Indigenous Knowledge

The WoW Gathering: A Land-Based Positive Action Initiative to Support Indigenous People Living with HIV

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Mellor
Madison Wells
Sherri Pooyak
Valerie Nicholson
Chad Dickie ... [et al.]
Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, vol. 10, Winter, 2019, pp. 28-38
Description
Discusses the Weaving our Wisdom (WoW) program's use of land as a healing tool to improve the health of Indigenous people living with HIV and AIDS. The land-based WoW gathering took place at the Wanuskewin Heritage Site.
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Wrestling with Fire: Indigenous Women’s Resistance and Resurgence

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa K Nelson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, [Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism], 2019, pp. 69-84
Description
Describes the rising role of Indigenous women in a new era of activism that is based on traditional Indigenous values and practices.
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The Wuchusk or Muskrat Project: [Final Report]

Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 265
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Renée Carrière
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Discusses project undertaken at Charlebois Community School in Cumberland House, Saskatchewan to connect curriculum content and Ministry outcomes with Indigenous science and ways of knowing in secondary science courses.
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Yahi Archery

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.13, no.3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Saxton T. Pope
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 13, (pp103-152).
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Yellowhead Tribal College

Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Website for a college that educates and prepares First Nation students for employment on and off First Nation communities.
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You Should Know That I Trust You: Phase 2

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeannine Carriere
Description
Summary of a survey on cultural planning, adoption and Aboriginal children, that looks at ways to keep children connected with their Indigenous identities.
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"You've Gotta Set a Precedent": Māori and Pacific Voices on Student Success in Higher Education

Alternate Title
"You've Gotta Set a Precedent": Maori and Pacific Voices on Student Success in Higher Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Tokiharu Mayeda
Moeata Keil
Hilary Dansey Dutton
'I.-Futa-Helu 'Ofamo'oni
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 2, 2014, pp. 165-179
Description
Identifies family and university role modelling and support; indigenous teaching and learning practices, and coping mechanisms for racism as factors facilitating student success.
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"Young Eskimo Girl"

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
Photograph of an Inuk child at Yellowknife, N.W.T.
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Yukon Kings : Kuigpiim Taryaquii

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
Description
Ray Waska reflects on life and teaches his grandchildren how to fish during the salmon run. Duration: 7:15.
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Yuntuwarrun: Learning on Country

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Nicholls
Tangikina Moimoi Steen
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 1, March 2017, pp. 26-34
Description
Discusses the experiential and collaborative engagement approach to learning utilized in a masters in sustainable design class offered by the University of South Australia.
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Yup'ik Cosmology to School Mathematics: The Power of Symmetry and Proportional Measuring

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jerry Lipka
Dora Andrew-Ihrke
Eva Evelyn Yanez
Interchange, vol. 42, no. 2, Circumpolar Indigenous Issues, Knowledge, Relations to Education, Science and Mathematics, May 2011, pp. 157-183
Description
Comments on the Math in a Cultural Context curriculum which effectively brings together cultural knowledge and challenging mathematics.
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Ziizibaakwadgummig: The Sugar Bush

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Doug Williams
Barbara Wall
Phil Abbott
Paradigm Pictures
Gabriel Maracle
Description

Series of five short videos: Stories; Collecting Maple Sap; Language; Maples Trees; and Maple Sugar.

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