Welcome
Welcome to Aboriginal Education and Traditional Knowledge.
This guide is intended for faculty and students who wish to deepen their understanding of Aboriginal Education and Traditional Knowledge. Here you will find:
This is a living guide for the community. Please feel free to help build it by suggesting resources, community groups etc. Please email kdermody@ryerson.ca
Books, Journals and Articles
Books
A current list of resources on indigenous knowledge and education.
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Decolonizing Methodologies by 'A landmark in the process of decolonizing imperial Western knowledge.' Walter Mignolo, Duke University To the colonized, the term 'research' is conflated with European colonialism; the ways in which academic research has been implicated in the throes of imperialism remains a painful memory. This essential volume explores intersections of imperialism and research - specifically, the ways in which imperialism is embedded in disciplines of knowledge and tradition as 'regimes of truth.' Concepts such as 'discovery' and 'claiming' are discussed and an argument presented that the decolonization of research methods will help to reclaim control over indigenous ways of knowing and being. Now in its eagerly awaited second edition, this bestselling book has been substantially revised, with new case-studies and examples and important additions on new indigenous literature, the role of research in indigenous struggles for social justice, which brings this essential volume urgently up-to-date.Call Number: GN380 .S65 2012ebISBN: 9781848139527Publication Date: 2012 -
Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education by Indigenous and decolonizing perspectives on education have long persisted alongside colonial models of education, yet too often have been subsumed within the fields of multiculturalism, critical race theory, and progressive education. Timely and compelling, Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Educationfeatures research, theory, and dynamic foundational readings for educators and educational researchers who are looking for possibilities beyond the limits of liberal democratic schooling. Featuring original chapters by authors at the forefront of theorizing, practice, research, and activism, this volume helps define and imagine the exciting interstices between Indigenous and decolonizing studies and education. Each chapter forwards Indigenous principles - such as Land as literacy and water as life - that are grounded in place-specific efforts of creating Indigenous universities and schools, community organizing and social movements, trans and Two Spirit practices, refusals of state policies, and land-based and water-based pedagogies.Call Number: LC3715 .I458 2019ISBN: 9781138585867Publication Date: 2019 -
Research Is Ceremony : Indigenous research methods by Describing a research paradigm shared by indigenous scholars in Canada and Australia, this study demonstrates how this standard can be put into practice. Portraying indigenous researchers as knowledge seekers who work to progress indigenous ways of being, knowing, and doing in a constantly evolving context, this examination shows how relationships both shape indigenous reality and are vital to reality itself. These same knowledge seekers develop relationships with ideas in order to achieve enlightenment in the ceremony of maintaining accountability. Envisioning researchers as accountable to all relations, this overview proves that careful choices should be made regarding selection of topics, methods of data collection, forms of analysis, and the way in which information is presented.Call Number: GN380 .W554 2008ISBN: 9781552662816Publication Date: 2009 -
Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies by The Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies is the only handbook to make connections regarding many of the perspectives of the "new" critical theorists and emerging indigenous methodologies.Built on the foundation of the landmark SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, the Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies extends beyond the investigation of qualitative inquiry itself to explore the indigenous and nonindigenous voices that inform research, policy, politics, and social justice. Editors Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln, and Linda Tuhiwai Smith explore in depth some of the newer formulations of critical theories and many indigenous perspectives, and seek to make transparent the linkages between the two. Key Features- Contains global examples including South African, Hawaiian, Maori, Central African and Islamic ones.. Includes a "Who's Who" of educators and researchers in critical methodologies. . Provides a comprehensive body of work that represents the state of the art for critical methodologies and indigenous discourses . Covers the history of critical and indigenous theory and how it came to inform and impact qualitative research . Offers an historical representation of critical theory, critical pedagogy, and indigenous discourse. . Explores critical theory and action theory, and their hybrid discourses: PAR, feminism, action research, social constructivism, ethnodrama, community action research, poetics.. Presents a candid conversation between indigenous and nonindigenous discourses. This Handbook serves as a guide to help Western researchers understand the new and reconfigured territories they might wish to explore.Call Number: GN345 .H364 2008ISBN: 9781412918039Publication Date: 2008 -
Indigenizing the Academy by Continuing the thought-provoking dialogue launched in the acclaimed anthology Natives and Academics: Researching and Writing about American Indians, leading Native scholars from diverse disciplines and communities offer uncompromising assessments of current scholarship on and by Indigenous peoples and the opportunities awaiting them in the Ivory Tower. The issues covered are vital and extensive, including how activism shapes the careers of Native academics; the response of academe and Native scholars to current issues and needs in Indian Country; and the problems of racism, territoriality, and ethnic fraud in academic hiring. The contributors offer innovative approaches to incorporating Indigenous values and perspectives into the research methodologies and interpretive theories of scholarly disciplines such as psychology, political science, archaeology, and history and suggest ways to educate and train Indigenous students. They provide examples of misunderstanding and sometimes hostility from both non-Natives and Natives that threaten or circumscribe the careers of Native scholars in higher education. They also propose ways to effect meaningful change through building networks of support inside and outside the Native academic community. Designed for classroom use, Indigenizing the Academy features a series of probing questions designed to spark student discussion and essay-writing.Call Number: E97 .I464 2004ISBN: 9780803282926Publication Date: 2004 -
Reshaping the University: responsibility, indigenous epistemes, and the logic of the gift by In the past few decades, the narrow intellectual foundations of theuniversity have come under serious scrutiny. Previously marginalizedgroups have called for improved access to the institution and fullinclusion in the curriculum. Reshaping the University is atimely, thorough, and original interrogation of academic practices. Itmoves beyond current analyses of cultural conflicts and discriminationin academic institutions to provide an indigenous postcolonial critiqueof the modern university. Rauna Kuokkanen argues that attempts by universities to be inclusiveare unsuccessful because they do not embrace indigenous worldviews.Programs established to act as bridges between mainstream andindigenous cultures ignore their ontological and epistemic differencesand, while offering support and assistance, place the responsibility ofadapting wholly on the student. Indigenous students and staff areexpected to leave behind their cultural perspectives and epistemes inorder to adopt Western values. Reshaping the Universityadvocates a radical shift in the approach to cultural conflicts withinthe academy and proposes a new logic, grounded in principles central toindigenous philosophies.Call Number: LB2322.2 .K86 2007 e-bookISBN: 9780774813563Publication Date: 2007 -
Decolonizing education : nourishing the learning spirit by Call Number: E96.2 .B355 2013ISBN: 9781895830774Publication Date: 2013
Journals
Canadian Journal of Native Studies
First Peoples Child & Family Review
Wicazo sa review: a journal of Native American studies
Recommended reading
Battiste, Marie. Indigenous knowledge: foundations for First Nations. (2005).
Battiste, Marie, James Youngblood Henderson, and S. Youngblood. "Naturalizing indigenous knowledge in Eurocentric education." Canadian Journal of Native Education 32.1 (2009): 5-18.
Community Resources
This is a list of local organizations and library collections that you can visit and consult for your research. Community members please help us build this list by emailing Kelly Dermody (kdermody@ryerson.ca) with local resources and knowledge you would like to add.
| The Indigenous Education Network from OISE |  |
| Toronto Public Library's Native Peoples Collection |  |
| Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre |  |
| Indigenous Studies at the University of Toronto |  |
| Native Canadian Centre of Toronto |  |
| Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto |  |
Academic and personal support for students
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