Invasive Species, Indigenous Stewards, and Vulnerability Discourse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas J. Reo
Kyle Whyte
Darren Ranco
Jodi Brandt
Emily Blackmer
Braden Elliott
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 201-223
Description
Looks at how Indigenous peoples are preparing for, responding to, and adapting to environmental changes in their territories. Study involved online survey of 106 individuals, most of whom were employed by Indigenous nations to carry out natural resource and environmental management.
Investigating Indigenous Adaptations to British Columbia's Exposed Outer Coast: Introduction to These Outer Shores
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan D. McMillan
Iain McKenchnie
BC Studies, no. 187, These Outer Shores: Archaeological Insights into Indigenous Lifeways Along the Exposed Coasts of Bri, Autumn, 2015, pp. 304-305
Description
Looks at archaeological research from the islands of southeast Alaska in the north to the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State in the south.
Investigating Teacher Candidates' Understandings and Experiences of First Nations Science
Alternate Title
Final SIDRU Report, SIDRU Educational Research Fund, General Research Fund (Envelope B)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ali Sammel
Description
Research conducted to clarify the relationship between educator's generic understandings of teaching and learning, and their beliefs and actions in teaching science to First Nations students. Surveyed 91 university students from University of Regina, First Nations University of Canada, and the Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program at the University of Saskatchewan.
Investigating the Effects of Environmental Change on Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) Growth Using Scientific and Inuit Traditional Knowledge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennie A. Knopp
Arctic, vol. 63, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 493-497
Description
Research conducted to anticipate and demonstrate the secondary effects of climate variability on Arctic char and relay these effects to the local users.
InVISIBILITY: Indigenous in the City Indigenous Artists, Indigenous Youth and the Project of Survivance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan D. Dion
Angela Salamanca
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. 159-188
Description
Discusses an exhibition where youth represent themselves, and tell their own stories to addresses issues of urban Indigeneity and schooling.
Involving Community Members to Develop Culturally Relevant Word Lists For First Nations and Métis Students
Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 187
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Minnie McKenzie
Leda Corrigal
Otto Fietz
Cynthia Cook
Grace Cook
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Developed for use as a guideline to teach students to speak and comprehend the Cree language in classrooms, early childhood programs and the home.
Iroquois Influence: A Response to Bruce E. Johansen's "Notes from the 'Culture Wars'"
Alternate Title
Commentary: Iroquois Influence: A Response to Bruce E. Johansen's
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert L. Berner
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, 2000, pp. 111-116
Description
Response to "Notes from the ‘Culture Wars:’ More Annotations on the Debate Regarding the Iroquois and the Origins of Democracy,” published in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal, volume 23, number 1 at pages 165 to 175.
Is the Crown at War with Us?
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Description
Looks at conflict between Federal fishery officers fought against the Mi'gmaq fishermen of Esgenoopetitj, or Burnt Church, New Brunswick during the summer of 2000.
Duration: 96:31. This film contains scenes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Is There a Need for Healing in the Classroom? Exploring Trauma-Informed Education for Aboriginal Mature Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elaine Mordoch
Rainey Gaywish
In Education, vol. 17, no. 3, [Indigenous Education] in Education, Autumn, 2011, pp. 96-106
Description
Discusses how trauma-informed principles can be useful in the educational system to help educators interact with students who have experienced trauma or violence.
Ishi, the Last Yahi
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jed Riffe
Pamela Roberts
Description
Documentary on the last surviving Yahi who walked out of the bush into a northern California town in 1911 and spent the last four years of his life at the Museum of Anthropology in San Francisco.
Duration: 56:43.
It Is Time for Indian People to Define Indigenous Education on Our Own Terms
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gregory Cajete
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 2, Traditional Wisdom Our Strength, Winter, 2006, pp. 56-57
Description
Discusses the leading role tribal colleges should take to bring about improvements to indigenous education.
“It Needs Not the Display of Language”: Aesthetics and Politics in Early Native American Writing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Calcaterra
Early American Literature, vol. 49, no. 2, 2014, pp. 499-516
Description
Book review essays of:
The American Indian Intellectual Tradition: An Anthology of Writings from 1772 to 1972 edited by David Martinez.
Changing Is Not Vanishing: A Collection of American Indian Poetry to 1930 edited by Robert Dale Parker.
American Literature's Aesthetic Dimensions edited by Cindy Weinstein and Christopher Looby.
"It's a Change Your Life Kind of Program": A Healing Focused Camping Weekend for Urban Indigenous Families Living in Fredericton, New Brunswick
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason Hickey
Hayley Powling
Patsy McKinney
Tristin Robbins
Nathan Carrier ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 15, no. 2, 2020, pp. 23-44
Description
Highlights the results of a traditional culturally relevant camping trip for urban Indigenous families.
It’s All About Relationships: First Nations and Non-timber Resource Management in British Columbia
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Russell Collier
Tom Hobby
BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management, vol. 11, no. 1 & 2, 2010, pp. 1-8
Description
Looks at examples of management approaches and concepts of potential relevance to natural resource policy, planning, and management used by First Nations for non-timber forest resources.
“It's Hard to Change Something When You Don't Know Where to Start”: Unpacking HIV Vulnerability with Aboriginal Youth in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Flicker
June Larkin
Christine Smilie-Adjarkwa
Jean-Paul Restoule
Kevin Barlow
Michelle Dagnino
Christina Ricci
Ruth Koleszar-Green
Claudia Mitchell
Pimatisiwin, vol. 5, no. 2, 2008, pp. 175-200
Description
Discusses an approach to understanding issues related to HIV risk among Aboriginal youth and how best to address those issues.
It's In Our Blood: Indigenous Women's Knowledge as a Critical Path to Women's Well Being
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Cindy Gaudet
Diane Caron-Bourbonnais
AlterNative, vol. 11, no. 2, 2015, pp. 164-176
Description
Explores question of whether or not lost indigenous knowledge of women's power can be reclaimed for women's health and well-being.
'It's Only a Mistake if you Make it Twice'
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim O'Donnell
Contemporary Nurse, vol. 22, no. 2, 2006, pp. 174-177
Description
Opinion piece concerning the poor health of Aboriginal people in Australia from the perspective of a Research Associate in the Aboriginal Health Research Unit at Flinders University.
"It's So Different Today": Climate Change and Indigenous Lifeways in British Columbia, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy J. Turner
Helen Clifton
Global Environmental Change. A, Human and Policy Dimensions, vol. 19, no. 2, Traditional Peoples and Climate Change , May 2009, pp. 180-190
Description
Paper focuses the experiences, knowledge and observations of members of Gitga’at communities over the course of eight years in terms of environments and indigenous knowledge.
Jews Among the Indians: The Fantasy of Indigenization in Mordecai Richler's and Michael Chabon's Northern Narratives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Phillips Casteel
Contemporary Literature, vol. 50, no. 4, Winter, 2009, pp. 775-810
Description
Discusses the fantasy of indigenization in Solomon Gursky Was Here and The Yiddish Policemen's Union; and looks at how Mordecai Richler is able to realize the dream of indigenization, where Michael Chabon's Alaskan Jews ultimately are forced to confront the failure of that dream.
Jidwá:Doh "Let's Become Again"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dawn Martin-Hill
Alexandra Darnay
James Lamouche
Pimatisiwin, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2007, pp. 55-76
Description
Comments on successful partnerships, between Elders, communities and individuals, that facilitate the transmission of Indigenous knowledge.
Jimmy Meneen Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jimmy Meneen
Roger Nanooch
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Meneen, aged 83, describes the difficulties of life when he was a child learning to trap in the bush; tells of the Indians' understanding of the treaty.
Joe Belly Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Joe Belly
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Belly tells four stories during the interview. He first describes the origins of his name. The following two stories are animal tales: the first is about the illegal killing of moose and the second describes how a coyote stole an axe. The last is a christian tale of a man who came to life in a coffin.
Joe Sylvester Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Joe Sylvester
Jocelyn Keeshig
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with Joe Sylvester where he gives an account of Indian medicine; legends concerning migration of Algonquin Indians; the role of elders; of the deterioration of reservation conditions following World War II; the religious significance of the number "four"; views on welfare and its role in disrupting traditional Indian values; and a legend about the origin of the drum.
John Muir's Evolving Attitudes toward Native American Cultures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard F. Fleck
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 1, 1978, pp. 19-31
Description
An examination of how writer John Muir's views on the American Indigenous populations changed due to his own personal interactions with the Indigenous populations throughout his life.