Fish & Wildlife

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Animals and Theme in "Ceremony"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter G. Beidler
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, A Special Symposium Issue on Leslie Marmon Silko's , 1979, pp. 13-18
Description
Looks at the role animals play in Leslie Silko's story and its reflections on Indigenous people needing to learn what to accept and what to resist in order to survive.
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Antoine Lonesinger 1 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview with the respected storyteller and singer Antoine Lonesinger. Interview includes the Legend of Cut Knife Hill and stories of BlackRock and Chokecherry Wood.
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Antoine Lonesinger 11 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes two stories: the first about a boy who saves a boy and wins a wife in the process; a second about a boy who upon returning to his band with a wife becomes chief.
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Antoine Lonesinger 12 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Archie Baptiste
Indian History Film Project
Description
Antoine Lonesinger discusses different methods of earning a living that included making charcoal and lime. Also included is the story of a boy saved a camp from starvation with the help of the raven spirit.
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Antoine Lonesinger 14 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Archie Baptiste
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes a story of a woman, who when captured by enemy warriors betrays her husband and brothers to her captors and so brings about her death.
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Antoine Lonesinger 15 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Alphonse Baptiste
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes stories about a Cree band who avenged the killing of a young boy by the Blackfoot. He tells of his grandfather who helped a Cree raiding party find food.
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The Archaeology of Monitor Valley, 1. Epistemology

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 58, pt.1
E-Books
Author/Creator
David Hurst Thomas
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of the Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 58 (p.1-194).
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The Archaeology of North Pacific Fisheries

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kathlyn M. Stewart
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 1, January 2013, pp. 200-2001
Description
Book review of: The Archaeology of North Pacific Fisheries edited by Moss Madonnal and Aubrey Cannon.
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Arctic Indigenous Women Consume Greater Than Acceptable Levels of Organochlorines

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
H. V. Kuhnlein
O. Receveur
D. C. G. Muir
H. M. Chan
R. Soueida
Journal of Nutrition, vol. 125, no. 10, October 1995, pp. 2501-2510
Description
Examines the exposure of Arctic Indigenous women, living in two communities of the Canadian Arctic, to polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides via their diet.
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Arctic Wildlife

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Presents an ecological and nutritional overview of Inuit food sources.
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Arsene Fontaine Interview #1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Arsene Fontaine
Ray Marnoch
Indian History Film Project
Description
Arsene Fontaine describes a curing by a medicine man and a brief description of how to make a canoe. She also gives a description of transportation by dog team.
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Assessment of Climatic Conditions for Siberian Reindeer Herding on the Basis of Heat Balance Modelling

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Konstantin B. Klokov
Vladimir V. Mikhailov
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 1, March 31, 2019, pp. 28-42
Description
Research uses a computer simulation calculate Reindeer’s heat balance, and then assess the climate conditions at 70 different locales, results show that thermal and climatic factors are very important in Indigenous reindeer herding styles.
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Assessment of Dietary Exposure to Trace Metals in Baffin Inuit Food

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hing Man Chan
Christine Kim
Kishan Khoday
Olivier Receveur
Harriet V. Kuhnlein
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 103, no. 7/8, July-August 1995, pp. 740-746
Description
Reports the levels of cadmium, lead, and mercury in traditional foods from Qikiqtarjuaq, Baffin Island and the related health risks and benefits of eating these foods.
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The Assessment of Radiation Exposures in Native American Communities from Nuclear Weapons Testing in Nevada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Frohmberg
Robert Goble
Virginia Sanchez
Dianne Quigley
Risk Analysis, vol. 20, no. 1, 2000, pp. 101-111
Description
Discusses how the radiation exposure experienced by Native American Communities near the Nevada Test Site during the 1950s and 1960s were not properly represented in dose reconstructions due to diet variables.
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Athropolis

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Athropolis Productions
Description
Website provides links to: Arctic library, games, maps, songs, jokes, weather, and much more. Aimed towards elementary school aged children and youth.
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Attitudes of Nunavut Inuit toward Killer Whales (Orcinus orca)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristin H. Westdal
Jeff W. Higdon
Steven H. Ferguson
Arctic, vol. 66, no. 3, September 2013, pp. 279-290
Description
Study conducted between 2007 and 2010 consisted of 105 semi-directed interviews with residents of 11 communities in the Kivalliq and Qikiqtaaluk regions. Since killer whale population appears to be on the rise, perceptions of the animal and its consumption of subsistence species has implications for marine ecosystem management.
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Battleford Agency #1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
D.G. (Dr.) Mandelbaum
Muskwa (Bear)
Indian History Film Project
Description
One of the oldest men on the Little Pine Reserve talks about chiefs before and after treaty.
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BC Rainforest

Alternate Title
Great Bear Rainforest Series
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Moon Willow Press
Description
Series of eleven articles about the rainforest environment and wildlife and the threats including a proposed pipeline project.
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Bear Meat And Hide Preparation

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Lois Dalby (photographer)
Description
A set of 17 photographs of Lydia and Napthelie McKenzie and their daughter Jemima Charles on their trapline near Stanley Mission preparing the meat and hide of a bear shot by their son Malcolm McKenzie.
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"Beatty, Reginald Bird-Diary & Correspondence"

Archival » Archival Items
Description
This file contains excerpts from Reginald Beatty's diary, correspondence about his encounters with Cree people, and letters home to his parents detailing his experience in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. Mr. Beatty was a farmer and fur trader in what is now known as the Melfort area of Saskatchewan.
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Beaver, Bison, and Black Robes: Montana's Fur Trade, 1800-1860

Alternate Title
Montana: Stories of the Land
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Krys Holmes
Description

Discusses how the demand for beaver pelts brought about a new economy, the shift from hunting beaver to hunting bison, and the impact of missionaries.

Chapter from Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes..

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Between Fire and Water, Ice and Sky

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
G. Burns Cooper
The Northern Review, no. 31, Northern Literature, Fall, 2009, pp. 225-227
Description
Book review of: Between Fire and Water, Ice and Sky by Gretchen Diemer.
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