Theses
Author/Creator
Bayu Kristianto
Description
American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY), 2006.
The Manipulation of Culture and History: A Critique of Two Expert Witnesses
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paula Pryce
Native Studies Review , vol. 8, no. 1, 1992, pp. 35-46
Description
Compares testimonies of Drs. Sheila Robinson and Wayne Suttles in the Heiltsuk herring roe fisheries case attempting to show how scholarship can manipulate histories.
The Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research: Knowledge Translation with Indigenous Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda Elias
John O'Neil
Healthcare Policy, vol. 1, no. 4, May 2006, pp. 44-49
Description
Discusses the incorporation of evidence-based decision-making in many First Nations communities.
Métis Identity: Sharing Traditional Knowledge and Healing Practices at Métis Elders' Gatherings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lois Edge
Tom McCallum
Pimatisiwin, vol. 4, no. 2, Fall, 2006, pp. 83-115
Description
Examines factors, other than physical well-being, that may contribute to health and wellness.
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.
Myth, Metaphor, and Meaning in The Boy Who Could Not Understand: A Study of Seneca Auto-Criticism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jay Hansford C. Vest
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, 2006, pp. 41-62
Description
Contends that Native Americans do not lack an historic tradition of philosophy, that wisdom is apparent in American Indian oral tradition, and that what they do have is often misunderstood or rejected by the Western culture.
Naming and Reclaiming Indigenous Knowledges in
Public Institutions: Intersections of Landscapes and
Experience.
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ann M. Doyle
Advances in Knowledge Organization, vol. 10, [2006?], pp. 1-10
Description
Recounts the author's experiences in a First Nations library and how these experiences shaped her doctoral research project on Indigenous knowledge organization.
A Native American Response: Why Do Colleges and Universities Fail the Minority Challenge?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
William G. Demmert
Description
Identifies alternative ways to improve recruitment, graduation rates, research work and policy issues for government programs.
The Native Science Connections Research Project: Integrating Relevant Cultural Knowledge into the Science Curriculum for Grades 4-6th
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Willard Sakiestewa Gilbert
Description
Shows that cultural knowledge and experiences brought to the class by students are just as important as what is being taught.
Native Tales and Traditions in Books for Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jon C. Stott
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Summer, 1992, pp. 373-380
Description
Literary criticism article: non-Indigenous author reviews several children’s books and through the reviews proposes an approach for the evaluation of books by both non-Indigenous and Indigenous authors.
Native Ways of Knowing: Let Me Count the Ways
Alternate Title
Canadian Institute of Health Research Guidelines for Health Research Involving Aboriginal People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Sue Warner
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 2, 2006, pp. 149-164
Description
Reviews and analyzes usage of "ways of knowing" and related terms and examines how this approach affects the perspective used in research.
The Nature and Utility of Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Milton M. R. Freeman
Northern Perspective, vol. 20, no. 1, Summer, 1992
Description
Notes the growing acceptance of Indigenous knowledge in helping scientists understand how to help the environment.
Navajo Cultural Identity: What Can the Navajo Nation Bring to the American Indian Identity Discussion Table?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lloyd Lee
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 21, no. 2, Fall, 2006, pp. 79-103
Description
Discusses Navajo cultural identity and its significance to the Native American society.
Negotiating TEK in BC Salmon Farming: Learning from Each Other or Managing Tradition
Alternate Title
Negotiating Traditional Ecological Knowledge in BC Salmon Farming: Learning from Each Other or Managing Tradition
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothee Schreiber
Dianne Newell
BC Studies, no. 150, Aquaculture, Summer, 2006, pp. 79-102
Description
Argues there is a distinction between Aboriginal perceptions of TEK (traditional ecological knowledge) and those of government and industrial sectors.
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
Nganawendaanan Nd'ing: I Keep Them In My Heart
Alternate Title
First Stories
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Shannon Letandre
Description
Short film depicts the sharing of traditional knowledge.
Duration: 6:23.
The Northern Lights
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alan Booth
Description
Examines the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) from an Aboriginal perspecitve and a scientific one.
Duration:47:40.
Notes on Russian Indianists
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 6th, 2005
Native Women in the Arts, Education and Leadership: Proceedings of the Sixth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
O. Y. Danchevskaya
Description
Examines the present day interest in Native American life and culture.
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.
[The Ojibwa of Berens River Manitoba: Ethnography into History]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Richard J. Preston
Native Studies Review, vol. 8, no. 2, 1992, pp. 141-142
Description
Book review of: The Ojibwa of Berens River Manitoba: by A. Irving Hallowell, with Jennifer S.H. Brown.
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
An Orchid in the Swamp: Traditional Medicine, Healing, and Identity at an Urban Aboriginal Community Health Center
Theses
Author/Creator
Jairus S. Skye
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2006.
Our Responsibility to the Seventh Generation: Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda Clarkson
Vern Morrissette
Gabriel Régallet
Description
Report highlights the value of Indigenous knowledge and argues for local control over development which affects communities.
Painting Culture: Art and Ethnography at a School For Native Americans
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa K. Neuman
Ethnology , vol. 45, no. 3, Summer, 2006, pp. 173-192
Description
Discusses how anthropological works were used to create Indigenous art and ultimately new Indigenous identities to preserve culture.
Paradox and Transformation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nancy C. Maryboy
David H. Begay
Lee Nichol
World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Journal, 2006, p. [?]
Description
Explores paradox thinking in the Navajo world and how their perspective can differ from the Western experience.
Passports for Native Children: A Best Practice Approach for Tribal Advocates Working With Native Children Who Have Suffered Abuse
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Abby Abinanti
Description
Looks at an evaluating system that will fit the needs of children in protective services and provide consistency in child raising practices.
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.
Power of Place (PoP): Integrating St'át'imc Knowledge Systems into Lillooet Area K-12 School Curricula & Pedagogy: Final Research Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Graham
Brenda Ireland
Description
Report draws seven conclusions from the data collected and presents recommendations that seek to continue the work that was started by the PoP project.
Power Over Discourse: Linguistic Choices in Aboriginal Media Representations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steffi Retzlaff
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, 2006, pp. 25-52
Description
Looks at at strategies used to create a cultural identity and empowerment in Aboriginal newspapers and media. Examples from the First Nations Messenger and the Anishinabek News.
Powerful Parallels: Deep Ecology and the Writings of Vine Deloria, Jr.
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard M. Wheelock
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2006, p. [?]
Description
Examines the similarities between traditional tribal thought as expressed in the writer's work and religious, philosophical and scientific developments in the ecology movement today.
Access through table of contents.
Prophet River Ethnobotany: A Report on Traditional Plant Knowledge and Contemporary Concerns of the Prophet River First Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kelly Bannister
Description
Summarizes the results of an ethnobotanical study, conducted during 2002-2006, which documented traditional plant knowledge and ecological values of Elders and other knowledgeable community members.
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.
Pump up the Volume
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Megan Perry
Herizons, vol. 19, no. 4, Spring, 2006, pp. 22-25
Description
Discusses how throat singing has evolved and how current artists have helped revive the tradition.
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.
(Re)Contesting Indigenous Knowledge and Indigenous Studies Conference: Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bronwyn Fredericks
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 5, September/October 2006, pp. 30-31
Description
Conference themes were to challenge, build, and strengthen knowledge, understanding, and possibilities through dialogue.
[Recensions/Books Reviews]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Benoit Ethier
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, Problématiques des Sexes / Gender issues, 2006, pp. 187-189
Description
Review of CD-ROM: When the Weather is Uggianaqtuq: Inuit Observations of Environmental Change by Shari Fox.
Review in French.
Reclaiming Warrior Spirit: Foundations for a Holistic First Nations Education Program
Theses
Author/Creator
Corrine Michelle Zamluk
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2006.
Reconciliation in Child Welfare: Touchstones of Hope for Indigenous Children, Youth, and Families
Alternate Title
Reconciliation: Looking Back, Reaching Forward--Indigenous Peoples and Child Welfare,
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Terry Cross
John George
Ivan Brown
Jocelyn Formsma
Description
Discusses why reconciliation in child welfare is needed, what reconciliation can mean in the context of child welfare, and identifies key values to guide reconciliation in child welfare. Paper presented at the conference Reconciliation: Looking Back, Reaching Forward--Indigenous Peoples and Child Welfare.
Rekindling the Fire: The Impact of Raymond Harris's Work with the Plains Cree
Theses
Author/Creator
Ross Hoffman
Description
Native Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Trent University, 2006.
The Relationship Between the Oral and Written Mode of Communication within the Fabric of Western Based Society
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Sharon McLeod
Description
Integrated Studies Project (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2006.
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The Relationship of School, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Elders in the Education of Youth Within a Nunavut Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Adam E. Pulpan
Description
[Education] Thesis (M.Ed.)--York University, 2006.
Remember the 80s: Wild Foods of New South Wales
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nola Roberts
Brenda Randall
June Barker
Margaret Ward
Pat Owen
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, March/April 2006, pp. 12-13
Description
Presents a list of typical wild foods from the various regions of New South Wales, Australia prepared by Aboriginal health workers.
Report on Diversity: Priorities, Practices and Performance in Canadian Organizations
Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; November 2006
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 067-07]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sandra Parris
Allison P. Cowan
Nancy Huggett