Documentary shows life at boarding school, the city landscape and lifestyle in the Russian tundra. Overview of alternative education offered to tundra children in life skills with teacher Anna Nerkagi.
Duration: 28:18.
Food and Foodways, vol. 21, no. 2, 2013, pp. 132-152
Description
Looked at costs associated with obtaining nutritionally beneficial country food in order assess its viability as a alternative to expensive purchased foods. Found that while it required significant energy and time, it was economically comparable. Worked with the five Shibogama First Nations.
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 4, October 2013, pp. 779-789
Description
Compares previously looked at ceramics and field samples to three distinctive compositional groups and suggests cultural processes that may have contributed.
Arctic, vol. 66, no. 4, December 2013, pp. 435-447
Description
Looks at how meat distribution patterns such "demand sharing" and harvester "giving", vary with respect to game acquired during a community hunt, as opposed to a household-organized hunt.
Discussions on the emergency preparedness needs of northern Indigenous communities with highlights of key issues and obstacles for success including geography, population density, infrastructure, communications, and climate change.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 2013, pp. 128-142
Description
Author sends a rebuttal to Métis National Council President Clem Chartier regarding issues such as Homeland boundaries and a national acceptance process for Métis Nation Citizenship.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 53, no. 1, January 2013, pp. 84-94
Description
Interviews residents from the Upernavik district about their lives as hunters and the pressure to protect their traditional way of living and thoughts on oil exploration and residents working in the industry.
Resources available in this guide include: a template guide to developing a traditional food strategy, a list of traditional foods available in Manitoba, a list of barriers experienced that limit access to traditional foods, and results from a Sharing Our Food Stories session.
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Two: People of the Forest
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses traditional economies and lifeways of Indigenous peoples living in the subarctic boreal forest, focusing on hunting, fishing, gathering and small-scale reindeer herding.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Three: People of the Coast
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Overview of traditional livelihoods of the Aleut and Iñupiat of Northern Alaska; the Yupiit and Chukchi of the Russian Far East; the Inuit of Nunavut; the Isertormeeq, Kalaallit and Kujataamiut of Greenland; and the coastal Sami people of the European Far North.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Four: People of the Tundra and Mountains
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses the switch from small-scale to large-scale reindeer herding and reasons for the change.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Reports on implementation of recommendations in four areas: land; people; community economics, and territorial economics. Information will be used to develop a second Nunavut Economic Development Strategy for 2014-2024.
Conference Paper (Food Sovereignty: A Critical Dialogue) ; no. 46
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Asfia Gulrukh Kamal
Shirley Thompson
Description
Discusses community's efforts to revitalize their heritage and health by creating a year-round land base food harvesting training program called Ithinto Mechisowin.
Norwegian Journal of Geography, vol. 67, no. 2, April 2013, pp. 87-98
Description
Analyzes four different scientific mapping processes connected to fishing grounds in the Lyngen fjord in northern Norway. Results show mapping tells little about Sami culture.
Abstracts and selected papers. Topics were grouped in four areas: global food policy and food safety issues; food production and economic development; food production and sustainable practices; and global perspectives in advancing food security in the Circumpolar world.