Systems of Conflict Resolution within First Nations Communities: Honouring the Elders, Honouring the Knowledge

Alternate Title
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patricia L. Tait
Description
Discusses program run by the Prince Albert Grand Council for reintegration of men who have come into conflict with law, program for youth on the Whitefish First Nation, and various initiatives undertaken by the Native Counselling Services of Alberta (NCSA).
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Systems Thinking and Indigenous Systems: Native Contributions to Obesity Prevention

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ihirangi Heke
David Rees
Boyd Swinburn

Tuikaki Waititi
Albie Stewart
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 1, March 2019, pp. 22-30
Description
Describes two approaches to obesity prevention that are grounded in Mātauranga Māori (Māori worldview), both are systems-centered rather that person-centered. Uses Systems Thinking tools to “translate” Mātauranga Māori systems.
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The Table Loves Pain

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Power
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 28, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Empowerment Through Literature, Winter-Spring, 2004, pp. 115-117
Description
Author illustrates an Indigenous worldview in which everything has “spirit” and discusses how that worldview affects their writing and teaching.
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Taiko Drumming as Sound Knowledge

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kimberly Anne Powell
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 112-117
Description
Explains significance of Japanese Taiko drumming in the United States and looks at the band San Jose Taiko from California.
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Tails on the Trails

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie McCartney
Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 35-54
Description
Discusses the Biographies of Prominent Elders project as a method for using oral histories to preserve and promote Gwich'in culture, traditional knowledge and values. Includes five short stories told by project participants.
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Taking Responsibility: What Follows Relational Accountability?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stan Wilson
Peggy Wilson
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 23, no. 2, 1999, pp. 137-138
Description
Chronicling the first three graduates of the First Nations Graduate Education Program at the University of Alberta.
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Taku River Tlingit Place Names

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Taku River Tlingit First Nation
Andrew Williams
Bryan Jack
Louise Gordon
Susan Carlick ... ]
Description
Website mapping application used to showcase Tlingit Place names and the stories associated with those places; also to convey Tlingit ideologies of stewardship and relationship with the land.
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Talking Together: A Discussion Guide for Walking Together

Alternate Title
WalkingTogether: First Nations, Métis and Inuit Perspectives in Curriculum
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
[Learn Alberta]
Description
Accompanying material for curriculum site. Links to sample workshops and activities for teachers, administrators, school board members, parents and community members. Curriculum site.
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Tanning Methods & Tools

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 on making tools for working on hides; the making of bows and arrows; some specialized arrows; the uses of various pelts.
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TCU Leaders Attend Obama Visit to Standing Rock

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Patty Talahongva
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 1, Celebrating 25 Years, Fall, 2014
Description
Discusses remarks by President Obama on the work of tribal colleges and how education and tribal colleges can help rebuild America.
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Teachers' and Principals' Perceptions of Citizenship Development of Aboriginal High School Students in the Province of Manitoba: An Exploratory Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Deer
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 110, September 20, 2010, pp. [1]-33
Description
Looks at citizenship education and the need for traditional Aboriginal ways of learning to be incorporated into the curriculum to provide practical experiences in citizenship development.
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Teaching Canada's Indigenous Sovereignty Soldiers ... And Vice Versa: "Lessons Learned" From Ranger Instructors

Articles » General
Author/Creator
P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Canadian Army Journal , vol. 10, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 66-81
Description
Discusses this unique branch of the Canadian Forces Reserve which serves as a military presence in remote northern and coastal regions. Explores how the Indigenous knowledge and culture of Aboriginal members has influenced the success of its operations.
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Teaching Lies: The Innu Experience of Schooling

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Colin Samson
London Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 16, Continuities and Changing Realities: Meanings and Identities Among Canadas Aboriginal People, 2000/2001, pp. 89-108
Description
Looks the history of education in the communities of Sheshatshiu and Utshimassits (Davis Inlet).
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Teaching with Indian Givers

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ruth Norton
Craig Charbonneau Fontaine
Description
Explores the many contributions made by Indigenous peoples to North and South American societies and the long history of settler exploitation of the land, resources, and people of the two continents.
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Teepees and Trade-marks: Aboriginal Peoples, Stereotypes and Intellectual Property

Alternate Title
Teepees and Trademarks: Aboriginal Peoples, Stereotypes and Intellectual
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Vanessa Udy
Description
In webinar, lawyer discusses ways that Canadian Indigenous peoples have used intellectual property law to promote their cultural heritage and protect it from appropriation and negative stereotypes. Duration: 44:28.
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Temple of Education: The Cherokee Female Seminary: Hope Building on Hope

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 7th, 2007
Sixty-Seven Nations and Counting: Proceedings of the Seventh Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Lisette Rice
Description
Discusses the history of the Seminary for Cherokee women and the underlying ideas that shaped both female and Native education in the nineteenth century, paying special attention to the curriculum of instruction at these institutions.
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Theories and Disciplines as Sites of Struggle: The Reproduction of Colonial Dominance Through the Controlling of Knowledge in the Academy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Marker
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 28, no. 1/2, Transformative Sites of Indigenous Education, 2004, pp. 102-110
Description
Argues that Aboriginal students experience tensions between Indigenous knowledge and academic knowledge and terminology and institutions should be adapting to their values.
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There Is No Longer Time: Mphatheleni Makaulule on the agency—and urgency—of women’s leadership

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Colin Rosemont
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, The World on Our Shoulders: Cultivating Indigenous Youth Leadership, September 2013, p. [?]
Description
Describes the event for Indigenous women's participation in the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues. Comments on the role of leadership for women and the necessity of Indigenous knowledge for future generations.
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There Is No Question of American Indian Genocide

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melissa Michal Slocum
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Genocide Special Issue, December 30, 2018, pp. 1-30
Description
Article introduces the special edition on the genocide of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas; the author examines the way that international definitions of genocide actively work to exclude Native Americans and works to redefine the term from a Haudenosaunee perspective.
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There Is No Word for Feminism in My Language

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Tohe
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 15, no. 2, Autumn, 2000, pp. 103-110
Description
Describes the inherent respect and esteem that Native American women have and why. Particular reference is given here to the matrilineal culture of the Navajo.
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