Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Plant
Description
Looks at historical information on ceremonial clowns, individual contraries, Reverse Reaction Warriors and the Ceremonial Fool of the Mandan.
Potlatch 67-67: Then and Now
Alternate Title
Potlatch 67-67 Lesson Series
Hiłt̕sist̕a'a̱m: The Copper Will Be Fixed
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kumugwe Cultural Society
Comox Valley Art Gallery
Description
Catalogue for exhibition held to mark the 67th anniversary of the lifting of the Potlatch ban.
Related material: Lesson Plan.
Powered by a Higher Power: A Conversation with HvnSent
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
HvsSent
Honey Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 4, Issue 272, September-October 2010, pp. 28-[?]
Description
Interview with singer Wesley Royce Stops also known as HvnSent.
Preserving Tradition and Understanding the Past: Papers From the Conference on Iroquois Research, 2001-2005
Alternate Title
New York State Museum Record
E-Books
Author/Creator
Christine Sternberg Patrick
Barbara Graymont
Christina B. Rieth
Elizabeth Horton
Anthony Wonderley ... [et al.]
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Curriculum Developers
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Asma-na-hi Antoine
Rachel Mason
Roberta Mason
Sophia Palahicky
Carmen Rodriguez de France
Description
Related material:
Foundations.
Guides for:
Leaders and Administrators.
Front-line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors.
Teachers and Instructors.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Foundations
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kory Wilson
Description
Guide discusses Indigenous-Canadian relationships from contact to the present, historical and contemporary context, and the diversity of Indigenous peoples.
Related material for:
Leaders and Administrators.
Curriculum Developers.
Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Pulling Together: A Guide for Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ian Cull
Robert L. A. Hancock
Stephanie McKeown
Michelle Pidgeon
Adrienne Vedan
Description
Related material: Foundations. Guides for: Leaders and Administrators.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Leaders and Administrators
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sybil Harrison
Janice Simcoe
Dawn Smith
Jennifer Stein
Description
Related material:
Foundations.
Guides for:
Curriculum Developers.
Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors.
Teachers and Instructors.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions: Teachers and Instructors
Alternate Title
Professional Learning Series
[BCcampus Indigenization Project]
[Indigenization] Professional Learning Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bruce Allan
Amy Perreault
John Chenoweth
Dianne Biin
Sharon Hobenshield … [et al.]
Description
Explores topics such as locating self and practice, Indigenous worldviews and pedagogies, ethical approach and relational protocols, colonization framework in Canada, and building an Indigenous practice.
Related material:
Foundations.
Guides for:
Leaders and Administrators.
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Puo'winue'l Prayers: Readings from North America's First Transtextual Script
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louis Esme Cruz
Qwo-Li Driskill
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 243-252
Description
Examines some of the issues related to "coming home" to ourselves, our land, and our people from a multiracial, visual-textual, Two-Spirit perspective.
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey [2015]: Language and Culture
Alternate Title
First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS): Phase 3
Sociodemographic and Socioeconomic Conditions
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
A Radiant Curve: Poems and Stories
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Esther Belin
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 125-128
Description
Book review of: A Radiant Curve by Luci Tapahonso.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 125.
Raising a Child with Early Childhood Dis-ability Supports Shakonehyra:ra's ne shakoyen'okon:'a
Alternate Title
Raising a Child with Early Childhood Disability Supports
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Ineese-Nash
Yvonne Bomberry
Kathryn Underwood
Arlene Hache
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, Winter, 2018, pp. 1-14
Description
Presents findings from Indigenous participants in the Early Childhood Service System Project.
Raven Imagery in Northwest Coast Indian Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Finch
Description
Discusses the importance of the Raven image in art to Native American Indian cultural groups of the Northwest Coast.
Re-conceptualizing Anishinaabe Mino-Bimaadiziwin (the Good Life) as Research Methodology: A Spirit-centered Way in Anishinaabe Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brent Debassige
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010, pp. 11-28, 154
Description
Discusses Indigenous approaches to knowledge concerning ethical and spiritual ways of knowing and being.
Re-indigenizing Curriculum: An Eco-hermeneutic Approach to Learning
Alternate Title
Re-indigenizing Curriculum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrejs Kulnieks
Dan Roronhiakewen Longboat
Kelly Young
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 1, 2010, pp. 15-24
Description
Discusses how eco-hermeneutics that places a priority on oral tradition is needed to reform the academic curriculum for a deeper understanding of the relationship between place and language.
A Recipe for Change: Reclamation of Indigenous Food Sovereignty in O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Asfia Gulrukh Kamal
Description
[Environment and Geography?] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2018.
Reconciliation and Canada’s Overdose Crisis: Responding to the Needs of Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Lavalley
Shelda Kastor
Jenna Valleriani
Ryan McNeil
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 50, December 17, 2018, pp. E1466-E1467
Description
Authors note that the current drug overdose crisis disproportionately affects Indigenous people as a result of a legacy of colonialism, racism and intergenerational trauma; argue that reconciliation with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples must include dismantling structural conditions which produce drug-related harms, and that current harm-reduction models must integrate Indigenous cultural values.
Reconsidering Confederation: Canada's Founding Debates, 1864 - 1999
Alternate Title
Compact, Contract, Covenant: The Evolution of First Nations Treaty-Making
Resisting Canada’s Will: Manitoba’s Entry into Confederation
“A More Accurate Face on Canada to the World”: The Creation of Nunavut
E-Books
Author/Creator
J. R. Miller
Daniel Heidt
Marcel Martel
Colin M. Coates
Martin Pâquet
... [et al.]
Description
See:
Chapter Two: Compact, Contract, Covenant: The Evolution of First Nations Treaty-Making by J.R. Miller.
Chapter Six: Resisting Canada’s Will: Manitoba’s Entry into Confederation by Robert Wardhaugh and Barry Ferguson.
Chapter Eleven: “A More Accurate Face on Canada to the World”: The Creation of Nunavut by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Andr&ecaute Légaré.
Reflections on C.G. Jung and the Sioux Traditions
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Thomas J. Hoffman
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-5
Description
Manuscript review of: C.G. Jung and the Sioux Traditions by Vine Deloria.
Refracting the State through Human-Fish Relations: Fishing, Indigenous Legal Orders and Colonialism in North/Western Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zoe Todd
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 60-75
Description
Considers Aboriginal worldviews around the relationships humans have with, and the responsibilities they have to non- or more-than-human entities as a framework for environmental activism, opposition to resource extraction, and government regulation. Asserts that a re-examination of the way that humans connect to our non-human relations is necessary for survivance.
Regional Practitioners Colloquium
Alternate Title
Indigenous Architecture Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Description
Presentations and roundtable discussion by several different professionals including architects and interior designers; Beverly J. Diddy, Paul Fragua, Tamara Gay, Michelle Pfeiffer.
Duration: 58:26.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire for Children and Families = Giitwaami-zaka'aman Manidookaadeg Ishkode: Giniijaanisimaanig zhigwa Gidinawenaaganag onji
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sun Lodge Village
Peguis Child and Family Services
Garry McCorrister (Ogimaa Kinew)
Dwayne McCorrister (Giizis Ininew)
Louise McCorrister (Piitwan Aki Doog)
Maurice Brubacher (Mkode-Binesi-Nini) ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2018, p. 4
Description
Links to a video that describes the programming which creates opportunities for families to participate in ceremonial and land-based ways of knowing and healing.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire...
Duration: 21:19
The Relationships Between the Social and Shamanic Art of the Tlingit Indians of Alaska
Theses
Author/Creator
Aldona Claire Jonaitis
Description
Philosophy Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 1977.
The Religion of Nature: Evangelical Perspectives on the Environment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Jarich Oosten
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, Les Inuit et le Changement Climatique / The Inuit and Climate Change, 2010, pp. 71-91
Description
Reports on recent developments regarding Canada Awakening Ministries (CAM), an Evangelical movement with the Inuit in Canada's Eastern Arctic.
Remembering Smoke Signals: Interviews with Chris Eyre and Sherman Alexie
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna Hearne
Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 119-[?]
Description
Interview transcript with director and writer discuss the film and its continued impact on Native filmmaking ten years after release.
The Reorganization of Ceremonial Relations in Haida Society
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Lee Stearns
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 14, no. 1, 1977, pp. 54-63
Description
Contends that while the competition of the potlatch has been suppressed, heads of households vie for prestige by providing lavish feasts.
Repatriation, Digital Technology, and Culture in a Northern Athapaskan Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Kate Hennessy
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2010
[Residential Schools Effects: How Are These Affecting Current Elders' Spiritual Leadership]
Theses
Author/Creator
Juan Jimenez
Description
[Conflict Analysis and Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2010].
Resource Database
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Community Based Aboriginal Curriculum Initiatives
Description
Lists over 2300 resources covering a broad spectrum subject areas. Can be sorted by title or author.
Respecting Traditional Healing: A Journey of Understanding Where Spirituality and Cultural Competence Intersect
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Patricia Isaac
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. xlvi-xlvii
Description
Looks at the knowledge gained by a school psychologist during her employment with the Navajo.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page xlvi.
Restorative Justice Circles as a Method For Addressing the Impacts of Crime on Victims, Communities, and Offenders
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ingrid Diane Johnson
Description
Recounts history of restorative justice, who uses them and how successful they are.
Honors Captstone Research Project--[University of Alaska, Fairbanks], 2010.
Restorying Indigenous–Settler Relations in Canada: Taking a Decolonial Turn toward a Settler Theology of Liberation
Theses
Author/Creator
Joëlle M. Morgan
Description
Theology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saint Paul University, 2018.
Resurging through Kishiichiwan: The Spatial Politics of Indigenous Water Relations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Daigle
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 159-172
Description
Discusses the Mushkegowuk people’s relationship to water and how it has been ruptured in the interests of extractive industries and economic development. Also discusses efforts to reconnect with and protect waterways.
Rethinking Environmental Science Education from Indigenous Knowledge Perspectives: An Experience with a Dene First Nation Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Kumar Datta
Environmental Education Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2018, pp. 50-66
Description
Examines the importance and implications of land-based approach and discusses how this particular community has taken control of programs, gained leadership in wisdom traditions and taught respect for the land and its inhabitants.
Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Air and Water: St’át’imc Legal Traditions Report
Alternate Title
RELAW Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dean Billy
Lindsay Borrows
Jessica Clogg
Helen Copeland
St’át’imc Elders
Revival and Community: The History and Practices of a Native American Flute Circle
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Jones
Description
Art Thesis (M.A.)--Kent State University, 2010.
Rim First People: Participatory Design
Alternate Title
Indigenous Architecture Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Michael Fredericks
Description
Michael Fredericks discusses her company's philosophy and first project using a participate design concept at the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Facility at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Duration: 47:37.
Rising From the Ashes: The Cherokee Phoenix as an Ethnohistorical Source
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theda Perdue
Ethnohistory, vol. 24, no. 3, Summer, 1977, pp. 207-218
Description
Contends that the newspaper is not a good source for ethnological information as it gives an inaccurate picture of Cherokee society.
Ritual and Architecture in the Titicaca Basin: The Development of the Sunken Court Complex in the Formative Period
Theses
Author/Creator
Amanda Beth Cohen
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2010.
Ritual Architecture in Prehistoric Complex Hunter-Gatherer Communities: A Potential Example From Keatley Creek, on the Canadian Plateau
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jesse Morin
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 3, July 2010, pp. 599-626
Description
Promotes the study of housepit structures to begin to interpret the bases and origins of social inequality.
Robert Goodvoice 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
Robert Goodvoice tells a story of the Sioux Indians' first contact with Europeans and prophecies regarding the Europeans. He gives accounts of the 1851 Treaty made at Fort Laramie between the Sioux and the American Government and of the 1862 Minnesota Massacre. He also tells of the establishment of the Wahpaton (Round Plain) Reserve in Saskatchewan, and its chiefs.
Robert Goodvoice 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
Robert Goodvoice tells a story about the journey of a group of Sioux from the United States to Canada, through Portage la Prairie, Manitoba to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He tells of a settlement of the Wahpaton (Round Plain) Reserve in Saskatchewan and the division of the Sioux tribe. He also talks about Indian medicine and curing practices and reflects on the loss of knowledge of the old ways.
Robert Goodvoice 4
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
He tells a number of stories of people and objects which were lost, and how they were found with the help of "people with the power to find things" (prophets).
Robert Goodvoice 6
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
He tells a story about the origins of the Dakota (Sioux) guardian spirit and his powers; and how Iktomi differs from the equivalent Cree spirit power (Wisakedjak).
Robert Goodvoice 7
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Robert Goodvoice
Indian History Film Project
Description
He tells a story of a woman who was taken prisoner and carried off to live in an enemy camp; her treachery against her brothers and husband when they came to rescue her; how she was killed by her own mother because of her treachery; her mother's atonement after the killing.
The Role of the Elder within a Mainstream Addiction and Mental Health Hospital: Developing an Integrated Paradigm
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter Menzies
Ana Bodnar
Vern Harper
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 87-107
Description
Discusses the role of an Elder in counseling sessions with Aboriginal clinicians trained in Western healing intervention, providing insight into their problems both from an Aboriginal perspective as well as from a western clinical perspective.
Round Up
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Narcisse Blood
Description
Traces Pete Standing Alone's last round up of his horses and how his life has changed in the last twenty years. Accompanying material: An Integrated Educator's Guide.
Duration:18:02.
Sacred Ceremonies in Unsacred Places
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Waasegiizhig Price
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education , vol. 30, no. 2, The Spiritual Foundation of Tribal Colleges, Winter, October 29, 2018, p. [?]
Description
Article discusses the role of ceremony in spaces that have not traditionally been ceremonial—conferences, classrooms and other gatherings. Stresses the role and responsibility of the ceremony leader in keeping participants safe, and encourages people to make careful decisions around their attendance and participation. Author shares own experiences with ceremonies.
sâkîyıso: Understanding and Building Health Relationships: A First Nations Violence Prevention Teacher Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN)
Description
Uses Cree/Nêhiyaw cultural teachings to support development of healthy relationships with peers, dating partners, family and community. Designed for Grade 9 students.