Alternate Title
Nunivaat - The Nunavik Socio-economic Database
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition
Description
Website gives access to tables using data on region/villages, indicators and years, as well as links to maps, publications and metadata explaining characteristics on program data.
Nyungar of Southwestern Australia and Flinders: A Dialogue on Using Nyungar Intelligence to Better Understand Coastal Exploration
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Len Collard
Clint Bracknell
David Palmer
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-16
Description
Authors revisit archival records relating to the exploration of what is now Western Australia, with a focus on drawing out the places where the record shows the role of the Nyungar people in the exploration of the coast, and the Indigenous Knowledge share with explorers.
Okwire’shon:’a, the First Storytellers: Recovering Landed Consciousness in Readings of Trees & Texts
Theses
Author/Creator
Kaitlin Sandra June Debicki
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2017. Refers to the works Power by Linda Hogan, Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, and Truth and Bright Water by Thomas King.
On Ethnographic Refusal: Indigeneity, 'Voice' and Colonial Citizenship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Audra Simpson
Junctures, no. 9, Voice, December 2007, pp. 67-80
Description
An anthropological analysis of indigeneity.
On the Justice of Charging Buffalo: "Who Stole American Indian Studies?" Redux
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Yellow Bird
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. 91-99
Description
Examines the politics and controversy that surround Professor Ward Churchill's dismissal from the University of Colorado in 2006 and questions if the dismissal was governmentally motivated.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Oral Tradition is Alive and Well: Living Literature in the Siksika (Blackfoot) Community
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John W. Friesen
Virginia Lyons Friesen
Description
Paper on oral traditions prepared for the Indigenous Literature in Native Studies Panel.
An Orchid in the Swamp: Traditional Medicine, Healing, and Identity at an Urban Aboriginal Community Health Center
Theses
Author/Creator
Jairus S. Skye
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2006.
Painting Culture: Art and Ethnography at a School For Native Americans
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa K. Neuman
Ethnology , vol. 45, no. 3, Summer, 2006, pp. 173-192
Description
Discusses how anthropological works were used to create Indigenous art and ultimately new Indigenous identities to preserve culture.
Paradox and Transformation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nancy C. Maryboy
David H. Begay
Lee Nichol
World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Journal, 2006, p. [?]
Description
Explores paradox thinking in the Navajo world and how their perspective can differ from the Western experience.
Passports for Native Children: A Best Practice Approach for Tribal Advocates Working With Native Children Who Have Suffered Abuse
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Abby Abinanti
Description
Looks at an evaluating system that will fit the needs of children in protective services and provide consistency in child raising practices.
La perception du carcajou/glouton par les Inuit du Nord canadien: Du passé au present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
Pimatisiwin: Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Our Time Has Come
Theses
Author/Creator
Priscilla Settee
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2007.
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.
Plain Talk 18: First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning Model
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 18
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Briefly explores the Indigenous concept of holistic lifelong learning from an Aboriginal perspective.
Plants and Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Focuses on Yukon First Nations Traditional Knowledge.
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.
Power of Place (PoP): Integrating St'át'imc Knowledge Systems into Lillooet Area K-12 School Curricula & Pedagogy: Final Research Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Graham
Brenda Ireland
Description
Report draws seven conclusions from the data collected and presents recommendations that seek to continue the work that was started by the PoP project.
Power Over Discourse: Linguistic Choices in Aboriginal Media Representations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steffi Retzlaff
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, 2006, pp. 25-52
Description
Looks at at strategies used to create a cultural identity and empowerment in Aboriginal newspapers and media. Examples from the First Nations Messenger and the Anishinabek News.
Powerful Parallels: Deep Ecology and the Writings of Vine Deloria, Jr.
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard M. Wheelock
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2006, p. [?]
Description
Examines the similarities between traditional tribal thought as expressed in the writer's work and religious, philosophical and scientific developments in the ecology movement today.
Access through table of contents.
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.
Prophet River Ethnobotany: A Report on Traditional Plant Knowledge and Contemporary Concerns of the Prophet River First Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kelly Bannister
Description
Summarizes the results of an ethnobotanical study, conducted during 2002-2006, which documented traditional plant knowledge and ecological values of Elders and other knowledgeable community members.
Protect and Promote Your Culture: A Practical Guide to Intellectual Property for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Begoña Venero Aguirre
Hai-Yuean Tualima
Description
Discusses key features of intellectual property protection, copyright, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial designs, protection against unfair competition, and trade secrets. Includes examples from various countries around the world.
Pump up the Volume
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Megan Perry
Herizons, vol. 19, no. 4, Spring, 2006, pp. 22-25
Description
Discusses how throat singing has evolved and how current artists have helped revive the tradition.
Qaqamiigux "to hunt for food and collect plants; subsistence": Head Start Traditional Foods Preschool Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Moses Dirks
Julia Sargent
Tracy Stewart
Suanne Unger
Description
Provides series of lessons and activities to teach nutritional value of local, traditional foods. Structured into six units according to animals and plants found in the region.
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)Contesting Indigenous Knowledge and Indigenous Studies Conference: Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bronwyn Fredericks
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 5, September/October 2006, pp. 30-31
Description
Conference themes were to challenge, build, and strengthen knowledge, understanding, and possibilities through dialogue.
[Recensions/Books Reviews]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Benoit Ethier
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, Problématiques des Sexes / Gender issues, 2006, pp. 187-189
Description
Review of CD-ROM: When the Weather is Uggianaqtuq: Inuit Observations of Environmental Change by Shari Fox.
Review in French.
Reclaiming Warrior Spirit: Foundations for a Holistic First Nations Education Program
Theses
Author/Creator
Corrine Michelle Zamluk
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2006.
Reconciliation in Child Welfare: Touchstones of Hope for Indigenous Children, Youth, and Families
Alternate Title
Reconciliation: Looking Back, Reaching Forward--Indigenous Peoples and Child Welfare,
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Terry Cross
John George
Ivan Brown
Jocelyn Formsma
Description
Discusses why reconciliation in child welfare is needed, what reconciliation can mean in the context of child welfare, and identifies key values to guide reconciliation in child welfare. Paper presented at the conference Reconciliation: Looking Back, Reaching Forward--Indigenous Peoples and Child Welfare.
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.
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.
Rekindling the Fire: The Impact of Raymond Harris's Work with the Plains Cree
Theses
Author/Creator
Ross Hoffman
Description
Native Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Trent University, 2006.
The Relationship Between the Oral and Written Mode of Communication within the Fabric of Western Based Society
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Sharon McLeod
Description
Integrated Studies Project (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2006.
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The Relationship of School, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Elders in the Education of Youth Within a Nunavut Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Adam E. Pulpan
Description
[Education] Thesis (M.Ed.)--York University, 2006.
Remember the 80s: Wild Foods of New South Wales
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nola Roberts
Brenda Randall
June Barker
Margaret Ward
Pat Owen
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, March/April 2006, pp. 12-13
Description
Presents a list of typical wild foods from the various regions of New South Wales, Australia prepared by Aboriginal health workers.
Report on Diversity: Priorities, Practices and Performance in Canadian Organizations
Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; November 2006
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 067-07]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sandra Parris
Allison P. Cowan
Nancy Huggett
Research Perspectives in Indigenous Education: The Legitimacy of Indigenous Knowledge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Deer
World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Journal, 2006, pp. 1-7
Description
Explores how Indigenous knowledge may be used as a research lens in attempting to understand student behaviour within an Indigenous school setting.
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.
Reset and Redefine: Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and the Rise of Indigenous Games
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maize Longboat
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 170-179
Description
Author critically engages the format and storytelling devices within the videogame Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and discusses how this and other digital platforms can be used to build understanding and counter stereotypes and misinformation about Indigenous peoples.
Resilience and Rebellious Memory Loops: Further Musings of an American Indian Ethnoecologist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Enrique Salmón
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
Description
Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
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.
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.