Science & Technology
Identity, Cultural Values, and American Indians' Perceptions of Science and Technology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Keith James
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 3, 2006, pp. 45-58
Description
Comments on the need to address problems and possibilities faced by Native American communities by using technological and scientific expertise.
Ifa: Reverence, Science, and Social Technology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nisi Shawl
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 221-228
Description
Personal essay in which the author articulates the relationship between her practice of the traditional West African religion Ifa and her practice as a science fiction writer.
IKMS Offers Home For Indigenous Knowledge
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tom Davis
Marty DeMontano
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 4, International Indigenous Education, Summer, 2005
Description
Discussion of an international initiative to control access to indigenous knowledge, aimed at protecting sacred and secret knowledge and ensuring proper compensation for intellectual property which is shared.
The Image of the Scientist Through the Eyes of Navajo Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca M. Monhardt
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 42, no. 3, 2002, pp. 35-39
Description
Looks at the results from a Draw-a-Scientist Test (DAST) given to students in grades four to six to determine perceptions of science and scientists.
Imagining Drumbytes and Logging in Powwows: Exploring the Production of Community in Canadian-Based Aboriginal New Media Art
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria Victoria Guglietti
Seachange, The Face-to-Face, Spring, 2010, pp. 51-80
Description
Looks at the history of Native Net, a nation-wide computer based multimedia communication network, and the development of CyberPowWow, an online gallery and chat room produced by the Aboriginal collective Nation to Nation.
Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Social Capital in Aboriginal Communities in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Javier Mignone
Heather Henley
Journal of Information, Information Technology, and Organizations, vol. 4, 2009, pp. 127-145
Description
Looks at the potential impact of information and communication technology opportunities, particularly in relation to online capabilities in First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities; and discusses policy and research priority issues.
Impact of Pneumococcal Vaccines Use on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Nunavik (Quebec) from 1997 to 2010
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean-Baptiste Le Meur
Brigitte Lefebvre
Jean-François Proulx
Serge Déry
Jacques Pépin ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 22691
Description
Comments on the necessity for more effective vaccines to eliminate geographic health disparities.
Implications of New Radiocarbon Ages on Coiled Basketry From the Northern Great Basin
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas J. Connolly
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 2, April 2013, pp. 373-384
Description
Discusses the sites and specimens of coiled basketry that have been found along Antelope Creek, Dirty Shame Rockshelter, Catlow and Roaring Springs caves and South Warner Cave.
The Implications of String Figures for American Indian Mathematics Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles G. Moore
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 28, no. 1, October 1988, pp. [16-26]
Description
Processing required to create string figures by preliterate tribes demonstrates mathematical thought.
Improving Access to Specialists in Remote Communities: A Cross-sectional Study and Cost Analysis of the Use of eConsult in Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clare Liddy
Fanny McKellips
Catherine Deri Armstrong
Amir Afkham
Leigh Fraser-Roberts ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1323493
Description
Discusses the benefits of Chaplain BASE (Building Access to Specialists through eConsultation) service. eConsult provides advice instantly from specialists which otherwise patients would have to wait for.
In Pursuit of a Computing Degree: Cultural Implications for American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Glenda G. Kodaseet
Roli Varma
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 51, no. 1, 2012, pp. 67-88
Description
Study looks at ways to increase the number of Native Americans attaining a computer science degree.
In Vivo Anti-Diabetic Activity of the Ethanolic Crude Extract of Sorbus decora C.K. Schneid. (Rosacea): A Medical Plant Used by Canadian James Bay Cree Nations to Treat Symptoms Related to Diabetes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rose Vianna
Antoine Brault
Louis C. Martineau
Rejean Couture
John T. Arnason
et al.
Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, vol. 2011, 2011, p. Article 237941
Description
Confirms the antidiabetic potential of Sorbus decora in in vivo models of insulin resistance and diabetes
Indian Leather Project - E.M. Coxworth. - Report. - April 1972.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
E.M. Coxworth
Description
This report summarizes experiment and trial objectives where leather is produced from moose, deer, caribou and other animal hides in less time than the traditional and time-consuming smoke tanner leather.
Indigenous Amazonians on Air: Shipibo–Konibo Radio Broadcasters and their Social Influence in Peru
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Oyarce-Cruz
Melissa Medina Paredes
Markus Maier
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 93-100
Description
Authors interview Indigenous radio broadcasters in the Ucayali, Amazonas region to understand how these communicators use radio to participate in social dialogues, and enact leadership in their communities.
Indigenous Digital Collections
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
N. M. Nakata
Australian Academic & Research Libraries, vol. 38, no. 2, June 2007, pp. 99-110
Description
Discusses some of the key issues in the areas where the library and information services sector intersect with Indigenous knowledge. The article also highlights the efforts of the Northern Territory Library (Australia).
Indigenous Digital Storytelling in Video: Witnessing with Alma Desjarlais
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judy M. Iseke
Equity & Excellence in Education, vol. 44, no. 3, Social Justice and the Arts, 2011, pp. 311-329
Description
A video project of Alma's stories of remembering and preserving tradition and a discussion on witnessing narratives used in storytelling.
Indigenous Distance Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tracey Lindberg
Priscilla Campeau
Janice Makokis
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 4, Indigenous Education and the Prospects for Cultural Survival, Winter, 2003
Description
Highlights a Canadian education model that argues that indigenous education is education for and by indigenous people.
An Indigenous Epistemological Approach to Promote Health Through Effective Knowledge Translation
Alternate Title
Indigenous Heuristic for Knowledge Translation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Selvi Roy
Barbara Campbell
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 4, no. 2015, 2014, pp. 1-10
Description
Discusses different models of knowledge translation in an Ingenious setting and looks at the success of the Knaw Chi Ge Win Service system in northern Ontario and the Six Nations Maternal and Child Centre in southern Ontario.
Indigenous Futurisms, Bimaashi Biidaas Mose, Flying and Walking towards You
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Grace L. Dillon
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 1-6
Description
Introduces the special issue of Extrapolation; discusses the Speculative Fiction (SF) genre, the decolonizing influence of Indigenous SF authors, and the contributions to this issue of Extrapolation.
The Indigenous Imposition: Settling Expectation, Unsettling Revision, and the Politics of Playing with Familiarity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darren Edward Lone Fight
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2019, pp. 1-35
Description
Author defines and then discusses Indigenous Futurisms as a decolonial aesthetic practice rather than a defined literary genre and explores its power as a reorienting and revisional device.
Indigenous in Cyberspace: CyberPowWow, God's Lake Narrows, and the Contours of Online Indigenous Territory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Gaertner
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 4, 2015, pp. 55-78
Description
Describes how Mohawk artist Skawennati developed and curated CyberPowWow, the first indigenous territory in cyberspace.
Indigenous Knowledge of Biological Resources and Intellectual Property Rights: The Role of Anthropology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen B. Brush
American Anthropologist, vol. 95, no. 3, New Series, September 1993, pp. 653-671
Description
Anthropology has been key to the definition and description of Indigenous knowledge and in the debate over the application of intellectual property rights to culturally specific information.
Indigenous Knowledges and Native Science as Partners: A Rejoinder
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy
Angelina E. Castagno
Cultural Studies of Science Education, vol. 3, no. 3, 2008
Description
Argues that it is important to incorporate Indigenous Knowledge (IK) into the conversation of Native Science.
[Indigenous People and Archives: Best Practices and Protocols]
Alternate Title
[5th Annual Critical Conversations Series]
[Critical Conversation Series]
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Camille Callison
Description
Podcast discusses the Truth and Reconciliation Commission archive and how to make the information accessible for future generations.
Duration: 21:28.
Accompanying material.
Indigenous People in Cyberspace
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam Lucas
Leonardo, vol. 29, no. 2, 1996, pp. 101-108
Description
Discusses computer and electronic networking projects addressing education, development and self-determination that Australian Aboriginal and Native American people are doing.