Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
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Author/Creator
Martha Dowsley
Description
Looks at the polar bear sport hunt industry and the impact it has on community hunters.
Presentation from Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
Proceedings of the Northern Research Forum ; 3rd, 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
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Author/Creator
George W. Wenzel
Description
Comments on the Northwest Territories community polar bear quotas.
Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
Four news reports: Chris Shade, chief of the Blood Nation, becomes a Liberal candidate; a judge in Ontario rules on a landmark hunting case; the Assembly of First Nations and a youth assembly schedule meetings for May; and Stephen Harper upsets the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres.
Leaders, Elders and hunters speak about the social and ecological impact of warming in the Arctic. In Inuktitut with English subtitles.
Duration: 54:07.
Gender & History, vol. 8, no. 1, April 1996, pp. 4-21
Description
Looks at how British culture affected the portrayal of Aboriginal hunters, specifically the buffalo hunters as brave and manly compared to the fishing tribes as being indolent and improvident.
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 259-286
Description
Suggests that the findings presented in the article should caution against using mobility as a blanket explanation for the shift to "expedient" technologies.
[Working Group on the Reduction of the Cost of Living in Nunavik]
Description
Provides information on socio-economic context, evaluates effectiveness and efficiency of existing measures and programs, and makes recommendations for improvements.
Analyzes responses from interviews conducted by Reindeer Herder's Association. Those who self-identified as ethnic Finns focused on financial capital while those who self-identified as Sami were more concerned with social, cultural and human capital.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 121-178
Description
Book reviews of:
American Indians in U.S. History by Roger L. Nichols.
Blanket Weaving in the Southwest by Joe Ben Wheat.
Captors and Captives: The 1704 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney.
“The Cherokee Night” and Other Plays by Lynn Riggs.
Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World by Robbie Ethridge.
Enduring Legacies: Native American Treaties and Contemporary Controversies edited by Bruce E. Johansen.
Hermanitos Comanchitos: Indo-Hispano Rituals of Captivity and Redemption by Enrique R.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 38, no. 3, Fall, 2004, pp. 204-218
Description
Discusses findings and implications arising from Supreme Court of Canada decision regarding fishing for and selling eels by Donald Marshall, who Treaty argued it was a Treaty right.
Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
Sami Prehistory, Identity and Rights in Sweden
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Noel D. Broadbent
Description
Comments on a recent archaeological find which provides evidence of a settlement based on sealing indicating a precursor to herding society.
Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Indigenous Women, 2004, pp. 8-13
Description
Examines effects of colonization on a community of San in eastern Namibia and how gender relations have been altered.
To access this article, scroll down to page 9.
Arctic, vol. 63, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 414-428
Description
Discusses the trend of later freezing of sea ice and the risk this imposes on caribou herds migrating between Victoria Island and the Canadian Arctic mainland.
Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Natalia Loukacheva
Description
Comments on the role of law in measures that secure the legal scope of governance in the Arctic to deal with security challenges.
Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
Linking, Learning, Leveraging: Social Enterprises, Knowledgeable Economies, and Sustainable Communities
Research Report Series (Centre for the Study of Co-operatives) ; no. 10-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dwayne Pattison
Isobel M. Findlay
Research Report Series (Centre for the Study of Co-operatives)
Description
Focuses on governance, member participation, learning and cultural revitalization, and representation in negotiations. Concludes with recommendations to strengthen internal and external legitimacy.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 425-445
Description
Reviews the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and adequacy of food security including law and policy, which impede food production and acquisition, and provides recommendations for achieving food security.