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Telecommunications Technology and Native American

Cultures

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Office of Technology Assessment
Congress of the United States
Looks at possibilities for technology to help reestablish and strengthen cultures, and issues surrounding accurate and authentic representations. Excerpted from Telecommunications Technology and Native Americans: Opportunities and Challenges.
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Telemedicine From the Point of View of Citizens

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Seppo Laurikkala
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, no. 4, Special Issue: eHealth, 2004, pp. 443-444
Author's opinion regarding telemedicine.
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Television and Canada's Aboriginal Communities: Seeking Opportunities Through Traditional Storytelling and Digital Technologies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Doris Baltruschat
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 29, no. 1, Fall, 2004, pp. 47-59
Traces history of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) and explores dichotomy of dedication to preserving Aboriginal culture while using global production techniques.
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Television and the Canadian Eskimo: The Human Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sheldon O'Connell
Journal of Communication, vol. 27, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 140-144
Reviews the results of a CBC survey conducted in 1973 on respondents who resided in Frobisher Bay, NWT (now Iqaluit, Nunavut) and Fort Chimo (now Kuujjuaq), Quebec.
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Television on the Bering Strait

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. J. Madigan
W. Jack Peterson
Journal of Communication, vol. 27, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 183-187
Study, using a sample of 26 households, assessed the impact of the introduction of the new media.
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Through These Eyes

Alternate Title
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Charles Laird
Revisits the politics and controversy surrounding a controversial science initiative program called Man: A Course of Study (MACOS) which attempted tof teach American children what it was to be human. Duration: 55:00.
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To Represent Ourselves: Emerging Aboriginal Digital Identities

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Newhouse
Mara Heiber
Canadian Diversity=Diversité canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 5-12
Discusses how organizations are using technology to self-define how they are represented to the world. Entire issue on one pdf. To access this article, scroll to p. 5.
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Tobacco Ties: The Relationship of the Sacred to Research

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Debby Danard Wilson
Jean-Paul Restoule
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010
Discusses the way in which the tobacco contributes to Indigenous research methodology and examines how Indigenous research can draw upon Indigenous ways of knowing by connecting individuals with the spiritual and physical world.
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"Today is Today and Tomorrow is Tomorrow": Reflections on Inuit Understanding of Time and Place

Alternate Title
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicole Gombay
Explores origins and implications of Inuit sense of time. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
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A "Touching Man" Brings Aacqu Close

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth M. Roemer
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 68-78
Explores the theme of technological and governmental effects on Native American land in the work of writer Simon Ortiz. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 68.
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Toxic Representions: Museum Collections and the Contamination of Native Culture

Alternate Title
Toxic Representations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S. Jordan Simms
John D. McIntyre
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 151-169
Discusses how use of poisonous preservatives in past conservation and curatorial practices have rendered objects hazardous to human health, thereby preventing their use in ceremonies. Communities are left with the responsibility of determining the chemicals used and mitigating their effects.
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Traditional Knowledge is Science

Articles » General
Author/Creator
George Hobson
Northern Perspectives, vol. 20, no. 1, Summer, 1992
Discusses how scientists need to incorporate Indigenous knowledge to help with their Arctic research.
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Traditionalisation For Revitalisation: Tradition as a Concept and Practice in Contemporary Sámi Contexts

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Coppélie Cocq
Folklore, vol. 57, History Culture and Selected Pasts, 2014, pp. 80-100
Looks at the occurrences and use of the idea of tradition on Sámi websites from Sámi media, project homepages, information centres and community museums, reports by cultural agencies, and in describing some practices.
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Traditions and Science: Teacher Manual

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kerri Ceretzke

Although created for the Old Crow Experiential Educational Project, some activities can be adapted for other contexts. Lessons are grouped by Grades 7-9, Grades 4-6, and Grades 1-3.

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Traditions, Arts & Trades: Teacher Manual

E-Books
Author/Creator
Kerri Ceretzke

Although created for the Old Crow Experiential Educational Project, some activities can be adapted for other contexts. Lessons are grouped by Grades 7-9, Grades 4-6, and Grades 1-3.

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The Trail as Home: Inuit and Their Pan-Arctic Network of Routes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudio Aporta
Human Ecology, vol. 37, no. 2, April 2009, pp. 131-146
Author use oral histories, traditional knowledge and place names as well as tools such as GPS to map the well-established trade routes connecting two Inuit settlements and important places across into contemporary geographical systems. Highlights the need to consider Inuit culture in terms of moving as a way of living.
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Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans

Alternate Title
Research Involving Aboriginal Peoples
[TCPS]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Original version published in 1998. This version contains ammendments from 2000, 2002, and 2005. See section six.
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Tribal 2.0: Digital Natives, Political Players, and the Power of Stories

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jodi A. Byrd
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 2, Tribalography, Summer, 2014, pp. 55-64
Examines pseudo-tribal discourses in American political, corporate, media, and social realms and how Indigenous tribalographies can connect past, present, and future together. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 55.
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Tribal College Libraries and the Federal Depository Library Program

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charles D. Bernholz
Rachel Lindvall
Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries , vol. 33, no. 2, Summer, 2005, pp. 27-29
Describes the benefits of a partnerships between American Indian libraries and a depository library program run by the Government Printing Office.
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Tribal Recommendations for Designing Culturally Appropriate Technology-Based Sexual Health Interventions Targeting Native Youth in the Pacific Northwest

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie Craig Rushing
David Stephens
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 19, no. 1, Special Issue: Reproductive health programs for youth, 2012, pp. 76-101
Promotes the use of media technologies as tools to deliver health education to American Indian/Alaska Native youth and young adults.
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Turuturu: Integrating Indigenous and Western Knowledge

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Debra J. Carr
Rua McCallum
AlterNative, vol. 5, no. 1, 2009, pp. 88-107
Discusses a holistic research philosophy that integrates mātauranga Māori and Western science & engineering relevant to research.
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Two-Eyed Seeing and Other Lessons Learned Within a Co-Learning Journey of Bringing Together Indigenous and Mainstream Knowledges and Ways of Knowing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl Bartlett
Murdena Marshall
Albert Marshall
Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 2, no. 4, November 2012, pp. 331-340
Discusses the integrative science program for undergraduates at Cape Breton University which brings together traditional Aboriginal and western knowledge.
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Two-Eyed Seeing in the Classroom Environment: Concepts, Approaches, and Challenges

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annamarie Hatcher
Cheryl Bartlett
Albert Marshall
Murdena Marshall
Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, vol. 9, no. 3, [Special Issue: Indigenous Science Education From Place: Best Practices on Turtle Island], 2009, pp. 141-153
Outlines concepts and approaches for teaching Integrative Science and discusses some of the challenges.
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Two Ways of Knowing: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Scientific Knowledge

Alternate Title
Forests for the Future ; Unit 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Veronica Ignas

Includes explanation of the main features of the two knowledge systems and three brief case studies: Indigenous plant classification and nomenclature; pine mushroom industry in Northwestern BC; smallpox epidemic of 1862; and AIDS and its impact on Indigenous populations.

Recommended for Grade 8 Biology.

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U of S Researcher to Receive Achievement Award

Alternate Title
U of S Researcher to Receive Achievement Award [National Aboriginal Achievement Awards]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 11, February 2004, p. 22

Brief profile of research associate, Lee Wilson, recipient of the 2004 National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the science and technology category. Lee has the distinction of being the first Metis to earn his PhD in chemistry at the University of Saskatchewan.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.30.

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