Contextualizes the recovery of legal traditions by looking at past, present and future debates about Indigenous laws, and looks at one example of a legal concept, the wetiko or windigo which describes people who are harmful or destructive to others.
Chapter in book: The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Law edited by Markus D. Dubber and Tatjana Hornle.
Examines the link between Indigenous librarianship and Indigenous approaches to knowledge systems in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Entry in the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, 3rd Edition, edited by Marcia J. Bates, Mary Niles Maack.
Cultural Anthropology, vol. 6, no. 1, February 1991, pp. 92-112
Description
Looks at examples from central Australian Aboriginal media groups to examine how standards for traditional culture and ethnographic film are challenged.
Indigenous Social Research : A Methodological Framework
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Maggie Walter
Aileen Moreton-Robinson
Description
Provides explanation of Indigenous methodologies, compares Indigenous and Western methodologies, and discusses two examples from Australia which illustrate how the principles can be put into practice.
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Camille Callison
Description
Podcast discusses the Truth and Reconciliation Commission archive and how to make the information accessible for future generations.
Duration: 21:28.
Accompanying material.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 38-43
Description
Provides examples of the positive moves promoting and protecting indigenous peoples' traditional system of governance to retain traditional ways of life.
To acces this article, scroll down to page 38.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis in Canada and Quebec / Présentation: Représentations des, 2010, pp. 315-333
Description
Discusses and compares Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry: The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation by Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard and A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada by John Ralston Saul.
Climate Change Impacts in the United States: U.S. National Climate Assessment
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
T. M. Bull Bennett
Nancy G. Maynard
Patricia Cochran
Robert Gough
Kathy Lynn ... [et al.]
Description
Looks at effects of climate change on food, water, hunting conditions, health and forced relocations.
Chapter 12 from book: Climate Change Impacts in the United States edited by J. M. Melillo. Terese (T. C.) Richmond, and G. W. Yohe.
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. xxiii-xxvii
Description
Presents the People Awakening Project as a good example of a strength-based and culturally-appropriate approach.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page xxiii.
Book review of Indigenous Peoples of North America by Robert J. Muckle.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 145.
Journal of Information Policy, vol. 4, 2014, pp. 228-249
Description
Using the Consortium as an example, authors argue that it is possible for Indigenous groups to influence the outcomes of regulatory proceedings about digital infrastructure and services and identity specific strategies and tactics that can be employed.
Global Environmental Politics, vol. 10, no. 4, November 2010, pp. 12-35
Description
Looks at the environmental justice struggles of Indigenous peoples and their demands for equity, recognition, participation, and other capabilities, looking at all of these in terms of a concern for the basic functioning of nature, culture, and communities.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, Winter, 2014, pp. 82-109
Description
Looks at the term "sacred" as having different meanings to different cultures and comments on the United Nations replacing the term with the phrase intangible cultural heritage.