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Ancient Mi'kmaq Customs: A Shaman's Revelations
Earle Lockerby Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2004, pp. 403-423. Describes Mi'kmaq life just before European contact, based on oral history related by a Mi'kmaq shaman, Arguimaut, to Father Pierre Maillard about 1740. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Constructing and Deconstructing the Railway Through Reserves in British Columbia
Nadine Schuurman Native Studies Review, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2000, pp. 19-39. Investigates how the state facilitated railway construction through First Nations reserves as a framework of colonialism. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Determinism, Risk and Safe Driving Behavior in Northern Alberta, Canada
J. Peter Rothe, Laureen Elgert International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol. 62, No. 3, 2003, pp. 268-275. Identifies underlying reasons and rationales that northern citizens use to accommodate risk and driving behavior. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
A Dugout Canoe from Renfrew County, Ontario
Barry M. Mitchell, David A. Croft, Donald W. McQuade, Father J. Hayes American Antiquity, Vol. 33, No. 4, October 1968, pp. 501-502. Describes an early canoe that was possibly constructed before 1900 A.D. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Evaluating the Floe Edge Service: How Well Can SAR Imagery Address Inuit Community Concerns Around Sea Ice Change and Travel Safety?
Gita J. Laidler, Tom Hirose, Mark Kapfer, Theo Ikummaq, Eric Joamie, Pootoogoo Elee Canadian Geographer, Vol. 55, No. 1, Geographies of Inuit Sea Ice Use, Spring, 2011, p. 91–107. Looks at the value of the satellite imagery service as a monitoring and safety tool and discusses the need for developing integrated monitoring systems to help evaluate sea ice conditions. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
First Nation Explores All-Weather Road for Far North Region
Kelly Louiseize Northern Ontario Business, Vol. 26, No. 6, April 2006, p. 15. The Mushkegowuk Tribal Council study will examine all current modes of transportation including rail, sea, winter and all-weather roads. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Many Generations, Few Improvements: “Americans” Challenge Navajos on the Transcontinental Railroad Grant, Arizona, 1881–1887
Klara Kelley, Harris Francis American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2001, pp. 73-101. Looks at the US Army's war against the Navajo, from 1863 to 1868, that saw the Army holding many Navajos at Fort Summer, New Mexico. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Northcote: Paddlewheels and Glory on the Saskatchewan
Robert Malcomson The Beaver, Vol. 73, No. 4, August/September 1993, pp. 4-?. Reports on the history of the paddlewheeler (1874-1904) which was used in military operations during the 1885 Resistance. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Oral Tradition is Like the Mackenzie Delta
Robert Kroetsch Northern Review, No. 28, Winter, 2008, pp. 181-186. Argues that the oral story is part of our bodies, not part of a book, and each story tells the story of all of us. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Problem of Transportation to Medical Facilities on an Indian Reservation
David Alan Baggish, Chase Patterson Kimball Medical Care, Vol. 11, No. 6, November-December 1973, pp. 501-508. Survey conducted with outpatients at a central hospital found that difficulties with transportation caused a barrier to receiving adequate health care. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Racism, Nationalism, and Nostalgia in Cowboy Art
J. Gray Sweeney The Oxford Art Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, 1992, pp. 67-80. Interprets cowboy art form from the western United States and suggests why these paintings continue to have loyal audiences for the past century. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Rapid City Native American Population Needs Assessment
Abdollah Farrokhi American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2, 1993, pp. 153-173. Investigates the attitudes of Native Americans living in Rapid City, South Dakota regarding issues on the economy, educational services, housing, transportation, recreation and employment. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Replicating Horse and Travois Travel
Norman Henderson Prairie Forum, Vol. 21, No. 2, Fall, 1996, pp. 137-147. Explains the construction and use of a Hidatsa design travois and explores the variables that increase comfort for the passenger. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 3, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Roads, Cart Tracks, and Bridle Paths: Land Transportation and the Domestic Economy of Mid-Nineteenth-Century Eastern British North America
Robert MacKinnon Canadian Historical Review, Vol. 84, No. 2, June 2003, p. 177. Examines the road network by looking at the movement of people and goods documented in the 1848 census. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Santa Fe Indian Camp, House 21, Richmond, California: Persistence of Identity among Laguna Pueblo Railroad Laborers, 1945–1982
Kurt Peters American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 19, No. 3, 1995, pp. 33-70. Looks at the historical relationship between the Laguna Pueblo of New Mexico and the westward expansion of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroads, including the eventual removal of the Laguna Pueblo to Richmond, California. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
A Story of Beat Meat (Pemmican)
Manitoba Pageant, Vol. 17, No. 2, Winter, 1972, p. [?]. Discusses the importance of pemmican to the fur trade. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
A Study of Enterprise in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut: Where Subsistence Self-Employment Meets Formal Entrepreneurship
Aldene Meis Mason, Leo Paul Dana, Robert Brent Anderson International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2009, pp. 1-23. Discusses the enterprise sector in the community, including the benefits and drawbacks of a proposed road linking Rankin Inlet with Manitoba. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Sun Dials and Other Time-Route Recorders of the Northern Woodlands and the Northwest Coast
William Christie MacLeod American Anthropologist, Vol. 32, No. 3, July 1930, pp. 577-578. Letter citing descriptions of devices used by the Bella Coola, Carriers, Chilcotin, Naskapi and Ojibway. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
To the Land of the Mistogoches: American Indians Traveling to Europe in the Age of Exploration
Harald E. L. Prins American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, Special Issue on International Year of Indigenous Peoples: Discovery and Human Rights, 1993, pp. 175-196. Examination of Aboriginal people who traveled to Europe, early on as captive slaves and then, after 1500 A.D., as adventurers, envoys, sightseers, or performers. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites |
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