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Welcome

Hello, Boozhoo, Aaniin, Tansi, Wotziye, Tanshi, Asujutilli, Ho/Han,

The purpose of this guide is to provide researchers and other visitors with some basic tools, information, and supports that they may use to discover Indigenous authors, communities, and information as well as to recommend a small sample of Indigenous works from the Learning Library's collection of materials.

Evaluating Resources

This guide will help you find information on Indigenous topics. Colonization and marginalization of Indigenous Peoples mean that information about them is often created by non-Indigenous people.

Things to Consider:

Who created the resource:
- Is the writer/creator Indigenous?
- What is the author's worldview?
Why the resource was created:
- Who benefits from the research? An Indigenous community, an individual, an institution, a political group, or the general public?
- Is the creator trying to share a specific point of view?
When the resource was created:
- Is this an older resource? It may contain language and ideas that are harmful.
- What is the historical context of this resource?
- What was its intended purpose at the time of its creation?
How the resource was created:
- Did the writer collaborate or consult an Indigenous community?
- What methods were used to gather the information?
- Was the research made available to the Indigenous communities that participated in the study?

Land Acknowledgements

The shared Nipissing University and Canadore College campus sits on the territory of Nipissing First Nation, the territory of the Anishnabek, within lands protected by the Robinson Huron Treaty of 1850. We are grateful to be able to live and learn on these lands with all our relations.

The Pond at the 100 College Drive Campus. Lady slipper. Spring blossoms.

Native Land
Native Land Website Mission:
Native Land Digital strives to create and foster conversations about the history of colonialism, Indigenous ways of knowing, and settler-Indigenous relations, through educational resources such as our map and Territory Acknowledgement Guide. We strive to go beyond old ways of talking about Indigenous people and to develop a platform where Indigenous communities can represent themselves and their histories on their own terms. In doing so, Native Land Digital creates spaces where non-Indigenous people can be invited and challenged to learn more about the lands they inhabit, the history of those lands, and how to actively be part of a better future going forward together.

Whose Land
About Us: Whose Land is a web-based app that uses GIS technology to assist users in identifying Indigenous Nations, territories, and Indigenous communities across Canada. The app can be used for learning about the territory your home or business is situated on, finding information for a land acknowledgement, and learning about the treaties and agreements signed across Canada. Educational videos are available to watch that will give you a better understanding of why land acknowledgements are important, and the way Indigenous people view their relationship to land. The app consists of six different maps of Indigenous territories, Treaties, and First Nations, Inuit, and Metis communities.

CAUT Guide to Acknowledging First Peoples & Traditional Territory, September 2017
Description from Website:
The following document offers the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) recommended territorial acknowledgement for institutions where our members work, organized by province. While most of these campuses are included, the list will gradually become more complete as we learn more about specific traditional territories. When requested, we have also included acknowledgements for other post-secondary institutions as well.

We wish to emphasize that this is a guide, not a script. We are recommending the acknowledgements that have been developed by local university-based Indigenous councils or advisory groups, where possible. In other places, where there are multiple territorial acknowledgements that exist for one area or the acknowledgements are contested, the multiple acknowledgements are provided. This is an evolving, working guide.

National Indigenous History Month

"June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada, an opportunity to learn about the unique cultures, traditions and experiences of First Nations, Inuit and Métis. It's a time to honour the stories, achievements and resilience of Indigenous Peoples, who have lived on this land since time immemorial and whose presence continues to impact the evolving Canada.

The House of Commons designated June as National Aboriginal History Month in 2009. The name was changed to National Indigenous History Month in 2017." (Government of Canada, 2023, para. 1).

Reference

Government of Canada. (2023, June, 1). About National Indigenous History Month. National Indigenous History Month. https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1683124800202/1683124846095

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