Science & Technology

Muscogee Students and Elders Learn From One Another

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Monte Randall
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 23, no. 2, Climate Commitment, Winter, 2011
Description
Looks at Project Management, a form of experimental learning, where the students plan, implement and participate in a tribal community service project.
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The Museum and the Web: Three Case Studies

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marcy McDonald
Description
Examines three public museums to see how their websites are being used to help in the understanding of history and culture. Suggestions for improvements are given.
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Museums After Modernity

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert Houle
Description
Discusses the changes that have taken place in the context of cultural conflicts in the wake of industrial and political revolutions.
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My Story: Indigenous Women and Breast Cancer

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marilyn Hennaway
Topsy O'Keefe
Ivy Weston
Priscilla Williams
Beryl Buller
Betty Wales
Description
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women share their experiences of breast cancer including diagnosis and treatment. Duration: 13:38.
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"Native" Advertising: An Evaluation of Nike's N7 Social Media Campaign

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. Scott Sanders
Selene G. Phillips
Cecelia Alexander
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 43-63
Description
Evaluates the success of the campaign in the context of targeted marketing to ethnic minorities and representation of Native Americans in advertisements, and presents two case studies which assess whether the company successfully engaged with youth via Twitter.
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Native American Library and Information Services

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl Metoyer-Duran
Government Information Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 3, 1992, pp. 359-362
Description
Discusses the recommendations and petitions accepted by delegates to the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services. Focuses on those that dealt with data collection, the federal depository library program, and information technology.
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Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael Wassegijig Price
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 12, no. 4, Colleges for the Community, Summer, 2001
Description
Book review of: Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence by Greg Cajete.
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Navajo Cyber-Sovereignty

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Frances Vitali Jean Whitehorse
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Indigenous People and Information Technology, 2003, pp. 38-43
Description
Reports on the changes technology is bringing to the culture of the Navajo Nation. To access this article scroll down to page 38.
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Navigation and Negotiation of FamBamz on Facebook

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tuiloma Lina Samu
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 1, no. 2, Reterritorialising Social Media: Indigenous People Rise Up, 2015
Description
Speaker discusses history of colonization in the Pacific Islands, characteristics of the Pasifika community in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and her research into how young adults are using social media to express identity. Duration: 40:15.
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Neoliberalism and Indigenous Knowledge: Māori Health Research and the Cultural Politics of New Zealand's "National Science Challenges"

Alternate Title
Neoliberalism and Indigenous Knowledge: Maori Health Research and the Cultural Politics of New Zealand's "National Science Challenges"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Prussing
Elizabeth Newbury
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 150, 2016, pp. 57-66
Description
Discusses an initiative to restructure national scientific research funding and the way it was critiqued by Maori researchers for its failure to include their input or perspectives. Study looked at documents produced by the government ministry responsible for the policy, media coverage and blogs, and conducted interviews with 17 Māori researchers.
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New Magic for Old: TV in Cree Culture

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gary Granzberg
Jack Steinbring
John Hamer
Journal of Communication, vol. 27, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 154-158
Description
Contends that attitudes toward and perceptions of television parallel those regarding the role of the "shaking tent" ceremony in their own culture.
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A New Map of Fur Trade Posts in North America

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Malaher
Manitoba History, no. 50, October 2005, pp. 38-39
Description
Describes map created by Andy Korsos showing locations of posts superimposed on map of contemporary Canada and the northern United States and supported by a Geographical Information System (GIS) and computer aided topography.
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The New Native Intellectualism: #Elizabeth Cook-Lynn,

Social Media Movements, and the Millennial Native American Studies Scholar

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cutcha Risling Baldy
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 31, no. 1, Special Issue: Essentializing Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Spring, 2016, pp. 90-110
Description
Looks how campaigns such as #NotYourTonto and #NotYourMascot challenge stereotypes and racist attitudes and are used to advocate for Native Americans' right to self-determination and self-representation.
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New Project Helps Build Home for Whitecap Family

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Blue Pelletier
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 12, December 2009, p. 17
Description
Comments on a home built by high school students in Saskatoon, who are enrolled in the Construction Technology Pathway program, and the partners that helped bring such a project to fruition. Article located by scrolling to page 17.
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NSF Enhances Science Teaching at Leech Lake

Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 3, Heroes of Today, Spring, 2006
Description
Describes the Leech Lake Tribal College's plan to integrate aspects of the Anishinaabe culture into the science curriculum and comments on the five year grant awarded to the college for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
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Nunavut Economic Development Strategy Report on Research Findings

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aarluk Consulting
Description
Reports on implementation of recommendations in four areas: land; people; community economics, and territorial economics. Information will be used to develop a second Nunavut Economic Development Strategy for 2014-2024.
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Nurturing Native Languages

Alternate Title
Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium ; 8th, 2001
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jon Reyhner
Angayuquq Oscar Kawagley
Gary Owens
Lizette Peter
Ella Christie ... [et al.]
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OLC Partners With Schools to Improve Math, Science

Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 2, K-12 Education, Winter, 2009
Description
Describes a program designed to improve the mathematical and scientific skills of teachers and students in various K-12 South Dakota schools.
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On the Frontier of Redefining “Intelligent Life” in Settler Science

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Delgado Shorter
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 45, no. 1, Settler Science, Alien Contact, and Searches for Intelligence, 2021, pp. 19-44
Description
Using the Breakthrough Listen project to discuss the erasure of Indigenous people due to colonial practices.
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