Articles » General
Author/Creator
Todd Paquin
Patrick Young
Darren R. Préfontaine
Description
Discussion of the role Métis have played in agricultural production.
Métis Food and Diet
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patrick Young
Todd Paquin
Leah Dorion
Darren R.Préfontaine
Description
Outlines traditional consumption patterns and the effects of a move away from them in modern times.
Métis Seasonal Cycles
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darren R. Préfontaine
Patrick Young
Todd Paquin
Description
Outlines historical relationship between Métis and their environment, particularly the harvesting of resources.
Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of the Ohio Hopewell of the Hopewell Mound Group
Theses
Author/Creator
Lisa A. Mills
Description
[Anthropology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio State University, 2003.
A Model for Managing Cold-Related Health and Safety Risks at Workplaces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tanja Risikko
Tiina M. Mäkinen
Arvid Påsche
Liisa Toivonen
Juhani Hassi
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 62, no. 2, 2003, pp. 204-215
Description
Discusses the cold risk management model and strategy for assessment, management and practice.
Mother Earth
Alternate Title
CBC Ideas
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Phil Lane
Stan Cuthand
Paul Kennedy
John Snow
Art Shofley ... [et al.]
Description
Transcript of panel discussion about the concept and its significance in Aboriginal culture.
The Moving Frontier: Aspects of Aboriginal-European Interaction in Australia
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
D. J. Mulvaney
Aboriginal History , vol. 2, no. 2, 1978, pp. 172-174
Description
Book review of: The Moving Frontier edited by Peter Stanbury, A. H. Reed and A.W. Reed.
To access review, scroll down to page 172.
Muslims, Navajos, and Peaches
Articles » General
Author/Creator
George H. Junne
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Looks at how an Asian fruit was cultivated by Navajo Indians in the Chelly Canyon.
Myths of Diversity: Canadian Environmentalists Don't Want to Talk About Racism--But too Often that Means the Uncritical Acceptance of Popular Diversity Myths
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andil Gosine
Alternatives Journal, vol. 29, no. 1, Winter, 2003, pp. 12-[?]
Description
Examines how racism influences environmental policy in relation to housing, employment and law enforcement.
Narrating the Arctic: A Cultural History of Nordic Scientific Practices
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Chris Paci
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, pp. 515-517
Description
Book review of: Narrating the Arctic edited by Michael Bravo and Sverker Sorlin.
"Native" Advertising: An Evaluation of Nike's N7 Social Media Campaign
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. Scott Sanders
Selene G. Phillips
Cecelia Alexander
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 43-63
Description
Evaluates the success of the campaign in the context of targeted marketing to ethnic minorities and representation of Native Americans in advertisements, and presents two case studies which assess whether the company successfully engaged with youth via Twitter.
Native Space: Geographic Strategies to Unsettle Settler Colonialism
Alternate Title
First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Natchee Blu Bard
First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies Series
Navajo Cyber-Sovereignty
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Frances Vitali Jean Whitehorse
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Indigenous People and Information Technology, 2003, pp. 38-43
Description
Reports on the changes technology is bringing to the culture of the Navajo Nation.
To access this article scroll down to page 38.
Negotiating Life Within the City: Social Geographies and Lived Experiences of Urban Metis Peoples in Ottawa
Theses
Author/Creator
Daniel Dumas
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Network Sovereignty: Building the Internet across Indian Country
Alternate Title
Indigenous Confluences
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marisa Elena Duarte
Never Alone: (Re)Coding the Comic Holotrope of Survivance
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michelle Lee Brown
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 22-44
Description
Article examines the use of gaming and other communication technologies as strategies for resistance, survivance and cultural resurgence; discusses practices of re/mapping, kinship-making and relationality.
Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story
Alternate Title
Game Development Conference ; 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Dima Veryovka
Description
A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
Duration: 50:01.
A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Simon
The Nexus of Identity, Inuit Autonomy and Arctic Sustainability: Learning From Nunavut, Community and Culture
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Doubleday
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 16, no. 2, September 2003, pp. 297-308, 427
Description
Looks at Inuit historical suppression and reclamation of identity within implications of Arctic sustainability in Nunavut.
Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage Shipping and Marine Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E.R. Jakobsen … [et al.]]
Description
Essays by authors from across Inuit Nunangat and Greenland discuss the possible impacts of the opening of the Passage due to climate change.
No Takebacks
Alternate Title
No take backs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen Graham Jones
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 139-169
Description
Short fiction piece. When two friends develop an app for mobile devices the results are much different than they expect.
Nodal Area Evolution In The Fur Trade: 1768-1821
Theses
Author/Creator
Vincent Andrew Balls
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2003.
Non-Timber Forest Products: Indigenous Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Livelihood Security in West Suriname
Theses
Author/Creator
Tim van den Boog
Description
Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
Northern Food Prices Report 2003: Exploring Strategies to Reduce the High Cost of Food in Northern Manitoba
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Northern Food Prices Project Steering Committee [Manitoba]
Description
Options discussed include food self-sufficiency initiative, milk price review, food business development, community foods program, greenhouse pilot project, and food price survey program.
Northern Lights Against POPs, Combatting Toxic Threats in the Arctic
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joanna Kafarowski
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 537-540
Description
Book review of: Northern Lights Against POPs, Combatting Toxic Threats in the Arctic edited by David Downie Leonard and Terry Fenge.
Not Your Grandfather's Horse: Automobiles Performing the Trickster in Modern and Contemporary Work by Artists from Plains Cultures
Theses
Author/Creator
Aaron Moses
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Oklahoma State University, 2017
Refers to the works of Horace Poolaw, Dallin Maybee, Arthur Amiotte, Jay Polite Labor, and Wendy Red Star
NTFP Program Development: Indigenous Community Forestry With A Focus on Non-Timber Forest Products: A Literature Synthesis, Sustainability Assessment, and Program Development Recommendations
Theses
Author/Creator
Diane Muriel Beattie
Description
Environment and Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2003.
Nuclear Fuel Waste and Aboriginal Concerns: Canada's Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Concept Public Hearings: A Content Analysis
Theses
Author/Creator
Ann Marie Farrugia-Uhalde
Description
Environmental Applied Science and Management Thesis (M.Sc..)--Ryerson University, 2003.
Nunavut Economic Development Strategy: Building a Foundation for the Future
Documents & Presentations
Description
Looks at a strategy to identify and share information to support strategic planning for Nunavut’s economic development; and looks at issues related to the land, people and communities in addition to more traditional economic concerns.
Nurturing Native Languages
Alternate Title
Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium ; 8th, 2001
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jon Reyhner
Angayuquq Oscar Kawagley
Gary Owens
Lizette Peter
Ella Christie ... [et al.]
Nutrition and Food Security in Kugaaruk, Nunavut: Baseline Survey for the Food Mail Pilot Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Judith Lawn
Dan Harvey
Nutrition North Canada: Real Change is Yet to Come
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Fitzgerald
Fred Hill
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 44-48
Description
Examines what the Liberal government has done since coming into power, in October 2015, for the Nutrition North Canada program.
Nutritional Factors May Modify the Toxic Action of Methyl Mercury in Fish-Eating Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas W. Clarkson
J. J. Strain
Journal of Nutrition, vol. 133, no. 5, Supplement, May 2003, pp. 1539S-1543S
Description
Discussion of choline as a required nutrient for humans and the finding that this may protect against neurotoxicity.
Nyungar of Southwestern Australia and Flinders: A Dialogue on Using Nyungar Intelligence to Better Understand Coastal Exploration
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Len Collard
Clint Bracknell
David Palmer
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-16
Description
Authors revisit archival records relating to the exploration of what is now Western Australia, with a focus on drawing out the places where the record shows the role of the Nyungar people in the exploration of the coast, and the Indigenous Knowledge share with explorers.
Oil and the Iñupiaq: Linking Industry and Education at Iļisaġvik College
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pearl Kiyawn Brower
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 4, Oil and Indian Country, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Comments on college programming designed to support industry jobs.
Ojibway: The Man, the Snake and the Fox
Alternate Title
Indian Legends
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tony Snowsill
Basil Johnston
Description
Traditional Ojibwa legend that delivers the moral, do not make promises you cannot keep.
Duration: 11:58.
Old Routes, New Trails: Contemporary Inuit Travel and Orienting in Igloolik, Nunavut
Theses
Author/Creator
Claudio Aporta
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2003.
Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ezekiel Gow
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 174-175
Description
Book review of Once They Were Hats by Frances Backhouse.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 174.
One Flea-Bitten Gray Horse: Women, Horses, and Economy on the Yakama Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clifford E. Trafzer
T. Robert Przeklasa
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 5-29
Description
Authors use bills of sale for horses from 1909-12 as primary documents to explore the roles women on the Yakima reservation played in their nation’s economy and their resistance to conforming to Western or Christian gender roles.
Online Learning for Aboriginal Community Health Workers
Theses
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Barnett
Irene Buck
Description
Distributed Learning Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2003.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eleven: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[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.
Organochlorine Levels in Maternal and Umbilical Cord Blood Plasma in Arctic Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jody Butler Walker
Laura Seddon
Ed McMullen
Jan Houseman
Karen Tofflemire
André Corriveau
Jean-Phillipe Weber
Carole Mills
Samuel Smith
Jay Van Oostdam
The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 302, no. 1-3, January 20, 2003, pp. 27-52
Description
Discussion of the base line for exposure to organochlorine and metal contaminants, and the higher rates of exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) for Inuit, Dene and Métis.
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.