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"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.
Pipeline Dreams: People, Environment, and the Arctic Energy Frontier
Alternate Title
IWGIA Document ; 126
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mark Nuttall
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 24: Presentations by Students and Closing Remarks
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains presentation by Darryl McDonald, Genny Besskkaystare, Sara Josejounnen, and Bertha McDonald.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 32: Waswanipi, Quebec
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 32 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in Waswanipi, Quebec. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations on a variety of subjects such as education, health care, unemployment, child and family welfare, and the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 88a: Open Forum and Closing Remarks
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an open discussion forum from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Manawan, Quebec, on December 3, 1992. Participants include Commissioners Rene Dussault, Viola Robinson, and Paul-Emile Ottawa. Other participants include Maxime Ottawa (translated from Atikamekw), and Paul Weizineau (translated from French). Maxime Ottawa discusses his views on the days proceedings, and the need for the Atikamekw people to change their psychology and way of thinking. Ottawa speaks of the need for respect for elders and traditional education in order to do this.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Bernard Saldin D'Anglure, Department of Anthropology, Laval University
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bernard Saladin D'Anglure
Description
File contains a presentation by Bernard Saladin D'Anglure, Department of Anthropology of Laval University. D'Anglure discusses his work and experiences with Aboriginal culture, particularly with regard to the Inuit people. D'Anglure discusses how he thinks cultural development and education is key to healing Aboriginal societies, and that political autonomy, while important, is not the only thing which must be done. Following his presentation the assembled Commissioners thank him for his thoughts.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Conversation between Commissioners, Unidentified Teachers, Students, and Christina Delaney
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a conversation between Commissioners Erasmus, Robinson, unidentified members of the staff and students of the Northern Lights School and Christina Delaney. The conversation involves the retention and restoration of Aboriginal culture in Canada, and the education system particularly with regards to the merits of cross cultural learning techniques and concerns with post secondary funding.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Conversation between Terry Legge, Wilbert Wesley, Christina Delaney, Elie Chilton, and Phoebe Sutherland
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a conversation between Commissioners Erasmus, Robinson, Terry Legge, Wilbert Wesley, Christina Delaney, Elie Chilton, and Phoebe Sutherland at the Northern Lights School in Moosonee, Ontario. The wide ranging conversation addresses a variety of topics including educational policy, cultural retention and rejuvenation, and social problems.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Jean-Pierre Ashini
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an individual presentation by Jean-Pierre Ashini discussing low-level flying by Canadian Forces jets in Labrador. His ability to hunt and provide for his family is compromised by the jets flying 15-20 feet above ground. Ashini calls on the Commission to stop the flights as they affect wildlife and scare small children.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Joanasie Maniapik
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Joanasie Maniapik, representative of "the men's group in Pangnirtung" who states that the laws of the Canadian Government are not the ways of the Inuit. Maniapik calls for a separate Royal Commission on justice in the North. Rene Dussault, Co-Chair, says that previous commissions have dealt with particular justice issues and with the future government of Nunavut
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Madeleine Moonias
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an individual presentation by Madeleine Moonias, a Native language teacher and parent that focuses on Aboriginal culture, language and education. She states that when Aboriginal languages die out, so does Aboriginal culture. Moonias calls on the Commission to help ensure that school boards in northwestern Ontario encourage Native language maintenance and to foster positive attitudes to strengthen cultural identity for Aboriginal students. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Simeo Rich, Innu Elder (Via Translator)
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an individual presentation by Simeo Rich expressing sadness that elders were not consulted when the Churchill Falls Hydro Project was being planned in the 1960s. The destruction of hunting lands has been devastating to the Innu and Rich hopes that future self-government will eliminate the federal government's control over the Innu.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Abe Okpik
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Abe Okpik. Okpik discusses the significance of midwifery to the Inuit people, and on Baffin Island in particular. He also discusses traditional knowledge and its importance in contemporary midwifery. Following the presentation are some comments on it by Commissioners Mary Sillet and Rene Dussault.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Alicia Vance, Jody Sydney, Kathy Alfred, First Nations Management Program, Yukon College
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Alicia Vance, Jody Sydney, Kathy Alfred of the First Nations Management Program, Yukon College. Vance discusses improving leadership and unity in Aboriginal communities. Sydney discusses traditional culture and how the clan system is being used in Teslin, Yukon. Alfred discusses how education and programs can help solve social problems in Aboriginal communities. The assembled Commissioners discuss the ideas raised with the presenters.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Ambrose Maurice
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation made by Ambrose Maurice on the topic of the lack of knowledge of early Aboriginal lifestyles. Also contained are comments and questions from the assembled Commissioners and those of the Commissioner-of-the-Day.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by April Waditaka, Student, Carlton High School, Prince Albert
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by April Waditaka, Student, Carlton High School, Prince Albert. Wadikata discusses issues in education, babysitting, the need for more Aboriginal staff in the city school system, the need to upgrade the band's recreation program, social issues of home life which need to be addressed, money for recreation facilities, and other issues addressing youth. Following the presentation is a discussion between Waditaka, Miranda Propser (the preceding presenter) and Commissioners Erasmus, and Chartrand on the issues raised in their presentations.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Barbara Russell, Skookum Jim Campus
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Barbara Russell, and Cheryl Mullens from Skookum Jim Campus. Russell discusses how and why she thinks the school system needs to be changed in the Yukon. Amongst the concerns she lists are racism and discrimination, the need for Aboriginal faculty, and the need for listening on the part of teachers to Aboriginal students. Mullens discusses the need to make the schools equal in terms of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal curriculum in fields such as history, the need for learning at ones own pace, and the need for more programs for pregnant teenagers.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Benoit Sioui
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Benoit Sioui. Sioui delivers a presentation entitled "The importance of a structure to promote and preserve our culture" in which he argues for the establishment of a museum and cultural centre to serve the Huron-Wendat communities needs.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bernard Arcand, Department of Anthropology, Laval University
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bernard Arcand
Description
File contains a presentation by Bernard Arcand, Department of Anthropology, Laval University. Arcand argues that a cultural revolution is needed in non-Aboriginal Canada, and that non-Aboriginal Canadians need to be properly educated on Aboriginal culture. Arcand states this is will give non-Aboriginal culture egotistical as well as altruistic benefits. Following Arcand's presentation the Commissioners discuss his ideas with him.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Beverly Waditaka, Councillor, Wahpeton Band
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Councillor Beverly Waditaka, Councillor of the Wahpeton Band. Waditaka discusses education on the Wahpeton First Nation at the elementary level, then goes on the discuss Daktoa language and problems with language retention on reserve. Waditaka discusses how the Dakota believe that post-secondary education is an inherent right. She then goes on to discuss women's issues such as Bill C-31.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Allan Happyjack and Jack Blacksmith, Waswanipi Nation Council
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Chief Allan Happyjack and Jack Blacksmith that first provides a brief history of Waswanipi. Their presentation covers a wide range of issues, including the justice system and policing, hunting and trapping, the environment and health care. The speakers believe that the Canadian and Quebec governments have either ignored, set aside or in breach of major sections of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.