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.
Boston University International Law Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, Summer, 2014, pp. 101-160
Description
Looks at some of the challenges associated with energy development in the Arctic which include environment, underdeveloped infrastructure and legal issues surrounding consultation.
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 5, Indigenous Youth Resilience in the Arctic, 2014, pp. 735-756
Description
Looks at factors affecting resilience of Indigenous youth in five communities across the arctic including the Inuit in Canada, the Sámi in Norway, the Yup'ik and Inupiaq in Alaska, and the Eveny in Siberia.
Provides summary of past and current policies and programs in Canada, discusses initiatives in Aboriginal communities and common themes or objectives, looks at international Indigenous communities for similarities in concerns and challenges and how they are responding.
Properties of Culture - Culture as Property: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia
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Author/Creator
Trond Thuen
Description
Examines the issue of cultural heritage ownership and rights.
Chapter from: Properties of Culture - Culture as Property: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia edited by Erich Kasten.
Looks at the recommendations that were generated by youth, researchers, practitioners and policy makers in four workshops during the seminar.
"November 7-8, 2009. Conference Report"
"Plenary paper at the conference The Real California Gold: Indigenous & Immigrant Heritage Languages of California, University of California Davis, May 7-8, 2010."
Restoring Indigenous Self-Determination: Theoretical and Practical Approaches
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Author/Creator
Else Grete Broderstad
Description
Discusses four aspects of rights and political participation: negative, positive, procedural, and institutional.
Excerpt from Restoring Indigenous Self-Determination: Theoretical and Practical Approaches edited by Marc Woons.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper scroll to p. 80.
Discussion based on cases decided under the Optional Protocol to the Convent, on the Human Rights Committee's general comments and consideration of periodic report by States parties. Focuses on Article 1: the right of all peoples to self determination; and Article 27: the protection afforded under the notions of 'culture' and 'minority'.
Looks at the debate regarding the sacralisation of a mountain slated for ski slope development and the role of religion and secular law in the definition of sacred.
Scandinavian Studies, vol. 82, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 257-286
Description
Discusses the stereotypical portrayal of the Finnar (the Sami and the Finns) in various stories. The most negative depiction being Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla.
International Indigenous Policy, vol. 5, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1-17
Description
Study shows that in British Columbia, Indigenous-specific primary healthcare services ensure better care compared to Norway where Sámi-centric services exist only in mental health.
Colloquium on Improving the Educational Outcomes of Aboriginal People Living Off-Reserve
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helen Raham
Description
Looks at the research in eight domains that influence Aboriginal learning outcomes; the implications for policy in each of these domains; and examines a set of ten policy recommendations to strengthen the success of Aboriginal learners across the system.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 23147
Description
Contends that despite a low response rate, the study has potential benefit for general population by providing scientific-based insight on health and living conditions.