Looks at a community survey of the Little Red River Cree Nation, and several socio-economic barriers that impede the ability to engage in subsistence harvesting.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, Populations et migrations / Populations and Migrations, 2002, pp. 157-173
Description
Discussion, based on interviews with 50 Inupiat from northern Alaska, of how incidence of disorientation has increased in recent decades despite modern navigating tools.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 20, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 97-111
Description
Asserts that withholding knowledge is an act of resistance and argues that to fully understand Native American people is how a dominant society gains a sense of mastery and control.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, Technologies Créatives / Creative Technologies, 2010, pp. 61-80
Description
Examines how the creation of Inuktitut media content could be an effective means of creative improvisation, linguistic and cultural preservation. Article also challenges prevailing critical approaches to the Inuit as linguistically and culturally vulnerable.
Identifies factors, issues, challenges and programmes that may enter into discussions about learning priorities among First Nations reserves and communities in order to provide guidance and direct potential actions.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 41, no. 2, Special Issue, 2002, p. [?]
Description
Discusses a unique veterinary technology course that combines traditional Navajo values, Western scientific knowledge and the management of an Elk herd.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 385-396
Description
Examines the concept of successful aging from an Alaska Native perspective that is designated when an individual has demonstrated wisdom because of the experiences he or she has gained throughout life.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 163-180
Description
Examines the need for culturally appropriate mental health services for the prevention of Aboriginal youth suicide and the importance of positive youth development to foster healthy mental, emotional, social, spiritual and physical development.
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 110, September 20, 2010, pp. [1]-33
Description
Looks at citizenship education and the need for traditional Aboriginal ways of learning to be incorporated into the curriculum to provide practical experiences in citizenship development.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 51, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 50-68
Description
Looks at what was integrated, how it was integrated and the challenges. Includes recommendations for policymakers and educators for designing approaches.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 20, no. 2, Fall, 2005, pp. 121-145
Description
Examines the differences and difficulties in teaching American Indian studies courses to both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students at Iowa State University.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2010, pp. 289-314
Description
Looks at 2 projects, a summer study based on holistic learning and a medicine wheel garden project in support of an interdisciplinary approach to the natural sciences.
Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, vol. 34, Thinking Place: The Indigenous Humanities and Education, 2005, pp. 7-19
Description
Explores a research project at the U of S that presents examples of how the research team has endeavoured to clarify and exemplify what the Indigenous humanities are and what they can do to help reclaim Indigenous knowledges and pedagogies for education.
Arctic, vol. 55, no. 4, December 2002, pp. 395-397
Description
Book review of: Thunder on the Tundra by Natasha Thorpe, Naikak Hakongak, Sandra Eyegetok and The Kitikmeot Elders. Presents findings from the Tuktu and Nogak Project, 2001.
History of First Nation agriculture in Saskatchewan and suggestions to improve the current situation that sees very few First Nations peoples involved in farm operations.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010
Description
Discusses the way in which the tobacco contributes to Indigenous research methodology and examines how Indigenous research can draw upon Indigenous ways of knowing by connecting individuals with the spiritual and physical world.
Aboriginal Education in Canada: A Plea For Integration
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[John W. Friesen
Virginia Lyons Friesen]
Description
Chapter Four in book: Aboriginal Education in Canada: A Plea For Integration by John W. Lyons Friesen and Virginia Lyons Friesen.
Presents learning opportunities for non-Aboriginal educators.
Society and Natural Resources, vol. 15, no. 4, April 2002, pp. 345-358
Description
Authors address the myths surrounding aboriginal peoples' relationships with the environment through use of a case study of the Vuntut Gwitchin which illustrates ideology, resource use and management practice.