Science & Technology

Studies how both contexts contribute to understanding the Arctic.

Information on language, housing conditions, health indicators, perceptions of water quality, harvesting and country food, education, employment, and use of communication technology.

Book review of: Inuit Youth by Richard G. Condon.

Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2008.

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.

Provides brief description of the technology and its applications in tribal colleges and institutions.

Discusses the improved quality of life a road, power and broadband would bring to remote northern Ontario communities. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 14.

Examines the development of Arilla Paper, a viable and sustainable enterprise from natural materials, created by Aboriginal women.

Compilation of interviews conducted with Aboriginal social media users in Australia to investigate emerging cultural expressions expressed around death.

General discussion about his life.

Proposes changes in policy, funding and structural frameworks for the Indigenous media sector to promote uptake of technologies and make it an integral part of the broadcasting structure in Australia.

Mr. Phelps was the Minister of Natural Resources in the Saskatchewan CCF government from 1944 to 1948. He speaks of attempts to replace welfare in the north with programs for fish and fur marketing.

Whariki Research Group Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massey University, 2013.

Discusses how media and communication technologies have provided the Māori people with alternative tools and methods to practise culture, without necessarily having a face-to-face interaction.

Discusses two perspectives on repatriation of cultural property in relation to virtual repatriation and associated community media projects by the Doig River First Nation and the Inuvialuit community in the western Arctic and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Duration: 40:36

Introductory article to this themed issue illustrates the unique ways tribal colleges and universities are preserving, protecting and disseminating cultural knowledge to future generations.

Discusses the multiculturalism / universalism debate in science education and the position of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) in science curricula.

Interview with the author of Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science Duration: 28:06.

Related material: Book One.

Looks at two learning communities: Integrative Science at Cape Breton University and Collaborative Environmental planning initiative for Bras d'Or Lakes Ecosystem in Cape Breton. Paper from Learning Communities As a Tool in Natural Resource Management. Proceedings of workshop held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 4-5, 2005.

Speaker talks about Indigenous knowledge, initiatives by the Alaska Native Science Commission, and the Arctic Council. Duration: 15:27. Part 2.

Portal site of a non-political Chiefs Council serving communities in Northern Ontario. Website includes news, business directory, health and education plus other online services.

Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--The University of Manitoba, 2010.

Discusses bioprospecting, biopiracy and biocolonialism.

Looks at the role new communication technology played in two scenarios: the inquiry into the construction of a pipeline in the Mackenzie Valley and the Nunavut Impact Review Board hearings into the Mary River ore project.

Discusses the challenges of language revitalization and current discourses relevant to Pūtaiao, or Māori-medium science education.

Describes additional digitized access to nine treaties not included in the main internet site. Provides research examples for this document set and makes comparison to the Kappler collation.

Comments on the atrocities performed by scientists to the body of the last 'full-blooded' Tasmanian Aboriginal male.

Creator of the "Last Real Indians" website speaks about using social media as a tool for activism. Duration: 41:19.

Researches one student's successful experiences of learning mathematics from place based education, which incorporates the land and people where students come from.

Book review of: Learning Spaces: Youth, Literacy and New Media in Remote Indigenous Australia by Inge Kral and Robert G. Schwab. Scroll down to page 171 to read review.

Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2012.

Curriculum and Pedagogy Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2016.

Examines the exploitation and inaccurate interpretation of Native American photography by anthropologists and commercial photographers.

Presents the results of two pilot courses in introductory chemistry that engaged the students in a practical and hands-on way.

Transcription of letter from the Hudson's Bay Company to the Royal Society describing processes used to create colour dyes for quills used in artwork.

Illustrates the various ways tribal colleges and universities are preserving and protecting knowledge.

Provides background on two multimedia projects that open up new ways of seeing and thinking about narratives, images and performances in virtual space-time and discusses the relevance of games for anthropological insights.

Current as of 2006.

Results of analysis at site of the earliest known human occupation in Alaska reveal that the location was inhabited longer than previously thought.

Comments on the college's new library facility which includes innovative design ideas such as displaying digital archives on wall mounted flat screen televisions.

Examines issues of compatibility between traditional knowledge and western scientific knowledge with particular attention to the impact of place or spatial location.

Anthropologist discusses experience while conducting research for doctoral on Indian residential schools in the Northwest Territories.

Study confirms that short tandem repeat polymorphisms (STRP) are good markers for the distinction of continental groups.

Examines the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Canadian First Nations children and youth.