RDP Library: Indigenous Resources: Oral Histories

Consult an Elder

For more information about consulting a local Elder or Knowledge Keeper, please contact Indigenous Student Services.

Elders & Respectful Research

WATCH
Watch the video Indigenous Information Literacy: Elders & Respectful Research (6:47).

This video will introduce you to respectfully approaching Elders through the research process. As you watch, consider if you wish to speak with an Elder or Knowledge Keeper as a source of information. Be sure to approach Elders or Knowledge Keepers respectfully, and follow all the appropriate guidelines for conducting research with humans.

For more information, please see Red Deer Polytechnic Research Common's Research with Indigenous Peoples.

Indigenous Information Literacy: Elders and Respectful Research by Rachel Chong at KPU Library (2020).

Primary Source Databases

iPortal - Indigenous Studies Portal
A database of full-text electronic resources such as articles, e-books, theses, government publications, videos, oral histories, and digitized archival documents and photographs. The iPortal content has a primary focus on Indigenous peoples of Canada with a secondary focus on North American materials and beyond.
Blackfoot Digital Library
A publicly accessible Blackfoot-centric library, including multimedia resources such as field notes, photographs, and recordings
Inuvialuit Digital Library
Multimedia resources, developed with the assistance of elders, to preserve the Inuvialuktun language
Four Directions Teachings
Multimedia resources for learning about Indigenous knowledge and philosophy from five diverse First Nations in Canada
Circle of Indigenous Languages
A digital learning centre and database created to share, to teach, and to revitalize Indigenous languages.
Our Legacy
Material relating to First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples, found in Saskatchewan cultural and heritage collections.