Resources for decolonizing & indigenizing the curriculum

Battiste, M. (2016). "Visioning a Mi’kmaw Humanities" in Indigenizing The Academy. Cape Breton University Press: Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Battiste, M. (2013). Decolonizing Education: Nourishing The Learning Spirit. Purich Publishing, UBC Press: Vancouver, BC.

Battiste, M. (2000). Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision. UBC Press: Vancouver, BC.

Cornelius, C. (1999). Iroquois Corn In a Cultural-Based Curriculum. A Framework for Respectfully Teaching about Cultures.. State University of New York Press: Albany, NY.

Miller, J.R. (1997). Shingwauk’s Vision. A History of Native Residential Schools. University of Toronto Press: Tornoto, On.

Kendall, F. (2002). Understanding white privilege.

McLoughlin, C., & Oliver, R. (2000). Designing learning environments for cultural inclusivity: A case study of indigenous online learning at tertiary level. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 16(1).

Mihesuah, D. A. (2006). " Indigenizing the Academy": Keynote Talk at the Sixth Annual American Indian Studies Consortium Conference, Arizona State University, February 10-11, 2005. Wicazo Sa Review, 21(1), 127-138.

Pete, S., Schneider, B., & O’Reilly, K. (2013). Decolonizing our practice: Indigenizing our teaching. First Nations Perspectives, 5(1), 99-115.

Root, E. (2010). This Land is Our Land? This Land is Your Land: The Decolonizing Journeys of White Outdoor Environmental Educators. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 15, 103-119.

Simpson, L. (2002). Indigenous environmental education for cultural survival. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education (CJEE), 7(1), 13-25.

Smith, D. R., & Ayers, D. F. (2006). Culturally responsive pedagogy and online learning: Implications for the globalized community college. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 30(5-6), 401-415

Winslett, G. M., & Phillips, J. (2005). ICTs and Indigenous pedagogy: Techniques of resistance in chat rooms.

Yellow Bird, M. (2012). Neurodecolonization: Using mindfulness practices to delete the neural networks of colonialism. Waziyatawin & M. Yellow Bird (Eds.), For indigenous minds only: A decolonization handbook, 57-83.

Land-based pedagogy

Goodleaf, K. D. (2021, March 20-21). Pilot study: Ionhntionhnhéhkwen land-based wilderness program in partnership with Concordia University. Concordia University.

McDonald, M. (2022, January). Indigenous land-based education in theory and practice. Yellowhead Institute.

Simpson, L. B. (2014). Land as pedagogy: Nishnaabeg intelligence and rebellious transformation. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, 3(3).

Wildcat, M., McDonald, M., Irlbacher-Fox, S., & Coulthard, G. (2014). Learning from the land: Indigenous land based pedagogy and decolonization. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, 3(3).

Decolonizing sciences and engineering

Salzmann, I., White, L., Goodleaf, K. D., & Tajmel, T. (2021). Decolonizing light. A project exploring ways to decolonize physics. Physics in Canada, 77(1), 3–9.

Semken, S. (2005). Sense of place and place-based introductory geoscience teaching for American Indian and Alaska Native undergraduates. Journal of Geoscience Education, 53(2), 149-157.

Sutherland, D., & Swayze, N. (2012). Including Indigenous knowledges and pedagogies in science-based environmental education programs. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education (CJEE), 17, 80-96.

The following videos below are produced by Six Nations Polytechnic – Six Nations Brantford, Ontario and available through their Six Nations Polytechnic Teaching resources web page.

Creation Story – Conversations in Cultural Fluency # 1

Hodinohso:ni Ecological Knowledge & the Dish with One Spoon - Conversations in Cultural Fluency # 2

Food Security & Three Sisters Sustainability - Conversations in Cultural Fluency # 3

Hodinohso:ni Governance & the Great Law of Peace - Conversations in Cultural Fluency #4

Treaty Relations and Two Row Wampum - Conversations in Cultural Fluency #5

National Film Board of Canada Videos

Contemporary Haudenosaunee Land rights Struggles

1. 1990 Oka Crisis - My name is Kenhentiiostha 
2. Six Miles Deep – Caledonia Land rights Issue 
3. Kahnehsatake 270 Resistance

Kahnawake Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) Nation Longhouse Official Site (This link leads to other official Haudenosaunee Government websites as well)

Concordia University Decolonial Maps & Atlases List

Haudenosauneega (Longhouse Confederacy) Map & Info

Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawenna Raotitiohkwa Language and Culture Centre (KORLCC) - located in the Kanien’kehá:ka community of Kahnawake 

Here is an excellent resource related to Indigenous science from Science Friday.

A detailed list of links to resources to learn more about indigenous peoples, histories and contemporary issues including podcasts, books, articles and documentaries brought together by the Myseum of Toronto website.