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Social Determinants of Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre For Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Description
Looks at geographic, socio-economic, and cultural barriers to health services and strategies to improve services.
The Agriculturalists of the Poole-Rose Ossuary: A Study of the Femora and Tibiae
Theses
Author/Creator
Melissa L. Moreno
Description
Geography and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Louisanna State University and Agricultural College, 2007.
Algonquin Notions of Jurisdiction: Inserting Indigenous Voices into Legal Spaces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bettina Koschade
Evelyn J. Peters
Geografiska Annaler Series B: Human Geography, vol. 88, no. 3, 2006, pp. 299-310
Description
Examines the strategies used by the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation and Allies (AAFNA) in judicial and legislative settings to make their voices heard.
Analysis of the Talus and Calcaneus Bones from the Poole-Rose Ossaury: A Late Woodland Burial Site in Ontario, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Adrienne Elizabeth Penney
Description
Geography and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)-- Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 2005.
The Assiniboine
E-Books
Author/Creator
Edwin Thompson Denig
Canadian Plains Reprint Series, vol. 5
Description
Originally published as the Forty-Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology. This edition published with a new introduction by David Reed Miller.
Beach-Dune Morphodynamics and Climatic Variability in Gwaii Haanas National Park and Haida Heritage Site, British Columbia, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Rebecca Miville Cumming
Description
Geography Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Victoria, 2007.
The Bella Coola Indians [vols. 1 & 2]
E-Books
Author/Creator
T.F. Mcllwraith
Description
Originally published: 1948.
A Bibliography of the Iroquoian Literature, Partially Annotated
Alternate Title
Bulletin (New York State Museum and Science Service) ; no. 411
E-Books
Author/Creator
Paul L. Weinman
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert Keith Collins
Cynthia R. Kasee
Bruce Bernstein
Jim J. Buss
Paul V. Kroskrity
Gregory R. Campbell
Audra Simpson
Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox
John N. Law
Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark
Sam Herley
Benjamin L. Perez
Marlette Grant-Jackson
et al
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 2, 2009, pp. 113-163
Description
Book reviews of 22 books:
African Cherokees in Indian Territory: From Chattel to Citizen by Celia E. Naylor.
American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle and the Law by Matthew L. M. Fletcher.
Born of Fire: The Life and Pottery of Margaret Tafoya by Charles S. King.
Brothers Among Nations: The Pursuit of Intercultural Alliances in Early America, 1580-1660 by Cynthia J.
Canada’s Oldest Known Pictograph?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Zenon S. Pohrecky
Tim E.H. Jones
Saskatchewan History, vol. 21, no. 1, Winter , 1968, pp. 30-37
Description
Discusses a pictograph site on the Churchill River; article includes maps, photos and an entry from Alexander Mackenzie’s journal describing the rock painting and its location.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 30.
The Canadian Indian: The Illustrated Story of the Great Tribes of Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mike Kew
BC Studies, no. 4, Spring, 1970, pp. 63-67
Description
Book review of: The Canadian Indian by Fraser Symington.
Scroll down to page 63 to read review.
"Centre from Which Underground Passages Radiate": Understanding Metaphysical Tunnels in a Stó:lõ Spiritual Geography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Robbins
Description
Project created to understand the Stó:lõ people by mapping and documenting the tunnel stories to produce a holistic view of their connection to sacred and physical geography. Project for Ethnohistory Field School 2009.
Contemporary Archaeologies of the Southwest
Alternate Title
Acts of History: Ritual, Landscape and Historical Archaeology in the U.S. Southwest and Northern Mexico
Proceedings of the Southwest Symposium: 10th: 2006
E-Books
Author/Creator
William Walker
Kathryn R. Venzor
Ruth M. Van Dyke
Christine G. Ward
Anna Sofaer ... [et al.]
Craniometric Relationships Among Plains Indians: Culture-Historical and Evolutionary Implications
Theses
Author/Creator
Patrick Joseph Key
Description
Physical Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1982.
The Crazy Horse Memorial: A Study of a Sacred and Contested Landscape
Theses
Author/Creator
Taylor Danielle LaRocque
Description
Practicum towards Landscape Architecture Thesis (MLA)--University of Manitoba, 2013.
Desert Lake: Art, Science and Stories From Paruku
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sally Dixon
Aboriginal History, vol. 37, 2013, pp. 147-148
Description
Book review of: Desert Lake by Steve Morton, Mandy Martin, Kim Mahood and John Carty.
Scroll down to page 147 to read review.
The Drum as Map: Western Knowledge Systems and Northern Indigenous Map Making
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jouko Keski-Säntti
Ulla Lehtonen
Pauli Sivonen
Ville Vuolanto
Imago Mundi, vol. 55, 2003, pp. 120-125
Description
Discusses differences between Western and Indigenous understandings of what maps are, how they are made, how they look and what they do using two examples: one a drawing of north-eastern Siberia by a Chukchi man, the other by Sami of Lapland using marks on a drum in conjunction with Shamanistic performances as a means of mapping physical, spiritual and temporal elements of the environment.
Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
E-Books
Author/Creator
Carl Waldman
Description
3rd Edition.
Ethnographic Film-Making in Australia: The First Seventy Years (1898-1968)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian Dunlop
Aboriginal History , vol. 3, no. 2, 1979, pp. 115-119
Description
Begins with at an expedition to the Torres Trait where recording equipment and a Lumiére camera were used by Alfred Cort Haddon, a zoologist from England.
From Alaska to Greenland: A Comparison of the Arctic Small Tool and Thule Traditions
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jake Anderson
Totem, vol. 12, no. 1, 2004, pp. 6-16
Description
Looks at the difference in cultural characteristics and the ramifications on Arctic Small Tool tradition (ASTt) with the Thule ways of life.
Frontier, Homeland and Sacred Space: A Collaborative Investigation into Cross-Cultural Perceptions of Place in the Thelon Game Sanctuary, Northwest Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
James Raffan
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 1992.
Full Circle: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Ways of Knowing: A Common Threads Resource
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alison Wallace
Sherry Ambridge
Christopher Gardner
Allan Howard
Christina Lai ... [et al.]
Description
Intended for use for secondary school students with film: Full Circle: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Ways of Knowing.
The Geopolitical Laplander
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elena Balzamo
Journal of Northern Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, 2014, pp. 29-42
Description
Discusses Historia by Olaus Magnus and Lapponia by Johannes Schefferus which both contain themes of the Sami people, their way of life, skills, and magical powers.
Geoweb: Indigenous Mapping of Intergenerational Knowledge
Theses
Author/Creator
Gwilym Lucas Eades
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2010.
Grade 4: Alsumsuti Ujit T’an Teli-l’nuimk = To Be Indigenous Is to be Free = Topelomosu Wen Skicinuwit
Alternate Title
Treaty Education Resource2
E-Books
Author/Creator
New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development [Office of First Nations Education]]
Description
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
Histoire abrégée de l'Ouest Canadien: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta et Grand-Nord
Alternate Title
Histoire de l'Ouest Canadien
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Adrien-Gabriel] Morice
Idaa Trail: Lessons from the Land: Teacher's Guide & Lesson Plans
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Wendy Stephenson
Barb Cameron
Ray Lake
Donna Mulders. Mark Heyck]
Description
For use with website featuring a collection of online explorations based on travel routes of Northwest Territories' Aboriginal peoples.
L'Identité Géographique du Peuple Inuit Canadien dans un Contexte d'Acculturation
Theses
Author/Creator
Sylvain Chaumeron
Description
Geography Thesis (M.Sc.)--Université du Québec à Montréal, 2006.
Indigenous Online Mapping in Canada - Decolonizing or Recolonizing Forms of Spatial Expressions?
Theses
Author/Creator
Thomas J. McGurk
Description
Geography, Urban, and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--Concordia University, 2018.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Kit for Giant Floor Map
Web Sites
Author/Creator
Canadian Geographic Education
Description
Topics include climate change, demographics, Indigenous governance, housing, human rights, Indigenous languages, migration, famous people, original place names, residential schools, seasonal cycles, symbols, timeline, trade routes, and treaties, land disputes, agreements and rights.
Although activities were created for the giant floor map, they can be adapted to the printable tile version.
Indigenous Voices Indigenous Places, 2008
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Journal, Indigenous Voices, Indigenous Places, 2008
Description
2008 Edition contains:
The Marae in New Zealand - the Resource Centre of the Māori World by Turoa Royal.
Our Playground: The Waitohu Stream by Rachael Selby.
Guardian of the Waitohu Stream: An Interview with George Gray by Pātaka Moore.
Tracing of Old Settlements and Place Names in a Sea Sámi Region by Marit B.
Inuit Heritage Trust
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Inuit Heritage Trust
Description
Inuit organization that deals with issues of archaeology, ethnographic objects and archives. Website highlights the organization's projects, programs, and traditional place names.
Inuit Identities, Language, and Territoriality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna Patrick
Diversite Urbaine, vol. 8, Special Issue: Plurilinguisme et identites au Canada, Autumn, 2008, pp. 91-108
Description
Discuses how the use of Inuktitut, French, and English languages affect linguistic and social-cultural identities in Nunavik and Ottawa.
Inuit Knowledge and Perceptions of the Land-Water Interface
Theses
Author/Creator
Scott Heyes
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University 2007.
Kitselas Canyon 1
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[George F. MacDonald]
[Bill Reid Centre]
Description
Video features historical photos of villages located in the Kitselas Canyon in British Columbia and archaeological digs that took place in the late 1960's and 1970's.
Duration: 19:55.
The Kogi: An Urgent Call from Guardians of the Heart of the World
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Atossa Soltani
Evelyn Arce
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the spiritual values and traditions of the Kogi people, and their responsibilities to protect nature, ancient burial grounds, and sacred sites.
Landscapes’ Lessons: Native American Cultural Geography
in Nineteenth-Century Oregon and Washington
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mathias D. Bergmann
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 2, 2016, pp. 45-85
Description
Discusses how U.S. government removal and relocation policies disrupted the vital relationship to land.
Landscapes of Devils: Tensions of Place and Memory in the Argentinean Chaco
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gastâon R. Gordillo
Let the Cross Take Possession of the Earth: Missionary Geographies of Power in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Lynn Alison Blake
p. 271
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1997.
The Life of the Copper Eskimos
Alternate Title
Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18 ; vol. 12, pt A
Southern Party, 1913-16, Canadian Arctic Expedition
The Copper Eskimos
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Diamond] Jennes
Living With the Land: A Manual for Documenting Cultural Landscapes in the Northwest Territories
E-Books
Author/Creator
NWT Cultural Places Program
The Making of a Sacred Mountain. Meanings of Nature and Sacredness in Sápmi and Northern Norway
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Siv Ellen Kraft
Religion, vol. 40, no. 1, 2010, pp. 53-61
Description
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.
Maps and Memes: Redrawing Culture, Place and Identity in Indigenous Communities
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Daniel Clayton
BC Studies, no. 191, Autumn, 2016, pp. 164-165
Description
Book review: Maps and Memes by Gwilym Lucas Eades.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 164.
Mirror of Heaven: Cross-Cultural Transference of the Sacred Geography of the Black Hills
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linea Sundstrom
Richard Bradley
World Archaeology, vol. 28, no. 2, October 1, 1996, pp. 177-189
Description
Discusses the transference of knowledge over the years between the Lakota, Cheyenne, Kiowa and Kiowa-Apache people.
The Misplaced Mountain: Maps, Memory, and the Yakama Reservation Boundary Dispute
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Fisher
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 1, 2012, pp. 79-121
Description
Looks at boundaries changed to honour a promise made by the United States in 1855.
Module 3: Coastal Dwellers: Peoples of the Sea
Alternate Title
Module Three: Coastal Dwellers: Peoples of the Sea
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I]
[Section Two: Primary Peoples]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michel Bouchard
Description
Reviews physical geography, natural environment, archaeology, of coastal areas of the circumpolar region. Also discusses major Indigenous populations prior to contact and their cultures, subsistence methods, and religious beliefs.
Developed for class delivered by the University of Arctic.
Nk'Mip: Creating a "Taste of Place"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brent A. Hammer
Totem, vol. 19, no. 1, 2011, pp. 93-108
Description
Looks at the concepts terroir (earth), taste, and taste of place and how they shape the cultural identity of the Osoyoos Indian Band who own and manage a winery in the Okanagan Valley.
Nooksack Place Names: Geography, Culture, and Language
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Bill Angelbeck
BC Studies, no. 179, Ethnobotany in BC, Autumn, 2013, pp. 216-218
Description
Book review of Nooksack Place Names by Allan Richardson and Brent Galloway.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 216.
The Oldman River and the Sacred: A Meditation Upon Aputosi Pii'kani Tradition and Environmental Ethics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jay Hansford C. Vest
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, 2005, pp. 571-607
Description
Explores the religious significance of the site on the Old Man River in relation to the Pii'kani (North Peigan peoples) worldview and the strength of traditions.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation