Our Children, Our Future, Our Vision: First Nation Jurisdiction Over First Nation Education in Ontario
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
New Agenda Working Group
Chiefs of Ontario Education Coordination Unit
Description
Overview of accomplishments to date and feedback from First Nations communities concerning barriers faced for First Nation education.
"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 Vision: Inuvialuit – Nunapuit Vision and Agenda for the Future
Documents & Presentations
Description
Looks at Inuvialuit principles, values and objectives for the future including preserving cultural identity, participation in the northern & national economy, and protecting & preserving the Arctic wildlife, environment & biological productivity.
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
Past, Present, and Future Land Use of Swan River First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Ave Tressa Dersch
Description
Archaeology and Biology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2011.
A Pathway to Restoration: From Child Protection to Community Wellness
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gerard Bellefeuille
Frances Ricks
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 5, Articulating Aboriginal Paradigms: Implications for Aboriginal Social Work Practice, November 2003, pp. 23-43
Description
Looks at the traditional protection paradigm under which Aboriginal agencies are required to operate and the Aboriginal vision for an alternative child welfare model that emphasize community and wellness.
Pathways of Human Understanding: An Inquiry into Western and North American Indian Worldview Structures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo Schelbert
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, 2003, pp. 61-75
Description
An investigation into the worldview structures underlying Western traditions and Indigenous peoples cultures. Publication is a revision of Scholarship Association Lecture presented in 2002 at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Pedagogy of the Land: Tensions, Challenges, and Contradictions
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dawn Zinga
Sandra Styres
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, 2011, pp. 59-83
Description
Authors share their reflections of the journey to teaching courses at a remote fishing lodge in northern Ontario.
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.
People of a Feather
Alternate Title
People of a Feather: Educational Package
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
The Arctic Eider Society
Sanikiluaq Running Pictures
Joel Heath
Community of Sanikiluaq
Description
Documentary about the unique relationship between the Inuit of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut and the Hudson Bay Common Eider and how changing sea ice and ocean currents caused by massive hydroelectric dams are threatening both the bird and the traditional way of life. Duration:
Related material: Educational Package by Global Environmental Justice Documentaries.
Peoplehood: A Model for the Extension of Sovereignty in American Indian Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom Holm
J. Diane Pearson and Ben Chavis
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring, 2003, pp. 7-24
Description
Presents and defines an applied model of peoplehood, with a functional definition that could be applied to both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
Peopling the Pre-Dorset Past: A Multi-Scalar Study of Early Arctic Lithic Technology and Seasonal Land Use Patterns on Southern Baffin Island
Theses
Author/Creator
S. Brooke Milne
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2003.
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.
Perceptions of Postsecondary Education in a Northern Ontario Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Angela Nardozi
Description
Theory and Policy Studies in Education Thesis (M.A.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 2011
Performing Resistance/Negotiating Sovereignty: Indigenous Women's Performance Art In Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Carla Jane Taunton
Description
Art Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2011.
Focus on: Rebecca Belmore, Lori Blondeau, Cheryl L'Hirondelle, Skeena Reece and Dana Claxton.
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.
Perspectives on the Indigenous Tradition/New Technology Interface
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Greg Young-ing
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Indigenous Peoples and Information Technology, 2003, pp. 14-17
Description
Examines the Indigenous peoples' ability to adapt to technological change.
To access this article scroll down to page 14.
Pinpinayhaytosowin [The Way We Do Things]: A Definition of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in the Context of Mining Development on Lands of the Attawapiskat First Nation and its Effects on the Design of Research for a TEK Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Norbert Witt
Jackie Hookimaw-Witt
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, 2003, pp. 361-390
Description
Discussion of why TEK studies are needed, how to proceed, and impact of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) regulations on traditional land use.
Pipeline Dreams: People, Environment, and the Arctic Energy Frontier
Alternate Title
IWGIA Document ; 126
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mark Nuttall
Polar Bears in Northwest Greenland: An Interview Survey about the Catch and the Climate
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jeff W. Higdon
Arctic, vol. 64, no. 3, September 2011, pp. 380-381
Description
Book review of Polar Bears in Northwest Greenland by Erik W. Born, Anna Heilmann, Lene Kielsen Holm, and Kristin L. Laidre.
Politics, Pain and Pleasure: The Art of Art-Making for ‘Settled’ Aboriginal Australians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorraine Gibson
Coolabah, vol. 5, 2011, pp. 119-129
Description
Analyzes the kinds of art that are deemed acceptable as Aboriginal and discusses the ways the Barkindji people in Wilcannia deal with issues pertaining to the politics of culture, cultural subjectivity and identity.
The Power of Place, the Problem of Time: A Study of History and Aboriginal Collective Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Keith Thor Carlson
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 2003.
Power, Practice and a Critical Pedagogy for Non-Indigenous Allies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rick Wallace
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 155-172, 189
Description
Three case studies examine alliance-building between Indigenous communities and non-Indigenous activists.
Preventing Obesity in Canada's Aboriginal Children: Not Just a Matter of Eating Right and Getting Active
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melanie A. Ferris
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Health and Well-being, 2011, pp. 1-10
Description
Looks at results from research project, conducted in Ontario, focusing on social determinants of health impacting the health of Aboriginal children.
Principles of Tsawalk: An Indigenous Approach to Global Crisis
E-Books
Author/Creator
E. Richard Atleo (Umeek)
[Professor Castellano on Reconciliation. Part 5]
Alternate Title
Symposium on Reconciliation ; Toronto, Ontario February, 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marlene Brant Castellano
Description
Marlene Brant Castellano, Professor Emeritus at Trent University speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011.
Duration: 6:09.
Part 5 of 5.
Progressing toward an Indigenous Research Paradigm in Canada and Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shawn Wilson
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 161-178
Description
Presents some ideas from the author's dissertation, which stresses the importance of relationships and the merging of "formal" and Indigenous knowledge systems.
Promoting the Relationships of Plants and Health Within Westbank First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Joel Liman
Description
Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2011.
Protecting the Arctic, Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Survival
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Edmund Searles
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 540-543
Description
Book review of: Protecting the Arctic by Mark Nuttall.
Protecting the Sacred Cycle: Xwulmuxw Slhunlheni and Leadership
Theses
Author/Creator
Qwul'sih'yah'maht Robina Anne Thomas
Description
Indigenous Governance Thesis (Ph.D.)--Univeristy of Victoria, 2011.
The Protection of Indigenous Medicinal Knowledge in International Intellectual Property Law
Theses
Author/Creator
Marie-Claire Lassonde
Description
Comparative Law Thesis (LL.M.)--McGill University, 2003.
Providing Entrepreneurial Training to Native Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert J. Oppenheimer
Thomas O'Connell
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 2, Fall, 2003, pp. 8-11
Description
Presents the results of a survey conducted to learn the career aspirations/expectations of Aboriginal high school youth in order to foster workplace success.
Providing Space for Indigenous Knowledge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tracey Mihinoa Tangihaere
Linda Twiname
Journal of Management Education, vol. 35, no. 1, February 2011, pp. 102-118
Description
Comments on the historical attempts to weaken Mäori leadership and the resilience of Mäori.
Putting Fishers' Knowledge to Work (Fisheries Centre Research Reports 2002, Volume 11, Number 1)
Documents & Presentations
Description
Overview of the proceedings of conference held in Vancouver, August 27-30, 2001.
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-imagining Co-operative Research Futures: Co-operation as Decolonizing Theory and Practice
Alternate Title
Mapping Co-operative Studies in the New Millennium: Joint Congress of the International
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Isobel M. Findlay
Description
Discusses different categories and concepts to re-imagine and reconstruct co-operative research futures by drawing on cultural, postmodern, and postcolonial studies.
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.
Reaching the Grassroots: The Worldwide Diffusion of Iroquois Democratic Traditions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce E. Johansen
Donald A. Grinde
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 77-91
Description
Examines the fundamental role played by the Iroquois in the evolution of democracy in the USA and illustrates use of that knowledge by other countries.
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.
Reclaiming the Past: Descendants' Organizations, Historical Consciousness, and Intellectual Property in Kiowa Society
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael P. Jordan
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2011.
Reconsidering Approaches to Aboriginal Science and Mathematics Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gladys Sterenberg
Michelle Hogue
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 57, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 1-15
Description
Discusses the themes coming out of focus group discussions for approaches to Aboriginal education: assimilation, self segregation, and mutual dialogue.
Redefining Learning and Assessment Practices Impacting Aboriginal Students: Considering Aboriginal Priorities via Aboriginal and Western Worldviews
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tim R. Claypool
Jane P. Preston
in education , vol. 17, no. 3, Autumn, 2011, p. [?]
Description
Discusses how culturally appropriate practices which balance the academic with the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of students may help Aboriginals succeed in school.
The Rediscovered Self: Indigenous Identity and Cultural Justice
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brendan Hokowhitu
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 265-268
Description
Book review of: The Rediscovered Self by Ronald Niezen.
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.
Reimaging Land Use, Value and Aboriginal-Industry Relations in Northeast British Columbia Through Traditional Land Use Studies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gretchen Fox
Description
Paper presented at the 2011 American Anthropological Association Annual meeting in Montreal, Quebec, November 19, 2011.