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Racism in the Electronic Age: Role of Online Forums in Expressing Racial Attitudes About American Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jesse A. Steinfeldt
Brad D. Foltz
Jennifer K. Kaladow
Tracy N. Carlson
Louis A. Pagano ... [et al.]
Culture, Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 16, no. 3, July 2010, pp. 362-371
Examines online newspaper forums showing how misinformation is perpetuating stereotypes and racist attitudes towards American Aboriginal people.
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[Recensions/Book Reviews]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Louis-Jacques Dorais
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, Inuit Urbains / Urban Inuit, 2008, pp. 165-166
Review of Information Technology and Indigenous People: Issues and Perspectives edited by Laurel Evelyn Dyson, Max Hendriks and Stephen Grant. Review in French.
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[Recensions/Book Reviews]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Louis-Jacques Dorais
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, Art et Représentation / Art and Representation, 2004, pp. 187-188
Review of Lexique Analytique de l'Anatome Humaine. Analytical Lexicon of Human Anatomy. Timiup Ilangitta Atingit Nunavimmilu Nunavummilu by Guy Bordin, preface by Paul Okalik. Review in French.
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Recent Dissertations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Erlen
Jay Toth
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 3, Summer, 2008, pp. 372-385
A list of Indigenous-related theses and dissertations (2003-2005, primarily), alphabetical by author.
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Recognizing the Generational Divide: When X Meets Y at the Tribal College.

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Grace Wood
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 4, Reforming Our Schools, Native Style, Summer, 2006
Discusses the need for college faculty to be aware of the educational needs of Generation X and Generation Y students as their expectations and learning styles differ from Baby Boomers.
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Reconsidering Approaches to Aboriginal Science and Mathematics Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gladys Sterenberg
Michelle Hogue
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 57, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 1-15
Discusses the themes coming out of focus group discussions for approaches to Aboriginal education: assimilation, self segregation, and mutual dialogue.
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Red Crow Community College

Web Sites » Organizations
Website for a community college that provides adult, post-secondary, community, vocational, and technical education.
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The Red Man’s Burden: Creating Symbolic Boundaries in the Age of Technology

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 3rd, 1999
Native American Symposium ; 4th, 2001
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gerald D. Waite
Examines the effects of cultural theft that infringes upon religious rituals and ceremonies within Native American cultures.
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Reframing Literacy and Training Support in the NWT Using New Technologies

Alternate Title
Research Report (NWT Literacy Council)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NWT Literacy Council
Objectives for project were: to research and identify effective practices for online learning, assess barriers, interest, and needs of educators with respect to online learning, and develop a plan for future directions based on these findings.
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Regina Students Mean Business

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 3, July 2002, p. 29

Comments on the national internet-based business planning competition for Aboriginal youth and the two Regina students, Kristen Francis and Katherine Delorme who took top honors.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.29.

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Rekindling Traditions: Cross-Cultural Science & Technology Units

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Glen S. Aikenhead
Discusses a two-year project to develop a science curriculum in conjuntion with Dene and Cree knowledge of nature. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.
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Rekindling Traditions: Cross-Cultural Science & Technology Units (CCSTU) Project

Alternate Title
Rekindling Traditions: Cross-Cultural Science & Technology Units
Stories from the Field: Experiences and Advice from the Rekindling Traditions Team
[McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 51]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Glen Aikenhead
Gloria Belcourt
Morris Brizinski
David Gold
Keith Lemaigre ... [et al.]
Project focuses on integrating Indigenous knowledge of science and technology into the Saskatchewan provincial science curriculum. Includes links to teacher guide, summary, minutes of meetings, and stories from the field.
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Renewable Energy Policies and Programs in Nunavut:

Perspectives from the Federal and Territorial Governments

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole C. McDonald
Joshua M. Pearce
Arctic, vol. 65, no. 4, December 2012, pp. 466-475
Discuses results of qualitative interviews with key policy-makers, non-governmental organizations, and consulting firms about existing challenges and opportunities in developing alternate sources of energy.
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Report Investigating the Learning Styles of Aboriginal Students

Alternate Title
Report (Northern Labour Market Information Clearinghouse) ; no. 105
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jim Klingle
Examines cultural and environmental influences on Aboriginal learners and distance education delivery practices. Provides recommendations for distance programming.
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ReSDA 2013 Conference Iqaluit, Nunavut

Alternate Title
ReSDA (Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic) Annual Conference ; 3rd, 2013
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Chris Southcott
Introduces workshops on how to best share knowledge with communities about resource development. Discusses ways to engage communities through film and video, print and new multi-media. Duration: 5:33.
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Research & the Northern Imaginary

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jerald Sabin
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 4, no. 1, Reshaping the Northern Imaginary, February 2016, p. [5]
Introduction to issue on the relationships between researchers and Northerners.
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Researchers, Indigenous Peoples, and Place-Based Learning Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Iain J. Davidson-Hunt
Michael R. O'Flaherty
Society & Natural Resources, vol. 20, no. 4, April 2007, pp. 291-305
Suggests that the creation of place-based learning communities will engage researchers and indigenous people as collaborators in the process of knowledge production.
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The Reservation Conditions

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Vine Deloria
National Forum, vol. 71, no. 2, Spring, 1991
Comments on the changes to reservation life due to modern communications and electricity and the need to return to a simpler, less complicated life that includes traditional ways.
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Resource Database

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Community Based Aboriginal Curriculum Initiatives
Lists over 2300 resources covering a broad spectrum subject areas. Can be sorted by title or author.
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Respectful Actions in Research: Aboriginal Adolescents Speaking Their Future

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laurie Carlson Berg
Sarah Longman
Daryl Hepting
Edward Doolittle
Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, vol. 72, no. 3, Spring, 2006, pp. 23-29
Describes one part of an innovative Canadian research project in which Aboriginal high school students engaged with an interdisciplinary team of researchers from First Nations University of Canada and the University of Regina.
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Responding to Concerning Posts on Social Media: Insights and Solutions from American Indian and Alaska Native Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jesse Gritton
Stephanie Craig Rushing
David Stephens
Thomas Ghost Dog
Bradley Kerr ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Health Research, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 63-87
Describes how a sample of adolescents interpreted and acted upon disclosures of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation on Facebook or Twitter and what resources they felt were needed.
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Response to Eric M. Riggs

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steve Pavlik
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, 1998, pp. 227-232
Reaction to comments on the article, "American Indian Spirituality, Traditional Knowledge, and the 'Demon-Haunted' World of Western Science", including areas agreed and disagreed upon.
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Response to Perttula

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darrell Creel
Matthew S. Taylor
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 1, January 2013, p. 197
Response to comments made in Caddo Populations in Northeast Texas: A Response to Taylor and Creel.
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Return: The Photographic Archive and Technologies of Indigenous Memory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Lydon
Photographies, vol. 3, no. 2, Photography, Archive and Memory, 2010, pp. 173-187
Explains the current role of the archive in terms of showing engagement between white settlers and Indigenous people and also to assist with the recovery of family and stories that have been lost through colonization in Australia.
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Revealing Blue on the Northern Northwest Coast

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melonie Ancheta
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-30
Author examines the use of color by the Haida and Tlingit nations; discusses the cultural significance of the colors used, and the components of and technologies for creating the pigments.
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Reverse English: Strategies of the Keewatin Career Development Corporation in Discourse Surrounding the Knowledge-Based Economy and Society

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Frank Winter
Describes the establishment of the organization and the environment of the development of broadband telecommunications in northern Saskatchewan. Chapter sixteen from Connecting Canadians: Investigations in Community Informatics edited by Andrew Clement, Michael Gurstein, Graham Longford, Marita Moll, Leslie Regan Shade.
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Review on the State of Telemedicine and eHealth in Iceland

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thorgeir Palsson
Margret Valdimarsdottir
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, no. 4, Special Issue: eHealth, 2004, pp. 349-355
Looks at projects running since 1996 including teleradiology, teleobstertrics, telepsychiatry, maritime telemedicine, telemedicine in surgery, telepathology and telemedicine in surgery.
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Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christine Gray
Tol Foster
Patricia Penn Hilden
Donald A. Grinde
D. Anthony Tyeeme Clark
Michael S. Nassaney
Amelia V. Katanski
Bradley J. Gills
Dorothy A. Nason
G. L. Worthington
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 3, 2005, pp. 125-178
Book review of: Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations by Charles Wilkinson. Chinnubbie and the Owl: Muscogee (Creek) Stories, Orations and Traditions by Alexander Posey. Choctaw Women in a Chaotic World: The Clash of Cultures in the Colonial Southeast by Michelene E. Pesantubbee. A Colonial Complex: South Carolina’s Frontiers in the Era of the Yamasee War 1680–1730 by Steven J.
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REVIEWS [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer, 1997]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joanne Marie Baker
Andrew McClure
MariJo Moore
James Treat
Julie LaMay Abner
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1997, pp. 84-97
Book reviews of: Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans and the Myth of Scientific Fact by Vine Deloria, Jr. The Legacy of D’Arcy McNickle: Writer, Historian, Activist edited by John Lloyd Purdy. The WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives edited by T. Lindsay Baker and Julie P. Baker. Completing the Circle by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve. Bone Game by Louis Owens. Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews, scroll down to appropriate page.
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The Right-Brained Indian: Fact or Fiction?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roland D. Chrisjohn
Michael Peters
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 25, no. 2, January 1986, pp. [1-7]
Argues there is insufficient evidence to support the claim of right hemisphere dominance in Indigenous peoples and cautions against changing curricula until it can be proven.
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[Robogenesis]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jace Weaver
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 2, Summer, 2015, pp. 117-120
Book review of: Robogenesis by Daniel H. Wilson.
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