E-Books
Author/Creator
Shankar Limbu
Albert K. Barume
José Aylwin
Johan Strömgren
Olga Murashko .. [et al.]
The Indigenous World 2019
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Tim Aqukkasuk Argetsinger
Olga Murashko
Johannes Rohr
Laila Susanne Vars
Jennifer Preston … et al.]
Initiative for Knowledge Co-creation in Collaboration with Indigenous Communities: Basic Approach: Ethics of Research
E-Books
Author/Creator
Delphine Théberge
Marc-André Picard
Julia Leguerrie
Jean-Michel Beaudoin
Frank Grenon
Injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Due to Transport
Alternate Title
Injury Research and Statistics Series (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) ; no. 103
E-Books
Author/Creator
J. E. Harrison
G. Henley
Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Western Science for Optimal Natural Resource Management
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Serra Jeanette Hoagland
IK: Other Ways Of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-15
Description
Reviews the two knowledge systems and suggests using the Wampum Theory to achieve sustainable natural resource management moving forward.
Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge and Bioprospecting: Searching for Efficient Balance of Rights
Theses
Author/Creator
Aman Gebru
Description
Juridical Sciences Thesis (JSD)--University of Toronto, 2017.
Introduction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kate Britton
Charlotta Hillerdal
Rick Knecht
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1/2, The Past in the Yup’ik Present: Archaeologies of Climate Change in Western Alaska, 2019, pp. 1-14; 15-24
Description
An introduction to a special issue on climate change and its effects on arctic communities. For English scroll down to page 15.
Introduction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natale Zappia
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 1-8
Description
Introduction to special issue on Indigenous food sovereignty.
Inuit Attitudes towards Co-Managing Wildlife in Three Communities in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nils A.A. Lokken
Douglas A. Clark
Else G. Broderstad
Vera H. Hausner
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 1, March 31, 2019, pp. 58-70
Description
Study uses mixed-methods interview to collect feedback from members of the communities of Igluligaarjuk (Chesterfield Inlet), Tikirarjuaq (Whale Cove), and Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake) on wildlife co-management programs. Found that while most programs are working well and supported by local communities, there is significant conflict in regard to polar bear management.
The Inuit Food System: Ecological, Economic and the Environmental Dimensions of the Nutrition Transition
Theses
Author/Creator
Tiffannie Kenny
Description
Biology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Inuit Girls Make Media: Resisting Stereotypes through Participatory Research
Theses
Author/Creator
Cassidy Glennie
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2019.
The Inuit Sky
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Virtualmuseum
Description
Discusses the short period of time each year that the Inuit have to study the sky and presents several legends in which the moon plays a central role.
Investigating the Utility of Birds in Precontact Yup'ik Subsistence: A Preliminary Analysis of the Avian Remains from Nunalleq
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edouard Masson-MacLean
Claire Houmard
Rick Knecht
Madonna L. Moss
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1/2, The Past in the Yup’ik Present: Archaeologies of Climate Change in Western Alaska, 2019, pp. 169-196
Description
Highlights the important role of birds for precontact Yup'ik as a soruce of food and material culture.
Iskigamizigedaa: Let's Boil Maple Sugar
Alternate Title
The Akawe Biindaakoojigen Series (First You Offer Tobacco)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erik Redix
Description
Colouring storybook features a grandparent and grandchildren engaging in conversations about traditional teachings, when to begin and end harvesting, the equipment used, and processing and use of maple sugar. Text in English with some Ojibwe words interspersed.
“It’s All about the Scenery”: Tourists’ Perceptions of Cultural Ecosystem Services in the Lofoten Islands, Norway
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bjørn P. Kaltenborn
Eivind F. Kaltenborn
John D.C. Linnell
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 1, March 31, 2019, pp. 1-12
Description
Examines the tourism policy of the Lofoten Islands in Norway. Suggests that future policy requires better documentation and incorporation of the non-economic considerations of the tourism industry, including aesthetics, recreational opportunities, inspiration, social relations, cultural heritage, knowledge, spirituality, and identity. Also notes that landscape preservation is seen to be the highest priority.
"It's huge in First Nation culture for us, as a school, to be a role model": Facilitators and Barriers Affecting School Nutrition Policy Implementation in Alexander First Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kris Murray
Alexander Research Committee
Anna Farmer
Katerina Maximova
Noreen Willows
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 43-63
Description
Comments on the importance of school nutrition policies to create a healthy learning environment for students and how to go about doing so.
Knowledge Co-production in Contested Spaces: An Evaluation of the North Slope Borough – Shell Baseline Studies Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathan P. Kettle
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 1, March 31, 2019, pp. 43-57
Description
Examines a research agreement between the North Slope Borough of Alaska and Shell Exploration and Production Company (Shell Oil) and offers an evaluation based on: external factors, inputs, processes, outputs, outcomes, and impacts.
Land-Based Food Initiatives in Two Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael Leibovitch Randazzo
Description
Human Kinetics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Land Claims [Part Two]
Alternate Title
A Framework for Recognition of Métis Rights and Aspirations
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference
Métis Nation of Alberta's Registry: A Digital Approach to Connecting Historical and Contemporary Communities
MNA's Registry: A Digital Approach to Connecting Historic and Contemporary Communities
Reconciling Métis Rights: Strategies for Negotiations with the Crown
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Douglas Eyford
Ryan Shackleton
Harry Slade
Description
Three presentations: "Reconciling Métis Rights: Strategies for Negotiations with the Crown"; "MNA's Registry: A Digital Approach to Connecting Historic and Contemporary Communities"; and "A Framework for Recognition of Métis Rights and Aspirations". Followed by question and answer period.
Landscapes of Conversion: The Evolution of the Residential School Sites at Wiikwemkoong and Spanish, Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer N. Harvey
Description
Humanities Thesis (M.A.)--Laurentian University, 2019.
Leading the Way to Sustainability: A First Nation’s Case Study in Self-Sufficiency
Theses
Author/Creator
Kimberleigh C. Schultz
Alderville First Nation
Description
Environment and Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2017.
Focuses on the Alderville First Nation's large solar project.
Legal and Policy Tools for Source Water Protection in Indigenous Communities: A Tri-First Nation (Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, Munsee-Delaware First Nation, Oneida Nation of the Thames) and Canadian Environmental Law Association Initiative
Alternate Title
Tri-Nation Source Water Protection Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Environmental Law Association
Chippewas of the Thames First Nation
Munsee-Delaware First Nation
Oneida Nation of the Thames
Description
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Lessons Learned through Community-Engaged Planning
Alternate Title
Manuscript 1338
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert J. Patrick
Laura Machial
Kendra Quinney
Len Quinney
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-17
Description
Looks at a community project to get safe drinking water through source water protection and water management.
Letter from the Editors: [Food (In)security in the North]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrew Spring
Deborah Simmons
Joshua Gladstone
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, p. 8
Description
Introduction to articles in journal issue on food security from the perspectives of community members, researchers, and policy analysts.
Linking Social Values of Wild Reindeer to Planning and Management Options in Southern Norway
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bjørn P. Kaltenborn
Mehmet Mehmetoglu
Vegard Gundersen
Arctic, vol. 70, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 129-140
Description
Examines responses of 1000 respondents to 39 statements of attitudes and values associated reindeer presence and management in two regions.
Literature Review & Analysis of Shared Indigenous and Crown Governance in Marine Protected Areas
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda Nowlan
Georgia Lloyd-Smith
Dan Cheater
Maryann Watson
Description
Analyzes 16 leading examples of shared governance in Canada and internationally to provide overview of lessons learned from different models.
Mechanisms of Indigenous Exclusion in British Columbia's Environmental Assessment Process
Theses
Author/Creator
Hollis Katherine Andrews
Description
Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
Muslims, Navajos, and Peaches
Articles » General
Author/Creator
George H. Junne
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Looks at how an Asian fruit was cultivated by Navajo Indians in the Chelly Canyon.
Nagwediẑk'an gwaneŝ gangu ch'inidẑed ganexwilagh = The Fires Awakened Us: Tsilhqot’in Report on the 2017 Wildfires
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jocelyn Stacey
Crystal Verhaeghe
Emma Feltes
"Native" Advertising: An Evaluation of Nike's N7 Social Media Campaign
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. Scott Sanders
Selene G. Phillips
Cecelia Alexander
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 43-63
Description
Evaluates the success of the campaign in the context of targeted marketing to ethnic minorities and representation of Native Americans in advertisements, and presents two case studies which assess whether the company successfully engaged with youth via Twitter.
The Need for Community-led, Integrated and Innovative Monitoring Programmes when responding to the Health Impacts of Climate Change
Alternate Title
The Need for Community-led, Integrated and Innovative Monitoring Programs when responding to the Health Impacts of Climate Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Kipp
Ashlee Cunsolo
Daniel Gillis
Alexandra Sawatzky
Sherilee L. Harper
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 2, Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North..., 2019
Description
Article considers possible effects of climate change on human health; stresses the need for attending to the mental and physical health effects of climate change, and for integrating local Indigenous knowledges into monitoring programmes in a meaningful way.
Negotiating Life Within the City: Social Geographies and Lived Experiences of Urban Metis Peoples in Ottawa
Theses
Author/Creator
Daniel Dumas
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Never Alone: (Re)Coding the Comic Holotrope of Survivance
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michelle Lee Brown
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 22-44
Description
Article examines the use of gaming and other communication technologies as strategies for resistance, survivance and cultural resurgence; discusses practices of re/mapping, kinship-making and relationality.
Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story
Alternate Title
Game Development Conference ; 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Dima Veryovka
Description
A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
Duration: 50:01.
A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Simon
Niitsitapiisini: Our Way of Life: The Story of the Blackfoot People
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Glenbow Museum
Description
Virtual exhibition divided into six sections: how we lived with the buffalo; how we lived with the land; how we lived with other people; our world; and traditional stories.
Includes link to teacher toolkit.
Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage Shipping and Marine Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E. R. Jakobsen
Zebedee Nungak
Silas Elytuk Arngna’naaq
Peter F. K. Ittinuar
Kuupik Vandersee Kleist
Okalik Eegeesiak]
Description
Essays by authors from across Inuit Nunangat and Greenland discuss the possible impacts of the opening of the Passage due to climate change.
No Takebacks
Alternate Title
No take backs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen Graham Jones
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 139-169
Description
Short fiction piece. When two friends develop an app for mobile devices the results are much different than they expect.
Non-clinical Determinants of Medevacs in Nunavut: Perspectives from Northern Health Service Providers and Decision-makers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leah McDonnell
Josée G. Lavoie
Gwen Healey
Sabrina Wong
Sara Goulet
Wayne Clark
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study uses 90 in-depth interviews to explore the determinants of medevac decision-making from the perspective of frontline care providers; finds that possible factors that influence the decision include: the care provider’s experience, staffing levels, access to diagnostic/treatment related equipment.
Non-Timber Forest Products: Indigenous Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Livelihood Security in West Suriname
Theses
Author/Creator
Tim van den Boog
Description
Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
Not Your Grandfather's Horse: Automobiles Performing the Trickster in Modern and Contemporary Work by Artists from Plains Cultures
Theses
Author/Creator
Aaron Moses
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Oklahoma State University, 2017
Refers to the works of Horace Poolaw, Dallin Maybee, Arthur Amiotte, Jay Polite Labor, and Wendy Red Star
Nutrition North Canada: Real Change is Yet to Come
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Fitzgerald
Fred Hill
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 44-48
Description
Examines what the Liberal government has done since coming into power, in October 2015, for the Nutrition North Canada program.
Oil and the Iñupiaq: Linking Industry and Education at Iļisaġvik College
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pearl Kiyawn Brower
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 4, Oil and Indian Country, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Comments on college programming designed to support industry jobs.
"The Old Village": Yup'ik Precontact Archaeology and Community-Based Research at the Nunalleq Site, Quinhagak, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rick Knecht
Warren Jones
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1/2, The Past in the Yup’ik Present: Archaeologies of Climate Change in Western Alaska, 2019, pp. 25-52
Description
Examines the use of community-based archaeology in response to the destruction of archaeological heritage sites due to climate change.
On the Importance of Language: Reclaiming Indigenous Place Names at Wasagamack ᐘᕊᑲᒪᕁ First Nation, Manitoba, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Veronica Wojtuszewska
Description
Natural Resources Thesis (MNRM)--University of Manitoba, 2019.
Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ezekiel Gow
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 174-175
Description
Book review of Once They Were Hats by Frances Backhouse.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 174.
One Health in the Circumpolar North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karsten Hueffer
Mary Ehrlander
Kathy Etz & Arleigh Reynolds
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Article examines historical, environmental and cultural factors that relate to health disparities in Northern Canada and Alaska; discusses the One Health framework as a model with the potential to engage the world-view of Indigenous peoples and improve resilience in communities facing effects of climate change.
Operation Water Spirit
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Description
Collection of K-12 thematic units and lesson plans which focus on Aboriginal culture and perspectives on water and water quality issues faced by reserves.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eleven: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation