Inuit Governance in a Changing Environment: A Scientific or a Political Project
Alternate Title
What Holds the Arctic Together?
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Cécile Pelaudeix
Description
"Focuses on Inuit governance at the national and international level in terms of policy in order to discuss the developing involvement of Inuit in policy-making, and the role environmental knowledge might have had in this process".
Chapter from What Holds the Arctic Together? edited by Cécile Pelaudeix, Alain Faure, Robert Griffiths.
Inuit Health Survey 2007-2008: Contaminant Assessment in Nunavut
Alternate Title
International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey: Health in Transition and Resiliency
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurie Chan
Nunavut Steering Committee of the International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey
Description
Summarizes results from supplemental survey to Inuit Health Survey which assessed environmental exposure to chemical contaminants.
Revised edition, originally published August 2011.
Inuit Health Survey 2007-2008: Nunavut Community and Personal Wellness
Alternate Title
International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey: Health in Transition and Resiliency
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tracey Galloway
Helga Saudny
Description
Summary of results.
Inuit Land Use and Occupancy in Northern Manitoba
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roderick Riewe
Luke Suluk
Lorraine Brandson
The Northern Review, no. 3/4, Summer/Winter, 1989, pp. 85-96
Description
Reports previous and current Inuit land use in Manitoba in support of the Inuit Aboriginal claim in northeastern corner of the province.
Inuit Literature in the South
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robin McGrath
Canadian Review of Comparative Literature, vol. 16, no. 3/4, 1989, pp. 701-706
Description
Discusses the preservation and development of Inuit literature from oral and written traditions.
Inuit Myth in the Film "Brother Bear"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tali M. Schroeder
Oglethrope Journal of Undergraduate Research, vol. 1, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-7
Description
Contends that while the film represented many true to life parts of Inuit culture, a few aspects were not accurate.
Inuit Place-Names and Man-Land Relationships, Pelly Bay, Northwest Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
Brian Goehring
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1990.
Inuit Political Engagement in the Arctic
Alternate Title
Arctic Yearbook 2012
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Nadine C. Fabbi
Description
Explores the unique nature of Inuit political engagement in the Arctic using spatial and policy analysis.
Chapter from Arctic Yearbook 2012 edited by Lassi Heininen, Heather Exner-Pirot, Joël Plouffe.
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: The Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Supporting Wellness in Inuit Communities in Nunavut
Alternate Title
Child & Youth Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shirley Tagalik
Description
Discusses knowledge as a foundation for social/emotional, spiritual, cognitive and physical wellbeing, individually or as a community.
Inuit Subsistence, Social Economy and Food Security in Clyde River, Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Miriam T. Harder
George W. Wenzel
Arctic, vol. 65, no. 3, September 2012, pp. 305-318
Description
Study compared flow of money and country food resources within an extended family in 1999 and 2009.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami 2012-2013 [Annual Report]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Reports on the the Amaujaq National Centre for Inuit education, health and social development, environment and wildlife, and the Inuit Knowledge Centre.
Inuit: The Role of Language and Culture in the Promotion and Protection of the Rights and Identity of Inuit: Compilation of Research
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Canada
Description
Literature search included academic publications, research reports, publications by Inuit organizations, government legislation, working papers and conference presentations between 1991 and 2012.
Inuit Women and Graphic Arts: Female Creativity and its Cultural Context
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Catherine Berlo
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 1989, pp. 293-315
Description
Recognizes Inuit women for attaining a leadership role in the emerging Inuit art movement in terms of "artistic genius, economics, self-determination, traditional decision-making and southern marketing techniques."
Inuit Women's Attitudes and Experiences Towards Cervical Cancer and Prevention Strategies in Nunavik, Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen Cerigo
Mary Ellen Macdonald
Eduardo L. Franco
Paul Brassard
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2, p. article no. 17996
Description
Questionnaires completed by 175 women aged 18-63 suggested that health service planners should be aware of the potential barriers to Pap smear attendance, especially by older women.
Inuit Youth Transitioning Out of Residential Care: Obstacles to Re-Integration and Challenges to Wellness
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah L. Fraser
Mélanie Vachon
Maria J. Arauz
Cécile Rousseau
Laurence J. Kirmayer
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 7, no. 1, 2012, pp. 52-75
Description
Results from interviews of 11 Inuit youth who transition out of residential care back into their local community.
Inunnguiniq Parenting Support Program for Nunavummiut: Evaluation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Myste Anderson
Gwen K. Healey
Description
Reports results from pilot programs run in eight communities during the winter of 2012. Includes information on evaluation approach, methods of recruiting parents, general program comments, facilitator perspectives, challenges and successful approaches, curriculum specific feedback and recommendations for next phase of project.
Inutsiaqpagutit - That Which Enables You To Have a Good Life: Supporting Inuit Early Life Health
Alternate Title
Child & Youth Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shirley Tagalik
Description
Looks at the current state of Inuit early life, contexts for early life health, and how to improve early life health outcomes.
Inuvialuit Language and Identity: Perspectives on the Symbolic Meaning of Inuvialuktun in the Canadian Western Arctic
Theses
Author/Creator
Alexander C. Oehler
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2012.
The Inuvialuit Living History Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natasha Lyons
Kate Hennessy
Mervin Joe
Charles Arnold
Stephen Loring ... [et al.]
The SAA Archaeological Record, vol. 12, no. 4, September 2012, pp. 43-46
Description
Project generates and documents Inuvialuit and curatorial knowledge about the objects in the MacFarlane Collection. Entire issue on one pdf.
To access article, scroll to page 43.
The Invasion of Indian Country in the Twentieth Century: American Capitalism and Tribal Natural Resources
E-Books
Author/Creator
David L. Fixico
Inventory of Profiles: Existing Patient Identification Systems with Ethnocultural Identifiers Specific to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Henneke Cats
Diana Withrow
Loraine Marrett
Description
Scans existing systems and identifies barriers to developing common standards for data collection, access, and reporting, with the long-term goal of improving the ability to collect baseline information and target Cancer services to areas of most need.
Investigating Cowichan River Collaborative Salmon Management Institutions: The Cowichan Harvest Roundtable and the Traditional Cowichan Fish Weir
Theses
Author/Creator
Chelsea J. Dale
Description
Environment and Sustainability Thesis (M.E.S.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2012.
Investment Strategies for Northern Cash Windfalls: Learning From the Alaskan Experience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Robinson
Michael Pretes
Wanda Wuttunee
Arctic, vol. 42, no. 3, September 1989, pp. 265-277
Description
"This paper outlines two applied northern strategies for the investment of large pools of trust capital and concludes by proposing a model natural resource trust fund for northern Canada".
The Invisible Nation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Richard Desjardins
Robert Monderie
Description
Film about the contemporary Algonquians of Quebec and Ontario.
Duration: 93:20 .
Accompanying material: The Invisible Nation: Lesson Plan.
An Invocation/Incantation to the Women Word-Warriors for Custom-Made Shoes: [Written for Hosting Fern-Cab, the Five-Minute Feminist Cabaret, March 1989]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Monique Mojica
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, p. 40
Description
Poem.
Iroquois Use of Customary Haudenosaunee and United States Law in Opposing Removal
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudia B. Haake
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 4, 2012, pp. 29-56
Description
Comments on the letters sent to the United States federal government by members of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy to prevent their removal.
Is a Structured, Manualized, Evidence-Based Treatment Protocol Culturally Competent and Equivalently Effective Among American Indian Parents in Child Welfare?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Chaffin
David Bard
Dolores Subia Bigfoot
Erin J. Maher
Child Maltreatment, vol. 17, no. 3, 2012, pp. 242-252
Description
"This study tests recidivism reduction equivalency and acceptability among American Indian parents."
Is Canada Postcolonial?: Re-Asking through "The Forgotten" Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Moss
TOPIA, no. 27, [Spring], [2012], pp. 47-65
Description
Discusses the controversy over exhibiting a series of paintings by artist Pamela Masik depicting women missing from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Sparked debate about artistic freedom and social commentary versus the question of who is allowed to speak for victims and issues of exploitation.
Is Diabetes a Real Problem in the Walgett Aboriginal Community?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Justine Lake
Sophie Erzay
Aboriginal and Islander health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, September 1989, pp. 15-20
Description
Looks at how Walgett Aboriginal Medical Services is educating the community about prevention and staying healthy.
Is Diversity a Mask or a Bridge? The Indian Mascot Debate
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gary Arthur
Description
Discusses how the issue played out in Port Townsend, Washington due to the high school team name Redskins and the associated imagery.
Is Galore "Our" Story?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry Goldie
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 46, no. 2, Special Issue: Finding Common Ground, Spring, 2012, pp. 83-98
Description
Essay combines, If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground by J. Edwards Chamberlin and Galore by Michael Crummey to consider the kinship Newfoundlanders have with their province.
Is Green the New Black? The Representation of Indigenous Australians in the News Media Covering Environmental Affairs
Theses
Author/Creator
Sophia Walter
Description
Journalism Thesis (M.J.)--University of Queensland, 2012.
"Is It Safe?" Risk Perception and Drinking Water in a Vulnerable Population
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas Spence
Dan Walters
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, Water and Indigenous Peoples, 2012, pp. 1-23
Description
Presents a model of risk perception developed using data from 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey,
Isiah Halkett: SL39163
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, October 1989, p. 5
Description
Story of Isiah Halkett of the Little Red Reserve who volunteered for army duty in World War II.
Iskwew: Empowering Victims of Wife Abuse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerri Dickson
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 115-135
Description
Discusses a project to empower women to become independent of domestic violence through mutual help groups and building a network of co-operation among social agencies and community-based organizations.
"Iskwĕwak Mīwayawak": Women Feeling Healthy: A Photovoice Project: Draft Final Report Summary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joelena Leader
Description
Phase two looks at local cultural knowledge and visual ways of thinking about a healthy body weight and image from First Nations women. Part of a larger project "The Cultural and Visual Context of Healthy Body Weight and Body Image Among Aboriginal Women in the Battlefords Tribal Council Region".
Isolation: The Development of Leprosy Prophylaxis in Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Saunders
Aboriginal History, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. [168]-181
Description
Comments on the inhumane way leprosy suffers, largely Aborigines, were treated in Australia until the 1980s.
Isomorphism and Organizational Culture: A First Nation's Housing Initiative
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Derek Prue
Kay Devine
AlterNative, vol. 8, no. 3, 2012, pp. 253-263
Description
Looks at " Millennium Housing Project" including the difference in the perception and importance of time due to cultural differences, between First Nations and non-Aboriginal people.
[Isuma: The Art and Imagination of Ruben Anton Komangapik]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Emily E. Auger
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, Les Peuples de l Arctique et le Bois / Arctic Peoples and Wood, 2012, pp. 213-214
Description
Book review of: Isuma by Estelle Marcoux Komangapik, Genevieve Larocque, Ruben Anton Komangapik and Dorothee Komangapik.
'It Had to be my Choice": Indigenous Smoking Cessation and Negotiations of Risk, Resistance and Resilience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chelsea Bond
Mark Brough
Geoffrey Spurling
Noel Hayman
Health, Risk & Society, vol. 14, no. 6, 2012, pp. 565-581
Description
Explores the narrative accounts of 20 Indigenous ex-smokers to determine the motivators and enablers for successful smoking cessation.
"It Happened to Me in Barkerville": Aboriginal Identity, Economy, and Law in the Cariboo Gold Rush, 1862--1900
Theses
Author/Creator
Mica Amy Royer Jorgenson
Description
History Thesis (MA) -- University of Northern British Columbia, 2012.
It's Not a Poem. It's My Life: Navajo Singing Identities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth M. Roemer
Studies in American Indian Literature, vol. 24, no. 2, Summer, 2012, pp. 84-103
Description
Discusses poetry, autobiography, oral literatures and traditional songs.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 84.
It's Official ... Treaty Commission Office Opens
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, March/April 1990, p. 3
Description
Cliff Wright becomes the Treaty Commissioner in Saskatchewan with Treaty land entitlement and education as top priority for the independent agency.
Ittoqqortoormiit et le Développement Touristique dans le Scoresby Sund (Groenland)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aude Créquy
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 36, no. 2, Le Tourisme dans lArtique / Tourism in the Arctic, 2012, pp. 147-163
Description
Examines issues surrounding development of tourism industry in Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland.
Ivory Scales: Black Australia and the Law
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Pamela Dilton
Aboriginal History, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. [224]-225
Description
Book review of: Ivory Scales edited by Kayleen M. Hazlehurst.
Review located by scrolling to page 224.
Iwi Exhibitions at Te Papa: a Ngāi Tahu Perspective
Theses
Author/Creator
Ana Sciascia
Description
Museum & Heritage Studies Thesis (MMHS)--Victoria University of Wellington, 2012.
The James Bay Treaty Turns 100
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Archives of Ontario
Description
Online exhibit with links to expeditions of 1905-1906, developing the treaty relationship, 1905-2005, the James Bay Treaty and people, and events surrounding the making of Treaty No. 9.
The James Bay Treaty Turns 100: Grade 12: Canada: History, Identity, and Culture
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Archives of Ontario
Description
Lesson plan involves students negotiating an agreement for two disparate groups to share a territory. To be used with the online exhibition James Bay Treaty Turns 100.
[Jamie Black and the Red Dress Project]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
The REDress Project
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Jamie Black
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Conversation with the artist who is drawing attention to the gendered and racialized nature of violent crimes against Aboriginal women with her outdoor art project.
Duration: 31:21.