Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Dennison Lacho
Aaron Leon
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming , July 31, 2017, pp. 70-88
Description
Authors examine the ways that video games can be and are used as a tool for language and cultural survivance and resurgence.
The Power of Creativity
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen Hendrie
Inuktitut, no. 96, Spring, 2005, pp. 1-2
Description
Introduction by the managing editor on the theme of articles in this issue: creative solutions and developments .
Practicing Sovereignty: Colonial Temporalities, Cherokee Justice, and the "Socrates" Writings of John Ridge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelly Wisecup
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 30-60
Description
"This article shows that Ridge's Socrates articles provided a public venue in which to define relationships among the Cherokees, the states, and the federal government".
La Préservation des Langues et des Savoirs du Nord / Preserving Languages and Knowledge of the North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louis-Jacques Dorais
Igor Krupnik
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la langue et las savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 5-30
Description
Introductory article to themed issues presents various author perspectives' on reversing language and knowledge shifts.
French text pages 5-15. English text pages 16-30.
Preserving Inuit Dialects in Nunavut: Research Report
Alternate Title
Aulapkainahuarniq Inuit Uqauhiinnik Nunavunmi
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shelley Tulloch
Description
Looks at the Nunavut Government's concerns about the loss of distinct dialects of the Inuit language.
Proyecto Kuatiañe'e: Saving a Language for Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Almidio Aquino
James Kirylo
Childhood Education, vol. 81, no. 6, Education of the Aboriginal and Indigenous Child: Global Perspectives and Practices, 2005, pp. 349-354
Description
Looks at the work of the Institute of Guarani Linguistics in Asuncih, Paraguay to raise awareness of the Ava Guaraní culture and language.
Qaneryaramta Egmiucia: Continuing Our Language
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Walkie Charles
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self-Determination, Anthropology, and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 107-111
Description
Comments on a successful program that returned the Yup'ik language into the classroom.
Quantification of Interplaying Relationships between Wellbeing Priorities of Aboriginal Peoples in Remote Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosalie Schultz
Stephen J. Quinn
Tammy Abbott
Sheree Cairney
Jessica Yamaguchi
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, June 25, 2019
Description
Study examines the priorities that Indigenous people living in remote communities in Australia have for defining their own well-being and how they rank those priorities in their own understandings of health.
(Re)Invigorating Family and Community Leadership in Inuit Bilingual Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nunia Qanatsiaq Anoee
Shelley Tulloch
Jeannie Arreak-Kullualik
Kerri Wheatley
Sandy McAuley
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 1, March 2017, pp. 2-10
Description
Looks at factors which have led to the success of the curriculum in Arviat, Nunavut.
(Re)presenting the Living Landscape: Exploring Community Mapping as a Tool for Transformative Learning and Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Maeve Frances Lydon
Description
Environmental Studies (Interdisciplinary) Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2002.
See : "Indigenous Maps and Mapping" on page 71-80.
Reclaiming Culture: Indigenous People and Self-Representation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joy Hendry
Reconciliation is an English Word
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jason Mercredi
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 2, Innovations in Community Health and Wellness, July 2017, pp. 58-61
Description
Comments on the proposed >Indigenous Languages Act
Reconciling Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Perspectives in Aboriginal Literacy Practice
Alternate Title
[First Nations, First Thoughts Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eileen M. Antone
Description
Paper examines Aboriginal perspectives and historical relations impacting literacy .
Recovering From Colonization: Perspectives of Community Members on Protection and Repatriation of Kwakwaka'wakw Cultural Heritage
Alternate Title
Recovering From Colonization: Perspectives of Community Members on Protection and Repatriation of Kw KW Akw Aka'Wakw Cultural Heritage (January 2005 Draft)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Catherine Bell
Heather Raven
Heather McCuaig
Description
Examines community efforts to revive cultural practices, reclaim knowledge, and get back cultural objects, specifically involving the potlatch system. Scroll to page 51
Redress for Linguicide: Residential Schools and Assimilation in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorena Sekwan Fontaine
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [183]-204
Description
Looks at key areas that require consideration for language revitalization efforts.
REEES: Quebec First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey: Identity, Language, and Culture
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Anne-Marie Nadeau
David Emond]
REEES: Quebec First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey: Overview of Workers
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Isabel Rojas Martel]
REES: Quebec First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey: Academic Success Factors (Children 0-5)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Anne-Marie Nadeau
David Emond
REES: Quebec First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey: Identity, Language and Culture
E-Books
Author/Creator
Anne-Marie Nadeau
David Emond
REES: Quebec First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey: Language and Culture in Schools and Families
E-Books
Author/Creator
Angela Mashford-Pringle
Reflections from the field: Redefining the Ojibwe Classroom: Indigenous Language Programs within Large Research Universities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mindy J. Morgan
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self-Determination, Anthropology and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 96-103
Description
Uses the example of a program at Michigan State University to explore issues in incorporating heritage languages into the curriculum of post-secondary institutions.
"Removing That Which Was Indian from the Plaintiff": Tort Recovery for Loss of Culture and Language in Residential Schools Litigation
Alternate Title
Removing That Which Was Indian from the Plaintiff: Tort Recovery for Loss of Culture and Language in Residential Schools Litigation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zoë Oxaal
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 68, no. 2, 2005, pp. 367-402
Description
Examines the progress of cultural loss claims and explores tort law's potential to address the issue.
Report on Implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action
E-Books
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Affairs
Government of New Brunswick
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.
Rétention Linguistique et Changement Social à Mistissini
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vincent Collette
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la Langue et les Savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 207-219
Description
Outlines changes in attitudes towards language use and preservation, and the importance of Cree as the language of instruction. Uses the community of Mistissini, Quebec as an example of one language being used in the home and when hunting, and another dominating in other situations.
Text in French.
Rethinking Dialogue and History: The King's Promise and the 1906 Aboriginal Delegation to London
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Keith Thor Carlson
Native Studies Review, vol. 16, no. 2, 2005, pp. 1-38
Description
Uses this meeting to illustrate the differences between Aboriginal and European ways of constructing knowledge and interpreting past events.
Reviving Inuvialuktun
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Iriaryuk Kirbymin
Inuktitut, no. 96, Spring, 2005, pp. 43-46
Description
Advocates efforts to retain Inuit languages.
Rupertsland Institute Lesson Plans
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Rupertsland Institute
Description
Video presentations accompanied by lesson plans for Kindergarten through Grade 12 arranged under the themes of Métis language, culture and traditions, homeland history, governance, and the Métis in Alberta.
Sacred Ways of Life: Traditional Knowledge
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsea Crowshoe
Description
Discussion on various aspects of traditional knowledge, including traditional knowledge and the law,
comparison of scientific and traditional approaches to knowledge, and tools for maintaining traditional knowledge.
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.
The Sami: An Indigenous People in Sweden
E-Books
Author/Creator
[John Erling Uts
Anna-Stina Lindén Ivarsson
Marianne Wange
Lars-Ola Marakatt
Svensk Information]
Scientific Dogma or Indigenous Geographic Knowledge: Was America a Land Without History Prior to Scientific Contact?
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 5th, 2003
Native Being -- Being Native: Identity and Difference : Proceedings of the Fifth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Joseph A.P. Wilson
Description
Discusses the linguistic evidence of a link between the Athabascan and the Sino-Tibetan people.
Seeds of Educational Sovereignty: Sisseton Wahpeton Cultivating Culturally-Centered Learning
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Wassegijig Price
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 3, Indigenizing Education, Spring, 2005
Description
Looks at the Sisseton Wahpeton Community College and the integration of the Dakota language and tribal cultural values into the programs offered at the institution.
Seven Hundred Million to One: Personal Action in Reversing Language Shift
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard L. Dauenhauer
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 267-284
Description
Article comments of the impact a single person can have on language survival and transmission of knowledge.
Sign Language
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
The Beaver, vol. 85, no. 2, April/May 2005, p. 9
Description
Brief article using descriptions from the book Canadian Savage Folk by John Maclean, published in 1896.
A Snapshot: Status First Nations People in Canada
Alternate Title
[Indigenous Peoples Thematic Series]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Social and Economic Well-Being: A First Nations Gender-Balanced Analysis
Alternate Title
FNIGC Research Series
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
Social Justice Picture Books: Lesson Plans for the Junior-Intermediate Classroom
Alternate Title
When We Were Alone
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker
Dreambirds
The Great Kapok Tree
Stolen Words
Thanks to the Animals
Shi-shi-etko
I Am Not a Number
Gray Wolf's Search
Kookum's Red Shoes
Fox on the Ice
Shin Chi's Canoe
E-Books
Description
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
Sound Change in Old Montagnais
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher W. Harvey
Description
Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2005.
Spiral of Fire
Alternate Title
Indian Country Diaries
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
LeAnne Howe
James M. Fortier
Carol Cornsilk
Vision Maker Media
Description
Documentary about the challenges faced by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and how they have combined economic development in the form of tourism, cultural preservation, and spirituality as a means to carry the tribe into the future.
Duration: 1:26:30.
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.
Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence and Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Teaching Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laura Horton
Description
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather learn his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 6-9 (Grades 1-4). Text in English with some Cree vocabulary.
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.
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
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.
Related Material:
Sustaining Multiculturalism: Problems and Priorities for Heritage Languages
Theses
Author/Creator
Anjali Lowe
Description
Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2005.
Swampy & Moose Cree Flora & Fauna Glossary = Ka-Nihtâwikihk Nêsta Awêyâšîšak
E-Books
Author/Creator
C. Douglas Ellis
Talking in Context: Language and Identity in Kwakwaka'wakw Society
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 46
E-Books
Author/Creator
Anne Marie Goodfellow