From the Caribbean to the South Pacific: Cultural Hybridity, Resistance, and Historical Difference

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria E. Posse Emiliani
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 62-80
Description
Author uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the processes of cultural hybridization and resistance and their presence in film, music, and art. Discusses how these factors can combine to preserve and revitalize traditional knowledges and cultures in the contemporary globalized world.
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From the Credibility Gap to Capacity Building: An Inuit Critique of Canadian Arctic Research

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pitseolak Pfeifer

Northern Public Affairs, vol. 6, no. 1, Redefining the Northern Research Landscape, July 2018, pp. 29-34
Description
Author looks at possibilities for research conducted by Inuit people for the benefit of Inuit communities; discusses factors including academic credibility (what counts as knowledge), harmonizing science with needs of Inuit, and the marginalization of Traditional Knowledge (TK) by the academy.
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From the Whitehorse Mining Initiative Towards Sustainable Mining: Lessons Learned

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Fitzpatrick
Alberto Fonseca
Mary Louise McAllister
Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 19, no. 4, March 2011, pp. 376-384
Description
Examines the changing approaches towards sustainable development undertaken by the Mining Association of Canada within the mineral industry over a period of approximately 20 years.
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From Turtle Mountains to the Badlands: Learning to Teach Native Ways of Knowing

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tibi Marin
Carmelita Lamb
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 4, Success by Accountability and Assessment, Summer, 2008
Description
Discusses the Native Ways of Knowing (NWOK) program for pre-service secondary science teachers aimed at integrating Aboriginal and Western science.
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From Where the Sun Rises: Addressing the Educational Achievement of Native Americans in Washington State

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Pavel
Susan Rae Banks-Joseph
Ella Inglebret
Laurie McCubbin
Jason Sievers ... [et al.]
Description
Plan for promoting educational success of Native American students focuses on measuring the progress of relationships between government, tribes and schools districts and supporting a curriculum based on tribal history, culture and government.
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From Woundedness to Resilience

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Newhouse
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 3, no. 1, The Health of Urban Aboriginal People: From Woundedness to Resilience, September 2006, pp. 2-3
Description
Editorial states that in a healing journey individuals must not see themselves as wounded, or they will not adapt in the face of adversity.
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Fugitive Indigeneity: Reclaiming the Terrain of Decolonial Struggle Through Indigenous Art

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jarrett Martineau
Eric Ritskes
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. i-xii
Description
Introduction to a special themed issue on the connections and relationships between art, activism, resurgence, and resistance and how Indigenous artistic creation is connected to history, land, and community.
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The Fundamental Laws: Codification for Decolonization?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lloyd L. Lee
Decolonization, vol. 2, no. 2, 2013, pp. 117-131
Description
Discusses how ancestral law and traditional practices of the Diné are understood and applied by the Navajo Nation Council and other cultural and environmental organizations.
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Further Reading: [Book Reviews]

Book Reviews
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 1, no. 1, Governance of Aboriginal Health, January 2004, pp. 115-116
Description
Book reviews of: Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities by Darrell A. Posey, Graham Dutfield and Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage: A Global Challenge by Marie Battiste, James (Sa'ke'j) Youngblood Henderson.
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Future of Indigenous Knowledge Research in Development

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Sillitoe
Mariella Marzano
Futures, vol. 41, no. 1, Futures of Indigenous Knowledges, February 2009, pp. 13-23
Description
Looks at the challenges facing the growth of research incorporating indigenous knowledge (IK) and recommends the continued promotion of a holistic approach.
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The Future of Native Studies: A Modest Manifesto

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa K. Nelson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 39-45
Description
Examines the trends and future research directions for Indigenous studies programs.
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Future Rivers of the Anthropocene or Whose Anthropocene Is It? Decolonising the Anthropocene!

Alternate Title
Future Rivers of the Anthropocene or Whose Anthropocene Is It? Decolonizing the Anthropocene!
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eleanor Hayman
Colleen James (G̱ooch Tláa)
Mark Wedge (Aan Gooshú)
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. [76]-92
Description
Considers how Tlingit and Tagish oral traditions about the sentience of glaciers might be used to inform discussions about the effects of climate change. Argues that concepts of “slow activism” and “narrative ecologies" embedded in these traditions can help to upset mainstream perceptions of environmental realities.
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Futures for Indigenous Knowledges

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Turnbull
Futures, vol. 41, no. 1, Futures of Indigenous Knowledges, February 2009, pp. 1-5
Description
Introduction to the articles found in themed issue.
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Gaa Bi Ombaashid Migizi Soaring Eagle Project: Final Report: 2001 Project Activities

Alternate Title
Educating Aboriginal Youth Using Traditional Knowledge and Western Environmental Science
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Boreal Forest Network
Description
Project was to design and deliver a ten-week community-based environmental education program, which combined Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Environmental Science, to Aboriginal youth (aged 18-30).
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Ganigonhi:oh The Good Mind Meets the Academy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Newhouse
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 1, Indigenous Knowledges and the University, 2008, p. 184
Description
Examines the history of the Department of Indigenous Studies, at Trent University, as it brought Indigenous Knowledge to the intellectual arena.
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Gather Around This Pot …

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Jean-Luc Pilon
Description
Provides information about aboriginal ceramics and pottery-making. Includes links to a virtual exhibition, pottery-making techniques, and conservation.
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Gene Deal Boosts Indigenous Rights

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andy Coghlan
New Scientist, vol. 184, no. 2468, October 9, 2004, pp. 8[-?]
Description
Signed agreement between Pacific island nation of Samoa and the University of California, will split equally revenues from potential prostratin-based drugs, extracted from the mamala tree bark. Samoan healers were the first to recognize the trees medicinal potential.
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Generating Social Capital in First Nations: Learning from the USIC Project

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gayle Broad
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 1, Fall, 2010, pp. 42-54
Description
Presents research from Understanding the Strengths of Indigenous Communities project which focused on strengths of the First Nation communities and the processes used to develop that strength from a holistic approach .
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Genes, Ownership, and Indigenous Reality

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Grant Gillett
Felicity McKergow
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 65, no. 10, November 2007, p. 2093–2104
Description
Examines the bioethical issues involving genetic ownership related to beliefs and practices of a culture and the effects on both health care and research.
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Geographies of Inuit Sea Ice Use: Introduction

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudio Aporta
D. R. Fraser Taylor
Gita J. Laidler
Canadian Geographer, vol. 55, no. 1, Geographies of Inuit Sea Ice Use, Spring, 2011, p. 1–5
Description
Overview of a special journal issue which focuses on articles about Inuit knowledge of sea ice use and the research being conducted regarding preservation and transmission of this knowledge.
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George First Rider Personal History

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
John Hellson
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he talks about his childhood and lack of schooling, his development of horsemanship, his membership in holy societies and his alcoholism.
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Gerald Vizenor's Transnational Aesthetics in Blue Ravens

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Danne Jobin
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 33-55
Description
Literary criticism article in which the author explores Vizenor’s use of trickster tropes and transnational narrative to explore different expressions of Indigenous identity and how it adapts to and is affected by sites solidarity and sovereignty.
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The Giant Beaver: A Prehistoric Memory?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane C. Beck
Ethnohistory, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1972, pp. 109-122
Description
Oral tradition, in combination with a study of the distribution of the Pleistocene giant beaver, suggests a folktale may be a type of fossil memory about an extinct species.
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A Gift From the Little People

Alternate Title
A Gift From the Little People [Hand Games at Native Festivals]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela Sexsmith
Windspeaker, vol. 18, no. 7, November 2000, p. 13
Description

Billy Wapass Jr. presents his family's version of the ancient legend that depicts the origin of the Hand Games.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.13.

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The Gift of Diabetes

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John Paskievich
O. Brion Whitford
Description
Depicts how an Aboriginal man decides to reconnect with his culture and regain his health when confronted with diabetes. Duration: 58:24.
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Gimiigiwemin: Putting Knowledge Translation Into Practice With Anishinaabe Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joshua K. Tobias
Chantelle Richmond
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 228-243
Description
Comments on a community-based participatory research study, conducted in collaboration with Anishinaabe Elders, to explore ideas about potential strategies for environmental repossession in communities.
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