Science Education, vol. 91, no. 6, November 2007, pp. 926-947
Description
Discusses the multiculturalism / universalism debate in science education and the position of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) in science curricula.
Outlines how the Pikangikum customary stewardship approach of “Keeping the Land” provides the foundation for woodland caribou habitat conservation in the Whitefeather Forest.
Environmental Research, vol. 86, no. 2, June 2001, pp. 140-148
Description
Argues that examination of traditional diets which result in exposure, poor food diets which increase absorption and possible exposure to lead paint is needed to assess potential correlations with blood lead levels.
Ms. Youens is a Metis, born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. She was brought up in a series of foster homes and is now active in both the Women's Movement and with native groups. She talks about how the Metis are treated by outside groups, her childhood, and attitudes towards women among native societies.
An interview with the grandson of Misihew and great-grandson of Seekaskootch, Mr. Lloyd Chief. During the interview, Mr. Chief discusses a variety of subjects including: leadership qualities; intertribal wars of the Cree and Blackfoot; the power of dreams; the significance of the Northern Lights; and the powers of Cannibals.
Photograph. On information card: Ten year old log cabin with extended tent porch in Chipewyan trappers camp. Dunvegan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 4, Health and Healing, Summer, 2007, p. 7
Description
Letter to the editor in response to "Pathways to Success in Pre-College Mathematics" published in Vol. 18, Issue 2 of Tribal College Journal (2006 Winter) p. 28-30.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 40, no. 2, 2001, p. [?]
Description
Results of two year study which examined use of culturally specific mathematics in Shoshoni traditional living practices and its possible applications with other local cultures.
Photograph. On information card: Tipi like structure: "Tent used for smoking dry caribou meat" (Chipewyan-Dene). Dunvegan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
Journal of Archaeological Science , vol. 34, no. 4, April 2007, pp. 642-648
Description
Presents evidence of mitrochrondrial DNA of the haplogroup M, a group that is common in East Asia, but had never before been reported for Indigenous populations in North American. Estimates put the time frame at about five thousand years before present.
American Antiquity, vol. 72, no. 3, July 2007, pp. 417-438
Description
Looks at 60 archaeological sites to test predications drawn from prey choice models, with the results showing difference sites give difference perspectives on Paleoindian faunal use.
Mrs. Ranger was born in Batoche around 1892. She gives an account of the Riel Rebellion of 1885 as told by her mother, shares childhood memories of Gabriel Dumont, the effects on the Metis community by the Depression and the two world wars and gives her impressions of how the Metis are treated by various outside groups.
Mrs. Nicolas, nee Fleury, was born in Duck Lake in 1887. After a brief period in the U.S. where she attended school she returned to the Duck Lake area where she has lived ever since. She shares her experiences of raising her family of ten plus three foster children, her childhood, schooling and life on a mixed farm including the Depression years. She also gives an account of the Frog Lake Massacre as told by her grandfather, and of relatives who fought in WWI, WWII and the Korean war.
An interview that includes stories of hunting, trading and food gathering. Also included are stories about the Frog Lake massacre and Wihtiko (cannibal monster)
Consists of an interview with Mary Jacobson, the daughter of a Hudson's Bay manager. She talks about job discrimination against Indian and Metis, how welfare payments have destroyed the old way of life and tells a story of the Riel Rebellion of 1885 that her mother told her.
Overview provides data on the ethnographic history of the Rocky Mountain National Park region, identifies specific physical, cultural, and spiritual resources within the Park region, and discusses legal, management, and consultative processes.
Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, vol. 34, no. 2, 2007, pp. 60-73
Description
Integrates findings from professional literature in five areas: veterinary medical education, Native culture, American Indian Studies, career development, and psychology.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 30, no. 2, 2007, pp. 305-321
Description
Explores the present state of K-12 and postsecondary Native Language (NL) education in Canada and the feasibility of incorporating outdoor education with NL programs.