Science & Technology

Discusses the news coverage of the shootings on the Red Lake Indian Reservation and the shifting dynamics in the Native American media industry.

Discusses the role CBC radio played in addressing the need for relevant and timely local, national and international information, entertainment and broadcasts in the native language.

Research into the history of blade production and how this technology developed.

Rosie Ella Kewayosh (side A) and Elizabeth May Isaac (side B) give general reminiscences of their lives.

Results are organized under five themes: nature of Indigenous knowledge, principles of collaboration, supporting models and theories, challenges and recommendations.

The file contains a presentation on behalf of Secwepemc re Information Systems. Bruce Mack of the Cariboo Tribal Council and Verna Billy of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council discuss the Shuswap Information System (a collaborative database project) and associated issues of self-governance, treaty settlement, traditional wisdom, and technology utilization. The presenters make a variety of recommendations to the Commission including that they "fully appreciate the role of information technologies" in self-governance.

Professional Communication Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2011.

Educational Leadership Thesis (Ed.D.)--Lewis & Clark College, 2009.

Describes the history of communication and technology and impacts on the Sámi people. To access this article scroll down to page 44.

Economics and Social Sciences Thesis (D.Sc.)--Agricultural University of Norway, 2000.

Looks at teachers adapting practices so that Sámi culturally based mathematics can be taught in the classroom.

Looks at the Tanami Network, a project that links smaller communities to Alice Springs and Darwin through video-conferencing.

Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2004.

Examines the methodology behind the best practices for delivery of science education to Cree students.

Research indicates teachers' self-awareness, if they are conflicted about science and First Nations knowledge, will improve how they deal with the issue; and students avoiding science in high school and university could not explain why. Creative ways of diminishing instruction barriers are needed.

Book review of: Science and Sustainability by Joy Hendry.

Book review of: Science and Sustainability by Joy Hendry.

Asserts that a multi-cultural Science-Technology school curriculum has the greatest potential for success.

Mathematics and Science Education Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1993.

Provides suggestions on how to incorporate Aboriginal learning styles into classroom teaching methods.

Includes guidance for teachers on how to incorporate Indigenous science into the curriculum, thematic science units, and an annotated bibliography. Developed to conform to British Columbia curriculum, but material can be adapted for other contexts.

Examines teaching science in a cultural framework.

Discusses the exchange of scientific and traditional knowledge on the northern environment to gain a better understanding of the atmospheric and water environments in the Sahtu.

Questions Western science objectivity and examines the connections to Indigenous knowledge.

Argues that scientific colonialism has led to a distortion of the language and culture used to understand African Indigenous thought.

American ethnologists used "science" to justify racism and the theory of superiority that fuelled expansionism.

Discusses the use of a non-traditional approach to teaching a statistics course to engage students at the Aaniiih Nakoda College.

Focuses on how the Keewaytinook Okimakanak organization allows member First Nations to maintain community ownership and control of technological infrastructure.

Communication & Culture Thesis (M.A.)--Ryerson University - York University, 2013.

Interviews students about factors that contribute to their learning success and presents the characteristics needed for effective teaching especially in the sciences.

Author and poet discusses living "in between" mainstream and Native American culture, the consequences of tribalism, being bipolar, and social media. Duration: 39:19.

Looks at programs and projects using eHealth to bridge distance applications in public health and health-care.

Discusses the Saskatchewan Instiitute of Technologies (SIIT) plan to use funding received from the Saskatchewan government to improve its facility and develop a space for video conferencing. Article located by scrolling down to page 17.

Comments on the success of the Vision Care Technology program at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Discusses the film series TimeTraveller which is about a Mohawk bounty hunter on a vision quest to uncover Mohawk history.

Discusses the disproportionate number of Native Americans in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and the commitment by Salish Kootenai College to ready students for mainstream graduate science programs.

Comments on new technology and the contribution technology has had on offering online classes to students in remote areas.

Looks at the online information technology classes offered to American Indian students in the United States and to Indigenous students in Alberta, British Columbia, and Australia.

Looks at the research projects underway, at Salish Kootenai College in Montana, due to the new modern molecular biology laboratory.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 1994.

Test measured literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving using technology.

Focuses on Kuk-ke-nah Network of Smart First Nations in Ontario, a project using information and communications technology to support Native communities.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.32.

Computer Science and Software Engineering Thesis (M.Sc.)--Miami University, 2009.

[Education] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2010.

Brief article contains a photograph of an early 20th century set of snow goggles, probably from the Caribou Inuit in Nunavut.

Discussion of potential interactions among co-circulating pathogens and how the social, historical and economical factors lead to excessive mortality.

Total of 22 papers included.

Discusses how sites such as Facebook and Twitter can become a space for establishing online Indigenous citizenship and vehicles for discussion, practicing culture, expressing identity, and political mobilization. Duration: 34:30.