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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pirjo Kristiiana Virtanen
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage, December 2019, pp. 330-339
Description
Discusses how the Apurinã community in Brazil create and maintain relationships with different non-human actors forms an intergenerational way of managing and relating to the land; critically examines how these relationships are protected by international law.
The Aqueduct Between Us: Inserting and Asserting an Indigenous California Indian Perspective about Los Angeles Water
Theses
Author/Creator
AnMarie Ramona Mendoza
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2019.
Armed with an Eagle Feather against the Parliamentary Mace: A Discussion of Discourse on Indigenous Sovereignty and Spirituality in a Settler Colonial Canada, 1990-2017
Theses
Author/Creator
Stacie A. Swain
Description
Religious Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Between Law and Action: Assessing the State of Knowledge on Indigenous Law, UNDRIP, and Free, Prior and Informed Consent with Reference to Fresh Water Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hannah Askew
Corey Snelgrove
Kelsey R. Wrightson
Don Courturier
Alisa Koebel … [et al.]
Description
Brief discussion of context and implications of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples followed by results of literature review based on research findings and academic literature, primary sources, grey literature, and Indigenous legal orders and case studies of their applications.
Collaborative Consent and British Columbia's Water: Towards Watershed Co-Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Merrell-Ann Phare
Rosie Simms
Oliver M. Brandes
Michael Miltenberger
Description
Discusses how Crown and Indigenous governments can engage with each other on the basis of a nation-to-nation relationship to develop regimes for management of resources which ensure mutually beneficial outcomes.
Confluence: Water as an Analytic of Indigenous Feminisms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanne Barker
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism, 2019, pp. 1-40
Description
A discussion of Indigenous feminist politics and the relationship between Indigenous women and water using the Flint water crisis and NoDAPL action at Standing Rock to illustrate.
Digital Ethics and Reconciliation: Digital Ethics Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karine St-Onge
Description
Report offers 26 recommendations for library staff and researchers seeking to decolonize their services in regards to collaborative research with Indigenous communities, the products of that research, and previously acquired archival materials. Multiple case studies included; majority are Canadian, but also includes cases from Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, and the United States.
Ensuring Water Security in Indigenous Communities throughout Canada
Alternate Title
Annual meeting of the ICSD ; 2019
Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Sustainable Development ; 2019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lateisha Ugwuegbula
Darlene Coyle
Alexander Wightman
Description
Argues that fragmentation of jurisdiction and lack of coordination over different levels of government has led to gaps, uncertainty about responsibility, problems with accountability, and failure to protect source water. Further argues that the current model of using watershed management agencies is inadequate and government should be moving to Integrated Water Resource Management, which is a more inclusive and holistic approach.
“Fake Vegans”: Indigenous Solidarity and Animal Liberation Activism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa Marie Legge
Rasha Taha
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 63-81
Description
Discusses the experiences of members of the Hamilton-Halton Animal Liberation Team (HALT) while demonstrating in support of Haudenosaunee-negotiated hunting rights in Short Hills Provincial Park in Ontario which are being protested against by local property owners and animal rights activists.
A Fictive Kinship: Making "Modernity", "Ancient Hawaiians", and Telescopes on Mauna Kea
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-30
Description
Comments on the controversy over the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope that would desecrate one of the most sacred sites in the islands.
Finding Our Roots: Indigenous Foods and the Food Sovereignty Movement in the United States
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laura Ferguson
Description
"A Family and Consumer Sciences unit with suggestions for collaborative teaching in History, Government, and Life Sciences - Grades 10-12."
Flooding in Kashechewan First Nation: Is it an Environmental Justice Issue?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arshi Shaikh
Carol Kauppi
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 105-130
Description
Examines the reoccurring flooding in Kashechewan as a case study; finds that the repeated flooding and the corresponding damage to housing and community resources is a result of colonial practices, disregard for traditional knowledge, and forced relocations of First Nations people to flood zones.
Food (In)security and Food Sovereignty in the North
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Philip Loring
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 56-59
Description
Researchers look at food security in the North since the turn of the 21st century and identify four areas of focus.
Genomic Research Through an Indigenous Lens: Understanding the Expectations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nanibaa’ A. Garrison
Māui Hudson
Leah L. Ballantyne
Ibrahim Garba
Andrew Martinez ... [et al.]
Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics, vol. 20, no. 1, 2019, pp. 495-517
Description
Article provides a comparative analysis of guidelines from Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States for research involving Indigenous peoples. Identifies areas that need attention, support Indigenous-led governance, and advocates for research policy framework for genomic research and health care that has international relevance for Indigenous peoples.
Implementation of Indigenous environmental heritage rights: an experience with Laitu Khyeng Indigenous community, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Datta
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage, December 2019, pp. 309-320
Description
Study uses relational research methodologies to examine the way that colonial structures and environmental policies interact and work to suppress Indigenous rights and sovereignties in the Laitu Khyeng Indigenous community in Chittagong Hill Tract in Bangladesh.
Indigenous Data Sovereignty in Action: The Food Wisdom Repository
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Johnson-Jennings
Derek Jennings
Meg Little
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, vol. 4, no. 1, Data and Digital Sovereignty, July 28, 2019, pp. 26-38
Description
Article describes the development of the online digital repository of wise food practices that is grounded within Indigenous knowledges (IK) and in Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS). Authors stress the need for IDS given the effects it can have on policy creation and the well-being of Indigenous peoples. Done in collaboration with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux community.
Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Canada: Policy Paper 2019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Stephen Penner]
Description
Gives overview of the current context, discusses Indigenous responses and areas for policy development, and makes four recommendations about what should be included in the federal government's <i>A Food Policy for Canada</i>.
Indigenous History: A Bibliography
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Shekon Neechie
Description
Lists works written by Indigenous authors published between 2000 and 2018. Focuses on substantial books, articles and book chapters on original primary historical research, research methodology and historiography.
Indigenous Law 2018: Year in Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norton Rose Fulbright [Canada LLP]
Description
Summarizes decisions which spoke to the relationship between Aboriginal title claims and fee simple title, the duty to consult and injunctive relief.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Kit for Giant Floor Map
Web Sites
Author/Creator
Canadian Geographic Education
Description
Topics include climate change, demographics, Indigenous governance, housing, human rights, Indigenous languages, migration, famous people, original place names, residential schools, seasonal cycles, symbols, timeline, trade routes, and treaties, land disputes, agreements and rights.
Although activities were created for the giant floor map, they can be adapted to the printable tile version.
Indigenous World 2017
E-Books
Author/Creator
Shankar Limbu
Albert K. Barume
José Aylwin
Johan Strömgren
Olga Murashko .. [et al.]
The Indigenous World 2019
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Tim Aqukkasuk Argetsinger
Olga Murashko
Johannes Rohr
Laila Susanne Vars
Jennifer Preston … et al.]
Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge and Bioprospecting: Searching for Efficient Balance of Rights
Theses
Author/Creator
Aman Gebru
Description
Juridical Sciences Thesis (JSD)--University of Toronto, 2017.
Knowledge Co-production in Contested Spaces: An Evaluation of the North Slope Borough – Shell Baseline Studies Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathan P. Kettle
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 1, March 31, 2019, pp. 43-57
Description
Examines a research agreement between the North Slope Borough of Alaska and Shell Exploration and Production Company (Shell Oil) and offers an evaluation based on: external factors, inputs, processes, outputs, outcomes, and impacts.
Land Claims [Part Two]
Alternate Title
A Framework for Recognition of Métis Rights and Aspirations
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference
Métis Nation of Alberta's Registry: A Digital Approach to Connecting Historical and Contemporary Communities
MNA's Registry: A Digital Approach to Connecting Historic and Contemporary Communities
Reconciling Métis Rights: Strategies for Negotiations with the Crown
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Douglas Eyford
Ryan Shackleton
Harry Slade
Description
Three presentations: "Reconciling Métis Rights: Strategies for Negotiations with the Crown"; "MNA's Registry: A Digital Approach to Connecting Historic and Contemporary Communities"; and "A Framework for Recognition of Métis Rights and Aspirations". Followed by question and answer period.
Lessons Learned through Community-Engaged Planning
Alternate Title
Manuscript 1338
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert J. Patrick
Laura Machial
Kendra Quinney
Len Quinney
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-17
Description
Looks at a community project to get safe drinking water through source water protection and water management.
Letter from the Editors: [Food (In)security in the North]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrew Spring
Deborah Simmons
Joshua Gladstone
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, p. 8
Description
Introduction to articles in journal issue on food security from the perspectives of community members, researchers, and policy analysts.
Mechanisms of Indigenous Exclusion in British Columbia's Environmental Assessment Process
Theses
Author/Creator
Hollis Katherine Andrews
Description
Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
Network Sovereignty: Building the Internet across Indian Country
Alternate Title
Indigenous Confluences
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marisa Elena Duarte
Never Alone: (Re)Coding the Comic Holotrope of Survivance
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michelle Lee Brown
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 22-44
Description
Article examines the use of gaming and other communication technologies as strategies for resistance, survivance and cultural resurgence; discusses practices of re/mapping, kinship-making and relationality.
Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage Shipping and Marine Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E.R. Jakobsen … [et al.]]
Description
Essays by authors from across Inuit Nunangat and Greenland discuss the possible impacts of the opening of the Passage due to climate change.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in BC
Alternate Title
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in British Columbia
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Beringia Community Planning Inc.]
Description
Related Material:
Toolkit Resources.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Planning Around Reserves: Probing the Inclusion of First Nations in Saskatchewan's Watershed Planning Framework
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Warrick Baijius
Robert J. Patrick
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, Special Issue: The Impact of Reserve and Reservation Systems on Indigenous Well-Being, November 22, 2019
Description
Results from a study which examines a dozen watershed plans indicates limited inclusion of First Nations in watershed plans created by the Saskatchewan Watershed authority.
Powering Self-Determination: Indigenous Renewable Energy Developments in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Eryn Fitzgerald
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2018.
Racial Necrogeographies and the Making of White Space: The Life and Death of Nineteenth-Century Indigenous and Black Burial Places in Rural Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Felepchuk
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, 2019, pp. 73-87
Description
Looks at burial sites desecrated by settlers, how these acts represent an attempt to erase Indigenous and Black existence, and how these communities have pushed back by reclaiming and reconsecrating their scared places.
The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians: The Impact of the Atchison Topeka, and Santa Fe on the Pueblos of the Rio Grande, 1880-1930
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John R. Gram
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 108-109
Description
Book review of: The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians by Richard H. Frost.
Searching for Haknip Achukma (Good Health): Challenges to Food Sovereignty Initiatives in Oklahoma
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon Mihesuah
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 9-30
Description
Looks at reasons for the population's poor health and difficulties encountered when a tribes try to control production, quality and distribution of food. Some of the issues include definition of "traditional food", access, environmental degradation, poaching and invasive species.
Surveying American Indians with Opt-In Internet Surveys
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebekah Herrick
Jeanette Morehouse Mendez
Ben Pryor
James A. Davis
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 3, Summer, 2019, pp. 281-305
Description
Study examines the potential for using opt-in internet surveys as means to study the political attitudes and behaviors of Indigenous people in the United States.
Te Kete Tū Ātea: Towards Claiming Rangitīkei Iwi Data Sovereignty
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Gifford
Kirikowhai Mikaere
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, vol. 4, no. 1, Data and Digital Sovereignty, July 28, 2019, pp. 6-14
Description
Article describes a Māori-led, four-year research project which focused on identifying and addressing iwi (tribal) data needs of the Rangitīkei Iwi Collective, and on establishing a framework for iwi data sovereignty.
Unlikely Alliances : Native Nations and White Communities Join to Defend Rural Lands
Alternate Title
Indigenous Confluences
E-Books
Author/Creator
Zoltán Grossman
Water Vulnerability in Arctic Households: A Literature-based Analysis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Antonia Sohns
James Ford
Mylene Riva
Brian Robinson
Jan Adamowski
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019 , pp. 306-316
Description
Narrative review of 112 documents (articles, book chapters, proceedings papers, etc.), identifies two main categories of factors affecting water vulnerability in Arctic communities: Biophysical: climate change, extreme weather, etc.; Anthropogenic: infrastructure, economics, governance, etc. Discusses the need to consider the range of factors in policy frameworks.
“We Need New Stories”: Trauma, Storytelling, and the Mapping of Environmental Injustice in Linda Hogan’s Solar Storms and Standing Rock
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Summer Harrison
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 1, Winter , 2019, pp. 1-35
Description
Literary criticism essay that uses Hogan’s novel Solar Storms and the incidents Standing Rock, ND to illustrate a connection between the violence enacted on Indigenous bodies and the social discourses surrounding extractive resource practices. Argues that conscious storytelling could help to reshape the discourse surrounding trauma, the more than human community and environmental/climate justice.
When Do Ideas of an Arctic Treaty Become Prominent in Arctic Governance Debates?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jon Rahbek-Clemmensen
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 2, June 19, 2019 , pp. 116-130
Description
Article identifies and examines the social and geopolitical factors and questions which contribute to the prominence of the idea of an international Arctic governance treaty over time; author traces the evolution of the Arctic treaty debate from 1970 to the current moment.
Wildlife Management in Nunavik: Structures, Operations, and Perceptions Following the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Gombay
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 2, June 19, 2019 , pp. 181-196
Description
Article extends Lorraine Brooke’s 1995 study of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA) and its effectiveness in creating a wildlife co-management regime; concludes that little progress has been made since 1995, and the power relationships between Inuit and non-Inuit Government agencies remains problematic.
Without Land We are Lost: Traditional Knowledge, Digital Technology and Power Relations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kajsa Kuoljok
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage, December 2019, pp. 349-358
Description
Article uses the traditional Sámi practice of reindeer husbandry to examine the ways that digital tracking technologies can be used to provide irrefutable evidence of land use, and to assert Indigenous claims to sovereignty.
Wrestling with Fire: Indigenous Women’s Resistance and Resurgence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa K Nelson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, [Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism], 2019, pp. 69-84
Description
Describes the rising role of Indigenous women in a new era of activism that is based on traditional Indigenous values and practices.