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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eleven: Introduction
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
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Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
The Opinions of Ambulance Personnel Regarding Using a Heated Mattress for Patients Being Cared for in a Cold Climate - An Intervention Study in Ambulance Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonas Aléx
Tom Uppstu
Britt-Inger Saveman
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1379305
Description
Ambulance personnel from northern Sweden rate their experiences as being positive for patient comfort.
Our Identities as Civic Power
Alternate Title
2017 State of Native Youth Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
[Erik R. Stegman
Amber Richardson
Josie Raphaelito
Aaron Slater
Bettina Gonzalez]
Description
Reports on the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Online Roundtable Survey of Native American youth between the ages 18-24. Respondents were asked about their three top priorities, what they are doing to tackle their challenges, and some of the ways they are partnering with their community to build resilience.
Our National Competitiveness and Canada's Territories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Description
Discusses the adaptability of businesses in Canada's territories and the necessity of the federal and territorial governments to do the same.
Paddling Together: Co-Governance Models for Regional Cumulative Effects Management
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Clogg
Gavin Smith
Deborah Carlson
Hannah Askew
Description
Includes case studies of co-management models from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Florida.
PCBs and Dioxin-like Compounds in Plasma of Adult Inuit Living in Nunavik (Arctic Quebec)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. Ayotte
É. Dewailly
J.J. Ryan
S. Bruneau
G. Lebel
Chemosphere, vol. 34, no. 5-7, 1997, pp. 1459-1468
Description
Studies the high exposure of organochlorines, via food-chain contamination, on Inuit in Northern Quebec, and discusses the impact it has on their health.
The Perceived Factors Affecting the Survival of Traditional Moose Skin Preparation Procedures by the Nelson House Rocky Cree
Theses
Author/Creator
Bret Nickels
Description
Interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Native Studies Thesis(M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1997.
Poisoned Food: Cultural Resistance to the Contaminants Discourse in Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John D. O'Neil
Brenda Elias
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 1, 1997, pp. 29-41
Description
Discusses risks and benefits of contaminated food and environmental health risk communication strategies.
Practice-Based Interdisciplinary Approach and Environmental Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Kumar Datta
Environments, vol. 4, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-14
Description
Compares and contrasts scientific and practice-based approaches, discusses why a move from one to the other is important and how the change would impact future research and researchers.
Predators and Cosmologies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalia Rybczynski
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 103-113
Description
Discusses the differences in the concept of predation between western societies, which regard the predator-prey relationship as antagonistic and the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) viewpoint, which regards this relationship as mutual and interdependent.
Producing Predators: Wolves, Work, and Conquest in the
Northern Rockies
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sarah E. McFarland
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 289-291
Description
Book review of Producing Predators by Michael D. Wise.
Profiling the eNuk Program
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alexandra Sawatzky
Ashlee Cunsolo
Oliver Cook
Dan Gillis
Inez Shiwak ... [et al.]
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 2, Innovations in Community Health and Wellness, July 2017, pp. 18-22
Description
Looks at Inuit strategy for monitoring and responding to the impacts of environmental change on health and wellbeing in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut.
"Putting Up Fish": Environment, Work, and Culture in Tlingit Society, 1780s-1940s
Theses
Author/Creator
David Francis Arnold
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1997.
The Recreational Use, and Management of the Mountain and Keele Rivers, Sahtu Region, Northwest Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
Richard Hagg
Description
Canadian Heritage and Development Studies Program Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1997.
Rediscovery: Towards a Local Wilderness Camp Curriculum
Theses
Author/Creator
John Maxted
Description
Physical Education and Sport Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1997.
Remembering Past Environments: Identity, Place and Environmental Knowledge in the Tumut Region of New South Wales
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ruth Lane
Aboriginal History, vol. 21, 1997, pp. [148]-161
Description
Comments on the rights and responsibilities towards land and links to personal and cultural history.
Residues of Forestry Herbicides in Plants of Interest to Native Americans: Phase One - Development of Methodologies and Pilot Sampling
Alternate Title
Executive Summary of Report EH 97-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R. Segawa
A. Bradley
P. Lee
D. Tran
J. White
J. Hsu
K. Goh
Description
Outlines structure of study to assess exposure of basket weavers to three herbicides used in forest vegetation management.
Resilience and Rebellious Memory Loops: Further Musings of an American Indian Ethnoecologist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Enrique Salmón
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
Description
Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
Resource Management and the Mi'kmaq Nation
Alternate Title
Resource Management and the M'ikmaq Nation
Resource Management and the Micmac Nation
Resource Management and the Mik'maq Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Berneshawi
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 115-148
Description
Examines the active and effective involvement of the Mi'kmaq Nation in the resource management processes in Nova Scotia and the beneficial use of traditional knowledge in conservation and resource use planning.
A Review of Arctic Trace Metal Data with Implications for Biological Effects
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
B. J. Presley
Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 35, no. 7-12, July-December 1997, pp. 226-234
Description
Review of data found few studies in this area; author recommends initiation of monitoring programs to gain greater knowledge of the effects of human activity on the marine environment.
A Risk Balance Analysis of Dioxin and Furan Related Shellfish Closures for Aboriginal Coastal Communities in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Clare L. S. Wiseman
Description
Resource and Environmental Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--Simon Fraser University, 1997.
Risks and Impacts to First Nation Health and the Mount Polley Mine Tailings Dam Failure
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janis Shandro
Laura Jokinen
Alison Stockwell
Francesco Mazzei
Mirko S. Winkler
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 84-102
Description
Describes findings from the Mount Polley Mine Health Impact Assessment including which communities were impacted by the breached dam.
Rivers, Fish and the People: Tradition, Science, and Historical Ecology of Fisheries in the American West
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joshua L. Reid
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 136-137
Description
Book review of: Rivers, Fish and the People by Pei-Lin Yu.
Sacred Sites and Secular Reasoning: Managing the Majorville Medicine Wheel Area
Theses
Author/Creator
Mitchell Taylor Goodjohn
Description
Resources and the Environment Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Calgary, 1997.
Seasonal Circles
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 7 Cross-Curircular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Trine Dennis
Description
Contains material that can be used for mathematics, physical health and education, English language arts and science classes.
Seeds as Ancestors, Seeds as Archives: Seed Sovereignty and the Politics of Repatriation to Native Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Gish Hill
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 93-112
Description
Looks at how colonization impacted traditional foodways, the importance of access to traditional seeds, and the need to repatriate them from seed banks.
Sesquiterpene Lactone Containing Mexican Indian Medicinal Plants and Pure Sesquiterpene Lactones as Potent Inhibitors of Transcription Factor NF-kB
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter M. Bork
M. Lienhard Schmitz
Michaela Kuhnt
Claudia Escher
Michael Heinrich
FEBS Letters, vol. 402, no. 1, January 1997, pp. 85-90
Description
Studies the possible regressive effect of 54 Mexican Indian mecidinal plants on the activation of transcription factor NF-kB.
Shigellosis on Indian Reserves in Manitoba, Canada: Its Relationship to Crowded Housing, Lack of Running Water, and Inadequate Sewage Disposal
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ted Rosenberg
Ora Kendall
Jamie Blanchard
Suzanne Martel
Craig Wakelin
et al.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 87, no. 9, September 1997, pp. 1547-1551
Description
Compares incidence and hospitalization rates for shigetlosis between Indians and the rest of the population in Manitoba, and also examines the relationship between shigellosis and environmental conditions on reserves.
Social and Cultural Impacts of Mercury Pollution on Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret A. Wheatley
Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, vol. 97, 1997, pp. 85-90
Description
Argues that the indirect effects of mercury pollution outweigh the direct clinical effects of exposure.
Spatial Distribution of Lead in Soil and Sediment in Iqaluit, Northwest Territories and Links With Human Health
Theses
Author/Creator
Liisa Peramaki
Description
Geography Thesis (M.E.S.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 1997.
"Straight from the Heavens into Your Bucket": Domestic Rainwater Harvesting as a Measure to Improve Water Security in a Subarctic Indigenous Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas Mercer
Maura Hanrahan
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1312223
Description
Discusses project to improve water access for the Inuit community of Black Tickle-Domino, Labrador.
Task-dependent Cold Stress During Expeditions in Antarctic Environments
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Drew M. Morris
June J. Pilcher
Robert B. Power
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, pp. 1-7
Description
Looks at health and safety risks in the polar tourism industry in the Antarctic.
"They've Got No Stake in Where They're At": Radical Ecology, The Fourth World and Local Identity in the Bella Coola Region
Theses
Author/Creator
William T.L. Hipwell
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1997.
Think Indigenous [2017]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Francois Paulette
Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2017]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Francois Paulette
Description
Speaker discusses lifelong learning and caring for Mother Earth.
Duration: 38:05.
Thinking with Nunangat in Proposing Pedagogies for/with Inuit Early Childhood Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Caroline Rowan
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Brunswick, 2017.
Tourism in Gwaii Haanas: Contributions to Haida Gwaii Communities and Co-management
Theses
Author/Creator
Rachel Elliott
Description
Resource and Environmental Management Thesis (MREM)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
Towards Indigenous Marine Management: A Case Study of Yelloweye Rockfish on the Central Coast of British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Lauren Eckert
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Victoria, 2017.
Tracking Sources of Clostridium Botulinum Type E Contamination in Seal Meat
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Leclair
Jeffrey M. Farber
Franco Pagotto
Sandy Suppa
Bill Doidge
John W. Austin
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1380994
Description
Looks at meat handling practices in the communities of Kuujjuaq, Kangiqsualujjuaq and Tasiujaq.
Traditional Animal Foods of Indigenous Peoples of Northern North America: the Contributions of Wildlife Diversity to the Subsistence and Nutrition of Indigenous Cultures
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Harriet V. Kuhnlein
Murray M. Humphries
Description
Web publication describes and references published literature. Presents data for 527 species, drawing from over 490 ethnographic sources, and additional 91 unique sources reporting nutritional information, and 357 sources containing basic biological information.
Tribes Respond to Presidential Withdrawal From Climate Pact
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Trahant
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Reprinted from Trahant Reports, June 5, 2017.
A Trick of the Light: Winter--
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katie Zdybel
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 55-66
Description
Author describes her experiences of winter in the Yukon.
[The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Recommendations and a Return to the Original Intent of the Treaty Relationship]
Alternate Title
McKercher Lecture Series
Wunusweh Lecture in Aboriginal Law ; 2017
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Derek Nepinak
Description
Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs speaks about his background, challenges faced by community chiefs and First Nations political organizations, and the how the land plays a central role in attempts at reconciliation
Duration: 59:54.
Unlikely Alliances : Native Nations and White Communities Join to Defend Rural Lands
Alternate Title
Indigenous Confluences
E-Books
Author/Creator
Zoltán Grossman
The Use of Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge in Public Government Programs and Services in the Northwest Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephanie M. Irlbacher
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1997.