Giving Voice to First Nations Youth Leadership

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Lickers
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2015, pp. 65-93
Description
Author examines the leadership narratives of 30 Indigenous youth in the context of contemporary Indigenous and Western theories and practices of leadership. Makes recommendations for supporting Indigenous youth to develop leadership skills and practices.
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Glaciers and Climate Change: Perspectives from Oral Tradition

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Cruikshank
Arctic, vol. 54, no. 4, December 2001, pp. 377-[?]
Description
Use of local Tlingit and Athapaskan oral history in non-Indigenous approaches to scientific and historical understanding of global environmental issues.
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Glimpses of Atlantic Canada's Past

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
David L. Keenlyside
Description
Describes tools and changing technologies found at the Debert site and other prehistoric maritime sites.
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Global Indigenous Media: Cultures, Poetics and Politics

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed
AlterNative, vol. 5, no. 1, 2009, pp. 141-144
Description
Book Review: Global Indigenous Media: Cultures, Poetics and Politics edited by Pamela Wilson and Michelle Stewart with articles by Lisa Brooten, Mario Murillo and Faye Ginsburg.
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Glossary of Key Terms Related to Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions

Alternate Title
Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folkore ; 22nd Session, July 9 to 13, 2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organization?]
Description
Consolidation of three previous documents: Glossary of Key Terms Related to Intellectual Property and Traditional Cultural Expressions, Glossary of Key Terms Related to Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge, and Glossary of Key Terms Related to Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources.
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Glossary of Key Terms Related to Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Culture

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
Description

Terms and definitions drawn from national and regional laws, multilateral instruments, other organizations and processes, and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) documents.

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The Good Mind and Trans-Systemic Thinking in the Two-Row Poems of Mohawk Poet Peter Blue Cloud

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Coleman
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 54-82
Description
Discusses the Two-Row poetry of Peter Blue cloud by comparing it to the Haudenosaunee Two-Row Wampum, and then uses “trans-systemic” analysis to map out the importance of two-row thinking for changing the relationship between Indigenous and settler-colonial legal regimes.
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Governance in Nunavut: Capacity vs. Culture?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Graham White
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, p. 57
Description
Discusses the basic structure, operation, and initiatives of the Government of Nunavut.
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Governing Within an Ecological Context: Creating an AlterNative Understanding of Blackfoot Governance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kiera L. Ladner
Studies in Political Economy, vol. 70, Political Ecology, Spring, 2003, pp. 125-152
Description
Proposes that you can study Blackfoot governance by examining the relationship between politics and ecology which encompasses world views, knowledge systems, histories, and environmental relationships. Shows comparisons to the buffalo herd.
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A Grammar of Time: Lakota Winter Counts, 1700–1900

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Risch
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, 2000, pp. 23-48
Description
Attempts to describe structural patterns in Lakota calendar (lunar) system pictographic records and argues they are inherently more of a sacred text than actual historic texts.
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"The Grandmothers Are With Us": Indigenous Theoretical Perspectives Towards Healing from Family Violence

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna Lester-Smith
Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, vol. 3, no. 2, Mothering, Fathering and a Culture of Peace, Fall/Winter, 2012, pp. 49-65
Description
Comments on a community agency, WAVS, that leads the way in family violence awareness, healing intervention and prevention.
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"Grey Owl, 1937."

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Grey Owl
Description
A letter from Grey Owl to Mrs. Wetton expressing his views on Indian life and culture. He asks her not to put his name in quotation marks as "it is a real one and stands on its own."
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Guar Near and Far: How One Crop Could Profit Lakota Country

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Subodh K. Singh
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 25, no. 4, Nation Building, Summer, 2014
Description
Discusses how guar (industrial crop) cultivation and processing has the potential to provide higher paying jobs and help build the economy of the Rosebud Indian Reservation.
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Guardian of the Earth: A Portrait of the Environmentalist as a Young Man

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Erin McArdle
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, The Seventh Generation: Spotlight on Indigenous Youth, June 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses Earth Guardians, the organization devoted to youth environmental activism, and their current work advocating for a statewide ban on fracking in Colorado. Highlights activist, Xiuihtezcatl Martinez.
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Guardians

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
Aqqaluk Lynge
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, Summer, 2008
Description
Looks at the concerns indigenous peoples around the world have over global warming and the contributions that have been made to lessen the damage.
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Guide to Mentoring Aboriginal Young People

Alternate Title
Mentoring Worx
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Western Australia Department of Local Government and Communities
Description
Provides culturally appropriate advice for youth mentoring programs.
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Guidelines for Respecting Cultural Knowledge

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of Alaska Native Educators
Description
Guidelines for use by Elders, authors and illustrators, curriculum developers and administrators, educators, editors and publishers, document reviewers, researchers, Aboriginal language specialists, Aboriginal community organizations, and the general public.
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Guidelines for Strengthening Indigenous Languages

Documents & Presentations
Description
Document sets a foundation for the continued learning and promotion of heritage languages for Elders, parents, children and educators. Provides recommendation for implementation of goals set out in foundational document.
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Gum yan asing Kaangas giidaay han hll guudang gas ga. I Will Never Again Feel That I Am Less Than: Indigenous Health Care Providers’ Perspectives on Ending Racism in Health Care

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Madeleine Kétéskwēw Dion Stout
Cornelia (Nel) Wieman
Lisa Bourque Bearskin
Becky C. Palmer
Lauren Brown ...
Namaste Marsden
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 1, Honouring the Sacred Fire: Ending Systemic Racism toward Indigenous Peoples, 2021, pp. 13-20
Description

Using personal experiences to address colonialism and the systematic racism within the Canadian health care system.

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Gwich'in Place Names Atlas

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute
Description
Interactive online atlas of history, culture and traditional knowledge of the Gwich'in.
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Gyaahlaangee diinaa iijang: Here Is My Story

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jasḵwaan [Kun Gwaanad
Amanda Bedard]
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 111-121
Description
Author shares her personal narrative of cultural resilience and resurgence; discusses family history in the context of government prohibition of cultural and religious practices, and describes the cultural reclamation and language learning that has taken place since that prohibition ended.
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Habermas Revisited: Indigenous Lifeworld(s) Today

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jan Lüdert
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. 1-7
Description
Author reflects on how Indigenous societies struggle for their distinct identity by examining the theoretical work of Jürgen Habermas.
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Hands of History

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Loretta Todd
Description
Looks at aesthetic philosophies, techniques and personal styles of four Aboriginal female artists; Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras, Joane Cardinal-Schubert. Duration: 51:49.
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Harry Paul Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Harry Paul
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Harry Paul lived in La Ronge in the 1930s and describes what life was like in those years.
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Haudenosaunee Live

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy J. Gonyea
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall, 2009
Description
An overview of the Haudenosaunee way of life and the pressures from the world outside and from within.
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