Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ann Garibaldi
Description
Includes illustration, physical description, scientific and traditional names, symptoms treated and applications for each plant.
Methylmercury: A New Look at the Risks
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathryn R. Mahaffey
Public Health Reports, vol. 114, no. 5, September/October 1999, pp. 396-399, 402-413
Description
Discussion on mercury exposure risks to humans and wildlife, and how mercury is distributed in the environment.
Mi'kmaq and Maliseet Cultural Objects
Alternate Title
Micmac and Maliseet Cultural Objects
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Description
Introduction to culture of Mi'kmaq and Maliseet of eastern Canada.
Microsatellites Provide Evidence for Y Chromosome Diversity among the Founders of the New World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andres Ruiz-Linares
Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos
Mauricio Figueroa
Natalia Mesa
Juan G. Munera
Gabriel Bedoya
Ivan D. Velez
Luis F. Garcia
Anna Perez-Lezaun
Jaume Bertranpetit
Marcus W. Feldman
David B. Goldstein
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 96, no. 11, May 25, 1999, pp. 6312-6317
Description
Discussion of Y chromosome markers that are mainly restricted to North American Aboriginal males.
Mining and Indigenous Peoples: Case Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
International Council on Metals and the Environment
The Mining Frontier and Transportation in the North: Analogies to Alaska
Theses
Author/Creator
Edwin M. Rhoads
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--[University of Alaska, Fairbanks], 1986.
Mobility and Subsistence-Settlement: An Archaeological Example From the Central Canadian Arctic
Theses
Author/Creator
James Michael Savelle
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Alberta, 1986
Molested and Disturbed: Environmental Protection by Aboriginal Peoples through Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Theresa McClenaghan
Description
Discussion on whether Aboriginal peoples in Canada can use section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 as an environmental protection tool.
A Multivariate Spatial Analysis of a Thule Dwelling From Assuukaaq Island, Northern Québec
Theses
Author/Creator
Emma Louise Farid
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 1999.
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.
Mutton in the Melting Pot: Food as Symbols of Communication Reflecting, Transmitting, and Creating Ethnic Cultural Identity Among Urban Navajos
Theses
Author/Creator
Kevin Allen Gore
Description
Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 1999.
"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 Peoples and the Environmental Regime in the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evelyn J. Peters
Arctic, vol. 52, no. 4, December 1999, p. 395
Description
Outlines the main elements of the environmental protection regimes for Cree and Inuit lands under the Agreement.
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
Natives on the Electronic Frontier: Technology and Cultural Change on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation
Theses
Author/Creator
Steven Edward Mizrach
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Florida, 1999.
Nature-Based Tourism and Sustainability in the Beaufort-Delta Region, N.W.T: An Analysis of Stakeholder Perspectives
Theses
Author/Creator
Wolfram H. Dressler
Description
Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--Natural Resource Institute, University of Manitoba, 1999.
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.
New Ethos - New Solutions: Indigenous Negotiation of Co-operative Environmental Management Agreements in Washington State
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen Ross
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 4, no. 2, 1999, p. 16
Description
Discusses how Indigenous people in Washington State have established a new ethos in environmental management of collaborating with industry, government and environmental groups to solve their concerns.
A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Simon
Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage Shipping and Marine Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E. R. Jakobsen
Zebedee Nungak
Silas Elytuk Arngna’naaq
Peter F. K. Ittinuar
Kuupik Vandersee Kleist
Okalik Eegeesiak]
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.
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.
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
A Nutrient Evaluation of Selected Nuxalk Salmon Preparations
Theses
Author/Creator
Anthea Christine Kennelly
Description
Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of British Columbia, 1986.
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.
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.
Once Upon an Oldman: Special Interest Politics and the Oldman River Dam
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jack Glenn
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.
[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 Contaminant Levels in Eskimo Harvested Bowhead Whales of Arctic Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Todd M. O'Hara
Margaret M. Krahn
Daryle Boyd
Paul R. Becker
L. Michael Philo
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, vol. 35, no. 4, 1999, pp. 741-752
Description
Study examined liver and blubber samples to determine contaminant levels and possible effects on the Bowhead population.
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.
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.
Paddling With the Ancestors: Elders' Perspectives on the Construction and Use of the Caribou Skin Qajaq
Theses
Author/Creator
Shawn L. Charlebois
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.
A Paleolimnological Survey of Combustion Particles From Lakes and Ponds in the Eastern Arctic Nunavut, Canada: An Exploratory Classification, Inventory and Interpretation at Selected Sites
Theses
Author/Creator
Nancy Colleen Doubleday
Description
Biology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 1999.
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.
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.
Planning Between Cultural Paradigms: Traditional Knowledge and the Transition to Ecological Sustainability
Theses
Author/Creator
David Adam Lertzman
Description
Community and Regional Planning Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1999.