Annuals of the Association of American Geographers, vol. 92, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 471-487
Description
Reconstructs a local grassland fire record for the past five thousand years and argues that it corresponds with the deliberate burning by the Senota-Besant (Plains Woodland) people.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, Inuit and Qallunaaq Perspectives: Interacting points of view, 2002, pp. [45]-70
Description
Compares historical writings about the Inuit and the effect of the long periods of darkness and the actual Inuit attitudes and perceptions.
Text in French.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 118, no. 4, August 2002, pp. 378-384
Description
Comparison of 19th century Euro-Canadians and Inuit, found differences between the cultural groups as well as between men and women in relation to metalcarpal dimorphism. Less difference was found between Inuit men and women than in the Euro-Canadian sample group.
Professional Geographer, vol. 54, no. 2, May 2002, pp. 140-157
Description
Argues that although portrayed as exclusively "hunter-fisher-gatherers", there is ample evidence that the peoples of this region also created gardens of edible plants using sophisticated methods. Author further argues that this portrayal was used to rationalize dispossession of traditional territories.