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A Woman For all Seasons

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ellen L. Lutz
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Passing the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Spring, 2007
Describes the petition, against the United States, Sheila Watt-Cloutier is taking to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, regarding greenhouse gas emissions.
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Women Leaders on Leadership: Much to Laud, Much to Lament

Alternate Title
Executive Action (Conference Board of Canada) ; June 2006
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 014-07]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Conference Board of Canada
Discussion on issues of poverty, health care, education, skills training and the labour shortage, foreign policy, and the environment.
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Women's Technology Network Conference

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 6, November/December 1996, pp. 22-23
Conference hosted by the Centre for Appropriate Technology (CAT) included workshops on women in communication, water, waste, transport, and shelter and environment.
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Women's Use of Indigenous Knowledge for Environmental Security and Sustainable Development in Southwest Nigeria

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yetunde Adebunmi Aluko
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change, and Environmental Stewardship, July 2018, p. Article 2
Study uses interviews with 80 women to collect qualitative data about Indigenous Knowledge (IK) in the areas of agriculture, food processing and preservation, family health care, and child care. Suggests that incorporating place-based cultural and traditional knowledge into rural development will lead to more successful outcomes for communities.
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Working With an Aboriginal Community to Understand Drinking Water Perceptions and Acceptance in Rural New South Wales

Alternate Title
Article 4
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fidelis G. Jaravani
Peter D. Massey
Jenni Judd
Kylie A. Taylor
Jason Allan ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, July 2017, pp. 1-29
Study looks at the Walhallow Aboriginal community's water supply and their decision to drink rainwater.
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Workshop 12 Transcription Notes

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Smith Atimoyoo
Harry Broba
Choco Lachance
Ernest Tootoosis
Alex Bonaise
Indian History Film Project
Elders present songs and prayers with discussion about the loss of traditions and values, evils of alcohol, role of elders, etc. Also stories of adventures in intertribal warfare ; a story of a man who married a thunderwoman.
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Wrestling with Fire: Indigenous Women’s Resistance and Resurgence

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa K Nelson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, [Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism], 2019, pp. 69-84
Describes the rising role of Indigenous women in a new era of activism that is based on traditional Indigenous values and practices.
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Writing Water, Writing Life: Silko as Environmental Activist

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Boyles
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 10-35
Examines author Leslie Marmon Silko’s post-1990 works, Almanac of the Dead, Sacred Waters, Gardens in the Dunes, and Oceanstory in the context of a growing focus on water scarcity and sovereignty; highlights Aboriginal and Native American perspective on the privatization of water for profit, and neocolonial and imperial interests.
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The Wuchusk or Muskrat Project: [Final Report]

Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 265
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Renée Carrière
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Discusses project undertaken at Charlebois Community School in Cumberland House, Saskatchewan to connect curriculum content and Ministry outcomes with Indigenous science and ways of knowing in secondary science courses.
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Xenoestrogenic Activity in Blood of European and Inuit Populations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eva C Bonefeld-Jorgensen
Philip S Hjelmborg
Thayaline S Reinert
Birgitte S. Andersen
Vladimir Lesovoy
Christian H. Lindh
Lars Hagmar
Aleksander Giwercman
Mogens Erlandsen
Gian-Carlo Manicardi
Marcello Span�
Gunnar Toft
Jens Peter Bonde
Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source, vol. 5, no. 12, 2006
Comparison of xenoestrogenic activity in serum in peoples with different levels of persistent organic pollutants (POP) exposure.
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The Yana Indians

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.13, no.2
E-Books
Author/Creator
T. T. Waterman
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 13, (pp35-102).
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Yellow Quill Struggles to Find Solutions

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hans Peterson
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 11, February 2004, p. Insert

Examines how experts addressed Yellow Quill First Nations' poor water quality.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.15.

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"You Are Here Because the Land Called You": Searching for Vivir Bien/Living Well

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roxanne Gould
Priscilla A. Day
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 3, December 2017, pp. 105-113
Discusses educational seminar titled "When Indigenous People Lead" held to examine the decolonization strategies used by the Morales government in Bolivia and what their implications might be for other Indigenous peoples.
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"You Can't Say You're Sovereign If You Can't Feed Yourself": Defining and Enacting Food Sovereignty in American Indian Community Gardening

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Hoover
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 31-70
Discusses how farmers and gardeners define food sovereignty and how the concept has been put into practice to attain the goals of promoting health and traditional culture.
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Yukon 2000: A Community-Based Planning Effort to Preserve "Things That Matter"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bryan T. Downes
The Northern Review, no. 23, Special Issue: [Northern Communities and the State], Summer, 2001, pp. 121-145
Looks at two documents, Yukon Economic Strategy and Yukon Conservation Strategy known as the "Yukon 2000" process of engaging people in the future of the Yukon.
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Yukon First Nations and the Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Roddick
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2-3, Arctic Oil and Gas Development, 2006, pp. 12-19
Overview of pipeline project and analysis of its economic impacts. To access this article, scroll down to page 12.
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Yukon Kings : Kuigpiim Taryaquii

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
Ray Waska reflects on life and teaches his grandchildren how to fish during the salmon run. Duration: 7:15.
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Yuntuwarrun: Learning on Country

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Nicholls
Tangikina Moimoi Steen
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 1, March 2017, pp. 26-34
Discusses the experiential and collaborative engagement approach to learning utilized in a masters in sustainable design class offered by the University of South Australia.
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Zoonotic Infections in Native Communities of James Bay, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hugues Sampasa-Kanyinga
Benoit Lèvesque
Elhadji Anassour-Laouan-Sidi
Suzanne Côte
Bouchra Serhir ... [et al.]
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, vol. 12, no. 6, 2012, pp. 473-481
Questionnaires of 267 participants determined the possibility of exposure to seven zoonotic diseases through handling of infected wildlife.
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