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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clifford E. Trafzer
T. Robert Przeklasa
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 5-29
Description
Authors use bills of sale for horses from 1909-12 as primary documents to explore the roles women on the Yakima reservation played in their nation’s economy and their resistance to conforming to Western or Christian gender roles.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eleven: Introduction
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
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Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
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Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
The Opinions of Ambulance Personnel Regarding Using a Heated Mattress for Patients Being Cared for in a Cold Climate - An Intervention Study in Ambulance Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonas Aléx
Tom Uppstu
Britt-Inger Saveman
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1379305
Description
Ambulance personnel from northern Sweden rate their experiences as being positive for patient comfort.
Organochlorine and Heavy Metal Contaminants in Wild Mink in Western Northwest Territories, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
K. G. Poole
B. T. Elkin
R. W. Bethke
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 34, 1998, pp. 406-413
Description
Study of spatial trends in levels of contaminants as indicators of general ecosystem health.
The Original "Free Trade": Exchange of Botanical Products and Associated Plant Knowledge in Northwestern North America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy J. Turner
Dawn C. Loewen
Anthropologica, vol. 40, no. 1, 1998, p. 49
Description
Discusses trade networks for plants in British Columbia and neighbouring areas from archaeological, historical and ethnographic records, as well as recollections from contemporary people.
Our Identities as Civic Power
Alternate Title
2017 State of Native Youth Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
[Erik R. Stegman
Amber Richardson
Josie Raphaelito
Aaron Slater
Bettina Gonzalez]
Description
Reports on the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Online Roundtable Survey of Native American youth between the ages 18-24. Respondents were asked about their three top priorities, what they are doing to tackle their challenges, and some of the ways they are partnering with their community to build resilience.
Our National Competitiveness and Canada's Territories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Description
Discusses the adaptability of businesses in Canada's territories and the necessity of the federal and territorial governments to do the same.
Paddling Together: Co-Governance Models for Regional Cumulative Effects Management
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Clogg
Gavin Smith
Deborah Carlson
Hannah Askew
Description
Includes case studies of co-management models from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Florida.
Pemmican Empire: Food, Trade, and the Last Bison Hunts in the North American Plains, 1780-1882
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Scott P. Stephen
BC Studies, no. 194, Summer, 2017, pp. 202-204
Description
Book review of Pemmican Empire by George Colpitts.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 202.
La perception du carcajou/glouton par les Inuit du Nord canadien: Du passé au present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
Performing Protest, Articulating Difference: Environmentalists, Aborigines and the Kuranda Skyrail Dispute
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosita Henry
Aboriginal History, vol. 22, 1998, pp. [143]-161
Description
Paper explores the responses of Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals to the debate regarding the project to build a passenger cable car through a National Park.
A Persistent Spirit: Towards Understanding Aboriginal Health in British Columbia
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mary-Ellen Kelm
BC Studies, no. 117, Spring, 1998, pp. 78-80
Description
Book review of: A Persistent Spirit edited by Peter H. Stephenson, Susan J. Elliott, Leslie T. Foster, Jill Harris.
To read review, scroll down to page 78.
Photosensitivity of the American Indian: Terminology and Historical Aspects
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John A. Johnson
Ramon M. Fusaro
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, vol. 39, no. 4, October 1998, pp. 662-663
Description
Discusses the use of the terms actinic prurigo (AP) versus hereditary polymorphic light eruption (HPLE) for a dermatology disorder.
Pisukvigijait: Where You Walk. Inuit Students' Perceptions of Connections Between Their Culture and School Science
Theses
Author/Creator
M. Alexander Tufts
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of New Brunswick, 1998.
Plain Language Guide to the Nisga'a Agreement
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)
Description
Topics in the guide include: lands, land title, natural resources, environmental assessment, etc.
The Plains Paradox: Secular Trends in Stature in 19th Century Nomadic Plains Equestrian Indians. The Arapaho, Assiniboin, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Kiowa, and Sioux from 1800 to 1870
Alternate Title
The Plains Paradox: Secular Trends in Stature in 19th Century Nomadic Plains Equestrian Indians. The Arapaho, Assiniboine, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Kiowa, and Sioux from 1800 to 1870
Theses
Author/Creator
Joseph M. Prince
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1998.
Plants and Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Focuses on Yukon First Nations Traditional Knowledge.
Plants & Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Plants and Connection to Place
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yukon First Nations Curriculum Working Group
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Teacher's guide.
Population Genetic Analysis of Indigenous Peoples of Northeast Siberia: Prehistoric and Historic Influences on Genetic Diversity
Theses
Author/Creator
Theodore George Schurr
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Emory University, 1998.
The Population Shuffle in the Central Illinois Valley: A Diachronic Model of Mississippian Biocultural Interactions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dawnie Wolfe Steadman
World Archaeology, vol. 30, no. 2, October 1998, pp. 306-326
Description
Population studies of three ancient groups tentatively suggests the Oneota movement into the upper Mississippi valley of central Illinois may have changed the continuity of the population.
Practice-Based Interdisciplinary Approach and Environmental Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Kumar Datta
Environments, vol. 4, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-14
Description
Compares and contrasts scientific and practice-based approaches, discusses why a move from one to the other is important and how the change would impact future research and researchers.
Prairie Grass Dividing: The Land, Life, and People of Sioux County, Nebraska
Theses
Author/Creator
Francis Moul
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska, 1998.
Producing Predators: Wolves, Work, and Conquest in the
Northern Rockies
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sarah E. McFarland
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 289-291
Description
Book review of Producing Predators by Michael D. Wise.
Profiling the eNuk Program
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alexandra Sawatzky
Ashlee Cunsolo
Oliver Cook
Dan Gillis
Inez Shiwak ... [et al.]
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 2, Innovations in Community Health and Wellness, July 2017, pp. 18-22
Description
Looks at Inuit strategy for monitoring and responding to the impacts of environmental change on health and wellbeing in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut.
Public Sphere Politics and Community Conflict Over the Environment and Native Land Rights in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Alx V. Dark
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--New York University, 1998.
Putting Down Roots: The Emergence of Wild Plant Food Production on the Canadian Plateau
Theses
Author/Creator
Sandra Leslie Peacock
Description
Interdisciplinary Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 1998.
Qaqamiigux "to hunt for food and collect plants; subsistence": Head Start Traditional Foods Preschool Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Moses Dirks
Julia Sargent
Tracy Stewart
Suanne Unger
Description
Provides series of lessons and activities to teach nutritional value of local, traditional foods. Structured into six units according to animals and plants found in the region.
Quaternary Biogeography of Western North America: Insights from mtDNA Phylogeography of Endemic Vertebrates from Haida Gwaii
Theses
Author/Creator
S. Ashley Byun
Description
Biology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 1998.
Research indicates evidence of several fragmented subspecies caused by glacial advances.
The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians: The Impact of the Atchison Topeka, and Santa Fe on the Pueblos of the Rio Grande, 1880-1930
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John R. Gram
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 108-109
Description
Book review of: The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians by Richard H. Frost.
The Re-imaging of Place Identity: Tourism, Totems and the Totem Pole Project in Duncan, B.C.
Theses
Author/Creator
Linda Wilson
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1998.
Re/making the 'Meeting Place' - Transforming Toronto's Public Spaces Through Creative Placemaking, Indigenous Story And Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Nelly Volpert Knizhnik
Description
Environmental Studies Major Paper (MES)--York University 2017.
Recognizing Indigenous Legal Orders: Their Content, Embeddedness in Distinct Indigenous Cultures, and Implications for Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Indigenous Legal Orders in Canada: A Literature Review
Law Publications (Western University) ; 92
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Coyle
Description
Literature review primarily uses book chapters, journal articles, and internet sources.
Recycling Archaeology: Analysis of Material from the 1973 Excavation of an Ancient House at the Maurer Site
Theses
Author/Creator
David Michael Schaepe
p. 220
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1998.
REEES: Quebec First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey: Basic Skills
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Isabel Rojas Martel]
Regional-scale Food Security Governance in Inuit Settlement Areas: Opportunities and Challenges in Northern Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Nicholas Girard
Description
Geography, Environment and Geomatics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Regulating Tradition: Stó:lō Wind Drying, and Aboriginal Rights
Theses
Author/Creator
Caroline F. Butler
Description
Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1998.
Reset and Redefine: Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and the Rise of Indigenous Games
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maize Longboat
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 170-179
Description
Author critically engages the format and storytelling devices within the videogame Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and discusses how this and other digital platforms can be used to build understanding and counter stereotypes and misinformation about Indigenous peoples.
Resilience and Rebellious Memory Loops: Further Musings of an American Indian Ethnoecologist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Enrique Salmón
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
Description
Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
Resource Management in Wood Buffalo National Park: Striving for Cooperation
Theses
Author/Creator
Cynthia Dawn Pye
Description
Resources and the Environment Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of Calgary, 1998.
Responding to Concerning Posts on Social Media: Insights and Solutions from American Indian and Alaska Native Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jesse Gritton
Stephanie Craig Rushing
David Stephens
Thomas Ghost Dog
Bradley Kerr ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Health Research, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 63-87
Description
Describes how a sample of adolescents interpreted and acted upon disclosures of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation on Facebook or Twitter and what resources they felt were needed.
Response to Eric M. Riggs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steve Pavlik
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, 1998, pp. 227-232
Description
Reaction to comments on the article, "American Indian Spirituality, Traditional Knowledge, and the 'Demon-Haunted' World of Western Science", including areas agreed and disagreed upon.
A Review of The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Herman A. Peterson
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 74-76
Description
Book review of: The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology by Steve Pavlik.
Rights of Passage: Property Rights in North American Pacific Salmon Stocks
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Sullivan
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, vol. 21, no. 1, May 1998, pp. 53-64
Description
Examines how efforts to manage global salmon resources reinforce the concept of nation-state sovereignty.
Risk Assessment of Cadmium Exposure in Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Kim
Hing Man Chan
Olivier Receveur
Food Additives and Contaminants, vol. 15, no. 3, Part A, April 1998, pp. 307-317
Description
Suggests that the health risk associated with cadmium exposure via food and cigarette smoking in Fort Resolution is within the Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake (PTWI) set out by the World Health Organization.