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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 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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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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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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The impact of a system wide integration of Indigenous Knowledge on students, staff and community
… and pedagogy. Of note is a profound lack of Indigenous Knowledge subjects taught. This research explored what impact a system wide integration of Indigenous Knowledge had on students, staff and community. The literature review consisted of three strands; a historical look at American public …
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Water as Pedagogy
This qualitative study uses Indigenous storywork as a form of personally situated, decolonial research. My aim is to study the ways in which water as a sentient being, healing spirit, and teacher taught me about human and more-than-human relationships. Deploying an Indigenous womxnist and feminist …
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An examination of communicative dialectical tensions and paradoxes encountered by Native American researchers in the field and in the academy
… and paradoxical situations faced by Native researchers in the academy and in research with their own communities or with other Native communities. Thematic analysis was conducted on narratives from 12 semi-structured interviews from participants across the country. Three major themes emerged …
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder : circles of healing, transformation and reconciliation, Ke-ge-na-thee-tum-we-in
… through both inductive analysis of field research as well as through relevant documentary analysis, incorporating a global or comparative component. Compliance with Guidelines for Research Involving Aboriginal Peoples has been sustained through community partnerships with various First …
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CARE THAT LISTENS: SHAPING INTENSIVE CARE UNIT BEREAVEMENT PROTOCOLS THROUGH THE POWER OF STORY
… ICU. This thesis project contributes to a larger research project entitled Healing Together: Understanding and engaging healthcare providers to expand bereavement support in the ICU (Healing Together), led by a team of researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), which aims to develop …
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The existence of the digital divide in African indigenous communities in accessing digital African Indigenous Games: a case study of Ga-Mamabolo oin Limpopo Province, South Africa
African indigenous games are one of the valued cultural aspects in African indigenous communities. These games have always been part of the African indigenous people and resemble the African culture and provide benefits such as entertainment and social development. Cultures and societies are …
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Contesting Design: Ancestral Technology as Portal to Post-Design(s)
… grassroots initiatives building futures through Indigenous technology are some of the ways in which these techno-narratives can be contested. This dissertation joins these efforts by foregrounding —and moving into practice— alternative ways to teach design and think about technology. I start by …
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“IT’S A BIG ADJUSTMENT COMING FROM THE RESERVE TO LIVING IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SOCIETY”: EXPLORING THE WELL-BEING OF FIRST NATIONS ATHLETES PLAYING SPORT IN AN URBAN MAINSTREAM CONTEXT
Indigenous athletes who are interested in pursuing sport at elite levels and seeking broader opportunities in Canada often relocate from their home communities to urban “mainstream” centres. Their reasons for relocating may include seeking elite facilities and coaching expertise as well as …
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