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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zheng Xiao
Steven M. Yanonne
Elizabeth Dunn
Morton J. Cowan
European Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 17, no. 2, February 2009, pp. 205-212
Description
Study identified a third immunological mutation in this isolated population, which points to the need for newborn screenings in this high-risk population.
A Novella of Ideas: How Interactive New Media Art Can Effectively Communicate an Indigenous Philosophical Concept
Theses
Author/Creator
Eve Christine Peacock
Description
Drama Thesis (M.A. (Research))--Queensland University of Technology, Creative Industries Faculty, 2009.
Nuclear Power in Saskatchewan ... The Case
Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 5, May 2009, p. 5
Description
Compares the pros and cons of nuclear energy by a representative of Bruce Power and a journalist from Eagle Feather News.
Article located by scrolling to page 5.
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.
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.
Oklahoma Rural American Indian Attitudes Toward Participation in Clinical Research Studies
Theses
Author/Creator
Lancer D. Stephens
Description
Allied Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2009.
OLC Partners With Schools to Improve Math, Science
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 2, K-12 Education, Winter, 2009
Description
Describes a program designed to improve the mathematical and scientific skills of teachers and students in various K-12 South Dakota schools.
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.
One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chantelle Richmond
Mark S. Dockstator
Dan Beavon
Canadian Diversity=Diversité canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 3-4
Description
Introductory article to themed issue.
Scroll down to page 3 to read article.
[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.
The Ordering of Things: Narrative Geographies Of Bloody Falls And The Central Canadian Arctic
Theses
Author/Creator
Emilie Susanne Cameron
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2009.
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.
Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters with the Land
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tom J. Hillard
MELUS, vol. 34, no. 2, Summer, 2009, pp. 194-196
Description
Book review of: Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters with the Land by Rinda West.
Outlaws and Citizens: Indigenous People and the ‘New Media Nation’
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Alia
International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, vol. 5, no. 1 & 2, 2009, p. 39–54
Description
Discusses the evolution of technologies used to restore and create space to preserve languages and cultures while communicating across cultural, political, and geographical boundaries.
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.
The Paleoeconomy of Norse Greenland: Adaptation and Extinction in a Tightly Bounded Ecosystem
Theses
Author/Creator
Thomas Howatt McGovern
Description
Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 1979.
Paleoeskimo Demography and Sea-Level History, Kent Peninsula and King William Island, Central Northwest Passage, Arctic Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arthur S. Dyke
James M. Savelle
Arctic, vol. 62, no. 4, December 2009, p. 371–392
Description
Discusses surveys of the Paleoeskimo sites including, common and uncommon dwelling features, the changes with elevation, environment, fauna resources, and social dynamics based on dwelling size.
Paleoindian Aggregation and Social Context at Bull Brook
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian S. Robinson
Jennifer C. Ort
William A. Eldridge
Adrian L. Burke
Bertrand G. Pelletier
American Antiquity, vol. 74, no. 3, July 2009, pp. 423-447
Description
Suggests that the Bull Brock site in Ipswich, Massachusetts was associated with communal hunting and a caribou drive. The site was a model that seemed to complement both environmental and social factors.
Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples Resistance to Globalization
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Priscilla Settee
Brady Boehmer
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 2009, pp. 85-88
Description
Book review of: Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples Resistance to Globalization edited by Jerry Mander and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz.
Past, Present and Future Issues in Great Basin Archaeology: Papers in Honor of Don D. Fowler
Alternate Title
Cultural Resource Series No. 20
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Donald Hardesty
Alice Baldrica
Renée Corona Kolvet
C. Melvin Aikens
Alanah Woody
Angus R. Quinlan ... [et al.]
Description
An overview of cultural and environmental topics that have played roles in the study of the middle Holocene period in the Great Basin.
Pastoralism and The Challenges of Climate Change
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joseph Ole Simel
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Pastoralism, 2009, pp. 30-37
Description
Discusses pastoralism as a viable livelihood.
To access this article, scroll down to page 30.
Patterns of Commodity Food Use Among American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Chino
Darlene Haff
Carolee Dodge-Francis
Pimatisiwin, vol. 7, no. 2, Winter, 2009, pp. 279-289
Description
Reports findings of a nation wide survey, of American Indian adults, to determine the correlation between food choices, obesity, diabetes, and other chronic conditions.
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.
People and Reindeer in a Changing Climate
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Philip Burgess
Description
Looks at EALÁT, a Reindeer Herders Vulnerability Network Study and project examining reindeer pastoralism of the Sami and climate change.
Duration: 35:34.
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.
A Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Model for the Assessment of Infant Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants in Epidemiologic Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc-André Verner
Pierre Ayotte
Gina Muckle
Michel Charbonneau
Sami Haddad
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 117, no. 3, March 2009, pp. 481-487
Description
Contends that physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling is a useful tool in the assessment of exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in infants.
Pilimmaksarniq: Working Together for the Common Good in Science Curriculum Development and Delivery in Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Lewthwaite
Robert Renaud
Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, vol. 9, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Science Education From Place: Best Practices on Turtle Island, 2009, pp. 154-172
Description
Outlines the mechanisms guiding and informing the development process.
Planting the Seeds of Change: Evaluation of the Impacts of Community Gardens on Well-Being and Connections to Community and Nature in First Nations' Youth
Alternate Title
Seeds of Change
Theses
Author/Creator
Graham Trull
Description
Clinical Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Lakehead University, [2009].
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 and Peoples: French and Indigenous Botanical Knowledges in Colonial North America, 1600-1760
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher Michael Parsons
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2011.
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.
Plumwood's Logic of Colonization and the Legal Antecedents of Wilderness
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna M. Reeves
Ethics & the Environment, vol. 14, no. 2, Fall, 2009, pp. 75-97
Description
Examines Plumwood's theory of the logic of colonization; looks at the philosophical analysis of Chief Justice John Marshall's opinion in the case of Johnson v. M'Intosh (1823); and explores the concept of wilderness in a new non-colonizing way.
Power, Culture, Economy Indigenous Australians and Mining
Alternate Title
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) ; no. 30
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jon Altman
Robert Levitus
David F. Martin
Katherine Trebeck
Sarah Holcombe … [et al.]
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research)
Power Struggles: Hydro Development and First Nations in Manitoba and Quebec
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thibault Martin
Steven M. Hoffman
John Bonner
Thibault Martin
Gabrielle A. Slowey ... [et al.]
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.
Prevalence and Sociodemographic Risk Factors Related to Household Food Security in Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Noreen D. Willows
Paul Veugelers
Kim Raine
Stefan Kuhle
Public Health Nutrition, vol. 12, no. 8, August 2009, pp. 1150-1156
Description
Uses data from the Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.2. Nutrition (CCHS 2.2) to compare characteristics of off-reserve Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal households.
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.
Productivity and Predictibility of Resource Yield: Aboriginal Controlled Burning in the Boreal Forest
Theses
Author/Creator
Theresa A. Ferguson
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Alberta, 1979.
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.
The Provision of Water Infrastructure in Aboriginal Communities in South Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eileen Willis
Meryl Pearce
Carmel McCarthy
Fiona Ryan and Ben Wadham
Aboriginal History , vol. 33, 2009, pp. 157-173
Description
Explores history, description of the services offered by the government, and water quality issues.