Russia

Study of over 500 women revealed that individuals with depression were over twice as likely to have heart problems. as those without depression.

Study findings reveal that the majority of Russian women have a low level of social support which is associated with poorer health and increased risks.

Reports on the progress of the International Circumpolar Surveillance (ICS) system of invasive bacterial diseases since its founding in 1998.

Comments on international cooperation in Arctic research is needed for weather, oceanography, geology in the Arctic and Subarctic, Arctic fishes, and freshwater fauna and floras, and archeological investigates and linguistic studies.

Overview of collecting, research and teaching, and exhibitions in Canada, United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, Germany, etc. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1996.

Article introduces the barriers faced by local researchers regarding language, clothing, ethnicity, land use and human-animal relations.

Introduction to special issue on Sámi culture.

Highlights the articles in themed issue.

Raises awareness, with the intent of informing decision makers, advisors and nongovernment organizations, (NGOs) regarding Inuit’s unique cancer concerns and realities.

Looks at multilateral and bilateral collaboration among the Inuit peoples of the circumpolar north with a focus on the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC).

Explores the unique nature of Inuit political engagement in the Arctic using spatial and policy analysis. Chapter from Arctic Yearbook 2012 edited by Lassi Heininen, Heather Exner-Pirot, Joël Plouffe.

Discusses economic, social and geopolitical motivations for policy, officials' descriptions of projects, and participants' reactions to the moves.

Article examines the phenomenon in which toxins are concentrated in the fat of mammals and how this especially affects Inuit people because marine mammals make up such a large percentage of their diet.

Looks at the different meaning of songs and games between the Inuit of Canada, Ainu of the Island of Sakhalin, and the Chukchi of Russian Siberia.

Article asserts that Arctic Medicine is indeed a distinct branch of medical science and promoted as such.

Description of conflict which occurred when government declared all reindeer without earmarks as wild, and therefore available for recreational hunting ; animals actually belonged to two local cooperatives.

Discusses history and collaboration of these three entities.

Examines, Imaginary Homecoming, a contemporary photography production of Sami people by Jorma Puranen.

Examines data about birth rate, fertility, infant and maternal mortality using official Russian statistics for the period 2003-2014 and compared them to the general population.

Delves into the nature of Soviet terror policies against the Kala Sami under Joseph Stalin.

Comments on break down of the traditional way of life and traditional sources of livelihood. Chapter 23 from International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship edited by Léo-Paul Dana and Robert B. Anderson. Entire e-book on one pdf. To access chapter, scroll to page 302 or select chapter 23 on side bar.

Forms part of the Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 10 (p. [383]-842). PLEASE NOTE: Title page is inaccurate does not reflect the actual document.

Forms part of the Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 10 (p. [1]-382).

Comments on the Arctic Indigenous Language Initiative including Arctic language policy, language acquisition and language vitality.

Examines the language shift that has taken place during the early part of the 21st century in St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.

Looks at folktales involving gypsies and Lapps (Sami) and the colonization of Lapland.

Uses interviews and ethnographic fieldwork, newspaper articles, literature on the history of the archipelago, and an Internet discussion forum to analyze how relocation of families, to make way for nuclear testing, is remembered.

Looks at legislation protecting Sami land rights and customary usage in different countries.

Looks at international standards and Russian legislation regarding relations between small numbered Indigenous people of the Russian North, Siberia and Far East with mining, oil, and gas companies.

Contends that Indigenous organizations that work through international bodies are more advantageous than working at the national level.

Analyzes the work of the noted Sámi poet, the relationship of the self to place is of critical importance.

Looks at the notion of philosophy from the perspective of Indigenous peoples. Chapter 14 from Re-Ethnicizing the Mind? Cultural Revival in Contemporary Thought edited by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Jürgen Hengelbrock.

Book review of The Magnetic North by Sara Wheeler.

Introduction to special issue reviewing the resilience theory.

Author describes travels in the Altai, the landscape, people, history and culture, and challenges of preservation of sacred sites due to climate change.

Reviews frameworks, systems of indicators, and details of key studies with a focus on methodologies that are part of socio-economic impact assessment procedures.

Looks at taking action to ensure for a sustainable balance between conservation of the natural environment and socio-economic growth.

Agreement between Canada and Russia that acknowledges common interests and issues that pertain to the Arctic and northern regions of both countries, including sustainable development and environmental protection.

Looks at the possibility of regional and ethnic differences in mental health and the link between substance use, suicide rate and mental health of youth in the Arctic.

Looks at emergence of political activism and different approaches and forms of accommodation which have developed in Circumpolar North. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Discussion of land tenure rights and systems, and conflicts and outcomes of disputes including key court decisions, legislation and modern treaties. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Discusses the role of language, literature, media, art, family and education. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Overview of traditional livelihoods of the Aleut and Iñupiat of Northern Alaska; the Yupiit and Chukchi of the Russian Far East; the Inuit of Nunavut; the Isertormeeq, Kalaallit and Kujataamiut of Greenland; and the coastal Sami people of the European Far North. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Discusses the switch from small-scale to large-scale reindeer herding and reasons for the change. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Describes the peoples of the North, making distinctions between settlement patterns, migration, and assimilation of different ethnic groups. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Overview of reindeer biology, life style of herders, circumstances which led to intensification of herding and subsequent changes in Sami social organization. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Overview of the impact European explorers, traders and settlers had on traditional livelihoods of Indigenous peoples of the circumpolar North. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.