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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bronwyn Carlson
Ryan Frazer
AlterNative, vol. 11, no. 3, 2015, pp. 211-214
Description
Compilation of interviews conducted with Aboriginal social media users in Australia to investigate emerging cultural expressions expressed around death.
Jackalope Walks into a Minneapolis Bar
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Denise Low
Transmotion, vol. 1, no. 2, November 20, 2015, pp. 85-90
Description
Creative fiction piece that engages themes of survivance, transformation, and magic realism.
June 24
Articles » General
Canada's History, vol. 95, no. 3, June-July 2015, p. 13
Description
Brief article describes the first baptism of Aboriginals ceremony which took place June 24, 1610 in Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia).
Scroll down page to access article.
[Kahente Horn-Miller: Indigenous Missing and Murdered Women and Girls]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kahente Horn-Miller
Description
Talks about contrasts in world views and racism which perpetuate the problem of violence towards women starting from the historical point of contact.
Duration: 20:10.
Kaupapa Rangahau: A Reader: A Collection of Readings from the Kaupapa Maori Research Workshop Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Leonie Pihama
Graham Smith
Helen Moewaka-Barnes
Rangimarie Mahuika
Linda Tuhiwai Smith ... [et al.]
Description
2nd edition.
Kindergarten Treaty Education Learning Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description
Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Getting to Know My Community" inquiry questions about spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.
Kogeahlook: an Ethnographic Study of a Canadian Inuit Women
Theses
Author/Creator
Nora Zilkie
Description
Integrated Studies Project towards (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2015.
The Land Is Our Teacher: Reflections and Stories on Working with Aboriginal Knowledge Holders to Manage Parks Canada's Heritage Places
E-Books
Author/Creator
Simon Brascoupé
Learning from Indigenous Worldviews
Alternate Title
Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education: Unit 3 Introduction
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jan Hare
Sara Florence Davidson
Description
Looks at culturally responsive education for Indigenous students and approaches to learning that are inclusive of Indigenous ways of knowing. Unit 3 of 6.
Duration: 14:23.
Lesson Focus: B.C.’s First Peoples. How has the Potlatch in Coastal BC changed or stayed the same over time?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Burnaby School District]
Description
Recommended for Grade 3 Social Studies.
The Long Tent of Life
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Settee Jr.
Description
Describes the Anishinaabeg approach to the quest to live a long, healthy life (Medewiwin), how it is connected to the ceremonial lodge and the physical structure of the lodge itself. One of three articles published in the Selkirk Chronicle in 1887 under the title Indian Mythology.
The Lord of the Coppers
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Don Macnaughtan
Community College Moment, May [2015], pp. 74-78
Description
Brief rendition of story of a copper artifact with great power and value.
Manaaki: Mana Enhancing and Mana Protecting Practice: A Practitioner Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Terry Huriwai
Maria Baker]
Māori Men’s Positive and Interconnected Sense of Self, Being and Place
Alternate Title
Maori Men’s Positive and Interconnected Sense of Self, Being and Place
Theses
Author/Creator
Mohi Robert Rua
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waikato, 2015.
Memory Traces: Analyzing Sacred Space at Five Mesoamerican Sites
E-Books
Author/Creator
Cynthia Kristan-Graham
Laura M. Amrhein
Keith M. Prufer
Patricia J. Sarro
Matthew H. Robb
Rex Koontz ... [et al.]
Men's War Bonnet
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Jones
Whispering Wind, vol. 43, no. 3, Issue 295, February 2015, pp. 28-29
Description
Describes the traditional dress worn in various photographs of the "Men's Buckskin" dance.
Mi'kmaq Creation Story
Documents & Presentations
Mi'kmawe'l Tan Teli-kina'muemk: Teaching about the Mi'kmaq
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre
Description
Mingadhuga Mingayung: Respecting Country Through Mother Mountain's Stories to Share Her Cultural Voice in Western Academic Structures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony McKnight
Educational Philosophy and Theory, vol. 47, no. 3, 2015, pp. 276-290
Description
Uses stories to help non-Aboriginal residents of Yuin Country in Australia respect and understand Yuin ways of knowing, learning and behaving.
Ministerial Transition Book: November 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)]
Description
"The material provides an overview of the mandate and history of the Department, the parliamentary environment, the Minister's portfolio, key relationships, and departmental sectors and their mandates. It also includes an overview of First Nation, Métis and Inuit protocols, cultures and traditions."
The Moccasin Identifier Education Kit
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
The Moccasin Identifier
Description
Contains links to a set of lesson plans with links to extensive lists of resources and supporting documents for Grades 1 through 8 which focus on treaty-making, history of Indigenous-settler relations, the Indian Act, residential schools, and Indigenous worldviews. Although designed for Ontario, much of the material is applicable to Canada as a whole or easily adaptable.
The Modernization of Đạo Mẫu: The Impact of Political Ideology and Commercialism on the Worship of the Mother Goddess in Vietnam
Alternate Title
The Modernization of Dao Mau: The Impact of Political Ideology and Commercialism on the Worship of the Mother Goddess in Vietnam
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vũ Thị Tú Anh (Vu Thi Tu Anh)
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 4, no. 1, October 2015, pp. [1]-17
Description
Focuses on how the traditional Indigenous belief system has adapted over time to survive as an important part of Vietnamese life despite ideological and technological pressures.
The Moral Terrains of Māori Tourism
Alternate Title
The Moral Terrains of Maori Tourism
Theses
Author/Creator
Sandi Ringham
Description
Social Sciences Thesis (MSocSc)--University of Waikato, 2015
The National Centre for Collaboration in Indigenous Education
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
The National Centre for Collaboration in Indigenous Education
Description
Website includes links to stories about Indigenous education, maps, resource library with searchable catalogue, Indigenous languages, teaching resource centre, and knowledge space featuring interviews with Elders and leaders, and video and audio playlists on various topics.
Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing nêhiyaw Legal Systems
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sylvia McAdam (Saysewahum)
Native American Religious Traditions
Alternate Title
Religions of the World
E-Books
Author/Creator
Suzanne J. Crawford
Native American Traditions
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Pluralism Project
Harvard University
Description
Provides links to a collection of essays on issues involving Native American religious and cultural freedom.
Native Art in Canada: An Ojibwa Elder's Art and Stories
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Native Art in Canada
Description
Contains links to information on woodland art, Ojibwa culture, spirituality, food, birch bark canoes, and tanning hides.
Native Hawaiian Grandparents: Exploring Benefits and Challenges in the Caregiving Experience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Noreen Mokuau
Colette V. Browne
Lana S. Ka'opua
Paula Higuchi
Kathleen M. Sweet
Kathryn L. Braun
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 4, no. 1, October 2015, pp. [1-]19
Description
Study involved three focus groups with a total of 33 participants aged 55 or older.
Native Studies Keywords
Alternate Title
Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Michelle H. Raheja
Nandita Sharma
Mishuana Goeman
Vicente M. Diaz ... [et al.]
Nibi Declaration of Treaty #3 Toolkit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Grand Council Treaty #3 (GCT3)
Description
Declaration is about the relationship with water and the life it brings, is based on Gitiizii m'inaanik (Elders and knowledge keepers) teachings, and is meant to guide future policy and decision-making.
No One Way of Knowing: Agricultural Science Student's Perspective Changed by Ojibwe Field Experience
Articles » General
Author/Creator
College of Agricultural Sciences
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 179-181
Description
Overview of student experience includes learning from members of the community on a wide range of topics including the boarding school era.
Northern Aboriginal Girls and Their Mediated Worlds
Theses
Author/Creator
Rachel MacNeill
Description
Media Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2015.
The Ojibwe Renaissance: Transnational Evangelicalism and the Making of an Algonquian Intelligentsia, 1812-1867
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Penner
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 45, no. 1, 2015, pp. 71-92
Description
Reports on existing conditions during this period which produced a distinct Ojibwe version of Christianity.
Ontological Security, Movement, and Well-Being: Teetł'it Gwich'in Experiences of Life Transformations
Theses
Author/Creator
Thea Luig
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2015.
Our Coming In Stories: Cree identity, Body Sovereignty and Gender Self-Determination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alex Wilson
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 1, no. 1, Cultured Queer/Queering Culture Symposium, 2015, p. article 4
Description
Looks at use of Cree traditional law in relation to sexual diversity, regulation of Cree two spirit people by government and the church, and the Idle No More social movement.
Accompanying interview.
Accompanying presentation.
Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery: An Archaeological Approach to Cemetery Management
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mike A. Markowski
Kara Wolfe
Troy Zimmer
Saskatchewan History, vol. 67, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 20-27
Description
Describes a project undertaken by the St. Laurent Shrine Committee, with the help of Canada North Environmental Services, in 2013 to complete a detailed recording of all marked and unmarked graves located in Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery in the Métis community of St. Laurrent.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 20.
Participatory Action Research and Researcher's Responsibilities: An Experience With an Indigenous Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Datta
Nyojy U. Khyang
Hla Kray Prue Khyang
Hla Aung Prue Kheyang
Mathui Ching Khyang ... [et al.]
International Journal of Social Research Methodology, vol. 18, no. 6, November 2015, pp. 581-599
Description
Looks at how the relational methodology was applied during a study conducted in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.
The Plains Cree Connective Stones Theory: Earth-Sky Vertebral Spines and Umbilical Cords
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Line Laplante
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, 2020, pp. 37-61
Description
Using an Indigenous sweat lodge ceremony to analyze the connective stones theory as a research tool.
Plains Indian History and Culture: Essays on Continuity and Change
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lew Richards
Whispering Wind, vol. 43, no. 4, Issue 296, April 2015, pp. 33-34
Description
Book review of: Plains Indian History and Culture by John C. Ewers.
The Poetry of Ralph Salisbury: Syntax as Vehicle for Conveying an Ethical Vision
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Eleanor Berry
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 19-38
Description
Literary criticism article which discusses the poet’s use of different parts of language and sentence structures to disrupt the flow of the poetry forcing the reader to attend to ethical issues discussed in the text.
Postcolonial Citizenship: Reconceiving Authority and Belonging in Settler Societies
Theses
Author/Creator
Derek Wayne Kornelsen
Description
Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2015.
Power of the PowWow: American Indian Perspectives on Ethnic Identity and Social Interest
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Ann Andrade-Bekker
Description
[Clinical Psychology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Adler University, 2015.
Practices of Plural Spiritualities in a Secular Society: Circles of Reconciliation With Aboriginal Peoples in Quebec
Alternate Title
Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change. Series VIII, Christian Philosophical Studies ; v. 14
Plural Spiritualities: North American Experiences
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Michel Elias Andraos
Description
Comments on one dimension of the process of reconciliation in Montreal and other places in Quebec.
Chapter 5 from Plural Spiritualities: North American Experiences edited by Robert J. Schreiter.
To access chapter 5, scroll to page 91.
Program Evaluation: Fatherhood is Sacred® and Motherhood is Sacred™
Theses
Author/Creator
Jessica Ann Marie Goodrow
Description
Social Work Project (MSW)--Humboldt State University, 2015.
[Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native Americans]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Matika Wilbur
Description
Matika Wilbur shares photographs and stories from Project 562, her multi-year project to document members of federally recognized tribes in the United States.
Duration: 1:42:58.
The Protect Mauna Kea Movement: Since Before the Overthrow in 1893
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katie Kamelamela
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 1, no. 2, Reterritorialising Social Media: Indigenous People Rise Up, 2015
Description
Speaker discusses ongoing activism by Hawaiians to assert sovereignty and protect their environment, the movement to stop the construction of a new telescope on the sacred peak of Mauna Kea, and how it has been utilizing social media.
Duration 51:11.
Racism in Winnipeg
Alternate Title
About Canada: Poverty
In Their Own Voices: Building Urban Aboriginal Communities
Moving Forward, Giving Back: Transformative Aboriginal Adult Education
Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People’s Encounters with the Police
Seeking Mino-Pimatisiwin: An Aboriginal Approach to Helping
Walking This Path Together: Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Child Welfare Practice
“Indians Wear Red”: Colonialism, Resistance, and Aboriginal Street Gangs
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Hart
Darlene Klyne
Joan Hay
Parvin Shorashi
Jim Silver ... [et al.]
Description
Excerpts from books previously published by the same publisher.
Reconciliation: Seeking Dialogue, Parallel, and Understanding Between Amerindian and Christian Theologies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David T'soi Gitli Armstrong
Description
Author's opinion on various elements of Indian spirituality compared to European Christian beliefs.
Reconstructing Aboriginal Identity and the Meaning of the Body in Blood Donation Decisions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stacey A. Hawkins
James Gillett
Journal of Religion and Health, vol. 54, no. 4, August 2015, pp. 1286-1301
Description
Discusses factors that may influence Aboriginal health choices including blood donation decision-making.