Inuit

Brief list last updated May 2005.

Over 700 citations for books, catalogues of exhibitions, and other sources.

Includes citations for language and dialects from Labrador to Aleutian Islands including Aleut and Kodiak; some reference to vocabulary and dictionaries available prior to 1887.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1997.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1997.

Studies a survey on a first semester group of postsecondary students and their bicultural identity.

Discusses report by Thomas Berger, The Nunavut Project, which was used as the foundation for the Education Act of 2008.

Interview with a prominent western Arctic artist. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 28.

National Aboriginal Achievement Award (NAAA) presented to Inuvialut Elder who advocated for Arctic environmental preservation.

Comments on the evolution of the co-op and printmaking. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 26.

Book review of Birth on the Land edited by Beverley O'Brien.

Discusses the high rates of preterm birth, stillbirth and infant death in Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada compared with the rest of the country and the interventions necessary to improve maternal and infant health.

Introduces the legends and myths associated with travelling to the inland region of Greenland.

Discussion of the public and media fascination with history, identity and heredity.

Looks at the game of hockey in the community of Holman, Northwest Territories and the effects on the Inuit youth.

A national plan for closing the gap in health outcomes for the First Nation, Inuit and Métis people of Canada. Discussed at the meeting of the First Ministers and Leaders of National Aboriginal organizations, Strengthening Relationships and Closing the Gap, held November 24-25, 2005 in Kelowna, British Columbia.

Contends that using standing height alone to calculate the body mass index may overestimate those who are at risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease among the Inuit.

Data from the 1963 study is helping current researchers with a reference point to assess changes in body dimension.

Very brief article discusses changes in artistic expression due to a switch from stone to more easily carved media. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p.

Curatorial notes for an exhibition of the same name mounted at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2002. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 40.

Book review of: Ancient People of the Arctic by Robert McGhee.

Book review of: Eskimos in Europe: How They Got There and What Happened to Them Afterwards by R. Bonnerjea.

Essay containing reviews of: Where the Echo Began: and Other Oral Traditions From Southwestern Alaska by Hans Himmelheber. Deering: A Men's House From Seward Peninsula, Alaska by Helge Larsen. Nunguvik et Saatut: Sites Paléoeskimaux de Navy Board Inlet, île de Baffin by Guy Mary-Rousselière.

Reviews several books: Across the Time and Tundra: The Inuvialuit of the Western Arctic by Ishamael Alunik, D.

Book review of 10 books: Indians Are Us: Culture and Genocide in Native North America by Ward Churchill. Thresholds of Differences: Feminist Critique, Native Women's Writings, Postcolonial Theory by Julia Emberly. Nation to Nation: Aboriginal Sovereignty and the Future of Canada edited by Diane Englestad and John Bird. Arctic Dreams and Nightmares by Alootook Ipellie. The Porcupine Hunter and Other Stories: The Original Tsimshian Texts of Henry Tate by Ralph Maud. Ethnophilosophical and Ethnolinguistic Perspectives on the Huron Soul by Michael Pomedli.

Book reviews of 5 books: Riel and the Rebellion: 1885 Reconsidered by Thomas Flanagan. Eskimos and Explorers by Wendell H. Oswalt. Bibliography of Algonquian Linguistics by David C. Pentland and Christoph Wolfart. The Genealogy of the First Métis Nation: The Development and Dispersal of the Red River Settlement, 1820-1900 by D.M. Sprague and R.P. Frye. Hold High Your Heads, (History of the Métis Nation in Western Canada by A. H. de Tremaudan.

Book reviews of: Windigo: An Anthology of Fact and Fantastic Fiction edited by John Robert Columbo. The Inuit: Life As It Was by Richard Harrington. Dance Me Outside by W. P. Kinsella.

Book reviews of 6 books: Urban Indians: The Strangers in Canada's Cities by Larry Krotz. Report of the Indian Child Welfare Sub-Committee Manitoba. Inuit Songs from Eskimo Point [edited] by Ramon Pellinski, Luk Suluk and Lucy Amarook. Song of Sedna by Robert D. San Souci. Gathering What the Great Nature Provided: Food Traditions of the Gitksan by the People of 'Ksan. Pitseolak, A Canadian Tragedy by David F. Raine.

Book review of: The Iroquois in the War of 1812 by Carl Benn. The Lakota Ritual and the Sweat Lodge: History and Contemporary Practice by Raymond Bucko. The Legacy of Shingwaukonse: A Century of Native Leadership by Janet E. Chute. The Social Life of Stories: Narrative and Knowledge in the Yukon Territory by Julie Cruikshank. Looking North: Art from the University of Alaska Museum by Aldona Jonaitis (Editor).

Book Reviews of: Isuma: Inuit Video Art by Michael Robert Evans. The Fast Runner by Michael Robert Evans.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2008.

Looks at the Alutiiq and commercial entrepreneurship in Old Harbor, Alaska.

Discusses Inuit artists' work with a relatively new medium. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 24.

Book review of: Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North edited by Fikret Berkes, Rob Heubert, Helen Fast, et al.

Focuses on the disconnect between the profession's required emphasis on bureaucratic policy and procedure, and Inuit collective belief systems. Specifically looks at child protection services.

Book review of: Breaking the Ice by Arnold Ruskell.

Looks at shortcomings in consultation and introduction of social policies and programs designed for the south. Chapter from A History of Treaties and Policies, which is vol. 7 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.

Reports on the adaptability of Inuit writing systems in reaction to the emergence of office automation and the Internet.

Discussion of the Arctic raven complex in Alaska and comparison to the eastern Arctic understandings are discussed.

Describes an innovative midwifery program in northern Quebec which allows women to give birth in their own community.

Discusses the musical collaboration between Tanya Tagaq Gillis, of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut and Icelandic pop singer Björk on two of her CDs.

Review of the permanent exhibition. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 28.

Shows the traditional nomadic way of life of the Netsilik Inuit depicting men building a kayak on the shore. Duration: 32:20.

Shows the traditional nomadic way of life of the Netsilik Inuit. Men finish building the kayak. Duration: 32:46.

Reports on topics of discussion, participant responses to questions, and evaluations of presentations.