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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Indigenous research"”.
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Testimony Knowledge: Indigenous Research of Land, Story and Visual Narrative/Filmmaking in Northeast China
This dissertation introduces Indigenous theories to the study of ethnic minority cultures in Northeast China, aiming to develop a localized Indigenous research paradigm. It addresses two core questions: How have the identity and cultural expressions of ethnic minorities in Northeast China been …
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"Put on the kettle:" study on identifying theoretical premises of Muskego and Asini Cree counselling methods
… there is very little information to be found on Indigenous forms of counselling. The intention of this study is to begin the process of identifying the theory that underlies Northern Manitoba Cree counselling methods. This study, however, only begins the task of documenting the theoretical …
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Planting the seeds: envisioning an academic pathway for Indigenous students in rural Northern Ontario
My research examined how Indigenous students chose their post-secondary educational academic pathway, specifically the timing, type and amount information Indigenous students had prior to being enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario. This study …
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Through an Indigenous Lens Food Security is Food Sovereignty: Case studies of Maori of Aotearoa New Zealand and Andeans people of Peru
… on a cross-cultural study and analysis of two Indigenous1 knowledge systems: Andean/Quechua2 people of Peru and Māori3 of Aotearoa - New Zealand. This study takes a novel approach by using the Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) theory to examine the good-living philosophies of Allin Kawsay …
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"Miss I just Don't Feel Like Reading Today": Urban Aboriginal and Black Nova Scotian Youth Perceptions of the Relationship Between Education, Health, and Wellbeing
This research study explores the reciprocal relationship between education, health, and wellbeing for urban Aboriginal and Black Nova Scotian learners. The purpose is to identify health and wellbeing factors that influence and correlate with their perceptions of education. The research was guided …
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IY NONET : bridging the gap "For the Good of" Indigenous youth aging out of care
This action-oriented inquiry supports Indigenous youth nineteen to twenty-four who are/will be aging out of the child welfare system in British Columbia, Canada, through research and development of a youth life skills program. Indigenous youth are overrepresented in the child welfare system and …
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Enhancing student leadership at Yukon University
… competencies for YukonU students. Using an Indigenous research methodology with an appreciative inquiry stance, I gathered data from YukonU students and alumni through an online survey and a virtual Indigenous sharing circle. I garnered further insights from the Student Success Division …
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Tlʼë chin Trʼë jè l : coming together to explore our Trʼondë k Hwë chʼin epistemology of leadership
… of a combination of Participatory Action Research and an Indigenous Research Methodology, allowed me as a Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin citizen to respectfully ask Elders and Knowledge Holders to collaborate with me in this research. Through multigenerational focus groups, we engaged in conversation …
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Evaluating the impacts of an outdoor adventure leadership experience program in a rural aboriginal community
This research study stems from the findings and results of previous research conducted in collaboration with Laurentian University and Wikwemikong as it relates to youth and sport participation. An outdoor adventure leadership experience program was co-designed and implemented within the community …
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"A Community of People Worthy of the Name Community": The Engagement Practices, Wellness, and Self-Identity of Anishinaabe Young Women and Young Two-Spirit People of Eabametoong First Nation
… (EFN). Guided by Community-Based Participatory Research and Indigenous Research Methodologies, I collaborated with contributors from EFN to understand the way engagement, well-being, and self-identity are interconnected. The contributors with whom I spoke contribute to the well-being of their …
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Walking the Path of Humility: White Settler Positionality in Research with Tsartlip First Nation
… insight into how white settlers may conduct research “in a good way” with Indigenous communities amongst a dominant colonial system. Through a first-person/organizational inquiry, I explored, as a non-Indigenous leader in Tsartlip First Nation, how my research process reflected the legacies …
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Truth and Reconciliation at the Bay: Environmental Discourse, Contested Notions of Human-Creation Relations in Mnidoo Gaamii/Georgian Bay, and Indigenous-Cottager Relations
… development, contribute to the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their lands/waters in Mnidoo Gamii/Georgian Bay? Through an exploration of the links between environmental planning, cottager conservation activism, and colonialism in Georgian Bay (and North America, broadly speaking), my …
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Settler school psychologists readiness to decolonize practice
… their professional practice in working with Indigenous students and their families. Data was gathered through two rounds of interviews with seven settler school psychologists across Western and Northern Canada who are active in the profession. A personalized “self-location” situates the …
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The Significance of ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa
AbstractThis research aimed to answer the overall research question: How might the Ktunaxa Nation Council incorporate the significance of ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa (Ktunaxa Homelands) into the organization. An Indigenous Research Methodology was utilized, which included a focus group and a kitchen table …
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Food as helper, food as healer: How Cree Elders incorporate food into their helping and healing practices and the implications for Indigenous food sovereignty
… policies and prejudices have deeply affected Indigenous food systems and thus Indigenous bodies. For Cree peoples in Manitoba, these policies include the criminalization of practicing traditional medicines, residential schools and land dispossession in the name of development. However, despite …
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Inspiration for Healing and Reclaiming Cultural Wellness and the Spirit of Indigeneity in a Colonial “Canadian” Context
Colonization has profoundly disrupted Indigenous people; it affects a person’s wellness, culture, traditions, governance, families, health, lands, and all one’s relations. While there is a plethora of research focused on decolonization, limited research features personal decolonization in …
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A Home at School: Building Stronger Indigenous People through Cultural Resurgence in an Urban Ontario Public School Context.
… analysis is structured through a collaborative Indigenous research project. My overarching task is to explore how a cultural support program, the Native Youth Advancement with Education Hamilton (NYA WEH) Program, offered at Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School, located in Hamilton, Ontario, …
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American Indian tribal identity in the 21st century: exploratory narratives of American Indian college students at predominantly white institutions
… This study responds to the needed inquiry of research and literature about and for American Indian college students by American Indians. ‘Stories within stories’ is the overall framework centralizing Horse’s (2005) American Indian Identity list of the 5 consciousnesses as the point of …
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A tribal journey : canoes, traditions, and cultural continuity
… next, this ethnographic study examines ways that Indigenous canoe journeys enable communication of ancestral teachings and traditions, particularly to Kw‟umut Lelum youth. The objective is to identify how experiences and interactions within Indigenous canoe journeys, specifically Tribal Journeys, …
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“You belong to everyone” : urban First Nations access to health services
The health status of Indigenous peoples in what is now known as Canada is a manifestation of its colonial systems. Legislation that defines Indigeneity, land base, resource allocation, and access to health supports perpetuate illness of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Despite efforts to reconcile …
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