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Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rob Huebert
Description
Looks at historical understandings of security and the Arctic: traditional, environmental, and human.
Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
Encyclopedia Arctica. Transportation and Communications
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Howard A. Chapelle
Description
Looks at umiak (open boats) and kayak (decked hunting canoe) used by Inuit in Canada, Greenland, Alaska and Asia and compares them to the Irish curraghs.
Digitized copy of typescript is part of the unpublished reference work on the Northern Arctic and subarctic regions. Project ran from 1947-1951.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 35, no. 2, Special Section: Indigeneity in Dialogue: Indigenous Library Expression Across Linguistic Divides, 2010, pp. [13]-29
Description
Comments on the novel and the exclusionary and semi-colonial biases of processes to include Aboriginal literary works on academic reading lists.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 64, no. 5, 2005, pp. 509-522
Description
Presents some of the health problems from UVB radiation including cataracts, photokeratitis, immunosuppression, genetic interaction, skin cancer, non-hodgkin's lymphoma etc..
File contains a report on arctic gas and its importance to northern Indigenous persons, a grant incentive program for prospectors and developers to assist Indigenous persons, a speech relating the shocking conditions of Indigenous peoples in the North, and a letter entitled "Northern Armed Force, asserting that an arctic force should be established with Inuit recruits.
File contains an article from the Globe and Mail involving the Indian Brotherhood of the Northwest Territories' claim on the western portion of the North West Territories.
Studied Toronto Star coverage of the Akwesanse/Mohawk and Oka land dispute to determine whether awareness of Aboriginal issues increased after the crisis.
Canadian Government Lauds Advances in Indigenous Rights
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Sinclair
Canadian Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3, The International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People, Fall, 2004
Description
Presents a review of succcessful negotiations on land claims and self-government agreements, in Canada, to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3, The International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People, Fall, 2004
Description
Interview with Adelard Blackman, special emissary for Chief Elmer Campbell and the people of Buffalo River Dene Nations, regarding the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 39, no. 2, Spring, 2005, pp. 5-29
Description
States that a reinterpretation of the Canadian constitution with respect to self-government must take place to redress past injustices against First Nations.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, 2003, pp. 113-133
Description
Argues that gender specific strategies must be used, looks at the frequency of local health care visits and finds three major problems in the health care system including lack of confidentiality.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 19-39
Description
Analyzes data from surveys collected at 6 professional sporting events to understand which selected social groupings hold which opinions. Results show that university graduates and political liberals are more offended by the team name Redskins than non-university graduates and political conservatives.