Indigenous Knowledge

Discusses the importance of archaeological scientists working thoughtfully with Native Americans and First Nations Tribal members, with the ultimate goal being expanded scientific description and cultural explanation.

Deals with the integration of traditional medicine, values, and beliefs into the mental health system.

Discusses sea ice characteristics from an Indigenous knowledge perspective; and looks at the history and future of sea ice knowledge and terminology.

Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, 2009.

Chapter six in book: Place-Based Education in the Global Age: Local Diversity edited by Greg Smith and David Gruenewald.

Looks at achieving a vision of justice within the principles of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ - Inuit knowledge).

Project aimed at improving access to traditional-based health services found health and education practices are intertwined and recommends restoring more traditional-based practices into the mainstream.

Discusses various reports that reflect the diverse engagement between Indigenous peoples and the discipline of geography.

Focus on Aboriginal children from preconception to age six, as well as families and communities both on and off reserve.

Discussion by Elders who express regrets at loss of traditional customs and values and desire a return of schools on reserves ; a need to preserve Indian ceremonies and Indian medicines ; concerns about problems with alcohol recur throughout.

Wide-ranging discussion among elders touching on many topics including kinship; illegitimate children; ceremonialism; therole of the elder; financing the elder who incurs some costs associated with the organization of a ceremony.

Elders discuss a variety of matters relating to Indian culture and traditions and what can be done to retain or regain these. Most topics are touched on only briefly

Elders discuss contemporary problems. Recurring themes are: problems with alcohol; education by whites from an early age; need to return to traditional teaching by elders in combination with white education.

Elders discuss concerns regarding: loss of Indian culture and traditions; failure to educate young Indians in traditionalways; young well-educated chiefs who will not take advice from elders.

Elders speak of their concerns regarding leadership on the reserves; new young leaders with education but no experience who ignore the elders and their advice; the failure to educate the young in traditional Indian ways.

Discussion of the educational system: relative merits of day schools, residential schools, integrated schools, etc.; need for inclusion of Indian culture into the curriculum at all levels ; the role of the elder as teacher.

Discussion of: Role of elders in setting young people on the right road ; Importance of breast-feeding and giving up alcohol ; Need for a tipi on each reserve, to be kept for prayer, pipe ceremonies and the counselling of the young.

Discusses various aspects of the Medicine Wheel, including knowledge about human development from the mainstream paradigm and Indigenous wisdom and ways of knowing from an ecological position, thus linking human development concerns to a wholistic view.

Science facilitator from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation (Manitoba) tells stories associated with stars, discusses how culture and spirituality are intertwined with Indigenous knowledge, his ideas about gathering together Elders from all nations to share their people's star stories, and his mission to distribute portable planetariums. Duration: 1:14:20.

Discusses legitimacy of oral traditions in scientific study.

Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2007.

A discussion on the decolonization through Indigenous justice programs and the use of Indigenous knowledge to foster crime prevention among Indigenous youth.

Discusses the questions participants were asked at an international workshop-seminar held in June 2013. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 39.

Showcases the Aboriginal Forest Planning Process (AFPP) which integrates Indigenous and Western forest management approaches in order to enhance the co-management of a B.C. forest.

Common Law Thesis (LL.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2007.

Examines a conceptual framework used with food security movement that helps young people understand their social context and values and engages them in social justice work.

Book review of: Critical Inuit Studies: An Anthology of Contemporary Arctic Ethnography edited by Pamela Stern and Lisa Stevenson.

Purpose of study is to help guide First Nations communities in developing policies, procedures and controls that will ensure effective fisheries management.

Discusses decolonizing universities and looking at misinformation presented by past scholarship.

Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2004.

Describes the challenges and tensions experienced by two newly appointed faculty members at the University of Saskatchewan while introducing teacher candidates to Indigenous knowledge and its incorporation into science education.

Discusses a relocation project that highlights the problems of applying western world views to traditional northern societies.

Book review of: Cry of the Eagle by David Young, Grant Ingram, Lise Swartz.

Looks at the appearance and development of a picture text and its use to date for a variety of things from church hymns to shopping lists.

Looks at usability testing for a shared decision making (SDM) tool, the Ottawa Personal Decision Guide (OPDG) for use between the client and health care provider with Aboriginal women at the Minwaashin Lodge.

Uses the Haudenosaunee concept of the Great Law of Peace to illustrate the displacement process of Aboriginal peoples.

Discusses the need to understand factors affecting the retention in nursing programs.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Oklahoma, 1993.

Discusses themes coming out of study: "the connection between cultural continuity and health and well-being, conceptualizations of cultural continuity and connectedness, the role of knowledge transmission journeys of cultural (dis)continuity, and barriers to cultural continuity."

Comments on the under-representation of Aboriginal people in Science and Engineering, arguing that addressing this issue will benefit society overall.

States that at present, Canadian health care for Indigenous people is not culturally safe due to attacks on Indigenous cultural identities.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 2004. Explores concept of self-government with Cree Elders in northern Manitoba and discusses a Framework Agreement Initiative of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.

Discusses cultural bias, practices in teacher education, and changing educational attitudes to include Indigenous knowledge.

Overview of Northwest Inter-Nation Family and Community Services (NIFCS) who aim to meet the holistic needs of children and youth in their care by increasing cultural knowledge.

Comments on the parameters for successfully implementing this program as discussed in a workshop with elders.