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Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Description
Document outlines policy to manage mineral resources while ensuring environmental and human health impacts are minimized.
Mine Site Reclamation Policy for the Northwest Territories
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)
p. 18
Description
Outlines the policy for environmental protection and any liability issues relating to mine closures located in the Northwest Territories.
The Moral Epistemology of First Nations Stories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jim Cheney
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 7, no. 2, [Telling Our Stories], 2002, pp. 88-100
Description
Comments on several storytellers (Carol Geddes, Louise Profeit-Leblanc, Vine Deloria, Lee Hester) to show that storytelling should be part of environmental education, ethics and practice.
Muskox Land: Ellesmere Island in the Age of Contact
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
G. Hattersley-Smith
Arctic, vol. 55, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 302-3
Description
Book review of: Muskox Land by Lyle Dick.
Native American Issues in Early Childhood Education
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Guy W. Jones
Sally Moomaw
Description
Chapter one in book: Lessons From Turtle Island: Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms by Guy W. Jones, Sally Moomaw.
Native Studies 10
E-Books
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Learning
Description
Saskatchewan Learning Curriculum Guide.
Naturalness in Landscape: An Inquiry From a Planning Perspective
Theses
Author/Creator
Raymond Clifford Chipeniuk
Description
Regional Planning and Resource Development Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waterloo, 1994.
Neither Wolf nor Dog: American Indians, Environment, and Agrarian Change
Alternate Title
Oxford University Press
E-Books
Author/Creator
David Rich Lewis
p. x, 240
Neurobehavioral Performance of Inuit Children with Increased Prenatal Exposure to Methylmercury
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pál Weihe
Jens C. Hansen
Katsuyuki Murata
Frodi Debes
Poul J. Jørgensen
et al.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 61, no. 1, 2002, pp. 41-49
Description
Reports that prenatal or early postnatal exposure to methylmercury causes subtle neurobehavioral problems.
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.
La Nuit Inuit: Éléments de Réflexion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Guy Bordin
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, Inuit and Qallunaaq Perspectives: Interacting points of view, 2002, pp. [45]-70
Description
Compares historical writings about the Inuit and the effect of the long periods of darkness and the actual Inuit attitudes and perceptions.
Text in French.
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.
One Mother Earth, One Doctor Water: A Story About Environmental Justice in the Age of Nuclearism. A Native American View
Theses
Author/Creator
Annie Grace Ross
Description
Native American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2002.
One with the Watershed: A Story-based Curriculum for Primary Environmental Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tom Heidlebaugh
Description
Uses traditional stories about the Salmon people as a starting point to talk about environmental health and caretaking.
"A Salmon Homecoming Production."
[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.
Our Wealth Sits on the Table: Food, Resistance, and Salmon Farming in Two First Nations Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothee Schreiber
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Summer, 2002, pp. 360-377
Description
Author speaks to both commercial and food fishers from the Ahousaht and Namgis First Nations to learn about their experience of the effect of the salmon farming industry.
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.
Paleoindians in Beringia: Evidence from Arctic Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. C. Roosevelt
M. Lima da Costa
C. Lopes Machado
M. Michab
N. Mercier
H. Valladas
J. Feathers
W. Barnett
M. Imazio da Silveira
A. Henderson
J. Silva
B. Chernoff
D. S. Reese
J. A. Holman
N. Toth
K. Schick
Science, vol. 263, no. 5147, New Series, February 4, 1994, pp. 660-662
Description
Excavations at the Mesa site indicate occupation between 9,730 and 11,660 years ago before climate changes encouraged southward migration.
Pentachlorophenol and Hydroxylated Polychlorinated Biphenyl Metabloites in Umbilical Cord Plasma of Neonates from Coastal Populations in Québec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Courtney D. Sandau
Pierre Ayotte
Éric Dewailly
Jason Duffe
Ross J. Norstrom
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 110, no. 4, April 2002, pp. 411-417
Description
Of the three areas studied, the highest concentrations were from the two coastal areas where there is a higher percentage of marine-food based diets.
Politics and Demography in a Contact Situation: The Establishment of the Giles Meteorological Station in the Rawlinson Ranges, West Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laurent Dousset
Aboriginal History , vol. 26, 2002, pp. [1]-22
Description
Looks at socio-demographic changes to Aboriginal groups in the area due to the founding of the station.
The Politics of Reintegrating Australian Aboriginal and American Indian Indigenous Knowledge into Resource Management: the Dynamics of Resource Appropriation and Cultural Revival
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Ross
Kathleen Pickering.
Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, June 2002, pp. 187-215
Description
Similar views found between Native American and Australian Aboriginal communities concerning culturally based solutions for sustainable resource management.
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.
Predictive Modeling and the Ecology of Hunter-Gatherers of the Boreal Forest of Manitoba
Theses
Author/Creator
David Ebert
Description
Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Manitoba, 2002.
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.
Prosperous Partnership in a Green Future: First Nations/Province To Co-Manage Resources
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 23, no. 6, July-August 1994, p. 10
Description
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and the Province of Saskatchewan sign a Renewable Resources and Environmental Management Protocol Agreement.
Provincial Jurisdiction, Adjudicative Authority and Aboriginal Rights: A Comment on Paul v. B.C.(Forest Appeals Commission)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thomas Isaac
The Advocate, vol. 60, no. 1, January 2002, pp. 77-[?]
Description
The author asserts that the Paul decision is a misinterpretation of the decision by the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the balancing of Aboriginal rights and public rights.
Public Hearings: Toward Reconciliation: Overview of the Fourth Round
E-Books
Author/Creator
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
"Qui Se Ressemble S'assemble.": Logique de Construction et d'Organisation des Zoonymes en Langue Inuit
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vladimir Randa
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, Inuit and Qallunaaq Perspectives: Interacting points of view, 2002, pp. [71]-108
Description
Discusses the Inuit nomenclature of animal life and how it relates to their perceptions, way of life and cultural identity.
Re-thinking the Mercury Contamination Issue in Arctic Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Shawn Donaldson
Description
Geography and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2002.
Reconsidering the Canadian Environmental Impact Assessment Act A Place for Traditional Environmental Knowledge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Paci
Ann Tobin
Peter Robb
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, vol. 22, no. 2, March 2002, pp. 111-127
Description
Examines the legal recognition of Indigenous title as it relates to Canadian environmental policy.
Renewable Resources of the Beaufort Sea for our Children: Perspectives from an Inuvialuit Elder
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Billy Day
Arctic, vol. 55, no. 2, Supplement, June 2002, pp. 1-[?]
Description
Describes whaling practices and the need for protected areas.
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.
Results of Multiyear International Interlaboratory Comparison Program for Mercury in Human Hair
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
U. S. Gill
H. M. Schwartz
L. Bigras
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 43, no. 4, November 2002, pp. 466-472
Description
Summary results showed a wide range of performance quality and a need for replicate samples to properly assess the effectiveness of analytical methodologies and reliability of results.
Rethinking Precolonial Plant Cultivation on the Northwest Coast of North America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas Deur
Professional Geographer, vol. 54, no. 2, May 2002, pp. 140-157
Description
Argues that although portrayed as exclusively "hunter-fisher-gatherers", there is ample evidence that the peoples of this region also created gardens of edible plants using sophisticated methods. Author further argues that this portrayal was used to rationalize dispossession of traditional territories.
Returning Wildlife Management to Local Control in the Northwest Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
John Donihee
Description
Law Thesis (LL. M.)--University of Calgary, 2002.
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.
Science and Culture in a Curriculum for Tribal Environmental Management: The TENRM Program at the Northwest Indian College
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gigi Berardi
Dan Burns
Phillip H. Duran
Roberto Gonzalez-Plaza
Sharon Kinley
Lynn Robbins
Ted Williams
Wayne Woods
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 3, 2002, pp. 47-64
Description
Discussion of an interdisciplinary two year environmental studies program funded by the National Science Foundation.