Arctic Anthropology, vol. 49, no. 1, 2012, pp. 35-44
Description
Uses radio-carbon dating to investigate the hypothesis that two volcanic events forced displacement and migration of Athapaskan speakers in Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 05-030
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summary of study which investigated interrelationship between health and housing. Lists challenges, traditional solution, potential present-day solution, and examples of how some communities have met the challenge.
Highlights from research report of same name.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Special Issue: Honoring A. Lavonne Brown, Summer, 2005, pp. 98-99
Description
Tribute to A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff, Dean of Native American Literary Studies, for her writing contributions.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 98.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 64, no. 5, 2005, pp. 509-522
Description
Presents some of the health problems from UVB radiation including cataracts, photokeratitis, immunosuppression, genetic interaction, skin cancer, non-hodgkin's lymphoma etc..
Studied Toronto Star coverage of the Akwesanse/Mohawk and Oka land dispute to determine whether awareness of Aboriginal issues increased after the crisis.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 39, no. 2, Spring, 2005, pp. 5-29
Description
States that a reinterpretation of the Canadian constitution with respect to self-government must take place to redress past injustices against First Nations.
Report card for provinces and territories with respect to implementation of Jordan's Principle appears on p. 28. None have shown improvement since 2009 report.. Recommended actions are included as well.
Abstract: The territorial aspirations and achievements of Aboriginal minorities in the common-law jurisdictions of North America, Australia and New Zealand can be divided according to three varieties of political-legal situations; those in areas of initiation, enhancement and omission. In the first of these, to which attention is here confined, there has been no legally defined and protected land-base, and Aboriginal land claims are or have been the subject of recent litigation, negotiation and settlement.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Summer, 2005, pp. 478-490
Description
Discusses the lives of both artists and the significance of inclusion of their work at the opening exhibition of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), Washington, D.C.
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 37, no. 1, [Media Arts Revisited (MARs)], 2012, pp. 205-212
Description
Looks at the research network Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace five years after its inception and how digital media technologies have been used to tell stories.
Museum Fakes, Forgeries, and the Quest for Authenticity
[Fakes, Forgeries, and Misattributions on the Pacific Northwest Coast]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Robin Wright
Description
Director of the Bill Holm Centre for the Study of Northwest Coast Art speaks about the works of Holm and Charles Edenshaw, and the problems associated with attribution and authenticity.
Duration: 31:20.
Interview with the Aboriginal artist who designed the medals for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Episode of the CBC radio program Trailbreakers which aired January 19, 2012.
Duration 25:00.
Reports results of 397 telephone interviews with individuals drawn from the information enquiry database of the NWT Arctic Tourism records of people who had attended consumer shows and requested information from tourism booths.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 20, no. 2, Fall, 2005, pp. 103-119
Description
Explores the problems associated with authorship, the representation of Native Americans in literature, and argues that Native American people need to author their own stories to ensure that the thought, philosophy, experience and wisdom of authentic Native American voices will ensure cultural survival.