Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy, vol. 116, August 2005, pp. 24-35
Description
Provides background on two multimedia projects that open up new ways of seeing and thinking about narratives, images and performances in virtual space-time and discusses the relevance of games for anthropological insights.
Examines the current status of the Mackenzie Gas Project; and Aboriginal issues pertaining to the construction of the pipeline including the environmental impact assessment and current socio-economic issues.
Annual Review of Anthropology, vol. 34, 2005, pp. 619-638
Description
Discusses the growth and dissemination of Indigenous mapping methodologies in various parts of the world and the GIS technology's influence on Indigenous peoples.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 2, Spring, 1988, pp. 6-10
Description
Discusses traditional mapping techniques and their their use by contemporary artists.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 2, Sustainability, Winter, 2005
Description
Looks at agreement signed between the Sustainable Development Institute at the College of Menominee Nation (CNM) and Galen University of San Ignacio to foster collaborative research in sustainable development.
Addresses concerns about traditional resources and resource harvesting in the Athabasca oil sands area that the Mikesew Cree First Nation is dependent on.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2, Indigenous Peoples Bridging the Digital Divide, Summer, 2005
Description
Comments on public broadcasting and the necessity for First Nations participation to be continued, to ensure that languages and cultures are kept alive.
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 100: Introduction to the Circumpolar World]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Bruce Forbes
Steve Young]
Description
Used with University of the Arctic class. Gives overview of the class, explains North Circumpolar Region map, and defines terms used for areas in the Far North.
Module One: Post-Ice Age Geography and the Initial Peopling of the Arctic and Subarctic
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michel Bouchard
Jeremei Gabyshev
Description
Overview of archaeology and history of major regions of the circumpolar North and factors which influenced human settlement patterns.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module Three: Coastal Dwellers: Peoples of the Sea
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I]
[Section Two: Primary Peoples]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michel Bouchard
Description
Reviews physical geography, natural environment, archaeology, of coastal areas of the circumpolar region. Also discusses major Indigenous populations prior to contact and their cultures, subsistence methods, and religious beliefs.
Developed for class delivered by the University of Arctic.
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I]
[Section Two: Primary Societies]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michel Bouchard
Jeremei Gabyshev
Description
Overview of reindeer biology, life style of herders, circumstances which led to intensification of herding and subsequent changes in Sami social organization.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 331: Contemporary Issues of the Circumpolar World I]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Johnston
Dave Twynam
Description
Looks at role played by tourism and potential benefits and problems associated with it. Includes case studies from Greenland and Nunavut.
Developed for class delivered by University of the Arctic.
Module Eight: Reindeer Herding and Traditional Resource Use
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 331: Contemporary Issues of the Circumpolar World I]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrei Golovnev
Description
Discusses reindeer husbandry as a system of northern adaptation and traditional circumpolar resource use, its ecological and historical roots, and ethnic and geographic diversity.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Examines three public museums to see how their websites are being used to help in the understanding of history and culture. Suggestions for improvements are given.
Looks at stone and antler winter dwellings as well as artifacts found that were used by the Copper Inuit located 100 miles south of Bathurst Inlet in the Northwest Territories.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 111-120
Description
Contends that toponomy (study of place names) proved useful in settling disputes among Indigenous peoples about areas of overlapping land use prior to the settling of comprehensive land claims by the federal government.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, 1988, pp. 107-130
Description
Reviews land use disputes in Stein River Valley, British Columbia and offers an assessment of some of the larger lessons to be learned from this forestry/wilderness conflict.
Describes map created by Andy Korsos showing locations of posts superimposed on map of contemporary Canada and the northern United States and supported by a Geographical Information System (GIS) and computer aided topography.
Presents an overview of oil and gas prospects and the potential oil and gas development scenario in North Yukon, and then assess the local benefits and challenges to the Yukon people.