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Rosamel Millaman Reinao
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, 2008, pp. 66-71
Description
Discusses the effects of climate change, excessive industrial use of water and forest expansion within the context of traditional Mapuche worldviews of personhood and community.
Mars Project Brings Space Program to Nunavut Youth
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 5, September 2002, pp. 30-31
Description
Reports on the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS), which simulates a mission to Mars on Devon Island.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.16.
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.
Meeting Climate Change and Related Environmental Decay Appropriately: Learnings From Indigenous Thinking
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen M. Sachs
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Looks at the Indigenous perspective to find solutions for the effects of global warming and the environmental challenges facing the world today.
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The Melting Ice Cellar: What Native Traditional Knowledge is Teaching Us About Global Warming and Environmental Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Longley Cochran
Alyson L. Geller
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 92, no. 9, September 2002, pp. 1404-1409
Description
Argues that environmental problems have often been observed by Alaska native communities decades before they have been confirmed by scientific research.
Memorandum of Understanding Between the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Canada) and the State Committee on Northern Affairs of the Russian Federation Concerning Cooperation on Aboriginal and Northern Development - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Canada)
State Committee on Northern Affairs of the Russian Federation
Description
Agreement between Canada and Russia that acknowledges common interests and issues that pertain to the Arctic and northern regions of both countries, including sustainable development and environmental protection.
Mine Site Reclamation Policy for Nunavut: A Policy for the Protection of the Environment and the Disposition of Liability Relating to Mine Closures in Nunavut
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
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.
Missed by the Mass Media: The Houma, Pointe-au-Chien, and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Keith Collins
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, 2008, pp. 43-53
Description
Estimates that 4,500 Indigenous people lost everything during two hurricanes, Katrina and Rita, and yet there was no mass media coverage of this event.
Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change: Solutions or Additional Threats?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Minnie Degawan
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, 2008, pp. 52-59
Description
Examines direct consequences of climate change on Indigenous people and the links between traditional knowledge and practices to natural resources and biological diversity.
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.
Naomi Carriere: Master Student in Biology
Alternate Title
Engaging Minds: Profiles of Discovery and Creativity at the U of S
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Naomi Carriere
U of S Research Communications
with the assistance of the Division of Media and Technology
Description
Short video on researcher's approach to the study of woodland caribou.
A Narrative of Motives: Solicitation and Confession in Linda Hogan's Power
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pascale Mccullough Manning
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 2, Summer, 2008, pp. 1-21
Description
Delves into the character of Ama, from Linda Hogan's novel, Power.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
National Inuit Position Paper Regarding the CCME Canada-Wide Strategy For the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent and Environment Canada's Proposed Regulatory Framework for Wastewater
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Johnson
Description
A review of the strategy and the framework show a lack of research in science, applied science and social science.
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 Americans and the Environment: Perspectives on the Ecological Indian
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Cozzo
American Anthropologist, vol. 110, no. 1, March 2008, p. 112
Description
Book review of: Native Americans and the Environment: Perspectives on the Ecological Indian edited by Michael E. Harkin and David Rich Lewis.
Native Americans and the Environment: Perspectives on the Ecological Indian; Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters With the Land
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
William Huggins
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 93-97
Description
Book reviews of:
Native Americans and the Environment: Perspectives on the Ecological Indian edited by Michael E. Harkin and David Rich Lewis
Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters With the Land by Rinda West.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 93.
Native Studies 10
E-Books
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Learning
Description
Saskatchewan Learning Curriculum Guide.
Natural Resources, Local Development and Social Enterprise: Examining the Connection Between Sustainable Rural Development and the Social Economy in British Columbia and Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andre Vallillee
Description
Examines the connection between sustainable rural development and the social economy; and looks at the role of social enterprises in key natural resource sectors, including non-timber forest products, local and organic agriculture, fisheries and shellfish, renewable energy, and ecotourism.
Negotiated Spaces: Work, Home and Relationships in the Dene Diamond Economy
Theses
Author/Creator
Virginia Valerie Gibson
Description
Mining Engineering Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2008.
Nemestake: An Ehlieweuk Approach to Forest Sustainability
Theses
Author/Creator
Jocelyn Cheechoo
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2008
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.
Nipiy Wasekimew / Clear Water: The Meaning of Water, From the Words of the Elders; The Interconnections of Health, Education, Law and the Environment
Theses
Author/Creator
Cheryl Darlene Sanderson
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2008.
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 Archaic Settlement and Subsistence Patterns at Agiak Lake, Brooks Range, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aaron K. Wilson
Jeffrey T. Rasic
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 45, no. 2, 2008, pp. 128-145
Description
Looks at the unique perspective of Northern Archaic settlement patterns, land use and the large number of prehistoric tent ring sites in the central Brooks Range, Alaska.
Northern Archaic Tradition Forty Years Later: Comments
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas D. Anderson
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 45, no. 2, 2008, pp. 169-178
Description
Discusses that more findings of notched points have demonstrated a more complex prehistory than was originally believed.
The Northern Research Endowment Fund and Fellowship Grants, 1992-2007: Reflections on the Initiative for Northern Studies in the Yukon
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Stager
Northern Review, no. 29, Northern Research Institute: Fifteen Years of Building Yukon Research Capacity, Fall, 2008, pp. 159-166
Description
Provides a history of the fund and fellowship grants established to stimulate "scholarly research in the humanities, social, pure and applied sciences that is directly relevant to Yukon".
"Not the Almighty": Evaluating Aboriginal Influence in Northern Land-Claim Boards
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Graham White
Arctic, vol. 61, no. 5, Supplement 1, December 2008, pp. 71-85
Description
Looks at the importance of Aboriginal involvement with land-claim boards, and their influence over government decisions affecting the wildlife and environment of traditional aboriginal lands.
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.
Of Ice and Men
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cameron M. Smith
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, Summer, 2008
Description
Discusses the opposition, by the Arctic indigenous peoples, towards the United States government's decision to list the polar bear as a threatened species.
Oil and Gas and the Inuvialuit People of the Western Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo-Paul Dana
Aldene Meis-Mason
Robert B. Anderson
Journal of Enterprising Communities, vol. 2, no. 2, 2008, pp. 151-167
Description
Presents a research paper that illustrates how oil and gas activities on Inuvialuit land will transform the lives of the people.
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.
[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.
Ordinary and Extraordinary Trauma: Race, Indigeneity, and Hurricane Katrina in Tunica-Biloxi History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Klopotek
Brenda Lintinger
John Barbry
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, Special Issue: Indigenous Locations Post-Katrina: Beyond Invisibility and Disaster, 2008, pp. 55-77
Description
Describes how some individuals, of theTunica-Biloxi tribe, came to terms with their feelings of grief and rage after hurricane Katrina.
The Organic Citizen: Reimagining Democratic Participation and Indigeneity in U.S. Late 19th and 20th Century Eco-Narratives
Theses
Author/Creator
Melinda DiStefano
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duke University, 2008.
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.