The SEAS Toolkit: A Resource for Planning Your On-the Land Indigenous Youth Program
Alternate Title
Taking Care of What We Know: An Evaluation of the SEAS Community Initiative
The Supporting Emerging Aboriginal Stewards Toolkit: A Resource for Planning Your On-the Land Indigenous Youth Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nature United
Description
Offers guidance for getting started, designing, planning and implementing a program, and program reflection.
Seasonal Variation in Affective and Other Clinical Symptoms among High-Risk Families for Bipolar Disorders in an Arctic Population
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sami Pirkola
Heidi A. Eriksen
Timo Partonen
Tuula Kieseppa
Juha Veijola ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 74, 2015, p. article no. 29671
Description
Study results of families who live in an area with extreme annual variation in daylight.
Sechelt Elder Arrested With Sunshine Coast Logging Protesters
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 11, February 2013
Description
Looks at a group of protesters who want an investigation into the forestry practices of a British Columbia logging company.
Page 3 of insert entitled Raven's Eye; Special Section Providing Aboriginal News from BC & Yukon.
Insert has been scanned out of sequence.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to access article.
Security Challenges and Legal Capacity of Greenland and Nunavut Jurisdictions
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Natalia Loukacheva
Description
Comments on the role of law in measures that secure the legal scope of governance in the Arctic to deal with security challenges.
Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
Security Cove and the Northern Archaic Tradition Revisited
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert E. Ackerman
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 45, no. 2, 2008, pp. 146-168
Description
Explains that despite surface erosion, the Security Cove site in southwestern Alaska provides data on the activities of the site occupants.
Security in Canada’s North: Looking Beyond Arctic Sovereignty
Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; November 2010
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-120]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bjorn Rutten
Description
Examines security challenges of Arctic including consequences of climate change, natural and man-made disasters, sovereignty-related issues, and sustainability and resiliency of communities.
Secwepemc-kuc: We are the Secwepemc
Alternate Title
Connecting Traditions: Explore Secwepemc Pre-Contact Life
[Secwepemc-Kuc: Let the Journey Begin]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[First Nations Education Council
School District 73?]
Description
Comprehensive educational website. Contains links to: introduction, language, origin story, village life, and archaeology.
Secwépemc: Lands and Resources Law Research Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Asch
Kirsty Broadhead
Georgia Lloyd-Smith
Adrienne Macmillan
Simon Owen
Description
Analyzes 30 stories and conversations with community members to articulate the First Nation's legal principles with respect to: territorial and harvesting protocols and practices; establishing and maintaining agreements and conflict resolution; decision making; relationships, responsibilities and rights; and consequences, enforcement and teaching. Uses individual traditional stories as a foundation for case briefings.
SEED: A Ktunaxa Nation Resource
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Independent School System
Description
Selective Ethnobotanical Education Directory (SEED) compiled by four Ktunaxa/Kinbasket students. Includes information on plants used in daily life, information about the First Nation and a short quiz.
Seeds as Ancestors, Seeds as Archives: Seed Sovereignty and the Politics of Repatriation to Native Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Gish Hill
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 93-112
Description
Looks at how colonization impacted traditional foodways, the importance of access to traditional seeds, and the need to repatriate them from seed banks.
Seeds-Songs: Reflections on Swidden Agriculture, Agro-Biodiversity and Food Sovereignty
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maruja Salas
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Shifting Cultivation, 2005, pp. 14-21
Description
Reports on biodiversity tour and discusses seed conservation by people living in a village located in the Khun Jae National Park.
To access this article, scroll down to page 14.
Seeking Indigenous Food Sovereignty: Origins of and Responses to the Food Crisis in Northern Manitoba, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karlah Rae Rudolph
Stephane M. McLachlan
Local Environment, vol. 18, no. 9, 2013, pp. 1079-1098
Description
Looks at the issue in terms of environmental and food justice. Sixteen participants from Grand Rapids and the Misipawistik Cree Nation were interviewed about food needs and priorities, how they had changed over time, and what actions they felt would address needs.
Selective Integration: Knowledge and Interests in the Model Forest Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna M. Beyers
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 37, no. 3, Fall, 2002, pp. 192-218
Description
Essay focuses on the selection process, with study outcome suggesting partial integration of new knowledge into future resource policy.
Self-Sufficient Homes: Toward a Better Future for All
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the Western Social Science Association, American Indian Studies Section, 2OO7
Articles » General
Author/Creator
William F. Scharf
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, Summer, 2007
Description
Looks at energy efficient building systems for Indigenous communities including the use of structural insulated panels, wind and solar energy, gray and rain water, environmental toilet systems, and pellet stoves.
Semen Quality in Greenland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gunnar Toft
Henning Sloth Pedersen
Jens Peter Bonde
INUENDO Research Team
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, pp. 174-178
Description
Lower sperm cell motility on the east coast appears to be related to the higher environmental contaminants detected there.
Serotonergic Brainstem Abnormalities in Northern Plains Indians with the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hannah C. Kinney
Leslie L. Randall
Lynn A. Sleeper
Marian Willinger
Richard A. Belliveay ... [et al.]
Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, vol. 62, no. 11, November 2003, pp. 1178-1191
Description
Study tested the hypothesis that receptor binding abnormalities to the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) was a factor in the high rate of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Sesquiterpene Lactone Containing Mexican Indian Medicinal Plants and Pure Sesquiterpene Lactones as Potent Inhibitors of Transcription Factor NF-kB
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter M. Bork
M. Lienhard Schmitz
Michaela Kuhnt
Claudia Escher
Michael Heinrich
FEBS Letters, vol. 402, no. 1, January 1997, pp. 85-90
Description
Studies the possible regressive effect of 54 Mexican Indian mecidinal plants on the activation of transcription factor NF-kB.
Setting Our Minds to it: Community-Centred Research For Health Policy Development in Northern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ginger Gibson
Jim Martin
John B. Zoe
Karen Edwards
Nancy Gibson
Pimatisiwin, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2007, pp. 33-54
Description
Comments on use of a previously successful research process, by adapting policy guidelines for social services and environmental management.
Setting the Table: Traditional First Nations Foods Lesson Plans K-8: Foundational Knowledge
Alternate Title
Traditional First Nations Foods Lesson Plans
Food Is a Gift
Gifts of the Season
Gifts of the Season
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rachel Dickens
Jaymyn La Vallee
Jared Qwustenuxun Williams
Lucy Hemphill
Fiona Devereaux
Description
Lesson Plans: Food Is a Gift suitable for K-2; Gifts of the Season suitable for Grades 3-5; Gifts of the People suitable for Grades 6-8.
Seven Focal Economies For Six Focal Places: The Development of Economic Diversity in the Western Canadian Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew W. Betts
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 42, no. 1, 2005, pp. 47-87
Description
Illustrates a preliminary attempt at a comprehensive understanding of the assortment in Mackenzie Inuit economic and settlement systems.
'Seven Fortunes vs. Seven Calamities': Cultural Poverty From An Indigenous People's Perspective
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Bamba
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Indigenous Poverty: An Issue of Rights and Needs, 2003, pp. 26-35
Description
Discusses the moral and ethical ideals of poverty in Kalimantan, Borneo.
To access this article scroll down to page 26.
Shadow of the Salmon
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Billy Frank
Steve Robinson
Michael Pearce
Description
Docu-drama about a young man from the Lakota Sioux Nation in South Dakota who travels to Washington State to live with his uncle to learn about his relatives, the coastal Salish. In the process he also learns about the environment and the salmon.
Duration: 43:59
See resource guide Shadow of the Salmon: Respect the Salmon, Respect Yourself.
Shadow of the Salmon: Respect the Salmon, Respect Yourself : A Resource Guide for Eighth Grade Teachers
Documents & Presentations
Description
Guide accompanies docu-drama, Shadow of the Salmon. Provides links for resources, suggestions for classroom activities, stories to read aloud in class and information about history and resource management in Washington State.
Shale Gas Development in Fort Nelson First Nation Territory: Potential Regional Impacts of the LNG Boom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathryn H. Garvie
Lana Lowe
Karena Shaw
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 45-[72]
Description
Discusses potential risks to wildlife, water, air, and human health in territories upstream from extraction sites.
Shared and Shifting Land(scapes): Making Memoir and Personal Ecology in the Pajarito Journals of Peggy Pond Church
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelley Armitage
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 27, no. 3, 2006, pp. 111-139
Description
Looks at the interplay of observation, memory, dream, imagination, metaphor-making, and the spiritual and psychological responses to the landscape in the Pajarito Journals of Peggy Pond Church.