Indigenous science
The resources below have been selected for their content and strategies. They are drawn from different regions and decades and as such may contain language that is out of date or reflect regional differences.
- Belczewski, A. (2009). Decolonizing science education and the science teacher: A white teacher’s perspective. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 9(3), 191–202. doi: 10.1080/14926150903118326
- Edmondson, W., & Williams, R. (2022). Burda-burda balayi health professionals and Indigenous health: Working at the interface. Oxford University Press.
- Gebhard, A., McLean, S., & St Denis, V. (2022). White benevolence: Racism and colonial violence in the helping professions. Fernwood Publishing.
- Gersie, A., Nanson, A., Schieffelin, E. L., Collison, C., Cree, J., & Porritt, J. (2022). Storytelling for nature connection: Environment, community and story-based learning. Hawthorn Press.
- Hird, C., David-Chavez, D. M., Gion, S. S., & van Uitregt, V. (2023). Moving beyond ontological (worldview) supremacy: Indigenous insights and a recovery guide for settler-colonial scientists. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 226(12). doi: 10.1242/jeb.245302
- Kress, M., & Horn-Miller, K. (2023). Land as relation: Teaching and learning through place, people, and practices. Canadian Scholars.
- Medin, D. L., & Bang, M. (2014). Who’s asking?: Native science, Western science, and science education. The MIT Press.
- Nicol, C. C., Archibald, J.-A., Glanfield, F., Dawson, A. J., & Nelson-Barber, S. (2020). Living culturally responsive mathematics education with/in Indigenous communities. Brill Sense.
- Papadopoulos, I., & Shea, S. (2018). Culturally competent compassion: A guide for healthcare students and practitioners. Routledge.
- Quinless, J. M. (2022). Decolonizing data: Unsettling conversations about social research methods. University of Toronto Press.
- Riley, K., McVittie, J., & Borges, M. G. (2022). Decolonizing environmental education for different contexts and nations. Peter Lang.
- 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.
- Seniuk Cicek, J., Masta, S., Goldfinch, T. & Koot, B. (2023). Decolonization in Engineering Education. In A. Johri (Ed.), International handbook of engineering education research. (pp.51-86). Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group. doi: 10.4324/9781003287483-5
- Srivastava, R. (2023). The health care professional’s guide to cultural competence (2nd ed.). Elsevier Canada.
- Barber, D. G., Fortier, L., & Michaud, J. (2008). On thin ice: A synthesis of the Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study (CASES). Aboriginal Issues Press.
- Chow, L., McKay, K., & Clifford-Pena, J. (2010). Hudson Bay Region research. Aboriginal Issues Press.
- Davidson-Hunt, I. J., O’Flaherty, R. M., & Shearer, J. (2010). Pikangikum cultural landscape: Documentation guide. Aboriginal Issues Press.
- Edye-Rowntree, J. (2006). Residents’ perspectives on the Churchill River. Aboriginal Issues Press, University of Manitoba.
- Emeagwali, G. T., & Shizha, E. (2016). African Indigenous knowledge and the sciences: Journeys into the past and present. SensePublishers.
- Hendry, J. (2014). Science and sustainability: Learning from Indigenous wisdom. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Hernandez, J. (2022). Fresh banana leaves: Healing Indigenous landscapes through Indigenous science. North Atlantic Books.
- Oakes, J. E. (2004). Aboriginal cultural landscapes. Aboriginal Issues Press.
- Oakes, J. E., University of Manitoba Department of Zoology, & University of Manitoba Faculty of Graduate Studies. (2003). Native voices in research. Aboriginal Issues Press.
- Raman, S. (2023). What it means to practise values-based research. Nature. doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-01878-1
- Rice, B., Oakes, J. E., & Riewe, R. R. (2005). Seeing the world with Aboriginal eyes: A four directional perspective on human and non-human values, cultures and relationships on Turtle Island. Aboriginal Issues Press.
Engineering and design
- Adney, T., Chapelle, H. I., & Museum of History and Technology (U.S.). (1964). The bark canoes and skin boats of North America. Smithsonian Institution.
Mathematics
- Ascher, M. (2017). Ethnomathematics: A Multicultural View of Mathematical Ideas. Taylor and Francis.
- Yong, K. E. (2025). Trigonometry Through Wayfinding and Navigation Across the Pacific.
Physics and astronomy
- Cannon, C. M. (2025). In the footsteps of the Traveller: The astronomy of Northern Dene. University of Manitoba Press.
- Brotherston, G. (1992). Chapter 11: American Cosmos. In Book of the fourth world: Reading the Native Americas through their literature. Cambridge University Press.
- Buck, W. & Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre. (2018). Tipiskawi kisik: Night sky star stories. Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc.
- Hamacher, D., & Anderson, G. M. (2022). The first astronomers: How Indigenous elders read the stars. Allen & Unwin.
- MacDonald, J., Lehman, E. J., Royal Ontario Museum, & Nunavut Research Institute. (1998). The Arctic sky: Inuit astronomy, star lore, and legend. Royal Ontario Museum/Nunavut Research Institute.
- Peat, F. D. (1994). Blackfoot physics: A journey into the Native American worldview. Phanes Press.
Biology
- Clément, D. (2012). Le bestiaire Innu: Les quadrupèdes. Presses de l’Université Laval.
- Clément, D. (2022). Le Bestiaire Innu 2: Les Oiseaux, les Poissons et les Animaux Non Comestibles. Les Presses de l’Université Laval.
- Geniusz, M. S., Geniusz, W. D., & Geniusz, A. F. (2015). Plants have so much to give us, all we have to do is ask: Anishinaabe botanical teachings. University of Minnesota Press.
- Geniusz, W. D., & Geniusz, A. F. (2009). Our knowledge is not primitive: Decolonizing botanical Anishinaabe teachings. Syracuse University Press.
- Grenz, J. (2024). Medicine wheel for the planet: A journey toward personal and ecological healing. Alfred A. Knopf Canada.
- Hoffman, J. (2018). Avatimik Kamattiarniq: Arctic Ecology and Environmental Stewardship. Nunavut Arctic College.
- Jacobs, L. A. (2025). Indigenous critical reflections on traditional ecological knowledge. Oregon State University Press.
- Kassam, K.-A. S. (2009). Biocultural diversity and Indigenous ways of knowing: Human ecology in the Arctic. University of Calgary Press.
- Kimmerer, R. W. (2003). Gathering moss: A natural and cultural history of mosses. Oregon State University Press.
- Kimmerer, R. W. (2013). Braiding sweetgrass. Milkweed Editions.
- Kimmerer, R. W., & Burgoyne, J. (2024). The serviceberry: Abundance and reciprocity in the natural world. Scribner.
- Minnis, P. E., & Elisens, W. J. (2000). Biodiversity and Native America. University of Oklahoma Press.
- Oakes, J. E., Riewe, R. R., Gislason, R., & Peet, M. (2009). Beluga co-management: Perspectives from Kuujjuarapik and Umiujaq. Aboriginal Issues Press.
- Oguamanam, C. (2019). Genetic resources, justice and reconciliation: Canada and global access and benefit sharing. Cambridge University Press.
- Turner, N. J. (2014). Ancient pathways, ancestral knowledge: Ethnobotany and ecological wisdom of Indigenous peoples of northwestern North America. McGill-Queen’s University Press.
- Turner, N. J. (2020). Plants, people, and places: The roles of ethnobotany and ethnoecology in Indigenous peoples’ land rights in Canada and beyond. McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Environmental Sciences
- Aikenhead, G. S., & Michell, H. (2011). Bridging cultures: Scientific and Indigenous ways of knowing nature. Pearson Canada.
- Christian, D., & Wong, R. (2017). Downstream: Reimagining water. Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
- Cuerrier, A., Gérin-Lajoie, J., & Siegwart Collier, L. (2016). The caribou taste different now: Inuit elders observe climate change. Nunavut Arctic College Media.
- Gérin-Lajoie, J., Cuerrier, A., Laura, S. C., & Lévesque, E. (2024). Le caribou n’a plus le même goût: Les aînés Inuit observent les changements climatiques. Presses de l’Université du Québec.
- Gilligan, J., & Lundie, G. (2009). Environmental change and off-road transportation in Churchill, Manitoba. Aboriginal Issues Press.
- LaDuke, W. (2020). To be a water protector: The rise of the Wiindigoo slayers. Fernwood Publishing ; Spotted Horse Press.
- Liboiron, M. (2021). Pollution is colonialism. Duke University Press.
- Nakashima, D., Krupnik, I., & Rubis, J. T. (2018). Indigenous knowledge for climate change assessment and adaptation. UNESCO Publishing ; Cambridge University Press.
- Riewe, R. R., Oakes, J. E., ArcticNet, & University of Manitoba. (2006). Climate change: Linking traditional and scientific knowledge. Aboriginal Issues Press, University of Manitoba.
Health Sciences
- Belcourt, C., Flamand, R., Whitford, O., Burnouf, L., Richardson, R., Lehman, E. J., & Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research. (2007). Medicines to help us: Traditional Métis plant use: Study prints & resource guide. Gabriel Dumont Institute.
- Greenwood, M., De Leeuw, S., & Lindsay, N. M. (2018). Determinants of Indigenous peoples’ health: Beyond the social (2nd ed.). Canadian Scholars.
- Johnson, L. M. (2019). Wisdom engaged: Traditional knowledge for northern community well-being. Polynya Press, an imprint of University of Alberta Press.
- Johnson, L. M., & Baker, J. M. (2022). Walking together, working together: Engaging wisdom for Indigenous well-being. University of Alberta Press.
- Joseph, L. (2023). Held by the land: A guide to Indigenous plants for wellness. Wellfleet.
- Redvers, N. (2019). The science of the sacred: Bridging global Indigenous medicine systems and modern scientific principles. North Atlantic Books.
Psychology
- Lambert, L. A. (2014). Research for Indigenous survival: Indigenous research methodologies in the behavioral sciences. Salish Kootenai College Press.
- Richardson, C. L. (2021). Facing the mountain: Indigenous healing in the shadow of colonialism. J.Charlton Publishing.
- Boan, J. (2024). The medicine chest: A physician’s journey towards reconciliation. University of Regina Press.
- Crowell, R. (2023). Charting a course to make maths truly universal. Nature, 614(7946), 183–186. doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-00223-w
- David-Chavez, D. M. (2020). Aitakuwahi: An Indigenous scientist's pathway for regeneration and decolonization. In G. Cajete (Ed.), Native Minds Rising: Exploring Transformative Indigenous Education. J. Charlton Publishing.
- Emanuel, R. E. (2024). On the swamp: Fighting for Indigenous environmental justice. The University of North Carolina Press.
- Indigenous Mathematicians Podcast.
- Nenquimo, N., & Anderson, M. (2024). We will be jaguars: A memoir of my people. Abrams Press.