Alternate Title
Culture, Place, and Nature: Studies in Anthropology and Environment
E-Books
Author/Creator
Liza Grandia
Encountering Silence(s): Mitigating the Negative Social Impacts of Construction Camps With Lake Babine Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Hannah Elizabeth Quinn
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2017.
Encounters Across Difference: The Digital Geographies of Inuit, the Arctic, and Environmental Management
Theses
Author/Creator
Jason C. Young
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2017.
Engaging Remote Marginalized Communities Using Appropriate Online Research Methods
Alternate Title
The Sage Handbook of Online Research Methods
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Brian Beaton
David Perley
Chris George
Susan O’Donnell
Description
Discusses using participatory action research (PAR) methodology, developing culturally appropriate research, communication and data protocols, and working with intermediary organizations to help build relationships. Concludes with a list of best practices.
Chapter from The Sage Handbook of Online Research Methods, 2nd edition, edited by Nigel G. Fielding, Raymond M. Lee, and Grant Blank.
An Environmental Scan of Emergency Response Systems and Services in Remote First Nations Communities in Northern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
E. J. Mew
S. D. Ritchie
D. VanderBurgh
J. L. Beardy
Gordon M. Fortune ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1320208
Description
Studies remote Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities and lack of response capacity and services to meet their needs.
Epicenter: Deep Mapping Place in Fiction and Nonfiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rilla Askew
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, Fall, 2017, pp. 259-263
Description
Comments on the Indigenous writers who have influenced author's work.
Estimating Wildlife Harvest Based on Reported Consumption by Inuit in the Canadian Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tiff-Annie Kenny
Hing Man Chan
Arctic, vol. 70, no. 1, March 2017, pp. [1]-12
Description
Using data from the Canadian International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey 2007-2008, compiled data regarding country food consumption, population demographics, and average edible yield of species consumed.
The Ethnography of Memory in East Siberia: Do Life Histories from the Arctic Coast Matter?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Florian Stammler
Aytalina Ivanova
Lena Sidorova
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-23
Description
Authors discuss how oral histories can influence and change collective memories and memory negotiation; argue that collective memory which includes a diversity of perspective is vital increasing human understanding of the past and a sense of belonging in the present.
Examining Patterns of Food Exchange and Dependency at Moose Fort, 1783-1785
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Ruten
University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, April 2017, pp. 1-10
Description
Looks at flow of foodstuffs between Hudson's Bay Company men and the James Bay Cree who lived near the Fort. Argues that traders were consistently reliant upon provisions supplied by Indigenous trappers, hunters, and fishers.
Examining the Potential for Wildlife Tourism in Eeyou Istchee, Northern Quebec, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raynald Harvey Lemelin
Graham Dickson
Northern Review, no. 35, Travel and Tourism in the Circumpolar North, Spring, 2012, pp. 176-192
Description
Site assessment and product development report examining viability of small-scale operations featuring polar bear viewing.
Explaining Reduction of Pedestrian-Motor Vehicle Crashes in Arkhangelsk, Russia, in 2005-2010
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander V. Kudryavtsev
Odd Nilssen
Johan Lund
Andrej M. Grjibovski
Børge Ytterstad
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 19107
Description
Study found that infrastructure improvements and legislative changes accounted for most of the reduction.
An Explorer's Guide to Treaties in Manitoba: An Exercise in Mapping Skills
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba
Description
Activities teach about types of maps, using a map grid, absolute and relative location, latitude and longitude, reading a key, determining directions, etc. Maps appear at end of document.
Exploring and Revitalizing Indigenous Food Networks in Saskatchewan, Canada, as a Way to Improved Food Security
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fidji Gendron
Anna Hancherow
Ashley Norton
Health Promotion International, vol. 32, no. 5, October 2017, pp. 808-817
Description
Project involved exploring state of current networks, creating a Facebook page, organizing volunteer opportunities, and surveying workshop participants regarding knowledge and interest in traditional foods.
Exploring Elders' and Seniors' Perceptions of How Climate Change is Impacting Health and Well-Being in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joshua Ostapchuk
Sherilee Harper
Ashlee Cunsolo Willox
Victoria L. Edge
Rigolet Inuit Community Government
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 9, no. 2, Inuit Health and Well-Being, 2012, pp. 6-24
Description
Interviews revealed recurring themes including climate change observations and impacts on physical, mental and emotional health including feelings of isolation and depression.
NOTE: Also published as Journal of Aboriginal Health, Summer, 2015.
Exploring the Influences of Institutions on Water Governance And Management: A First Nations Case Study
Theses
Author/Creator
Katherine Cave
Description
Environment and Resource Studies Thesis (MES)--University of Waterloo, 2012.
Extraordinary Book of Native American Lists
E-Books
Author/Creator
Arlene Hirschfelder
Paulette F. Molin
Factors Related to Fruit, Vegetable and Traditional Food Consumption Which May Affect Health Among Alaska Native People in Western Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer S. Johnson
Elizabeth D. Nobmann
Elvin Asay
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 17345
Description
Individuals studied had a greater tendency to be overweight and also have lower than recommended fruit and vegetable intake.
Factors That Support Indigenous Involvement in Multi-actor Environmental Stewardship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas J. Reo
Kyle P. Whyte
Deborah McGregor
M. A. (Peggy) Smith
James F. Jenkins
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, 2017, pp. 58-68
Description
Discusses the results of a cross-case study of 39 regional partnerships in the Great Lakes region. Found six factors influence willingness to stay engaged: respect for Indigenous knowledge, control of knowledge mobilization, intergenerational involvement, self-determination, cross-cultural education, and early involvement.
“Fake Vegans”: Indigenous Solidarity and Animal Liberation Activism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa Marie Legge
Rasha Taha
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 63-81
Description
Discusses the experiences of members of the Hamilton-Halton Animal Liberation Team (HALT) while demonstrating in support of Haudenosaunee-negotiated hunting rights in Short Hills Provincial Park in Ontario which are being protested against by local property owners and animal rights activists.
Farming Muskoxen for Qiviut in Alaska: A Feasibility Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Starr
Joshua Greenberg
Janice Rowell
Arctic, vol. 70, no. 1, March 2017, pp. [77]-85
Description
Examines principal economic variables of a hypothetical, established farm in order to evaluate its sustainable economic potential.
Feast: Growing Indigenous Food Tourism in Ontario
Alternate Title
Indigenous Food Tourism: Standards and Best Practices Checklist
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Trevor Jonas Benson
Caroline Morrow
Camilo Montoya-Guevara
James Arteaga
Description
Explains the development and key features of a five-year strategic plan designed to increase business opportunities in the sector.
Related material:
Indigenous Food Tourism: Standards and Best Practices Checklist.
A Fictive Kinship: Making "Modernity", "Ancient Hawaiians", and Telescopes on Mauna Kea
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-30
Description
Comments on the controversy over the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope that would desecrate one of the most sacred sites in the islands.
First Nation Elders Who Use Wheeled Mobility: An Exploration of Culture and Health
Theses
Author/Creator
Lindsay Croxall
Description
Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
First Nations and Adaptive Water Governance in Southern Ontario, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Thomas Dyck
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2017.
Focuses on the Six Nations of the Grand River, Oneida Nation of the Thames, and Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation.
First Nations Elders in Northwestern Ontario's Perspectives of Health, Body Image and Eating Disorders
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Taslim Alani-Verjee
Peter Braunberger
Tina Bobinski
Christopher Mushquash
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 1, June 2017, pp. 76-96
Description
Interviews with five First Nations Elders to gain a better understanding of health, healthy eating and ideal body image and the relationship to the well-being of youth.
First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study: Results from the Atlantic Region 2014
Alternate Title
FNFNES Results from the Atlantic Region 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurie Chan
Olivier Receveur
Malek Batal
William Batal
Description
Study involves five components: household interviews collecting information on dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status; environmental concerns and food security; sampling traditional foods for contaminants; sampling water for trace metals; hair sampling for mercury; and surface water sampling for pharmaceuticals
First Nations Food, Nutrition & Environment Study (FNFNES): Results from Manitoba 2010
Alternate Title
FNFNES Results from Manitoba 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurie Chan
Olivier Receveur
Donald Sharp
Description
Study looks at addressing the gaps in knowledge about the total diet, traditional food and levels of exposure to environmental contaminants.
First Nations Health Status Report: Alberta Region 2010-2011
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Health Canada
Description
Comments on the health status of First Nations in Alberta including causes of death across all age groups, injuries, impact of diabetes, communicable disease control and environmental health.
The First Nations ISP Guide: Providing Internet Services, Managing Network Operations
Alternate Title
The First Nations Internet Service Provider Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Hans DeBruyn]
Description
Looks at three aspects of operation: business decisions, operational issues and technology questions.
First Nations, Rednecks, and Radicals: Re-thinking the 'Sides' of Resource Conflict in Rural British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Jane Wellburn
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University Victoria, 2012.
First Nations Women Advocating Responsibility Mining (FNWARM): Interview with Jacinda Mack, Coordinator
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacinda Mack
BC Studies, no. 196, Perspectives on the Gold Rush, Winter, 2017/2018, pp. 5-9
Description
Brief discussion of organization's formation and activities.
First Sports Teams, Now Hamburgers
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 7, October 2012, p. 12
Description
Comments on a restaurant that offered a hamburger new to the menu with an offensive and disparaging name.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.
Flooding in Kashechewan First Nation: Is it an Environmental Justice Issue?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arshi Shaikh
Carol Kauppi
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 105-130
Description
Examines the reoccurring flooding in Kashechewan as a case study; finds that the repeated flooding and the corresponding damage to housing and community resources is a result of colonial practices, disregard for traditional knowledge, and forced relocations of First Nations people to flood zones.
Flooding Sustainable Livelihoods of the Lake St. Martin First Nation: The Need to Enhance the Role of Gender and Language in Anishinaabe Knowledge Systems
Theses
Author/Creator
Myrle Ballard
Description
Natural Resources Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
Following the Green Path: Honor the Earth and Presentations of Anishinaabe Indigeneity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas G. Cragoe
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 46-69
Description
Author examines text and video about the Honor the Earth environmental organization's campaign against Enbridge pipeline projects to understand how the organization represents itself to the public, and how it’s represented by other media outlets. Finds a cultural and a procedural narrative are both present in the discourse.
Food and Governance on the Frontiers of Colonial Australia and Canada's North West Territories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda Nettelbeck
Robert Foster
Aboriginal History, vol. 36, 2012, pp. 21-41
Description
Looks at food rationing as a control over Aboriginal people to conform to colonial policy.
Food and Healing: An Urban Community Food Security Assessment for the North End of Winnipeg
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melanie Zurba
Durdana Islam
Dori Smith
Shirley Thompson
Urban Research & Practice, vol. 5, no. 2, July 2012, pp. [284]-289
Description
Key informant interviews and focus group discussions with the North End Women's Healing Group revealed connections between nutritional state, emotional well-being, food security issues and community programming.
Scroll down to read article.
Food (In)security and Food Sovereignty in the North
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Philip Loring
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 56-59
Description
Researchers look at food security in the North since the turn of the 21st century and identify four areas of focus.
Food (In)Security: Food Policy and Vulnerability in Kugaaruk, Nunavut
Theses
Author/Creator
Merissa Daborn
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2017.
Food Insecurity among Inuit Living in Inuit Nunangat
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2012
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paula Arriagada
Insights on Canadian Society, February 1, 2017, pp. 1-12
Description
Statistics for adults aged 25 and over from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.
Food Insecurity and Food Consumption by Season in Households with Children in an Arctic City: A Cross-sectional study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Huet
James D. Ford
Victoria L. Edge
Jamal Shirley
Nia King ... [et al.]
BMC Public Health, vol. 17, 2017, p. article no. 578
Description
Study conducted in Iqaluit, Nunavut concluded that food insecurity is a critical issue, with one-third of households with children experiencing food insecurity.
Food, Knowledge and How We Have Thrived on the Margins: EALLU
Alternate Title
Indigenous Youth, Arctic Change & Food Culture
International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (ICR) Report ; 2017:1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eilene Adams
Roksana Avevkhay
Burmaa Batkhishih
Khoschimeg Bayandalai
Olesya Bolotaeva ... [et al.]
Description
"This book provides a snapshot of both the rich, diverse and living culinary traditions as well as introduction to the food systems of Arctic Indigenous Peoples."
Food Politics: Finding a Place for Country Food in Canada's Northern Food Policy
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Eleanor Stephenson
George Wenzel
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 49-51
Description
Comments on the Government of Canada's review of the Nutrition North Canada program.
Food Security across the Arctic: Background Paper of the Steering Committee of the Circumpolar Inuit Health Strategy
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Circumpolar Council
Description
Summarizes issues which contribute to food insecurity for Inuit living in Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Russia.
Food Security and Mining in Nunatsiavut
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Suzanne Mills
Johanna Tuglavina
Deborah Simmons
Russell Claus
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 39-41
Description
Comments on Statistics Canada data reporting 42% of adult Inuit in Nunatsiavut had experienced food insecurity in the previous 12 months.
Food Security in a Northern First Nations Community: An Exploratory Study on Food Availability and Accessibility
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Teresa Socha
Mehdi Zahaf
Lori Chambers
Rawnda Abraham
Teri Fiddler
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 8, no. 2, Connecting Place, People, and Health, March 2012, pp. 5-14
Description
Looks at solutions to the crises of food insecurity and ill health including a food subsidy program and increased access to traditional foods.
Food Security in Northern and Isolated Communities: Ensuring Equitable Access to Adequate and Healthy Food for All: Report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bob Bratina
Jamie Schmale
Sylvie Bérubé
Gary Anandasangaree
Jaime Battiste ... [et al.]
Description
Based on information gathered through 38 witness testimonies, eight meetings and 10 written briefs, report discusses causes of food insecurity, effects of climate change and food degradation, the Nutrition North Canada program, and the need for government support of community-based solutions.
"June 2021, 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session".
Food Sovereignty, Biopiracy and the Future
Alternate Title
Dodge Lecture ; 2012
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Winona LaDuke
Description
Speaker discusses the importance of agro-diversity, how genetic engineering is eradicating heritage varieties by concentrating seed ownership, and activism to protect traditional food crops.
Duration:1:31:23.
Foodland Security: Access to Inuit Country Food in an Urban Setting: As Told by Barry Pottle Through Contemporary Inuit Art Photography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barry Pottle
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 9, no. 2, Inuit Health and Well-Being, 2012, pp. 50-62
Description
Contends that Inuit living in urban areas cannot replace the nutritional and cultural value of food acquired from the land, sea and air with store-bought foods.
NOTE: Also published as Journal of Aboriginal Health, Summer, 2015.