Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Polar Commission
Description
Four themes provided framework for analysis and context for findings: preparing for large-scale resource development, increasing community sustainability, strengthening resilience, and understanding environmental change.
StatsUpdate: 2014 Nunavut Food Price Survey
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Statistical data compares prices for 11 items to Canadian average.
The Stories Hold Water: Learning and Burning in North Fork Mono Homelands
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jared Dahl Aldern
Ron W. Goode
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. 26-51
Description
Describes the role of narrative and land-based education in an eco-restoration forestry program and negotiations between the North Fork Mono Tribe and U.S. Forestry Service with respect to forest management.
Strategic Implications and Considerations for Treaty Rights to Sustenance
Alternate Title
Between Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in: Reflections From the Centre of Turtle Island
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Michael Anderson
Description
Presentation by the director of the Natural Resources Secretariat, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, which provides research, policy analysis and negotiation support.
Duration: 37:42.
Strengthening our Relationship: The Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy and Beyond: Executive Summary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Description
Proposals for initiatives to develop sustainable structures for fisheries management.
Strong Hearts, Native Lands: Anti-Clearcutting Activism at Grassy Narrows First Nation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peggy Smith
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 5, 2014, pp. 535-537
Description
Book Review of: Strong Hearts, Native Lands by Anna J. Willow.
Student-and School-Level Characteristics Associated with Overweight and Obesity Among Off-Reserve Aboriginal Students in Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Thushara Sivanandan
Description
Health Studies and Gerontology Thesis (M.S.)--University of Waterloo, 2014.
Students Embrace Technology
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 7, October 2003, pp. 25-26
Description
Describes the partnership of Atlantic Canada's First Nation Help Desk with Industry Canada's SchoolNet GrassRoots program. The goals are to bring First Nations schools in the Maritimes up to the same standard for connectivity as schools run by the province.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.25.
Study on Addressing the Infrastructure Needs of Northern Aboriginal Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for the North
Conference Board of Canada
Description
Looks at basic infrastructure deficits and lack of funding programs in Canada's north.
Studying Health in Greenland: Obligations and Challenges
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Bjerregarrd
Gert Mulvad
Jørn Olsen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 62, no. 1, 2003
Description
Describes the five institutions involved, their specific areas of research, and why study done here has global significance.
Subverting the Local Food Economy Status Quo: The Intrinsic Relationship of Regionalized Ethics to the Practice and Discourse of Food Sovereignty
Alternate Title
Linking, Learning, Leveraging: Social Enterprises, Knowledgeable Economies, and Sustainable Communities
Research Report Series (Centre for the Study of Co-operatives) ; no. 14-08
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maximilian Aulinger
Description
Literature review and case study of project involving Elders and youth producing a cookbook of traditional recipes.
Sudden Labour Displacement for Métis in Alberta
Alternate Title
Sudden Labor Displacement for Métis in Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristine Wray
Chris Andersen
Description
Discusses the Métis Training to Employment program's response to displacement that took place due to the 2011 Slave Lake fire and 2013 flood in Southern Alberta. Includes brief literature review, best practices and recommendations.
Suggestive Hallucinogenic Properties of Tobacco
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Oscar Janiger
Marlene Dobkin de Rios
Medical Anthropology Newsletter, vol. 4, no. 4, August 1973, pp. 6-11
Description
Examines the chemical nature of tobacco, its biological effects and its use in religious and healing ceremonies
Sustainable Agriculture for Alaska and the Circumpolar North: Part I. Development and Status of Northern Agriculture and Food Security
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kalb T. Stevenson
Lilian Alessa
Andrew D. Kliskey
Heidi B. Rader
Alberto Pantoja
Mark Clark
Arctic, vol. 67, no. 3, September 2014, pp. 271-295
Description
Concludes that reliance on imported foods is due to historical events and developmental processes which are continually influenced by environmental and socioeconomic factors.
Sustainable Agriculture for Alaska and the Circumpolar North: Part II. Environmental, Geophysical, Biological and Socioeconomic Challenges
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kalb T. Stevenson
Heidi B. Rader
Lilian Alessa
Andrew D. Kliskey
Alberto Pantoja ... [et al.]
Arctic, vol. 67, no. 3, September 2014, pp. 296-319
Description
Found that while physical factors were important, the strongest deterrents to engaging in agricultural production were socioeconomic.
Sustainable Agriculture for Alaska and the Circumpolar North: Part III. Meeting the Challenges of High-Latitude Farming
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kalb T. Stevenson
Heidi B. Rader
Lilian Alessa
Andrew D. Kliskey
Alberto Pantoja ... [et al.]
Arctic, vol. 67, no. 3, September 2014, pp. 320-339
Description
Overview of field-based, policy and social solutions which are being proposed or have been put into place.
Sustainable Development of Aboriginal Traditional Territories: Identifying Guiding Ecological Values, Principles and Management Challenges
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Raeya Jackiw
Description
Overview of ecological and management principles and challenges such as wildlife groups and their habitats and ideas of stewardship and sustainability.
[Master of Environmental Sciences Research Project (MES)]--University of Guelph, 2014.
Talking Rocks: Geology and 10,000 Years of Native American Tradition in the Lake Superior Region
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ron Morton
Carl Gawboy
Talking Tribalography: LeAnne Howe Models Emerging Worldliness in “The Story of America” and Miko Kings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carter Meland
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 2, Tribalography, Summer, 2014, pp. 26-39
Description
Discusses Howe's work as a tool to facilitate decolonial thinking and connect time, space, and place.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 26.
"The Tay River Watershed is Our Responsibility": The Ardoch Algonquins and the 2000--2002 Environmental Review Tribunal Hearings
Theses
Author/Creator
Bettina Koschade
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2003.
Teaching Environmental Education to Native American and Alaska Native Students: A Case Study in Interdisciplinary Teaching in Higher Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nichlas Emmons
Travis Hardin
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 3, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1-6
Description
Looks at three projects which were designed to build capacity with students enrolled in Native American and Indigenous Studies courses and to promote tribal sovereignty.
Technology Integration in American Indian Education: An Overview
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Trey Adcock
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 2, 2014, pp. 104-121
Description
Comments on ways in which educational technologies can support and strengthen Native American students.
Telling Our Stories: Aboriginal Young People in Victoria and Digital Storytelling
E-Books
Author/Creator
Fran Edmonds
Richard Chenhall
Michael Arnold
Tania Lewis
Susan Lowish
Ten Year Old Log Cabin
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Ludger Mueller-Wille
Description
Photograph. On information card: Ten year old log cabin with extended tent porch in Chipewyan trappers camp. Dungevan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
La terre qui pousse: L'ethnobotanique innue d'Ekuanitshit
Alternate Title
Mondes autochtones
E-Books
Author/Creator
Danielle Clément
Territorial Parks, Coastal Guardians and Other Concepts for First Nations Involvement in the Great Lakes Heritage Coast
Alternate Title
2003 – PRFO Workshop on Social Science and Protected Areas
Algonquin Research Symposium ; 2003
Social Science Research in Parks and Protected Areas
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mike Robbins
Description
Looks at some of the key findings and recommendations regarding First Nations involvement in coastal protection including cultural and environmental issues.
Therapeutic Landscapes and First Nations Peoples: An Exploration of Culture, Health and Place
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Wilson
Health & Place , vol. 9, 2003, pp. 83-93
Description
Summarizes interviews held with Anishinabek (Ojibway and Odawa) First Nations of northern Ontario which show the importance of culture in everyday life.
Thunder on the Tundra: Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit of the Bathurst Caribou
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nic Larter
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 552-554
Description
Book review of: Thunder on the Tundra by Natasha Thorpe, Naikak Hakongak, Sandra Eyegetok and the Kitikmeot Elders.
Time to Refresh Professional Meetings Between Colleagues
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Juhani Hassi
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 62, no. 2, 2003, p. 118
Description
Introductory editorial to themed issue on the arctic environment.
Tino Rangatiratanga and Sustainable Development: Principles for Developing a Just and Effective Resource Management Regime in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Theses
Author/Creator
Carwyn Hamlyn Jones
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies (M.A.)--York University, 2003.
Tipi Maker's Bundle
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Larry Belitz
Whispering Wind, vol. 42, no. 3, December/January 2014, pp. 14-15
Description
Briefly describes the only known example and how each item was used.
To All Our Relations: Evidence of Sámi Involvement in the Creation of Rock Paintings in Finland
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Francis Joy
Polar Record, vol. 50, no. 1, January 2014, pp. 108-111
Description
Looks at the similar characteristics between rock paintings and Sámi drum symbolism.
Together Today For Our Children Tomorrow
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yukon Indian People
Description
Statement of grievances presented to the federal government by the Native Brotherhood on behalf of the Yukon people in 1973.
Together Today for Our Children Tomorrow: A Summary
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yukon Native Brotherhood
Indian History Film Project
Description
Statement of grievances presented to the federal government by the Yukon Indians in 1973.
Tom Yellowhorn Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Tom Yellowhorn
Albert Yellowhorn
Indian History Film Project
Description
Describing poverty on the Indian reserves, and problems with Indian agents.
Tools and Strategies to Address Uncertainties and Complexities of Infrastructure Design in Remote Northern Canadian Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
Allan C. Gordon
Description
Engineering Thesis (MASc)--University of Guelph, 2014.
Towards Renewed Balance & Harmony in the Natural World: An Environmental Responsibility Protocol For Kahnawake Mohawk Territory and Beyond
Theses
Author/Creator
Katsitsaronkwas Lynn Jacobs
Description
Environment and Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2003.
Toxic Contamination Undermining Indigenous Food Systems and Indigenous Sovereignty
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leanne Simpson
Pimatisiwin, vol. 1, no. 2, Winter, 2003, pp. 130-134
Description
Comments on environmental contamination and its impact on food sources and health.
Toxic Representions: Museum Collections and the Contamination of Native Culture
Alternate Title
Toxic Representations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S. Jordan Simms
John D. McIntyre
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 151-169
Description
Discusses how use of poisonous preservatives in past conservation and curatorial practices have rendered objects hazardous to human health, thereby preventing their use in ceremonies. Communities are left with the responsibility of determining the chemicals used and mitigating their effects.
Traces of Past Sami Forest Use: An Ecological Study of Culturally Modified Trees and Earlier Land Use Within a Boreal Forest Reserve
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lars Östlund
Tysk Staffan Ericsson
Olle Zackrisson
Rikard Andersson
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, vol. 18, no. 1, January 2003, pp. 78-89
Description
Studies the effect of settlement on forest resources over a period of one hundred years in the Piteälven river valley in Sweden.
Trading Paths: Mapping Chickasaw History in the Eighteenth Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy St. Jean
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3/4, Keeping the Campfires Going: Urban American Indian Womens Activism, Summer/Autumn, 2003, pp. 758-780
Description
Looks at various strengths, including geography, that enabled the Chickasaws to overcome their military adversaries.
Traditional Elders in Post-Secondary STEM Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Pontes Ferreira
Betty McKenna
Fidji Gendron
International Journal of Health, Wellness, and Society, vol. 3, no. [4], November 2014, pp. [1-11]
Description
Looks at STEM (Western science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) trained faculty partnering with Elders to learn about natural health products (NHP) at the First Nations University of Canada.
Traditional Knowledge About Polar Bears (Ursus Maritimus) in Northwestern Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hannah Voorhees
Rhonda Sparks
Henry P. Huntington
Karyn D. Rode
Arctic, vol. 67, no. 4, December 2014, pp. 523-536
Description
Results of interviews, conducted in seven Alaska communities, confirmed changes in the bear diet presumably due to the effects of climate change.
Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property: A Handbook on Issues and Options for Traditional Knowledge Holders in Protecting their Intellectual Property and Maintaining Biological Diversity
E-Books
Author/Creator
Stephen A. Hansen
Justin W. VanFleet
Traditional Knowledge and Water Governance: The Ethic of Responsibility
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah McGregor
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 5, 2014, pp. 493-507
Description
Describes the contrasting approaches to water governance between First Nations and governments.
Traditional Métis Medicines and Remedies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Todd Paquin
Description
Student handout includes questions and activities.
Traditional Métis Transportation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Darren R. Préfontaine
Todd Paquin
Patrick Young
Description
Lesson plan discusses construction and use of canoes, York boats, and the Red River cart, as well as the role of snowshoes, dogs, and horses.
Traditional Plant Knowledge of the Tsimshian: Unit Plan for Secondary Sciences, Social Studies, and Applied Skills
Alternate Title
Forests for the Future ; Unit 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Judy Thompson
Description
Recommended for: Science Grades 9-12; Resource Science (forests) Grades 11 and 12; Science and Technology Grade 11; Social Studies Grades 11-12; and Home Economics Grades 11-12.
Traditionalisation For Revitalisation: Tradition as a Concept and Practice in Contemporary Sámi Contexts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Coppélie Cocq
Folklore, vol. 57, History Culture and Selected Pasts, 2014, pp. 80-100
Description
Looks at the occurrences and use of the idea of tradition on Sámi websites from Sámi media, project homepages, information centres and community museums, reports by cultural agencies, and in describing some practices.