Appropriation

Discusses two aspects of a debate surrounding the concept that indigenous attitude toward the environment and conservation is the most appropriate model.

Interview provides a definition of cultural appropriation and some analysis of how it affects Indigenous communities; discusses what teachers and educators can do to address issues of appropriation while engaging with contemporary Indigenous cultures.

Environmental and Resource Studies Thesis (MES)--University of Waterloo, 2013.

Social Sciences Thesis (M.A.)--University of Denver, 2010.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 1999.

Argues that the Anasazi people had an elaborate, functional and detailed educational system before European contact.

Author examines the Uncle Remus children’s stories and links them to a variety of Indigenous narratives from the Saponi-Monacan Confederacy’s oral tradition.

Discusses the need for archivists to move away from their role as disinterested caretaker toward engaging with the people involved and outlines some of the ways this can be accomplished.

Discusses the significance of cultural heritage and the support of Aboriginal peoples towards the institution of postcolonial law and literature.

Discussion on how colonialism continues to affect Aboriginal people and two-way reconciliation.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Essex, 2014.

Article introduces the Special Issue: Decolonizing Archaeology and the articles it contains. Describes problematic practices within the field and the work being done to change them.

Guidelines based on two principles: "Cause No Harm" and "Free, Prior and Informed Consent". Included are guidelines for: Indigenous peoples and knowledge holders to ensure knowledge is protected in collaborations; agencies and researchers wanting to secure access and use traditional knowledges; and individuals reviewing grant proposals that incorporate Indigenous knowledge. Related material: Annotated Bibliography: Examples of Traditional Knowledges in Climate Research

Attempts to understand whether young Crees, in a situation of double social exclusion, can complete their schooling while also gaining command of traditional knowledge and know-how.

Discusses Jesuit and Wendat heritage of Sainte-Marie.

Highlights the process of political change in an attempt to recognize the legitimacy of indigenous knowledge in resource management.

Article presented at The Gender of Genetic Futures: The Canadian Biotechnology Strategy, Women and Health Proceedings of a National Strategic Workshop held at York University, February 11-12, 2000.

Discusses the historic phenomena of staged photographs and how archivists should deal with this genre of photographs.

Examines the nuances of adoption into Aboriginal communities within the frameworks of Nêhiyaw (Cree) law, and wahkotowin (laws of kinship). Discusses how a lack of knowledge on the part of the adoptee can lead to appropriation and extraction of Indigenous knowledge.

Discussion of the The Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA) of 1990 which made it illegal to sell products without a trademark.

Author examines the neocolonial practice of cultural appropriation as “theft of cultural property” and notes its connection to the erasure of history and language performed by colonial states.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, [1999].

Author examines the colonial nature of historic and contemporary archaeological practice, offers a post-colonial critique of the methods and values of the field, and suggests strategies for decolonizing the field and upholding the rights and sovereignties of Indigenous peoples.

Overview of the social and economic significance of Aboriginal art, the problems of misuse, and strategies to address these issues.

Book review of: Indigenous Cultures in an Interconnected World by Claire Smith and Graeme K. Ward.

Reviews books and research papers concerned with Indigenous science knowledge and its integration into school curricula, and describes current efforts to bridge Western and Native science.

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.

Commentary article critiques the ethics and methods of public opinion polls which claim to represent the sentiments of Indigenous peoples surround sports team names and mascots that draw on the imagery of Indigenous peoples and cultures.

Outlines intellectual property legislation as it relates to Aboriginal peoples and overview of methods to protect traditional knowledge.

General information about complying with intellectual property (IP) laws for participants and people attending the festival.

Juridical Sciences Thesis (JSD)--University of Toronto, 2017.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 2004.

Book review of: International Law and Indigenous Knowledge by Chidi Oguamanam. Scroll to page 446 to read review.

Law Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2003.

Examines the bio-prospecting/bio-piracy debate in the context of traditional knowledge as an important component in an aboriginal economic development strategy.

Outlines challenges associated with the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and gives highlights of each article in the issue.

Introductory article to themed issue.

Looks at how the governments commitment to Inuit traditional knowledge and values guides decisions, policies and laws that reflect the key philosophies, attitudes and practices of Nunavut’s Inuit majority.

Describes the process involved in selecting the symbol of the 2010 Olympics out of 1,600 designs solicited.

National Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--The University of Manitoba, 2002.

English Language and Literature Thesis (M.A.)--Masaryk University, 2020.

Human and Social Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2005.

Discusses knowledge appropriation and suggests customs that can be used to protect Kwakwaka'wakw property.