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Editor in Chief Commentary: Water - Recognizing the Indigenous Perspective
Indigenous peoples have, since time immemorial, understood that water is central to the cycles of life. Yet, as many of the articles in this special issue on water in Indigenous... -
Traditional Communities as "Subjects of Rights" and the Commoditization of Kn...
The International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 169 and the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) led signatory state-members to recognize traditional communities as... -
Serious Complications for Patients, Care Providers and Policy Makers: Tacklin...
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a progressive metabolic disorder that affects Aboriginal people disproportionately around the world. Evidence shows that diabetes treatment... -
Approaching Educational Empowerment: Guidelines from a Collaborative Study wi...
This paper discusses the journey toward self-managed education for the Innu people of coastal Labrador who, after an arduous struggle, have finally attained autonomy from the... -
Editors’ Commentary: The Challenges in Improving Indigenous Educational Attai...
Education has been called the “new buffalo” for its potential to contribute to the economic, social, and political well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada (Stonechild, 2006).... -
Indigenous Access to Skilled Jobs in the Canadian Forest Industry: The Role o...
In this article, the effect of education on the skill level of jobs held by Indigenous people working in the Canadian forest industry is examined. A skill index based on... -
A Critical Appraisal of Responses to Māori Offending
This article critically analyses the role that criminological theory and specific policy formulations of culture play in New Zealand's state response to Māori crime. We begin by... -
H1N1 in Retrospect: A Review of Risk Factors and Policy Recommendations
The H1N1 pandemic of 2009 devastated Indigenous communities worldwide. In order to explain infection patterns and prevent repeating history in future pandemics, associations... -
Framing Indigenous Bioenergy Partnerships
The rapidly expanding forest bioenergy sector in Canada promises to support low carbon energy options that also support economic development and Indigenous involvement. Little... -
Digital Data Management as Indigenous Resurgence in Kahnawà:ke
Indigenous peoples are addressing the ongoing impacts of settler colonialism through a variety of expressions of community resurgence. Among these initiatives are those... -
Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Settling the Past?
The Indian Residential Schools (IRS) system has been referred to as “Canada's greatest national shame”. The IRS system is now the subject of the Canadian Truth and... -
Comparing Tribal Research and Specimens Policies: Models, Practices, and Prin...
This article reviews a range of tribal policies regarding the proper solicitation, collection, disposition, and return or disposal of biological samples, or biospecimens, which... -
The Sun Dance and the Gustafsen Lake Standoff: Healing Through Resistance and...
The revitalization and renewal of traditional indigenous spiritual practices have produced new forms of indigenous religiosity rooted in experience, contact and combination.... -
Indigenous Engagement in Tropical River Research in Australia: The TRaCK Program
The literature on scientific-Indigenous ecological knowledge collaborations rarely analyses programmatic efforts undertaken by multi-disciplinary research groups over very large... -
Multi-Barrier Protection of Drinking Water Systems in Ontario: A Comparison o...
In some way or another, all levels of government in Canada and First Nations share responsibility to implement multi-barrier protection of drinking water. The goal is to protect... -
Increased Indigenous Participation in Environmental Decision-Making: A Policy...
Improving the physical environment and Indigenous participation in environmental decision-making is inherently related to the improvement of health among Indigenous Peoples.... -
Biocultural Rights: A New Paradigm for Protecting Natural and Cultural Resour...
This article proposes a new concept of “biocultural rights” that justly reflects a broader intellectual and policy trend to holistically address the protection of Indigenous... -
Moving Towards an Indigenous Research Process: A Reflexive Approach to Empiri...
Moving towards reconciliation within Indigenous research requires the careful examination of existing practices at all stages of the research process. Engagement in and... -
Navajo Nation Brain Drain: An Exploration of Returning College Graduates’ Per...
Navajo Nation Brain Drain: An Exploration of Returning College Graduates’ Perspectives Quintina Bearchief Adolpho Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education, BYU... -
The Far North Act (2010) Consultative Process: A New Beginning or the Reinfor...
In northern Ontario, Canada, there have been two “negotiated” documents that required consultation between First Nations and the federated government of the land: Treaty No. 9...
