Females, the Strong Ones: Listening to the Lived Experiences of American Indian Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Riley Mukavetz
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 1-23
Description
Discusses the process of theorizing life experience through storytelling. Asserts that the stories told by Indigenous women about their lives should be considered as theories for the purposes of research, writing, and living.
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Field Report: Traditional Methods of Rwandan Goat Production and Management

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kira Lynn Hydock
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 190-195
Description
Findings from interviews with goat herders, veterinarians and students reveals medical problems of Rwandan goats. Looks at using modern approaches combined with traditional knowledge to manage herds.
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Fighting for Survival on Easter Island

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marisol Hitorangi
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, The World on Our Shoulders: Cultivating Indigenous Youth Leadership, September 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the history of the Rapa Nui peoples and the ongoing struggle to recover their ancestral lands.
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Finding a Place at Home: The TRC as a Means of (R)Evolution in Pre-Service (Science) Teacher Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dawn Wiseman
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 331-349
Description
Author explores what the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action ask of teacher educators and specifically in the field of science education. Considers how Indigenous and Western ways of knowing might be brought together to highlight “the role that Land and the natural world might play in reconciliation via science teacher education.”
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Finding Common Ground: A Critical Review of Land Use and Resource Management Policies in Ontario, Canada and their Intersection with First Nations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fraser McLeod
Leela Viswanathan
Graham S. Whitelaw
Jared Macbeth
Carolyn King ... [et al.]
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, January 2015, pp. 1-23
Description
Examines current provincial policies and identifies changes needed to improve relations between municipalities and Aboriginal communities.
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Finding Empowerment Through Writing and Reading, or Why am I Doing This?: An Unpopular Writer's Comments about the State of American Indian Literary Criticism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon A. Mihesuah
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 1-2, 2004, pp. 97-102
Description
Editor of the AIQ presents his thoughts on repetitive, uninformative literature submissions, and the lack of important messages such as hope, empowerment, and tribal unity.
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Finding the Indigenous in Indigenous Studies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Wildcat
Raymond Pierotti
Indigenous Nations Studies Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 2000, pp. 61-70
Description
Compares Indigenous worldview, knowledge and philosophy to Western academic tradition.
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Finding Voice in a Changing Ecological and Political Landscape: Traditional Knowledge and Resource Management in Settled and Unsettled Claim Areas of the Northwest Territories, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda Parlee
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 2012, pp. 56-87
Description
Explores the question "what ecological and social (institutional) factors affect how, when, and to what extent Traditional Knowledge holders have in decisions about key resource management issues?"
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Fire Keeping-Oshkaabewis – Matter

Alternate Title
Indigenous Knowledge and Science: Fire Keeper
[FNMI Elementary Curriculum Resources]
[Indigenous Peoples' Curriculum Resources]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Science Teachers of Ontario]
Description

Designed for Grade 5 science. Lesson number 2.

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First Nation and Métis Youth Perspectives of Health: An Indigenous Qualitative Inquiry

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
JoLee Sasakamoose
Andrea Scerbe
Illa Wenaus
Amanda Scandrett
Qualitative Inquiry, vol. 22, no. 8, 2016, pp. 636-650
Description
Describes methodology and results of project involving 14 youth from Treaty 4 and 6 territories and Métis communities from across Saskatchewan which was hosted by the Fred Sasakmoose Aboriginal Youth Leadership and Wellness Program.
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A First Nation Framework for Emergency Planning: A Community-Based Response to the Health and Social Effects from a Flood

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie Montesanti
Wilfreda E Thurston
David Turner
Reynold Medicine Traveler
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 1, Physical Activity and Cultural Safety, May 28, 2019, pp. 85-106
Description
Researchers in a community-university partnership evaluate the Siksika First Nations response to severe flooding in Southern Alberta in 2013; using what was learned then, alongside research literature from other First Nations Communities the team has created a framework for disaster response planning in First Nations Communities.
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First Nations Culture: Who Knows What?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlotte Townsend-Gault
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 23, no. 1, [Monopolies of Knowledge in the University and Society], Winter, 1998, pp. [31-?]
Description
Questions about art and whether it should be referred to in the western sense or whether art is the repository and communicator of those with culturally specific knowledge.
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First Nations Films

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First Nations Films
Description
Showcases documentary films for, by, and about First Nations people in DVD format.
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First Nations, First Thoughts Conference: Abstracts and Papers

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Centre of Canadian Studies
University of Edinburgh
Description
Website contains links, some with access to the full text of presentations, from a conference which explores intellectual thought and cultural development of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Many of the presenters were Canadian.
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First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning Model

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council on Learning
Description
Illustrates the correlation between First Nations lifelong learning and community well-being and how it can be used as a framework for measuring success.
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First Nations & Inuit Technologies

Alternate Title
First Nations and Inuit Technolgies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
We Stand Together
Description

Designed for Grade 3 Social Studies classes. Students learn about indigenous inventions and discoveries and how they helped European settlers.

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First Nations Leadership Development

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Leadership and Management
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Ottmann
Description
Study provides insight into the frustrations, joys, values and beliefs of First Nations people through the reflections of their leaders.
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First Nations Mental Wellness: Mobilizing Change Through Partnership and Collaboration

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda M. Restoule
Carol Hopkins
Jennifer Robinson
Patricia K. Wiebe
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 34, no. 4, Mobilizing Canadas Mental Health Strategy, 2015, pp. 89-109
Description
Looks at developing mental health services by and for First Nations which include traditional, cultural and mainstream approaches.
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First Nations Pedagogy

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
June Kaminski
Description
Website by June Kaminski provides information & links related to the traditional methods of informal & formal Aboriginal education.
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First Nations' Perspectives on the Environment

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
Description
Looks at First Nations' perspectives on the environment, including the importance of language, western vs First Nations world view, how the past effects the present, impacts of change, and determination for a brighter future.
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First Nations Perspectives on the Grasslands of the Interior of British Columbia

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael D. Blackstock
Rhonda McAllister
Journal of Ecological Anthropology, vol. 8, 2004, pp. 24-46
Description
Looks at the structure and function of grassland ecosystems in British Columbia from pre-European contact through the present; and discusses grassland restoration ecology from a First Nations perspective.
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