Indigenous Information Literacy outlines best principles and practices for engaging with Indigenous communities and sources in academic research. This includes evaluating sources and citing traditional knowledge, finding Indigenous authors, and working respectfully with Elders.
Elements of Indigenous style: a guide for writing by and about Indigenous peoples by Gregory Younging
Indigenous Information Literacy a free OER by Rachel Chong
Littletree, Sandra, Nicola Andrews, and Jessie Loyer. 2023. “Information as a Relation: Defining Indigenous Information Literacy.” Journal of Information Literacy 17 (2). https://doi.org/10.11645/17.2.8.
Dr. Ben Mitchell talks about authority, peer-review, and the process of getting a peer-reviewed paper on Alfred Russel Wallace's defence of spirit photography published in an academic journal.
Charles Hatfield, and Bart Beaty. 2020. Comics Studies: A Guidebook. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=2317994&site=eds-live&scope=site
McCloud, Scott, and Robert Lappan. 1994. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. Harper Perennial. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat03106a&AN=tru.a82201&site=eds-live&scope=site
Cultural literacy is a person's ability to understand and fluently participate in constructive dialogue with members of a culture. The Library has several guides and supports relevant to developing cultural literacy among various communities.
Interested in learning more about the Secwépemc people and Secwepemctsín, the language?
The Library has a Secwepemctsín LibGuide and you can get the Secwepemctsín keyboard application installed on your computer at Keyman Support.
TRU hosts a basic online tutorial for learning Secwepemctsín with audio recordings at Learn Secwepemctsín Online.
TRU's Office of Indigenous Education also hosts several resources, including Secwépemc Communities Pronunciations and Secwépemc Nation Research Ethics Guidelines.
First Voices has language learning tools for many Indigenous languages, including multiple dialects of Secwepemctsín.
Many individual members of the Secwépemc Nation also seek to promote their language and culture online on places like YouTube, such as the Spi7uy Squqluts Language & Culture Society, Tracy Ned, The Smart Owl, and tnekwe7 on Tiktok.
The Association for Manitoba Archives has compiled a large Indigenous Resource List, not just for Archives and Museums, but also on topics like being an ally, Indigenous podcasts, repatriation and reparations, Indigenous rights in an international context, land acknowledgments, the Land Back Movement, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
Indigenous Writes A Guide to First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Issues in Canada by Chelsea Vowel
Open Educational Resources (OERs) are free and openly accessible educational tools, and can include textbooks, syllabi, lectures, and more. TRU's OER Librarian is Brenda Smith, who has compiled this LibGuide full of resources for teachers and students alike! Whether you want to find free open access textbooks to reduce student costs, study, or find creative commons licensed images, videos and more, you can find them at Library's OER LibGuide!
What is artificial intelligence (AI) and what does it have to do with ChatGPT? What are some appropriate or inappropriate uses for AI? What are the privacy and security concerns involved in their use? You can find out about that and more at the Library's AI LibGuide