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Author/Creator
John Kurt Sandlos
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2004.
Nova Scotia Moose Mystery - A Moose Sickness Related to Cobalt- and Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adrian Frank
Joe McPartlin
Rolf Danielsson
The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 318, no. 1-3, January 5, 2004, pp. 89-100
Description
Inconclusive findings make a specific diagnosis difficult, but providing Co-containing salt licks is suggested as a means of counteracting moose diet deficiencies.
NSW Health Celebrates Aboriginal Environmental Health Graduate
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 6, November/December 2004, p. 13
Description
Brief notice celebrates the successful graduation of a student who participated in an exchange program at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College at the University of Regina.
Nunavik Country Foods...They're Our Way of Life
Articles » General
Inuktitut, no. 94, 2004
Description
Briefly describes some of the organizations that study issues related to food, contaminants, the environment and health.
Nunavut Country Foods...Our Way of Survival
Articles » General
Inuktitut, no. 94, 2004, p. Insert
Description
Describes the interaction between researchers and local hunters that assists in determining the risks and benefits of eating country foods.
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.
Ojibwa Fishing Grounds: A History of Ontario Fisheries Law, Science, and the Sportsmen's Challenge to Aboriginal Treaty Rights, 1650--1900
Theses
Author/Creator
J. Michael Thoms
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2004.
On the Streets and in the State House: American Indian and Hispanic Women and Environmental Policymaking in New Mexico
Alternate Title
Indigenous Peoples and Politics
E-Books
Author/Creator
Diane-Michele Prindleville
[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
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
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.
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.
Our Place at the Table: First Nations in the B.C. Fishery
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The First Nation Panel on Fisheries
Description
Examines a vision for British Columbia fisheries that focuses on healthy ecosystems and species and equitable sharing of fisheries resources for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people alike.
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.
Paleoecology of Southern Saskatchewan Bison : Changes in Diet and Environment as Inferred Through Stable Isotope Analysis of Bone Collagen
Theses
Author/Creator
Jeremy James Leyden
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2004.
Parkinson's Disease Among Inuit in Greenland: Organochlorines as Risk Factors
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
O.G. Koldkjær
L. Wermuth
P. Bjerregaard
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 366-368
Description
Claims that evidence points to connection between pesticide exposure and Parkinson's Disease.
Persistent Toxic Substances, Food Security and Indigenous Peoples of the Russian North: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
Russian Association of the Indigenous Peoples of the North
Siberia and Far East (RAIPON)
Plants of Haida Gwaii
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Douglas Deur
BC Studies, no. 142/143, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 299-301
Description
Book review of: Plants of Haida Gwaii by Nancy J. Turner.
To access this review, scroll to page 299.
Polar Bear as a Resource: An Overview
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the Northern Research Forum ; 3rd, 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
George W. Wenzel
Description
Comments on the Northwest Territories community polar bear quotas.
Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
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.
Preserving Old Ways the Modern Way: Red Crow Uses GIS, GPS to Document Traditional Knowledge
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Weasel Fat
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 2, Tribal College Research, Winter, 2004
Description
A look at the First Nations' Land Use Certificate Program, a one year certificate program, offered by the Red Crow Community College located on the Blood Reserve in southern Alberta.
Preterm Delivery Among Inuit Women in the Baffin Region of the Canadian Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Muggah
Daniel Way
Margaret Muirhead
Bruce Baskerville
International Journal of Circumpolar Health , vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 242-247
Description
Evaluates the rates and causes of preterm delivery, and why Inuit women have more than twice the Canadian national average rate for preterm birth.
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Mi'kmaq 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Alternate Title
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Micmac 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Mikmaw 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Miqmaq 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William T. Hipwell
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 253-281
Description
Discusses the ecological degradation of the central Bras d'Or Lakes watershed region and the active stance the Mi'kmaq people have taken to implement an integrated management approach to the issue.
Producing North and South: A Political Geography of Hydro Development in Québec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline Desbiens
Canadian Geographer, vol. 48, no. 2, Summer, 2004, pp. 101-118
Description
Describes how the Cree have managed to achieve co-management of local resources through the James Bay Agreement.
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.
Protecting Culturally Significant Areas Through Watershed Planning in Clayoquot Sound
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Holly Spiro Mabee
George Hoberg
The Forestry Chronicle, vol. 80, no. 2, March/April 2004, pp. 229-240
Description
Presents a study where First Nations in Clayoquot Sound identified and mapped their culturally significant areas in order to ensure their protection in forest management activities.
Researching Traditional Ecological Knowledge for Multiple Uses
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline Butler
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 28, no. 1/2, Transformative Sites of Indigenous Education, 2004, pp. 33-48
Description
Research discovers that differing interests of the community and researcher are both met in the course of investigations.
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.
Risks and Impacts to First Nation Health and the Mount Polley Mine Tailings Dam Failure
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janis Shandro
Laura Jokinen
Alison Stockwell
Francesco Mazzei
Mirko S. Winkler
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 84-102
Description
Describes findings from the Mount Polley Mine Health Impact Assessment including which communities were impacted by the breached dam.
Rivers, Fish and the People: Tradition, Science, and Historical Ecology of Fisheries in the American West
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joshua L. Reid
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 136-137
Description
Book review of: Rivers, Fish and the People by Pei-Lin Yu.
Roundtable on Environmental Management and the On-Reserve ‘Regulatory Gap’: Summary of the 3rd IOG Aboriginal Governance Roundtable, Ottawa, November 17, 2004
Alternate Title
Institute on Governance Roundtable Series, 2004-05
IOG Roundtable Series
Notes on the 3rd TANAGA Roundtable: Environmental Management On-Reserve
Towards a News Aboriginal Governance Agenda - TANAGA
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Moffat
David Nahwegahbow
Institute on Governance
Institute on Governance Roundtable Series
Description
Summarizes two presentations: one on the project "The Environmental Management Gap on Reserves: Overview and Assessment Options"; the other on how issues can be dealt with in the context of self-government.
Routes, Trails and Tracks: Trail Breaking Among the Inuit of Igloolik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudio Aporta
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, Spaces-Places-Names, 2004, pp. 9-38
Description
Analyzes the features of the land and sea routes used by generations of Inuit.
Sacred Sites and Sanctuaries in Northern Russia
Alternate Title
Properties of Culture - Culture as Property: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Alona Yefimenko
Description
Looks at project started to conserve Arctic biodiversity and cultural heritage.
Chapter in book: Properties of Culture - Culture as Property: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia edited by Erich Kasten.
Seasonal Circles
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 7 Cross-Curircular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Trine Dennis
Description
Contains material that can be used for mathematics, physical health and education, English language arts and science classes.
Security Challenges and Legal Capacity of Greenland and Nunavut Jurisdictions
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Natalia Loukacheva
Description
Comments on the role of law in measures that secure the legal scope of governance in the Arctic to deal with security challenges.
Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
Seeds as Ancestors, Seeds as Archives: Seed Sovereignty and the Politics of Repatriation to Native Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Gish Hill
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 93-112
Description
Looks at how colonization impacted traditional foodways, the importance of access to traditional seeds, and the need to repatriate them from seed banks.
Seeking an Agreement That Would Benefit Future Generations: Collected Wisdom
Alternate Title
Nisga'a Final Agreement 2003-2004 Annual Report
E-Books
Semen Quality in Greenland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gunnar Toft
Henning Sloth Pedersen
Jens Peter Bonde
INUENDO Research Team
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, pp. 174-178
Description
Lower sperm cell motility on the east coast appears to be related to the higher environmental contaminants detected there.
Sharing the Story: Aboriginal and Northern Energy Experiences
E-Books
Author/Creator
Neegan Burnside
Spring Snow Lowers Human Melatonin
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Juhani Leppäluoto
Kirsti Sikkiä
Victor Bebbo Meyer-Rochow
Juhani Hassi
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 161-164
Description
Collection of urinary samples revealed that light reaching the eyes via the snow or other reflecting surfaces appeared to be the most effective.
The Stones Shall Cry Out: Consciousness, Rocks, and Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Tinker
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 2, Fall, 2004, pp. 105-125
Description
Osage perspective on the consciousness of rocks and trees and their ability to speak. Comparison of Western scientific thought with the relationship between Native Americans and nature.
"Straight from the Heavens into Your Bucket": Domestic Rainwater Harvesting as a Measure to Improve Water Security in a Subarctic Indigenous Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas Mercer
Maura Hanrahan
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1312223
Description
Discusses project to improve water access for the Inuit community of Black Tickle-Domino, Labrador.
Structural Performance of the Ambiente Housing System for Use in Northern Communities of Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Spiros Dino Philopulos
Description
Civil Engineering Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 2004