Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vicki Hallett
Gail Baikie
Description
Submission presented on the development of the Muskrat Falls Hydro-Electric Development project voices concerns about the socio-economic impacts, inferior Environmental Impact Assessment by NALCOR, and provides suggestions for preventing negative social impacts on women and communities in the Upper Lake Melville region.
Paleoeskimo Demography and Holocene Sea-level History, Gulf of Boothia, Arctic Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arthur S. Dyke
James M. Savelle
Donald S. Johnson
Arctic, vol. 64, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 151-168
Description
Results of two archaeological and palaeontological surveys of six areas produced evidence of a series of boom-and-bust cycles in population, with an all-time maximum occurring between approximately 3900 and 3600 BP, with subsequent crashes eventually leading to the disappearance of the people.
Pastoral Herding Strategies and Governmental Management Objectives: Predation Compensation as a Risk Buffering Strategy in the Saami Reindeer Husbandry
Alternate Title
Pastoral Herding Strategies and Governmental Management Objectives: Predation Compensation as a Risk Buffering Strategy in the Sami Reindeer Husbandry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marius Wang Næss
Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen
Elisabeth Pedersen
Torkild
Tveraa
Human Ecology, vol. 39, no. 4, August 2011, pp. 489-508
Description
Findings show predation compensation positively effect future herd size.
Paykiiwikay Métis Culture [Podcast]
Alternate Title
Promoting the Michif Language through Art
Learning Michif through Traditional and Contemporary Food
The History of the Michif Language
Losing the Michif Language
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Leah Dorion
Description
Guests discusses a variety of topics related to Métis culture . Interviews are approximately 30 minutes long.
People of a Feather
Alternate Title
People of a Feather: Educational Package
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
The Arctic Eider Society
Sanikiluaq Running Pictures
Joel Heath
Community of Sanikiluaq
Description
Documentary about the unique relationship between the Inuit of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut and the Hudson Bay Common Eider and how changing sea ice and ocean currents caused by massive hydroelectric dams are threatening both the bird and the traditional way of life. Duration:
Related material: Educational Package by Global Environmental Justice Documentaries.
Perception of the Importance of Traditional Country Foods to the Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Health of Labrador Inuit
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erica L. Pufall
Andria Q. Jones
Scott A. McEwen
Charlene Lyall
Andrew S. Peregrine
Victoria L. Edge
Arctic, vol. 64, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 242-250
Description
Study gathered information through focus groups and key informants; reported that while all agreed on the various benefits of the food, there was growing concern about its safety due to environmental contamination.
Persistant Mirage: How the 'Great American Desert' Buries Great Plains Indian Environmental History
Theses
Author/Creator
John Harley Gow
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2011.
Perspectives on Past and Present Waste Disposal Practices: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project in Three Saskatchewan First Nations Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Zagozewski
Ian Judd-Henrey
Suzie Nilson
Lalita Bharadwaj
Environmental Health Insights, vol. 5, 2011, pp. 9-20
Description
Looks at past and present waste disposal practices and inequalities on reserves.
Perspectives on Sámi Mathematics Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Birgitte Fyhn
Ellen J. Sara Eira
Bharath Sriraman
Interchange, vol. 42, no. 2, Circumpolar Indigenous Issues, Knowledge, Relations to Education, Science and Mathematics, May 2011, pp. 185-203
Description
Discusses three examples of Sámi mathematics which could be part of a possible Sámi mathematics syllabus.
Place-Based Sustainability Planning: Implications & Recommendations for Rural Northwestern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Schiff
Northern Review, no. 49, Place-Based Sustainability Research in the Provincial North, February 20, 2020, pp. 67-88
Description
Article examines “smart growth” approaches to rural planning for Northern Ontario; suggests that sustainable strategies require planners to prioritize healthy environments, resilient communities, and robust economies.
Place With No Dawn: A Town's Evolution and Erskine's Arctic Utopia
Alternate Title
Architecture and the Canadian Fabric
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Alan Marcus
Description
[Chapter 9] in the book: Architecture and the Canadian Fabric edited by Rhodri Windsor Liscombe.
Looks at the history of the architectural design by Ralph Erskine of Resolute Bay.
Plan Nord: Building Northern Québec Together: The Project of a Generation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gouvernement du Québec
Plant Wisdom = Dechı̨tah t’ahsı́ı nezheh met’áhodéɂá
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Describes uses of moss and the soapberry bush.
Planting a Seed and Watching it Blossom: Koori Community Kitchen Making a Difference
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sophia Malié
Lyndey Robertson
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 6, October 2011, pp. 4-7
Description
Comments on a program aimed at addressing one aspect of food insecurity in low-income families.
Poisoning the Body to Nourish the Soul: Prioritising Health Risks and Impacts in a Native American Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jamie L. Donatuto
Terre A. Satterfield
Robin Gregory
Health, Risk & Society, vol. 13, no. 2, April 2011, pp. 103-127
Description
Study examined local meanings of health in reference to seafood where contamination of their aquatic natural resources has been found.
Polar Bears in Northwest Greenland: An Interview Survey about the Catch and the Climate
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jeff W. Higdon
Arctic, vol. 64, no. 3, September 2011, pp. 380-381
Description
Book review of Polar Bears in Northwest Greenland by Erik W. Born, Anna Heilmann, Lene Kielsen Holm, and Kristin L. Laidre.
Political Climate Change: The Evolving Role of the Arctic Council
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alison Ronson
Northern Review, no. 33, Canadas Role in the Circumpolar World, Spring, 2011, pp. 95-111
Description
Contends that the changing climate is impacting more than the natural environment, it is also effecting change in political relations.
Politics, Power, and Environmental Governance: A Comparative Case Study of Three Métis Communities in Northwest Saskatchewan
Theses
Author/Creator
Bryn Alan Politylo
Description
Rural Sociology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2011.
Position Paper: Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence Working Group
The Power of Participatory Dialogue: Why Talking About Climate Change Matters
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kate Cave
Paul General
Jodi Johnston
Bradley May
Deb McGregor
et al.
Indigenous Policy Journal , vol. 22, no. 1, Summer, 2011, pp. 1-10
Description
Comments on the many negative impacts climate change will have on the 33 million people who live within the Great Lakes Basin.
Preserving Inuit Cultural Traditions Through Tourism in Arviat, Nunavut, Canada
Alternate Title
International Travelers’ Philanthropy Conference ; 3rd, 2011
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mike Robbins
Description
Describes development and key components of the Arviat Community Ecotourism initiative, which is designed to sustain culture and traditions while providing economic opportunities and building community capacity.
Principles of Tsawalk: An Indigenous Approach to Global Crisis
E-Books
Author/Creator
E. Richard Atleo (Umeek)
Promoting the Relationships of Plants and Health Within Westbank First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Joel Liman
Description
Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2011.
Protected Areas and Indigenous Peoples in Chile
Theses
Author/Creator
Magdalena García Pérez de Arce
Description
Geography, Urban and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--Concordia University, 2011.
Quebec Hydropolitics: The Peribonka Concessions of the Second World War
Alternate Title
Studies on the History of Quebec / Études d'Histoire du Québec : 24
E-Books
Author/Creator
David Massell
Range Selection By Semi-Domesticated Reindeer (Rangifer Tarandus Tarandus) in Relation to Infrastructure and Human Activity in the Boreal Forest Environment, Northern Finland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marja Anttonen
Jouko Kumpula
Alfred Colpaert
Arctic, vol. 64, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 1-14
Description
Concludes that new land-use operations should take into account how reindeer demonstrated avoidance for infrastructure.
Rapid Creek, Darwin, Australia: Recollecting Place
Theses
Author/Creator
Christine Haylock
Description
Landscape Architecture Thesis (MLA)--University of Manitoba, 2011.
A Re-Conceptualization of the Fourche Maline Culture: The Woodland Period as a Transition in Eastern Oklahoma
Theses
Author/Creator
Luther J. Leith
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2011.
Reading Sheet: Coyote Places the Stars
Documents & Presentations
Description
Retelling of traditional story.
The Real Avatar
Alternate Title
The Nature of Things ; season 2010-2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Roberto Verdecchia
Mike Hanna
Description
Documentary investigates the resource boom's effects on the Indigenous people of Peru.
Episode of The Nature of Things which aired July 7, 2011.
Duration: 1:22:47.
Reconsidering Approaches to Aboriginal Science and Mathematics Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gladys Sterenberg
Michelle Hogue
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 57, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 1-15
Description
Discusses the themes coming out of focus group discussions for approaches to Aboriginal education: assimilation, self segregation, and mutual dialogue.
Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Whispering Wind, vol. 40, no. 1, Issue 275, March-April 2011, p. 24
Description
Book review of: Recovering the Sacred by Winona LaDuke.
Red River Women: A Memorial for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG2S) Alongside Winnipeg's Red River
Theses
Author/Creator
Desiree Theriault
Description
Practicum for Master of Landscape Architecture (M.A)-University of Manitoba, 2020.
Reference Guide for Distance Learning
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Council (FNEC)
Description
Discusses common considerations about household and school employees' connectivity and equipment, as well as the requirements in four different scenarios: teachers and students return to school but some individuals must remain at home due to health fragility reasons; students and teachers partially back to school; teachers in school, students at home; and neither teachers nor students are at school.
A Reflection on the Lake Powell Pipeline Southern Paiute Ethnographic Study and Conflicts in the Nomination of Traditional Cultural Properties in Native American Cultural Resource Studies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie Cho De Sola
Description
Looks at the ethnographic study which evaluated impact of construction of pipeline to move water from Lake Powell to Utah communities.
Towards Anthropology Thesis (B.A.)--University of Arizona, 2011.
Reflections on a Meaningful Architecture: The Symbolic and Material Universes of the Home for the Inuit of Nunavik
Alternate Title
Reflections on a Meaningful Architecture: The Symbolic and Material Universes of the Home for the Inuit of Nunavik (Research Note)
Réflexions pour une architecture significative : Univers symbolique et matériel de la maison chez les Inuit du Nunavik (Note de recherche)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Myrtille Bayle
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 44, no. 1/2, Builiding and Dwelling in Inuit Nunangat, 2020, pp. 161-182
Description
Using a literary review to identify the cultural importance of Inuit housing and its reflection of Inuit values.
Reframing Forest-Based Development as First Nation-Municipal Collaboration: Lessons From Lake Superior's North Shore
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan Bullock
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 2, Fall, 2011, pp. 78-89
Description
Looks at inclusion of local values and visions in the forest governance, ecosystems and development shared between First Nations and partner municipalities.
Reimaging Land Use, Value and Aboriginal-Industry Relations in Northeast British Columbia Through Traditional Land Use Studies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gretchen Fox
Description
Paper presented at the 2011 American Anthropological Association Annual meeting in Montreal, Quebec, November 19, 2011.
Relationships and the Creation of Colonial Landscapes in the Eighteenth- Century Fur Trade
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amélie Allard
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 2, Spring, 2020, pp. [149]-170
Description
Using the conceptual framework developed by La Donna Harris and Jaqueline Wasilewski and the site of Réaume’s Leaf River Post, the author looks at foodways to show the relationships between the Ojibwe and the fur traders. This work was in response to traditional archaeology that validates colonialism.
Report on Torres Strait Fisheries Research Protocols: A Guide for Researchers
E-Books
Author/Creator
Martin Nakata
Vicky Nakata
The Representation and Significance of Food in Three Works of Native American Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Brandy B. Alba
Description
Thesis (M.A.)--Texas State University - San Marcos, 2011.
Resetting the Table: A People's Food Policy For Canada
Documents & Presentations
Description
Addresses why Canada needs a policy and looks at the platform which covers several topics including Indigenous food sovereignty.
Resonance Strategies of Sámi Reindeer Herders in Northernmost Finland during Climatically Extreme Years
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. Vuojala-Magga
M. Turunen
T. Ryypo
M. Tenneberg
Arctic, vol. 64, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 227-241
Description
Focuses on the instinctive changes in herd-management techniques used by the members of four cooperatives during in the period 1970-2007.
Restorative Narrative: Nonfiction and the Resetting of the Grasslands' Future
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Naramore Maher
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 1, Winter, 2020, pp. 1-22
Description
Article focuses on contemporary non-Indigenous essay writers from the Great Plains who are working to shift the narrative surrounding the historical destruction of the grasslands and the coinciding violence directed towards Indigenous nations.
Restoring the Lifeblood: Water, First Nations and Opportunities for Change: Background Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Merrell-Ann Phare
Description
Scopes main barriers and opportunities with regard to First Nations and the management and state of their waters, and discusses the role that philanthropy might play in building resilience, sustainability and capacity. Topics include context of water use in Canada, water challenges facing First Nations, and possible program and project development initiatives.
Retention Through Research: Sitting Bull College Builds STEM Program Around Research Experiences
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeremy E. Guinn
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 4, Honoring Student Success, Summer, 2011
Description
Looks at a research program, the Environmental Science Program, that requires students to conduct and defend a full research project in order to graduate.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
June Nash
Renée Ater
James J. Garrett
William Willard
S. Carol Berg
Malinda Maynor Lowery
Rebecca Kugel
Marie Watkins
Robert Keith Collins
James D. Drake
David M. Brugge
Arif Dirlik
Kenichi Matsui
Qwo-Li Driskill
J. Cedric Woods
et. al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 119-185
Description
Book reviews of:
2000 Years of Mayan Literature by Dennis Tedlock.
Child of the Fire: Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History’s Black and Indian Subject by Kirsten Pai Buick.
Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples by Mark Dowie.
Delaware Tribe in a Cherokee Nation by Brice Obermeyer.
Demons, Saints, & Patriots: Catholic Visions of Indian America through The Indian Sentinel (1902–1962) by Mark Clatterbuck.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Douglas W. Veltre
Jeffrey D. Anderson
David Reed Miller
Katherine Beaty Chiste
Sean M. Rafferty
Carol Miller
Caskey Russell
Thomas W. Cowger
Hugh Shewell
Alfred Young Man
Michael A. Glassow
Karen J. Travers
Stephen Warren
Ken Coates
et.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 183-246
Description
Book reviews of:
An Aleutian Ethnography by Lucien M. Turner ; edited by Raymond L. Hudson.
The Arapaho Language by Andrew Cowell and Alonzo Moss Sr.
Broken Treaties: United States and Canadian Relations with the Lakotas and Plains Cree, 1868–1885 by Jill St. Germain.
Canada’s Indigenous Constitution by John Borrows.
Cave Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands: Essays in Honor of Patty Jo Watson edited by David H. Dye.
Cherokee Thoughts: Honest and Uncensored by Robert J.
Revitalizing Culture through Gaming: “Boundary Objects” and Properness in the Design of a Virtual Reality Game System
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Liu Zenan
Folio, vol. [10], [2011], pp. [8-14]
Description
Looks at the gaming experience of a culturally appropriate system that provides a convenient mode for preserving and promoting cultural heritage.
Rising Above the Rhetoric: Northern Voices and the Strengthening of Canada's Capacity to Maintain a Stable Circumpolar World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Kikkert
Northern Review, no. 33, Canadas Role in the Circumpolar World, Spring, 2011, pp. 29-45
Description
Examines northerners' viewpoints on how the Arctic Council might be enhanced to better serve the Circumpolar World.