Centre located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories features Aboriginal and European history in the North. Includes links to online exhibits, searchable databases (archives, place names, more than 9000 photos, sound), and resources for researchers and teachers.
Looks at conveying the results of scientific health research to key audiences in the North: Indigenous communities, the public-at-large, health practitioners, and policy-makers and program planners.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 33, no. 1-2, Education and Transmission of Inuit Knowledge in Canada, 2009, pp. 261-262
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Book reviews of: St. Lawrence Island/Siberian Yupik Eskimo Dictionary edited by Steven A. Jacobson.
Forme et Sens Des Mots Du Tunumiisut: Lexique Inuit du Groenland Oriental by Nicole Tersis.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 33, no. 1-2, Education and Transmission of Inuit Knowledge in Canada, 2009, pp. 272-273
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Review of the map, Carte Inuktitun Inuit Nunanginni Kanatami=The Inuit Language in Inuit Communities in Canada=La Lange Inuit dans les Communauté Inuit au Canada by Natascha Sontag.
Review in French.
Lists books and articles in the fields of history, anthropology, geography, sociology, political science, health, literature, law, education, and the arts.
National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center
Description
Discusses five topics: suggested core values, value and validity of Indigenous knowledge, cultural aspects of research, stewardship of information, sovereignty, and benefits of research.
Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
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Assists United Nations Country Teams to engage with and incorporate Indigenous perspectives in the development processes. Includes information on international agreements and legal frameworks.
Provides background, history, cultural considerations, and general information about AI/AN populations and their foods.
Resource list is annotated and includes a variety of formats.
Report prepared for the Department of Justice Canada identifies needs of Aboriginal peoples, with an emphasis on short-term projects to deal with violence and victimization.
Native Studies Review, vol. 18, no. 2, 2009, pp. 135-140
Description
Describes the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples transcripts (RCAP), that document oral interviews with Aboriginal peoples throughout Canada in 1992-1993, and have been digitized and placed online by the University of Saskatchewan Archives.
Undertaken to identify food safety issues and assess effectiveness of programs aimed at decreasing the number of food-borne illnesses associated with traditional foods.
Institute "works towards greater understanding between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal through information that is fact based, non-partisan and accessable on topical issues that affect all Canadians".
Contains links to: factsheets, research papers, and news and events.