Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carole Brazeau
Naomi George
Rebekah Elkerton
Description
Based on interviews with Indigenous women and Elders about relationships to the environment, observed changes, traditional practices on the land, and the health of their families and communities.
Ancestors’ Times and Protection of Amazonian Indigenous Biocultural Heritage
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pirjo Kristiiana Virtanen
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage, December 2019, pp. 330-339
Description
Discusses how the Apurinã community in Brazil create and maintain relationships with different non-human actors forms an intergenerational way of managing and relating to the land; critically examines how these relationships are protected by international law.
L’animal arctique au-devant de la scène: Introduction au bestiaire inuit = Spotlight on Arctic Animals: Introduction to the Inuit Bestiary
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Francis Lévesque
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 3-28
Description
Introduction to the themed issue ties together perspectives and considerations of the contributors.
Anishinaabe & Climate Justice: An Indigenous Food Sovereignty Approach
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Deborah McGregor
Description
Environmental Studies Major Paper (MES) -- York University, 2019.
The Argentinian Mother-and-Child Contaminant Study: A Cross Sectional Study Among Delivering Women in the Cities of Ushuaia and Salta
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Inger Økland
Jon Øyvind Odland
Silvinia Matiocevich
Marisa Viviana Alvarez
Torbjørn Aarsland ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1364598
Description
Overview of the Study on Environment and Reproductive Health which looked at exposure to PTS (persistent toxic substances).
Becoming Aboriginal: Experiences of a European Woman in Kamchatka's Wilderness
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria Churikova
The Northern Review, no. 22, Winter, 2000, pp. 58-61
Description
Author relates her experiences of going, "back to nature" during the 1980s and 1990s in the Soviet Union/Russia era.
Cancer in Point Hope, Alaska: Science, Language, and Knowledge
Theses
Author/Creator
Nelta M. Edwards
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2000.
Case Studies of Indigenous Knowledge and Science in Impact Assessments
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Two Worlds Consulting
Description
Study consisted of a literature review, ten interviews, and four case studies: Tłı̨chǫ All‐season Road Project, Hope Bay Mining Ltd, Offshore Oil and Gas Strategic Environmental Assessment, and Adams Lake Cumulative Effects Land Use and Management Assessment
.
Challenges to Arctic Nomadism: Yamal Nenets Facing Climate Change Era Calamities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrei V. Golovnev
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 40-51
Description
Author challenges mainstream narratives about the Nenet cultural and historic practice of reindeer herding on the Yamal peninsula; suggests a system of herding based on movement, traditional herd navigation and laws of Nenet-land relationship.
Community Perceptions of the Beverly-Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Kendrick
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 1, 2000, pp. 1-33
Description
Discusses the Board's role as an interjurisdictional forum for discussion of ecological issues that are difficult for stakeholders to resolve.
Confluence: Water as an Analytic of Indigenous Feminisms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanne Barker
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism, 2019, pp. 1-40
Description
A discussion of Indigenous feminist politics and the relationship between Indigenous women and water using the Flint water crisis and NoDAPL action at Standing Rock to illustrate.
Consuming Geist: Popontology and the Spirit of Capital in Indigenous Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth A. Povinelli
Public Culture, vol. 12, no. 2, 2000, pp. 501-528
Description
Discusses intent of a building to house indigenous spirituality in order to understand limits to environment and the implications socially, subjectively and economically for Indigenous Australians.
Cooloola Coast, Noosa to Fraser Island: The Aboriginal and Settler Histories of a Unique Environment
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Suzanne Kite
Aboriginal History, vol. 24, 2000, pp. 303-304
Description
Book review of: Cooloola Coast, Noosa to Fraser Island by Elaine Brown.
Review located by scrolling to page 303.
Cross-Currents: Hydroelectricity & the Engineering of Northern Ontario
Alternate Title
Cross-Currents: Hydroelectricity and the Engineering of Northern Ontario
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jamie Benidickson
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 81, no. 3, September 2000, p. 518
Description
Book review of: Cross-Currents by Jean Manore.
Decolonizing Mi'kmaw Memory of Treaty: L'Sitkuk's Learning With Allies in Struggle for Food and Lifeways
Theses
Author/Creator
Sherry Mae Pictou
Description
[Interdisciplinary] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalhousie University, 2017.
Definition of Indigenous Homelessness in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jesse A. Thistle
Description
Discusses historical and contemporary factors which contribute to high rate of homeless found in the Indigenous population and looks at 12 different dimensions: historic displacement, contemporary geographic separation, spiritual disconnection, mental disruption and imbalance, cultural disintegration and loss, overcrowding, relocation and mobility, nowhere to go, escaping or evading harm, emergency crisis, and climatic refuge,
A Descriptive Quantitative Study of 7- and 8-Year-Old Children's Outdoor Recreation, Cold Exposure and Symptoms in Winter in Northern Finland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hanna Rasi
Heli Kuivila
Tarja Pölkki
Risto Bloigu
Hannu Rintamäki ... [et a.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1298883
Description
Describes recreation, cold exposure and symptoms.
Diné Clans and Climate Change: A Historical Lesson for Land Use Today
Alternate Title
Dine Clans and Climate Change: A Historical Lesson for Land Use Today
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Klara Kelley
Harris Francis
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 55-82
Description
Authors describes the Diné system of clans and kinship, and suggest that rooted as it is in an ethic of universal relatedness, it might hold solutions for dealing with environmental and political instability.
Dreams and Nightmares in First Nations Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Lena Ruwoldt
Description
Philosophy Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Greifswald, 2017.
Focuses on Robert Arthur Alexie's Porcupines and China Dolls, Cherie Dimaline's Red Rooms, Richard Van Camp's "On the Wings of This Prayer" and Richard Wagamese's Ragged Company.
The Effects of Spanish Contact on Hopi Faunal Utilization in the American Southwest
Theses
Author/Creator
Regina Louise Chapin-Pyritz
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2000.
Encountering Silence(s): Mitigating the Negative Social Impacts of Construction Camps With Lake Babine Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Hannah Elizabeth Quinn
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2017.
Encounters Across Difference: The Digital Geographies of Inuit, the Arctic, and Environmental Management
Theses
Author/Creator
Jason C. Young
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2017.
Environmental Problems and Gender Issues: Experiences of Indigenous Communities in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Conny van den Berg
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Indochina, October/November/December 2000, pp. 40-47
Description
Article explores changing labour and gender relationships due to outside economic exploitation of natural resources.
To access this article, scroll down to page 40.
The Ethnography of Memory in East Siberia: Do Life Histories from the Arctic Coast Matter?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Florian Stammler
Aytalina Ivanova
Lena Sidorova
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-23
Description
Authors discuss how oral histories can influence and change collective memories and memory negotiation; argue that collective memory which includes a diversity of perspective is vital increasing human understanding of the past and a sense of belonging in the present.
Factors That Support Indigenous Involvement in Multi-actor Environmental Stewardship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas J. Reo
Kyle P. Whyte
Deborah McGregor
M. A. (Peggy) Smith
James F. Jenkins
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, 2017, pp. 58-68
Description
Discusses the results of a cross-case study of 39 regional partnerships in the Great Lakes region. Found six factors influence willingness to stay engaged: respect for Indigenous knowledge, control of knowledge mobilization, intergenerational involvement, self-determination, cross-cultural education, and early involvement.
A First Nation Framework for Emergency Planning: A Community-Based Response to the Health and Social Effects from a Flood
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie Montesanti
Wilfreda E Thurston
David Turner
Reynold Medicine Traveler
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 1, Physical Activity and Cultural Safety, May 28, 2019, pp. 85-106
Description
Researchers in a community-university partnership evaluate the Siksika First Nations response to severe flooding in Southern Alberta in 2013; using what was learned then, alongside research literature from other First Nations Communities the team has created a framework for disaster response planning in First Nations Communities.
First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study: Results from the Atlantic Region 2014
Alternate Title
FNFNES Results from the Atlantic Region 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurie Chan
Olivier Receveur
Malek Batal
William Batal
Description
Study involves five components: household interviews collecting information on dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status; environmental concerns and food security; sampling traditional foods for contaminants; sampling water for trace metals; hair sampling for mercury; and surface water sampling for pharmaceuticals
First Nations Food, Nutrition & Environment Study: Final Report for Eight Assembly of First Nations Regions
Alternate Title
First Nations Food, Nutrition & Environment Study: Summary of Key Findings for Eight Assembly of First Nations Regions 2008-2018
FNFNES Final Report for Eight Assembly of First Nations Regions: Draft Comprehensive Technical Report
FNFNES Summary of Key Findings for Eight Assembly of First Nations Regions 2008-2018
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurie Chan
Malek Batal
Tonio Sadik
Constantice Tikhonov
Harold Schwartz ... [et al.]
Description
Study involves five components: household interviews collecting information on dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status; environmental concerns and food security; sampling traditional foods for contaminants; sampling water for trace metals; hair sampling for mercury; and surface water sampling for pharmaceuticals
Related material: Summary of Key Findings for Eight Assembly of First Nations Regions 2008-2018.
First Nations Food, Nutrition & Environment Study: Results from Quebec 2016
Alternate Title
FNFNES Results form Quebec 2016
[First Nations Food, Nutrition & Environment Study Quebec and Labrador Regional Results]
[FNFNES Quebec and Labrador Regional Results]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurie Chan
Malek Batal
Olivier Receveur
Tonio Sadik
Description
Study involves five components: household interviews collecting information on dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status; environmental concerns and food security; sampling traditional foods for contaminants; sampling water for trace metals; hair sampling for mercury; and surface water sampling for pharmaceuticals.
First Nations Women Advocating Responsibility Mining (FNWARM): Interview with Jacinda Mack, Coordinator
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacinda Mack
BC Studies, no. 196, Perspectives on the Gold Rush, Winter, 2017/2018, pp. 5-9
Description
Brief discussion of organization's formation and activities.
Flooding in Kashechewan First Nation: Is it an Environmental Justice Issue?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arshi Shaikh
Carol Kauppi
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 105-130
Description
Examines the reoccurring flooding in Kashechewan as a case study; finds that the repeated flooding and the corresponding damage to housing and community resources is a result of colonial practices, disregard for traditional knowledge, and forced relocations of First Nations people to flood zones.
Forest Co-Management in Northern Alberta: Conflict, Sustainability, and Power
Theses
Author/Creator
Leslie Caroline Treseder
Description
Renewable Resources Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2000.
Forests, People and Policies in the Central Highlands of Vietnam
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brigitte Junker
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Indochina, October/November/December 2000, pp. 56-65
Description
Analyzes demographic, environmental and economic changes that have impacted the indigenous people of Vietnam's Central Highlands.
To access this article scroll down to page 56.
From Exclusion to Co-Existence: Aboriginal Participation in Ontario Forest Management Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Deborah McGregor
Description
Forestry Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2000.
Gender and Indian Masquerade in the Life of Grey Owl
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Chapin
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, Winter, 2000, pp. 91-109
Description
Article examines the ways that cultural expectations and gender roles intersected with Grey Owl's performance of Indigeneity and permitted/inhibited his work as a conservationist.
A Guide to STS Problem Solving and Informed Social Action in Indigenous Communities
Alternate Title
A Guide to Problem Solving and Informed Social Action in Indigenous Communities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ken Bryson
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Guide developed using The Science, Technology and Society (STS) Panels to provide awareness and solve community issues where the three meet.
How Does the Media Portray Drinking Water Security in Indigenous Communities in Canada?: An Analysis of Canadian Newspaper Coverage from 2000-2015
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Lam
Ashlee Cunsolo
Alexandra Sawatzky
James Ford
Sherilee L. Harper
BMC Public Health, vol. 17, 2017, p. article no. 282
Description
Search performed in Windspeaker, Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, and National Post yielded 256 relevant results. Analysis of articles found limited coverage focused of government responses rather than preventative measures.
Identifying and Achieving Consensus on Health-Related Indicators of Climate Change in Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gwen Healey Akearok
Sara Holzman
Judy Kunnuk
Nina Kuppaq
Zoe Martos ... [et al.]
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019 , pp. 289-299
Description
Study works to identify human health indicators of climate change, focusing on factors relevant to the Canadian arctic. 20 indicators were identified using the The Piliriqatigiinniq Community Health Research Model; indicators focused on four key themes: 1) environmental health; 2) morbidity and mortality; 3) population vulnerability; and 4) mitigation, adaptation, and policy.
Improving Community Housing, An Important Determinant of Health Through Mechanical and Electrical Training Programs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
Guy Iannucci
Anthony Iannucci
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, 2000, pp. 251-261
Description
Describes a training program that upgraded homes at the Fort Albany First Nation and provided educational and employment opportunities, all on a limited budget.
In Deeper Waters: Indigenous, Gendered Approaches to Sustainability
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura Hall
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.
Indigenization in the Time of Pipelines
Alternate Title
Weweni Indigenous Scholars Speaker Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Chelsea Vowel
Description
Thoughts about Indigenization and the need to return to relationships.
Duration: 42:59.
Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education: Mapping the Long View
E-Books
Author/Creator
Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Eve Tuck
K. Wayne Yang
Sandra Styres
Naadli Todd Lee Ormiston … Alex Wilson … [et al.]
Indigenous History: A Bibliography
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Shekon Neechie
Description
Lists works written by Indigenous authors published between 2000 and 2018. Focuses on substantial books, articles and book chapters on original primary historical research, research methodology and historiography.
Indigenous Knowledge and Wildfires in the Sierra De Santa Marta, Mexico
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen Langill
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2000.
Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: From Victims to Change Agents through Decent Work
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gender
Equality and Diversity Branch
Green Jobs Programme
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 Perspectives of Ecosystem-based Management and Co-governance in the Pacific Northwest: Lessons for Aotearoa
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai
Jonathan Timatanga Kilgour
Amy Whetu
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 69-79
Description
Case studies of Marine Plan Partnership for the Pacific North Coast and the Great Bear Initiative and discussion of how principles involved might apply in the New Zealand context.
Indigenous World 2017
E-Books
Author/Creator
Shankar Limbu
Albert K. Barume
José Aylwin
Johan Strömgren
Olga Murashko .. [et al.]
Intersections of Indigenous and Environmental History in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lianne C. Leddy
The Canadian Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 1, March 2017, pp. 83-95
Description
Examines issues related to decolonizing research in relation to industrial and mining project impacts on Indigenous communities.