Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J. S.Tsuji
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 16, no. 2, 1996, pp. 283-292
Description
Traditional ecological knowledge in the Fort Albany First Nation is being lost between generations.
Loss of Land Could Threaten Health of Sámi People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelly Morris
Lancet, vol. 374, no. 9683, July 4, 2009, pp. 15-16
Description
Brief article discusses the implications of thawing permafrost and increased industrial activity for Sami traditional way of life and culture.
Making Connections Through Experiential Education: Teachers and Students in Science 10
Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 159
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Beth Campbell
Susan Campbell
Marcia Klein
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Reports on the course, Sustainability of Ecosystems taught at Brightsands Science and Environment Centre with a Traditional Knowledge Keeper in a tipi or on the open prairie.
Managing Laponia: A World Heritage as Arena for Sami Ethno-Politics in Sweden
Alternate Title
Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis
Uppsala Studies in Cultural Anthropology ; no. 47
Theses
Author/Creator
Carina Green
Description
[Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Uppsala University, 2009.
Managing the Risks of Climate Change: A Guide for Arctic and Northern Communities, vol. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert A. Black
James P. Bruce
Mark Egener
Description
Outlines evidence that climate change is due to increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, looks at how those changes are affecting communities and what can be done to manage risk.
Related material: Vol. 2: Workbook and Case Studies.
Managing the Risks of Climate Change: A Guide for Arctic and Northern Communities, vol. 2: Workbook and Case Studies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert A. Black
James P. Bruce
Mark Egener
Description
Presents a workshop that considered the climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in three general geographic areas: the Eastern Arctic, the Western Arctic, and the Yukon/Mackenzie region.
Related material: Vol. 1.
Maternal And Infant Health And The Physical Environment
Of First Nations And Inuit Communities: A Summary Review
Alternate Title
Project (Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence) ; no. 183
E-Books
Author/Creator
R. Stout
T. Dionne Stout
R. Harp
Project (Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence)
Description
Reviews literature published between 1978 and 2008.
Mawi'aqnutma'tmk = Let Us Talk Together = Mawi'akanutma'timk: Text Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maritime Aboriginal Peoples Council
Description
Summarizes discussions about duty of governments to consult with Aboriginal peoples.
Meaningful Involvement of Aboriginal Peoples in Environmental Assessment: Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Includes three case studies: Namgis First Nation and the Orca Sand and Gravel Project, Tahltan Iskut First Nation and the Galore Creek Project, and Union of New Brunswick Indians and the Emera Pipeline.
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.
Melting the Ice in the Hearts of Men
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Angaangaq
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3, Native Womens Hidden Reality, Fall, 2009
Description
Reflects on global warming, the melting of ice caps, and the need for the people of the world to use their knowledge to begin repairing the damage.
Minding Our Words: Instrumental Reason, Communicative Action and Inuit Voice in a Northern Forum Dealing With Climate Change and Healthy Communities
Alternate Title
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frank James Tester
Description
Examines theories behind a framework developed about climate change and the response from Inuit to it.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
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
Murray River Country: An Ecological Dialogue with Traditional Owners
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Weir
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.
Near No Name Cove
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jerah Chadwick
The Northern Review, no. 31, Northern Literature, Fall, 2009, pp. 28-29
Description
A poem.
Needing Water
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susheila Khera
The Northern Review, no. 31, Northern Literature, Fall, 2009, p. 171
Description
A poem about August in Alaska.
Never Lose Sight
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sarah McNair-Landry
Description
Short documentary focuses on the problem of disposing of garbage in Iqaluit, Nunavut.
Duration: 21:30.
The New Northern Policy Universe
Alternate Title
Art of the State Series ; 4
Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects in Canada's North
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Thomas J. Courchene
F. Leslie Seidle
France St.Hilaire
Description
Chapter in book: Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects in Canada's North edited by Frances, Abele, Thomas J. Courchene, F. Leslie Seidle and Frances St. Hilaire. Suggests that in the face of climate change, northerners should have more control over their environment.
A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Simon
Night Light
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Coray
The Northern Review, no. 31, Northern Literature, Fall, 2009, p. 58
Description
A poem.
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: An Economic Opportunity for First Nations' People
Alternate Title
SFM Network Research Note Series ; no. 51
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Catalina Solano-Rivera
Description
Explores how wildberries are a special type of non-timber forest product that have social, cultural and economic importance for the Gwich’in communities.
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 Entrepreneurship
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Katherine Walker
Description
Examines economic, social and environmental entrepreneurship in the North for small to medium-sized businesses.
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.
Nuclear Power in Saskatchewan ... The Case
Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 5, May 2009, p. 5
Description
Compares the pros and cons of nuclear energy by a representative of Bruce Power and a journalist from Eagle Feather News.
Article located by scrolling to page 5.
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.
Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters with the Land
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tom J. Hillard
MELUS, vol. 34, no. 2, Summer, 2009, pp. 194-196
Description
Book review of: Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters with the Land by Rinda West.
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.
Paleoeskimo Demography and Sea-Level History, Kent Peninsula and King William Island, Central Northwest Passage, Arctic Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arthur S. Dyke
James M. Savelle
Arctic, vol. 62, no. 4, December 2009, p. 371–392
Description
Discusses surveys of the Paleoeskimo sites including, common and uncommon dwelling features, the changes with elevation, environment, fauna resources, and social dynamics based on dwelling size.
Paleoindian Aggregation and Social Context at Bull Brook
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian S. Robinson
Jennifer C. Ort
William A. Eldridge
Adrian L. Burke
Bertrand G. Pelletier
American Antiquity, vol. 74, no. 3, July 2009, pp. 423-447
Description
Suggests that the Bull Brock site in Ipswich, Massachusetts was associated with communal hunting and a caribou drive. The site was a model that seemed to complement both environmental and social factors.
Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples Resistance to Globalization
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Priscilla Settee
Brady Boehmer
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 2009, pp. 85-88
Description
Book review of: Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples Resistance to Globalization edited by Jerry Mander and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz.
Pastoralism and The Challenges of Climate Change
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joseph Ole Simel
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Pastoralism, 2009, pp. 30-37
Description
Discusses pastoralism as a viable livelihood.
To access this article, scroll down to page 30.
People and Reindeer in a Changing Climate
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Philip Burgess
Description
Looks at EALÁT, a Reindeer Herders Vulnerability Network Study and project examining reindeer pastoralism of the Sami and climate change.
Duration: 35:34.