Contemporary Literature, vol. 50, no. 4, Winter, 2009, pp. 775-810
Description
Discusses the fantasy of indigenization in Solomon Gursky Was Here and The Yiddish Policemen's Union; and looks at how Mordecai Richler is able to realize the dream of indigenization, where Michael Chabon's Alaskan Jews ultimately are forced to confront the failure of that dream.
Examines the self-determination, governance, and development issues facing Indian Country, including building effective governments, developing strong economies, solving difficult social problems, and balancing cultural integrity and change.
Duration: 1:02:39. Includes textual transcript.
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American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, 1999, pp. 53-72
Description
How the authors German language novels planted a seed of interest in North American Indigenous culture, an interest which flourished for over a century.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Incorporating Traditional Values in Social Work, April 1999, pp. 113-137
Description
Looks at how the Aboriginal research process and the Learning Circle, with the use of the trickster and windigo, affects the community experiences and perceptions of emotional issues. The article also examines the questions emanating from the medicine wheel.
Article describes the author’s experience of learning Indigenous principles of education and adapting them for use with student living in different environments; advocates for a wholistic pedagogical approach to education.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 3, Fall, 2009, pp. 69-100, 245
Description
Looks at how traditional knowledge can be used in resource and environmental management and discusses case studies involving the incorporation of traditional knowledge into environmental management.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Incorporating Traditional Values in Social Work, April 1999, pp. 138-152
Description
Examines issues of compatibility between traditional knowledge and western scientific knowledge with particular attention to the impact of place or spatial location.
Looks at the mainstreaming of Indigeneity along indigenous policymaking lines in New Zealand and Canada by examining self determining autonomy models and state determination governance models.
Reports on the course, Sustainability of Ecosystems taught at Brightsands Science and Environment Centre with a Traditional Knowledge Keeper in a tipi or on the open prairie.
Discusses databases installed in fourteen sites in the Northern Territory, Australia, which form a component of the "Libraries and Knowledge Centres" program designed to bring information to remote Aboriginal communities.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Richard Knecht
Theresa Arevgaq John
Description
Looks at a distance-learning program that gives students an opportunity to earn a college degree while living in their home villages.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Relationship between childhood and the sacred varies between Indigenous communities in North America.
Chapter in book: The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion edited by Thomas R. Bidell, Anne C. Dailey, Suzanne D. Dixon, Peggy J.Miller, and John Modell.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 12, December 2009, p. 16
Description
Highlights a book of First Nations protocols useful for ceremonies and traditional gatherings as well as for passing information to younger generations.
Article located by scrolling to page 16.