Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [1]-25
Description
Uses traditional stories to illustrate fundamental principles of Indigenous education and argues that it must take place in the context of a relationship with the land.
Land-Based Learning: A Case Study Report for Educators Tasked with Integrating Indigenous Worldviews into Classrooms
Alternate Title
2016 Indigenous Innovation That Works
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
André Rebeiz and Max Cooke
Max Cooke
Description
Looks at the H’a H’a Tumxulaux Outdoor Education Program located in Trail, British Columbia which is targeted at 12-15 year-olds.
Leaning In
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. 193-195
Description
Short story.
Learning from Country
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nadia Wheatley
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 2, 2017, pp. 243-256
Description
Article describes the author’s experience of learning Indigenous principles of education and adapting them for use with student living in different environments; advocates for a wholistic pedagogical approach to education.
Legislative Ambiguity and Ontological Hierarchy in US Sacred Land Law
Alternate Title
Legislative Ambiguity and Ontological Hierarchy in United States Sacred Land Law
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam Dunstan
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 23-43
Description
Uses two court cases involving protection of the sacred San Francisco Peaks from ski-resort development to highlight how phrases in the American Indian Religious Freedom Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act lend themselves to judicial interpretations which undermine protection of sacred sites.
Life and Times of the Great Sioux Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michal Votřel
Description
Explores the influence and the impact of the arrival of Europeans on the Sioux traditional culture and life.
Thesis towards an undergraduate degree in Education--University of West Bohemia, 2014.
A Literature Review & Environmental Scan of The Experiences of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples with Advanced Cancer Illness and at the End of Life
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Infinity Consulting
Description
Looks at end-of-life care service models and policies, and advance care planning and identifies current needs, disparities, and services available to Indigenous patients.
Literature Review: Traditional Use of Tobacco among Indigenous Peoples of North America
Alternate Title
Appendix B: Anishinaabe Uses of Tobacco
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tonio Sadik
Description
Topics include composition and origin of tobacco, traditional tobacco in contemporary times, and practices of five First Nations.
Living Tradition: The Kwakwaka'wakw Potlatch on the Northwest Coast
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
U'Mista Cultural Society
Description
Website provides links to introduction to Potlatch, people, lands, history, language, educational resources, and a virtual tour.
Living With Animals: Ojibwe Spirit Powers
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Darrel Manitowabi
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 260-261
Description
Book review of Living with Animals by Michael Pomedli.
Local Values in Governance: Legacy of Choho in Forest and School Management in a Tamang Community in Nepal
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mahesh Nath Parajuli
Indra Mani Rai
Prakash C Bhattarai
Suresh Gautam
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 8, no. 1, 2019, pp. 35-55
Description
Examines a shift in the practices of the Tamang ethnic community in Nepal; argues that the Choho institution is still present, and many practices are still present enacted as resistance against the modern state. Considers how the meaning of these practices may have changed in a contemporary context.
Louis Prince: A Mediator of the Higher Powers
Alternate Title
Powers Defy White Man: Witch Doctor’s Rites ‘Raise’ Lost Bodies
Mashkokiipines--Louis Prince: A Mediator of the Higher Powers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dave Hunt
Description
Originally published in the Winnipeg Tribune on July 28, 1954 under the title "Powers Defy White Man: Witch Doctor’s Rites ‘Raise’ Lost Bodies". Article is about Louis Prince, a healer and clairvoyant from Manitoba.
Malagawatch
Alternate Title
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie McCormick
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Description
Brief case study looks at cultural significance of the ancient burial ground, and how the Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources considered applying for designation as a national historic site as part of a larger preservation strategy.
Malikewe'j: Understanding the Mi'kmaq Way
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nadine Lefort
Charlie Dennis
Description
Discusses the cultural and spiritual relationships the Mi'kmaq have with the area of Malikewe'j.
Māori Men, Relationships, and Everyday Practices: Towards Broadening Domestic Violence Research
Alternate Title
Maori Men, Relationships, and Everyday Practices: Towards Broadening Domestic Violence Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pita King
Neville Robertson
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 210-217
Description
Study focused on five men's experiences with intimate relationships and extended family life and how they draw on traditional ways-of-being to maintain and enhance those relationships.
Mapurbe: Spiritual Decolonization and the Word in the Chilean Mierdópolis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sandra Collins
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. 23-47
Description
Discusses the ways in which cultural production disputes colonial expansion and reconnects Indigenous people with their spiritual traditions.
Memory Eternal: Tlingit Culture and Russian Orthodox Christianity Through Two Centuries
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sergei Kan
A Metissage: Learning in Nature with Indigenous Ways - Environmental Studies, Culture and 'Play' - Lessons That Meet PLO's
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Louise Wright
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Victoria, 2014.
Mi'Kmaw Shamans and Acadian Sorcerers: A Study in Cultural Transmissions, Transferences and Transformations
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Janet Harmon
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Maine, 2014.
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
Alternate Title
Anishinaabe / Chippewa / Ojibwe Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses, children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
Mind's Eye, Stories from Whapmagoostui
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paul Wattez
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, p. 254
Description
Book review of Mind's Eye, Stories from Whapmagoostui edited by Susan Marshall and Emily Masty.
Mitakuye Oyasin (We Are All Related): Connecting Communication and Culture of the Lakota
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel P. Modaff
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 4, Fall, 2019, pp. 341-362
Description
Uses elder interviews, archival analysis, and behavioral observation to explore the cultural and communications practices of the Lakota people; relates those practices to the core cultural values of kinship and relationality; the idea that all people/things are related.
More Than a Façade: The Kenekuk Religion Revisited
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Garrett
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, Fall, 2017, pp. 293-310
Description
Discusses what the Prophet's spiritual teachings may have meant to his Kickapoo followers.
Mourning the Land: Kanikau in Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai'i
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie Alohalani Brown
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 3, Summer, 2014, pp. 374-395
Description
Analysis of the movie Noho Hewa by Anne Keala Kelly.
Moving Aboriginal Health Forward: Discarding Canada's Legal Barriers
E-Books
Author/Creator
Yvonne Boyer
Multicultural Issues in the Clinical Interview and Diagnostic Process
Alternate Title
APA Handbook of Multicultural Psychology: Vol. 2. Applications and Training
APA Handbooks in Psychology Series
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Carmela Alcántara
Joseph P. Gone
Description
Chapter from book: APA Handbook of Multicultural Psychology: Vol. 2. Applications and Training edited by F. T. L. Leong, L. Comas-Diaz, G. C. N. Hall, V. C. McLoyd and J. E. Trimble.
Reviews literature on cultural characteristics effecting clinical interviewing and diagnostic processing with racial minorities.
Nahua and Maya Catholicisms: Texts and Religion in Colonial Central Mexico and Yucatan
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kelly S. McDonough
NAIS : Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 1, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 176-178
Description
Book review of: Nahua and Maya Catholicisms by Mark Z. Christensen
Native Homelands along the Lewis & Clark Trail
Alternate Title
Native Homelands along the Lewis & Clark Trail: Teacher Guide for 4th-10th Grades
The Montana Experience: Stories from Big Sky Country
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Big Sky Pictures
Sally Thompson
Description
Members of Blackfoot, Mandan, Hidatsa, Shoshone, Salish, Nez Perce, Yakama, and Chinookan nations speak about their history and culture. Duration: 35:50.
Related material: Teacher Guide.
Native Life
Alternate Title
CANADIANHISTORY.CA: The Many Histories of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J .R. Miller
Description
Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.
The Nature of Empires and the Empires of Nature: Indigenous Peoples and the Great Lakes Environment
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sheena Kennedy Dalseg
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 247-249
Description
Book review of The Nature of Empires and the Empires of Nature edited by Karl S. Hele.
The Navajo Code Talkers of World War II: The First Twenty-Nine
Theses
Author/Creator
Zonnie M. Gorman
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Mexico, 2014.
Navajo Tradition, Mormon Life: The Autobiography and Teachings of Jim Dandy
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Charlotte J. Frisbie
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 173-176
Description
Book review of: Navajo Tradition, Mormon Life by Robert S. McPherson, Jim Dandy, and Sarah E. Burak.
Review located by scrolling to page 173.
Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story
Alternate Title
Game Development Conference ; 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Dima Veryovka
Description
A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
Duration: 50:01.
A New Anthropology of Neo-Indians
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brian D. Haley
Current Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 5, October 2014, pp. 670-671
Description
Book review of: The Neo-Indians: a Religion for the Third Millennium by Jacques Galinier and Antoinette Molinié.
New Light on Black Elk and The Sacred Pipe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Fitzgerald
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 71-91
Description
Uses correspondence to and from Joseph Brown to explore his personal philosophy and his process of transcribing and editing The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk’s Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux
Nga Reanga: Youth Development Māori Styles
E-Books
Author/Creator
Teorongonui Josie Keelan
[Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair CKP 2014: Keynote Speaker]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair
Description
Speech given at the 2014 Circle of Knowledge and Practices Conference held October 9-10, in Winnipeg.
Duration: 1:00:49.
Niitsitapiisini: Our Way of Life: The Story of the Blackfoot People
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Glenbow Museum
Description
Virtual exhibition divided into six sections: how we lived with the buffalo; how we lived with the land; how we lived with other people; our world; and traditional stories.
Includes link to teacher toolkit.
Nitsiyihkâson: The Brain Science Behind Cree Teachings of Early Childhood Attachment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hannah Pazderka
Brenda Desjarlais
Leona Makokis
Carly MacArthur
Sharon Steinhauer ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Special Issue: Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental, Spiritual and Cultural Health, 2014, pp. 53-65
Description
Looks at project developed to help parents understand the importance of behaviours that promote attachment with their infants and children, and the traditional teachings that support these practices.
North American Indigenous Curators' Constructions of Indigenous Knowledge: Applying the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse
Theses
Author/Creator
Iulian Vamanu
Description
Communication, Information and Library Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 2014.
Not Your Grandfather's Horse: Automobiles Performing the Trickster in Modern and Contemporary Work by Artists from Plains Cultures
Theses
Author/Creator
Aaron Moses
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Oklahoma State University, 2017
Refers to the works of Horace Poolaw, Dallin Maybee, Arthur Amiotte, Jay Polite Labor, and Wendy Red Star
The Oceanic Imagination: Canadian and Australian Contributions to a Trans-Indigenous Methodology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgit Däwes
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 65-84
Description
Looks at significance of seascapes through representations found in Rebecca Belmore's Fountain, Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach and Kim Scott's That Deadman Dance.
Of the Heart: Scoping Review of Indigenous Youth Suicide and Prevention
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rita Henderson
Lindsay Crowshoe
Brittany Johnson
Naomi Parker
Stephanie Perrin ... [et al.]
Description
Sources of data: Indigenous advisors, academic and grey literature review, and environmental scan. Includes information on general context, promising practices, and knowledge gaps around service provision.
[Ohero:kon: Rites of Passage]
Alternate Title
[Ohero:kon: Orientations in the Values of Traditional Ritual Cycles of Life]
[Patterns of Heath and Wellbeing: An Intercultural Symposium ; 03]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Louise McDonald
Description
Webcast presentation from the Patterns of Health and Wellbeing Symposium on community-based programs to promote wellbeing.
Duration: 31:14.
The Ojibwa Dance Drum: Its History and Construction
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
William M. Clements
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 127, no. 503, Winter, 2014, pp. 93-94
Description
Book review of: The Ojibwa Dance Drum by Thomas Vennum.
Ojibwe Elders' Experiences Of Peace: To Teach Our Well-Being With The Earth
Theses
Author/Creator
Gail Sarah Lafleur
Description
Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brock University, 2014.
Okwire’shon:’a, the First Storytellers: Recovering Landed Consciousness in Readings of Trees & Texts
Theses
Author/Creator
Kaitlin Sandra June Debicki
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2017. Refers to the works Power by Linda Hogan, Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, and Truth and Bright Water by Thomas King.
On-Screen Protocols & Pathways: A Media Production Guide to Working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Communities, Cultures, Concepts and Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marcia Nickerson
Description
Intent is to provide decision-making guidelines for communities, content creators, funding bodies, and industry partners; share best practices; educate industry about cultural practices; and encourage informed, respectful dialogue by participants in productions.
Operation Water Spirit
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Description
Collection of K-12 thematic units and lesson plans which focus on Aboriginal culture and perspectives on water and water quality issues faced by reserves.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation