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
La Nuit Inuit: Éléments de Réflexion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Guy Bordin
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, Inuit and Qallunaaq Perspectives: Interacting points of view, 2002, pp. [45]-70
Description
Compares historical writings about the Inuit and the effect of the long periods of darkness and the actual Inuit attitudes and perceptions.
Text in French.
Nutrient Content of School Meals in Elementary Schools on American Indian Reservations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Story
Patricia Snyder
Jean Anliker
Leslie Cunningham-Sabo
Judith L. Weber
Kim Ring
Harrison Platero
Elaine J. Stone
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 102, no. 2, February 2002, pp. 253-256
Description
Study examines foods provided in school to see if they meet the standards of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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.
Once Upon an Oldman: Special Interest Politics and the Oldman River Dam
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jack Glenn
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 Mother Earth, One Doctor Water: A Story About Environmental Justice in the Age of Nuclearism. A Native American View
Theses
Author/Creator
Annie Grace Ross
Description
Native American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2002.
[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.
Organochlorine Contaminant Levels in Eskimo Harvested Bowhead Whales of Arctic Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Todd M. O'Hara
Margaret M. Krahn
Daryle Boyd
Paul R. Becker
L. Michael Philo
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, vol. 35, no. 4, 1999, pp. 741-752
Description
Study examined liver and blubber samples to determine contaminant levels and possible effects on the Bowhead population.
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type VII Maps to the Short Arm of Chromosome 3
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. Labuda
J. Morrisette
L. M. Ward
F. Rauch
L. Lalic
P. J. Roughley
F. H. Glorieux
Bone, vol. 31, no. 1, July 2002, pp. 19-25
Description
Report on research to identify the gene responsible for a novel form of this debilitating condition in a small First Nations community in Quebec.
Osteogensis Imperfecta Type VII: An Autosomal Recessive Form of Brittle Bone Disease
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
L. M. Ward
F. Rauch
R. Travers
G. Chabot
E. M. Azouz
L. Lalic
P. J. Roughley
F. H. Glorieux
Bone, vol. 31, no. 1, July 2002, pp. 12-18
Description
Reports on the clinical, radiological, and histological features of four children and four adults with the disease.
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.
Our Wealth Sits on the Table: Food, Resistance, and Salmon Farming in Two First Nations Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothee Schreiber
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Summer, 2002, pp. 360-377
Description
Author speaks to both commercial and food fishers from the Ahousaht and Namgis First Nations to learn about their experience of the effect of the salmon farming industry.
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.
Paddling With the Ancestors: Elders' Perspectives on the Construction and Use of the Caribou Skin Qajaq
Theses
Author/Creator
Shawn L. Charlebois
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.
Paleogenetic Assessments of Human Migration and Population Replacement in North American Arctic Prehistory
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael Geoffrey Hayes
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Utah, 2002.
A Paleolimnological Survey of Combustion Particles From Lakes and Ponds in the Eastern Arctic Nunavut, Canada: An Exploratory Classification, Inventory and Interpretation at Selected Sites
Theses
Author/Creator
Nancy Colleen Doubleday
Description
Biology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 1999.
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.
Pentachlorophenol and Hydroxylated Polychlorinated Biphenyl Metabloites in Umbilical Cord Plasma of Neonates from Coastal Populations in Québec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Courtney D. Sandau
Pierre Ayotte
Éric Dewailly
Jason Duffe
Ross J. Norstrom
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 110, no. 4, April 2002, pp. 411-417
Description
Of the three areas studied, the highest concentrations were from the two coastal areas where there is a higher percentage of marine-food based diets.
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.
A Pictorial History of the Canoe
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Charles E. S. Franks
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, Summer, 2002, pp. 192-195
Description
Book review of: The Canoe: A Living Tradition edited by John Jennings.
Planning Between Cultural Paradigms: Traditional Knowledge and the Transition to Ecological Sustainability
Theses
Author/Creator
David Adam Lertzman
Description
Community and Regional Planning Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1999.
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 Patents: A Movement is Afoot to Protect the Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous People who have used Plants as Medicines for Generations
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sarah Hilton
Pharmaceutical Executive, vol. 22, no. 9, September 2002, p. 36
Description
World Intellectual Property Organization encourages equitable sharing of benefits derived from local knowledge and practises. Drug companies have frequently exploited Indigenous resources without recognition or compensation.
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.
Politics and Demography in a Contact Situation: The Establishment of the Giles Meteorological Station in the Rawlinson Ranges, West Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laurent Dousset
Aboriginal History , vol. 26, 2002, pp. [1]-22
Description
Looks at socio-demographic changes to Aboriginal groups in the area due to the founding of the station.
The Politics of Reintegrating Australian Aboriginal and American Indian Indigenous Knowledge into Resource Management: the Dynamics of Resource Appropriation and Cultural Revival
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Ross
Kathleen Pickering.
Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, June 2002, pp. 187-215
Description
Similar views found between Native American and Australian Aboriginal communities concerning culturally based solutions for sustainable resource management.
The Politics of Space and Mobility: Controlling the Ooldea/Yalata Aborigines, 1952-1982
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maggie Brady
Aboriginal History, vol. 23, 1999, pp. [1]-14
Description
Comments on the reasons behind a periodic relocation of a community.
A Population History of North America
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lisa Dillion
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 83, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 442-445
Description
Book review of: A Population History of North America edited by Michael R. Haines and Richard H. Steckel.
Population Structure of Apache Trout (Oncorhynchus apache) in Flash and Squaw Creeks on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona
Theses
Author/Creator
David Chris Kitcheyan
Description
Renewable Natural Resources Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 1999.
Population Variation in Second Metacarpal Sexual Size Dimorphism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard A. Lazenby
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 118, no. 4, August 2002, pp. 378-384
Description
Comparison of 19th century Euro-Canadians and Inuit, found differences between the cultural groups as well as between men and women in relation to metalcarpal dimorphism. Less difference was found between Inuit men and women than in the Euro-Canadian sample group.
Power and Place in the North American West
Alternate Title
The Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture-Book Series in Western History and Biography
E-Books
Author/Creator
Richard White
John M. Findlay
James P Ronda
James F. Brooks
John Lutz ... [et al.]
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.
Practicing Historical Geography: On Cole Harris
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Don Mitchell
Historical Geography, vol. 30, Indigenous Peoples: Contested Lands, Contested Identities, 2002, pp. [93]-97
Description
Book review of the first four chapters of Making Native Space by Cole Harris.
Prediction of Cross-Sectional Geometry From Metacarpal Radiogrammetry: A Validation Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard A. Lazenby
American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 14, no. 1, January 2002, pp. 74-80
Description
Study focuses on Inuit sample biology in the area of bone mass and skeletal dynamics.