Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, Developments and Challenges of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Five Years On, Spring, 2014, pp. 1-18
Description
Contends that the UNDRIP will impact on the respect for the fundamental rights of indigenous people.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 52-61
Description
Explains how educators of Native American or First Nations language can successfully use recorded songs and stories in the classroom. Good examples of explicit teaching practices, modeled by Upper Skagit Elders, are also shared.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 52.
Annual Review of Anthropology, vol. 26, October 1997, pp. 465-485
Description
Social hierarchies in the Mississippian Period. Increased importance of cosmography and iconography in the period of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex.
Speakers discuss polar policies of United States, Russia, Canada, Nordic states, China, and Japan, Korea and Singapore. Followed by question and answer among presenters and with audience.
Speakers discuss polar policies of United States, Russia, Canada, Nordic states, China, and Japan, Korea and Singapore. Followed by question and answer among presenters and with audience.
Local Environment, vol. 12, no. 6, December 2007, pp. 627-643
Description
Discusses how Indigenous peoples in Canada are better positioned than those in the United States to shape policy in a way that would ensure their adaptation to climate change.
Boston University International Law Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, Summer, 2014, pp. 101-160
Description
Looks at some of the challenges associated with energy development in the Arctic which include environment, underdeveloped infrastructure and legal issues surrounding consultation.
Teacher's resource for adult students includes learning activities, instructor notes and handouts to help strengthen literacy and communication skills using the book of Inuit legends.
Inside the Issues (Centre for International Governance Innovation) ; [4.25]
Inside the Issues: A Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Online Podcast
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John Higginbotham
Andrew Thompson
Description
Topics include consequences of polar icecap melting, devolution of responsibilities to territorial governments, significance of Russian actions, and importance of the Northwest Passage as an international seaway. Argues that federal government should be treating Arctic as maritime economy.
Duration: 25:34.
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 5, Indigenous Youth Resilience in the Arctic, 2014, pp. 735-756
Description
Looks at factors affecting resilience of Indigenous youth in five communities across the arctic including the Inuit in Canada, the Sámi in Norway, the Yup'ik and Inupiaq in Alaska, and the Eveny in Siberia.
Brief article looks a challenges facing the Circumpolar North including climate change, resource development, and technology.
Scroll down to page 14 to read article.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 66, no. 3, 2007, pp. 264-275
Description
Presents a set of recommendations which are related to research opportunities to help give the development of future health research in circumpolar neuroscience and behaviour.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 4, April 2007, p. 8
Description
Looks at Arnot's accomplishments during his term as Treaty Commissioner including the creation of educational treaty kits for every classroom in Saskatchewan.
Article located by scrolling to page 8.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 3, 2007, pp. 167-180
Description
Examines an exhibit Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life along the North Pacific Coast to evaluate how it is perceived and promoted by Native American staff and community consultants, and non-Native American staff at the Museum.
Feminist Studies, vol. 40, no. 2, Special Issue: Food and Ecology, 2014, pp. 356-303
Description
Discusses Hatt's inspiration for drawings from collaborating with Johan Turi on their book "Muitalus Sámi Birra" (An Acount of the Sami) and her life experiences living with the Sami people.
The 25-minute black-and-white video filmed and produced by staff of the Department of Northern Saskatchewan in 1978 at Deschambault Lake It records the making of snowshoes, from the splitting of a log to the completed snowshoes.