Indigenous Research Roundup: December 2010

You would not believe the quantity of professional research being produced around the world on Indigenous peoples, cultures, economies, demography, geography… you name it, someone’s studying it and publishing on it.

And so, to help you stay in the loop, we are pleased to present what we hope will be a semi-regular (or at least occasional) feature, the “Indigenous Research Roundup.” Each edition will offer a basic list of new papers and studies that we’ve quasi-curated from the web’s steady stream of academic material.

Please note that, due to the sheer volume of output, only the document titles will be listed here. Also, not all of the research featured is free to view: some sites require you to pay, register and/or subscribe in order to read or download an item. In some cases, clicking a link will launch the download of a PDF file.

BUSINESS/ECONOMY

• A comparison of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal entrepreneurs in the Quebec forestry sector

• Entrepreneurial activity of contemporary Ainu: an explanatory study

• Estimating tobacco price elasticity in Canada’s Aboriginal communities

• The Balance between Indigenous Land Claims and Individual Private Property Rights in Latin America

POLITICS

• The Denial of Indigenous Voice and Self-determination in Political Thought

• The Indigenous Movement in Ecuador: The Struggle for a Plurinational State

• Correa, Indigenous Movements, and the Writing of a New Constitution in Ecuador

• Participatory Democracy in Action: Practices of the Zapatistas and the Movimento Sem Terrai

• A Glimmer of Hope: A Review of Recent Works on the Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Settler Society

• The Case of ‘Te Karaka’: Ngai Tahu Print Media before and after Settlement

• Public­ private partnerships in the promotion of sport and well­being: a governance model

EDUCATION

• The Kokum Connection: A Metaphor for Educational Accountability Frameworks

• Linguistic Imperialism

• Effective Teaching for Indigenous and Minoritized Students

• Martu Storytellers: Aboriginal Narratives Within the Academy

• Measures to Preserve Indigenous Language and Culture in te reo kuki airani (Cook Islands Maori Language): Early-childhood Education Models

• Aboriginal students’ high school mathematics experiences: stories of opportunities and obstacles

JUSTICE / LEGAL

• Indigenous Participation in Sentencing Young Offenders: Findings From an Evaluation of the Children’s Koori Court of Victoria

• Evaluation of the Queensland Murri Court: Final Report

• Legal Pluralism and the Rule of Law: Can Indigenous Justice Survive?

• Doubting what the Elders have to say: A critical examination of Canadian judicial treatment of Aboriginal oral history evidence

HEALTH / MEDICAL

• Dialogue as a Method for Evolving Matauranga Maori: Perspectives on the Use of Embryos in Research

• Traditional Non-Western Diets

• Exploring relationships between racism, housing and child illness in remote indigenous communities

• Digital technology access and use among socially and economically disadvantaged groups in south Australia

• Exploring Resilience and Indigenous Ways of Knowing

• Maori challenges and crown responsibilities: Maori policymaker ideas on smokefree policy options

• Applying Indigenist Research Methodologies in Health Research: Experiences in the Borderlands

• When is Research Relevant to Policy Making? A Study of the Arctic Human Development report

ENVIRONMENT

• Indigenous knowledge in the context of natural resource management: an information systems perspective

• Defining Aboriginal Rights to Water in Alberta: Do They Still “Exist”? How Extensive are They?

• Securing a Future: Cree Hunters’ Resistance and Flexibility to Environmental Changes, Wemindji, James Bay

• Integrating Indigenous Knowledge in Climate Risk Management to Support Community
  Based Adaptation

• Aboriginal Land Planning In Canada: The Role of Strategic Environmental Assessment in Adaptive Co-Management

• It’s all about relationships: First Nations and non-timber resource management in British Columbia

OTHER

• Dionne Brand and Alanis Obomsawin: Polyphony in the poetics of resistance

• My Life is My Ceremony: Indigenous Women of the Sex Trade Share Stories about their Families and their Resiliency

• The Adaptation Challenges and Strategies of Adolescent Aboriginal Athletes Competing Off Reserve