Protection

Overview of social, political and cultural issues involved in integration of the two systems, with special emphasis on the circumpolar experience as well as introduction to protocols and procedures necessary when working with traditional knowledge. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Film examines the pressure put on traditional matriarchal societies. Duration: 57:55.

Contends that Native Americans do not lack an historic tradition of philosophy, that wisdom is apparent in American Indian oral tradition, and that what they do have is often misunderstood or rejected by the Western culture.

Study on the protection of rights for folklore holders.

Website provides links to policies, student resources, tribal colleges and universities, manuals and publications, Native American studies and research, open sources and freeware tools for researchers and evaluators. Association promotes educational excellence, opportunity and equity for Native students.

Discusses Native American identity and nomenclature including racial attitudes and status of Indian Nations and people. Also summarizes how student affairs professionals can use this information to better serve students.

Identifies alternative ways to improve recruitment, graduation rates, research work and policy issues for government programs.

Explores the present state of K-12 and postsecondary Native Language (NL) education in Canada and the feasibility of incorporating outdoor education with NL programs.

Illustrates how language is essential to the survival of a culture and how state-imposed destruction of Indigenous languages has caused the loss of traditional knowledge systems.

Authors argue that computer-facilitated learning in Indigenous communities will lead to cultural transformation and the erosion of cultural diversity leaving behind a digital and technologically dependent monoculture.

Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2009.

Interdisciplinary Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.

Discusses Navajo cultural identity and its significance to the Native American society.

American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2001.

Indian and Northern Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1996.

Opinion piece written in poetic prose which articulates the different ways that settlers and colonial systems disregarded and erased Indigenous names and naming practices.

Book review of: Northern Voices: Inuit Writing in English by Penny Petrone.

Study uses participatory research tools to explore and document the cultural meanings of food within Irigwe Indigenous food system and their relationship to Indigenous food-production practices such as food foraging.

Looks at practices and strategies to preserve and protect the Samoan language and culture. Text in Māori language.

Forestry and Forest Environment Thesis (M.Sc.F.)--Lakehead University, 2000.

Website for the Siksika Nation Community College that develops post secondary programs and services to promote their culture, language and history.

Discussion of the misappropriation of Native American spiritual traditions by non-Natives.

Intent is to provide decision-making guidelines for communities, content creators, funding bodies, and industry partners; share best practices; educate industry about cultural practices; and encourage informed, respectful dialogue by participants in productions.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2002.

Author discusses issues of identity appropriation and identity verification in academic institutions within the United States; provides context of the history of persecution of Indigenous peoples and cultures.

Presents the welcome page of the Our Legacy digitization project of archival materials relating to First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples held by several archival cultural collections in Saskatchewan.

Looks at Inuvialuit principles, values and objectives for the future including preserving cultural identity, participation in the northern & national economy, and protecting & preserving the Arctic wildlife, environment & biological productivity.

Discusses Indigenous knowledge and practices and the need for adequate respect and protection of this knowledge.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.

Discusses how anthropological works were used to create Indigenous art and ultimately new Indigenous identities to preserve culture.

Archival Studies - History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba/University of Winnipeg, 2010

Discusses the ethical and legal issues involved in transferring Indigenous cultural material to the screen.

Law Thesis (L.L.M.)--York University, 1999.

Examines how cultural displays for non-Aboriginal audiences, which were sometimes revised for public presentation, were used as a method to increase political legitimacy.

Discusses five areas: legal tribal status, funding, students supports, relationship between universities and American Indian nations, and respect for culture and languages.

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

Reports Elder Alfred Manitopeyes' emphasis on the ethical responsibility of educators to live in such a way that our words reflect our lifestyle.

Discussion of why TEK studies are needed, how to proceed, and impact of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) regulations on traditional land use.

Examines the status of nine Indigenous languages in South Africa and the attempts to protect and preserve them. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.

Law Thesis (JD)--University of New South Wales, 2018

Editorial for themed issue of the same title briefly discusses each article.

Environment and Geography Thesis (M.Env.)--University of Manitoba, 2007.

Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2004.

Examines the similarities between traditional tribal thought as expressed in the writer's work and religious, philosophical and scientific developments in the ecology movement today. Access through table of contents.

Library, Archival and Information Studies Thesis (MLIS)---University of British Columbia, 2004

Summarizes available information on programs worldwide and examines issues involved in establishing such programs in Indigenous communities.