Sacred Sites

Focuses on Standing Rock Sioux Water Protectors' fight against construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, United States v. Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska’s defense of Blackbird Bend.

Includes 10 case studies.

Discusses the spiritual significance and history attached to the Black Hills.

Comments on the connections between Indigenous groups and the environment not only through direct resource use but also through sacred beliefs and practices.

Examines First Nations peoples unique methods to preserve an Indigenous heritage site.

Description and drawing of the Big Horn medicine wheel.

Explores the extent of the geographical bond with an emphasis on world view, myths and ceremonies.

Describes a project in which digitally augmented reality (AR) is used to engage people in traditional Māori land-based narratives, values, and storytelling. Argues that Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, a design approach developed to illustrate narratives using contemporary media, helps to promote “bicultural engagement with landscape.”

Author examines stereotypes about the Apache people and how these narratives affect the way that the Apache people are perceived and engaged with by the United States government in land disputes generally, and specifically in relation to the Mt. Graham Observatory case.

Traces the history of archaeological digs and subsequent Western theories about the identity of the peoples who inhabited the Lower Fraser River area of BC.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2007.

Examines case where Indigenous interests were put last when permission was given by the Australian government to mine in the Kakadu National Park, a world heritage site and home to the Mirrar people.

Looks at an alternate means of conducting archaeology. Chapter 4.2 from Indigenous Heritage and Tourism: Theories and Practices on Utilizing the Ainu Heritage edited by Mayumi Okada, Hirofumi Kato.

Indigenous Education in Partnership with Linguistic Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2015.

Comments on the objections to use artificial snow made from reclaimed treated sewage water, due to the sacred nature of the peaks.

Links to various subject related articles: ancestors, earth sciences, healing practices, indigenous science, and traditional stories.

Book review of: Writing Heritage by Michael Davis. Review located by scrolling to page 201.