E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Simon
The Nexus of Identity, Inuit Autonomy and Arctic Sustainability: Learning From Nunavut, Community and Culture
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Doubleday
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 16, no. 2, September 2003, pp. 297-308, 427
Description
Looks at Inuit historical suppression and reclamation of identity within implications of Arctic sustainability in Nunavut.
Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage Shipping and Marine Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E. R. Jakobsen
Zebedee Nungak
Silas Elytuk Arngna’naaq
Peter F. K. Ittinuar
Kuupik Vandersee Kleist
Okalik Eegeesiak]
Description
Essays by authors from across Inuit Nunangat and Greenland discuss the possible impacts of the opening of the Passage due to climate change.
Nodal Area Evolution In The Fur Trade: 1768-1821
Theses
Author/Creator
Vincent Andrew Balls
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2003.
Non-Timber Forest Products: Indigenous Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Livelihood Security in West Suriname
Theses
Author/Creator
Tim van den Boog
Description
Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
Northern Lights Against POPs, Combatting Toxic Threats in the Arctic
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joanna Kafarowski
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 537-540
Description
Book review of: Northern Lights Against POPs, Combatting Toxic Threats in the Arctic edited by David Downie Leonard and Terry Fenge.
Northern Pipeline Allowed Despite Native Land Claims
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Reprinted from the Globe and Mail
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 11, no. 5, May 1981, p. 17
Description
National Energy Board allows the construction of an oil pipeline along the Mackenzie River.
NTFP Program Development: Indigenous Community Forestry With A Focus on Non-Timber Forest Products: A Literature Synthesis, Sustainability Assessment, and Program Development Recommendations
Theses
Author/Creator
Diane Muriel Beattie
Description
Environment and Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2003.
Nuclear Fuel Waste and Aboriginal Concerns: Canada's Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Concept Public Hearings: A Content Analysis
Theses
Author/Creator
Ann Marie Farrugia-Uhalde
Description
Environmental Applied Science and Management Thesis (M.Sc..)--Ryerson University, 2003.
Nunavut Economic Development Strategy: Building a Foundation for the Future
Documents & Presentations
Description
Looks at a strategy to identify and share information to support strategic planning for Nunavut’s economic development; and looks at issues related to the land, people and communities in addition to more traditional economic concerns.
Nutritional Factors May Modify the Toxic Action of Methyl Mercury in Fish-Eating Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas W. Clarkson
J. J. Strain
Journal of Nutrition, vol. 133, no. 5, Supplement, May 2003, pp. 1539S-1543S
Description
Discussion of choline as a required nutrient for humans and the finding that this may protect against neurotoxicity.
Oil and the Iñupiaq: Linking Industry and Education at Iļisaġvik College
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pearl Kiyawn Brower
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 4, Oil and Indian Country, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Comments on college programming designed to support industry jobs.
Old Routes, New Trails: Contemporary Inuit Travel and Orienting in Igloolik, Nunavut
Theses
Author/Creator
Claudio Aporta
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2003.
[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
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.
Organochlorine Levels in Maternal and Umbilical Cord Blood Plasma in Arctic Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jody Butler Walker
Laura Seddon
Ed McMullen
Jan Houseman
Karen Tofflemire
André Corriveau
Jean-Phillipe Weber
Carole Mills
Samuel Smith
Jay Van Oostdam
The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 302, no. 1-3, January 20, 2003, pp. 27-52
Description
Discussion of the base line for exposure to organochlorine and metal contaminants, and the higher rates of exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) for Inuit, Dene and Métis.
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.
Our Nationhood
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Description
Looks at the Listuguj Mi'gmaq people and their determination to manage the natural resources of their traditional lands.
Duration: 1:36:00.
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.
Particulate Matter and Gaseous Contaminants in Indoor Environments in an Isolated Northern Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Guggisberg
Patrick A. Hessel
Dennis Michaelchuk
Martin Atiemo
Dip Th
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 62, no. 2, 2003, pp. 120-129
Description
Report recommends that measures should be taken to reduce indoor smoke exposure in order to achieve better health outcomes.
People of the Robin: The Tsimshian of Kitsumkalum: A Resource Book for the Kitsumkalum Education Committee and the Coast Mountain School District 82 (Terrace)
Alternate Title
Solstice Series ; no. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
James Andrew McDonald
A Perpetual Peace: American Indian Treaties and the Environment
Theses
Author/Creator
M. René Johnson
Description
Rhetoric and Technical Communication (Ph.D)--Michigan Technological University, 2003.
Pinpinayhaytosowin [The Way We Do Things]: A Definition of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in the Context of Mining Development on Lands of the Attawapiskat First Nation and its Effects on the Design of Research for a TEK Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Norbert Witt
Jackie Hookimaw-Witt
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, 2003, pp. 361-390
Description
Discussion of why TEK studies are needed, how to proceed, and impact of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) regulations on traditional land use.
Plants and People of Groote Eylandt
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dulcie Levitt
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, December 1981, pp. 27-37
Description
Describes various plants for medicinal use.
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.
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.
Professors' Knowledge of Agriculture and Natural Resource Issues on Hopi and Navajo Lands: A Contributing Factor in Native American Student Recruitment and Retention
Theses
Author/Creator
Melvina Marie Adolf
Description
Agricultural Education Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 2003.
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.
Protecting the Arctic, Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Survival
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Edmund Searles
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 540-543
Description
Book review of: Protecting the Arctic by Mark Nuttall.
Proto-Historic Ecological Effects of the Fur Trade on Micmac Culture in Northeastern New Brunswick
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David V. Burley
Ethnohistory, vol. 28, no. 3, Summer, 1981, pp. 203-216
Description
Offers an alternative model of Micmac settlement patterns.
Psychological Effects of Technological/Human-Caused Environmental Disasters: Examinations of the Navajo and Uranium
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol A. Markstrom
Perry H. Charley
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 11, no. 1, 2003, pp. 19-45
Description
Reviews the history of uranium and discusses efforts for compensation.
[Recensions/Book Reviews]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Louis-Jacques Dorais
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 535-537
Description
Book review of: [Pt. 2] L'Hiver et le Nord. by Louis-Edmond Hamelin, with the participation of Marie-Claude Lavallé, project supervised by Hélène Cajolet-Laganière and Pierre Martel.
Review in French.
[Recensions/Book Reviews]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean Rousseau
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. [546]-549
Description
Book review of Aboriginal Autonomy and Development in Northern Quebec and Labrador edited by Colin H. Scott.
Review in French.
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.
Righting Past Wrongs: The Case For a Federal Role in Decommissioning and Reclaiming Abandoned Uranium Mines in Northern Saskatchewan
Alternate Title
Public Policy Paper (Saskatchewan Institute for Public Policy) ; no. 21
SIPP Public Policy Paper ; 21
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ian Peach
Don Hovdebo
Rights to Land: The Case of the Maasai of Tanzania
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Benedict Ole Nangoro
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples in Africa, 2003, pp. 38-46
Description
Historical overview of land management, ownership and programs for villages and discusses new opportunities for pastoral communities arising from land policy and legislation.
To access this article, scroll down to page 38.
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.
Salmon Farming and Salmon People: Identity and Environment in the Leggatt Inquiry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothee Schreiber
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 4, 2003, pp. 79-103
Description
Looks at the provincial Leggatt Inquiry, the legal and political context surrounding it, and the intrusion into First Nations territory and ways of life and peoples effected.
Saving Salmon the American Indian Way
Alternate Title
PERC Policy Series ; 29
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Manuel Nikel-Zueger
Description
Looks at a sustainable system of salmon fishing based on property rights to fishing sites.
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.
Serotonergic Brainstem Abnormalities in Northern Plains Indians with the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hannah C. Kinney
Leslie L. Randall
Lynn A. Sleeper
Marian Willinger
Richard A. Belliveay ... [et al.]
Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, vol. 62, no. 11, November 2003, pp. 1178-1191
Description
Study tested the hypothesis that receptor binding abnormalities to the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) was a factor in the high rate of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).