Full Title: Determinants of Indigenous Student Learning with Digital Technology: A Qualitative Study in a Remote Manitoba First Nations Community Abstract The goal of this qualitative study was to identify the determinants that assist remote postsecondary Indigenous Canadian learners (in an isolated fly-in only community) to adapt and orient themselves […]
2018 • aboriginal • adult learners • Canada • Cree • digital tools • education • First Nations • indigenous communities • Manitoba • pedagogy • technologyThe Use of ICTs and E-learning in Indigenous Education
Excerpt With the increase in land claim agreements, renegotiation of treaty rights and local control of resource development, many Indigenous communities are engaging in the use of new media and information technologies in the process of self-determination. This direct control and involvement leads to issues of preservation and sustainable development […]
Canada • e-learning • education • First Nations • ICT • indigenous communities • pedagogy • technology • youthLocal Contexts: Traditional Knowledge Labels
Local Contexts is an initiative to support Native, First Nations, Aboriginal, and Indigenous communities in the management of their intellectual property and cultural heritage specifically within the digital environment. Local Contexts provides legal, extra-legal, and educational strategies for navigating copyright law and the public domain status of this valuable cultural […]
aboriginal • cultural heritage • digital collections • digital environments • First Nations • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communities • intellectual property • local contextsCommunity-based materials development: using digital storytelling for teaching and learning Indigenous languages
This study examined the potential of using digital storytelling as a mechanism for materials development and Indigenous language learning. Study participants (N = 4) were interviewed after a series of three digital storytelling workshops offered in a First Nations community. The findings of the study support the use of digital […]
2016 • digital storytelling • education • First Nations • indigenous communities • indigenous language • language | preservationTahltan Language Conservation Initiative Project
Tahltan Language Conservation Initiative Project (TLCIP) is a grassroots conservation effort that will focus on the preservation of the severely endangered Tahltan Language. There are only 16 fluent native Tahltan speakers alive today and all but two are over the age of seventy. TLCIP will work with the remaining speakers […]
conservation • First Nations • language | preservation • TahltanIndigenization of Knowledge Organization at the Xwi7xwa Library
This paper examines the Indigenization of knowledge organization within library and information studies through conceptual analysis and a descriptive case study of an Aboriginal academic library, the Xwi7xwa Library at the University of British Columbia, Canada. We begin by locating the library in place and time, review its historical development […]
2015 • aboriginal • Canada • First Nations • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous issues • libraries • Xwi7xwaDigital 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 leveraging digital technologies. In the emergent network society, digital infrastructures, and information and communication technologies are powerful tools that can support self-government. In this context, we document […]
2015 • colonization / colonialism • cultural protocols • First Mile • First Nations • ICTs • indigenous communities • infrastructure • Kahnawà:ke • Mohawk • network • policyA critical understanding of adult learning, education & training using ICTs in remote First Nations
Through a critical settler colonialism lens we explore how information and communication technologies (ICT) supports learning, education and training and First Nation control of these processes in remote communities. The central theme of the current study is that decolonization is about land and creating the conditions necessary so Indigenous peoples […]
2014 • Canada • decolonization • First Nations • ICTs • indigenous communities • Keewaytinook Okimakanak • remote regionsSocial Media in Remote First Nation Communities
Community resilience in First Nations includes ties to people both inside and outside the community, intergenerational communication, the sharing of stories, and family and community connectedness. This study, based on a survey of Internet users in the Sioux Lookout region of Northwestern Ontario, explores the link between social networking sites […]
2014 • communication • culture | preservation • First Nations • indigenous communities • Internet use • social networkingMaking Information Technologies Work at the End of the Road
Remote and rural areas face many challenges, including the provision of telecommunications services. Regardless of universal service policies or other political promises, rural communities can be deemed unprofitable by service providers while government assistance is managed by faraway regulators who lack understanding of the affected communities and citizens. The authors […]
2014 • Canada • First Mile • First Nations • rural • telecommunicationsTechnology and Language Revitalization: A Conspectus
Increasingly the world’s indigenous people are recognizing the value of using digital environments in the battle against the extinction of their languages and cultures (Hermes & King 2013). Likewise as indigenous languages become increasingly visible on the internet, perceptions of them as antiquated, irrelevant or anachronistic in the Information Age are […]
Africa • Arctic • Asia • Central America • Europe • First Nations • indigenous language • language and technology • language documentation • language learning • Middle East • North America • Pacific • revitalization • South America • virtual classroomAlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal. It aims to present indigenous worldviews from native indigenous perspectives. AlterNative is dedicated to the analysis and dissemination of native indigenous knowledge that uniquely belongs to cultural, traditional, tribal and aboriginal peoples as well as first-nations, from around […]
aboriginal • AlterNative • First Nations • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous issues • indigenous scholars • indigenous studies • interdisciplinary • Native American • researchNew Technologies and Contested Ideologies
About the Tagish-Tlingit FirstVoices project – published in the American Indian Quarterly, Winter & Spring 2006, Vol. 30, Nos. 1 & 2. The website discussed in the article is featured below: http://www.firstvoices.ca In December 2004 representatives of the Yukon government and the First People’s Cultural Foundation of British Columbia signed […]
2006 • archive • culture | preservation • First Nations • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • multimedia • Tagish • Tlingit • YukonVideoconferencing and Remote and Rural First Nations
Abstract This article explores why visual communication is important for First Nations, the prevalence and purposes of videoconferencing in non-institutional settings, and the challenges the communities experience using this technology. The central theme is that videoconferencing is a vital tool for remote and rural First Nations and in order for […]
2010 • First Nations • indigenous communities • rural • video communication • videoconferencingVideo Communication Roadblocks Facing Remote Indigenous Communities
Abstract For Canada’s remote and rural communities, video communications provide a vital lifeline. This article discusses the challenges for video communications in remote and rural First Nation (Indigenous) communities. Central to our analysis are social and technical issues as well as the ICT experiences of community-based organizations and community members. […]
2009 • Canada • First Nations • indigenous communities • rural • video communicationNew Media and Self-Determination: Publicly Made and Accessible Video and Remote and Rural First Nation Communities
Abstract This working paper explores the potential for New Media to provide a means for members of remote and rural First Nations communities to challenge problematic mainstream representations of First Nations identity. Video on public access sites such as YouTube and Google Video, as well as on websites that act […]
2009 • Canada • First Nations • identity • internet • new media • representationAboriginal Mapping Network
The Aboriginal Mapping Network (AMN) was established in 1998 as a joint initiative of the Gitxsan and Ahousaht First Nations and Ecotrust Canada. Over the years the network has grown from its humble beginnings as a knowledge sharing forum for local First Nations technicians, leaders and decision makers to become […]
aboriginal • Ahousaht • First Nations • GIS • Gitxsan • indigenous / traditional knowledge • mapping • networkKnowledge Translation (KT) for Indigenous Communities: a Policy Making Toolkit
We have put together this kit of information to provide practical assistance to community policy makers and those who assist them (policy analysts, etc.) in development of Knowledge Translation (KT) policy. The specific focus is on health related knowledge translation. The toolkit has been developed for use at the First […]
2006 • First Nations • health • indigenous communities • Inuit • knowledge sharing / exchange • Métis • policy • toolkitNative American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA)
The Native American and Indigenous Studies Association is a professional organization dedicated to supporting scholars and others who work in the academic field of Native American and Indigenous studies. Founded in 2008, NAISA hosts the premier scholarly meeting in Native studies. The association has more than 700 members from over […]
aboriginal • First Nations • indigenous studies • Native American • researchFirstVoices
FirstVoices is a suite of web-based tools and services designed to support Aboriginal people engaged in language archiving, language teaching & culture revitalization. The FirstVoices Language Archive contains thousands of text entries in many diverse Aboriginal writing systems, enhanced with sounds, pictures and videos. A companion set of interactive online […]
aboriginal • archive • culture | preservation • First Nations • FirstVoices • indigenous languageFirst Peoples’ Language Map of B.C.
British Columbia is home to 203 First Nations communities and an amazing diversity of Indigenous languages; approximately 60% of the First Nations languages of Canada are spoken in B.C. You can access indexes of all the languages, First Nations and Community Champions through the top navigation on all pages of […]
British Columbia | Canada • First Nations • indigenous language • language | preservation • mappingFirst Nations Innovation
The First Nations Innovation project has its roots in the RICTA project http://ricta.ca (2005-2006) that began with two of the current partners: the University of New Brunswick (UNB) and the Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO) tribal council in Northwestern Ontario. RICTA brought together a network of academic researchers and community members to share information […]
broadband • First Mile • First Nations • innovation • Keewaytinook Okimakanak • RICTA • ruralFirst Nations First Mile Project
Canadian First Nations communities outside of major centers remain underserved by Internet providers, receiving minimum service at a maximum price. Due to their isolation and small populations, many First Nations rely on Internet to deliver critical services from health to education and administration to their community. But distant decision-makers removed from […]
broadband • Canada • First Mile • First Nations • indigenous communities • infrastructure • internetFirst Nations First Mile Project: putting the “last mile first”
Canadian First Nations communities outside of major centers remain underserved by Internet providers, receiving minimum service at a maximum price. Due to their isolation and small populations, many First Nations rely on Internet to deliver critical services from health to education and administration to their community. But distant decision-makers removed from […]
broadband • Canada • First Mile • First Nations • ICT4D • indigenous communities • infrastructure • internetFour Directions Teachings
About Four Directions Teachings From the Four Directions website: The goal for the project was to create an engaging site where people could experience Indigenous knowledge and philosophy and where educators could incorporate the site into their curriculum. FourDirectionsTeachings.com honors oral traditions by creating an environment where visitors are encouraged […]
Blackfoot • Cree • education • First Nations • Haudenosaunee • indigenous / traditional knowledge • Mi'kmaq • Mohawk • Ojibwe / Ojibway • oral tradition