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Researching Traditional Ecological Knowledge for Multiple Uses

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline Butler
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 28, no. 1/2, Transformative Sites of Indigenous Education, 2004, pp. 33-48
Description
Research discovers that differing interests of the community and researcher are both met in the course of investigations.
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Résilience, Appartenance et Tourisme à Nain, Nunatsiavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raynald Harvey Lemelin
Jackie Dawson
Margaret E. Johnston
Emma J. Stewart
Charlie Mattina
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 36, no. 2, Le Tourisme dans lArtique / Tourism in the Arctic, 2012, pp. 35-58
Description
Researchers interviewed residents about the effects of tourism generated by the community's proximity to the Torngat Mountains National Park of Canada.
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Resilient Communities? Collapse and Recovery of a Social-Ecological System in Arctic Norway

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Else Grete Broaderstad
Einar Eythórsson
Ecology and Society, vol. 19, no. 3, Rebuilding Fisheries and Threatened Communities: The Social-Ecology of a Particular Wicked Problem, September 2014, pp. 39-48
Description
Examines the history of two fjords and the fisheries-dependent Sámi coastal settlements facing a decline in local fish stocks.
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Resource Development and Well-Being in Northern Canada

Alternate Title
ReSDA Gap Analysis Report ; no.7
Resource Development and Well-Being in Northern Canada: Myth or Opportunity
Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic Workshop Report ; no.7
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenda Parlee
Description
Discusses if resource development will improve the well-being of people in the northern communities or add to the growing gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
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Resource Development in Canada: A Case Study on the Ring of Fire

Alternate Title
Background Paper (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ;
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jed Chong
Description
Looks at the location, size and geology of the area, federal jurisdiction, economic benefits of mining development, ecosystem sensitivity and infrastructure, and initiatives by the federal and provincial governments. "Revised 29 May 2014."
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Resource Management and the Mi'kmaq Nation

Alternate Title
Resource Management and the M'ikmaq Nation
Resource Management and the Micmac Nation
Resource Management and the Mik'maq Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Berneshawi
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 115-148
Description
Examines the active and effective involvement of the Mi'kmaq Nation in the resource management processes in Nova Scotia and the beneficial use of traditional knowledge in conservation and resource use planning.
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Respect the Water #1

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Suzanne Methot]
Description
Teacher resource for Grades 5 and 8 utilizes the poem Water/El Agua by Jorge Argueta, video The Story of Bottled Water, and article No Running Water by Helen Fallding to explore issues surrounding the environment, the impact of human behaviour, and how we can maintain healthy and sustainable ecosystems.
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Respect the Water #1

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Suzanne Methot]
Description
Teacher's resource for Grades 5 and 8 utilizes the poem “Water/El Agua, video The Story of Bottled Water, and the article No Running Water by Helen Fallding to explore issues surrounding the environment, the impact of human behavior on it, and the role of the public engagement in maintaining healthy, sustainable ecosystems.
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Respect the Water #2

Alternate Title
Respect for Water no. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Suzanne Methot]
Description
Grade 6 educator's resource for teaching about Aboriginal perspectives on respecting the environment, cultural teachings about women's responsibility for water, and the relationships between all living things. For use with video about Ojibwa Grandmother Josephine Mandamin's walk around the Great Lakes, A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry, and "No Running Water" by Helen Falding.
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Respecting All Voices: Our Journey to a Decision

Alternate Title
Mackenzie Gas Project: Reasons for the Decision; vol. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
K.W. Vollman
G. Caron
D. Hamilton
Description
Discusses the Mackenzie Gas Project and the factors that were assessed when determining whether the project would be in the public interest.
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Respecting the Oral and Literate in Co-Management Communication

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Garth Greskiw
John L. Innes
The Forestry Chronicle, vol. 85, no. 5, October 2009, pp. 719-724
Description
Looks at how balancing orality and literacy in the context of adaptive co-management with communities will enable natural resource stakeholders to continually improve the relevance of their policy, research and management.
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Responses of Native American Cultural Heritage to Changes in Environmental Setting

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gustavo A. Bisbal
Chas E. Jones Jr.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, December 2019, pp. 359-367
Description
Article examines the ways that Indigenous cultures reflect people’s relationships with different plants and animals in their immediate environments; explores how environmental and climate changes have affected and are affecting those relationships and how those effects are in turn reflected culturally.
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The Responsibilities of Women: Confronting Environmental Contamination in the Traditional Territories of Asubpeechoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows) and Wabauskang First Nation

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leanne Simpson
Judy DaSilva
Betty Riffel
Patricia Sellers
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 4, no. 2, Aboriginal Womens Health, December 2009, pp. 6-13
Description
Viewpoints of the women, Elders' and Anishinabek Knowledge Holders as to how the contamination of the English-Wabigoon River system continues to impact the community.
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Restoring the Lifeblood: Water, First Nations and Opportunities for Change: Background Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Merrell-Ann Phare
Description
Scopes main barriers and opportunities with regard to First Nations and the management and state of their waters, and discusses the role that philanthropy might play in building resilience, sustainability and capacity. Topics include context of water use in Canada, water challenges facing First Nations, and possible program and project development initiatives.
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Results of an Arctic Council Survey on Water and Sanitation Services in the Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan M. Bressler
Thomas W. Hennessy
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 77, 2018, p. article no. 1421368
Description
One hundred and forty-two participants from seven Arctic nations described the current status of water, sanitation and hygiene services (WASH), including access to services, notification requirements for water-related infectious diseases, and examples of environmental-change events which impacted provision of services.
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Results of Multiyear International Interlaboratory Comparison Program for Mercury in Human Hair

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
U. S. Gill
H. M. Schwartz
L. Bigras
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 43, no. 4, November 2002, pp. 466-472
Description
Summary results showed a wide range of performance quality and a need for replicate samples to properly assess the effectiveness of analytical methodologies and reliability of results.
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Rethinking Environmental Science Education from Indigenous Knowledge Perspectives: An Experience with a Dene First Nation Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Kumar Datta
Environmental Education Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2018, pp. 50-66
Description
Examines the importance and implications of land-based approach and discusses how this particular community has taken control of programs, gained leadership in wisdom traditions and taught respect for the land and its inhabitants.
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Rethinking Precolonial Plant Cultivation on the Northwest Coast of North America

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas Deur
Professional Geographer, vol. 54, no. 2, May 2002, pp. 140-157
Description
Argues that although portrayed as exclusively "hunter-fisher-gatherers", there is ample evidence that the peoples of this region also created gardens of edible plants using sophisticated methods. Author further argues that this portrayal was used to rationalize dispossession of traditional territories.
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The Return of Caribou to Ungava

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Chris Trott
Native Studies Review, vol. 18, no. 2, 2009, pp. 141-144
Description
Book review of: The Return of Caribou to Ungava by A. T. Bergerud, Stuart N. Luttich and Lodewijk Camps.
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Returning to Fields

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Lee López
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, 1992, pp. 165-174
Description
Critique of article by Kent H. Redford entitled The Ecologically Noble Savage, published in Cultural Survival.
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Review Essay: Justice and Healing: Aboriginal Peoples in Canada

Alternate Title
Purich's Aboriginal Issues Series
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dara Culhane
Critical Criminology, vol. 6, no. 2, 1995, pp. 140-160
Description
Book reviews of: Indigenous Peoples of the World: An Introduction to Their Past, Present, and Future by Brian Goehring. The Cypress Hills: The Land and its People by Walter Hildebrandt and Brian Hubner. Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues edited by John Hylton. Continuing Poundmaker and Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice edited by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson and Roger Carter.
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A Review of Arctic Trace Metal Data with Implications for Biological Effects

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
B. J. Presley
Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 35, no. 7-12, July-December 1997, pp. 226-234
Description
Review of data found few studies in this area; author recommends initiation of monitoring programs to gain greater knowledge of the effects of human activity on the marine environment.
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Review of IBA Literature and Analysis of Gaps in Knowledge (Draft)

Alternate Title
ReSDA Draft Gap Analysis Report ; no.9
Resources and Sustainable Development n the Arctic (ReSDA) Gap Analysis Report ; no.9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ben Bradshaw
Adam Wright
Description
Discusses if Impact Benefit Agreements (IBA) are effective, how they interact with regulatory processes, the legal bases of IBAs, and social justice, negotiation and implementation.
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A Review of the Northern Ecosystem Initiative in Arctic Canada: Facilitating Arctic Ecosystem Research Through Traditional and Novel Approaches

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark L. Mallory
Carey Ogilvie
H. Grant Gilchrist
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, vol. 113, no. 1-3, 2006, pp. 19-29
Description
An evaluation of the Northern Ecosystem Initiative that supports partnership-based approaches important to the conservation, protection, and restoration of northern ecosystems and sustainability of northern communities.
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Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
June Nash
Renée Ater
James J. Garrett
William Willard
S. Carol Berg
Malinda Maynor Lowery
Rebecca Kugel
Marie Watkins
Robert Keith Collins
James D. Drake
David M. Brugge
Arif Dirlik
Kenichi Matsui
Qwo-Li Driskill
J. Cedric Woods
et. al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 119-185
Description
Book reviews of: 2000 Years of Mayan Literature by Dennis Tedlock. Child of the Fire: Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History’s Black and Indian Subject by Kirsten Pai Buick. Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples by Mark Dowie. Delaware Tribe in a Cherokee Nation by Brice Obermeyer. Demons, Saints, & Patriots: Catholic Visions of Indian America through The Indian Sentinel (1902–1962) by Mark Clatterbuck.
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Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Douglas W. Veltre
Jeffrey D. Anderson
David Reed Miller
Katherine Beaty Chiste
Sean M. Rafferty
Carol Miller
Caskey Russell
Thomas W. Cowger
Hugh Shewell
Alfred Young Man
Michael A. Glassow
Karen J. Travers
Stephen Warren
Ken Coates
et.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 183-246
Description
Book reviews of: An Aleutian Ethnography by Lucien M. Turner ; edited by Raymond L. Hudson. The Arapaho Language by Andrew Cowell and Alonzo Moss Sr. Broken Treaties: United States and Canadian Relations with the Lakotas and Plains Cree, 1868–1885 by Jill St. Germain. Canada’s Indigenous Constitution by John Borrows. Cave Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands: Essays in Honor of Patty Jo Watson edited by David H. Dye. Cherokee Thoughts: Honest and Uncensored by Robert J.
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Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ward Churchill
Harold Franklin McGee
George P. Horse Capture
Jeffery R. Hanson
E. Adamson Hoebel
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, 1983, pp. 91-127
Description
Book reviews of: Indian Water Policy In a Changing Environment: A Symposium on Indian Water Policy edited by Patricia Zell. Languages and Their Roles in Educating Native Children by Barbara Burnaby. Changing Economic Roles for Micmac Men and Women by Ellice B. Gonzalez. Native American Art at Philbrook by N. P. Paper. The Upward Moving and Emergence Way by Father Berard Haile. People of the Sacred Mountain: A History of the Northern Cheyenne Chiefs and Warrior Societies, 1830-1879; with an epilogue, 1964-1974 by Father Peter John Powell.
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