Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 2, Fall, 2011, pp. 2-7
Description
Looks at a successful co-op which sells fresh bannock, wild rice, wild blueberries, freshwater fish and other Indigenous specialty foods as well as crafts, books and music.
[One or more images have been omitted from this article due to copyright restrictions. These images are accessible in the print version of this journal.]
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 9, October 2011, p. 9
Description
Looks at the second annual multi-racial event that promotes understanding of First Nations and Métis culture and history.
Article located by scrolling to page 9.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, Special Issue: Indigenous Locations Post-Katrina: Beyond Invisibility and Disaster, 2008, pp. 85-91
Description
Looks at Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, in light of a class system that marginalizes people and then leaves them at the mercy of federal bureaucrats who pretend they don't exist.
American Anthropologist, vol. 113, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 262-276
Description
Looks at landscape anthropology and how anti-clearcutting activism at the Grassy Narrows First Nation has changed the vantage point from which activists conceive their experiences with the landscape.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 99, no. 2, March/April 2008, pp. 95-97
Description
Discusses how public health must take full account of the traditional food practices of Aboriginal people including the harvesting, sharing, and consumption of country and traditional foods.
Looks at the need to import provisions to feed the growing population.
Chapter from Papers of the 39th Algonquian Conference edited by Karl S. Hele, Regna Darnell.
A copy of illustration: "Escape of the McKay family through the ice to Prince Albert", from souvenir number of CANADIAN PICTORIAL & ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, 4 Jul 1885. It depicts Metis rowing boat through ice as his wife and children huddle in back. McKay was a farm instructor near Battleford. Incident described p.21.
University of Victoria Centre for Aboriginal Health Research
Description
Documentary takes a critical look at the environmental public health challenge as expressed by First Nations peoples living in Canada.
Duration: 30:15.
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, 2011, pp. 2-39
Description
Reports on a study which implemented a culturally sensitive math curriculum in consultation with local Elders. Results showed an improved outcome in student scores.
in education exploring our connective educational landscape, vol. 17, no. 3, Autumn, 2011, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the gap in mathematics quality and equity for Indigenous students and looks at solutions to address these issues based on a study done with Eagle Flight First Nation in Alberta.
Reports on responses from four discussion groups with participants who were 15-24 years old. Focus was on finding out about language and cultural broadcasting content of interest and which devices youth would like to receive that content on.
Forestry Chronicle, vol. 84, no. 2, March/April 2008, pp. 231-243
Description
Determines how traditional ecological knowledge is used in current forest management around the world and how local communities are involved in forest management planning.
Elder from the Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation explains harvesting, preparation methods, and nutritional value of food available around the reserve.
Argues that stories about food gathering and recipes have become ways to revitalize food knowledge, cultural integrity, and community and therefore are necessary when healing trauma from colonization.
Attempts to identify major socio-cultural impacts of environmental change and the need for assessment tools to account for these impacts.
Development Studies Research Paper (M.A.)--Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2008.