Empowering Ourselves: Making Education and Schooling One

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda LaFrance
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 19-25
Description
Looks at the development of an experimental program merging western and Mohawk beliefs with a focus on science and math.
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Enacting Kaitiakitanga: Challenges and Complexities in the Governance and Ownership of Rongoā Research Information

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amohia Boulton
Maui Hudson
Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll
Albert Stewart
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, The Governance of Indigenous Information, 2014, pp. 1-18
Description
Discusses the challenges a research team faced as it arranged data ownership and governance in a highly politicized area of health research.
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The Energy Efficiency and Cultural Significance of Traditional Housing: Comparing the Navajo Nation and Pueblo of Acoma in an Effort to Reform Federal Indian Programs

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kayla DeVault
Indigenous Policy Journal , vol. 29, no. 2, Fall, 2018, pp. 22-33
Description
Publication of paper presented at Western Social Science Association 2018 Meeting, American Indian Studies Section; compares energy efficiency of the home-building materials and techniques of the Navajo Nation with those of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Public and Indian Housing. Argues for federal policies and programs that incorporate local Indigenous knowledge.
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Enforcement in Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexandra V. Lund
The Explicator, vol. 72, no. 4, 2014, pp. 270-274
Description
Examines the fictional characters of Truck Shultz, Jack Wilson, Olivia Smith and Dr. Clarence Mather.
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Engaging in Respectful Relations

Alternate Title
Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education: Unit 6 Introduction
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jan Hare
Description
Comments on how Indigenous ways of knowing are transforming educational spaces. Unit 6 of 6. Duration: 12:59
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Engaging Literacies Through Ecologically Minded Curriculum: Educating Teachers About Indigenous Knowledges Through an Ecojustice Education Framework

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrejs Kulnieks
Dan Longboat
Kelly Young
In Education, vol. 19, no. 2, [Indigenous Education] in Education, Pt. 1, Autumn, 2013, pp. 138-152
Description
Looks at bringing both Indigenous and Western scientific knowledge systems together into teacher education curriculum.
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Engaging Students in Science Courses: Lessons of Change From the Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence K. Duffy
Anna Godduhn
Cindy E. Fabbri
Mary Van Muelken
Linda Nicholas-Figueroa ... [et al.]
Interchange, vol. 42, no. 2, Circumpolar Indigenous Issues, Knowledge, Relations to Education, Science and Mathematics, May 2011, pp. 105-136
Description
Comments on the importance of incorporating the local landscape into science courses and focusing on real-world topics to engage students.
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Engaging with Indigital Geographic Information Networks

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark H. Palmer
Futures, vol. 41, no. 1, Futures of Indigenous Knowledges, February 2009, pp. 33-40
Description
Comments on concerns among Native Americans about the security of proprietary knowledge and information held in digital repositories like GIS.
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Enhancing Indigenous Financial Capability Programs

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Heather Saunders
Martha Piper
Description
Report aims to capture current best practice approaches to incorporating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge and strengths into the design and delivery of financial education.
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Ensuring Water Security in Indigenous Communities throughout Canada

Alternate Title
Annual meeting of the ICSD ; 2019
Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Sustainable Development ; 2019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lateisha Ugwuegbula
Darlene Coyle
Alexander Wightman
Description
Argues that fragmentation of jurisdiction and lack of coordination over different levels of government has led to gaps, uncertainty about responsibility, problems with accountability, and failure to protect source water. Further argues that the current model of using watershed management agencies is inadequate and government should be moving to Integrated Water Resource Management, which is a more inclusive and holistic approach.
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Environmental Change and Sustainability of Indigenous Languages in Northern Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas J. Reo
Sigvanna Meghan Topkok
Nicole Kanayurak
James N. Stanford
David A. Peterson
Lindsay J. Whaley
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019, pp. 215-228
Description
Community-centered project which investigates the effects of the rapidly changing Arctic environment on Iñupiaq and Yupik language speakers and the language itself.
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Environmental Governance in First Nation Communities

Alternate Title
Provincial Aboriginal Women's Environmental Health Conference, Thunder Bay, August 15, 2003
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Theresa McClenaghan
Description
Discusses reasons to exercise governance over environmental issues to protect the environment and natural resources that are integral to Aboriginal peoples’ culture.
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Environmental Impact Assessment and Resource Management, A Haida Case Study: Implications for Native People of the North

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Shapcott
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 1989, pp. 55-83
Description
Studies the existing process and suggests a more appropriate system for Aboriginal participation in environmental and resource management that takes into account the traditional world view.
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Environmental Racism on Indigenous Lands and Territories

Alternate Title
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 82nd, 2010]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Beverley Jacobs
Description
Discusses the disproportionate exposure of environmental hazards and extension of racism as it applies to the environment and the lands of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
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Envisioning Cultural, Ecological and Economic Sustainability: The Cree Communities of the Hudson and James Bay Lowland, Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter George
Fikret Berkes
Richard J. Preston
Canadian Journal of Economics , vol. 29, Special Issue: Part 1, April 1996, pp. S356-S360
Description
Discusses the findings of a harvesting study, including data on harvesting activities, numbers of animals reported harvested, and information on Cree subsistence economy cultural sustainability.
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Epistemological Pluralism: Ethical and Pedagogical Challenges in Higher Education

Alternate Title
Ethical and Pedagogical Challenges in Higher Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa Andreotti
Cash Ahenakew
Garrick Cooper
AlterNative, vol. 7, no. 1, 2011, pp. 40-50
Description
Overview of concepts related to epistemological dominance and different epistemological methodologies in higher education teaching and learning.
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Ernestine Laliberte and Beadwork Class

Images » Photographs
Description
Ernestine Laliberte (nee LaRiviere) standing, instructor for Extension Department, University of Saskatchewan, with an Indian group near North Battleford, in a class on beadwork, 1960's.
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"Eskimo at Dog Pound"

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
Inuit at the dog pound in Pangnirtung, N.W.T. [NU].
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Ethical and Equitable Engagement Synthesis Report: A Collection of Inuit Rules, Guidelines, Protocols, and Values for the Engagement of Inuit Communities and Indigenous Knowledge from across Inuit Nunaat

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Victoria Qutuuq Buschman
Description
Material included falls into several categories: protocols and guidelines; health, land-use and conservation plans; permitting processes; position papers; research projects and reports; and organizational documents.
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Ethical Space in the Intellectual Terrain: A Cultural Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Longboat
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 1, Indigenous Knowledges and the University, 2008, pp. 72-83
Description
Looks at the differences between mainstream and Indigenous concepts of knowledge. The author also takes a look at ethical space in academia from a personal, family, and community point of view.
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Ethics and Research with Aboriginal Communities

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marc G. Stevenson
Description
Outlines principles that are intended to promote research that is scientifically and culturally competent, is in keeping with Aboriginal values and traditions, and is mutually beneficial and empowering to both Canada’s Aboriginal and research communities.
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Ethnobotany

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deborah Bird Rose
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, September 1988, pp. 21-25
Description
Looks at the use of ethnobotany as a political statement.
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