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[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
The Opinions of Ambulance Personnel Regarding Using a Heated Mattress for Patients Being Cared for in a Cold Climate - An Intervention Study in Ambulance Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonas Aléx
Tom Uppstu
Britt-Inger Saveman
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1379305
Description
Ambulance personnel from northern Sweden rate their experiences as being positive for patient comfort.
Our Identities as Civic Power
Alternate Title
2017 State of Native Youth Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
[Erik R. Stegman
Amber Richardson
Josie Raphaelito
Aaron Slater
Bettina Gonzalez]
Description
Reports on the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Online Roundtable Survey of Native American youth between the ages 18-24. Respondents were asked about their three top priorities, what they are doing to tackle their challenges, and some of the ways they are partnering with their community to build resilience.
Our National Competitiveness and Canada's Territories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Description
Discusses the adaptability of businesses in Canada's territories and the necessity of the federal and territorial governments to do the same.
Our Physical Environment: What We Must Do About It
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stan Linco
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 2, March 1978, pp. 24-28
Description
Reports on requirements for minimal physical environment standards in remote communities in Australia.
Paddling Together: Co-Governance Models for Regional Cumulative Effects Management
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Clogg
Gavin Smith
Deborah Carlson
Hannah Askew
Description
Includes case studies of co-management models from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Florida.
Paraoxonase-2 G148 Variant in an Aboriginal Canadian Girl with Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert A. Hegele
Philip W. Connelly
The Lancet, vol. 350, no. 9080, September 13, 1997, p. 785
Description
Brief article examines linkages of DNA markers related to glucose metabolism.
PCBs and Dioxin-like Compounds in Plasma of Adult Inuit Living in Nunavik (Arctic Quebec)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. Ayotte
É. Dewailly
J.J. Ryan
S. Bruneau
G. Lebel
Chemosphere, vol. 34, no. 5-7, 1997, pp. 1459-1468
Description
Studies the high exposure of organochlorines, via food-chain contamination, on Inuit in Northern Quebec, and discusses the impact it has on their health.
Pemmican Empire: Food, Trade, and the Last Bison Hunts in the North American Plains, 1780-1882
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Scott P. Stephen
BC Studies, no. 194, Summer, 2017, pp. 202-204
Description
Book review of Pemmican Empire by George Colpitts.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 202.
The Perceived Factors Affecting the Survival of Traditional Moose Skin Preparation Procedures by the Nelson House Rocky Cree
Theses
Author/Creator
Bret Nickels
Description
Interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Native Studies Thesis(M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1997.
La perception du carcajou/glouton par les Inuit du Nord canadien: Du passé au present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
Persistent Spirit: Towards Understanding Aboriginal Health Care in British Columbia
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jody Decker
Canadian Geographer, vol. 41, no. 2, Summer, 1997, pp. 219-21
Description
Book review of: Persistent Spirit edited by Peter H. Stephenson.
Plants and Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Focuses on Yukon First Nations Traditional Knowledge.
Plants & Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Plants and Connection to Place
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yukon First Nations Curriculum Working Group
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Teacher's guide.
Poisoned Food: Cultural Resistance to the Contaminants Discourse in Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John D. O'Neil
Brenda Elias
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 1, 1997, pp. 29-41
Description
Discusses risks and benefits of contaminated food and environmental health risk communication strategies.
Practice-Based Interdisciplinary Approach and Environmental Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Kumar Datta
Environments, vol. 4, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-14
Description
Compares and contrasts scientific and practice-based approaches, discusses why a move from one to the other is important and how the change would impact future research and researchers.
Predators and Cosmologies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalia Rybczynski
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 103-113
Description
Discusses the differences in the concept of predation between western societies, which regard the predator-prey relationship as antagonistic and the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) viewpoint, which regards this relationship as mutual and interdependent.
Priscilla (Wahsayyah) Soney Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Priscilla (Wahsayyah) Soney
Patricia Soney
Indian History Film Project
Description
General discussion of her life.
Producing Predators: Wolves, Work, and Conquest in the
Northern Rockies
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sarah E. McFarland
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 289-291
Description
Book review of Producing Predators by Michael D. Wise.
Profiling the eNuk Program
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alexandra Sawatzky
Ashlee Cunsolo
Oliver Cook
Dan Gillis
Inez Shiwak ... [et al.]
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 2, Innovations in Community Health and Wellness, July 2017, pp. 18-22
Description
Looks at Inuit strategy for monitoring and responding to the impacts of environmental change on health and wellbeing in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut.
Prospects of Place and Portraits of Progress in the Early Representation of the Queen Charlotte Islands, 1878-1922
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew Clephan Tingley Hamilton
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1997.
Proto-Huron/Petun and Proto-St. Lawrence Iroquoian Subsistence as Culturally Defining
Theses
Author/Creator
Frances L. Stewart
p. 593
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1997.
"Putting Up Fish": Environment, Work, and Culture in Tlingit Society, 1780s-1940s
Theses
Author/Creator
David Francis Arnold
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1997.
Qaqamiigux "to hunt for food and collect plants; subsistence": Head Start Traditional Foods Preschool Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Moses Dirks
Julia Sargent
Tracy Stewart
Suanne Unger
Description
Provides series of lessons and activities to teach nutritional value of local, traditional foods. Structured into six units according to animals and plants found in the region.
The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians: The Impact of the Atchison Topeka, and Santa Fe on the Pueblos of the Rio Grande, 1880-1930
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John R. Gram
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 108-109
Description
Book review of: The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians by Richard H. Frost.
Re/making the 'Meeting Place' - Transforming Toronto's Public Spaces Through Creative Placemaking, Indigenous Story And Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Nelly Volpert Knizhnik
Description
Environmental Studies Major Paper (MES)--York University 2017.
Recognizing Indigenous Legal Orders: Their Content, Embeddedness in Distinct Indigenous Cultures, and Implications for Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Indigenous Legal Orders in Canada: A Literature Review
Law Publications (Western University) ; 92
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Coyle
Description
Literature review primarily uses book chapters, journal articles, and internet sources.
The Reconstruction and Testing of Subsistence and Settlement Strategies for the Plains, Parkland and Southern Boreal Forest
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary E. Malainey
p. 362
Description
Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 1997.
The Recreational Use, and Management of the Mountain and Keele Rivers, Sahtu Region, Northwest Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
Richard Hagg
Description
Canadian Heritage and Development Studies Program Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1997.
Rediscovery: Towards a Local Wilderness Camp Curriculum
Theses
Author/Creator
John Maxted
Description
Physical Education and Sport Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1997.
REEES: Quebec First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey: Basic Skills
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Isabel Rojas Martel]
Reevaluation of the Lindenmeier Folsom: A Replication Experiment in Lithic Technology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Jeffrey Flenniken
American Antiquity, vol. 43, no. 3, July 1978, pp. 473-480
Description
Experimentation making modern Folsom points and what this teaches us about ancient technology.
Regional-scale Food Security Governance in Inuit Settlement Areas: Opportunities and Challenges in Northern Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Nicholas Girard
Description
Geography, Environment and Geomatics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Remembering Past Environments: Identity, Place and Environmental Knowledge in the Tumut Region of New South Wales
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ruth Lane
Aboriginal History, vol. 21, 1997, pp. [148]-161
Description
Comments on the rights and responsibilities towards land and links to personal and cultural history.
Reset and Redefine: Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and the Rise of Indigenous Games
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maize Longboat
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 170-179
Description
Author critically engages the format and storytelling devices within the videogame Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) and discusses how this and other digital platforms can be used to build understanding and counter stereotypes and misinformation about Indigenous peoples.
Residues of Forestry Herbicides in Plants of Interest to Native Americans: Phase One - Development of Methodologies and Pilot Sampling
Alternate Title
Executive Summary of Report EH 97-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R. Segawa
A. Bradley
P. Lee
D. Tran
J. White
J. Hsu
K. Goh
Description
Outlines structure of study to assess exposure of basket weavers to three herbicides used in forest vegetation management.
Resilience and Rebellious Memory Loops: Further Musings of an American Indian Ethnoecologist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Enrique Salmón
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
Description
Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
Resource Management and the Mi'kmaq Nation
Alternate Title
Resource Management and the M'ikmaq Nation
Resource Management and the Micmac Nation
Resource Management and the Mik'maq Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Berneshawi
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 115-148
Description
Examines the active and effective involvement of the Mi'kmaq Nation in the resource management processes in Nova Scotia and the beneficial use of traditional knowledge in conservation and resource use planning.
Responding to Concerning Posts on Social Media: Insights and Solutions from American Indian and Alaska Native Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jesse Gritton
Stephanie Craig Rushing
David Stephens
Thomas Ghost Dog
Bradley Kerr ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Health Research, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 63-87
Description
Describes how a sample of adolescents interpreted and acted upon disclosures of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation on Facebook or Twitter and what resources they felt were needed.
A Review of Arctic Trace Metal Data with Implications for Biological Effects
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
B. J. Presley
Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 35, no. 7-12, July-December 1997, pp. 226-234
Description
Review of data found few studies in this area; author recommends initiation of monitoring programs to gain greater knowledge of the effects of human activity on the marine environment.
A Review of The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Herman A. Peterson
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 74-76
Description
Book review of: The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology by Steve Pavlik.
REVIEWS [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer, 1997]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joanne Marie Baker
Andrew McClure
MariJo Moore
James Treat
Julie LaMay Abner
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1997, pp. 84-97
Description
Book reviews of:
Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans and the Myth
of Scientific Fact by Vine Deloria, Jr.
The Legacy of D’Arcy McNickle: Writer, Historian,
Activist edited by John Lloyd Purdy.
The WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives edited by T. Lindsay Baker and Julie P. Baker.
Completing the Circle by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve.
Bone Game by Louis Owens.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews, scroll down to appropriate page.
Rights to the Benefits of Research: Compensating Indigenous Peoples for their Intellectual Contributions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fundación Sabidurfa Indigena (FSI)
Brij Kothari
Human Organization, vol. 56, no. 2, Summer, 1997, pp. 127-137
Description
Argues that compensation should be integrated into the research phase of project rather than after completion. The article gives the example of a participatory research project conducted in Ecuador.
A Risk Balance Analysis of Dioxin and Furan Related Shellfish Closures for Aboriginal Coastal Communities in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Clare L. S. Wiseman
Description
Resource and Environmental Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--Simon Fraser University, 1997.
Risks and Impacts to First Nation Health and the Mount Polley Mine Tailings Dam Failure
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janis Shandro
Laura Jokinen
Alison Stockwell
Francesco Mazzei
Mirko S. Winkler
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 84-102
Description
Describes findings from the Mount Polley Mine Health Impact Assessment including which communities were impacted by the breached dam.
Rivers, Fish and the People: Tradition, Science, and Historical Ecology of Fisheries in the American West
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joshua L. Reid
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 136-137
Description
Book review of: Rivers, Fish and the People by Pei-Lin Yu.
The Role of Landscape Architects in Park Management, Planning and Design with Regard to Indigenous Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Marina Unger
Description
Landscape Architecture Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Guelph, 1997.
Rosie Ella Kewayosh, Elizabeth May Isaac Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Rosie Ella Kewayosh
Elizabeth May Isaac
Patricia Soney
Indian History Film Project
Description
Rosie Ella Kewayosh (side A) and Elizabeth May Isaac (side B) give general reminiscences of their lives.