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Red Earth Cree Nation Close-Knit Community

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, April 21, 2006, p. A11
Comments on the flooding at Red Earth, Saskatchewan and how the media said people were evacuated to Prince Albert and Saskatoon, but many stayed with relatives at the Opaskwayak First Nation at The Pas, or Shoal Lake, Cumberland House and James Smith First Nations.
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REDD and Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Africa

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kanyinke Sena
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, REDD and Indigenous Peoples, 2009, pp. 10-19
Presents overview of REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) with an analysis of the challenges and opportunities to moving forward.
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Reflection, Acknowledgement, and Justice: A Framework for Indigenous-Protected Area Reconciliation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chance Finegan
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change, and Environmental Stewardship, July 2018, p. Article 3
Examines the historical relationship between protected areas or national parks and Indigenous nations in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. Argues that for successful reconciliation with Aboriginal peoples, protected areas must move past incorporating Indigeneity and into “an Indigenous-centered project of truth telling, acknowledging harm, and providing for justice.” Author makes three assertions: need for reconciliation, importance of difficult conversations, and the need for system-wide change.
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A Reflection on the Lake Powell Pipeline Southern Paiute Ethnographic Study and Conflicts in the Nomination of Traditional Cultural Properties in Native American Cultural Resource Studies

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie Cho De Sola
Looks at the ethnographic study which evaluated impact of construction of pipeline to move water from Lake Powell to Utah communities. Towards Anthropology Thesis (B.A.)--University of Arizona, 2011.
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Refracting the State through Human-Fish Relations: Fishing, Indigenous Legal Orders and Colonialism in North/Western Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zoe Todd
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 60-75
Considers Aboriginal worldviews around the relationships humans have with, and the responsibilities they have to non- or more-than-human entities as a framework for environmental activism, opposition to resource extraction, and government regulation. Asserts that a re-examination of the way that humans connect to our non-human relations is necessary for survivance.
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Regaining Food Sovereignty: Neyaab Nimamoomin Mewinzha Gaa-inajigeyang

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Simone Senogles
Scott C. Knudson
Lakeland Public Television
Indigenous Environmental Network
Documentary advocates for a return to traditional, unprocessed foods. Focus is on activities of the Indigenous Environmental Network, which is located in Minnesota. Duration: 58:17.
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Regional Practitioners Colloquium

Alternate Title
Indigenous Architecture Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Presentations and roundtable discussion by several different professionals including architects and interior designers; Beverly J. Diddy, Paul Fragua, Tamara Gay, Michelle Pfeiffer. Duration: 58:26.
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A Regional Profile of Commercial Harvesting of Non-Timber Forest Products in the Cascade Forest District, British Columbia

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael E. Keefer
Tyson Ehlers
Nancy Macpherson
Looks at non-timber forest resources including botanical and mycological products and associated services of the forest such as wild food, medicinals and floral greenery, arts and crafts materials, specialty wood products, ethno-botanical teaching and ecotourism. Scroll down to read paper.
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Regrounding in Place: Paths to Native American Truths at the Margins

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Lucas
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 18, [Removing Margins in Environmental Education], 2013, pp. 126-141
Discusses a humanities course, Native American Architecture and Place which looks at Indigenous place for a better understanding of Native American/First Nations people.
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Relationship of Lead, Mercury, Mirex, Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, Hexachlorobenzene, and Polychlorinated Biphenyls to Timing of Menarche Among Akwesasne Mohawk Girls

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melinda Denham
Lawrence M. Schell
Glenn Deane
Mia V. Gallo
Julia Ravenscroft
Anthony P. DeCaprio
Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment
Pediatrics, vol. 115, no. 2, February 2, 2005, pp. 127-134
Analysis of multi chemical exposure among adolescent girls suggests that the attainment of the first menstrual period may be sensitive to relatively low levels of lead and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) congeners.
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Religion and Encounter: Mid-Atlantic Regional Contact between Native American and Euroamerican Peoples after the Voyages of Columbus

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John A. Grim
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Shamans and Preachers, Color Symbolism and Commercial Evangelism: Reflections on Early Mid-Atlantic , Autumn, 1992, pp. 445-450
Article provides an introduction to the special issue, includes a summary of the papers included and commentary on the reoccurring themes including links between religion and material culture, diversity of Indigenous perspectives, and the connections between worldview, land use, and geomorphology (changes in the natural world resulting from human use).
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The Religion of Nature: Evangelical Perspectives on the Environment

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Jarich Oosten
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, Les Inuit et le Changement Climatique / The Inuit and Climate Change, 2010, pp. 71-91
Reports on recent developments regarding Canada Awakening Ministries (CAM), an Evangelical movement with the Inuit in Canada's Eastern Arctic.
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Remediation of Site 050 of the Mid-Canada Radar Line: Identifying Potential Sites of Concern Utilizing Traditional Environmental Knowledge [TEK]

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J.S. Tsuji
John Kataquapit
Billy Katapatuk
Guy Iannucci
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, 2001, pp. 149-160
Describes the value of using Indigenous knowledge (TEK) from residents of Fort Albany First Nation to provide information about places of environmental concern near Fort Albany, Ontario.
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Renal Disease: Environment, Race or Genes?

Alternate Title
Original Reports: Pathophysiology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharon Adler
Ethnicity & Disease, vol. 16, no. 2, Supplement 2, Spring, 2006, pp. S235-S239
Contends that factors such as socioeconomic status and disparities in the health care system are of greater importance than genetics.
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Renewable Energy and Sustainable Communities: Alaska's Wind Generator Experience

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Steven Konkel
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21520
Findings suggest that renewables, in the form of wind generation, play an important role in providing energy needs, particularly for remote communities.
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Renewing "That Which Was Almost Lost of Forgotten": The Implications of Old Ethnologies for Present-Day Traditional Ecological Knowledge Among Canada's Pacific Coast Peoples

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dianne C. Newell
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, The Future of Traditional Knowledge Research: Building Partnership and Capacity, May 2015, pp. 1-13
Contends that future policy regarding collaboration between non-Indigenous academics and Indigenous communities should look at the lessons learned from the work of Franz Boas, George Hunt and other Indigenous field workers.
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Report 6: Legal Review of First Nations' Rights to Carbon Credits

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Looks at the legal rights First Nations people have in Canada to be able to assert to own and to use carbon in trees, and focuses on how Aboriginal, treaty, and land title rights might be exercised so that they can sell credits to industry or government.
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Report: Annotated Bibliography of Available Studies on Elders in Nunavik

Alternate Title
Annotated Bibliography of Available Studies on Elders in Nunavik: Research Report Presented to the Kativik Regional Government
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Émanuèle Lapierre-Fortin

Focus is research studies on and consultations done with elders from 1992 to 2012. Sources for list were interviews with scholars and institutions focused on Inuit research and keyword searches in academic journals and databases, as well as non-scientific online sources.

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Report on: 360 Degrees of Mining Workshop at Minerals North 2014

Alternate Title
Let's Talk Mining
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jerry Asp
Dave Lefebure
Comments on the "Let's Talk Mining" workshop at the conference in Vanderhoof, May 21, 2014, sponsored by the Mining Association of British Columbia. Workshop included information on community sustainability and mine development impacts and benefits.
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Report on the Pilot Project of the Michipicoten First Nation

Alternate Title
Indian Claims Commission: Report on the Pilot Project of the Michipicoten First Nation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
p. 61
Negotiations for 11 years of a pilot project brought about settlement of claims and grievances regarding expropriation of land for hydro and railway lines. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Report to Southcentral Foundation, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, [and] Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation: Earth (Education and Research Towards Health) Research Project

Alternate Title
Prospective Study of Alaska Native and American Indian People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anne P. Lanier
Gretchen Day
Elvin Asay
Diana Redwood

Looks at data on protective and risk factors for multiple chronic diseases. Information gathered between March 2004 and August 2006. 

Related Material: Data Summary.

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Representing Aboriginal Self-Government and First Nations/State Relations: Political Agency and the Management of the Boreal Forest in Eeyou Istchee

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Salée
Carole Lévesque
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres Nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 99-135
Looks at strategies Indigenous peoples use to deal with state power and suggests an alternative way.
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