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Modern Knowledge, Ancient Wisdom: An Integration of Past and Present for a New Tomorrow: A Report on the Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre's First National Conference

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Malreddy Pavan Kumar
Narcisse Blood
Ryan Heavy Head
Marie Battiste
Leona Makokis ... [et al.]

Synopsis of keynote speeches and presentations of conference held March 7-9, 2007, Edmonton, Alberta. Includes summaries of six animation theme bundles, promising practices, participant commentaries, and analysis of problems and prospects of Aboriginal learning in the future.

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A Modernist Moment: Native Art and Surrealism at the University of Oklahoma

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark A. White
Journal of Surrealism and the Americas, vol. 7, no. 1, 2013, pp. 52-70
Discuses the Native American fine arts movement of personal expression and active engagement with mainstream modern art during the late 1940s. Focuses on the work of artists Chief Terry Saul, Walter Richard "Dick" West, and Oscar Howe.
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Modified School Years: An Important Issue of Local Control of Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J S Tsuji
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 24, no. 2, 2000, pp. 158-168
Reflects upon the nature of the educational system that begins in September one year and extends to June the next year as an entirely non-Native construct and calls for a modified school year for First Nations schools.
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Module 1: Primer on Touchstones for Leadership

Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles.This module discusses the goals and hopes of the reconciliation movement to re-develop community-developed visions of healthy children and families. Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
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[Module 10]: Traditional and Western Knowledge Systems

Alternate Title
Module Ten: Traditional and Western Knowledge Systems in the Circumpolar World
University of the Arctic – BCS 100
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 100: Introduction to the Circumpolar World]
[Section Two: Contemporary Issues]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anna Hunter
Overview of social, political and cultural issues involved in integration of the two systems, with special emphasis on the circumpolar experience as well as introduction to protocols and procedures necessary when working with traditional knowledge. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
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Module 5: Research in the North: Emerging Issues and Practices

Alternate Title
CS 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II
Module Five: Research in the North: Emerging Issues and Practices
University of the Arctic – CS 322
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Heather Exner
Greg Poelzer
Tamara Andreyeva
Kristina Fagan
Heather Harris
Terry Wotherspoon ... [et al.]]
Discusses past and emerging practices, giving examples of projects taking place throughout the circumpolar region. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
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Module III: West (Transformations) — Focusing on the Self-Determination Touchstones

Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module focuses on initiative aimed to build on collaboration among the child welfare system and Aboriginal communities in the context of traditional Aboriginal worldviews to reconciliation and healing. Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
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Module IV: North (Inward Reflections) — Focusing on the Non Discrimination Touchstone

Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module explores the process and goals for reconciliation against racial discrimination as they apply to child welfare. Materials presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
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Module lI: South (Beginnings) -- Focusing on the Culture, Language and Holism Touchstones

Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module explores worldview approaches that reflect and reinforce the intrinsic and distinct aspects of Aboriginal cultures, customs and languages. Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
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Module V: East (Wisdom) — Focusing on the Structural Interventions Touchstone

Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module explores proactive strategies to identify and address systemic and structural barriers that impact the well-being of Indigenous children, families and communities. Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
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Moose Hide = Golǫdhéh

Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Media » Film and Video
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations

Describes the process of preparing and curing moose hide.

Accompanying video

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Mother Earth's Children's Charter School in Canada: Imagining a New Story of School

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marni Pearce
Charlene Crowe
Martha Letendre
Charlie Letendre
Lola Baydala
Childhood Education, vol. 81, no. 6, Education of the Aboriginal and Indigenous Child: Global Perspectives and Practices, 2005, pp. 343-348
Looks at inspiration behind school and the philosophy which focuses on respect for Mother Earth and medicine wheel teachings.
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Mothers of Corn: Wixárika Women, Verbal Performances, and Ontology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cyndy Margarita García-Weyandt
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2018, pp. 113-120
Discusses the active role of Maize within Wixáritari ceremony from cultivation to harvesting, emphasizing the role of women in preparing Corn-based substances for ceremonial offerings. Through storytelling and performative practices women are active in transmitting the relationships between corn and community.
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Moving Beyond Good Intentions: Indigenizing Higher Education in British Columbia Universities through Institutional Responsibility and Accountability

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Pidgeon
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 2, 2014, pp. 7-28
Using Indigenous wholistic framework, analyzes responses gathered from faculty, student affairs staff, administrators, advisory committee members, Elders and Aboriginal students at three universities.
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Mrs. Mary Ann Ross Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mary Ann (Mrs.) Ross
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
She gives a brief account of her childhood living in the bush while her father trapped for a living.
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Multiliteracies Pedagogy in Language Teaching: An Example from an Innu Community in Quebec

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Constance Lavoie
Mela Sarkar
Marie-Paul Mark
Brigitte Jenniss
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 35, no. 1, Indigenous Pedagogies: Resurgence and Restoration, 2012, pp. 194-210, 222-224
Discusses how a multiplicity of discourses and forms such as oral, written, digital as well as multiple languages can be applied to teaching in Canadian Indigenous contexts.
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Multiple Ways of Knowing: Life Stories, Oral History and Education

Alternate Title
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Richard Knecht
Theresa Arevgaq John
Looks at a distance-learning program that gives students an opportunity to earn a college degree while living in their home villages. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
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Muriel Ross Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Muriel Ross
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
Muriel Ross shares her experiences of her childhood in the bush and at the residential school.
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[My Great-Grandfather Keesta; Development of an Indigenous Theory]

Alternate Title
[Principles of Tsawalk: An Indigenous Approach to Global Crisis]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
E. Richard Atleo
Discusses the Nuu-chah-nulth concept of heshook-ish tsawalk which means "everything is one" and how this differs from Western philosophy. Prologue and introduction from: Principles of Tsawalk: An Indigenous Approach to Global Crisis by E. Richard Atleo.
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My Home is in My Heart

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nils-Aslak Valkeapaa
AlterNative, vol. 4, no. 2, 2008, pp. 176-177
Poem by Nils-Aslak Valkeapāā and translated by Ralph Salisbury, Lars Nordström and Harald Gaski describes how the Sámi people live in relation to the land.
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N. Scott Momaday: A Man of Words

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Howard Meredith
World Literature Today, vol. 64, no. 3, O.U. Centennial Issue, Summer, 1990, pp. 405-407
Discusses the world view of the Kiowa people in: House Made of Dawn, The Way to Rainy Mountain, The Names and The Ancient Child.
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The Nagoya Protocol and Indigenous Peoples

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Yoland Teran
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, April 2016, pp. 1-32
Explores involvement with the Nagoya Protocol which governs access to genetic resources and the equitable sharing of the benefits.
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