University of Manitoba - Clayton Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources - Native Voices in Research
Native Voices in Research

     
Editors:
Jill Oakes, Rick Riewe, Kimberley Wilde, Alison Edmunds, Alison Dubois.		  

Overview
 
   This book explores innovative ways of learning based on traditional Aboriginal Peoples' ways of knowing. Authors include Aboriginal practitioners, academics, and community leaders in the fields of anthropology, community health, dentistry, education, history, nursing, linguistics, literature, political sciences, economic development, and women' studies.

The book, which includes 32 papers on 347 pages, has five sections:

1. Health and Education
Presents Aboriginal Peoples' perspectives on the meaning of "place or home", collaborative field work, distance education nursing programs, the meaning of cancer, and university life.

2. Colonization
Presents colonization through changes in Mi'kmaq-Acadian alliances, Anglican missionaries, use of Guarani by indigenous peoples in Paraguay, and the role of Coyote!

3. Ethics and Methodology
Introduces ethics and methods based on Aboriginal traditions highlighting experiential learning, storytelling, relationship building, and inclusive learning.

4. Consultation and Public Policy
Questions policies in Canada and India, provides advice on effective consultation, and discusses the essential need for respect in presenting traditional ecological knowledge.

5. Traditional Knowledge in Planning
Shares examples of how community-based research was used to learn invaluable perspectives on topics ranging from Arctic climate change, lake sturgeon and moose, northern economic development, Greenland fisheries, and indigenous potato farmers in Bolivia
     
Table of Contents (.pdf)  
    347 Pages, Price: $25.00


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