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Environmental Change and Sustainability of Indigenous Languages in Northern Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas J. Reo
Sigvanna Meghan Topkok
Nicole Kanayurak
James N. Stanford
David A. Peterson
Lindsay J. Whaley
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019, pp. 215-228
Community-centered project which investigates the effects of the rapidly changing Arctic environment on Iñupiaq and Yupik language speakers and the language itself.
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Environmental Change and Traditional Use of the Old Crow Flats in Northern Canada: An IPY Opportunity to Meet the Challenges of the New Northern Research Paradigm

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brent B. Wolfe
Murray M. Humphries
Michael F. J. Pisaric
Ann M. Balasubramaniam
Chris R. Burn
et al.
Arctic, vol. 64, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 127-135
Looks at identifying the effects and consequences of climate warming on traditional territory and discusses the success of a community-researcher partnership.
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Environmental Change - The Elders Speak

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bev Nicholson
Brian Scribe
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 2, 2007, pp. 393-424
Stories of First Nations Elders as they look over their lifetimes and the many changes that have taken place in the environment.
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Environmental Contaminants and Human Health in the Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jens C. Hansen
Toxicology Letters, vol. 112-113, March 15, 2000, pp. 119-125
Reports that the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) recommends the consumption of traditional Arctic food to continue despite some environmental contamination of the food.
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Environmental Contamination of the Yupik People of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David O. Carpenter
Pamela K. Miller
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 1, no. 1, Special Issue, 2011, pp. 1-3
Study found that levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorinated pesticides were attributable to atmospheric transport from industrial areas in temperate climates and their subsequent accumulation in traditional foods.
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[Environmental Degradation and Mental Health]

Alternate Title
[Patterns of Health and Wellbeing: An Intercultural Symposium ; 08]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rosemary Ahtuangaruak
Webcast of a presentation from the Patterns of Health and Wellbeing Symposium speaking on environmental changes due to oil and gas development. Duration: 33:53.
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Environmental Exposure as an Independent Risk Factor of Chronic Bronchitis in Northwest Russia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pentti Nieminen
Dmitry Panychev
Sergei Lyalyushkin
German Komarov
Alexander Nikanov
Mark Borisenko
Vuokko L. Kinnula
Tuula Toljamo
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 19742
Research conducted on 200 residents found that chronic coughing was more prevalent among those living in mining areas than those living outside the region.
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Environmental Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Placental CYP1A1 Activity in Inuit Women from Northern Québec

Alternate Title
Environmental Exposure to PCBs and Placental CYP1A1 Activity in Inuit Women from Northern Québec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 110, no. 6, June 2002, pp. 607-612
Study findings indicate that dietary exposure to PCBs in Inuit women does not influence activity in the placenta, but factors related to smoking do.
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Environmental Governance in First Nation Communities

Alternate Title
Provincial Aboriginal Women's Environmental Health Conference, Thunder Bay, August 15, 2003
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Theresa McClenaghan
Discusses reasons to exercise governance over environmental issues to protect the environment and natural resources that are integral to Aboriginal peoples’ culture.
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Environmental Governance Literature Review Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher Paci

Discusses three main categories: Aboriginal resource management, Aboriginal economic development, and Aboriginal governance, and looks at the roles Aboriginal people play in each.

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Environmental Health

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marjorie Gilmour
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, March/April 1996, pp. 12-13
Looks at common causes of bad health from air born, insect born and and soil born diseases and ways they are spread and can be prevented.
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Environmental Health Action Plan Launched at Laramba

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christine Bain
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, September/October 1998, p. 9
Brief description of how remote community in Northern Territory, Australia launched a plan to tackle environmental infrastructure issues which negatively impact health.
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An Environmental Health Program At Broome

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donald McKenzie
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, March 1985, pp. 29-30
Briefly describes public health efforts underway to improve employment and health outcomes in the Western Australian community.
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Environmental Health Program at Wadeye

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Noel Wallman
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 5, September/October 2002, p. 21
Briefly discusses how public health and sanitation improvements resulted in better health outcomes for the residents of this isolated community in Northern Territory, Australia.
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Environmental Health Work at Umbakumba Community

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nesman Bara
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, January/February 2003, p. 33
Briefly reports on the efforts of Nesman Bara who along with three others has been responsible for a considerable improvement in the community's hygiene.
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Environmental Impact Assessment and Resource Management, A Haida Case Study: Implications for Native People of the North

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Shapcott
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 1989, pp. 55-83
Studies the existing process and suggests a more appropriate system for Aboriginal participation in environmental and resource management that takes into account the traditional world view.
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Environmental Issues: Research Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)

Determines what "Western science" is reporting as the environmental issues facing First Nations through a review of current scientific information found in peer-reviewed journals.

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Environmental Racism on Indigenous Lands and Territories

Alternate Title
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 82nd, 2010]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Beverley Jacobs
Discusses the disproportionate exposure of environmental hazards and extension of racism as it applies to the environment and the lands of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
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Environmental Toxins and Depression in an American Indian Community

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gayle Skawennio Morse
Glen Duncan
Carolyn Noonan
Eva Garroutte
Azara Santiago-Rivera ... [et al.]
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 1, no. 1, Special Issue, 2011, pp. 1-10
Study used sample of 306 Mohawks from the community of Akwesasne. Found no link between exposure level for PCB and mental health symptoms.
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Envisioning Cultural, Ecological and Economic Sustainability: The Cree Communities of the Hudson and James Bay Lowland, Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter George
Fikret Berkes
Richard J. Preston
Canadian Journal of Economics , vol. 29, Special Issue: Part 1, April 1996, pp. S356-S360
Discusses the findings of a harvesting study, including data on harvesting activities, numbers of animals reported harvested, and information on Cree subsistence economy cultural sustainability.
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