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Biological Relationships among the Iroquois

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen P. Langdon
Human Biology, vol. 67, no. 3, June 1995, pp. 355-374
Examines the differences found in Iroquois and Algonquians to determine the genetic drift between them.
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Blue Quills First Nations College

Web Sites » Organizations
Website for an Indigenous non-profit educational institution that promotes a sense of pride in Indigenous heritage, traditional knowledge and practices.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Dinwoodie
Anthropological Quarterly, vol. 75, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 229-232
Book review of: Studying Native America: Problems and Prospects edited by Russell Thornton.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margaret Noori
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 2, Digital Technologies and Native Literature, Summer, 2011, pp. [91]-96
Book reviews of First Person: New Media as Story, Performance, and Game edited by Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin. Second Person: Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media edited by Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin. Third Person: Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives edited by Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 91.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Various authors
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 22, no. 1, 2002, pp. 193-206
Book reviews of 12 books: Native Nations: Cultures and Histories of Native North America by Nancy Bonvillain. The Place of the Pike (Gnoozhekaaning): A History of the Bay Mills Indian Community by Charles E. Cleland. Medicine Trail: The Life and Lessons of Gladys Tantaquidgeon by Melissa Jayne Fawcett. A Feather Not a Gavel: Working Towards Aboriginal Justice by A. C. Hamilton.
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Breast Cancer and Mammograms

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Patricia Fagan
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, 1994, pp. 16-17
Discusses cancer prevention focusing on the National Breast Cancer Screening Program which offers free mammograms every two years.
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Bridging Storytelling Traditions with Digital Technology

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melany Cueva
Regina Kuhnley
Laura J. Revels
Katie Cueva
Mark Dignan
Anne P. Lanier
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 20717
Creation of a digital story as part of the cancer education course was deemed as a useful and culturally respectful way to disseminate information.
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Bridging the Triple Divide: Performance and Innovative Multimedia in the Service of Behavioural Health Change in Remote Indigenous Settings

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ernest Hunter
Helen Travers
Julie Gibson
Jonathan Campion
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S44-S48
Discusses health disparities between Indigenous and other Australians in both care and innovative technology and how these disparities are being addressed.
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Bringing APTN Into Focus

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Candis Callison
Canadian Literature, no. 209, Spectres of Modernism, Summer, 2011, pp. 161-162
Book review of: Indigenous Screen Cultures in Canada edited by Sigurjon Baldur Hafsteinsson and Marian Bredin.
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Brother Encouraged 'A' Student's Curiosity About Science

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Black
Windspeaker, vol. 16, no. 12, April 1999, p. 7s

Dr. Lillian Eva Dyck, receipient of the 1999 National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the field of Science and Technology, relates to readers the personal interests and influences that led her to pursue science.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.27.

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Building First Nation Owned and Managed Fibre Networks across Quebec

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tim Whiteduck
Brain Beaton
Journal of Community Informatics, vol. 10, no. 2, [Building the First Mile], 2014, p. [?]
Focuses on partnership developed between the First Nations Education Council's Technology Department and 30 Quebec First Nations for the provision of network services.
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Building New Programs at Tribal Colleges

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Douglas K. Stevens
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 23, no. 4, Investing in Education, Empowering Tribal Communities, Summer, 2012
Comments on a four year, molecular-based science degree offered for the first time at a tribal college.
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Building the First Nations E-Community

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Judy Whiteduck
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 6

Discusses issues such as capacity and human resources development, connectivity, information management, and service delivery. Chapter six from Learning, Technology, and Traditions, which is vol. 6 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.

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Caddo Populations in Northeast Texas: A Response to Taylor and Creel

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Timothy K. Perttula
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 1, January 2013, pp. 195-196
Questions findings about the relationship between Late Prehistoric Caddo farmers and earlier Archaic and Woodland foragers because their findings did not include non-metric dental traits.
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Cahokia Mounds Site Was America's First City

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela D. Toler
American History, vol. 43, no. 1, April 2008, pp. 20-21
Examination of the extinct city of Cahokia Mounds, outside of Collinsville, Illinois, its historical decline and excavation it.
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Cancer Control Research Training for Native Researchers: A Model for Development of Additional Native Researcher Training Programs

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas M. Becker
Esther Dunn
Lillian Tom-Orme
Jennie Joe
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 2, Special Issue on Research Case Studies, 2005, pp. 75-83
Addresses challenges to implement successful cancer control programs in Aboriginal communities.
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The Carver's Art of the Indians of Northwestern California

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.24, no.7
E-Books
Author/Creator
Isabel T. Kelly
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 24, (pp343-360).
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Case Studies of Indigenous Knowledge and Science in Impact Assessments

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Two Worlds Consulting
Study consisted of a literature review, ten interviews, and four case studies: Tłı̨chǫ All‐season Road Project, Hope Bay Mining Ltd, Offshore Oil and Gas Strategic Environmental Assessment, and Adams Lake Cumulative Effects Land Use and Management Assessment .
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Celebrating Heritage Traditions in Alaska’s Indigenous Communities

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Discusses how the promotion of Alaska Native heritage programs will help preserve, and pass on customary traditions.
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Cell Phones in Greenland

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sydney Sackett
Inuktitut, no. 92, 2002, pp. 6-[?]
Reflections on how technology has changed life in the North within a relatively short period of time.
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Ceremony Earth: Digitizing Silko’s Novel for Students of the Twenty-first Century

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rick Mott
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 2, Digital Technologies and Native Literature, Summer, 2011, pp. [25]-47
Provides background to the author's multimedia project which was designed to contextualize the novel for students. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 25.
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Challenges Created by Data Dissemination and Access Restrictions When Attempting to Address Community Concerns: Individual Privacy Versus Public Wellbeing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Colquhoun
Laura Aplin
Janis Geary
Karen J. Goodman
Juantia Hatcher
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 18414
Researchers stress that the construction of communication skills and credible relationships are essential in improving community health outcomes.
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Challenges in Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge Systems through Creation of Employment for Rural Women in Tanzania: The Case Study of Barabaig Leather Products in Manyara Region

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John M. Mtui
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 4, pp. 68-94
Study surveyed 100 households on use of traditional knowledges in production of leather hides for clothing. Identifies opportunities and barriers for sustained poverty reduction, and makes recommendations for both improving the perception, transmission, and use of traditional knowledge and techniques, and for integrating methods.
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Characteristics of Rocks, Their Uses and Local Landforms: A Two-Way Science Learning Unit for Qikiqtani Elementary Students

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
University of Manitoba Centre for Research, Youth, Science Teaching and Learning

Topics explored include characteristics of rocks found in Nunavut, how these characteristics determine their uses, how they are classified, what they show about local geological history, and how they are changed by natural processes. 

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The Charles J. Kappler "Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties" Internet Site at the Oklahoma State University

Alternate Title
Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries ; 8
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles D. Bernholz
Suzanne L. Holcombe
Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services, vol. 29, no. 1, March 2005, pp. 82-89
Describes use of collection of post-Independence treaty texts made between the Indian Nations and United States federal government. Provides research examples.
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Charlie Chief 1 Interviewer

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Charlie Chief
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Interview of Charlie Chief who discusses the a Grass Dance, Round Dance and Sioux Dance (including songs). Also included are songs. The discusses the difference between old and new ways. Alphonse Littlepoplar is the intterpreter
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Chart 7: Percentage of University Degree Holders Aged 25 to 64 by Field of Study, Aboriginal Identity and Sex, Canada, 2011

Alternate Title
Women and Education: Qualifications, Skills and Technology
Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Statistics for STEM degrees (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), non-STEM, and total. Graph and data table. Source: National Household Survey, 2011.
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