LibGuides: Decolonizing Education: Knowledge, Traditions & History

Traditional Knowledge

Traditional Knowledge [PDF file]
A document produced by the Assembly of First Nations.
Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
Information from Parks Canada about how traditional knowledge intersects with conservation science.
Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights
A Canadian government publication describing how we can all protect traditional knowledge.
What is Traditional Knowledge?
A post from a UBC-hosted blog about Traditional Knowledge and Technology.
Indigenous Foundations
Indigenous Foundations is an information resource on key topics relating to the histories, politics, and cultures of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. This website was developed to support students in their studies, and to provide instructors, researchers and the broader public with a place to begin exploring topics that relate to Aboriginal peoples, cultures, and histories.

Indigenous Lifeways Ways of knowing, doing, connecting, and being - from the University of Calgary.
Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education An Education module from the University of British Columbia that helps to envision how Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, and approaches to learning can be made part of the classroom.
Aboriginal Worldviews and Perspectives in the Classroom [PDF file] A guide to Indigenous worldviews and perspectives on Education, published by the Government of British Columbia.
Aboriginal Worldviews and Education An Indigenous Education module from the University of Toronto.
Economic Aspects of the Indigenous Experience in Canada Explores Indigenous values, Indigenous economic history, the effects of colonization, and the legal and political realities that constrain Indigenous economic development today.
30 must-read books to learn about the Indigenous experience in North America curated by Michelle Good

How did we get here? A concise unvarnished account of the history of the relationships between Indigenous peoples and Canada
Shekon Neechie: An Indigenous History Site
- Shekon Neechie provides a venue for Indigenous historians to gather as an e-community and share their ideas or works in progress. “Historian” in this case is broadly defined as a person who researches and presents Indigenous histories in essays, stories, photographs, videos, podcasts, or through other means and whose work is based in oral history and traditions, archival research, archaeology, and material interpretation. The historians featured here are formally trained – either within the academy or in the community – or self-taught.
  
  We encourage well-established Indigenous historians, graduate and undergraduate students, and community historians from around the world to submit their works. Those submitting to Shekon Neechie will be given feedback from other Indigenous historians. We consider Shekon Neechie a place for thoughtful and generous peer review, as pieces will be read to ensure quality of writing or other formats, as well as the argument presented.
Indigenous History in Canada, Government of Canada
Indigenous Peoples in Canada, The Canadian Encyclopedia