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.
Never Lose Sight
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sarah McNair-Landry
Description
Short documentary focuses on the problem of disposing of garbage in Iqaluit, Nunavut.
Duration: 21:30.
New Literacies at the Digital Divide: American Indian Community Computing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. David Betts
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 48, no. 1, 2009, pp. 37-62
Description
Looks at the findings of a study, about a community computing lab, including increased usage and acceptance into the neighborhood.
New Media, Technology and Internet Use in Indian Country: Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Traci L. Morris
Sascha D. Meinrath
Description
Combines results of survey completed by respondents from over 120 tribes and case studies of six successful projects carried out by: Assiniboine (Nakota) and Gros Ventre or Ah Ah Nee Nin, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe, Coeur D’Alene, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Southern California Tribal Digital Village, and Leech Lake. Includes suggestions for keys to success.
The New Northern Policy Universe
Alternate Title
Art of the State Series ; 4
Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects in Canada's North
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Thomas J. Courchene
F. Leslie Seidle
France St.Hilaire
Description
Chapter in book: Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects in Canada's North edited by Frances, Abele, Thomas J. Courchene, F. Leslie Seidle and Frances St. Hilaire. Suggests that in the face of climate change, northerners should have more control over their environment.
New Project Helps Build Home for Whitecap Family
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Blue Pelletier
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 12, December 2009, p. 17
Description
Comments on a home built by high school students in Saskatoon, who are enrolled in the Construction Technology Pathway program, and the partners that helped bring such a project to fruition.
Article located by scrolling to page 17.
A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Simon
New Zealanders' Use of Broadcasting and Related Media: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Katrina Fryer
Emanuel Kalafatelis and Shane Palmer
Description
Contains disaggregated data for Māori.
Night Light
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Coray
The Northern Review, no. 31, Northern Literature, Fall, 2009, p. 58
Description
A poem.
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: An Economic Opportunity for First Nations' People
Alternate Title
SFM Network Research Note Series ; no. 51
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Catalina Solano-Rivera
Description
Explores how wildberries are a special type of non-timber forest product that have social, cultural and economic importance for the Gwich’in communities.
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.
Northern Entrepreneurship
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Katherine Walker
Description
Examines economic, social and environmental entrepreneurship in the North for small to medium-sized businesses.
Northern Grocers Forum Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Manitoba Food Charter
Description
Outlines the process and findings of forums and identifies opportunities to increase access to affordable healthy foods in Manitoba.
Northern People, Northern Knowledge: The Story of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
David R. Gray
Description
Virtual exhibit looks at the first major Canadian scientific exhibition to the north through examination of the expedition diaries.
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
A Novel Missense RAG-1 Mutation Results In T¯B¯NK + SCID in Athabascan-Speaking Dine Indians From The Canadian Northwest Territories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zheng Xiao
Steven M. Yanonne
Elizabeth Dunn
Morton J. Cowan
European Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 17, no. 2, February 2009, pp. 205-212
Description
Study identified a third immunological mutation in this isolated population, which points to the need for newborn screenings in this high-risk population.
A Novella of Ideas: How Interactive New Media Art Can Effectively Communicate an Indigenous Philosophical Concept
Theses
Author/Creator
Eve Christine Peacock
Description
Drama Thesis (M.A. (Research))--Queensland University of Technology, Creative Industries Faculty, 2009.
Nuclear Power in Saskatchewan ... The Case
Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 5, May 2009, p. 5
Description
Compares the pros and cons of nuclear energy by a representative of Bruce Power and a journalist from Eagle Feather News.
Article located by scrolling to page 5.
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.
Oklahoma Rural American Indian Attitudes Toward Participation in Clinical Research Studies
Theses
Author/Creator
Lancer D. Stephens
Description
Allied Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2009.
OLC Partners With Schools to Improve Math, Science
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 2, K-12 Education, Winter, 2009
Description
Describes a program designed to improve the mathematical and scientific skills of teachers and students in various K-12 South Dakota schools.
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 Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chantelle Richmond
Mark S. Dockstator
Dan Beavon
Canadian Diversity=Diversité canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 3-4
Description
Introductory article to themed issue.
Scroll down to page 3 to read article.
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.
The Ordering of Things: Narrative Geographies Of Bloody Falls And The Central Canadian Arctic
Theses
Author/Creator
Emilie Susanne Cameron
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2009.
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.
Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters with the Land
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tom J. Hillard
MELUS, vol. 34, no. 2, Summer, 2009, pp. 194-196
Description
Book review of: Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters with the Land by Rinda West.
Outlaws and Citizens: Indigenous People and the ‘New Media Nation’
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Alia
International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, vol. 5, no. 1 & 2, 2009, p. 39–54
Description
Discusses the evolution of technologies used to restore and create space to preserve languages and cultures while communicating across cultural, political, and geographical boundaries.