Examines how the Pebble partnership and government regulatory regimes are addressing the environmental health and justice concerns that include potential impacts of mining operations on air and water quality, water supply, aquatic life and the welfare of the Indigenous people.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples -Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-19
Description
Discusses how research in a community based Indigenous project reflected personal stories of reconciliation.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 3, 2008, pp. 5-27
Description
Discusses how members of the United League of Indigenous Nations, including Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, are looking at the issue of climate change.
Food Policy, vol. 33, no. 2, April 2008, pp. 135-155
Description
Argues that government policies are actually speeding the move away from traditional foods and contributing to the subsequent increase in chronic disease.
Case studies of Marine Plan Partnership for the Pacific North Coast and the Great Bear Initiative and discussion of how principles involved might apply in the New Zealand context.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 95-115
Description
Contrasts Indigenous and Western approaches to research in colonized communities. Stresses the need for research being done in Indigenous communities to serve Indigenous people. Highlights the importance of self-awareness on the part of the researcher and a commitment to community service.
2008 Edition contains:
The Marae in New Zealand - the Resource Centre of the Māori World by Turoa Royal.
Our Playground: The Waitohu Stream by Rachael Selby.
Guardian of the Waitohu Stream: An Interview with George Gray by Pātaka Moore.
Tracing of Old Settlements and Place Names in a Sea Sámi Region by Marit B.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 31-38
Description
Article explores some of the meanings and implications of the online education project: FourDirectionsTeachings.com
ICT in Aboriginal Communities: Increasing Aboriginal Social Capital
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Javier Mignone
Heather Henley
Jason Brown
John O’Neil
Wendy Ross
Description
Looks at the theory of social capital as it applies to Aboriginal communities and presents the social capital framework that guides its examination in relation to information and communication technology. Also presented is a summary of case descriptions of information and communication technology implementation in First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, Special Issue: Indigenous Locations Post-Katrina: Beyond Invisibility and Disaster, 2008, pp. 3-9
Description
Looks at the aftermath of the August 29, 2005 hurricane, named Katrina, and the devastation to Indigenous communities located in Louisiana and beyond.
National Inuit Position Paper regarding the CCME Canada-Wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent and Environment Canada’s Proposed Regulatory Framework for Wastewater
Nunatsiavut Regional Impact Assessment
Nunavik Regioinal Impact Assessment
Nunavut Regional Impact Assessment
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Contains links to the National Inuit Position Paper regarding the CCME Canada-Wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent and Environment Canada’s Proposed Regulatory Framework for Wastewater and regional appendices.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 29-50
Description
Examines traditional Inuit and Yupiit stories, rituals, and colloquial sayings to reveal different meanings associated with the bearded seal in these Indigenous cultures. Finds that bearded seals can impart multiple meanings ranging from monstrous to protection to renewal and reproduction.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 201-223
Description
Looks at how Indigenous peoples are preparing for, responding to, and adapting to environmental changes in their territories. Study involved online survey of 106 individuals, most of whom were employed by Indigenous nations to carry out natural resource and environmental management.
Examines environmental journalism strategies of demonizing, orientalizing, essentializing and exaggerating Indigenous peoples as an argumentative strategy to influence readers in the struggle against policies and proposed rule changes that supports Indigenous cultural practices.
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Genetics In Medicine, vol. 10, no. 7, July 2008, pp. 545-550
Description
Study identified a missense mutation in two index cases from a northern British Columbia Gitxsan First Nation community which likely increases susceptibility to arrhythmias. Twenty relatives were found to carry the same mutation, while 102 relatives were without the mutation. The identification of this mutation allows diagnosis of a predisposition to the syndrome and medical management.