Protection

Discussion of an international initiative to control access to indigenous knowledge, aimed at protecting sacred and secret knowledge and ensuring proper compensation for intellectual property which is shared.

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.

Looks at the impacts from the expedition cruise industry on Aboriginal spirituality and culture.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1999.

Discussion with four Métis Elders examining Métis storytelling traditions and challenges to maintaining spiritual practices in Métis communities.

Contextualizes Chief Pasqua's recently rediscovered pictographs, that add to our knowledge about the western numbered treaty process.

Book review of: Indian Country by Larry Krotz

Call for a Federal policy to recognize the cultural importance of Indian languages and to expand the teaching of them beyond the current situation where only those people of Indian ancestry in Saskatchewan Provincial schools are funded for instruction.

International/Intercultural Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alberta, 1991.

Argues that academic process can be used to restore traditional knowledge and that the Tribal Community College provides a forum for discussion of concerns.

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.

Discusses the injustices of colonialism and contemporary society and need to preserve tribal cultural identities.

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

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2000.

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

Article examines the data inequities of Indigenous communities and how that affects those communities in contemporary, data centric contexts; argues for returning authority over Indigenous data back to Indigenous peoples.

Discusses Canada's failure to address training and educational needs of First Nation, Métis and Inuit learners resulting in under performance, drop out rate and under-representation at higher learning institutions.

Discusses such topics as food systems, pillars of food sovereignty, access to food, and protection of food sources and production.

Website contains links to stories and legends, recipes, resources, and strategies related to protecting, conserving and restoring the health and community develeopment of Indigenous food based cultures across Canada.

Looks at current logging trends and the threat of loosing special knowledge Pygmy people have in forest resources.

Illustrates problems with Indigenous intellectual property rights and how they take evolving cultural traditions and freeze them to a specific time.

Looks at the historical conferences on the multi- and interdisciplinary field of Native American Studies held in the Spring and Summer of 1998 and organized by the University of California.

Book review of: Indigenous Knowledge and Education edited by Sabina Rak Neugebauer, Kerry R. Venegas and Malia Villegas.

Identifies and evaluates significant works, critiques current curricula and makes recommendations.

Provides a brief literature review, uses the analogy of the tipi for the acquisition of Indigenous knowledge and looks at appropriate ways to develop it further.

Compares Eurocentric and Indigenous ways of knowing and how both can be included in contemporary education systems. Entire issue on one pdf. To read article scroll to p. 1.

Discusses preservation and protection of indigenous knowledge in the context of its impact on the "post-contact era."

Comments on a division that separates Native people as history and Native people as historians.

Examines the impact of resource extraction on Indigenous peoples’ lands and the need to respect and protect their traditional cultures and values.

Describes how Indigenous peoples in 12 rural regions and their academic partners have approached protecting, using , developing and sustaining local food system knowledge for community health and well-being.

Article attempts to identify issues and concepts to guide in developing culturally appropriate mental health strategies; argues the mental health problems have social origins that require social and political solutions.

Explores the relationships between indigenous knowledge in biological resources, and intellectual property rights systems.

Discusses the need to protect, preserve and provide for the fair use of traditional knowledge.

Looks at traditional knowledge as a living system of information management which has its roots in ancient traditions, and looks at how the Western legal traditional knowledge is virtually unprotected.

Discusses the integration of cultural worldviews and Indigenous healing practices in order to understand Native Hawaiians and the importance of healing and protecting Indigenous cultures for future generations.

Ethnic Studies Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2008.

Educational Policy Studies, First Nations Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alberta, 1999.

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

Brief history and evolution includes discussion of the ecological, social, and cultural factors surrounding the international governance of biodiversity, traditional knowledge and intellectual property rights.

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

Discusses problems, examples and the options available to communities dealing with issues of ownership, control and access to the cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples.

Identifies sources of information useful to archaeologists, cultural and archaeological resource managers, and other heritage stewards. Part 1: Challenges and Opportunities Relating to Appropriation, Information Access, Bioarchaeology, and Cultural Tourism.

Divided into seven sections: Legal Frameworks and Analysis; DNA and Property Rights; Historical and Theoretical Accounts of Intellectual Property Rights; Case Studies; Biological Resources and Ethnomedicine; Websites on Intellectual Property Rights and Related Issues; and Organizations.

Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2006.