Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-6
Description
Comments on the cost of mining to people and the environment, for corporate and government benefit.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 11-28
Description
Introduction to the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), the work the network does internationally and domestically, and the challenges faced to help protect North America.
Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 58-[?]
Description
Studies four films to compare practices used to preserve Inuit architectural knowledge: Qallunajatut/Urban Inuk; episode 3 from Nunavut/Our Land series, Qarmaq/Stone House, and Qaggiq/Gathering Place .
BC Studies, no. 179, Ethnobotany in BC, Autumn, 2013, pp. 13-37
Description
Uses specific example to illustrate the impact of displacement from important resource harvest sites and efforts to eliminate traditional gardening activities.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 50, no. 2, 2013, pp. 4-24
Description
Analysis of site on the southern coast of Amundsen Gulf, Northwest Territories showed that occupants relied almost exclusively on ringed seals. Includes information on bone modification, skeletal-element representation and age distribution of the animals.
Reviews key findings on the effects of supporting green and local infrastructure to improve the environment of First Nations communities, promote long-term economic growth, and upgrade infrastructure.
Study examined learning experiences of students in mathematics and science programs, barriers to continuing education in those fields, and existing supports for transition process. Contains stories of four individuals.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, p. article no. 21574
Description
Study on 24 healthy men found that hypoxic ventilatory responses (HVR) and hypercapnic ventilatory responses (HCVR) increased and the probability of hypoxia decreased after cold acclimation.
Abstracts and selected papers. Topics were grouped in four areas: global food policy and food safety issues; food production and economic development; food production and sustainable practices; and global perspectives in advancing food security in the Circumpolar world.
International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, vol. 24, no. 2, June 2010, pp. 163-179
Description
Presents research that looks into the characterization of social capital and the use of community-indicators to forecast specific social and economic outcomes for new mining projects.
Session discussing a community pilot project looking at new ways of engaging the community via social media, community tools, and screening for latent tuberculosis.
Duration: 17:36.
Reports on Health Canada creating a program that empowers local First Nations residents to take ownership for monitoring of safe drinking water.
Environment, Sustainability and Society and Biology Honours [Paper] (B.Sc.)--Dalhousie University, 2013.
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. lxiv-lxviii
Description
Project goal is to develop a mental health curriculum sensitive to Native American values.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page lxiv.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2010, pp. 289-314
Description
Looks at 2 projects, a summer study based on holistic learning and a medicine wheel garden project in support of an interdisciplinary approach to the natural sciences.
Canadian Issues, Teaching (in) the Canadian North, Winter, 2013, pp. 36-40
Description
Looks at the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1918 as an educational tool for teaching science, geography, culture and history.
To access article scroll to p. 36.
Teacher's guide for use with Thirst, a short documentary by Gail Maurice about the lack of clean, safe water in First Nations communities. Focuses on Keewaywin First Nation in northern Ontario.
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 1, January 2013, pp. 3-23
Description
Looks at Tlingit oral accounts that reference the 850 year old fort at Glacier Bay to understand the history and environmental change during that period.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010
Description
Discusses the way in which the tobacco contributes to Indigenous research methodology and examines how Indigenous research can draw upon Indigenous ways of knowing by connecting individuals with the spiritual and physical world.