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Understanding the Sleep Habits of Children within an Indigenous Community.

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard B. Hovey
Evangeline Seganathy
Angela C. Morck
Morgan Phillips
Adriana Poulette ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 1, A Barrier-free Health System for Indigenous Communities, August 27, 2018, pp. 42-64
Study done with preschool and elementary school-aged students as part of the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project. Interviews and focus groups were conducted with knowledge keepers, Elders, parents and school staff to gain understanding of sleep in both traditional and contemporary contexts. Results were used to create appropriate educational materials for schools and the community.
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[Unraveling the Spreading Cloth of Time: Indigenous Thoughts Concerning the Universe ; Walking in the Land of Many Gods: Remembering Sacred Reason in Contemporary Environmental Literature]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margaret Noodin
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 91-93
Book reviews of: Unraveling the Spreading Cloth of Time edited by MariJo Moore and Trace A. Demeyer. Walking in the Land of Many Gods by A. James Wohlpart. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 91.
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Uploading Selves: Inuit Digital Storytelling on YouTube

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Wachowich
Willow Scobie
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, Technologies Créatives / Creative Technologies, 2010, pp. 81-105
Describes how Inuit youth are employing technology share their lives and connect with others through video sharing on YouTube.
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Urban Aboriginal Strategy Funding Database: A Research Report

Alternate Title
Linking, Learning, Leveraging: Social Enterprises, Knowledgeable Economies, and Sustainable Communities,
Research Reports Series (Community-University Institute for Social Research) ; no. 08/04
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karen Lynch
Cara Spence
Isobel M. Findlay
Research Reports Series (Community-University Institute for Social Research)
Paper focuses on the Saskatoon Urban Aboriginal Strategy (UAS) by dividing it up into four sections: overview, project scope and working relationship between UAS and the Community-University Institute for Community Research (CUISR), UAS priority pillars, and the formation of the data base and subsequent web page.
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The Use of Remote Presence for Health Care Delivery in a Northern Inuit Community: A Feasibility Study

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ivar Mendez
Michael Jong
Debra Keays-White
Gail Turner
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21112
Evaluation of 252 remote presence sessions found that air transport was only required in 40% of the cases that previously would have resulted in all patients being flown in the past.
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The Use of Technology to Improve Health Care to Saskatchewan's First Nations Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
I. Khan
N. Ndubuka
K. Stewart
V. McKinney
I. Mendez
Canada Communicable Disease Report, vol. 43, no. 6, Indigenous Health, June 1, 2017, pp. 120-124
Includes discussion of pilot projects, literature review, and results of consultations with staff from the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority and physicians serving in northern communities.
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Using Computer-Based Instruction to Improve Indigenous Early Literacy in Northern Australia: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Wolgemuth
Robert Savage
Janet Helmer
Tess Lea
Helen Harper ... [et al.]
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, vol. 27, no. 4, 2011, pp. [727]-750
Evaluation of web-based reading support tool, ABRACADABRA, took place over one semester in primary schools in 2009. Found that students who had used tool scored significantly higher in phonological awareness than those in the control group.
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Utilizing Technologies to Promote Education and Well-Being

Alternate Title
Case Study 1: Video Conferencing and Remote and Rural First Nations
Case Study 2, Part 1: Digital Education in Remote Aboriginal Communities
Case Study 2, Part 2: Keewaytinook Internet High School Review (2003-2008)
The Kuhkenah Network (K-Net)
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Penny Carpenter
Susan O’Donnell
Brian Walmark
Brecken Rose Hancock
Brian Walmark ... [et al.]
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 6

Provides introduction to K-Net (Kuhkenah Network) and presents four case studies exploring its use in wastewater treatment, health, education and video conferencing. Chapter eight from Learning, Technology, and Traditions, which is vol. 6 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.

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Value, Spirit and Purpose: Online Resources for Aboriginal Learners

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rosina Smith
Michael Magee
Examines how well LearnAlberta.ca library supports educators and students, what resources and customization are required to support learning, sustainability of delivery models, possible sources from corporate sector and what is needed for future development of content.
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The Virtual North: On the Boundaries of Sovereignty

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barret Weber
Rob Shields
Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, January 2011, pp. 103-120
Considers the virtualization of sovereignty today in the context of the Arctic debates.
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A Virtual Repatriation of the Art

Articles » General
Author/Creator
[Marybelle Mitchell]
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 3, Fall, 2008, p. 9
Brief editorial discusses the creation of the website Inuit Art Alive: A Virtual Exhibition, which acts as an online archive of the first half-century of Inuit artists and their works. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 9.
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Virtual Whanaungatanga: Māori Utilizing Social Networking Sites to Attain and Maintain Relationships

Alternate Title
Virtual Whanaungatanga: Maori Utilizing Social Networking Sites to Attain and Maintain Relationships
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Acushla Deanne O'Carroll
AlterNative, vol. 9, no. 3, 2013, pp. 230-245
Looks at the practice of attaining and maintaining relationships from both customary and contemporary perspectives.
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A Visit From Captain Cook

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Colin Browne
Peter Jones
Comments on Cook's explorations including his search for a northwest passage to the Orient. Duration: 15:22.
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Vitamin D Deficiency in a Nonrandom Sample of Southeast Alaska Natives

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joseph T. Frost
Lani Hill
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 108, no. 9, September 2008, pp. 1508-1511
Results of a two year study conducted through the Ketchikan Indian Community Tribal Health Clinic which tested levels of the vitamin and serum glucose.
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Waasechibiiwaabikoonsing Nd’anami’aami, “Praying through a Wired Window”: Using Technology to Teach Anishinaabemowin

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Noori
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 2, Digital Technologies and Native Literature, Summer, 2011, pp. 3-23
Focuses on the internet site Noongwa e-Anishinaabemjig: People Who Speak Anishinaabemowin Today hosted by the University of Michigan. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 3.
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Web-Based Information System for Aboriginal Land Management

Alternate Title
[Proceedings of the 22nd International Cartographic Conference, 2005]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Liman Mao
Mele Rakai
Darka Mioc
Discusses the procedures for developing a web-enabled spatial information system for Aboriginal land management.
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A Western Apache Writing System: The Symbols of Silas John

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Keith H. Basso
Ned Anderson
Science, vol. 180, no. 4090, New Series, June 8, 1973, pp. 1013-1022
Includes several structurally distinct forms of writing developed by Aboriginal peoples, and discussion about the loss these systems.
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What Can We Learn from Indigenous Technologies?

Alternate Title
[Exploring Indigenous Technologies: The Grinding Stone]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kahehtoktha Janice Brant

Discusses the characteristics and use of an ancient mortar and pestle.

Accompanying Material: Video.

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What Can We Learn from the Stanley Trial?

Alternate Title
Can Canadian Literature Help Us Explain the Boushie Tragedy?
How Property and Place Were Key Issues in the Stanley Trial
Indigenous Law Can Help Confront Intergenerational Injustice
Jury Reform Will Contentious and Limited after the Stanley Trial
Legal and Systemic Issues Left Unexamined in Stanley Trial
Policy Options ; September 24, 2018
Safeguarding Trials from Racial Bias
The Forensic Failures of the Stanley Trial
Transparency around Jurors, Verdicts Would Help Trail Fairness
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hadley Friedland
Kate Sutherland
David M. Tanovich
Robin McKechney
Emma Cunliffe
Estair Van Wagner
Alexandra Flynn ... [et al.]
Contains links to articles by members of a legal think tank called the Project Fact(A), who were examining the trial in which Gerald Stanley, a Saskatchewan farmer, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a 22-year-old Cree man, Colton Boushie, and was subsequently acquitted.
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“What’s on the earth is in the stars; and what’s in the stars is on the earth”: Lakota Relationships with the Stars and American Relationships with the Apocalypse

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Kite
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 45, no. 1, Settler Science, Alien Contact, and Searches for Intelligence, 2021, pp. 137-156
Compares American and the Lakota's relationships with the unknown based on each groups mythologies on extraterrestrials.
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"When You Follow Your Heart, You Provide That Path for Others": Indigenous Models of Youth Leadership in HIV Prevention

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renee Monchalin
Sarah Flicker
Ciann Wilson
Tracey Prentice
Vanessa Oliver ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 135-158
Project proved that youth can play active roles in influencing policy, programming and education.
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Where in the World Does Obsidian Hydration Dating Work?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosanna Ridings
American Antiquity, vol. 61, no. 1, January 1996, pp. 136-148
Using the Pot Creek Pueblo, New Mexico digging site for a critical look at errors in obsidian hydration dates and limitations of this dating technique.
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Who is artinjun.ca?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl L'Hirondelle
ConunDrumOnline, vol. 1, April 2005, p. [?]
Answers some frequently asked questions about the website.
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