Indigenous Resources

This textbook is for students who are First Nation and tribal government employees or students who would like to work for or with First Nation and tribal governments. The purpose of this textbook is to help interested First Nation and tribal governments build a competitive investment climate.

ECHO is a handbook that provides the most current research pertaining to Yukon First Nations peoples. Topics include archaeology, ethnology, and lifeways, relationships with newcomers (in the past and currently), the arts, and modern-day land claims. The volume also includes interviews with research collaborators who discuss the importance of community-based research.

This book outlines best principles for working with Indigenous print and oral sources in academic research. Topics include evaluating Indigenous print sources for credibility and authenticity, finding Indigenous authors, and respectfully working with Elders.

Storytelling practices have been used for millennia as an educational tool for passing knowledge from one generation to the next. This collection offers a series of digital storytelling vignettes that briefly explain topics related to the Indigenous business environment in Canada. The videos contain interview content from Indigenous business leaders from across the country and highlight the obstacles and successes of these professionals.

This book provides an overview of why traditional knowledge and wisdom should be included in the k-12 science curriculum. It outlines the science and technologies of the Indigenous peoples who live in Northwestern North America and Indigenous worldviews, as well as culturally responsive teaching strategies, curriculum models, and evaluative techniques.

Knowing Home attempts to capture the creative vision of Indigenous scientific knowledge and technology that is derived from an ecology of a home place. The Indigenous Science examples, research and curriculum models are intended will inspire deep reflection regarding the under-representation of Aboriginal students in the sciences. Examples and cases will enable teachers and students to explore Indigenous Science examples in the classroom, and support the development of curriculum projects in home places.

Living on the Land examines how patriarchy, gender, and colonialism have shaped the experiences of Indigenous women as both knowers and producers of knowledge. From a variety of methodological perspectives, contributors to the volume explore the nature and scope of Indigenous women’s knowledge, its rootedness in relationships both human and spiritual, and its inseparability from land and landscape.

The provision of northern health care entails many unique challenges and circumstances that are rarely represented in mainstream health sciences education. Topics explored in this book include health issues in northern and Indigenous communities; health systems and governance; the social determinants of health in northern and Indigenous communities; culture and health; and professional practice in rural/remote/isolated communities.