Russia

Argues that for problems of identity the strategy for change requires committed leadership, populations that demand change, and changes to institutions and bureacracies.

Discusses the new federal rights of Russian Indigenous people regarding land ownership, access to natural resources, and protection of ancestral land.

Article provides an historical overview of of Aboriginal peoples of Chukotka.

Book review of: Aboriginal Populations edited by Frank Trovato and Anatole Romaniuk. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 148.

Landscape Architecture Thesis (MLArch) -- University of Washington, 2021.

Looks at adult education for Sami people including professional education for job qualification, unemployment reduction, and maintenance of Sami language and culture.

Religious Studies and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2003.

Describes the organization which represents the interests of rural women striving for advancement.

Book review of, Alutiiq Villiages Under Russian and U.S. Rule by Sonja Luehrmann.

Overview of Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme reports starting with the 1998 report Arctic Pollution Issues; A State of the Arctic Environment Report. Provides an update on contaminant levels and health effects.

Introduction to the themed issue ties together perspectives and considerations of the contributors.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Michigan, 1997.

Speakers discuss polar policies of United States, Russia, Canada, Nordic states, China, and Japan, Korea and Singapore. Followed by question and answer among presenters and with audience.

Speakers discuss polar policies of United States, Russia, Canada, Nordic states, China, and Japan, Korea and Singapore. Followed by question and answer among presenters and with audience.

Article describes the Arctic Counsel as a “high-level international intergovernmental forum founded by the Ottawa Declaration of 1996” and examines its role in supporting and contributing to international laws that pertain to the arctic.

Looks at some of the challenges associated with energy development in the Arctic which include environment, underdeveloped infrastructure and legal issues surrounding consultation.

Discussion of ramifications of climate change, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Arctic Council, prospects for economic development in light of falling oil prices, cooperation, diplomacy and maritime disputes. Duration: 21:31.

Topics include consequences of polar icecap melting, devolution of responsibilities to territorial governments, significance of Russian actions, and importance of the Northwest Passage as an international seaway. Argues that federal government should be treating Arctic as maritime economy. Duration: 25:34.

Puts forward proposals to amend and enhance the Arctic Council's role.

Brief editorial for themed section.

Comments on the AILI project which is Indigenous-initiated and driven. Excerpt from Endangered Languages Beyond Boundaries: Proceedings of the 17th FEL Conference edited by Mary Jane Norris, Erik Anonby, Maire-Okile Junker, Nicholas Ostler and Donna Patrick. .

Presents a set of recommendations which are related to research opportunities to help give the development of future health research in circumpolar neuroscience and behaviour.

Article reviews a paper presented in 1993 by the late Steven McNabb urging northern researchers to be open minded for better science.

Looks at historical understandings of security and the Arctic: traditional, environmental, and human. Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.

Discusses the positive and negative repercussions that arise as a result of tourism.

Virtual exhibition contains images of 32 items, each accompanied by a brief explanation.

Review on an exhibition at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art until September 19, 1993 in which art from Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Russia and Lapland was displayed. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 34.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1997.

Research uses a computer simulation calculate Reindeer’s heat balance, and then assess the climate conditions at 70 different locales, results show that thermal and climatic factors are very important in Indigenous reindeer herding styles.

Discusses the early years of Russian occupation and education on Kodiak Island, and the suppression of language and culture by the American education system.

Soviet and East European Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1991.

Looks at transitioning from childhood to adulthood in the village of Topolinoye in northeast Yakutia.

Looks at ethnic dancing in Kamchatka, Russia. Chapter in book: Properties of Culture - Culture as Property: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia edited by Erich Kasten.

Book review of, Awakening Siberia. From Marginalization to Self-Determination: The Small Indigenous Nations of Northern Russia on the Eve of the Millennuim by Lennard Sillanpää.

Project chronicles the changes encountered during Soviet rule concerning relocation and centralization of reindeer herding communities.

Author relates her experiences of going, "back to nature" during the 1980s and 1990s in the Soviet Union/Russia era.

Article examines the behavioural risk factors for arterial hypertension (AH)—including tobacco use, excessive alcohol use, and a lack of physical activity—among Evenk people. Also notes that incidence of AH is also influenced by marital status, employment, education, and housing conditions.

Comments on the high prevalence of hearing loss due to otitis media and noise exposure.

Third edition, updated.

Book review of: Bibliometric Analysis of Soviet and Post-Soviet Histiography of the Native Population of Alaska of the Russian-American Period by A. V. Grinëv, translated by Richard L. Bland.

Looks at bioethical aspects of prenatal DNA diagnosis of hereditary diseases.

Investigations revealed that toxins in blood samples from Russian Arctic citizens were similar to those in coastal areas of Greenland and Canada.

Argues that the driftwood found in Arctic archaeological sites has not been adequately analyzed and that a database should be developed to improve interpretation of wood remains.