Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ándde Sara
Inger Marie G. Eira
John B. Henriksen
Johan Klemet H. Kalstad
Description
Brief overview of four themes: status of language, political empowerment, economy, and higher education and research.
Presentation at the Conference: “The Regional Identity of Ethnic Groups in Europe”
Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages 2014
E-Books
Author/Creator
Suzanne Gessner
Tracey Herbert
Aliana Parker
Britt Thorburn
Alex Wadsworth
Description
2nd edition.
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.
Sahtú Glossary: Cancer Terminology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
K’áshó Got’ı̨́nę́ Charter Community
Tulı́t’a Dene Band
Goba Group
Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Health and Social Services
Description
Lists: term, English definition, translation into Fort Good Hope, Tulı́t’a, Délįnę dialects, and literal (back) translation.
Shared Vision in Many Languages Community Radio Unifies Indigenous Maya Youth
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jessie Cherofsky
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Description
Discussion about the use of community radio and the reclamation of Indigenous values and languages.
Skolt Sami Reciprocity and the Actions of the State Administration
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Panu Itkonen
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society, vol. 39, no. 2, Summer, 2014
Description
Looks at the Sami reindeer herding community of Sevettijö Skolt and state subsidy policy.
Spoken from the Heart: Indigenous Radio in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Monique Manatch
Description
Looks at current state of radio broadcasting and its influence on the promotion and revitalization of Indigenous languages by examining the results of in-depth interviews conducted with 18 First Nations, Inuit and Métis radio stations, and producers of programs and podcasts.
A Statistical Profile on the Health of First Nations in Canada: Determinants of Health, 2006 to 2010
E-Books
Author/Creator
Health Canada
Stories from Parents: Raising Proud Inuk Children - "It Starts at Home"
Theses
Author/Creator
Aloka Wijesooriya
Description
Health Science Thesis (MSc) -- McMaster University, 2019.
Stories from the Land: Indigenous Place Names in Canada
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Geographical Names Board of Canada
Description
Interactive map.
Strategies for Indigenous Language Revitalization and Maintenance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Onowa McIvor
Description
Reviews literature and discusses the survival of Indigenous languages, what communities are doing to safe guard their languages, and what is working well and what is not.
Summary of What We Heard: Challenges, Suggestions and Best Practices in Inuit Government Employment: Nunavummiut Perspectives from Nunavut Stakeholder Engagement Sessions
E-Books
Author/Creator
Employment and Social Development Canada
Summary Report (Pre-Summit Workshop on Inuktut Language Writing Systems Standardization March 25-26, 2014 Marriot Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario)
Documents & Presentations
Description
Discussion on how to proceed with standardizing the Inuktut Atausiq writing system.
Survey on Indigenous Teachers Manitoba Report 2017
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Teachers' Questionnaire Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Inclusion Directorate, [Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning]
Description
Survey asked questions about ancestry, cultural-linguistic identity, participation in professional learning activities, language fluency, knowledge of specific Indigenous subject areas, and comfort level in integrating Indigenous perspectives in the classroom.
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Swampy & Moose Cree Flora & Fauna Glossary = Ka-Nihtâwikihk Nêsta Awêyâšîšak
E-Books
Author/Creator
C. Douglas Ellis
Taku River Tlingit Place Names
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Taku River Tlingit First Nation
Andrew Williams
Bryan Jack
Louise Gordon
Susan Carlick ... ]
Description
Website mapping application used to showcase Tlingit Place names and the stories associated with those places; also to convey Tlingit ideologies of stewardship and relationship with the land.
Talking Story with Vital Voices: Making Knowledge with Indigenous Language
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla
Alanaise Goodwill
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 3, December 2017, pp. 67-75
Description
Authors discuss their research practice using Indigenous Storywork principles.
Tan' Bawang (Homeland): Cultural Safety and the Kelabit Land Struggle in Borneo
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natasha Blanchet-Cohen
Mutang Urud
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Fostering Cultural Safety Across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 170-178
Description
Discusses intergenerational community mapping and language revitalization as a way for youth and elders to protect identity.
TCU Leaders Attend Obama Visit to Standing Rock
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Patty Talahongva
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 1, Celebrating 25 Years, Fall, 2014
Description
Discusses remarks by President Obama on the work of tribal colleges and how education and tribal colleges can help rebuild America.
Te Kōrerotia o te reo Māori
Alternate Title
Ngā Whakakitenga a Te Kura Roa: Whaihua ; Pūrongo 2
Te Korerotia o te reo Maori
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rawinia Higgins
Poia Rewi
Vincent Olsen-Reeder
Description
Findings from project involving Maori language.
Te Reo Hāpai: The Language of Enrichment: A Māori Language Glossary for Use in the Mental Health, Addiction and Disability Sectors
E-Books
Author/Creator
Keri Opai
Te Reo Māori me ōna Ratonga
Alternate Title
Ngā Whakakitenga a Te Kura Roa: Whaihua ; Pūrongo 7
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rawinia Higgins
Poia Rewi
Vincent Olsen-Reeder
Description
Findings from project involving Maori language.
Te Reo Māori me te Hapori
Alternate Title
Ngā Whakakitenga a Te Kura Roa: Whaihua ; Pūrongo 4
Te Reo Maori me te Hapori
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rawinia Higgins
Poia Rewi
Vincent Olsen-Reeder
Description
Findings from project involving Maori language.
Te Reo Māori me te Tuakiri Ā-Motu
Alternate Title
Ngā Whakakitenga a Te Kura Roa: Whaihua ; Pūrongo 6
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rawinia Higgins
Poia Rewi
Vincent Olsen-Reeder
Description
Findings from project involving Maori language.
Te Reo Māori me te Wāhi Mahi
Alternate Title
Ngā Whakakitenga a Te Kura Roa: Whaihua ; Pūrongo 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rawinia Higgins
Poia Rewi
Vincent Olsen-Reeder
Description
Findings from project involving Maori language.
Te Reo Māori me te Whānau
Alternate Title
Ngā Whakakitenga a Te Kura Roa: Whaihua ; Pūrongo 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rawinia Higgins
Poia Rewi
Vincent Olsen-Reeder
Description
Findings from project involving Maori language.
Teacher's Guide for Powwow Counting in Cree by Katherine Vermette
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Portage & Main Press
Description
Book teaches children how to count from 1 to 10 in Cree. Recommended for Grades K-3.
Technology’s Role in Mapudungun Language Teaching and Revitalization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Jacqueline Quintrileo Llancao
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 3, September 2019, pp. 205-216
Description
Reports on a study of the use of internet based teaching and learning technologies and strategies in Mapuche language learning and revitalization in Chile.
Tenas Wawa: The Chinook Jargon Voice
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Duane Pasco
Description
Website includes links to: brief history of Jargon, dictionaries, origins and evolution, all episodes of the Moola John Saga, a fictional saga.
"They All Talk Okanagan and I Know What They Are Saying." Language Nests in the Early Years: Insights, Challenges, and Promising Practices
Theses
Author/Creator
Natalie Alexandra Chambers
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia (Okanagan), 2014.
“They Grow as Speakers, as Leaders”: A Case Study of Experiential Leadership in the Miss World Eskimo– Indian Olympics Pageant
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline Williams
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2019, pp. 204-235
Description
Report demonstrates that the objectifying space of the traditional beauty pageant has been appropriated by the Miss World Eskimo– Indian Olympics (WEIO), and reconstructed as a space focused on developing community-centered leadership skills in the young women that participate.
Think Indigenous [2017]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Angie Caron
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2017]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Angie Caron
Description
Presenter discusses her Métis roots and her role as an educator.
Duration: 23:16.
Think Indigenous [2017]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Kevin Lewis
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2017]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kevin Lewis
Description
Presenter speaks about education and promotes immersion schools for language preservation.
Duration: 26:31.
Think Indigenous [2017]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Simon Bird
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2017]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Simon Bird
Description
Speaker discusses the importance of educators building relationships with students and staff.
Duration: 28:02.
Ti wa7 szwatenem. What We Know: Indigenous Knowledge and Learning
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorna Williams
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 31-44
Description
Author uses a personal essay to discuss basic tenets of Indigenous knowledge, ways of knowing, and ontological constructs; uses Líl̓wat language concepts to help illustrate her points. Highlights experiential and action based teaching and learning, relational understanding, and the concepts of flux, balance.
Traditionalisation For Revitalisation: Tradition as a Concept and Practice in Contemporary Sámi Contexts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Coppélie Cocq
Folklore, vol. 57, History Culture and Selected Pasts, 2014, pp. 80-100
Description
Looks at the occurrences and use of the idea of tradition on Sámi websites from Sámi media, project homepages, information centres and community museums, reports by cultural agencies, and in describing some practices.
Trans-Indigenous: Methodologies For Global Native Literary Studies
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paul Worley
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 2, 2014, pp. 199-200
Description
Book review of: Trans-Indigenous: by Allen Chadwick.
Translating Oral Literature: Aboriginal Song Texts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tamsin Donaldson
Aboriginal History , vol. 3, no. 1, 1979, pp. 62-83
Description
Looks at a variety of linguistic, technical and historical reasons for the lack of English translations of Australian Aboriginal songs.
Understanding Aboriginal Identity
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
BearPaw Media Productions
Alexandra Lazarowich
Patti LaBoucane Benson
Description
Explores issues of non-Aboriginal perceptions of Aboriginals, legal definitions, and Aboriginals' own attitudes about self-identification.
Duration: 20:48.
Understanding Culture and Language Ethnocide: A Native Perspective
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Neyooxet Greymorning
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Description
Author discusses the history, attitudes and ideologies surrounding endangered Native languages.
The Unpaved Road: Efforts are Underway to Revive the Endangered Languages of Canada's Aboriginal Peoples
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Blair McBride
Canada's History, vol. 94, no. 6, December-January 2014/2015, pp. 38-43
Description
Focuses on the Kawnni:io Mohawk and Cayuga immersion school, revival of Wyandot, and post-secondary language programs.
Waasamodibaajibiigemaazoying: Bright Lines of Story in Song
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Noodin
Stacie Sheldon
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 1, Digital Indigenous Studies: Gender, Genre, and New Media, Spring, 2017, pp. 88-99
Description
Comments on the website Ojibwe.net and what it is doing towards the preservation of Anishinaabemowin.
“We Are Not Privileged Enough to Have That Foundation of Language”: Pasifika Young Adults Share their Deep Concerns about the Decline of the Ancestral/Heritage Languages in Aotearoa New Zealand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lina-Jodi Vaine Samu
Helen Moewaka Barnes
Lanuola Asiasiga
Tim McCreanor
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 131-139
Description
Pasifika youth (aged 18-25) are interviewed in focus groups in which they express their distress about the diminishing presence of Indigenous language use and preservation, article notes that there is no comprehensive language policy to preserve these languages and that losing them has profound negative effects for the youth of culturally marginalized communities.
We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leighton C. Peterson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, Winter, 2014, pp. 128-131
Description
Review of the film, We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân directed and produced by Anne Makepeace.
Well-Being and Mining in Baker Lake, Nunavut: Inuit Values, Practices and Strategies in the Transition to an Industrial Economy
Theses
Author/Creator
Sophie Maksimowski
Description
Public Issues Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 2014.
What Does Ainu Cultural Revitalisation Mean to Ainu and Wajin Youth in the 21st Century? Case Study of Urespa as a Place to Learn Ainu Culture in the City of Sapporo, Japan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kanako Uzawa
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 168-179
Description
Article draws on author’s work with youth who are learning new ways to practice Indigenous Ainu culture in an urban center in Japan; focuses on cultural practice and revitalization, decolonization and self-determination.
When Size Doesn't Count: A Comparative Account of Language Endangerment in Australia and Pakistan
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Malik Adnan Hussain Bhatti
Jakelin Troy
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 132-144
Description
Authors examine government policies and a range of community, education, business, health, and media initiatives that variously support or hinder efforts to maintain or revive the use of Indigenous languages. Compares the effects of language devaluation in two different colonized nations.
Wôpanâôt8âôk Pâhshaneekamuq: Preparing for a Wampanoag Language School on Cape Cod
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Weston
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 2, We are Still Here: Tribes in New England Stand Their Ground, June 2014, p. [?]
Description
Describes factors leading to the development of the Summer Turtle Program in Mashpee, Massachusetts.
Working With Aboriginal Children and Families: Cultural Responsiveness and Beyond
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diane Pesco
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 38, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 2, Summer, 2014, pp. 144-151
Description
"Reviews concepts and approaches related to cultural responsiveness in the literature in the field of education, pointing out how these are parallel with or might further inform practices in communication sciences and disorders."
Xwnuts'aluwum: T'aat'k' Kin Relations and the Apocryphal Slave
Theses
Author/Creator
Rachel Joyce Flowers
Description
Anthropology and Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2014.