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Author/Creator
Graeme Clinton
Stephen Vail
Description
Discusses the progress of Nunavut’s socio-economic goals and the challenges in advancing their economic and social objectives while coping with economic, social and environmental changes.
2021 Compendium of Indigenous Knowledge and Local Knowledge: Towards Inclusion of Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Global Reports on Climate Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Jo Belasco
Dawn Hill Adams
Jamie Donatuto
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
Rider Panduro Meléndez ... [et al.]]
Description
Submissions from Indigenous peoples and local knowledge holders in a variety of formats.
360 Degrees
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Caroline Monnet
Description
Follows Sébastien Aubin on a path to learning traditional Aboriginal medicine from Mark Thompson, a healer.
Duration: 18:01.
Abandoned Mid-Canada Radar Line Site 500 in the Western Hudson Bay Region of Sub-Arctic, Canada: A Source of Organochlorines for the People of Weenusk First Nation?
Theses
Author/Creator
Jonathon Andrew Bertrand
Description
Environment and Resource Studies Thesis (MES)--University of Waterloo, 2008.
Aboriginal Curriculum Integration Project
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Curriculum Integration Project
Description
Lesson plans for K-12 in the areas of: English, Social Studies, Math, Science and Physical Education. Includes some instructional videos.
Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006: Inuit Health and Social Conditions
Alternate Title
Analytical Paper (Statistics Canada) ; no. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Heather Tait
Alaska EARTH Study Data Summary 2008
Alternate Title
Alaska EARTH (Education and Research Towards Health)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anne Lanier
Alaska EARTH Research Team
Description
Data identifies protective and risk factors for chronic diseases based on 3,828 Alaskan Native and American Indian participants.
Related Material: Full Report.
American Aboriginals Diversified World's Diet
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, June 27, 2008, p. A11
Description
Delves into Indigenous contributions to the world's diet.
American Indian Breastfeeding Attitudes and Practices in Minnesota
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristine L. Rhodes
Wendy L. Hellerstedt
Cynthia S. Davey
Phyllis L. Pirie
Kathleen A. Daly
Maternal and Child Health Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, Supplement, July 2008, pp. S46-S54
Description
Study conducted 1998-2001 interviewed women prenatally and 6-months port-partum concluded that health care workers should encourage social support, recognition of perceived health, emphasis on benefits and traditional health practices.
Arctic Food Security
Alternate Title
Occasional Publication Series (Canadian Circumpolar Institute) ; no. 58
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gérard Duhaime
Nick Bernard
Sophie Thériault
Ghislain Otis
Christopher Furgal ... [et al.]
Association Between the FTO rs9939609 Polymorphism and the Metabolic Syndrome in a non-Caucasian Multi-Ethnic Sample
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Salam A. Al-Attar
Rebbecca L. Pollex
Matthew R. Ban
T. Kue Young
Peter Bjerregaard... [et al.]
Cardiovascular Diabetology, vol. 7, no. 5, March 2008, p. 5
Description
Study results of Canadians of South Asian and Chinese descent, Oji-Cree and Inuit (Greenland) indicated that the association between FTO gene associated with obesity extends to non-Caucasian subjects.
Beverley Jacobs: Indig. Resistance to Globalization, Part 2
Alternate Title
Beverley Jacobs: Indigenous Resistance to Globalization, Part 2
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lapis Magazine
Description
Speech by the President of the Native Women's Association of Canada at the Teach-In on Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Economic Globalization, November 2006. (8:34 minutes)
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Anthony K. Webster
Raymond I. Orr
David Kozak
T. Chris Aplin
Natchee Blu Barnd
Joyotpaul Chaudhuri
Victoria Bomberry
Carol Zitzer-Comfort
Michelene Pesantubbee
Ervan G. Garrison
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 4, 2008, pp. 145-200
Description
Book reviews of 20 books:
Being and Place Among the Tlingit by Thomas F. Thornton.
The Cultivation of Resentment: Treaty Rights and the New Right by Jeffery R. Dudas.
Diabetes Among the Pima: Stories of Survival by Carolyn Smith-Morris.
Essential Song: Three Decades of Northern Cree Music by Lynn Whidden.
First Families: A Photographic History of California Indians by L. Frank and Kim Hogeland.
Households and Hegemony: Early Creek Prestige Goods, Symbolic Capital and Social Power by Cameron B.
Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.1: Iiyiyiu Aschii, 2003: Food Habits, Physical Activity, and Body Weight
Alternate Title
Cree Health Survey 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bertrand Nolin
Carole Blanchet
Elena Kuzmina
Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.1: Iiyiyiu Aschii, 2003: Injuries and Transportation Safety
Alternate Title
Cree Health Survey 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gilles Légaré
Yvonne Robitaille
The Capacity of Montreal Lake, SK to Provide Safe Drinking Water
Theses
Author/Creator
Pierre Mathieu Lebel
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.
Cardiac Autonomic Activity and Blood Pressure Among Nunavik Inuit Adults Exposed to Environmental Mercury: A Cross-Sectional Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beatriz Valera
Eric Dewailly
Paul Poirier
Environmental Health, vol. 7, no. 29, 2008, pp. 1-33
Description
Assess the impact of methylmercury (MeHg) levels on heart rate variability and blood pressure in Inuit adults from Nunavik.
Climate, Society, and Natural Hazards: Changing Hazard Exposure in Two Nunavut Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James D. Ford
Northern Review, no. 28, Spring, 2008, pp. 51-71
Description
Describes changes over the past fifty years due to the interaction of climate change with social, economic, political, and technological changes.
Conceptualizing Food Security for Aboriginal People in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elaine M. Power
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 99, no. 2, March/April 2008, pp. 95-97
Description
Discusses how public health must take full account of the traditional food practices of Aboriginal people including the harvesting, sharing, and consumption of country and traditional foods.
Connecting on Country: Closing the Digital Divide for First Nations Students in the Age of COVID-19
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
World Vision Australia
The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation
Description
Discusses the nature and scale of the problem of lack of internet access in remote communities, which caused greater issues during the pandemic as schools closed ,and possible solutions; concludes with five recommendations.
Coping With Starvation and Deprivation in Moose Factory, 1882-1902: Cree-HBC Interdependence as Revealed in the Moose Factory HBC Records
Alternate Title
Papers of the 39th Algonquian Conference
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Cecil Chabot
Description
Looks at the need to import provisions to feed the growing population.
Chapter from Papers of the 39th Algonquian Conference edited by Karl S. Hele, Regna Darnell.
Cost of the Revised Northern Food Basket in 2019-2020
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nutrition North Canada
Description
Measures cost of nutritious diet for a family of four for one week using 67 standard food items. Used by Nutrition North Canada to determine subsidies. Prices from 2011 to March of 2020.
COVID-19 – Price Trends in Nunavik During the Public Health Crisis in the Spring of 2020
Alternate Title
Nunivaat Analytics ; 2021 (1)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sébastien Lévesque
Gérard Duhaime
Description
Statistics on price index for all products and prices indices for major product categories, selected non-perishable and selected food products, fruit and vegetables, baby products, and butter.
Decolonizing Diet: Healing by Reclaiming Traditional Indigenous Foodways
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Monica Bodirsky
Jon Johnson
CuiZine, vol. 1, no. 1, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Argues that stories about food gathering and recipes have become ways to revitalize food knowledge, cultural integrity, and community and therefore are necessary when healing trauma from colonization.
Despite Federal Promises, First Nations' Water Problems Persist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Eggertson
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 178, no. 8, April 8, 2008, p. 985
Description
Attributes government inaction to a low priority and/or difficulty and costliness of execution.
Diabetes Susceptibility in the Canadian Oji-Cree Population is Moderated by Abnormal mRNA Processing of HNF 1A G319S Transcripts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorna W. Harries
Melissa J. Sloman
Elizabeth A. C. Sellers
Andrew T. Hattersley
Sian Ellard
Diabetic Medicine, vol. 57, April 2008, pp. 1978-1982
Description
Concludes that abnormal splicing and reduced activity of the G319S protein may explain the increased susceptibility to diabetes.
Diachronic and Cultural Variations in Chukchi Ethnobotany
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Olga Belichenko
Valeria Kolosova
Kevin Jernigan
Maria Pupyninai
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 45, no. 1/2, Chukotka: Understanding the Past, Contemporary Practices, and Perceptions of the Present, 2021, pp. 315-340
Description
Highlights the results of interviews with Chukchi people about the local plants they collect and their various uses.
Dietary Assessment of Indigenous Canadian Arctic Women with a Focus on Pregnancy and Lactation
Alternate Title
Dietary Assessment of Canadian Arctic Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter R. Berti
Rula Soueida
Harriet V. Kuhnlein
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 67, no. 4, September 2008, pp. 349-362
Description
Argues that special attention should be required for inadequacies of magnesium, zinc, calcium, folate, and vitamins E, A and C during pregnancy.
Dietary Intake and Development of a Quantitative Food-Frequency Questionnaire for a Lifestyle Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Chronic Diseases in Canadian First Nations in North-Western Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sangita Sharma
Xia Cao
Joel Gittelsohn
Lara S. Ho
Elizabeth Ford ... [et al.]
Public Health Nutrition, vol. 11, no. 8, August 2008, pp. 831-840
Description
Sample consisted of 129 Oji-Cree and Ojibway men and women between 18 and 80 years of age who resided on remote and semi-remote reserves.
Dietary Patterns in the Population Living in the Sámi Core Areas of Norway: The Saminor Study
Alternate Title
Dietary Patterns in the Sami Population
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Magritt Brustad
Christine L. Parr
Marita Melhus
Eiliv Lund
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 67, no. 1, 2008, pp. 84-98
Description
Results based on 12,000 subjects indicate five distinct dietary patterns influenced by life-style factors.
Dietary Transition and Contaminants in the Arctic: Emphasis on Greenland
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jens C. Hansen
Bente Deutch
Jon Øyvind Odland
Circumpolar Health Supplements, no. 2, 2008
Description
Describes the process which led to a review of the possible aggravating effects of pollutants on lifestyle-related metabolic disorders.
Distribution of Y Chromosomes Among Native North Americans: A Study of Athapaskan Population History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ripan Singh Malhi
Angelica Gonzalez-Oliver
Kari Brit Schroeder
Brian M. Kemp
Jonathan A. Greenberg ... [et al.]
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 137, no. 4, December 2008, pp. 412-424
Description
Study results suggest the Y chromosome population structure of Native North America was significantly altered by European admixture which has resulted in a decreasing gradient of haplogroup R from the northeast to the southwest of North America.
Don Cardinal: Cardinal Dedicated His Life to Helping Aboriginal People in Need of Healing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dianne Meili
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 4, July 2008, p. 26
Description
Biography of Alberta Cree Elder widely known for his famous sons, Lorne and Lewis Cardinal.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.
Draft 2nd Edition of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans
Alternate Title
Draft Second Edition of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans
Research Involving Aboriginal Peoples
TCPS Draft 2nd Edition
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics
Description
Contains general guidelines as well as chapter specific to Aboriginals.
Scroll to p. 91 for chapter 9.
"Eating for Outsiders": Cancer Causation Discourse Among the Iñupiat of Arctic Alaska
Alternate Title
Alaska Native Discourse on Cancer Causation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joslyn Cassady
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 67, no. 4, 2008, pp. 374-383
Description
Argues for culturally appropriate prevention and detection programs and understanding of the power relationships in which policies and recommendations are made.
Environmental Influences on Physical Activity and Diet of Woodland Cree Women in Northern Saskatchewan
Theses
Author/Creator
Brenda Gail Bruner
Description
Kinesiology Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.
Étude Du Potentiel Biopharmaceutique Du Solidago Canadensis Linné
Alternate Title
Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Methanol Extracts From Solidago Canadensis
Theses
Author/Creator
Marie-Eve Bradette-Hébert
Description
Renewable Resources Thesis (M.A.)--University of Québec at Chicoutimi, 2008.
Facilitating Complementary Inputs and Scoping Economies in the Joint Supply of Health and Environmental Services in Aboriginal Central Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D. Campbell
J. Davies
J. Wakerman
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 8, no. 1010, October 10, 2008
Description
Studies relationship between health outcomes, supply of environmental services, and the need to develop a policy regarding Aboriginal land management.
Factors Associated with Food Insecurity Among Women in a Small Indigenous Canadian Arctic Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Lauren Gabrielle Goodman
Description
Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2008.
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Regional Longitudinal Health Survey 2002/03: Environmental Health Impact Assessment Survey: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
FNQLHSSC [First Nation of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission] Research Department
Description
Topics included external environment, housing and infrastructure, nutrition, employment and economic development, education, justice and safety, health and social services, identity, and governance.
The Flavours of the Indigenous: Branding Native Food Products in Contemporary Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlotte Craw
Sites, vol. 5, no. 1, New Series, 2008, pp. 41-62
Description
Using examples of commercial packaging, investigates why connections to Aboriginality might be considered desirable when branding and marketing foods which are native to the continent.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
Food-Related Behavior, Physical Activity, and Dietary Intake in First Nations - A Population at High Risk For Diabetes
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lara Ho
Joel Gittelsohn
Sangita Sharma
Xia Cao
Margarita Treuth ... [et al.]
Ethnicity and Health, vol. 13, no. 4, September 2008, pp. 335-349
Description
Concludes that diabetes prevention programs should focus on improving physical activity and dietary intake by looking at the needs of the specific risk group.
The Four Directions Medicine Wheel as Shared by a Female Elder from the Anishnabe Nation
Documents & Presentations
Description
Pamphlet produced in conjunction with the establishment of the Medicine Wheel Garden at the First Nations University of Canada.
From Dog Days to Horse Warriors: Montana's People, 1700-1820
Alternate Title
Montana: Stories of the Land
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Krys Holmes
Description
Discusses the lifeways of Indigenous peoples of Montana just prior to contact and the impact that Europeans had on them.
Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes.
Functional Gene Polymorphisms in Canadian Aboriginal Populations With High Rates of Tuberculosis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda A. Larcombe
Pamela H. Orr
Andrew M. Lodge
Jodie S. Brown
Iga J. Dembinski ... [et al.]
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 198, no. 8, October 15, 2008, pp. 1175-1179
Description
Study determined whether a pattern of functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was present that could predispose a Dené cohort to a suboptimal response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
GEGENOATATOLTIMG: Sharing the Knowledge: September 8-15, 2008: Elsipogtog First Nation, NB
Alternate Title
Gathering Technical Report: GEGENOATATOLTIMG: Sharing the Knowledge
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Julian Robbins
Description
Event focused on knowledge transmission and traditional healing through the context language, culture, traditional values, medicine and spiritual beliefs.
Gene Related to the Metabolism of Nutrients in the Kola Sami Population
Alternate Title
Metabolic-Related Genes in Kola Sami
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Kozlov
Svetlana Borinskaya
Galina Vershubsky
Eugeny Vasilyev
Vasily Popov
Maria Sokolova
Ekaterina Sanina
Nina Kaljina
Dmitry Rebrikov
Dmitry Lisitsyn
Nilolay Yankovsky
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 67, no. 1, 2008, pp. 58-68
Description
Study findings suggest that environment and lifestyle conditions could have influenced certain gene frequencies.
Global Indigenous Health Research Symposium Report: Papers and Presentations: Directions and Themes in International Indigenous Health Research 2008
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nancy Edwards
Susanna Rance
Violeta Montellano Loredo
Ritsuko Kakuma
Philippa Bird ... [et al.]