Sharing the Story: Sustainable Initiatives in First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Description
Provides information about sustainable initiatives in various First Nations communities throughout Canada. The initiatives focus on economic, environmental, and social sustainability.
Sharing the Wealth: First Nation Resource Participation Models
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC First Nations Energy & Mining Council
Description
"This report is intended to provide BC First Nations with some insight into the approach and models that can be considered to implement these rights with respect to specific projects in traditional lands".
The Shell (Fish) Game: Rhetoric, Images, and (Dis)Illusions in Federal Court
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jay Miller
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, 1999, pp. 159-173
Description
Examines the US Federal Court Case to determine the Aboriginal treaty rights, in Washington State, to take Shellfish (in the law case shellfish were termed all marine life other than fin fish).
Shellfish Aquaculture and First Nations' Sovereignty: The Quest for Sustainable Development in Contested Sea Space
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alyssa L. Joyce
Terre A. Satterfield
Natural Resources Forum, vol. 34, no. 2, May 2010, pp. 106-123
Description
Identifies perceptions of the risks and benefits of the shellfish aquaculture tenuring system, and presents the results of 56 interviews conducted with individuals involved
in shellfish production in BC.
Shifting Boundaries: Violence, Representation, and the Salt Songs of the Great Basin Peoples
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 9th, 2011
Where No One Else Has Gone Before: Proceedings of the Ninth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Frederic Murray
Description
Examines two themes: the violent nature of Great Basin Indian history, and the sacred and cultural landscapes described by the salt songs of the Nuwuvi people.
Shifting Perspectives on Shifting Ice: Documenting and Representing Inuit Use of the Sea Ice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudio Aporta
Canadian Geographer, vol. 55, no. 1, Geographies of Inuit Sea Ice Use, Spring, 2011, p. 6–19
Description
Overview of an initiative to document and map Inuit sea ice use in Nunavut and Nunavik communities, with a discussion of how Inuit knowledge of sea ice is important to the climatic changes and the cultural and social changes in the Arctic regions.
Shifting Portrayals of Indigenous Peoples of Northern Quebec
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dana Magliari
Canadian Issues, vol. 21, [Aboriginal Peoples in Canada/Futures And Identities], [Winter], 1999, pp. 166-178
Description
Examines the way Quebec has represented the indigenous peoples of the north as a part of a sovereign province.
Shigellosis on Indian Reserves in Manitoba, Canada: Its Relationship to Crowded Housing, Lack of Running Water, and Inadequate Sewage Disposal
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ted Rosenberg
Ora Kendall
Jamie Blanchard
Suzanne Martel
Craig Wakelin
et al.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 87, no. 9, September 1997, pp. 1547-1551
Description
Compares incidence and hospitalization rates for shigetlosis between Indians and the rest of the population in Manitoba, and also examines the relationship between shigellosis and environmental conditions on reserves.
Shore/lines
Alternate Title
Shorelines
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Terrence Heath
Border Crossings, vol. 22, no. 4, November 2003, pp. 97-100
Description
Review of Shore/lines an exhibit at the MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie, Ontario featuring Aboriginal artists and other international, national, regional contributions.
Should Trees Have Legal Standing in Indian Country?
Alternate Title
State of Indigenous America Series
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steve Pavlik
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 7-28
Description
Looks at Christopher D. Stone's work, Should Trees Have Standing? Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects regarding the status and legal recognition of the natural world.
The Significance of Context in Community-Based Research: Understanding Discussions about Wildfire in Huslia, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Henry P. Huntington
Sarah F. Trainor
David C. Natcher
Orville H. Huntington
La'ona DeWilde
et al.
Ecology and Society, vol. 11, no. 1, 2006
Description
Highlights the importance of considering cultural, political, and epistemological context by looking at the data in an interdisciplinary study of the role of fire in affecting the resilience of Alaska Native communities and the relationship between wildfire and human activity in the boreal forest of Alaska and the Yukon Territory.
Significant Tree Legislation in South Australia: Reflecting Aboriginal and Colonial Relationships to the Environment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzi Hutchings
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 5, 2014, pp. 521-534
Description
States how the modernization of greater Adelaide is aligned with the colonist desire to impose order and western civilization on, 'the bush'.
[SIKU: Knowing Our Ice: Documenting Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge and Use
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Anja Nicole Stuckenberger
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 35, no. 1-2, Propiété Intellectuelle et Éthique / Intellectual Property and Ethics, 2011, pp. 302-304
Description
Book review of: SIKU: Knowing Our Ice. Documenting Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge and Use by Igor Krupnik, Claudio Aporta, Shari Gearheard, Gita J. Laidler, Lene Kielsen.
Sinar Resmi Declaration: Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia, 8th August, 2009
Articles » General
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, REDD and Indigenous Peoples, 2009, pp. 58-59
Description
Discusses the Indigenous Peoples' Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) National consultation of Indigenous communities, on climate change and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD).
Site C Clean Energy Project: Treat 8 First Nations Comments; Post-Panel Stage Consultation
Alternate Title
Site C Clean Energy Project: Treaty 8 First Nations Comments: Post-Panel Stage Consultation: Final, August 19, 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Treaty 8 Tribal Association
Description
Presents concerns voiced by Doig River, Halfway River, Prophet River and West Moberly First Nations to the Site C Clean Energy Joint Review Panel regarding the Project and consultation about the environmental assessment.
Social Dimensions of Geographic Disorientation in Arctic Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Sonnenfeld
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, Populations et migrations / Populations and Migrations, 2002, pp. 157-173
Description
Discussion, based on interviews with 50 Inupiat from northern Alaska, of how incidence of disorientation has increased in recent decades despite modern navigating tools.
Social Enterprises in the Canadian West
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter R. Elson
Peter Hall
Sarah Leeson-Klym
Darcy Penner
Jill Andres
Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, vol. 6, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 83-103
Description
Profiles three independent cases that reflect the diversity of social enterprise development.
Social Impacts of Aboriginal Economic Development: Three Case Studies From Atlantic Canada
Alternate Title
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeff Orr
Monica Diochon
Clare Fawcett
Behrang Foroughi
Alison Mathie
Leslie Jane McMillan
Description
Looked at the communities of Millbrook First Nation (Nova Scotia), Miawpukek Mi'kmawey Mawio'mi Conne River First Nation (Newfoundland and Labrador), and Tobique Mailiseet Nation (New Brunswick).
Social Impacts of Non-Renewable Resource Development on Indigenous Communities in Alaska, Greenland and Russia
Alternate Title
ReSDA GAP Analysis Report ; no. 2A
Resources and Sustainable Development n the Arctic (ReSDA) Gap Analysis Report ; no. 2A
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Schweitzer
Florian Stammler
Cecilie Ebsen
Aytalina Ivanova
Irina Litvina
Description
Looks at formal and informal economic impacts, subsistence and cultural values, human mobility and Indigenous adaptations, and future scenarios.
Social Justice Picture Books: Lesson Plans for the Junior-Intermediate Classroom
Alternate Title
When We Were Alone
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker
Dreambirds
The Great Kapok Tree
Stolen Words
Thanks to the Animals
Shi-shi-etko
I Am Not a Number
Gray Wolf's Search
Kookum's Red Shoes
Fox on the Ice
Shin Chi's Canoe
E-Books
Description
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
Social Studies Grade 5: Canada: The Peoples and Stories of This Land: A Curriculum and Guide to Implementation
E-Books
Author/Creator
NWT Department of Education, Culture and Employment
Description
Nine modules: Origins and Connections to the Land; Pre-Contact Cultures; Early European Exploration and Colonization; Nouvelle-France and Cultural Integration; French-English Rivalry; Refugees, Warriors and Reformers; Negotiating Confederation; Furs, Farms and the Métis; and Treaties, War, and the Changing West.
Integrates Dene, Inuvialuit and Inuinnait perspectives on history.
"Territorial Pilot 2011-2012".
Socially-Just and Scientifically-Sound: Re-Examining Co-Management of Protected Areas
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Casson
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 32-64
Description
Looks at best practices involved in conservation of protected areas, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) as a legitimate knowledge system, and co-management governance structures.
Socio-economic Inequalities in Blood Mercury (Hg) and Serum Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Concentrations among Pregnant Inuit Women from Nunavik, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thérèse Yéro Adamou
Mylène Riva
Gina Muckle
Elhadji Anassour Laouan-Sidi
Pierre Ayotte
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 109, no. 5-6, December 2018, pp. 671-683
Description
Study occurred between Sept. 2011 and Dec. 2013 and used biomonitoring data from 208 women in 14 villages; researchers found an inverse relationship between education and Hg levels, but no association between education and PCB concentrations.