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Explores the role of water spirits in the belief system of Africans and the ramifications of environmental threats to sacred pools. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.

Discussion on various aspects of traditional knowledge, including traditional knowledge and the law, comparison of scientific and traditional approaches to knowledge, and tools for maintaining traditional knowledge.

Materials from the Saskatchewan Survival Gathering, held at the Pinehouse Lake, SK campground site; 1. Program; 2. News release; 3. Schedule. The Group For Survival, based in Saskatoon, SK, sought to protest uranium mining in Saskatchewan and bring to light the harmful effects of uranium on humans and the earth.

Report conducted to support First Nations fisheries in the Atlantic region and provide information to potential students by identifying support services, college programming, research centres, reports and projects.

Discusses how science can be placed inside a cultural fabric.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2006.

Panel discussion on Native sovereignty with emphasis on education, particularly the Native studies curriculum in tribal colleges and universities.

Discusses issues of secrecy, proof and confidentiality that surround Aboriginal Customary Law. For example - when a matter comes before a court, the court can only act on information that is communicated to it and then tested by both parties. Thus there will be circumstances in which Aboriginal people need to choose whether to disclose secret material to the courts as a price paid for seeking the benefit or protection of the general law.

Educational Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2003.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Dakota, 2004.

Essay focuses on the selection process, with study outcome suggesting partial integration of new knowledge into future resource policy.

Discusses ways culturally relevant education models have been Incorporated into tribal colleges and strategies for American Indian retention at mainstream colleges and universities.

Discusses the life of an accomplished teacher who encourages youth to use education as the new warrior strategy that can bring about positive change to the Aboriginal community.

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Discussions centered around defintiions of knowledge translation, desired outcomes, best practices, partnerships and processes, and future directions.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Lethbridge, 1997.

Author examines recorded names for birds in the language of the Yupik; finds a strong correlation between the imposition of Russian language and schooling and the loss of Yupik bird names and the traditional knowledge contained therein.

Scrutinizes the conduct of some contemporary archaeologists as they work within traditional territories of Canada's First Nations.

Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2004.

Environment and Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2005.

Analyzes of the vision quest of Native Americans by using resources of the Lakota. The most famous resource is the book Black Elk Speaks, which is deemed controversial because of the sacred knowledge it imparts to the reader.

Author discusses some of the difficulties raised by teaching pieces of Indigenous literature that contain information considered to be sacred, ceremonial, or confidential.

Illustrates that women's writings must not only deal with the marginalization of being Aboriginal, but with the further marginalization of being female.

Asserts that withholding knowledge is an act of resistance and argues that to fully understand Native American people is how a dominant society gains a sense of mastery and control.

Elders share their stories and discuss the role they play in the process of decolonization.

Author examines some of the reasons why Indigenous peoples might choose not to share their spiritual practices with people outside of their communities. Examines factors of power relations, hermeneutics, ontologies, and commodification.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2007.

Law Thesis (LL.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2010.

Discusses a unique veterinary technology course that combines traditional Navajo values, Western scientific knowledge and the management of an Elk herd.

Argues that the issue of theft of cultural property must first be addressed through tribal laws, which are informed by cultural context.

Book review of: Surviving as Indians by Menno Boldt.

How the Cree women teachers cherished the ordinary things they did with and for each other and shared their knowledge for the benefit of others; includes several photographs.

Film about looking for one's roots which includes a dialogue between the Gourmantche tribe of Africa with the Atikamekw of Northern Quebec.This film contains scenes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised. Duration: 48:27.

Examines three areas for reform: increased Aboriginal involvement, repatriation of artefacts and improved access.

Uses the Sleeping Buffalo and Medicine Rock site as an example to talk about Assiniboine peoples’ ongoing relationship to sacred places and how ongoing connection to spaces has helped Indigenous peoples retain Indigenous knowledges and way of knowing despite colonization, settlement, national borders, residential schools, and reservation systems.

Discusses the different views on Niue language and cultural loss in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Majority of text in Niue language.

Article describes a Māori-led, four-year research project which focused on identifying and addressing iwi (tribal) data needs of the Rangitīkei Iwi Collective, and on establishing a framework for iwi data sovereignty.

Examines the differences and difficulties in teaching American Indian studies courses to both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students at Iowa State University.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of San Diego, 2001.

Reports on a study of the use of internet based teaching and learning technologies and strategies in Mapuche language learning and revitalization in Chile.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2009.

Discusses the orientation to past, present and future time in the Ceremony of Eldership.

Looks at the challenges and conflicts in co-management systems to conserve polar bears, including climate change and overhunting.

Teaching and Teacher Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2006.

Environmental Education and Communication Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2007.

Relates the hardships encountered by the author in doing anthropological research within and for Native American nations.

Using the Sami people as an example, argues that political decolonization is important for realizing self-determination, reconnecting with culture, and becoming intellectually self-governing.

Comments on the Nunavik Inuit Land Use and Ecological Mapping Project and the development of a useful database.

Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2001.