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Terminology

Media

CBC News. (2017). How to talk about Indigenous people ( YoutTube Video, 2 min, 37 sec)

Concordia University. (2017).  Indigenous Directions: Territorial Acknowledgement with pronunciation.

Concordia University. (2019). Indigenous Elder and Community Protocols.

Online resources 

Mikana Resources - an Indigenous non-profit organization whose mission is to work towards social change by educating different audiences on the realities and perspectives of Indigenous peoples, located in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. 

âpihtawikosisân/C. Vowel. Indigenous Issues 101 Primers

First Nations & Indigenous Studies UBC. (2009). Indigenous Foundations: Terminology.

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. A Note on Terminology: Inuit, Métis, First Nations, and Aboriginal. (PDF)

National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls/Enquête nationale sur les femmes et les  filles autochtones disparues et assassinées. (2018). Lexicon of Terminology/Lexique terminologique  (PDF)

Books

Vowel, C. (2016). Indigenous writes: a guide to First Nations, Metis and Inuit issues in Canada. Winnipeg: Highwater Press (ebook)

Younging, G. (2018). Elements of Indigenous style: a guide for writing by and about Indigenous peoplesEdmonton: Brush Education. (ebook)

Joseph, R.P.C. (2019). Indigenous relations: insights, tips & suggestions to make reconciliation a reality. Indigenous Relations Press. (print book)

Canadian Geographic Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada (2018). National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the Metis Nation and Indspire. Volumes 1 - 4, with a Glossary of Indigenous terms in Volume 1. (print book)

Michelson, G., Michelson, K., & Deer, G. (2024). A dictionary of Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) with connections to the past. University of Toronto Press. (print book)

 

 

 
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