Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tuiloma Lina Samu
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 1, no. 2, Reterritorialising Social Media: Indigenous People Rise Up, 2015
Description
Speaker discusses history of colonization in the Pacific Islands, characteristics of the Pasifika community in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and her research into how young adults are using social media to express identity.
Duration: 40:15.
Nawi - Exploring Australia's Indigenous Watercraft: Cultural Resurgence Through Museums and Indigenous Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen Gapps
Mariko Smith
AlterNative, vol. 11, no. 2, 2015, pp. 87-102
Description
Describes the Indigenous watercraft project of the Australia National Maritime Museum which was envisioned to overcome a gap regarding Australia's first mariners.
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
Networks of Resilience: Online Sharing and Visions of Community in Cambridge Bay, NU
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura Dunn
Description
Art History and Communication Studies Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2015.
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 Architecture on Indigenous Lands
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jon Carver
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 4, Tribal College Governance, Summer, 2015
Description
Book review of: New Architecture on Indigenous Lands by Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka.
A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Simon
Nikma'jtut Apoqnmatultinej: Reclaiming Indigeneity via Ancestral Wisdom and New Ways of Thinking
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher T. George
Description
Author describes insights gained during his eight-week research project to improve his Mi'gmaw language skills by using the Aboriginal Language Initiative and the Migmaq Online websites, and engaging in weekly meetings with a fluent speaker and Elder-in-Residence at St. Thomas University.
The Nile Project: Music as Metaphor
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Dupain Vashaw
Mina Girgis
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 118-122
Description
Project brings together musicians and singers from the Nile Basin countries to address water and cultural issues.
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 Easy Task: Making Permanent an Indigenous Knowledge Engagement Course That Changes Lives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leland Glenna
Audrey N. Maretzki
Bruce Martin
Jenifer O'Connor
Nonny Schlotzhauer
Helen Sheehy
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 165-178
Description
Talks about two new courses offered at Penn State University: Exploring Indigenous Ways of Knowing in the Great Lakes Region and Exploring Indigenous Ways of Knowing Among the Ojibwe.
No One Way of Knowing: Agricultural Science Student's Perspective Changed by Ojibwe Field Experience
Articles » General
Author/Creator
College of Agricultural Sciences
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 179-181
Description
Overview of student experience includes learning from members of the community on a wide range of topics including the boarding school era.
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.
North Coast Marine Plan, 2015
E-Books
Author/Creator
North Coast-Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society
Province of British Columbia
North Vancouver Island Marine Plan 2015
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Marine Planning Partnership Initiative]
Northern Reclamation in Canada: Contemporary Policy and Practice for New and Legacy Mines
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Dance
The Northern Review, no. 41, Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic, 2015, pp. 41-80
Description
Looks at how policy-making has addressed mine and mineral exploration reclamation problems in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, northern Labrador, and Nunavik.
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
Nutrition North Canada: A Solution to Northern Canadian Food Insecurity?
Theses
Author/Creator
David Bray
Description
Public Policy Capstone Project (MPP)--University of Calgary, [2015].
Nutrition North Canada: Failure and Facade Within the Northern Strategy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Madeleine Chin-Yee
Benjamin H. Chin-Yee
University of Toronto Medical Journal, vol. 92, no. 3, 2015, pp. 13-18
Description
Looks at the flaws in the Nutrition North Canada (NNC) program.
The Nutrition North Canada Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Niqittiavak Committee
Description
Paper puts forward 15 recommendations to ensure that the program is meeting the needs of Nunavummiut.
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.
Observing the Changing Health of Circumpolar Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kue Young
Susan Chatwood
Peter Bjerregaard
Arctic, vol. 68, no. 5, Supplement 1: Arctic Observing Summit 2013, 2015, pp. 1-5
Description
Ties together the elements associated in observational health analysis in circumpolar regions. Results are hoped to aid in further refinement of monitoring systems.
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.
[The Oka Crisis: Lessons for the Enbridge Pipeline]
Alternate Title
Trent University: Northern Lectures Series
[North at Trent 2015 Lecture Series]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ellen Gabriel
Description
Activist discusses the fight for Indigenous lands and protecting them from harmful resource exploitation.
Duration: 57:54.
On Experiencing Place; A Biography of a Stó:lõ Family's Fishing Site in the Fraser River Canyon in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Whitney Bajric
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2015.
On-the-Ground Indigenous Stewardship Programs across Canada: Inventory Project
Alternate Title
The Indigenous Stewardship Initiative
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karen Peachey Consulting
Description
Interviews conducted between July and December 2014 focused on gathering information about the work participating organizations engage in, identifying successes, challenges and opportunities and gaining understanding the value of stewardship networks.
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 Health: A Strategy for Resilience in a Changing Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce A. Ruscio
Michael Brubaker
Joshua Glasser
Will Hueston
Thomas W. Hennessy
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 74, 2015, p. article no. 27913
Description
Comments on the impact of climate change on the health of Arctic inhabitants and looks at ways of assessing the interface between human-animal-environment.
A One Health Approach to Echinococcus Canadensis and Other Parasitic Zoonoses in Remote, Rural and Indigenous Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
Janna Margaretha Schurer
Description
Veterinary Microbiology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2015.
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 Hearts on Our Street: Neechi Commons and the Social Enterprise Centre in Winnipeg
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tyler Pearce
Wanda Wuttunee
Universitas Forum, vol. 4, no. 2, April 2015, pp. 1-11
Description
Looks at two undertakings using community economic development principles that have sought to change an area.
[Our Ice is Vanishing: A History of Inuit, Newcomers, and Climate Change]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
D. Rick Van Schoik
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 45, no. 3, The Nature of Canadian Studies in the United States, 2015, pp. 383-384
Description
Book review of: Our Ice is Vanishing by Shelley Wright.