Legal Topographies
Theses
Author/Creator
Valerie Ann Karno
Description
English (Ph.D.)--University of Southern California, 2000.
Linda Youens Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Linda Youens
Carol Pearlstone
Indian History Film Project
Description
Ms. Youens is a Metis, born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. She was brought up in a series of foster homes and is now active in both the Women's Movement and with native groups. She talks about how the Metis are treated by outside groups, her childhood, and attitudes towards women among native societies.
Linkage of Tuberculosis to Chromosome 2q35 Loci, Including NRAMP1 in a Large Aboriginal Canadian Family
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Celia M.T. Greenwood
T. Mary Fujiwara
Lucy J. Boothroyd
Mark A. Miller
Danielle Frappier
E. Anne Fanning
Erwin Schurr
Kenneth Morgan
American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 67, no. 2, August 2000, pp. 405-416
Description
Study findings indicate significant linkage was present to support a role for NRAMP1 or genes closely linked to it in susceptibility to active tuberculosis disease.
Listen to the People, Listen to the Land
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jocelyn Davies
Aboriginal History, vol. 24, 2000, pp. 293-295
Description
Book review of: Listen to the People, Listen to the Land by Jim Sinatra and Phin Murphy.
Review located by scrolling to page 293.
Living Arctic: Hunters of the Canadian North
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert MacDonald
Arctic, vol. 41, no. 4, December 1988, pp. 322-323
Description
Book review of: Living Arctic by Hugh Brody.
Lloyd Chief Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lloyd Chief
Mary Mountain
Iris Baker
Group of White Teachers
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview with the grandson of Misihew and great-grandson of Seekaskootch, Mr. Lloyd Chief. During the interview, Mr. Chief discusses a variety of subjects including: leadership qualities; intertribal wars of the Cree and Blackfoot; the power of dreams; the significance of the Northern Lights; and the powers of Cannibals.
Localization of a Recessive Gene for North America Indian Childhood Cirrhosis to Chromosome Region 16q22 - and Identification of a Shared Haplotype
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Bétard
Andrée Rasquin-Weber
Carl Brewer
Eric Drouin
Suzanne Clark
et al.
American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 67, no. 1, July 2000, pp. 222-228
Description
Results from a genome wide scan on three DNA pools of samples from 13 patients, 16 unaffected siblings, and 22 parents from five families of Ojibway-Cree in northwestern Quebec.
Log Cabin
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Luidger Mueller-Wille
Description
Photograph. On information card: Ten year old log cabin with extended tent porch in Chipewyan trappers camp. Dunvegan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
Lypa
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Shelagh Mackenzie
Sharon Van Raalte
Description
Profiles Inuit hunter and artist Lypa Pitsiulak.
Duration: 29:25.
Man-Environment Research in the Design Process; A Case Study in Urban Native Housing in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Patrick R. S. Reid
Description
Architecture Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1988.
Managing Uncertainty in Environmental Decision-Making: The Risky Business of Establishing a Relationship Between Science and Law
Theses
Author/Creator
Lany Arnold Reynolds
Description
Environmental Risk Management Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2000. Contains information on the case Qikqtani Inuit Association v. Canada (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) and Nanasivik Mines Ltd
Manitoba Aboriginal Kindred with Original Cerebro-Oculo-Facio-Skeletal (COFS) Syndrome Has a Mutation in the Cockayne Syndrome Group B (CSB) Gene
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisiane B. Meira
John M. Graham
Cheryl R. Greenberg
David B. Busch
Ana T. B. Doughty
Deborah W. Ziffer
Donna M. Coleman
Isabelle Savre-Train
Errol C. Friedberg
American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 66, no. 4, April 2000, pp. 1221-1228
Description
Evidence that two probands within COFS syndrome which was originally reported have cellular phenotypes indistinguishable from those in cockayne syndrome (CS) cells, which suggests that CS and COFS syndrome share a common pathogenesis.
"Maps as Weapons in the Conquest of Old American Northwest 1608 to 1829"
Theses
Author/Creator
Raymond M. Brod
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2000.
Mare Nullisu: Indigenous Rights in Saltwater Environments
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Monica E. Mulrennan
Colin H. Scott
Development and Change, vol. 31, no. 3, June 2000, pp. 681-708
Description
Looks at issues surrounding marine territories of Torres Strait Islanders in northern Queensland and the Cree and Inuit peoples of James and Hudson Bays in northern Quebec.
Mathematics-Like Principles Inferred From the Petroglyphs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles G. Moore
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 27, no. 2, January 1988, pp. [30-36]
Description
Advances the possibility that concepts of math are being communicated and suggests several related classroom activities.
Meat-Smoking Tent
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Ludger Mueller-Wille
Description
Photograph. On information card: Tipi like structure: "Tent used for smoking dry caribou meat" (Chipewyan-Dene). Dunvegan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
Medicinal Plants and Phytomedicines. Linking Plant Biochemistry and Physiology to Human Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald P. Briskin
Plant Physiology, vol. 124, no. 2, 2000, pp. 507-514
Description
Looks at increased interest in the use and study of medicinal plants with a focus on five plants, Ginseng, St. John's Wort, Ginkgo, Kava, and Echinacea.
Mercury in the Traditional Diet of Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hing Man Chan
Olivier Receveur
Environmental Pollution, vol. 110, no. 1, October 2000, pp. 1-2
Description
Commentary states that the greatest concentrations of mercury were in those communities that had a higher usage of marine mammals as food.
Methylmecury and the Health of Indigenous Peoples: A Risk Management Challenge for Physical and Social Sciences and for Public Health Policy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Wheatley
Margaret A. Wheatley
Science of the Total Environment, vol. 259, no. 1-3, October 2, 2000, pp. 23-29
Description
Study attempts to achieve a balanced outcome in regards to a policy of human health and the sources of traditional foods.
Methylmercury Poisoning: Another Gift From Hydro-Quebec?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carrie Furman
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, Rethinking Childhood: Perspectives on Childrens Rights, Summer, 2000
Description
Comments on the loss of traditional fishery to the Innu due to high levels of organic methylmercury found in some species of fish.
Motivating American Indian Students in Science and Math
Alternate Title
ERIC Digest ; 296812
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gregory A. Cajete
Description
Looks at reasons for under achievement, how learning styles affect motivation, the role of cultural systems of knowledge and of teachers.
Mrs. Adelaide Ranger
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Adelaide (Mrs.) Ranger
Carol Pearlstone
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mrs. Ranger was born in Batoche around 1892. She gives an account of the Riel Rebellion of 1885 as told by her mother, shares childhood memories of Gabriel Dumont, the effects on the Metis community by the Depression and the two world wars and gives her impressions of how the Metis are treated by various outside groups.
Mrs. Alexandrine Nicolas Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Alexandrine (Mrs.) Nicolas
Carol Pearlstone
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mrs. Nicolas, nee Fleury, was born in Duck Lake in 1887. After a brief period in the U.S. where she attended school she returned to the Duck Lake area where she has lived ever since. She shares her experiences of raising her family of ten plus three foster children, her childhood, schooling and life on a mixed farm including the Depression years. She also gives an account of the Frog Lake Massacre as told by her grandfather, and of relatives who fought in WWI, WWII and the Korean war.
Mrs. Marion Dillon Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marion Dillon
Mary Mountain
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview that includes stories of hunting, trading and food gathering. Also included are stories about the Frog Lake massacre and Wihtiko (cannibal monster)
Mrs. Mary Jacobson Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mary (Mrs.) Jacobson
Carol Pearlstone
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with Mary Jacobson, the daughter of a Hudson's Bay manager. She talks about job discrimination against Indian and Metis, how welfare payments have destroyed the old way of life and tells a story of the Riel Rebellion of 1885 that her mother told her.
A Multi-Regional Analysis of Heritage Management: An Approach to Building New Partnerships
Theses
Author/Creator
Barry Paul Wood
Description
Enviromental Design Thesis (MEDes)--University of Calgary, 2000.
Murra: Guidelines for the Evaluation of Indigenous Content on the WWW: Increasing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Participation in EdNA
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated (VAEAI)
Description
Includes strategies for finding content on the world wide web, five main questions to ask when assessing credibility and validity of sites, and suggestions for other resources which should be used in conjunction with materials found on the Internet.
Nadlok and Its Unusual Antler Dwellings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bryan C. Gordon
Arctic, vol. 41, no. 2, June 1988, pp. 160-161
Description
Looks at stone and antler winter dwellings as well as artifacts found that were used by the Copper Inuit located 100 miles south of Bathurst Inlet in the Northwest Territories.
Nastawgan: The Canadian North by Canoe & Snowshoe
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Richard C. Davis
Arctic, vol. 41, no. 3, September 1988, pp. 246-247
Description
Book review of: Nastawgan edited by Bruce W. Hodgins and Margaret Hobbs.
Native People and the Challenge of Computers: Reservation Schools, Individualism, and Consumerism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. A. Bowers
Miguel Vasquez
Mary Roaf
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring, 2000, pp. 182-199
Description
Authors argue that computer-facilitated learning in Indigenous communities will lead to cultural transformation and the erosion of cultural diversity leaving behind a digital and technologically dependent monoculture.
Native Rights and Environmental Sustainability: Lessons from the British Columbia Wilderness
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Michael M'Gonigle
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, 1988, pp. 107-130
Description
Reviews land use disputes in Stein River Valley, British Columbia and offers an assessment of some of the larger lessons to be learned from this forestry/wilderness conflict.
[Native Teachings Are about a Way of Life]: Traditional Teachings
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anishnawbe Health Toronto
Description
Series of eight brief brochures designed as primers for cultural practices related to health and healing.
The Naturalized Knowledge System: A Methodology for Community Development
Theses
Author/Creator
David J. Leech
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2000.
Nauyalik Fish Camp: An Ethnoarchaeological Study in Activity-Area Formation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudia Chang
American Antiquity, vol. 53, no. 1, January 1988, pp. 145-157
Description
Time-motion study of an Inupiat fish camp during the summer of 1982.
The Navajos and Nature: Changing World and Changing Self
Theses
Author/Creator
Beth E. King
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2000.
The New Brunswick Aboriginal Forestry: Constructions of a Natural Resource
Theses
Author/Creator
Sherrie Lee Blakney
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Brunswick, 2000.
A New Cultural Survival Advocacy Campaign Innu Land Rights
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katherine Stern
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, Rethinking Childhood: Perspectives on Childrens Rights, Summer, 2000
Description
Describes the pressures the Innu face when there is a demand for mining, logging, and drilling on their lands.
New Perspectives on California Indian Research: Introduction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Imre Sutton
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, 1988, pp. 1-7
Description
Re-studies land claims registers from a geographic perspective.
The New Political Scales of Citizenship in a Global Era: The Politics of Hydroelectric Development in the James Bay Region
Theses
Author/Creator
Jean Rousseau
Description
Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2000.
Northern Eden: Community-based Wildlife Management in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rick Riewe
Northern Review, no. 21, Summer, 2000, pp. 127-129
Description
Book review of: Northern Eden by Leslie Treseder, Jamie Honda-McNeil, Mina Berkes, Fikret Berkes, Joe Dragon ... [et al.]
Nutrition in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: An Information Paper
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Health and Medical Research Council
NWT Report Urges Recognition for Aboriginal Healers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Helwig
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 162, no. 13, June 27, 2000, p. 1862
Description
Outlines recommendations found in Our Communities, Our Decisions: Let's Get On With It!, the final report of the Minister's Forum on Health and Social Services.
Ojibway Plant Taxonomy at Lac Seul First Nation, Ontario, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary B. Kenny
Description
Forestry and Forest Environment Thesis (M.Sc.F.)--Lakehead University, 2000.
The Origin of Public Bison Herds in the United States
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judith Hebbring Wood
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 15, no. 1, Spring, 2000, pp. 157-182
Description
Looks at both private and public management of buffalo and contends that current day tribal herds represent the best opportunity in maintaining the wild character of buffalo.
Palaeopathology of Australian Aboriginals
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert Paton
Aboriginal History, vol. 24, 2000, pp. 295-296
Description
Book review of: Palaeopathology of Australian Aboriginals by Stephen Webb.
Review located by scrolling to page 295.
Perceiving the Environment in Finnish Lapland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tim Ingold
Terhi Kurttila
Body & Society, vol. 6, no. 3-4, November 2000, pp. 183-196
Description
Looks at how the Sami see their environment and their life experiences with the weather.
Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ2 P12A and Type 2 Diabetes in Canadian Oji-Cree
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert A. Hegele
Henian Cao
Stewart B. Harris
Bernard Zinman
Anthony J. G. Hanley
Carol M. Anderson
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, vol. 85, no. 5, May 2000, pp. 2014-2019
Description
Explains that at least two genes are involved in determining susceptibility of the disease in the Oji-Cree.
Peter Agligoetok's Story
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter Agligoetok
Inuktitut, no. 86, 2000, pp. 49-53
Description
Inuit Elder's commentary on changes in travel and hunting methods.