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iPortal

URL: http://iportal.usask.ca/

The Indigenous Studies Portal, maintained by the University of Saskatchewan Library,  is a research tool leading to books, articles, theses, documents, photographs, archival resources, maps and more.  This site has over 17,000 records.   The search tool is simple and an option for an advanced search is available.  Categories to browse through include but are not limited to: Arts, Community, Society, Land Claims, Language, Indigenous knowledge, History.  A search for the term Decolonization, for example, leads to many hits.  These include general articles as well as scholarly peer-reviewed articles, book reviews, e-books, images, media, theses and websites.  This website, although still under-development, seems to be an excellent and indispensable tool for researchers looking for valid sources on most topics pertaining to Indigenous Peoples.

Traditional Knowledge Information Portal

URL: http://www.cbd.int/tk/

The goal of Traditional Knowledge Information Portal is to “promote awareness and enhance access by indigenous and local communities and other interested parties to information on traditional knowledge, innovations and practices relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity.”  This website does not document traditional knowledge rather disseminates information “ relevant to and about traditional knowledge.”  For this purpose, a resource center, local organizations’ postings and photo albums are made available.  The resource center is particularly useful as it contains links to websites of interest to any researcher.

The six websites features as related resources are:  Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International, Indigenous Portal, Inter-American Commission on human Rights, The International Ecotourism Society, World Intellectual Property Organization, WWF’s Statement of Principles on Indigenous Peoples and Conservation.

The information in this website is easily retrievable through a simple search.