Environment

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Conceptualizing and Contextualizing Food Insecurity Among Greenlandic Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgit Niclasen
Michal Molcho
Steven Arnfjord
Christina Schnohr
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 19928
Description
Report concluded that food insecurity is linked to the Westernization of diet and to traditional diet sources becoming contaminated. More research is recommended.
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Conference Addresses Issue of Natural Resource Sharing

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Larrisa Burnouf
Eagle Feather News, vol. 15, no. 8, August 2012, p. 21
Description
Comments on the three day Natural Resources Transfer Act National Summit where delegates discussed ways of sharing resource opportunities with First Nations communities in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba. Article located by scrolling to page 21.
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Conference Report: Gender Equality in the Arctic: Current Realities Future, Challenges

Alternate Title
Gender Equality in the Arctic: Current Realities, Future Challenges, Akureyri, Iceland, October 30-31, 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Embla Eir Oddsdóttir
Már Siguròsson
Sólrún Svandal
Description
Conference highlighted the importance of diversity in gender, social realities, education, economics and cooperation between public and private sectors and living conditions of men and women in the Circumpolar North.
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The Confrontation of Modern and Traditional Knowledge Systems in Development

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pat Howard
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1994, pp. [189-208]
Description
Argues that economic analysis does not allow for concepts that are political in nature such as: power, authority, legitimacy and rights and has ignored issues of biological and cultural diversity.
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Confronting Megaprojects: Development Without Our Consent is not Development

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Cultures of Peru (CHIRAPAQ)
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Description
Indigenous women exchanged experiences on how the lack of consultation on mining, forestry, oil and natural gas extraction and hydroelectric projects have affected their communities.
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[Connection Between Violence Against the Earth and Violence Against Women: Looking to the Past to Restore Our Future]

Alternate Title
First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in & Community Gathering
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lee Maracle
Description
Writer/activist looks at the relationships between the land, other living beings and each other and suggests advise to reconnect. Presents a video lecture, from First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in and Community Gathering, given by a teacher and activist. Duration: 54:47.
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Conservation Native American Style

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry L. Anderson
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, vol. 37, no. 4, 1997, pp. 769-785
Description
Looks at the myth of the Native American environmental ethic and the use of traditions, rules, laws and habits to look after natural resources.
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Conservation Refugees

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Dowie
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 1, Samburu Under Attack, Spring, 2010
Description
Explores the negative impact of wildlife conservation on Indigenous Peoples as discussed at the Third Congress of the World Conservation Union.
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Conservation, Traditional Knowledge, and Indigenous Peoples

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ulia Popova
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 58, no. 1, January 2014, pp. 197-214
Description
Author concludes that collaboration between Indigenous groups and external bodies is important for improving indigenous economies and addressing environmental issues. Study looks at several different groups including Sami, Inuit and African and Australian Indigenous populations.
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Constructing Confidence: Rational Skepticism and Systematic Enquiry in Local Ecological Knowledge Research

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony Davis
Kenneth Ruddle
Ecological Applications, vol. 20, no. 3, 2010, pp. 880-894
Description
Discusses problems associated with social research contributions to documenting, representing and interpreting indigenous ecological knowledge (IEK), local ecological knowledge (LEK), and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).
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Consultation and Remediation in the North: Meeting International Commitments to Safeguard Health and Well-Being

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Banfield
Cynthia (Cindy) G. Jardine
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21231
Description
Examination of consultation process shows the importance of including all stakeholders to ensure a positive outcome.
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Consumption of Freshwater Fish in Kahnawake: Risks and Benefits

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hing Man Chan
Mary Trifonopoulos
Amy Ing
Olivier Reseveur
Eva Johnson
Environmental Research, vol. 80, no. 2, February 1999, pp. S213-S222
Description
Discusses a 1996-1997 study to research the health risks of contaminant exposure and the correlation to freshwater fish consumption in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake.
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Contemporary Aboriginal Land, Resource and Environment Regimes: Origins, Problems, and Prospects: A Report Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

Alternate Title
Land, Resource, and Environment Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter J. Usher
Description
Focuses on integrated resource management throughout comprehensive claim territories in the Arctic and Subarctic, with special attention on the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.
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Contemporary Native American Architecture

Alternate Title
Indigenous Architecture Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
David Sloan
Lewis Weller
Description
Looks at projects by architects John Paul Jones, Douglas Cardinal, Dennis Sun Rhodes, David Sloan, Robert Altman and others. Explains how values and identity are expressed within the designs and defined by existence to the landscape. Duration: 55:18.
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Contemporary Reinvention of Chief Seattle: Variant Texts of Chief Seattle's 1854 Speech

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Denise Low
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 407-421
Description
Author critically examines printed text versions of Chief Seattle’s speech, considers how factors of historical context, translation from oral performance to written text, and intended audience might influence the retelling and meaning of the speech.
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Contested Territories: Water Rights and the Struggles Over Indigenous Livelihoods

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rutgerd Boelens
Bibiana Duarte
Rossana Manosalvas
Patricio Mena
Tatinana Roa Avendaňo
J. Vera
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, Water and Indigenous Peoples, 2012, pp. 1-15
Description
Studies the challenges to Indigenous water rights in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru due to hydro-power development, diverted water for mega cities, and large scale irrigation projects.
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