Education Canada, vol. 47, no. 1, Making Space For Critical Reflection: Dreams & Solutions For Aboriginal Children, Winter, 2007, pp. 48-51
Description
Through the author's experiences, looks at how power and privilege spills over into the classroom setting through oppression that is related to gender, race, class and sexual orientation.
In Education, vol. 23, no. 2, Autumn, 2017, pp. 25-42
Description
Explores importance of individual and community stories as a method of enhancing non-Indigenous classroom teachers' understanding and success when interacting with Indigenous children and their families.
This material summarizes what the elders of the Treaty 7 area have said in interviews about what transpired during the negotiation of Treaty 7 and what promises were made to the Indians at that time. The subjects dealt with include mineral and other resource rights, hunting, fishing, andtrapping rights, land and land surrenders, education and medicare and economic development.
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 35-54
Description
Discusses the Biographies of Prominent Elders project as a method for using oral histories to preserve and promote Gwich'in culture, traditional knowledge and values. Includes five short stories told by project participants.
Keynote speaker discusses the importance of knowing how to live off the land and the confidence these skills give you in other aspects of life.
Duration: 38:23.
Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, vol. 9, Winter, 2018, pp. 38-56
Description
Using seventy-two interviews from Indigenous HIV survivors to create a fictional story to provide insight into the experiences of Indigenous people with HIV.
Several topics are discussed: describes the acceptance by the Peigans of Treaty #7, and its effects on their way of life; compares U.S. and Canadian treaties and criticizes Canadian education of Indians; briefly describes some aspects of traditional ceremonies; and tells story of two spirits gambling for control of lands adjacent to Rockies.
Towards Mauri Ora: Examining the Potential Relationship Between Indigenous-Centric Entrepreneurship Education and Maori Suicide Prevention in Aotearoa, New Zealand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Love
Keri Lawson-Te Aho
Shamia Shariff
Jan McPherson
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 2, September 2017, pp. 116-128
Description
Participants of the Ahikaa programme shared stories of hope and reported the programme as both life-changing and healing.
Author briefly describes how participating in University of British Columbia's Humanities 101 Community Programme has educated her about residential schools and their impact.
A summary of 15 semi-directed interviews with Cree and Inuit Elders, conducted in June of 2012 regarding climate change and the health of polar bears. Participants unanimously agreed on the reality of a warming climate and a prolonged ice-free season, but differed by community in their perception of the health of the polar bears
Traumatic Brain Injury of Tangata Ora (Maori Ex-prisoners)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cherryl Waerea-i-te-rangi Smith
Helena Rattray-Te Mana
Leonie Pihama
John Reid
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 226-234
Description
Screening tool used with 23 men looked at head and neck injuries over the life-course and included age, alteration of consciousness, medical treatment and symptoms. Participants were also asked about impacts on day-to-day living. Results indicate the need for screening by the Department of Corrections and culturally appropriate treatment.
Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs speaks about his background, challenges faced by community chiefs and First Nations political organizations, and the how the land plays a central role in attempts at reconciliation
Duration: 59:54.
Episode 63: Dr. Peters discusses her new book Rooster Town: The History of an Urban Métis Community, 1901-1961, the research that went into it, and the history of the urban Métis in the Winnipeg area.
Duration: 53:55.
Episode 61: Michael talks to Harold R. Johnson about his book Clifford, a text that Johnson describes as "a memoir, a fiction, a fantasy."
Duration: 28:49
Episode 51: Larry Krotz discusses Diagnosing the Legacy: The Discovery, Research, and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Indigenous Youth.
Duration: 25:49
Episode 49: Laura Forsythe discusses both shaping and contributing to Looking Back and Living Forward: Indigenous Research Rising Up, a collection of research papers that had been presented at the Rising Up: Graduate Students' Conference on Indigenous Knowledges and Research in Indigenous Studies in 2017.
Duration: 29:34
Two historians discuss their new book, which is a case study of the death of Brian Sinclair in a hospital emergency room while awaiting care: Structures of Indifference.
Episode 64: part of Pledge-o-Rama 2018.
Duration: 49:04