Describes the "naming" system created by federal government that assigned a number to each Inuit person, for purposes of census and birth registration of each Inuit person.
Analysis of commercial arts and crafts sector includes direct and indirect economic impact, value chain profile, artists profile, market and sales channels, tools and materials, and challenges and strengths.
[Inuit People and the Aboriginal World] Inuit Studies Conference : 17th]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Louis McComber
Description
Comments on the lack of improvement in housing, education, and health since the creation of Nunavut and the signing of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
Annual Review of Nutrition, vol. 20, July 2000, pp. 595-626
Description
Comments on both the risks and benefits of consuming traditional foods of northern indigenous people which may contain multiple organochlorine, heavy-metal, and radionuclide contaminants.
Aim of report was to gather information on provision of services and provide a comparative analysis of different systems, including best practices and obstacles to effective delivery.
Child holding one dog on a chain in foreground., with another standing in background. Caption by Dommasch: "Cornwallis Island, Resolute [NU] Native Settlement".
Child crouching on ground holding puppy, with large dog lying on ground attached to chain. Caption by Dommasch: "Cornwallis Island, Resolute [NU] Native Settlement".
Results of discussions with communities on issues related to Aboriginal teaching and teacher education along with recommendations for implementing suggestions.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 2, Summer, 2000, pp. 18-26
Description
Looks at the strategies of two curators involved in planning the First Peoples Hall at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 2, Summer, 1986, pp. 5-7
Description
Art historian and adviser to the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative discuss the current status of Inuit art.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
The Northern Review, no. 22, Winter, 2000, pp. 17-21
Description
Canada's Ambassador to Denmark and Canadian Ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs presents an autobiographical speech at the opening of the Circumpolar Women's Conference.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 69, no. 4, September 2010, pp. 361-372
Description
Comments on the increase of hypertension as a growing health challenge in Nunavik due to a population believed to have a predisposition for cerebrovascular disease.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 1986, p. 4
Description
Donor of sculpture to Winnipeg Art Gallery discusses his views on selecting works for purchase.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.