American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 634-648
Description
Discussion of aboriginal efforts to improve their socioeconomic status through entrepreneurship and business development fuelled by land claims settlements.
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.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 175-199
Description
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.
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.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, June 1, 2004, pp. 411-434
Description
Explains the relationship between nutrition and geographic distribution of diseases, increase in obesity rates and diet-related diseases and impact of physical activity on obesity prevention.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 604-617
Description
Explores the difficulties in incorporating oral traditions into classrooms where learning is primarily textual and presents a model which brings first hand learning to course work.
[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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 4, 2012, pp. 169-172
Description
Book review of: Indigenous Peoples and Collaborative Stewardship of Nature by Anne Ross, Kathleen Pickering Sherman, Jeffrey G. Snodgrass, Henry D. Delcore and Richard Sherman.
Review located by scrolling to page 169.