Explores land-based education through interviews with six Swampy Cree Elders from Northern Manitoba. Five themes emerged: counseling from the Elders, traditional teachings, ceremonies, and a connection to the land.
Museum Anthropology, vol. 31, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 1-18
Description
Discusses how mass-produced clothing has been indigenized by its use to display familial symbols, affiliations with places and organizations, and commemorate significant events like potlatches.
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Occasional Paper Series
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper ; 2008-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hannah Bobee
Allison Boisvenu
Anderson Duff
Kathryn E. Fort
Wenona T. Singel
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper
Description
Analyzes the issues of cross deputization by covering federal Indian law, state criminal jurisdiction, law enforcement structure, use of cross-deputization, cooperative agreements, and solutions for streamlined law enforcement.
Interview focuses on issues with respect to mandate and scope of the Commission, and the history of genocide of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
Duration: 18:35.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 52, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 570-590
Description
Analyzes the funding of Indigenous organizations in Nova Scotia between 1960 and 2014; finding suggest that the province did make up shortfalls in funding during the 1990s and the first decade of the twenty-first century, but over time funding has decreased and provincial cutbacks mirror federal ones.
Argues that the totem poles displayed at the New York World's Fair in 1939 indicated that the production of Northwest coast art had not stopped, as is usually stated, and therefore the "revival" was not as dramatic as it appeared.
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maria Morellato
Description
Outlines guiding first principles by examining significant case law as well as discussing the inherent right to self-governance and steps toward reconciliation.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 1, 2018, pp. 24-47
Description
Discusses a revised timeline proposed for human-cultural development in the Western Canadian Arctic; revisions are based on new technological and typographic analyses of bone artifacts from sites in the area.
The Transcultural Education of American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Teachers and Students in Transaction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul E. Greenbaum
Susan D. Greenbaum
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 61, no. 1, The Transcultural Education of American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Teachers and Students ..., Autumn, 1983, pp. 16-33
Description
Looks at differences in nonverbal classroom interactions and resulting obstructions in communication and performance.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 2018, pp. 103-126
Description
Discusses the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's position on residential schools, UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide and the Canadian government's position.
Discusses how the forced introduction of European culture and values to Aboriginal societies began a cycle of social, physical, and spiritual destruction in Native communities.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 1, 2018, pp. 119-141
Description
Authors examine the comparatively low suicide rate among the Unangax, an Indigenous group in Alaska, and the protective factors that are at play in their communities in order to make recommendations for suicide prevention strategies; advocate for culturally relevant and identity affirming mental health services.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 43-64
Description
Research project uses community-based research methodology to collect data from residents of Fort Simpson and Deline, NWT. Thematic analysis shows that individual communities require tailored interventions to improve boating safety.
Presents overview of research on developmental screening tools and the transportability from one culture to another. Looks at programs in British Columbia and Quebec using ASQ (Ages and Stages Questionnaire).
Pimatisiwin, vol. 6, no. 2, Summer, 2008, pp. 155-180
Description
Looks at cultural skills among health care service providers in order to better understand the wellness needs of Aboriginal people living with HIV/AIDS.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 1-23
Description
Study includes 13 Indigenous offenders and 14 corrections staff who participated in focus groups or personal interviews about non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and its treatment. Responses are analyzed using a culturally informed qualitative approach. Culturally-informed and culturally-based interventions appear fundamental in reducing NSSI.
Discusses programs that have been shown or have the potential to reduce misuse and promote well-being. Seventy-one were reviewed using both Western evaluation methods as well as those developed and refined using practice-based evidence.
Shows how community and culture based education contributes to academic success for American Indian and Alaska Native children. Recommendations are provided.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 23, no. 2, Fall, 2008, pp. 43-61
Description
Discussion of the Omaha Nation Community Response Team (ONCRT) of the Omaha Reservation located in Thurston County, Nebraska; focus of program is providing a system of care which joins treatment and care to a return to core values and traditional culture.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 204-207
Description
Author reflects on the effects of her mixed heritage and non-Aboriginal upbringing in rural Alberta.