"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.
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.
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.
Pimatisiwin: Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Our Time Has Come
Theses
Author/Creator
Priscilla Settee
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2007.
Pipeline Dreams: People, Environment, and the Arctic Energy Frontier
Alternate Title
IWGIA Document ; 126
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mark Nuttall
The Placebo Effect: International Patent Law and the Protection of Traditional Plant Medicine
Theses
Author/Creator
Konstantia Koutouki
Description
Law Thesis (LL.D)--Université de Montréal, 2007.
Porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum, Ojibway: gaag) in the First Nations Communities of Black River and Hollow Water: Using Traditional Knowledge of Wildlife in Sustainable Forest Management
Theses
Author/Creator
Monique Wall
Description
Environment and Geography Thesis (M.Env.)--University of Manitoba, 2007.
Powwow
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John W. Troutman
The Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, Spring, 2007, p. 72
Description
Book review of: Powwow edited by Clyde Ellis, Luke Eric Lassiter and Gary H. Dunham.
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.
Quillworker's Bladder Envelopes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott Thompson
Whispering Wind, vol. 37, no. 2, Issue 258, November-December 2007, pp. 10-11
Description
Instructions for making a Plains-style quill storage bladder envelope out of a bison bladder. Includes photographs.
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.
Redefining How Success in Measured in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Learning: Summary
Alternate Title
Report on Learning in Canada ; 07
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council on Learning
Description
Brochure outlining the main points regarding the basis for developing frameworks to measure lifelong learning success.
Redefining How Success is Measured in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Learning
Alternate Title
Report on Learning in Canada 2007
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Council on Learning
Redefining Success in Aboriginal Learning Workshop February 8-9, 2007: Métis Session Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council on Learning
Description
Summarizes the workshop session, including background, participants, agenda and discussion content.
Redefining Success in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Learning Workshop February 8-9, 2007: First Nations Session Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council on Learning
Description
Summarizes the workshop sessions, presents the agenda, and includes a list of First Nations participants.
Redefining Success in Inuit Learning Workshop: Iqaluit, Nunavut May 2-3, 2007: Meeting Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council on Learning
Description
Summarizes the workshop sessions, outlines the purpose of the workshop, and includes a list of participants.
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.
Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Arctic: The Case of Nunavut, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Ford
Tristan Pearce
Barry Smit
Johanna Wandel
Mishak Allurut
Kik Shappa
Harry Ittusujurat
Kevin Qrunnut
Arctic, vol. 60, no. 2, June 2007, pp. 150-166
Description
Discusses how policy development can help Inuit reduce their vulnerability to climate change by focusing on the renewable resource harvesting sector.
Reflections on Historical and Contemporary Indigenist Approaches to Environmental Ethics in a Comparative Context
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Morley Johnson
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 22, no. 2, Fall, 2007, pp. 23-55
Description
Compares old and new environmental ethics pertaining to Indigenous peoples and Euro-Americans.The author also explores the concept of indigenous knowledge.
Reflections on Indigenous History and Memory: Reconstructing and Reconsidering Contact
Alternate Title
Myth and Memory: Stories of Indigenous-European Contact
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Keith Thor Carlson
Description
Discusses the Indigenous historical perspective of the contact era and experience.
Chapter 3 from Myth and Memory: Stories of Indigenous-European Contact
"Regardless of History"?: Re-Assessing the Navajo Codetalkers of World War II
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Noah Jed Riseman
Australasian Journal of American Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, December 2007, pp. 48-73
Description
Discusses the experiences of the codetalkers in the broader context of government-Navajo relations, including military opposition, motivations to serve, attitudes toward indigenous knowledge, and post-war discrimination.
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.
Researchers, Indigenous Peoples, and Place-Based Learning Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Iain J. Davidson-Hunt
Michael R. O'Flaherty
Society & Natural Resources, vol. 20, no. 4, April 2007, pp. 291-305
Description
Suggests that the creation of place-based learning communities will engage researchers and indigenous people as collaborators in the process of knowledge production.
Residential Schooling at Fort Chipewyan and Fort Resolution 1874-1973
Alternate Title
Symposium on the History of the Oblates in Western and Northern Canada ; 2nd
[Centre for the Study of North American Religion Series; no. 1]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Carney
Western Oblate Studes, vol. 2, 1992, pp. [115-138]
Description
Explores historical and contemporary issues at Holy Angels and St. Joseph's Schools.
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.
Resilience and Urban Aboriginal Women
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gina Scarpino
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, Resistance and Resiliency: Addressing Historical Trauma of Aboriginal Peoples, March 2007, pp. 33-55
Description
Looks at the research focusing on the strengths of four urban Aboriginal women, including a critique of the Western concept definition of resilience, and the process of resilience from the cultural framework of the Medicine Wheel, while applying post-colonial Indigenous epistemological and methodological approaches.
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.
Restorative Justice Education and Aboriginal Peacemaking Philosophy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John George Hansen
MERN Journal, vol. 1, 2007, pp. 12-18
Description
Argues that sentencing circles are more effective and meaningful than Western justice. Looks at the Hollow Water sentencing circle's revival in response to widespread crime in the community.
Scroll down to page 12 to read article.
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.
Rethinking Social Work Education for Indigenous Students:
Creating Space for Multiple Ways of Knowing and Learning
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole G. Ives
Oonagh Aitken
Michael Loft
Morgan Phillips
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 4, 2007, pp. 13-20
Description
Research project that examines social work education and the professional needs, in terms of curriculum, of the Kahnawake and Kanehsatake communities.
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.
Returning to Fields
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Lee López
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, 1992, pp. 165-174
Description
Critique of article by Kent H. Redford entitled The Ecologically Noble Savage, published in Cultural Survival.
Returning to Selective Fishing Through Indigenous Fisheries Knowledge: The Example of K'moda, Gitxaała Territory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles R. Menzies
Caroline F. Butler
The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2007, pp. [440]-464
Description
Discusses the use of traditional ecological knowledge to manage fish harvests.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Daniel M. Cobb
Christopher J. Bilodeau
Charles R. Cobb
Robert W. Galler
Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh
Louise Cummings Maynor
Tara Browner
Glenabah Martinez
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, 2007, pp. 113-166
Description
Book reviews of:
Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences edited and with an introduction by Clifford E. Trafzer, Jean A. Keller, and Lorene Sisquoc.
Captive Histories: English, French, and Native Narratives of the 1704 Deerfield Raid by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney.
A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813–1814 by Gregory A. Waselkov.
Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life by Kingsley M. Bray.
Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Native Peoples and Archaeology in the Northeastern United States edited by Jordan E.