International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, 2010, pp. 1-28
Description
Assesses impact of study on a self-managed education program which attempted to balance traditional culture and language retention with contemporary education models.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 74, 2015, p. article no. 27438
Description
Discusses collaboration between researchers and indigenous knowledge holders on a study which explored Indigenous values underlying health stewardship.
Chapter in book: Ecosystem Based Management: Beyond Boundaries. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of Science and the Management of Protected Areas, 21-26 May 2007 edited by S. Bondrup-Nielsen, K. Beazley, G. Bissix, D. Colville, S. Flemming, T. Herman, M. McPherson, S. Mockford and S. O'Grady.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 5, July/August 2015, pp. 261-264
Description
Attributes ongoing health inequities experienced by Aboriginal peoples to government policies of cultural genocide. Recommends health care professionals read the report Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future, engage in self-reflection, develop critical listening and learning skills, and challenge themselves and others to find concrete ways of spending to the calls for action from Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 6, no. 1, Traditional Medicine, January 2010, pp. 49-57
Description
Describes an outline of appropriate engagement used in a study conducted in Takla Landing, British Columbia and looks at how it can be used to work with other Aboriginal communities to improve and promote health.
General Information Folio (Flinders University) ; 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Tracey Bunda
Roland Wilson]
Description
Recommended for students and staff of an Australian university.
Adapted from Using the Right Words: Appropriate Terminology for Indigenous Australian Studies.
Aboriginal Public Television Network Speaking Your Language at the Olympics
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 2, February 2010, p. 26
Description
Describes the 36 member broadcast team that will cover the Olympics in English, French, and eight Aboriginal languages.
Article found by scrolling to page 26.
Discusses project using Alfred Kroeber descriptions and photographs from the American Museum of Natural history to construct an Arapaho bustle of sage grouse feathers. Includes photographs and instructions.
Patrick Stewart, Indigenous architect, of the Nisga'a First Nation in British Columbia looks at elements he considers when starting a project: architectural principles; traditions and culture; policy/local conventions and knowledge.
Duration: 53:06.
Inside the Issues (Centre for International Governance Innovation) ; [5.16]
Inside the Issues: A Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Online Podcast
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Michael Byers
Andrew Thompson
Description
Discussion of ramifications of climate change, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Arctic Council, prospects for economic development in light of falling oil prices, cooperation, diplomacy and maritime disputes.
Duration: 21:31.
Reports on the progress on the Human Health Initiative, an Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group International Polar Year (IPY) project, marking the conclusion of the Norwegian Chairmanship in March 2009.
European Consortium for Political Research General Conference ; 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wilfrid Greaves
Description
Compares how organizations representing the two peoples have characterized security in the North. The Inuit have emphasized environmental protection, preservation of cultural identity and maintenance of political autonomy. The Sami, when dealing with the same sorts of issues, tend not to frame arguments in terms of security.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 35, no. 2, Special Section: Indigeneity in Dialogue: Indigenous Library Expression Across Linguistic Divides, 2010, pp. [13]-29
Description
Comments on the novel and the exclusionary and semi-colonial biases of processes to include Aboriginal literary works on academic reading lists.
Criminal Law Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 1, 1999, pp. 129-160
Description
Looks at the impact and response to the Getting it Together conference. While there has been changes in regards to restorative justice initiatives, conditional sentences, and reduced imprisonment for fine defaults, the continued over-incarceration of Indigenous people remains a concern.
Ottawa Law Review, vol. 31, 1999-2000, pp. 267-281
Description
One of the few cases that directly addresses Metis rights analyzed in the context of the Constitutional terms and when the right to hunt may be exercised.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 38, no. 3, 2015, pp. [1]-25
Description
Looks at techniques teachers can use to develop a place responsive knowledge base that is in line with the community they teach in and to develop meaningful lessons for students.
Abstract: The territorial aspirations and achievements of Aboriginal minorities in the common-law jurisdictions of North America, Australia and New Zealand can be divided according to three varieties of political-legal situations; those in areas of initiation, enhancement and omission. In the first of these, to which attention is here confined, there has been no legally defined and protected land-base, and Aboriginal land claims are or have been the subject of recent litigation, negotiation and settlement.