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Theses
Author/Creator
C. Drew Bednasek
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2009.
Aboriginal Placenames: Naming and Re-Naming the Australian Landscape
Alternate Title
Aboriginal History Monograph ; 19
E-Books
Author/Creator
Val Attenbrow
Jakelin Troy
Michael Walsh
Greg Windsor
Jim Smith ... [et al.]
Aboriginal History Monograph
Advancing Landscape Change Research through the Incorporation of Iñupiaq Knowledge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy R. Eisner
Chris J. Cuomo
Kenneth M. Hinkel
Benjamin M. Jones
Ronald H. Brower
Arctic, vol. 62, no. 4, December 2009, p. 429–442
Description
Discusses how Indigenous Knowledge can help scientific understanding of landscape changes on the Arctic Coastal Plain and on lake processes.
An Agent of Change: William Drewry and Land Surveying in British Columbia, 1887-1929
Theses
Author/Creator
Darby James Cameron
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2009.
"Almost Every Place, Every Rock, Had a Name": A Consideration of Place-name Density on King Island, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deanna Paniataaq Kingston
AlterNative, vol. 5, no. 1, 2009, pp. 6-25
Description
Compares concentration of place names on King Island to those reported for other communities and poses factors that may have contributed to this difference.
Amakomanak: An Early Holocene Microblade Site in Northwestern Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yan Axel Gómez Coutouly
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 111-135
Description
Author compares Amakomanak microblade assemblage to that of others from sites in Alaska; argues that the raw materials available in a given area are responsible for the different microblade designs described.
Archaeogeophysics and Statistical Analysis at the Buffalo Lake Métis Wintering Site (FdPe-1)
Theses
Author/Creator
Aaron D. Coons
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2017.
Being and Place Among the Tlingit
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jeff Oliver
Northern Review, no. 31, Fall, 2009, pp. 242-246
Description
Book review of Being and Place Among the Tlingit by Thomas F. Thornton.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert Keith Collins
Cynthia R. Kasee
Bruce Bernstein
Jim J. Buss
Paul V. Kroskrity
Gregory R. Campbell
Audra Simpson
Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox
John N. Law
Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark
Sam Herley
Benjamin L. Perez
Marlette Grant-Jackson
et al
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 2, 2009, pp. 113-163
Description
Book reviews of 22 books:
African Cherokees in Indian Territory: From Chattel to Citizen by Celia E. Naylor.
American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle and the Law by Matthew L. M. Fletcher.
Born of Fire: The Life and Pottery of Margaret Tafoya by Charles S. King.
Brothers Among Nations: The Pursuit of Intercultural Alliances in Early America, 1580-1660 by Cynthia J.
Bringing the Past to Life: Extracting Spatial Information from Historical Maps for a Digital Atlas of American Indian Treaties and Territories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daniel G. Cole
William J. Gribb
Description
Project had three main objectives: access to land tenure and population statistics for U.S. tribal groups, create maps in digital form referenced to the U.S. Geological Survey maps, and to create a printed atlas from information collected.
Canadian Indigenous Place Name Legislation and Policies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Laidlaw
Description
Discusses entities currently responsible for official place names and their processes, and some of the practicalities which need to be addressed when reverting to the Indigenous names.
Cancer-Related Health Behaviors and Health Service Use Among Inuit and Other Residents of Canada's North
Alternate Title
SEDAP Research Paper No. 248
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Ted McDonald
Ryan Trenholm
Description
Uses data from 2004-2005 Canadian Community Health Surveys and 2001 Aboriginal People's Survey for identifying demographic, socio-economic and geographic factors.
Caribou and the North: A Shared Future
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christopher B. Wolff
The Northern Review, no. 31, Northern Literature, Fall, 2009, pp. 235-237
Description
Book review of: Caribou and the North by Monte Hummel and Justina C. Ray.
"Centre from Which Underground Passages Radiate": Understanding Metaphysical Tunnels in a Stó:lõ Spiritual Geography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Robbins
Description
Project created to understand the Stó:lõ people by mapping and documenting the tunnel stories to produce a holistic view of their connection to sacred and physical geography. Project for Ethnohistory Field School 2009.
Comparing Resident Attitudes Toward Tourism: Community-Based Cases From Arctic Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Emma J. Stewart
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2009.
Decolonizing Geographies of Power: Indigenous Digital Counter-mapping Practices on Turtle Island
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dallas Hunt
Shaun A. Stevenson
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 7, no. 3, 2017, pp. 372-392
Description
Discusses how a digital map of Amiskwaciwaskahikan (Cree for Edmonton, Alberta), along with an overlay of Treaty 6 Indigenous maps onto a conventional map can be used to show Indigenous people were in Canada in a tangible way. Also looks at the Ogimaa Mikana project in Toronto, Ontario.
A Dry Oasis: The Canadian Plains in Late Prehistory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Daschuk
Prairie Forum, vol. 34, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 1-29
Description
Discusses how two key subsistence strategies, used by First Nations peoples to combat drought, were threatened when the ways of the modern world spread to the Great Plains.
Encounters Across Difference: The Digital Geographies of Inuit, the Arctic, and Environmental Management
Theses
Author/Creator
Jason C. Young
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2017.
Ethics in the Landscape: Prehistoric Archaeology and Local Sámi Knowledge in Interior Finnmark, Northern Norway
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marianne Skandfer
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 46, no. 1/2, The Tops of the World, 2009, pp. 89-102
Description
Author states that Sámi oral tradition is relevant and should be employed in order to better experience the local landscapes.
The Ethnography of Memory in East Siberia: Do Life Histories from the Arctic Coast Matter?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Florian Stammler
Aytalina Ivanova
Lena Sidorova
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-23
Description
Authors discuss how oral histories can influence and change collective memories and memory negotiation; argue that collective memory which includes a diversity of perspective is vital increasing human understanding of the past and a sense of belonging in the present.
Exploring Linkages Between Indigenous Community-Based Planning Strategies and Environmental Management: Developing Best-Practices for a Holistic Approach
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Szirtes
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2009.
Geology of National Parks, 3D and Photographic Tours: American Indians of the Southwest, 1871-1875
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
U.S. Department of the Interior
Description
Websites includes photographs of American Indians posing in Aboriginal dress or activities during the U.S. Geological and Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian and the Powell Survey of the Colorado River Canyons.
[Historic Native Peoples of Texas]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael L. Tate
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3, Summer, 2009, pp. 241-242
Description
Book review of: Historic Native Peoples of Texas by William C. Foster and Foreword by Alston V. Thoms.
Hummocks: Journeys and Inquiries Among the Canadian Inuit
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Yves Labreche
Northern Review, no. 31, Fall, 2009, pp. 248-251
Description
Book review of: Hummocks: Journeys and Inquiries Among the Canadian Inuit by Jean Malaurie.
Hunters of the Alpine Ice: The NWT Ice Patch Study
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thomas D. Andrews
Glen MacKay
Leon Andrew
Ice Blink: Navigating Northern Environmental History
Alternate Title
Canadian History and Environmental Series ; no.7
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jonathan Peyton
Andrew Stuhl
Marionne Cronin
Tina Adcock
Liza Piper ... [et al.]
Impacts of Place and Social Spaces on Traditional Food Systems in Southwestern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hannah Tait Neufeld
Chantelle A. M. Richmond
Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. 93-115
Description
Study shows urban mothers experience greater challenges than those residing on a reserve.
Indian Given: Racial Geographies Across Mexico and the United States
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Emilio Del Valle Escalante
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 111-112
Description
Book review of: Indian Given by Maria Josefina Saldaña-Portillo.
Indigeneity: Global and Local
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Francesca Merlan
Current Anthropology, vol. 50, no. 3, June 2009, pp. 303-333
Description
Explains that the word indigenous is used not only to distinguish between "natives" and "others" but also has evolved into a term for a geocultural category.
Indigenous Geographies: Research as Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Smithers Graeme
Erik Mandawe
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples -Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-19
Description
Discusses how research in a community based Indigenous project reflected personal stories of reconciliation.
The Industrial Transformation of Subarctic Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Stephen Bocking
Northern Review, no. 31, Fall, 2009, pp. 262-266
Description
Book review of The Industrial Transformation of Subarctic Canada by Liza Piper.
Inuit Heritage Trust
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Inuit Heritage Trust
Description
Inuit organization that deals with issues of archaeology, ethnographic objects and archives. Website highlights the organization's projects, programs, and traditional place names.
Kitselas Canyon 1
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[George F. MacDonald]
[Bill Reid Centre]
Description
Video features historical photos of villages located in the Kitselas Canyon in British Columbia and archaeological digs that took place in the late 1960's and 1970's.
Duration: 19:55.
Kitselas Canyon 2
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[George F. MacDonald]
[Bill Reid Centre]
Description
Video features historical photos of area and excavated Kitselas fortress site in the canyon.
Duration: 26:42.
"Left High and Dry": Federal Land Policies and Pima Agriculture, 1860-1910
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David H. Dejong
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, 2009, pp. 23-45
Description
Describes the economic, social and cultural history of the Pima ("River People").
Making Settler Space: George Dawson, the Geological Survey of Canada and the Colonization of the Canadian West in the Late 19th Century
Theses
Author/Creator
Jason William Grek Martin
Description
Geography Thesis (PhD) -- Queen's University, 2009.
Mobility and Migration Patterns of Aboriginal Populations in Canada 2001-2006
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stewart Clatworthy
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: the Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 43-51
Description
Estimates mobility and migration rates, size and direction of Aboriginal population movements inter-provincially and on- and off-reserves using the 2006 Census.
Scroll down to page 43 to read article.
Native Space: Geographic Strategies to Unsettle Settler Colonialism
Alternate Title
First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Natchee Blu Bard
First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies Series
Negotiating Life Within the City: Social Geographies and Lived Experiences of Urban Metis Peoples in Ottawa
Theses
Author/Creator
Daniel Dumas
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chantelle Richmond
Mark S. Dockstator
Dan Beavon
Canadian Diversity=Diversité canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 3-4
Description
Introductory article to themed issue.
Scroll down to page 3 to read article.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
The Ordering of Things: Narrative Geographies Of Bloody Falls And The Central Canadian Arctic
Theses
Author/Creator
Emilie Susanne Cameron
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2009.
Outlaws and Citizens: Indigenous People and the ‘New Media Nation’
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Alia
International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, vol. 5, no. 1 & 2, 2009, p. 39–54
Description
Discusses the evolution of technologies used to restore and create space to preserve languages and cultures while communicating across cultural, political, and geographical boundaries.
Past, Present and Future Issues in Great Basin Archaeology: Papers in Honor of Don D. Fowler
Alternate Title
Cultural Resource Series No. 20
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Donald Hardesty
Alice Baldrica
Renée Corona Kolvet
C. Melvin Aikens
Alanah Woody
Angus R. Quinlan ... [et al.]
Description
An overview of cultural and environmental topics that have played roles in the study of the middle Holocene period in the Great Basin.
Qaluyaaq: An Archeology Survey and Oral Histories Collection of Nelson Island, Alaska
Theses
Author/Creator
Benjamin H. Barnette
Description
Geography (Anthropology: Indigenous People) Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska, 2009.
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.
The Role of Cultural Models in Local Perceptions of SFM - Differences and Similarities of Interest Groups From Three Boreal Regions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kati Berninger
Daniel Kneeshaw
Christian Messier
Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 90, no. 2, February 2009, pp. 740-751
Description
Study hypothesized that peoples’ perceptions would be influenced by their cultural models about forests and would vary amongst regions with different forest use histories and among different cultural groups. The study found that the social dimension was rated low overall, except for with the Métis and Innu of Labrador.
The Role of Ecological Barriers in the Development of Cultural Boundaries During the Later Holocene of the Central Alaska Peninsula
Theses
Author/Creator
Richard Vanderhoek
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009.
The Significance of Place in Textual and Graphical Representation: The Mi'kmaq on Lennox Island, Prince Edward Island, and the Penobscot on Indian Island, Maine
Theses
Author/Creator
Patrick J. Augustine
Description
Island Studies Thesis (MAIS)--University of Prince Edward Island, 2009.
Task-dependent Cold Stress During Expeditions in Antarctic Environments
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Drew M. Morris
June J. Pilcher
Robert B. Power
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, pp. 1-7
Description
Looks at health and safety risks in the polar tourism industry in the Antarctic.