Theses
Author/Creator
Alvin Kim Clark
Description
Forest Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 1993.
Many Things to Many People: Aboriginal Forestry in Canada is Looking Toward Balanced Solutions
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Harry Bombay
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Resource and Sanctuary, Spring, 1993
Description
Looks at the many challenges facing aboriginal foresters.
The Mataatua Declaration on Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Commission on Human Rights, Sub-Commission of Prevention of
Discrimination and Protection of Minorities Working Group on Indigenous Populations 19-30 July 1993
Alternate Title
International Conference on the Cultural & Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples ; 1st, 1993
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First International Conference on the Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Description
Conference held to discuss significant issues including Indigenous knowledge, biodiversity, biotechnology, environmental management, arts, music, language, and spiritual and cultural issues.
Mechanisms of Indigenous Exclusion in British Columbia's Environmental Assessment Process
Theses
Author/Creator
Hollis Katherine Andrews
Description
Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
Microevolutionary Pattern in Aboriginal Australia: A Gradient Analysis of Clines.
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
L. Freedman
Aboriginal History, vol. 17, 1993, pp. 186-188
Description
Book review of: Microevolutionary Pattern in Aboriginal Australia by Joseph B. Birsell.
Review located by scrolling to page 186.
Mining Threatens Innu, Inuit
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carolyn Fast
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3, Whos Local Here?: Politics of Participation in Development, Fall, 1996
Description
Reflects on the impact of the mining industry on the way of life of the Innu and Innuit peoples.The article also discusses the ecotourism industry the indigenous people are building in order to preserve their culture and environment.
Mountain Home: Tales of Seeking a Family Life in Harmony With Nature
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Adolf Hungry Wolf
Moving Toward Co-operation: Inuit Circumpolar Policies and the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Chester Reimer
Northern Perspectives, vol. 21, no. 4, Winter, 1993-94, p. [?]
Description
Comments on the commitments made by the ministers as a result of the Nuuk meeting in September 1993.
Muskoxen/Sedge Meadow Interactions, North-Central Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
David Lawrence Smith
Description
Crop Science and Plant Ecology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1996.
The Nasty Game: How Environment Assessment Is Failing Aboriginal Communities in Canada's North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Wismer
Alternatives Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, October 1996, p. 10
Description
Argues that assessment can be a good process for determining whether or not the outcomes of economic development are positive or negative and for ensuring that environmental and human equity concerns provide an ethical base for decision making.
Native Voices on Native Science: Mohawk Perspectives on the Concept, Practice, and Meaning of a Knowledge Production System Rooted in Traditional Native Thought
Theses
Author/Creator
Pamela Johnson
Description
Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 1996.
New Alliance Fighting Development in the Choco; Clayoquot Sound Action Continues
Alternate Title
cs canada 17.3
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue: Selections From State of the Peoples, Fall, 1993
Description
Highlights two acts of solidarity, in two different parts of the world, that try to defend lands and livelihoods.
A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Simon
Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage Shipping and Marine Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E.R. Jakobsen … [et al.]]
Description
Essays by authors from across Inuit Nunangat and Greenland discuss the possible impacts of the opening of the Passage due to climate change.
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.
Nourishing Terrains: Australian Aboriginal Views of Landscape and Wilderness
E-Books
Author/Creator
Deborah Bird Rose
The NSW Health Partnership Agreement
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, May/June 1996, pp. 17-18
Description
Discusses the partnership between the New South Wales government, Community Controlled Medical Services and Aboriginal communities and the development of a State Aboriginal health policy.
Numerology as the Base of the Myth of Creation, According to the Mayas, Aztecs, and Some Contemporary American Indians
Theses
Author/Creator
Vera Anderson
Description
Spanish and Portuguese Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1993.
Nutritional Qualities of Ooligan Grease: A Traditional Food Fat of British Columbia First Nations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harriet V. Kuhnlein
Faustinus Yeboah
Maggie Sedgemore
Scotty Sedgemore
Hing Man Chan
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, vol. 9, March 1996, pp. 18-31
Description
Looks at the nutrient composition and the heavy metal concentration of ooligan grease in samples collected from five First Nations communities.
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.
[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.
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.
Plant Communities of Archaeological Sites, Abandoned Dwellings and Trampled Tundra in the Eastern Canadian Arctic: A Multivariate Analysis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce C. Forbes
Arctic, vol. 49, no. 2, June 1996, pp. 141-154
Description
Discusses how long it takes for sites disturbed by humankind to return to their original states.
Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) and Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene (DDE) Exposure among Native American Men from Contaminated Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edward F. Fitzgerald
Kelley A. Brix
Debra A. Deres
Syni-an Hwang
Brian Bush
et al.
Toxicology and Industrial Health, vol. 12, no. 3/4, 1996, pp. 361-368
Description
Reports on a study conducted on residents of the Akwesasne Reservation to check the association between consumption of local fish, residential exposure, body burdens of PCBs and liver enzyme induction.
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.
Priest Convicted of Contempt
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Anglican Journal, vol. 119, no. 10, December 1993, p. 11
Description
Discussion of the contempt of court charge against Rev. Graeme Brownlee, an Anglican priest, and 23 others who protested against logging in the Clayoquot Sound area of British Columbia.
Priscilla Settee: Engineering Environmental Harmony
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Fiona Muldrew
Herizons, vol. 10, no. 3, Summer, 1996, pp. 22-24
Description
Profile of women's rights activist Priscilla Settee and her contributions to Indigenous rights, women's rights and Earth rights.
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.
Public Voices and Wilderness in Environmental Assessment: A Philosophical Examination of Resource Policy Decisions
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew John Satterthwaite
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 1996.
Relative Uptake of Cadmium by Garden Vegetables and Fruits Grown on Long-Term Biosolid-Amended Soils
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sally L. Brown
Rufus L. Chaney
Cheryl A. Lloyd
J. Scott Angle
James A. Ryan
Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 30, 1996, pp. 3508-3511
Description
Compares the control vegetable, lettuce, with other vegetables grown in heavily Cadmium contaminated soil.
A Report of Wisdom Synthesized From the Traditional Knowledge Component Studies
Alternate Title
Northern River Basins Study Synthesis Report ; 12
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lea Bill
Jean Crozier
Dennis Surrendi
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.
Resources, Conflict, and Culture: the Sour Gas Plant Dispute between Unocal Canada and the Lubicon Cree Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Virginia V. Gibson
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1996.
REVIEWS [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, Vol. 8, No. 2, Summer, 1996]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael Elliot
Ruth Rosenberg
Larry Ellis
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 2, Series 2; Teaching American Indian Literatures, Summer, 1996, pp. [89]-103
Description
Book reviews of:
Ke-ma-ha: The Omaha Stories of Francis La Flesche edited by James W. Parins and Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr.
Life and Death in Mohawk Country by Bruce E. Johansen.
The Feathered Heart by Mark Turcotte.
Eagle Drum: On the Powwow Trail with a Young Grass Dancer by Robert Crum.
Indians, Franciscans, and Spanish Colonization by Robert H. Jackson and Edward Castillo.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews, scroll down to appropriate page.
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.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 148: Westbury Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 148 contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Westbury Hotel, Toronto, Ontario. Subjects discussed include community policing, substance abuse, Metis and Non-Status rights, the arts, the environment. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 152: Vancouver, British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 152 contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This portion includes presentations of individuals and groups dealing with various topics concerning health care systems and services; fishing rights; fire fighting in the Aboriginal Community; cultural advancement through writing and issues surrounding special needs citizens in the Aboriginal Community. Questions from the assembled Commissioners follow each presentation which can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 171: Special Consultation via telephone between Nick Schultz and Wilfred Doucette, Ottawa, Ontario
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nick Schultz
Wilfred Doucette
Andrew Orkin
Description
RCAP 171 contains a transcript of a telephone consultation between Counsel for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People, Nick Schultz and journalist Wilfred Doucette who had been a witness to the relocation of Inuit/Eskimos to the High Artic. The conversation focuses on the portrayal, in the current media, of the events that took place during the relocation. Highlighted are articles from the newspapers; Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and The Boston Globe, among others. Also an area of concern was that of a CBC show "Quirk and Quarks" featuring lawyer Andrew Orkin.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 178: The Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 178 contains a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario. The format is an informal round table discussion on the topic of "Education as a Tool for Self-sufficiency." Preceding the discussion are two presentations focusing on a Discussion Paper of the topic and a presentation of a Model of an Aboriginal Education Initiative for the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College.