Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
La perception du carcajou/glouton par les Inuit du Nord canadien: Du passé au present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
Plants and Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Focuses on Yukon First Nations Traditional Knowledge.
Plants & Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Plants and Connection to Place
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yukon First Nations Curriculum Working Group
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Teacher's guide.
The Quechua: Guardians of the Potato
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Amanda Stephenson
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Sacred Places, Sacred Lifeways, March 2012, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the importance of potatoes and how Indigenous farmers strengthen local economies and wellbeing based on cultural traditions and biological diversity.
Recent Legal Developments on Consultation and Accommodation Relating to Environmental and Archaeological Issues
Alternate Title
Annual Forum on Aboriginal Law, Consultation and Accomodation ; 6th, 2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Kleer
Description
Presented at the 6th Annual Forum on Aboriginal Law, Consultation and Accommodation, February 22-23, Toronto, Ontario. Discusses how duty to consult and accommodate is being affected by recent case law.
Recognizing Indigenous Legal Orders: Their Content, Embeddedness in Distinct Indigenous Cultures, and Implications for Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Indigenous Legal Orders in Canada: A Literature Review
Law Publications (Western University) ; 92
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Coyle
Description
Literature review primarily uses book chapters, journal articles, and internet sources.
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.
Respect the Water #2
Alternate Title
Respect for Water no. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Suzanne Methot]
Description
Grade 6 educator's resource for teaching about Aboriginal perspectives on respecting the environment, cultural teachings about women's responsibility for water, and the relationships between all living things.
For use with video about Ojibwa Grandmother Josephine Mandamin's walk around the Great Lakes, A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry, and "No Running Water" by Helen Falding.
A Review of The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Herman A. Peterson
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 74-76
Description
Book review of: The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology by Steve Pavlik.
The Sacred and the Digital: Managing Heritage in an Open Access World
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Lison
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
Saskatchewan History - The First Peoples: Plains First Nations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
J. Giannetta
Description
A wide range of topics such as clothing, bison, decoration, tools, etc. Developed for Grade 4 Social Studies.
Updated version.
Student Handouts.
Seeing the Skies through Navajo Eyes: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Astronomy
Alternate Title
Navajo Skies: An Introductory Guide to the Navajo Skies Planetarium Show
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy C. Maryboy
David H. Begay
Ashley C. Teren
Description
Designed as a resource for planetariums, for middle school teachers, and a book that families can read together.
Shifting Boundaries: Violence, Representation, and the Salt Songs of the Great Basin Peoples
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 9th, 2011
Where No One Else Has Gone Before: Proceedings of the Ninth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Frederic Murray
Description
Examines two themes: the violent nature of Great Basin Indian history, and the sacred and cultural landscapes described by the salt songs of the Nuwuvi people.
Social Studies Grade 5: Canada: The Peoples and Stories of This Land: A Curriculum and Guide to Implementation
E-Books
Author/Creator
NWT Department of Education, Culture and Employment
Description
Nine modules: Origins and Connections to the Land; Pre-Contact Cultures; Early European Exploration and Colonization; Nouvelle-France and Cultural Integration; French-English Rivalry; Refugees, Warriors and Reformers; Negotiating Confederation; Furs, Farms and the Métis; and Treaties, War, and the Changing West.
Integrates Dene, Inuvialuit and Inuinnait perspectives on history.
"Territorial Pilot 2011-2012".
Spirits of Earth: The Effigy Mound Landscape of Madison and the Four Lakes
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kathleen Tigerman
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 2, 2012, pp. 209-211
Description
Book review of: Spirits of Earth by Robert A. Birmingham.
Review located by scrolling to page 209.
Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors: Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions ; The Whaling People of the West Coast of Vancouver Island and Cape Flattery
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alan D. McMillan
BC Studies, no. 174, Summer, 2012, pp. 123-125
Description
Book reviews of:
Spirits of our Whaling Ancestors by Charlotte Cote.
The Whaling People of the West Coast of Vancouver Island and Cape Flattery by Eugene Y. Arima and Alan L. Hoover.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 123.
Spirits of the Forest: Cambodia’s Kuy People Practice Spirit-Based Conservation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Neal Keating
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 2, 40 Years of Advocacy, June 2012, p. [?]
Description
Examines the economic, ecological, cultural and spiritual aspects of the forest and local concerns about the sale of lands and natural resources.
Sq’ éwlets: A Stó:lō -Coast Salish Community in the Fraser River Valley Virtual Museum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dara Kelly
BC Studies, no. 194, Summer, 2017, pp. 195-197
Description
Reviews website featuring stories, history, language, and the connection between the people and place.
Stories That Nourish: Minnesota Anishinaabe Wild Rice Narratives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amelia V. Katanski
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 71-91
Description
Looks at how works by writers such as Jim Northrup, Heid Erdrich, Linda LeGarde Grover, and Gerald Vizenor illustrate the connection between story, culture, and knowledge.
Titiro Whakamuri, Hoki Whakamua: Respectful Integration of Māori Perspectives within Early Childhood Environmental Education
Alternate Title
Titiro Whakamuri, Hoki Whakamua: Respectful Integration of Maori Perspectives within Early Childhood Environmental Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jenny Ritchie
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 17, [Indigenizing and Decolonizing Environmental Education], 2012, pp. 62-79
Description
Describes examples from "mainstream" educational settings where teachers incorporated Māori views about "caring for ourselves, others and the environment" as specified in the New Zealand curriculum document Te Whàriki.
Trickster Chases the Tale of Education
Alternate Title
Article 2
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kaitlyn Watson
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples - Part 2, October 2017, pp. 1-[3]
Description
Book review: Trickster Chases the Tale of Education by Sylvia Moore.
Unlikely Alliances : Native Nations and White Communities Join to Defend Rural Lands
Alternate Title
Indigenous Confluences
E-Books
Author/Creator
Zoltán Grossman
Walking in Beauty: An American Indian Perspective on Social Justice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evan Allen Eason
Rockey Robbins
Counseling and Values, vol. 57, no. 1, April 2012, pp. 18-23
Description
Discusses the three processes included in the walking in beauty perspective: embodiment, creativity and an appreciation of the sublime.
Walking with Miskwaadesi
E-Books
Author/Creator
Eileen “Sam” Conroy (Wahgeh Giizhigo Migizi Kwe)
Andrea Harquail
Bob Johnson
Basil Johnston
Kaitlyn Watson ... [et al.]
Description
Related material:
Walking with Ánó:Wara.
Ways of Knowing Guide: Earth's Teachings
Alternate Title
Turtle Island Conservation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nicole Bell
Kim Wheatley
Bob Johnson
"We Are Not Being Heard": Aboriginal Perspectives on Traditional Foods Access and Food Security
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bethany Elliott
Deepthi Jayatilaka
Contessa Brown
Leslie Varley
Kitty K. Corbett
Journal of Environmental and Public Health, vol. 2012, 2012, p. article no. 130945
Description
Discusses project in which Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal partners collaborated to assess challenges and barriers to access in Vancouver, British Columbia.
What Was Damaged?: Taking Sacred Ecology into Account in Environmental Impact Assessment
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Adam Dunstan
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, Special Issue of Indigenous Policy: Anthropology, Archaeology and Litigation - Alaska Style, Spring, 2012, pp. 1-8
Description
Comments on the connections between Indigenous groups and the environment not only through direct resource use but also through sacred beliefs and practices.
The White Earth Digital Tribal Museum: Creation of an Open-Access Online Museum Using 3D Images of Cultural Heritage Objects
Theses
Author/Creator
Larissa Harris
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
"The Wish to Become a Red Indian": Indianthusiasm and Racil Ideologies in German
Theses
Author/Creator
Kelly Rachel Laframboise
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2017.
Working With an Aboriginal Community to Understand Drinking Water Perceptions and Acceptance in Rural New South Wales
Alternate Title
Article 4
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fidelis G. Jaravani
Peter D. Massey
Jenni Judd
Kylie A. Taylor
Jason Allan ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, July 2017, pp. 1-29
Description
Study looks at the Walhallow Aboriginal community's water supply and their decision to drink rainwater.
"You Can't Say You're Sovereign If You Can't Feed Yourself": Defining and Enacting Food Sovereignty in American Indian Community Gardening
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Hoover
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 31-70
Description
Discusses how farmers and gardeners define food sovereignty and how the concept has been put into practice to attain the goals of promoting health and traditional culture.
Yuntuwarrun: Learning on Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Nicholls
Tangikina Moimoi Steen
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 1, March 2017, pp. 26-34
Description
Discusses the experiential and collaborative engagement approach to learning utilized in a masters in sustainable design class offered by the University of South Australia.