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Author/Creator
Hannah Askew
Corey Snelgrove
Kelsey R. Wrightson
Don Courturier
Alisa Koebel … [et al.]
Description
Brief discussion of context and implications of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples followed by results of literature review based on research findings and academic literature, primary sources, grey literature, and Indigenous legal orders and case studies of their applications.
Climate Change and Water Security with a Focus on the Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgitta Evengard
Jim Berner
Michael Brubaker
Gert Mulvad
Boris Revich
Global Health Action, vol. 4, no. s1, Vulnerable Populations in the Arctic, 2011, p. article 8449
Description
Looks at examples from other countries as to how arising problems are being addressed.
Collaborative Consent and British Columbia's Water: Towards Watershed Co-Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Merrell-Ann Phare
Rosie Simms
Oliver M. Brandes
Michael Miltenberger
Description
Discusses how Crown and Indigenous governments can engage with each other on the basis of a nation-to-nation relationship to develop regimes for management of resources which ensure mutually beneficial outcomes.
Colonial Tutelage and Industrial Colonialism: Reindeer Husbandry and Early 20th-Century Hydroelectric Development in Sweden
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Åsa Össbo
Patrik Lantto
Scandinavian Journal of History, vol. 36, no. 3, July 2011, pp. 324-348
Description
Investigates early 20th century hydroelectric development and how it impacted the reindeer herding lifestyle of the Sami.
Crisis on Tap: First Nations Water for Life
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
University of Victoria Centre for Aboriginal Health Research
Description
Documentary takes a critical look at the environmental public health challenge as expressed by First Nations peoples living in Canada.
Duration: 30:15.
Crisis on Tap: Seeking Solutions for Safe Water For Indigenous Peoples
E-Books
Author/Creator
Carmen Ledo Garcia
Bob Pratt
Richard Lawrence
Carla Costa Teixeira
Jebra Ram ... [et al.]
Dam Bennett: The Impacts of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam and Williston Lake Reservoir on the Tsek'ehne of Northern British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Daniel Sims
Dammed Indians Revisited: The Continuing History of the Pick-Sloan Plan and the Missouri River Sioux
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Roxanne T. Ornelas
Great Plains Studies, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2011, pp. 251-252
Description
Book review of: Dammed Indians Revisited by Michael L. Lawson.
Drowning Reindeer, Drowning Homes: Indigenous Sámi and Hydroelectricity Development in Sompio, Finland
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Minna Turunen
Arctic, vol. 64, no. 4, December 2011, pp. 488-489
Description
Book review of Drowning Reindeer, Drowning Homes by Kaisu Mustonen and Tero Mustonen, in cooperation with Antti and Pekka Aikio.
An Environmental History of Progress: Damming the Peace and Columbia Rivers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tina Loo
Meg Stanley
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 92, no. 3, September 2011, pp. 399-427
Description
Discusses the history and environmental destruction of dams in British Columbia.
Evaluating Institutional Arrangements to Support Watershed-Scale Cumulative Effects Assessment in the Grand River Watershed, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Jania Said Chilima
Description
Environment and Sustainability Thesis (MES)--University of Saskatchewan, 2011.
First Nations and Adaptive Water Governance in Southern Ontario, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Thomas Dyck
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2017.
Focuses on the Six Nations of the Grand River, Oneida Nation of the Thames, and Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation.
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: Results from British Columbia 2008/2009
Alternate Title
FNFNES Results from British Columbia 2008/2009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurie Chan
Olivier Receveur
Donald Sharp
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 Health Status Report: Alberta Region 2009-2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Health
Alberta Region
Description
Presents overview of health of First Nations in Alberta including trends in life expectancy, communicable disease control measures, and environmental health.
Ganawenimaa nimamainan aki = Respect Our Mother Earth: A Kid's Environmental Activity Booklet
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission]
Description
General environmental education resource with some references to the Lake Superior watershed.
Garden Hill Comprehensive Community Planning Project: Process Report, December 2011
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jill Collinson
Johnathan Hildebrand
Laura Remple
Description
Discusses the University of Manitoba City Planning Department and four Manitoba First Nations' partnership to work on community development and issues. Themes identified were: housing development, commercial activity, natural and traditional preservation areas, recreation, water and waste management transportation, community services and culture.
In Pursuit of Autonomy: Indigenous Peoples Oppose Dam Construction on the Patuca River in Honduras
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Danielle DeLuca
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, The Interconnectedness of Languages, Rivers, and Forests, December 2011, p. [?]
Description
Discussion on Indigenous governance and territorial autonomy in defence of Indigenous rights and the destruction that the Patuca III dam project would cause.
Inuit Environmental Health Guides
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Website links to six Inuit health publications and activity books for children and teens.
Lessons Learned through Community-Engaged Planning
Alternate Title
Manuscript 1338
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert J. Patrick
Laura Machial
Kendra Quinney
Len Quinney
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-17
Description
Looks at a community project to get safe drinking water through source water protection and water management.
Nituuchischaayihtitaau Aschii: Multi-Community Environment-and-Health Longitudinal Study in Eeyou Istchee: Eastmain and Wemindji: Technical Report: Summary of 2007 Activities, Results and Recommendations
Alternate Title
Public Health Report Series 4 on the Health of the Population
E-Books
Author/Creator
Yv Bonnier-Viger
Marie-Ludivine Château-Degat
Éric Dewailly
Grace M. Egeland
Evert Nieboer
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eleven: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Out of the Rhetoric and Into the Reality of Local Women's Lives
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vicki Hallett
Gail Baikie
Description
Submission presented on the development of the Muskrat Falls Hydro-Electric Development project voices concerns about the socio-economic impacts, inferior Environmental Impact Assessment by NALCOR, and provides suggestions for preventing negative social impacts on women and communities in the Upper Lake Melville region.
People of a Feather
Alternate Title
People of a Feather: Educational Package
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
The Arctic Eider Society
Sanikiluaq Running Pictures
Joel Heath
Community of Sanikiluaq
Description
Documentary about the unique relationship between the Inuit of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut and the Hudson Bay Common Eider and how changing sea ice and ocean currents caused by massive hydroelectric dams are threatening both the bird and the traditional way of life. Duration:
Related material: Educational Package by Global Environmental Justice Documentaries.
Quebec Hydropolitics: The Peribonka Concessions of the Second World War
Alternate Title
Studies on the History of Quebec / Études d'Histoire du Québec : 24
E-Books
Author/Creator
David Massell
Restoring the Lifeblood: Water, First Nations and Opportunities for Change: Background Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Merrell-Ann Phare
Description
Scopes main barriers and opportunities with regard to First Nations and the management and state of their waters, and discusses the role that philanthropy might play in building resilience, sustainability and capacity. Topics include context of water use in Canada, water challenges facing First Nations, and possible program and project development initiatives.
A River Tale: Protecting a Tawahka Way of Life
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kendra McSweeney
Zoe Pearson
Sara Santiago
Ana Gabriela Dominguez
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, The Interconnectedness of Languages, Rivers, and Forests, December 2011, p. [?]
Description
A tribal matriarch discusses the turbulent river history, and the impending hydroelectric development, Patuca III.
Stealing the Gila: The Pima Agricultural Economy and Water Deprivation, 1848-1921
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Martínez
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 143-145
Description
Book review of: Stealing the Gila: The Pima Agricultural Economy and Water Deprivation, 1848-1921 by David H. DeJong.
Unjust Compensation: Grand Coulee Dam, Indian Claims, and the Colville Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Holly Sprague
Description
Looks at lawsuit filed by the Colville Indian Reservation in 1951 against the United Sates government regarding lands used for the building of the Grand Coulee Dam.
History Capstone Thesis--Commonwealth Honors College, 2011.
Water and Energy Planning Strategies and Resources for Fisher River Cree Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robin Beukens
Shengxu Li
Jennifer Pritchard
Johanna Washchyshyn
Description
Resource for conservation tips and renewable energy sources, products, funding and precedents.
Water Ways: Vulnerability to Freshwater Changes in the Inuit Settlement Region of Nunatsiavut, Labrador
Theses
Author/Creator
Christina Alison Goldhar
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University, 2011.
Watershed Restoration Through Culture-Based Education and Community Outreach
Theses
Author/Creator
Margaret Rose Stevens
Description
Global Indigenous Nations Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, [2011]
Working With an Aboriginal Community to Understand Drinking Water Perceptions and Acceptance in Rural New South Wales
Alternate Title
Article 4
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fidelis G. Jaravani
Peter D. Massey
Jenni Judd
Kylie A. Taylor
Jason Allan ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, July 2017, pp. 1-29
Description
Study looks at the Walhallow Aboriginal community's water supply and their decision to drink rainwater.