@article{sallese_embedding_2024, title = {Embedding {Indigenous} {Knowledge} into {Housing} {Design} with the {Homebuilding} {Students} in {Wasagamack} and {Garden} {Hill} {First} {Nations}, {Manitoba}, {Canada}}, volume = {15}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85193715199&doi=10.29173%2fcjnser582&partnerID=40&md5=8d84c49e201dfd9ef90fd6c2ed8f3366}, doi = {10.29173/cjnser582}, abstract = {Wasagamack and Garden Hill First Nations in Island Lake, Manitoba, are experiencing a housing crisis, with severe overcrowding. This article describes a research analysis of local materials, building skill levels, environment, demographics, and cultural aspects completed by graduate students in interior design as part of collaborative design/build activities, training programs, and community workshops. This study is part of a First Nation community/university partnership. Healthy, culturally appropriate, resilient single-and extended-family homes were designed using local materials and labour. This pilot project offers a pathway to build capacity to fill the gap of 150,000 homes in a way that advances cultural, health, social, and economic development. Further, a decolonizing policy and the provision of adequate infrastructure, such as access roads, in Indigenous reserves are needed to create a sustainable home-building ecosystem. © 2024 Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research.}, number = {1}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research}, author = {Sallese, C. and Mallory-Hill, S. and Thompson, S.}, year = {2024}, keywords = {54141:Interior Design Services, Architecture, Business And Economics, Canada, Infrastructure, Interior design, Inuit, Local materials, Manitoba Canada, Mortgages, Native North Americans, Students}, pages = {28--45}, }