International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, October 2018, p. Article 4
Description
Discusses food sovereignty and Indigenous ways of knowing with an eye to the conflict between promoting knowledge for the sake of resurgence and running the risk of subjecting knowledges, resources and communities to exploitation, criminalization and over-harvesting.
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.
Leaders, Elders and hunters speak about the social and ecological impact of warming in the Arctic. In Inuktitut with English subtitles.
Duration: 54:07.
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.
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.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 50, December 17, 2018, pp. E1466-E1467
Description
Authors note that the current drug overdose crisis disproportionately affects Indigenous people as a result of a legacy of colonialism, racism and intergenerational trauma; argue that reconciliation with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples must include dismantling structural conditions which produce drug-related harms, and that current harm-reduction models must integrate Indigenous cultural values.
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 60-75
Description
Considers Aboriginal worldviews around the relationships humans have with, and the responsibilities they have to non- or more-than-human entities as a framework for environmental activism, opposition to resource extraction, and government regulation. Asserts that a re-examination of the way that humans connect to our non-human relations is necessary for survivance.
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 13-24
Description
Compares Western permaculture theory and methods to the agroforestry-based food cultivation practices of the Indigenous people of the Peruvian Upper Amazon.
Maurice Brubacher (Mkode-Binesi-Nini) ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2018, p. 4
Description
Links to a video that describes the programming which creates opportunities for families to participate in ceremonial and land-based ways of knowing and healing.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire...
Duration: 21:19
The Routledge Companion to Media Studies and Digital Humanities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Kim Christen
Description
Author examines historical and contemporary issues that arise in when Indigenous knowledges are digitized and shared; articulates a framework for relational practices for institutions engaging with Indigenous communities.
Excerpt from The Routledge Companion to Media Studies and Digital Humanities
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 25, June 25, 2018, pp. E778-E779
Description
Article discusses the basis for and challenges of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s upcoming mandate that all residency programs implement a cultural safety training component.
Recounts history of restorative justice, who uses them and how successful they are.
Honors Captstone Research Project--[University of Alaska, Fairbanks], 2010.
Environmental Education Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2018, pp. 50-66
Description
Examines the importance and implications of land-based approach and discusses how this particular community has taken control of programs, gained leadership in wisdom traditions and taught respect for the land and its inhabitants.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 179-199
Description
Provides a close reading with literary cricism of González’s novel which is set during the Guatemalan civil war. Author examines the Maya responses to this conflict in the context of the social, political, and economic factors, and discusses issues of cultural revitalization, Maya self-determination, education and leadership.
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.
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.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 7, no. 2, 2018, pp. 1-21
Description
Reports on research done using semi-structured face-to-face interviews to examine Indigenous practices around conflict resolution. Findings indicate that Indigenous practices: are more flexible than formal court proceedings, focus on consensus building, and aim to restore harmony rather than on punishment.
American Quarterly, vol. 70, no. 4, December 2018, pp. 741-754
Description
Author discusses the violent social media response Tanya Tagaq received after having posted a photo of her daughter next to a harvested seal; uses the incident to illustrate how colonial violence disproportionately targets Aboriginal women.
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; November 2010
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-120]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bjorn Rutten
Description
Examines security challenges of Arctic including consequences of climate change, natural and man-made disasters, sovereignty-related issues, and sustainability and resiliency of communities.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 29, July 23, 2018, p. E893
Description
Reports on statements made by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) representatives which stress the need for using OCAP (ownership, control, access and possession) principles in the field of health research.
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.