Theses
Author/Creator
Shannon Louise West
Description
Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2003.
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: A Call for Action
Alternate Title
National Aboriginal Women's Summit ; 2007
National Aboriginal Women's Summit: Strong Women, Strong Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Women's Summit
Description
Summarizes discussions which centered around three themes: health, safety and wellness, equality and empowerment, and strength, balance and honour. Summit produced 137 recommendations.
Surmounting Barriers to Understanding: Spiritual Elements and Worldviews of the Elders of Pukatawagan, Manitoba, with a Look at Teaching Application in the Community
Alternate Title
CIESC Annual Conference ; 2003
Comparative and International Education Society of Canada Annual Conference ; 2003
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Westfall
Description
Discusses nine religious or supernatural topics from Elders' perspectives.
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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"Survivance" in Sami and First Nations Boarding School Narratives: Reading Novels by Kerttu Vuolab and Shirley Sterling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rauna Kuokkanen
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3/4, Urban American Indian Womens Activism, June 1, 2003, pp. 697-726
Description
Asserts that colonial education has produced similar results in different parts of the world; includes history of establishing the residential schools in British Columbia.
Swampy & Moose Cree Flora & Fauna Glossary = Ka-Nihtâwikihk Nêsta Awêyâšîšak
E-Books
Author/Creator
C. Douglas Ellis
Switchbacks: Art, Ownership, and Nuxalk National Identity in Bella Coola, British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Kramer
Description
Arts and Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 2003.
The Syntax and Semantics of Clause-Typing in Plains Cree
Theses
Author/Creator
Clare Elizabeth Cook
Description
Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2008.
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.
Tatul'ut tthu Hul'q'umi'num'
Alternate Title
Introduction to Hul'q'umi'num'
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Tom Hukari
Sarah Kell
Ingrid Louie
Gina Olsen
Greg Newton
Description
Class materials for the study of the Coast Salish language known as Halkomelem (Hul'q'umi'num').
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 Oranga o te Reo Mäori 2006 = The Health of the Mäori Language in 2006
E-Books
Author/Creator
Te Puni Kökiri
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.
Teach Yukon Native Languages
E-Books
Author/Creator
Collyne Bunn
Doug Hitch
Jo-Anne Johnson
John Ritter
Gertie Tom ... [et al.]
Teacher Guide for High School for Use with the Educational DVD Contemporary Voices along the Lewis & Clark Trail
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bob Boyer
Kim Lugthart
Elizabeth Sperry
Sally Thompson
Description
Film explores Tribal members' perspectives on traditional knowledge, history, the impact of early contact and westward expansion, the importance of language, and cultural continuity.
They Killed the Word
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reid Gómez
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 3-4, Series 2; [Indigenous Intersections], Fall-Winter, 2003-2004, pp. 64-95
Description
Discusses how words are used to label and fit ideas neatly into boxes.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
"They Live in Lonesome Dove": Media and Contemporary Western Apache Place-Naming Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. Eleanor Nevins
Language in Society, vol. 37, no. 2, 2008, pp. 191-215
Description
Comments on the history of the place-names given to newly constructed neighbourhoods on the reservation in relation to locally established social idioms.
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.
Tlingit
Alternate Title
Countries and Their Cultures
World Culture Encyclopedia
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Diane E. Benson
Description
Broad cultural overview of the Tlingit peoples including location, history, oral history, language, housing, clothing, healing practices, and social customs. Also includes brief bibliography.
Tongue-Tied: Sociocultural Change, Language, and Language Ideology among the Oglala Lakota (Pine Ridge Sioux)
Theses
Author/Creator
Richard Brian Henne
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003.
Traditions: National Gatherings on Indigenous Knowledge: Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Heritage
p. 52
Description
Summary of discussions, during May and June of 2005, between the Department of Canadian Heritage and Aboriginal people to develop practical strategies for working in areas where the mandate, expertise and experience of the Department coincide with Aboriginal aspirations.
Transference of Concepts From Ojibwe into English Contexts
Alternate Title
Transference of Concepts From Ojibwa into English Contexts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Isadore Bebamikawe Toulouse
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 1, Advancing Aboriginal Language and Literacy, 2003, pp. 84-88
Description
Aboriginal language usage improves cultural knowledge. Students were previously punished if they were caught using Aboriginal languages in school.
The Transformative Power of Story for Healing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louise Profeit-LeBlanc
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 40, no. 2, 2003, pp. 59-65
Description
Discusses how storytellers can take a person through a wide range of emotions and the wisdom in the stories.
Treaty: Let's Get it Right!
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Mansell
Larissa Behrendt
Mick Dodson
Marcia Langton
Lisa Palmer ... [et al.]
Turtle Sang Himself Together: Themes of Cultural Survival in the Oral Traditions of the Florida Panhandle Creek Indians
Theses
Author/Creator
Lawrence Simmers Ellis
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2003.
Two Essays
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Wagamese
Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, vol. 41, no. 1, 2008, pp. 75-79
Description
Looks at two essays by Richard Wagamese titled, What It Comes To Mean which discusses the legacy of forced adoption, residential schools and racism, and Learning Ojibway which looks at how learning Ojibway opened the door of discovery, homecoming, reclamation and rejuvenation.
Two Related Indigenous Writing Systems: Canada's Syllabic and China's A-hmao Scripts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Alison Lewis
Louis-Jacques Dorais
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, 2003, pp. 277-304
Description
Story of two writing systems: syllabics developed around 1840 by James Evans and a system developed for the A-hmao, in south-western China, around 1904.
Un Bilinguisme Stable est-il Possible à Iqaluit?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aurélie Hot
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, Inuit urbains / Urban Inuit, 2008, pp. 117-136
Description
Evaluates the impact of efforts to promote the use of Inuktitut in the capital of Nunavut.
Understanding the Historic and Contemporary Métis of the Northwest
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jean Teillet
Canadian Issues, [Whose History for Whose Future], Fall, 2008, pp. 36-39
Description
Looks at Métis mobility, hidden language, inadvisability of public identification and threat as a mixed race people.
United They Stood, Divided They Didn't Fall: Culture and Politics in Mi'kmaq Nova Scotia, 1969 - 1988
Alternate Title
United They Stood, Divided They Didn't Fall: Culture and Politics in Micmac Nova Scotia, 1969 - 1988
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle Coffin
Description
Atlantic Canada Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2003.
The Use of Film as a Vehicle for Traditional Storytelling Forms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Geddes
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 40, no. 2, 2003, pp. 65-70
Description
Discusses how storytelling can help with cultural and personal identity and other benefits.
Vaa Tseerii'in, Funny Gwich'in Stories and Games
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth Frank
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 40, no. 2, 2003, pp. 56-58
Description
Discusses how to uncover and work with traditional knowledge.
Variation in Instructional Discourse Features: Cultural or Linguistic? Evidence from Inuit and Non-Inuit Teachers of Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alice Eriks-Brophy
Martha Crago
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 4, December 2003, pp. 396-419
Description
Argues that teachers' cultural values about communication and interaction affect their assessment of students' academic and communicative competence.
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 Still Tell Stories: An Examination of Cherokee Oral Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Leslie Deon Hannah
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Oklahoma, 2003.
Welcoming Churches Embrace Old and New
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leanne Larmondin
Anglican Journal, vol. 129, no. 2, February 2003, p. 4
Description
Presents a general discussion of children's behaviour in church and mentions the release of a hymnal in the Kwak'wala language.
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.
Whose English Counts?: Indigenous English in Saskatchewan Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Sterzuk
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 43, no. 1, Winter, 2008, pp. 9-20
Description
Focuses on how students' educational attainment is affected by differences in home and school dialects, and the impact of inadequate assessment and evaluation by teachers and speech practitioners.
Wife, Mother, Provider, Defender, God: Women in Lakota Winter Counts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Risch
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 3, 2003, pp. 1-30
Description
An historical perspective on gender in relation to waniyetu wowakapi (winter counts) or hekta yawap. reveals evidence of women's roles; author suggests further historical research.
A Winter's Research and Invention: Reverend James Evan's Exploration of Indigenous Language and the Development of Syllabics, 1838-1839
Theses
Author/Creator
Paul Michael Hengstler
Description
History (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2003.