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).
ácimostawin
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mandee McDonald
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [180]-184
Description
In short non-fiction piece author talks about her experiences at Dechinta Bush University.
Adaptation & Resilience: The Inuvialuit Story
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nellie Cournoyea
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education in the Inuit Nunangat, 2014, pp. 18-22
Description
Discusses importance of cultural resiliency for preservation of Northern identity and values.
The Aged, Disabled and Chronically Ill in the Northwest Territories: Results of a Needs Assessment Survey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carole Miles-Tapping
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 145-161
Description
Discusses a collaborative study to investigate the health and social service needs of the elderly, chronically ill and disabled.
[Anglican Church]
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans Dommasch
Description
Partial exterior of church, with sign in front and bell on roof visible. Caption by Dommasch: "Tuktoyaktuk April 1989".
BeauDril Worker At Work
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans Dommasch fonds
Description
BeauDril worker holding hose up with wrench attached. Worker has "Boyden" patch on front of jacket. Caption by Dommasch: "Tuktoyaktuk BeauDril camp airport. Own security. No tolerance for drugs and alcohol". Near Tuktoyaktuk, NWT.
[BeauDril Worker at Work]
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans Dommasch
Description
Worker wearing hard hat and ear protectors hoisting black container. Near Tuktoyaktuk, NWT.
Becoming Inummariik: Men's Lives in an Inuit Community
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 73
E-Books
Author/Creator
Peter Collings
Building Community Resilience in Whati, Northwest Territories
Alternate Title
Briefing (Conference Board of Canada) ; March 2014
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 6097]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stefan Fournier
Description
Explores way to enhance capacity and well-being in Tłįcho community by identifying strengths and vulnerabilities and pinpointing strategies to increase capacity and manage change and opportunities.
Camp Setup = Dechı̨tah ats’et’ı̨ gha seenı ́ots’ı̨ ́ ɂáh
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Describes setting up a tent and benefits of spruce matting.
A Comment on Microdebitage Analyses and Cultural Site-Formation Processes among Tipi Dwellers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert R. Janes
American Antiquity, vol. 54, no. 4, October 1989, pp. 851-855
Description
Criticism of the article, "Identification of Cultural Site Formation Processes through Microdebitage Analysis" by Kathleen Hull in American Antiquity, Vol. 52, No. 4. (Oct., 1987) at pages 772-783.
Communications, Infrastructure and Transportation Systems in the Canadian North: Recent Advances and Remaining Knowledge Gaps and Research Opportunities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Polar Commission
Description
Looks at infrastructure systems, telecommunications, and maritime, aviation and ground transportation in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut .
Contours of a People: Metis Family, Mobility, and History
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Liam Haggarty
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 95, no. 3, September 2014, pp. 463-465
Description
Book review of: Contours of a People edited by Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny and Brenda MacDougall.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 463.
Correlates of Physical Activity Among Métis
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher Ryan
Description
Health Studies and Gerontology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Waterloo, 2014.
The Cultural and Political Context of Patient Dissatisfaction in Cross-Cultural Clinical Encounters: A Canadian Inuit Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John D. O'Neil
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, New Series, December 1989, pp. 325-344
Description
Study showed that interpreters must act as both translators and cultural mediators in order for patients to be satisfied with their medical care.
Dechinta Bush University: Mobilizing a Knowledge Economy of Reciprocity, Resurgence and Decolonization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erin Freeland Ballantyne
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [67]-85
Description
Describes the land-based university program and its role in resisting settler colonial capitalism, particularly the oil-based extractive resource economy that has defined the relationship between the Dene and the Canadian nation state.
Dene Laws = Mek’éé Dene Ts’ı̨lı
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Elders' brief descriptions of nine rules to live by.
Dene Medicine: An On-the-Land Healing Resource for Dene Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dene Nation
Description
Lists uses, location, harvesting, medicinal properties, preparation, and Elder's teachings for each plant.
Dene/Metis Agreement in Principle
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Janet Keeping
Resources, vol. 25, Winter, 1989, pp. 4-6
Description
Describes some of the main provisions of the Agreement in Principle focusing on aspects that relate most directly to oil and gas activities.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 4 for access.
Development, Decay, Re-Development: The Politics of the Northwest Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
Lorraine Hewlett
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1989.
Disaster Preparedness in Canada's North: What's Resilience Got to Do With It?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robin S. Cox
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, no. 3, Arctic Search & Rescue, July 2014, pp. 43-45
Description
Policies and practices looking at disaster resilience for the north will need to focus on adaptation and a whole community approach to manage risk.
Dualism and Development in the Northwest Territories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jack C. Stabler
Economic Development and Cultural Change, vol. 37, no. 4, 1989, pp. 805-839
Description
Discusses the impact of rapid development of the Canadian north on the Indigenous populations.
Dualism and Development in the Northwest Territories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jack C. Stabler
Economic Development and Cultural Change , vol. 37, no. 4, 1989, pp. 805-839
Description
Using empirical data to analysis of the benefits and impact of development to Indigenous groups in northern Canada.
Economic Development in the Canadian North: Recent Advances and Remaining Knowledge Gaps and Research Opportunities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Polar Commission
Description
Discusses various economic development strategies, policies and initiatives from the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut.
End-of-Earth People: The Arctic Sahtu Dene
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Thomas D. Andrews
Arctic, vol. 67, no. 4, December 2014, p. 554
Description
Book review of: End-of-Earth People: The Arctic Sahtu Dene by Bern Will Brown.
An Ethical Space for Dialogue about Difficult History: Fostering Critical Thinking Amongst Students in Canada's Northwest Territories & Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Daitch
Arctic Yearbook, 2014, pp. [1]-24
Description
Discusses a curriculum module which looks at assimilation practices and the forcible removal of Indigenous children from their families to residential schools.
An Ethnoarchaeological Model for the Identification of Prehistoric Tepee Remains in the Boreal Forest
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert R. Janes
Arctic, vol. 42, no. 2, Current Perspectives on Western Boreal Forest Life: Ethnographic and Ethnohistoric Research in Late , June 1989, pp. 128-138
Description
Presents results from observing Dene hunters at a hunting camp in the MacKenzie Valley and then excavating the same camp.
[Female Inuk Child]
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans Dommasch
Description
Side view of child. Caption by Dommasch: "Tuktoyaktuk (NWT) April 1989".
Finding the Arctic: History and Culture Along a 2,500-mile Snowmobile Journey from Alaska to Hudson’s Bay
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Morgan E. Moffitt
Arctic, vol. 67, no. 1, March 2014, pp. 113-114
Description
Book review of Finding the Arctic by Matthew Sturm.
Fish Pluralities: Human-Animal Relations and Sites of Engagement in Paulatuuq, Arctic Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zoe Todd
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 38, no. 1-2, Cultures Inuit, Gouvernance et Cosmopoliqitues / Inuit Cultures, Governance and Cosmopolitics, 2014, pp. 217-238
Description
Looks at two case studies that demonstrate how the Inuvialuit employ multiple ways of knowing and defining fish to negotiate the complexity of the environment.
Food Frequency Questionnaire Assessing Traditional Food Consumption in Dene/Métis Communities, Northwest Territories, Canada
Alternate Title
Food Frequency Questionnaire Assessing Traditional Food Consumption in Dene/Metis Communities, Northwest Territories, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mylène Ratelle
Kelly Skinner
Sara Packull-McCormick
Brian Laird
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 79, no. 1, Article: 1760071, May 13, 2020
Description
Article describes the refinement and implementation of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) in Dene/Métis Communities to assess what traditionally harvested foods are being consumed and what the potential is for exposure to environmental contaminants as a result.
Food Sovereignty and Self-Governance: Inuit Role in Managing Arctic Marine Resources
E-Books
Author/Creator
Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska
Description
Related Material: Summary and Recommendations Report.
Francois Paulette: Buffalo Hunter, Activist, Respected Elder, Hereditary Leader, Dancer, Family Man, Traditionalist, Spiritualist
Alternate Title
Northern Biographies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary McCreadie
Francois Paulette
Gazetteer of the Northwest Territories
E-Books
Author/Creator
NWT Cultural Places Program
Description
Lists official geographic place names with official spellings and location.
Gene and Gene-Product Variation in the Apolipoprotein A-I/C-III/A-IV Cluster in the Dogrib Indians of the Northwest Territories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelly A. Cole
Emöke J.E. Szathmary
Robert E. Ferrell
American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 44, no. 6, June 1989, pp. 835-843
Description
Results suggest that genetic variation of the gene cluster may be a useful tool for the study of quantitative lipoprotein variation in the Dogrib.
Habitat of Dogrib Traditional Territory: Place Names as Indicators of Biogeographical Knowledge
Alternate Title
Tłı˛chò Traditional Knowledge Reports. Series 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Allice Legat
Georgina Chocolate
Madelaine Chocolate
Sally Anne Zoe
Description
Republication with spelling updates for Tłı˛chò˛ (Dogrib) terms.
Historic Land Use Processes in Alaska's Koyukuk River Area
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy H. Arundale
Eliza Jones
Arctic, vol. 42, no. 2, Current Perspectives on Western Boreal Forest Life: Ethnographic and Ethnohistoric Research in Late , June 1989, pp. 148-162
Description
Looks at the Koyukon people historic patterns of settlement, use of land, beliefs, and practices.
Integrating Gwich'in and Inuvialuit Perspectives in a Community School in the Northwest Territories: A Case StudySchool in the Northwest Territories: A Case Study
Theses
Author/Creator
Janna M. Wolki
Description
Education Thesis (MEd) -- University of Western Ontario, 2020.
Introduction: Inuit Cultures, Governance and Cosmopolitics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 38, no. 1-2, Cultures Inuit, Gouvernance et Cosmopolitiques / Inuit Cultures, Governance and Cosmopolitics, 2014, pp. 7-21
Description
Themed double issue divided into four parts.
French and English introduction on one pdf. To access English, scroll to page 15.
Inuit Children Playing
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans Dommasch
Description
One female child swinging on tire that is suspended by a chain; facing camera. Second female child standing next to tire. Third child obscured by second child. Caption by Dommasch: "Tuktoyaktuk April 1989".
Kǝdǝ Nıt'ǫ Benats'adı́ : Remember the Promise In the Dialects of Tulı́t'a and Délı̨nę Got’ine: Based on Stories Told by Sahtu Elders
E-Books
Author/Creator
Betty Harnum
Deborah Simmons
Description
Mixes Dene terms into a English language story relating to species at risk.
“The land is a healer”: Perspectives on Land-Based Healing from Indigenous Practitioners in Northern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer MétisseRedvers
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 15, no. 1, 2020, pp. 90-107
Description
Looks at the experiences of Indigenous practitioners from the three territories to discuss how a strong land relationship can lead to better mental health for Indigenous communities.
Learning About the Residential School System in Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Liz Fowler
Mindy Willett
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education in Inuit Nunangat, 2014, pp. 40-41
Description
Discusses new mandatory module about the history and legacy of residential schools for grade 10 classes in both territories.
Lost in the Woods: Navigating Aboriginal Interests in Natural Resource Development: A Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bob Watts
Description
Examines the implications of natural resource development in Canada with regard to Aboriginal communities, government agencies and corporate bodies.
[MNC 2014: Northern Hope: Aboriginal Economic Development]
Alternate Title
Manning Networking Conference, Ottawa ; 2014
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Blair Nixon
Bob Gannicott
Pierre Gratton
Description
Bob Gannicott and Pierre Gratton speak about natural resource development in the north and how communities can benefit currently and in the future.
Duration: 57:59.
Modern North: People, Politics and the Rejection of Colonialism
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kenneth Coates
Judith Powell
Modern Treaties, Extraction, and Imperialism in Canada's Indigenous North: Two Case Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Kulchyski
Warren Bernauer
Studies in Political Economy, vol. 93, Landscapes of Neoliberalism, Spring, 2014, pp. 3-23
Description
Looks at how modern treaties are vehicles that can either empower or disempower communities.
Moose Hide = Golǫdhéh
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Media » Film and Video
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Describes the process of preparing and curing moose hide.
Native Image: Past Images of Native Health Care
Alternate Title
Past Images of Native Health Care
Images » Photographs
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. [215-231]
Description
Black and white archival photographs depicting the changes in Aboriginal health care practices.
Native Socio-Economic Development in Canada: Adaptation, Accessibility and Opportunity
Alternate Title
Economic Development and Country Food
Native Issues (Institute of Urban Studies) ; no.1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Paul Kariya
Robin Armstrong
Robert Bone
Frank Duerden
Native Issues (Institute of Urban Studies)