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Examining Reading Development and Reading Disability in Diverse Languages and Cultures: Potential Contributions From Functional Neuroimaging

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth R. Pugh
Rebecca Sandak
Stephen J. Frost
Dina Moore
W. Einar Mencl
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 45, no. 3, 2006, pp. 60-76
Comments that at a neurobiological level of analysis reading disorders are more similar than dissimilar across culture and language.
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Expand and Contract: E-Learning Shapes the World in Cyprus and in California

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Strow Sheley
Carol Zitzer-Comfort
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 2, Digital Technologies and Native Literature, Summer, 2011, pp. [71]-90
Describes a cross-cultural university course on American Indian literature and history. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 71.
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Experience with Cochlear Implants in Greenlanders with Profound Hearing Loss Living in Greenland

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Preben Homøe
Ture Andersen
Aksel Groøntved
Lone Percy-Smith
Michael Bille
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, no. 1, 2013, p. article no. 20974
Retrospective study results of 11 Greenlanders (7 children, 4 adults) found that children tended to adapt easier to cochlear implant technology.
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Exploring and Revitalizing Indigenous Food Networks in Saskatchewan, Canada, as a Way to Improved Food Security

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fidji Gendron
Anna Hancherow
Ashley Norton
Health Promotion International, vol. 32, no. 5, October 2017, pp. 808-817
Project involved exploring state of current networks, creating a Facebook page, organizing volunteer opportunities, and surveying workshop participants regarding knowledge and interest in traditional foods.
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Exploring Motion-Related Technology Through a First Nations' Game: A Lesson to Support Science 10

Alternate Title
Teaching Materials from the Stewart Resources Centre, Saskatchewan Teachers Federation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Hlady

Lesson from the unit in the Science 10 Curriculum Guide entitled Physical Science: Motion in Our World (MW), which can be used as an introduction to the concept of motion. The lesson uses a First Nations’ game, snow snakes, to illustrate motion.

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Feasibility of Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry in Arctic Field Studies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stig Andersen
Eskild Boeskov
Jakob Holm
Peter Laurberg
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 280-283
It was found that DEXA scanner were a portable, reliable and comfortable method of obtaining bone mineral density (BMD) readings in remote Greenlandic communities.
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Federal Responsibility to the First Americans

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Manuel Lujan
National Forum, vol. 71, no. 2, Spring, 1991, pp. [13-14?]
Looks at how the Indian self-determination policy is helping the federal government fulfill obligations to Native Americans.
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Final Report: Spring 2010 Workshop on the Recruitment and Retention of Native American Male Students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

Alternate Title
Native American Males in STEM
Quality Education for Minorities Network (QEM) Native American Males Workshop Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
Workshop involved representatives of institutions which serve this particular population. Objective was to identify best practices for channeling enrollment into science programs and increasing graduation rates.
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Finding Points of Resonance: Nunavut Students' Perceptions of Science

Alternate Title
Ministry of Advanced Education's 3rd Annual Post Secondary Education Forum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc Higgins
in education exploring our connective educational landscape, vol. 17, no. 3, Autumn, 2011, p. [?]
Examines Canadian Nunavut Aboriginal students' views on Western teachings in science education and the development of a culturally responsive curriculum.
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Fire Keeping-Oshkaabewis – Matter

Alternate Title
Indigenous Knowledge and Science: Fire Keeper
[FNMI Elementary Curriculum Resources]
[Indigenous Peoples' Curriculum Resources]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Science Teachers of Ontario]

Designed for Grade 5 science. Lesson number 2.

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The First Mile Approach to Community Services in Fort Severn First Nation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Kakekaspan
Susan O'Donnell
Brian Beaton
Brian Walmark
Kerri Gibson
Journal of Community Informatics, vol. 10, no. 2, Building the First Mile, 2014, p. [?]
Researchers met with and interviewed residents about how they were using and delivering broadband-enabled services to support service provision and economic development goals.
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First Mile Challenges to Last Mile Rhetoric: Exploring the Discourse between Remote and Rural First Nations and the Telecom Industry

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duncan Philpot
Brian Beaton
Tim Whiteduck
Journal of Community Informatics, vol. 10, no. 2, Building the First Mile, 2014, p. [?]
Explores how the federal government and commercial broadband providers have adopted the attitude that development of broadband infrastructure is a dependent service relationship and how communities have tried to take control of applications in order to support local requirements and goals. Specifically focuses on the Northwestern Ontario Broadband Expansion project.
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First Nations Action Plan for Non-Insured Health Benefits

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Results of an independent assessment which analyzed expenditure and utilization trends for the time period 2000/01 to 2003/04. Studied impact of cost drivers and examined policy, service delivery and other administrative issues by conducting informant interviews.
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First Nations Health Research and Information Action Plan

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Covers topics such as research ethics, development of First Nations institutions, establishment of regional centres, Regional Longitudinal Health Survey, technology applications, and training/capacity development.
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First Nations Heritage Planning Toolkit

Alternate Title
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs: First Nations Heritage Planning Toolkit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joint Working group on first nations heritage Conservation (JWG)
Document designed to assist First Nations communities in developing their own heritage conservation plan.
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First Nations Privacy and Modern Health Care Delivery

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Williams
Megan Vis-Dunbar
Jens Weber
Indigenous law Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, 2011, pp. 101-132
Concerns raised by Canada's First Nations in the use of electronic health records and the principles of Ownership, Control, Access and Possession (OCAP)
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First Nations SchoolNet

Web Sites » Organizations
Contains links to: helpdesk, youth program, services, resources for educators, students, administrators and resources in the areas of First Nations History and Politics, First Nations Languages, Native Studies, etc.
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First Nations to Benefit from Improved Internet Access

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marie White
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 8, November 2008, p. 21

Reports on the joint venture of three Indigenous organizations that created the first inter-provincial community-owned-and-operated broadband satellite in Canada to serve northern Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.21.

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FNESC/FNSA Teacher Resource Guides Units, Lessons, and Activities for Blended or Remote Learning Contexts

Alternate Title
First Nations Education Steering Committee/First Nations Schools Association Teacher Resource Guides Units, Lessons, and Activities for Blended or Remote Learning Contexts
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
For use in conjunction with other publications of the Steering Committee.
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For Love of Country: Apocalyptic Survivance in Ambelin Kwaymullina’s Tribe Series

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Graham J. Murphy
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 177-196
Critical essay which uses Gerald Vizenor’s framework of “Indigenous Survivance” to describe Kwaymullina’s novels The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf (2012), The Disappearance of Ember Crow (2013), and The Foretelling of Georgie Spider (2015) as “a “teaching story” whose strength resides in its use of the apocalypse and the centralizing of Country as collective tactics of survivance and cultural brokering relevant to the experiences of living in a (post)colonial world."
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Forging Ji-Mino-Bimaadiziwan (The good life for us all)

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laura Paskus
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 23, no. 3, Technology and Culture, Spring, 2012
Brief highlights of the National Science Foundation for the American Indian Higher Education Consortium's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Leaders Forum.
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Formative Evaluation to Assess Communication Technology Access and Health Communication Preferences of Alaska Native People

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renee F. Robinson
Denise A. Dillard
Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka
Julia J. Smith
Steve Tierney ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 10, no. 2, Valuing Indigenous Peoples in Health Research, 2015, pp. 99-101
Survey to determine what kind of access is available to healthcare technology from residence.
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Forty

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna Lilley
The Northern Review, no. 31, Northern Literature, Fall, 2009, p. 104
A poem.
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Fostering Indigenous STEM Education: Mobilizing the Adventure Learning Framework Through Snow Snakes

Alternate Title
Reports from the Field
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brant G. Miller
Aaron Doering
Gillian Roehrig
Robert Shimek
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 51, no. 2, 2012, pp. 66-84
Looks at a novel approach to engaging elementary students with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) content through the culturally based context of an Indigenous game.
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Four Directions: An Indigenous Educational Model

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Loriene Roy
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Fall, 1998, pp. 59-69
Describes activities to date of a five year educational program set up to train teachers in developing culturally appropriate curricula through technology.
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"Free Peltier Now!": The Use of Internet Memes in American Indian Activism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Corinna Lenhardt
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 3, 2016, pp. 67-84
Describes, defines, and analyzes selected Internet memes created by campaigners and activists concerned with the imprisonment of the American Indian Movement (AIM) activist.
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From Dog Sled to Dial Phone: A Cultural

Gap?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dennis Dicks
Journal of Communication, vol. 27, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 120-129
Study assessed the impact of technology (specifically telephone service), both positive and negative, on the daily life and traditional ways of the Inuit.
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From Isotopes to TK Interviews: Towards Interdisciplinary Research in Fort Resolution and the Slave River Delta, Northwest Territories

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brent B. Wolfe
Derek Armitage
Sonia Wesche
Bronwyn E. Brock
Michael A. Sokal
et al.
Arctic, vol. 60, no. 1, March 2007, pp. 75-87
Discusses how integrating natural and social sciences and traditional knowledge can improve the understanding of how natural ecosystem functions and responds to various environmental stressors.
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From the Credibility Gap to Capacity Building: An Inuit Critique of Canadian Arctic Research

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pitseolak Pfeifer

Northern Public Affairs, vol. 6, no. 1, Redefining the Northern Research Landscape, July 2018, pp. 29-34
Author looks at possibilities for research conducted by Inuit people for the benefit of Inuit communities; discusses factors including academic credibility (what counts as knowledge), harmonizing science with needs of Inuit, and the marginalization of Traditional Knowledge (TK) by the academy.
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From the Editorial Desk

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Juhani Hassi
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, no. 4, Special Issue: eHealth, 2004, pp. 308-309
Brief Introduction to issue containing articles that review ehealth practices from northern health care units.
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