22 Miles Home

Alternate Title
Twenty-two Miles Home
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lulla S. Johns
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 19-33
Description
Author recalls her attempts to avoid being sent back to a residential school.
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Aboriginal Cultural Identity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. W. Berry
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999, pp. 1-36
Description
Argues that for problems of identity the strategy for change requires committed leadership, populations that demand change, and changes to institutions and bureacracies.
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Aboriginal Dietitians in High Demand

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 9, January 2002, p. B6
Description

Focuses on the Yukon-based First Nations dietetic internship program and other initiatives to recruit and support Aboriginal people who may choose a career in nutrition.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.20.

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Aboriginal-Held Forest Tenures In Canada: 2002-2003

Documents & Presentations
Description
Looks at the results of research undertaken to assess forest tenure as one indicator of Aboriginal participation in the management and economic aspects of forestry. The document also assess the progress made in achieving increased Aboriginal participation in the forest sector.
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Aboriginal Households in Canada, by Aboriginal Identity, Location and Tenure, Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2011, [2006, 2001]

Alternate Title
Canadian Housing Observer
[Aboriginal Housing Conditions]
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Statistical table broken down into on-reserve and in Census Metropolitan Areas, and by owners, renters, band housing for Canada as a whole and provinces/territories. Each Census year on separate tab. Source: CMHC (National Household-based housing indicators and data).
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Aboriginal Peoples and Mining in Canada: Six Case Studies

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christine Cleghorn
Description
Case studies provide an overview of how aboriginal communities have come to terms with mining and mineral exploration in their territories. They are: Innu Nation and Inco's Voisey's Bay Nickel Mine/Mill; Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation and BHP Diamonds Inc.; Tahltan First Nation, the mining industry, and environmental assessment; Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation and B.Y.G. Mt. Nansen Gold Mine; Makivik Corporation and Falconbridge's Raglan Mine; and Nishnawbi-Aski Nation and Ontario's living legacy.
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Accessibility, Quality and Safety of Liard First Nation's Drinking Water Supply

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lalita Bharadwaj
Lisa Christensen
[Rebecca Zagozewski]
Description
Study conducted 2012-2015 included assessment of 40 private drinking wells and how surface water and groundwater were connected using hydrological models and community survey that asked residents about their water sources, opinions about quality, alternative beverages, and preferences in ways to communicate with leaders.
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Adoption Among the Inuit

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joan B. Silk
Ethos, vol. 15, no. 3, September 1987, pp. 320-330
Description
Focuses on the context of adoption in the Arctic and compares it to patterns in Oceania and West Africa.
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Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Debate

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Nuttal
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2-3, Arctic Oil and Gas Development, 2006, pp. 8-11
Description
Examines economic opportunity, wilderness preservation and cultural survival in Alaska and the Yukon. To access this article, scroll down to page 8.
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Alootook Ipellie: The Voice of an Inuk Artist

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael P. Kennedy
Alootook Ipellie
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 21, no. 2, 1996, pp. [155]-164
Description
Interview with Alootook Ipellie about shamanism, his works, and walking an invisible border.
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Ambitious and Restrictive Scoping: Case Studies From Northern Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter R. Mulvihill
Douglas C. Baker
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 363-384
Description
Discusses the two most influential environmental assessments; the Berger Inquiry (Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry) and BEARP (Beaufort Sea Environmental Assessment and Review Process) as well as the Great Whale River Hydroelectric Project in Northern Quebec and the Ekati Diamond Mine in NWT.
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Annotated Bibliography: Bylaws

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Denis John McDougall
Description
Includes definition of bylaw, discussion of powers under the Cree Naskapi and James Bay Northern Agreement Act and Kwanlin Dun First Nation agreement, brief list of websites and sample residency bylaw.
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Appendix Table 2: The Adequacy, Suitability, and Affordability of Off-reserve Status Indian Households, Canada, Provinces and Territories; 2011

Alternate Title
[Appendix Tables for 2011 Census/National Household Survey Housing Conditions Series: Issue 10: The Housing Conditions of Off-reserve Status Indian Households]
[Off-reserve Housing Conditions Online Appendix Tables]
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Source: CMHC (National Household Survey-based housing indicators and data).
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An Archaeological Test of the Effects of the White River Ash Eruptions

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick O. Mullen
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 49, no. 1, 2012, pp. 35-44
Description
Uses radio-carbon dating to investigate the hypothesis that two volcanic events forced displacement and migration of Athapaskan speakers in Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon.
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Arctic Indigenous Peoples Experience the Nutrition Transition with Changing Dietary Patterns and Obesity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
H. V. Kuhnlein
O. Receveur
R. Soueida
G. M. Egeland
Journal of Nutrition, vol. 134, no. 6, June 2004, pp. 1447-1453
Description
Reports survey data from three large cultural areas: the Yukon First Nations, Dene/Métis, and Inuit communities and compares current proportion of traditional food in diets to the precontact period and the amount of traditional food consumed by older vs. younger generation.
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The Arctic: Northern Aboriginal Peoples

Alternate Title
InfoSeries (Library of Parliament)
Publication (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; PRB 08-10E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Tonina Simeone]
Description
Comments on some of the key challenges for northerners and their governments.
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Arctic Son

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Cherrington
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Reparations for Indigenous Peoples, Fall, 2007
Description
Film review of Arctic Son by Andrew Walton.
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Arctic Wilderness--and Other Mythologies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelagh D. Grant
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, Summer, 1998, pp. 27-42
Description
Investigates the myth of the Arctic as an unspoiled wilderness, a view not shared by Inuit people.
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Arctic Wildlife

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Presents an ecological and nutritional overview of Inuit food sources.
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Are the Circumpolar Inuit Becoming Obese?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. K. Young
American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 19, no. 2, 2007, pp. 181-189
Description
Discussion of the higher risk for obesity, the need for ethnospecific obesity criteria and health interventions.
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Athapaskan Women: Lives and Legends

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
A. P. Legat
Arctic, vol. 33, no. 4, December 1980, pp. 852-853
Description
Book review of: Athapaskan Women: Lives and Legends by Julie Cruikshank
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Bard of the Yukon: The Klondike in the Poetry of Robert Service

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Mackay
The Northern Review, no. 19, Special Klondike Issue, Winter, 1998, pp. 93-100
Description
Looks at the author of The Cremation of Sam McGee, Shooting of Dan McGrew, The Call of the Wild, The Spell of Yukon The Law of Yukon, Songs of a Sourdough and many others.
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