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Celebrating Heritage Traditions in Alaska’s Indigenous Communities

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Discusses how the promotion of Alaska Native heritage programs will help preserve, and pass on customary traditions.
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César's Bark Canoe

Alternate Title
César et son Canot d'écorce
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bernard Gosselin

Film about César Newashish, Attikamek of the Communauté Atikamekw De Manawan, who builds a canoe in the traditional or old way, using only birch bark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum. 

Lesson Plan.

Duration: 96:00

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Chief Loco: Apache Peacemaker

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
T. Christopher Aplin

American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, Summer, 2011, pp. 464-466
Book review of: Chief Loco: Apache Peacemaker by Bud Shapard.
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Coast Salish Weaving: Preserving Traditional Knowledge with New Technology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie Tepper
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, vol. 7, no. 1, January 2008, pp. 188-196
Describes the process involved in producing a CD, which was the result of the Weaving Teachers Resources Project undertaken by the Canadian Museum of Civilization and practicing artists.
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Collaboration and the Complex World of Literary Rights

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alanna Kathleen Brown
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 595-603
Author explores the complicated series of issues around the use of text composed by Indigenous authors and co-created or edited by Euro-American partners; article covers individual vs collective ownership, historical disregard for Indigenous ownership, and inheritance rights.
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Coming Home Through Stories

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Neal McLeod
International Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 18, Fall, 1998, pp. 51-66
Discusses how the Canadian Cree have been forced into spatial and ideological exile, and how oral traditions can renew collective memory. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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The Community within the Child: Integration of Indigenous Knowledge into First Nations Childcare Process and Practice

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Maureen Simpkins
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer-Autumn, 2004, pp. 480-498
Presents the results of a study which examined how exposure to Indigenous Knowledge in early childhood influenced both individuals and the community as whole.
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Computer Databases and Aboriginal Knowledge

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Christie
Argues that while digitalization may be useful in conservation, the images only constitute information, not necessarily knowledge.
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Conducting Sacred Research: An Indigenous Experience

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roxanne Struthers
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 16, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 125-133
Discusses background research associated with the authors thesis and the importance of reflecting the cultural worldview of the researcher and the participants.
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Connecting Academics, Indigenous Knowledge, and Commitment to Community: High School Students' Perceptions of a Community-Based Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tiffany S. Lee
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 30, no. 2, 2007, pp. 196-216
Examines Native American students' perception of one education model that incorporated traditional Indigenous approaches and discusses how it inspired students to commit to their communities.
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Contemporary Problems in the Study of Native North American Religions with Special Reference to the Hopis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Armin W. Geertz
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer-Autumn, 1996, pp. 393-414
Article articulates some of the ethical issues that arise in the study in Indigenous spiritual practices; focuses on misinterpretation, appropriation, corruption of different spiritual practices.
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Contesting Scientists' Narrations of NAGPRA's Legislative History: Rule 10.11 and the Recovery of "Culturally Unidentifiable" Ancestors

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clayton W. Dumont
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 5-41
Discusses the conflict between anthropologists & archaeologists and Indigenous peoples on the rule for the disposition of culturally unidentifiable Native American human remains in the possession or control of museums or Federal agencies.
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Coolangatta Statement on Indigenous Rights in Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 39, no. 1, Special Issue 2, Fall, 1999, pp. [52-64]
Transcript of framework on education rights originally submitted to the 1993 World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education; refinement of the document was antidipated from conference delegates.
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Correspondence and Circulars - Memorandum re: Migratory Birds Convention Act

Documents & Presentations
A memorandum from T.R.L. MacInnes, Secretary, Department of Mines and Resources, Indians Affairs Branch, to Indian Agents that relates to the Migratory Birds Convention Act. The memo draws attention to the fact that "Indians may enjoy no exemption from the provisions of these regulations."

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.
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Court Affirms Education Rights

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Taillon
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 6, October 2001, p. 11

Examines the decision by the Court of Appeal regarding the violation of Cree rights by the Canadian and Quebec governments.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.

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The Critical State of Aboriginal Languages in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Verna J. Kirkness
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Creating Power in the Land of the Eagle, 1998, pp. 93-107
Describes the desire to keep Aboriginal languages "protected, preserved, promoted and practiced".
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Cultural Preservation Program for Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Francisco Ramón Barbarán
Interchange, vol. 42, no. 2, Circumpolar Indigenous Issues, Knowledge, Relations to Education, Science and Mathematics, May 2011, pp. 205-214
Comments on the parameters for successfully implementing this program as discussed in a workshop with elders.
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Cultural Protocols: A Framework

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane Anderson
Goal of document is to help clarify what protocols are, their uses, and how they can be developed by communities and local organizations to address issues of access, control and ownership of Indigenous knowledge.
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Culture, Chaos & Complexity - Catalysts for Change in Indigenous Education

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ray Barnhardt
Anagayuqaq Oscar Kawagley
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 59-64
Looks at Indigenous education in Alaska, and discusses the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative (AKRSI), which focuses on the connection between Indigenous Knowledge systems and formal education systems.
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Curbing Cultural Appropriation in the Fashion Industry

Alternate Title
CIGI Papers ; no. 213
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brigitte Vézina
Explores the problematic relationship between traditional cultural expressions and intellectual property law (particularly copyright), which fails to protect them and puts most of them in the public domain, and outlines some proposals for concrete policy, legal and practical solutions to end appropriation.
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Daily Life in Pre-Columbian Native America

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joe Watkins
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 282-284
Book review of: Daily Life in Pre-Columbian Native America by Clarissa W. Confer.
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Data Sovereignty and the Tribal Law and Order Act

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christopher B. Chaney
The Federal Lawyer, vol. 1080-675X, April 2018, pp. 22-25, 67
Discusses the ways in which data collected about criminal justice and legal services interacts with the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) and how that affects notions of tribal sovereignty.
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Debates About Aboriginal Sovereignty, Nationalism and Self-Government: (Post-Colonial Insight For Success in Self-Government): Achievement through Empowerment by Increased Critical Awareness and Meaningful Participation of Canada's Native People at the Local Community Level

Alternate Title
[First Nations, First Thoughts Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christy R. Bressette
Discusses issues surrounding the establishment of sovereignty beginning at First Nation community level.
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Decolonization is Not a Metaphor

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eve Tuck
K. Wayne Yang
Decolonization, vol. 1, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-­40
Examines what is distinct for projects of decolonization in relation to other human rights based social movements.
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The Déline Knowledge Centre: From Vision to Reality

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Denise Bayha
Walter Bayha
Irene Betsidea
Ken Caine
Dennis Kenny
Edith Mackeinzo
Deborah Simmons
Marlene Tutcho
Pimatziwin: A Journal of Indigenous and Aboriginal Community Health, vol. 1, no. 2, Winter, 2003, pp. 163-172
Provides a brief description of the Centre and it's benefits to the Déline community which is located on the west shore of Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories.
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Dene Traditional Knowledge

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Martha Johnson
Northern Perspectives, vol. 20, no. 1, Summer, 1992
Describes the Dene Cultural Institute Pilot Project, which has been developing methods to document Traditional Environmental Knowledge (TEK).
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Developing a Restorative Justice Programme - Part One

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael R. Peterson
Justice as Healing, vol. 5, no. 3, Fall, 2000, p. [?]
Description for a system employing traditional methods of conflict resolution within Aboriginal communities. For Part 2 see: Justice as Healing, Vol. 5, No. 4, Fall, 2000. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
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