Recasting Commodity and Spectacle in the Indigenous Americas
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Author/Creator
Selena Couture
Description
Chapter in Recasting Commodity and Spectacle in the Indigenous Americas edited by Helen Gilbert and Charlotte Gleghorn.
Looks at tourist encounters and knowledge transmission.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 70-75
Description
Overview of the development of local systems of justice, based on harmony and balance, from within the larger state system.
To access this article, scroll down to page 70.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 88-95
Description
Looks at how a community-based model of education can provide an avenue for integrating Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing into a Western-based educational system.
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
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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.
The Journal of Nursing Education, vol. 40, no. 6, September 2001, pp. 252-258
Description
Experiences of 40 Native American nurses who wanted more cultural content in their nursing program and identified struggles with culture shock, culture differences, stereotypes and racist attitudes.
[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. 4, Sustainable Development, 2001, pp. 26-33
Description
Discusses the challenges and changes associated with climate change will have in Arctic regions on it's inhabitants.
To access this article scroll down to page 26.
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.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, March/April 2001, pp. 7-12
Description
Provides summaries of the conference speaker's presentations held in Sydney, Australia. One speaker stated that between 99.8% and 99.9% of the human genome is identical, therefore we are much more alike than different.
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.
First Nations University of Canada, University of Regina and University of Saskatchewan with the support of various boards and organizations formed the Indigenous Peoples' Health Research Centre (IPHRC). Its primary focus is to facilitate and increase health research capacity among individuals, communities and institutions.
Climate Change Impacts in the United States: U.S. National Climate Assessment
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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.