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Author/Creator
Robin McGrath
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.
Mathematics-Like Principles Inferred From the Petroglyphs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles G. Moore
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 27, no. 2, January 1988, pp. [30-36]
Description
Advances the possibility that concepts of math are being communicated and suggests several related classroom activities.
Mechanisms of Indigenous Exclusion in British Columbia's Environmental Assessment Process
Theses
Author/Creator
Hollis Katherine Andrews
Description
Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
Motivating American Indian Students in Science and Math
Alternate Title
ERIC Digest ; 296812
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gregory A. Cajete
Description
Looks at reasons for under achievement, how learning styles affect motivation, the role of cultural systems of knowledge and of teachers.
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.
Nadlok and Its Unusual Antler Dwellings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bryan C. Gordon
Arctic, vol. 41, no. 2, June 1988, pp. 160-161
Description
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.
Nastawgan: The Canadian North by Canoe & Snowshoe
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Richard C. Davis
Arctic, vol. 41, no. 3, September 1988, pp. 246-247
Description
Book review of: Nastawgan edited by Bruce W. Hodgins and Margaret Hobbs.
"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 Rights and Environmental Sustainability: Lessons from the British Columbia Wilderness
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Michael M'Gonigle
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.
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
Nauyalik Fish Camp: An Ethnoarchaeological Study in Activity-Area Formation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudia Chang
American Antiquity, vol. 53, no. 1, January 1988, pp. 145-157
Description
Time-motion study of an Inupiat fish camp during the summer of 1982.
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 Perspectives on California Indian Research: Introduction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Imre Sutton
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, 1988, pp. 1-7
Description
Re-studies land claims registers from a geographic perspective.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 the Blackfoot
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Murray G. Maw
Prairie Forum, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 132-133
Description
Book review of: Plants and the Blackfoot by Alex Johnston.
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.
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.
Pre-Development Hydrologic Conditions of the Salt River Indian Reservation, East Salt River Valley, Central Arizona, with an Emphasis on the Ground-Water Flow Regime
Theses
Author/Creator
John Joseph Porcello
Description
Hydrology and Water Resources Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 1988.
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.
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.
Qaqamiigux "to hunt for food and collect plants; subsistence": Head Start Traditional Foods Preschool Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Moses Dirks
Julia Sargent
Tracy Stewart
Suanne Unger
Description
Provides series of lessons and activities to teach nutritional value of local, traditional foods. Structured into six units according to animals and plants found in the region.
The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians: The Impact of the Atchison Topeka, and Santa Fe on the Pueblos of the Rio Grande, 1880-1930
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John R. Gram
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 108-109
Description
Book review of: The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians by Richard H. Frost.
Re/making the 'Meeting Place' - Transforming Toronto's Public Spaces Through Creative Placemaking, Indigenous Story And Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Nelly Volpert Knizhnik
Description
Environmental Studies Major Paper (MES)--York University 2017.
Recognizing Indigenous Legal Orders: Their Content, Embeddedness in Distinct Indigenous Cultures, and Implications for Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Indigenous Legal Orders in Canada: A Literature Review
Law Publications (Western University) ; 92
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Coyle
Description
Literature review primarily uses book chapters, journal articles, and internet sources.