Inuit

The Arctic Human Health Initiative: A Legacy of the International Polar Year 2007-2009

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan J. Parkinson
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21655
Description
Reports on the lasting benefits of the initiative focus on coordination and cooperation of Arctic health research.
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Arctic Insecurity and Indigenous Peoples: Comparing Inuit in Canada and Sámi in Norway

Alternate Title
European Consortium for Political Research General Conference ; 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wilfrid Greaves
Description
Compares how organizations representing the two peoples have characterized security in the North. The Inuit have emphasized environmental protection, preservation of cultural identity and maintenance of political autonomy. The Sami, when dealing with the same sorts of issues, tend not to frame arguments in terms of security.
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Arctic Justice: On Trial for Murder, Pond Inlet, 1923

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Frank James Tester
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 532-535
Description
Book review of: Arctic Justice: On Trial for Murder by Shelagh D. Grant.
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The Arctic Lithograph

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Cartwright
Jessica Tomic-Bagshaw
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, Spring, 1999, pp. 42-44
Description
Exhibition review mounted at the Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, September 12 to December 5, 1998. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 42.
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Arctic Myths and Magic

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brian Bergman
Maclean's , vol. 109, no. 15, April 08, 1996, p. 75
Description
Looks at the life and writings of Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak, the author of children's stories from an Inuit perspective.
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The Arctic: Northern Aboriginal Peoples

Alternate Title
InfoSeries (Library of Parliament)
Publication (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; PRB 08-10E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Tonina Simeone]
Description
Comments on some of the key challenges for northerners and their governments.
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Arctic Peoples and Security: A Compendium of Resources

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Ryan Shackleton
Description
Focuses on documents (1995 to present) produced by Inuit organizations, northern governments, Canadian parliamentary committee hearings, and select northern newspapers. Includes preliminary bibliography of literature concerning relations with the military in the north.
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Arctic Realism

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darlene Coward Wight
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Summer, 2001, p. 39
Description
Curatorial notes from exhibition mounted at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, December 9, 2000 to July 9, 2001. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 39.
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Arctic Rock Cod

Articles » General
Canada's History, vol. 96, no. 2, April/May 2016, pp. 14-15
Description
Brief article describes the origins of the art of printmaking in the Cape Dorset area in the late 1950s.
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Arctic Security: Different Threats and Different Responses: A Discussion Paper

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rob Huebert
Description
Looks at historical understandings of security and the Arctic: traditional, environmental, and human. Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
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Arctic Skin Boats

Alternate Title
Encyclopedia Arctica ; 9
Encyclopedia Arctica. Transportation and Communications
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Howard A. Chapelle
Description
Looks at umiak (open boats) and kayak (decked hunting canoe) used by Inuit in Canada, Greenland, Alaska and Asia and compares them to the Irish curraghs. Digitized copy of typescript is part of the unpublished reference work on the Northern Arctic and subarctic regions. Project ran from 1947-1951.
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The Arctic Smoke & Mirrors

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Clarence Tilenius
The Beaver, vol. 75, no. 6, December 1995, pp. 43-?
Description
Book review of: Arctic Smoke and Mirrors by Gerard Kenney.
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Arctic Social Sciences: Prospects for the International Polar Year: 2007-2008 Era and Beyond: Keynote Presentations and Other Highlights from the Sixth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences

Alternate Title
International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences
Topics in Arctic Social Sciences ; vol. 6, 2011
E-Books
Author/Creator
Aqqaluk Lynge
Description
Relevant presentation is entitled Participation, Communication and Indigenous Peoples: Scientists Need to Do More.
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Arctic Solitude: Mitiarjuk's Sanaaq and the Politics of Translation in Inuit Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Keavy Martin
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 35, no. 2, Special Section: Indigeneity in Dialogue: Indigenous Library Expression Across Linguistic Divides, 2010, pp. [13]-29
Description
Comments on the novel and the exclusionary and semi-colonial biases of processes to include Aboriginal literary works on academic reading lists.
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Arctic-The North

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a report on arctic gas and its importance to northern Indigenous persons, a grant incentive program for prospectors and developers to assist Indigenous persons, a speech relating the shocking conditions of Indigenous peoples in the North, and a letter entitled "Northern Armed Force, asserting that an arctic force should be established with Inuit recruits.
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Arctic Wilderness--and Other Mythologies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelagh D. Grant
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, Summer, 1998, pp. 27-42
Description
Investigates the myth of the Arctic as an unspoiled wilderness, a view not shared by Inuit people.
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Are the Circumpolar Inuit Becoming Obese?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. K. Young
American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 19, no. 2, 2007, pp. 181-189
Description
Discussion of the higher risk for obesity, the need for ethnospecific obesity criteria and health interventions.
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Arnait Video Productions: Women Telling Their Own Stories

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sonia Gunderson
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, Summer, 2009, pp. [10]-[13]
Description
Brief history of the Inuit collective since its establishment in 1992. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 10.
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Arsenne Manilak

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
R.J. Billyard (photographer)
Description
Image of six-year-old Arsenne Manilak posing beside skidoos, with Henry Kablalik in background. Buildings and skidoos in background; winter scene.
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Art and Expression of the Netsilik

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darlene Coward Wight
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 2, Summer, 1998, pp. 30-32
Description
Curatorial notes for exhibition of the same name mounted at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, 1998 Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 30.
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Art and Technique of Inuit Clothing

Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
McCord Museum
Betty Kobayashi Issenman
Description
Virtual exhibition contains images of 32 items, each accompanied by a brief explanation.
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The Art of Being Aboriginal: Films and Aboriginal Cultures in Canada

Theses
Author/Creator
Neide Garcia Pinheiro
Description
English Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2011. Examines four films: Waban-aki: People from Where the Sun Rises by Alanis Obomsawin, Reel Injun by Neil Diamond, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner and The Journals of Knud Rasmussen both by Isuma Corporation.
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The Art of Being an Inuit Woman

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Sibbald
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 162, no. 5, March 7, 2000, p. 679
Description
Review of an art exhibit entitled, Inuit Women: Life and Legend in Art.
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The Art of Inuit Women: Anonymous No More

Alternate Title
IAQ in Review
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marybelle Mitchell
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 1, 25th Anniversary Issue, Spring, 2011, pp. [46]-52
Description
Highlights artists featured in past issues of the journal. Entire issues on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 46.
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The Art of Jessie Oonark: [Ceremonies of Innocence]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Enright
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, 1987, pp. 3-4
Description
Highlights works from the exhibition Jessie Oonark: A Retrospective. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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The Art of Research: Nelson Graburn and the Aesthetics of Inuit Sculpture

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Roslyn Tunis
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Fall, 2001, pp. 24-28
Description
Curatorial notes for exhibition of the same name mounted at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley, California, October 2000 through September 2001. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 24.
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The Art That Came In from the Cold

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Ayre
The Beaver, vol. 79, no. 1, February/March 1999, pp. 8-[?]
Description
Describes John Houston's instrumental role in developing and promoting print artists from Cape Dorset, Nunavut.
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