Belief Systems

Film highlights Canada's history of racism and injustice toward Indigenous peoples which persists to this day in both the larger society and the educational system and how Indigenous culture and perspectives must be taught and valued in the classroom in order to address inequities and change the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Duration: 32:29.

Reports on an archaeological site containing burned and destroyed stone tools found in a truncated pit.

Review article of, Voices of the Plains Cree by Edward Ahenakew.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2008.

Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2008.

Contains links to educational modules on six topics: Indigenous worldviews, Indigenous ways of knowing, stereotypes, history of Indigenous education, reconciliation, and treaties. Intended for a post-secondary audience.

Describes REKA Trust pilot project conducted with small community on New Zealand's North Island.

Exhibition features 30 prints by seven Indigenous artists from the coastal areas of British Columbia: Francis Dick, Maynard Johnny Jr., Edward Joe, Stan Greene, Floyd Joseph, Tim Paul, and Joe David. Contains links to short biographies of artists, images of each artwork, brief bibliography and curatorial essay.

Study uses participatory action research (PAR) methodology approach to look at the meanings of sustainability within the community of Laitu Khyeng, Bangladesh.

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

Looks at the positive outcomes from two secondary school classes which experienced different aspects of Squamish culture.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saybrook University, 2017.

Summarizes results obtained through focus groups. Participants discussed why they undertook studies online, support systems, positive and negative aspects, relevance of tikanga Maori in courses, and changes that could enhance the experience. Part of project entitled Critical Success for Effective Use of eLearning with Maori Learners.

Looks at Choctaw mythology involving self-discovery and the false divisions between this world and the spirit world in Louis Owens’s The Sharpest Sight. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.

Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2015.

Covers topics such as Indigenous perceptions of land ownership, relationship with newcomers, Federal responsibilities, Douglas Treaties, and significant court decisions. For use with secondary school students.

Presents information on paintings of Blackfoot religious beliefs.

Looks at the Sioux concepts of magic focusing on the Whirlwind and the Elk.

The author describes the concept of Transmotion and how it relates to Indigenous literatures, worldviews and systems of knowledge. Discusses how the concept became central to his work and scholarship.

Film reviews of: 40 Years Celebrating Wounded Knee directed by Christopher Marshall. The Medicine Game directed by Lukas Korver. Shouting Secrets directed by Korinna Sehringer. Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork. Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith. Yellow Fever: The Navajo Uranium Legacy directed by Sophie Rousmaniere.

Looks at bereavement in two cultures and two healing traditions.

Theological Studies Thesis (MTS)--University of Waterloo and Conrad Grebel University College, 2014.

Literary criticism article in which the author suggests that Welch’s use of Indigenous understandings of time as a narrative device in the novel Fools Crow works to both dismantle Western histories and to disrupt the mainstream perception of Western ontologies as universal and self-evident.

Discusses themes of multiculturalism in the novels Gardens in the Dune, The Heartsong of Charging Elk, and Power.

Looks at the historical meeting between Peyotists and the Oklahoma legislature.

Author examines the different ways that Mexican national culture and Indigenous Nahua culture interact, adopt each other’s practices, and blend together at intersections of meaning and practice.

Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2006.

Looks at existing resources for youth, challenges that exist for for accessing resources, and how suicide is viewed culturally by community members.

Intended to provide information to guide local film and television production community, visiting internationals, broadcasters, funders, and educational institutes in their engagements with Māori content and communities.

Survey results done on 2,595 people from two different tribes that examined the use of biomedical services and traditional medicine for both physical health and psychiatric problems.

Loos at the economic and ritual use of cattails.

Describes a case study approach, of a teaching experience, employing a dialogue that will lead to a greater level of respect and application of traditions.

Studies how cultural beliefs influence health behaviors regarding diabetes in order to develop a community based intervention program.

Looks at two joint ventures ability or inability to contribute the extra dimensions of development in forest management desired by Aboriginal communities.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Brunswick, 1997.

Identifies barriers to breast health as being access to information, screening, economics, follow-up, and protecting women

Looks at works by Maurice Kenny, Peter Blue Cloud, Wendy Rose, Liz Sohappy Bahe, Ray Young Bear, and Elizabeth Cook-Lynn.

Discusses the effectiveness of the RFL questionnaire in assessing youth suicide risk and as a tool for addressing the gap between European therapies and traditional healing.

Study uses thematic and NVivo 10 analysis to review the structured interviews of 30 study participants; most participants found the Medicine Wheel to be a useful framework for health-care decision making.

Authors examine the Lōkahi Wheel’s potential as a culturally sensitive tool for use with families engaged in non-voluntary involvement with Hawai’i’s child welfare system.

Reports results of project involving storytelling circles and focus group discussions with 38 mothers, 11 counsellors, and 12 child-welfare workers. Analysis is based on teachings of love, wisdom, respect, courage, honesty, humility, and truth. Excerpt from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, Daniel Jetté. Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.

Shows how storytelling, that presents a change of lifestyle, works because storytelling presents ideas and values in a simple, entertaining way.

Woman discusses the role culture has played in her recovery from alcohol abuse. Duration: 7:49. Part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.

Woman discusses the role culture has played in her recovery from alcohol abuse. Duration: 9:37. Part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.

Examines the social aspects of the mixed economy involving polar bears and how interconnected the monetary economy, subsistence economy, and cultural ideology are in Inuit society.

Looks at the importance of using language to create cross cultural understanding as well as a tool to ensure language survival.

Discusses some Dakota core values and how mainstream society exploitation has resulted in extreme poverty for their people.