Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2, Indigenous Peoples Bridging the Digital Divide, Summer, 2005
Description
Discussion on the conference attended by 500 delegates from 20 indigenous reindeer-herding cultures from northern regions of North America, Europe and Asia.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Virginie Vaté
Céline Petit
Marie-Amélie Salabelle
Description
Compares three case studies which show how games play a central role in different areas of the North.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daria Morgounova
Description
Comments on the question of language shift in relation to the question of ethnic identity.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall, 2005, pp. 20-25
Description
Purpose of workshop was to provide overview of how works are promoted, priced and distributed.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 20.
Discusses updated version of Inuit Arctic Policy looking at goals and objectives, Inuit rights, peace and security, environmental, social and economic issues.
Raises awareness, with the intent of informing decision makers, advisors and nongovernment organizations, (NGOs) regarding Inuit’s unique cancer concerns and realities.
Mental Health, Substance Use and Suicidal Behavior Among Young Indigenous People in the Arctic: A Systematic Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Venla Lehti
Solja Niemelä
Christina Hoven
Donald Mandell
et al.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 69, no. 8, October 2009, pp. 1194-1203
Description
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.
Module Ten: Indigenous Rights and Self-Determination
University of the Arctic – BCS 100
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 100: Introduction to the Circumpolar World]
[Section Two: Contemporary Issues]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Greg Poelzer
Description
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.
Module Twelve: Land Claims, Ownership and Co-Management
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 331: Contemporary Issues of the Circumpolar World I]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Greg Poelzer
Description
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.
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I]
[Section Two: Primary Societies]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michel Bouchard
Jeremei Gabyshev
Description
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.
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section Three: Expressions of Self-Determination in Northwest Russia, Siberia, and Northern Asia]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tamara Andreyeva
Nina Vasilieva
Description
Discusses concept of ethnicity and socio-linguistics of Indigenous peoples of northern Russia, lists languages spoken, gives reasons for assimilation process, and looks at current language usage and policies.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module Five: Social Change and Resource-dependent Communities
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 331: Contemporary Issues of the Circumpolar World I]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chris Southcott
Description
Discusses main and economic characteristics of single-industry towns and research conducted on changes in forestry and mining-based North American communities, fishing-dependent North Atlantic communities, and communities in Northern Russia.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section Three: Expressions of Self-Determination in Northwest Russia, Siberia, and Northern Asia]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tamara Andreyeva
Zinaida Ivanova-Unarova
Description
Discusses the ways Indigenous peoples of northern Russia shape, express and retain their identities.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module Six: The Changing Economies of Indigenous Communities
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 331: Contemporary Issues of the Circumpolar World I]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lee Huskey
Description
Overview of three sectors: traditional, market and transfer economies and the role of each in sustainable development. Includes two transfer case studies: North Slope Borough in Alaska and Chukotka region in Russia from 1950s through to 1990s.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module Seven: Modern State–Building and Indigenous Peoples
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I]
[Section Three: Secondary Societies]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Description
Overview of emergence and characteristics of the Russian, Canadian, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish states and how the different regimes impacted the peoples of the circumpolar North.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module Seven: The Education, Recreation, and Family of the Small-Numbered Peoples of Russia
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section Three: Expressions of Self-Determination in Northwest Russia, Siberia, and Northern Asia]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sardana Boyakova
Liya Vinokurova
Description
Discusses impact of communist policies and changes communities have made in an attempt to revitalize their cultures, languages and traditional social structures.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module Eight: Reindeer Herding and Traditional Resource Use
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 331: Contemporary Issues of the Circumpolar World I]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrei Golovnev
Description
Discusses reindeer husbandry as a system of northern adaptation and traditional circumpolar resource use, its ecological and historical roots, and ethnic and geographic diversity.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Nine: Secondary Societies: Centralization, Collectivization, and Relocation
[Section Three: Secondary Societies]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yvon Csonka
L. I. Vinokourova
Description
History of Indigenous settlement patterns in the Arctic and the government interventions that have disrupted them.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module Nine: The Well-being of Northern Peoples and Communities
University of the Arctic – BCS 100
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 100: Introduction to the Circumpolar World]
[Section Two: Contemporary Issues]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larissa Riabova
Description
Discusses the concept and assessment of well-being, compares major trends in health status, income, unemployment, etc. internationally and nationally, and looks at problems in social services delivery.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la langue et les savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 355-356
Description
Book review of: Naukan Yupik Eskimo Dictionary, compiled by Elizaveta A. Dobrieva, Evgeniy V. Golovko, Steven A. Jacobson and Michael E. Krauss; edited by Steven A. Jacobson.
International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, vol. 5, no. 1 & 2, 2009, p. 39–54
Description
Discusses the evolution of technologies used to restore and create space to preserve languages and cultures while communicating across cultural, political, and geographical boundaries.
Northern Review, no. 25/26, Governance in the Provincial Norths, Summer, 2005, pp. 172-196
Description
Looks at the early history of skiing from the beginning in the Stone Age to a time only a few centuries ago with a focus on the role of Sami contributions.
The Treatment Satisfaction and Recovery in Sami and Norwegian Patients Following Psychiatric Hospital Treatment: A Comparative Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tore Sørlie
Jens-Ivar Nergård
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 42, no. 2, June 2005, pp. 295-316
Description
On discharge, patients and therapists completed questionnaire rating self-defined ethnicity, how ethnicity was perceived by others, and use of language in variety of situations.