Valaskakis, Madeleine Dion Stout and Eric Guimond.
Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler Relations and Earth Teachings
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Asch
James Tully
John Borrows
Aaron Mills
Gina Starblanket ... et al.
Rethinking Environmental Science Education from Indigenous Knowledge Perspectives: An Experience with a Dene First Nation Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Kumar Datta
Environmental Education Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2018, pp. 50-66
Description
Examines the importance and implications of land-based approach and discusses how this particular community has taken control of programs, gained leadership in wisdom traditions and taught respect for the land and its inhabitants.
Returning Home Through Stories: A Decolonizing Approach To Omushkego Cree Theatre Through the Methodological Practices of Native Performance Culture (NPC)
Theses
Author/Creator
Candace Brandy Brunette
Description
Adult Education and Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2010.
Revitalization Strategies in Gaspar Pedro González’s A Mayan Life
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reginald Dyck
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 179-199
Description
Provides a close reading with literary cricism of González’s novel which is set during the Guatemalan civil war. Author examines the Maya responses to this conflict in the context of the social, political, and economic factors, and discusses issues of cultural revitalization, Maya self-determination, education and leadership.
The Role of Indigenous Knowledge in the Promotion of Anti-Racism Education in Schools
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ann Torres
Our Schools, Our Selves, vol. 19, no. 3, Anti-Racism in Education: Missing in Action, Spring, 2010, pp. 239-254
Description
Discusses strategies for the classroom by using an anti-colonial discursive framework.
The Role of ‘Kijigabandan’ and ‘Manadjitowin’ in Understanding Harm Reduction Policies and Programs for Aboriginal Peoples
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Colleen Anne Dell
Tara Lyons
Kathleen Cayer
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 109-137
Description
Looks at how the concepts of ‘Kijigabandan’ and ‘Manadjitowin’ can assist Aboriginal social work to address two key barriers that often impede Aboriginal-specific harm reduction discussions, widespread support for abstinence and prohibition, and the belief that harm reduction and Aboriginal culture are incompatible.
The Role of the Elder within a Mainstream Addiction and Mental Health Hospital: Developing an Integrated Paradigm
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter Menzies
Ana Bodnar
Vern Harper
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 87-107
Description
Discusses the role of an Elder in counseling sessions with Aboriginal clinicians trained in Western healing intervention, providing insight into their problems both from an Aboriginal perspective as well as from a western clinical perspective.
The Role of the Village Liaison in Alaska Postsecondary Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Arlys Brinkop Loew
Description
[Education] Thesis (Ed.D.)--The University of San Francisco, 1984.
Roles of Indigenous Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Maintaining Social Solidarity and Strengthening Communities in Alefa District, North West of Ethiopia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ajanaw Alemie
Hone Mandefro
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 7, no. 2, 2018, pp. 1-21
Description
Reports on research done using semi-structured face-to-face interviews to examine Indigenous practices around conflict resolution. Findings indicate that Indigenous practices: are more flexible than formal court proceedings, focus on consensus building, and aim to restore harmony rather than on punishment.
School Failed Coyote, So Fox Made a New School: Indigenous Okanagan Knowledge Transforms Educational Pedagogy
Theses
Author/Creator
William Alexander Cohen
Description
Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2010.
Seals, Selfies, and the Settler State: Indigenous Motherhood and Gendered Violence in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Rule
American Quarterly, vol. 70, no. 4, December 2018, pp. 741-754
Description
Author discusses the violent social media response Tanya Tagaq received after having posted a photo of her daughter next to a harvested seal; uses the incident to illustrate how colonial violence disproportionately targets Aboriginal women.
Security in Canada’s North: Looking Beyond Arctic Sovereignty
Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; November 2010
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-120]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bjorn Rutten
Description
Examines security challenges of Arctic including consequences of climate change, natural and man-made disasters, sovereignty-related issues, and sustainability and resiliency of communities.
The Seed Runner
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jenny L. Davis
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Genocide Special Issue, December 30, 2018, pp. 136-141
Description
Short speculative fiction piece.
Seeing the Homeland and the Trees? First Nations/Environmentalist Relations in N'Daki MenanTemagami 1986-1994
Theses
Author/Creator
Alexandra M. Thomson
Description
Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2010
Self-determination and Data Control Vital to Indigenous Health Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carolyn Brown
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 29, July 23, 2018, p. E893
Description
Reports on statements made by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) representatives which stress the need for using OCAP (ownership, control, access and possession) principles in the field of health research.
Self Study: The Inbetween Space of an Aboriginal Academic
Theses
Author/Creator
Angelina Weenie
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Regina, 2010.
Sharing Aboriginal Stories: Drumming Traditional Knowledge
Alternate Title
Circles of Intelligent Knowledge Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Henry Earl Gardypie
Description
Very short pamphlet, written by a student, meant for use in the classroom as a tool to improve literacy. Text in English and Cree.