Qaujigiartiit Arctic Health Research Network Nunavut (AHRN)
Description
Contains a review of the literature, summary of programs and initiatives, list of individuals working to address food insecurity, media reports, and references and resources.
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
Peter Collings
Description
Study suggests that young hunters are not under pressure to produce very much food due to provisions made by parents and older siblings.
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.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 1, Winter, 2009, pp. 33-166
Description
Explains the history of berry picking as an example of how the Lake Superior Ojibwe adapted to economic change in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Globalising Indigeneity: New Research Directions, 2009, pp. 85-94
Description
"This paper introduces the concept of fur trade colonialism as something that is separate to settler colonialism".
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 85.
Native Studies Review, vol. 18, no. 2, 2009, pp. 105-120
Description
Looks at British Columbia’s mountain pine beetle infestation that threatens First Nation communities and the impact it will have on cultural values and livelihoods.
Information from files in Provincial Archives of Alberta (PAA) and at the University of Alberta Archives. Topics: traplines, applications for permission to trap, and pertinent legislative documents, proposed Métis settlement in the 1950s and the Métis Settlement Act, and development of the Athabasca Oil Sands region.
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
David Neufeld
Description
Looks at the future of the animals in the Porcupine Caribou Herd in northwestern Canada.
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.
BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management, vol. 10, no. 2, 2009, p. 140–148
Description
Looks at British Columbia’s mountain pine beetle infestation; the key discussion points raised during the strategic planning sessions; and the respective implications for advancing economic sustainability in those communities.
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 101, no. 7, December 1993, pp. 618-620
Description
Contends that Québec Inuit women have the greatest body burden known to develop from exposure to organochlorine contaminants, due to their location at the top of the arctic food chain.
Journal of Ecotourism, vol. 8, no. 2, June 2009, p. 161–175
Description
Looks at the economically important form of Aboriginal ecotourism and how Inuit communities are working to accommodate the non-Inuit culture and the market economy.
Focused on education, work, unemployment, housing, family and agriculture. Biggest problems were found with non-market activities such as subsistence fishing and hunting.
Mr. Meneen, aged 83, describes the difficulties of life when he was a child learning to trap in the bush; tells of the Indians' understanding of the treaty.
Book review of: Landing Native Fisheries: Indian Reserves and Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849-1924 by Douglas C. Harris.
Scroll down to page 138 to read review.