International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples -Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-19
Description
Discusses how research in a community based Indigenous project reflected personal stories of reconciliation.
Reports results from a survey of 135 housing providers to check status of Indigenous employment, obtain information on training experiences, and gauge how organizations were coping as housing agreements expired.
Includes 11 case studies: Lloydminster Métis Housing Group; Tawaak Housing Association; Native People of Sudbury Development Corporation; Native Inter-Tribal Housing Co-operative; Kinew Housing Incorporated; Namerind Housing Corporation; Centre d’Amité Autochtone de Val d’Or; Metis Urban Housing Corporation; Cariboo Friendship Society; Grey Mountain Housing Society; and Skigen-Elnoog H
Looks at the high rates of incarceration of Indigenous Australians and the economic and social costs of imprisonment, advocates for a holistic approach to reduce over-representation in the criminal justice system, and discusses possible initiatives and their cost.
World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Journal, Indigenous Knowledge, 2005, pp. 1-17
Description
Compares Eurocentric and Indigenous ways of knowing and how both can be included in contemporary education systems.
Entire issue on one pdf. To read article scroll to p. 1.
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self-Determination, Anthropology and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 8-23
Description
Discusses the need for an educational process that accepts and integrates the diversity in Indigenous worldviews, knowledge and systems central to ways of viewing and relating to the world.
Discusses the impact that both culture and perspective have on Indigenous research methodologies within the interdisciplinary context of social work and education.
Washington University Journal of Law & Policy, vol. 19, 2005, pp. 167-223
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Topics include civil law legal traditions, common law legal traditions, Indigenous legal traditions, governments and courts, and dispute resolution bodies.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 175-199
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Looks at barriers preventing Indigenous people from entering the field and offers solutions. Author shares responses to questionnaires issued to Indigenous librarians across Canada.
For each title there is an annotation as well as information on related titles, terms and key concepts, sensitivities, themes and topics at a glance, recommended grade level, and project, ideas and activities. Although developed to be used with Alberta curriculum, most information is applicable elsewhere.
Environmental Politics, vol. 14, no. 5, November 2005, pp. 629-647
Description
Examines the essence of environmental provisions in agreements which allow for Indigenous participation in environmental management between Aboriginal peoples and mining project developers.
American Journal of International Law, vol. 80, no. 2, April 1986, pp. 369-385
Description
History from 1949-1985 focuses on development of the Declaration on Indigenous Rights a draft distributed in 1985 by United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and Education, 2005, pp. 35-41
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Reports pastoralists view education as a social disruption, interfering with livelihood, culture, land and natural resources.
To access this article, scroll to page 35.
Journal of Business Ethnics , vol. 56, no. 3, February 2005, pp. 239-254
Description
Expands the work of a previous article: Journal of Business Ethnics "Indigenous Human Resource Practices in Australian Mining Companies: Towards an Ethical Model" 2003 vol. 45, no. 4, p. 361-373.
Case studies of Marine Plan Partnership for the Pacific North Coast and the Great Bear Initiative and discussion of how principles involved might apply in the New Zealand context.
Findings divided into five sections: preparing the workforce for Indigenous recruitment and retention; partnerships for recruitment and retention; existing Indigenous employees as assets for recruitment and retention; workplace transformation; and Nunavut Inuit Employment Strategy. Includes annotated bibliography.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-19
Description
Argues there is still a place for a researcher to have academic autonomy over a project in non-community based research.