Theses
Author/Creator
Knud Sinding
Description
Mining and Mineral Process Engineering Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 1993.
Minorities in Science and Engineering: Patterns for Success
Theses
Author/Creator
Carlos Mario Rodríguez
Description
Educational Administration and Higher Education (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1993.
Moving Toward Co-operation: Inuit Circumpolar Policies and the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Chester Reimer
Northern Perspectives, vol. 21, no. 4, Winter, 1993-94, p. [?]
Description
Comments on the commitments made by the ministers as a result of the Nuuk meeting in September 1993.
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.
"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.
The Native Artistic Subject and National Identity: A Cultural Analysis of the Architecture of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Designed by Douglas J. Cardinal
Theses
Author/Creator
Joan Reid Acland
Description
Humanities Thesis (Ph.D.)--Concordia University, 1994.
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
Naturalness in Landscape: An Inquiry From a Planning Perspective
Theses
Author/Creator
Raymond Clifford Chipeniuk
Description
Regional Planning and Resource Development Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waterloo, 1994.
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.
Nehethow Pimatisiwin: Cree Way of Life
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sam Hardlotte
Robert Merasty
Description
The video, titled 'Nehethow Pimatisiwin: Cree Way of Life, Woodland Cree of Stanley Mission' (English Version), records a cultural camp at Stanley Mission during which various traditional activities are displayed. Camera, Script, and Post-Production are by Sam Hardlotte, and Narration is by Robert Merasty.
Historical note:
A video made in 1994 by Saskatchewan Education, Training & Employment, Northern Education Services Branch, in partnership with Pahkisimon Nuye?ah Library System, recording the Cree way of life.Neither Wolf nor Dog: American Indians, Environment, and Agrarian Change
Alternate Title
Oxford University Press
E-Books
Author/Creator
David Rich Lewis
p. x, 240
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 Alliance Fighting Development in the Choco; Clayoquot Sound Action Continues
Alternate Title
cs canada 17.3
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue: Selections From State of the Peoples, Fall, 1993
Description
Highlights two acts of solidarity, in two different parts of the world, that try to defend lands and livelihoods.
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.
[North American Indians: A Collection of Bibliographies, Resource Lists, Questions and Answers, and Other Leaflets]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Anthropology Outreach Office
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution]
Description
Teacher resource.
Northcote: Paddlewheels and Glory on the Saskatchewan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Malcomson
The Beaver, vol. 73, no. 4, August/September 1993, pp. 4-?
Description
Reports on the history of the paddlewheeler (1874-1904) which was used in military operations during the 1885 Resistance.
Norway House Museum - Postcards.
Images » Photographs
Description
Postcards of Norway House, Manitoba, past and present. Eight postcards shows historical scenes such as forts, churches and a view of Norway House from 1889. The remaining eight postcards showing modern day scenes like paddlers in a York boat, Aboriginal people posing for camera, and the Paimush Creek Rock Paintings.
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
Numerology as the Base of the Myth of Creation, According to the Mayas, Aztecs, and Some Contemporary American Indians
Theses
Author/Creator
Vera Anderson
Description
Spanish and Portuguese Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1993.
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.
Nutrition Services for Alcohol/Substance Abuse Clients: Indian Health Service's Tribal Survey Provides Insight
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Pelican
Brenda Batchelor
Joan Belshaw
Winston Osborn
James Pearce
Carolyn Przekurat
Pat Schumacher
Karen Strauss
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 94, no. 8, August 1994, pp. 835-836
Description
Examines the need for dietitians as an essential component of treatment and recovery from chemical dependency.
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.
One Hundred and Fifteen Years of Arviligjuarmiut Demography, Central Canadian Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Franz Van de Welde
Trinette S. Constantine-Westermann
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 30, no. 2, 1993, pp. 1-45
Description
Analysis of demographic data from 1863 to 1978.
One with the Watershed: A Story-based Curriculum for Primary Environmental Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tom Heidlebaugh
Description
Uses traditional stories about the Salmon people as a starting point to talk about environmental health and caretaking.
"A Salmon Homecoming Production."
[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.
Paleoindians in Beringia: Evidence from Arctic Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. C. Roosevelt
M. Lima da Costa
C. Lopes Machado
M. Michab
N. Mercier
H. Valladas
J. Feathers
W. Barnett
M. Imazio da Silveira
A. Henderson
J. Silva
B. Chernoff
D. S. Reese
J. A. Holman
N. Toth
K. Schick
Science, vol. 263, no. 5147, New Series, February 4, 1994, pp. 660-662
Description
Excavations at the Mesa site indicate occupation between 9,730 and 11,660 years ago before climate changes encouraged southward migration.
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 & 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.
A Political History of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth People: A Case Study of the Mowachaht and Muchalaht Tribes
Theses
Author/Creator
Yvonne May Marshall
Description
Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 1993.
Population Relationships of Lapps as Reflected by Quantitative Dermatoglyphics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. L. Jantz
A. W. Eriksson
H. Brehme
Human Biology, vol. 65, no. 5, October 1993, pp. 711-730
Description
Analyzes finger and palm ridge counts from five Lapp samples and other Uralic speakers confirming European origin for the Lapps (Sámi people).