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Allan Quandt Interview 4

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Allan Quandt
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Allan Quandt talks about Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady and their relationships with the CCF party.
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Alterations of Visual Evoked Potentials in Preschool Inuit Children Exposed to Methylmercury and Polychlorinated Biphenyls From a Marine Diet

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dave Saint-Amour
Marie-Sylvie Roy
Célyne Bastien
Pierre Ayotte
Éric Dewailly
Christine Després
et al.
Neurotoxicology, vol. 27, no. 4, July 2006, pp. 567-578
Looks at the relationship between contaminants and visual brain processing in Inuit children.
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Alutiiq Culture Before and After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher B. Wooley
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 4, 1995, pp. 125-133
Argues that the Exxon Valdex oil spill would become the scapegoat for the many changes in the Alutiiq environment that have occurred in the twentieth century, including glacier ice melt, earthquakes, tidal waves, avalanches, volcanic eruptions and massive storms.
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Amakomanak: An Early Holocene Microblade Site in Northwestern Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yan Axel Gómez Coutouly
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 111-135
Author compares Amakomanak microblade assemblage to that of others from sites in Alaska; argues that the raw materials available in a given area are responsible for the different microblade designs described.
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AMAP Assessment 2015: Human Health in the Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Øyvind Odland
Shawn Donaldson
Alexey Dudarev
Anders Carlsen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program, 2016, p. article no. 33949
Overview of Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme reports starting with the 1998 report Arctic Pollution Issues; A State of the Arctic Environment Report. Provides an update on contaminant levels and health effects.
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Ambitious and Restrictive Scoping: Case Studies From Northern Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter R. Mulvihill
Douglas C. Baker
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 363-384
Discusses the two most influential environmental assessments; the Berger Inquiry (Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry) and BEARP (Beaufort Sea Environmental Assessment and Review Process) as well as the Great Whale River Hydroelectric Project in Northern Quebec and the Ekati Diamond Mine in NWT.
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American Cold War Policies and the Enewetakese: Community Displacement, Environmental Degradation, and Indigenous Resistance in the Marshall Islands

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martha Smith-Norris
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 22, no. 2, New Series, 2011, pp. 195-236
Case study focuses on the consequences of the weapon tests conducted by the United States in Micronesia. Residents were forced to relocate for more than 30 years, received little assistance to re-establish themselves in the new location and no compensation until they took legal action.
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The American Indian: A Fire Ecologist

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph D. Mitchell
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, 1978, pp. 26-31
Brief survey of the ways in which fire was used to manage vegetation and discussion of how prescribed burning is gaining acceptance as an environmentally sound practice.
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American Indian Ethno-Science

Alternate Title
A Study of the Many Farms Science Project: American Indian Ethno-Science
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Albert J. Snow
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 12, no. 1, October 1972, pp. [5-11]
Explains how the Many Farms High School science program works in harmony with the environment.
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American Indian Responses to Environmental Challenges

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Kevin Gover
Tim Johnson
Clare Cuddy
Vilma Ortiz-Sanchez ... [et al.]
Website discusses how four communities are responding to environmental challenges in their homelands. Includes worksheets for elementary students to prepare a story project.
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American Indians and National Forests

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Karl Jacoby
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 85-86
Book review of: American Indians and National Forests by Theodore Catton.
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American Indians and the Environment

Alternate Title
C
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Liana Roach
Looks at pollution, desertification of the southwest, resource scarcity, and climate change. Capstone Experience Manuscript--Commonwealth Honors College, 2011.
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American Indians, Indian Tribes, and State Government

E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Davis
Jeffrey Diebel
Ben Johnson
Sean Williams
Tim Strom ... [et al.]

Guidebook created to give Minnesota legislators information on the legal relationship between Indigenous peoples and the state government.

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American Indians, Place Meanings and the Old/New West

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo McAvoy
Journal of Leisure Research, vol. 34, no. 4, 2002, pp. 383-396
Looks at cultural differences in place meanings for national parks, national forests, wilderness, and protected areas. Discusses some pan-Indian characteristics or positions.
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American Native Tribes Join Relief Efforts

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, September 9, 2005, p. A13
History of Native American settlements in the Lower Mississippi Valley and the impact of the Indian Removal Act of 1883 when discussed in relation to Native American assistance after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Analysis of Change

Alternate Title
Split Lake Cree Post Project Environmental Review ; v. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Split Lake Cree First Nation
Documents some key changes, due to hydroelectric projects, that have occurred in Split Lake Cree resource harvesting activities.
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The Anasazi Legacy Is the Light of the Jurassic Sun

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Willard
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1995, pp. 37-50
Examines the culture similarities and differences of the Anasazi people and their descendants. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Ancestors’ Times and Protection of Amazonian Indigenous Biocultural Heritage

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pirjo Kristiiana Virtanen
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage, December 2019, pp. 330-339
Discusses how the Apurinã community in Brazil create and maintain relationships with different non-human actors forms an intergenerational way of managing and relating to the land; critically examines how these relationships are protected by international law.
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And the Wave Breaks on the Shores of the Future

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dustin Twin
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 7, October 2010, p. 13

Discussion of oil, pipelines and First Nations lands.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.13.

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Angry Crees Stop Hydro Hearing

Alternate Title
The National ; June 26, 1991
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Neil MacDonald
Very brief news clip reports on opposition to the hydro Great Whale Project, a project that would flood an area the size of France. Duration: 1:52.
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Angus Bear Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Angus Bear
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
Mr. Bear has worked for Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting company for almost 30 years and he talks about the many changes he has witnessed as well as some of his experiences.
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Animistic Pragmatism and Native Ways of Knowing: Adaptive Strategies for Overcoming the Struggle for Food in the Sub-Arctic

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raymond Anthony
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21224
Describes the evolution of the Inupiat's challenges to overcome the harsh environment of the Seward Peninsula in Alaska
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