Environment

Comments on the unaddressed water issues that persist despite funding initiatives and public awareness.

Discusses the need for labor researchers to engage with Indigenous studies to advance social and environmental justice.

Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2013.

Discusses how several Aboriginal artists have incorporated the traditional worldview, in which everything is animate, into their modern works. Highlights Jimmie Durham, Rebecca Belmore, Jolene Rickard, and Will Wilson.

Discusses how studies of Hopi maze fields have identified hydrological processes linked to field location criteria and farming practices.

Annotated bibliography of the Willamette, Umpqua and Rogue Valleys.

Over 1,100 annotated citations covering all aspects Arctic life. Current as of 2007.

Some Aboriginal material included. Lists theses and dissertations published between 2006 and 2012.

Twelve Elders who participated project were asked questions about men's traditional roles and responsibilities, changes which occurred due to colonization, and what is needed to see men achieve the good life.

National Aboriginal Achievement Award (NAAA) presented to Inuvialut Elder who advocated for Arctic environmental preservation.

Provides information about bioaccumulation of contaminants and discusses the affects on people.

Biology Thesis (M.Sc.)--Queen's University, 2000.

Looks at the success or failure of laws and policies that were meant to protect community rights, culture, and material resources and the use of community protocols as tools.

Book review of, Biocultural Diversity and Indigenous Ways of Knowing by Karim Aly-Kassam.

Comments on concept that combines nature and culture and aims to protect Indigenous resources holistically and more effectively.

Integrated Studies Project towards (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2013.

Law Thesis (LL.M)--The University of British Columbia, 2000.

Study monitoring residents living next to an inactive mercury mine in Clear Lake, California found results consistent with other studies; also considers protective public health measures.

Examines barriers between science-based and traditional Aboriginal world views and efforts to amalgamate these perspectives in resource management.

Author presents a case study of Indigenous people and biodiversity from Papua New Guinea. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.

Study compares bird use of rehabilitated oil extraction sites with that of nearby reference sites; finding demonstrate that sites studied 3 to 10 years post-site rehabilitation are not comparable to nearby reference site in regards to shorebird and passerine habitat (nesting/breeding), but they do seem to support waterfowl. Additional shorebirds and passerines are using these sites for foraging and resting.

Discusses the origin story of the irö and how to identify and tally migrating raptors.

Comments on The SongBird Oratorio and The Unnatural and Accidental Women in which elements from the natural environment are central to the work.

Describes how the differing importance of the forestry industry in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick has led to contrasting strategies of pest management.

Evaluates theories that attempt to explain the scarcity of these large herbivores.

Book review of Bison and People on the North American Plains edited by Geoff Cunfer and Bill Waiser.

Describes historic role of the bison, reasons behind its near extinction, and the status of the population today.

Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2001.

Book review of: Bison Ethology and Native Settlement Patterns During the Old Women's Phase on the Northwestern Plains by Trevor Richard Peck.

Uses content analysis of more than a thousand articles focused on environmental issues from four tribal newspapers in Wisconsin, interviews with Native American journalists, and discussions with focus group to analyze the themes and values attached to sovereignty.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2014.

Investigations revealed that toxins in blood samples from Russian Arctic citizens were similar to those in coastal areas of Greenland and Canada.

Contends that improved iron nutrition in aboriginal babies is necessary considering the potential for higher blood lead levels in infants with iron-deficiency anemia.

Discusses how the extraction of oil from tar sands in Alberta are creating huge amounts of toxic waste.

Short account of activist`s life and her views on resolving Indigenous issues and making decisions by consensus.

Discusses initiatives under Canadian chairmanship and the importance of marine shipping work for Indigenous people.

Book review of: Bolt From the Blue by Dick Dekker.

Book review of: Voices from the Bay: Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Inuit and Cree in the Hudson Bay Bioregion by Miram McDonald, Lucassie Arragutainaq and Zack Novalinga.

Book review of: Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples by Nancy J. Turner. An updated second edition of Turner's 1975 British Columbia Provincial Museum Handbook. A companion volume Food Plants of Interior First Peoples has also be revised by Turner.

Book review of: Grey Owl: The Mystery of Archie Belaney by Armand Garnet Ruffo.

Book review of: Partnerships in Sustainable Forest Resource Management by Mirjam A.F. Ros-Tonen, edited by Heleen Van Den Hombergh and Annelies Zoomers.

Book review of Silent Snow by Marla Cone.

Review of: Maps of Experience: The Anchoring of Land to Story in Secwepemc Discourse by Andie Diane Palmer.

Book reviews of 15 books: Metaphors of Interpretation: Essays in Honour of W.E.H. Stanner edited by Diane E. Barwick, Jeremy Beckett and Marie Reay. Convertir Les Fils de Cain, Jesuites et Amerindiens Nomades en Nouvelle-France by Alain Beaulieu. The Alaska Highway: Papers of the 40th Anniversary Symposium edited by Kenneth Coates. Catlin and His Contemporaries: The Politics of Patronage by Brain W.