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Malcolm & Mrs. Umphreville Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Malcolm Umphreville
Mrs. Umphreville
Margaret Stobie
Indian History Film Project
Description
General account of their lives. (Their daughter participates in the interview, but her name is not mentioned.)
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Managing Mercury Exposure in Northern Canadian Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine McLean Pirkle
Gina Muckle
Melanie Lemire
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 188, no. 14, October 04, 2016, pp. 1015-1023
Description
Reviews literature on mercury exposure that impacts primarily Indigenous communities in northern Canada.
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A Manildra Herbal

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jack Houghton
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, December 1984, pp. 58-60
Description
Author describes his personal diet which consists of no refined foods. Also provides a list of herbs with the benefits they supply.
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Manitoba Traditional Foods Initiative Planning and Resource Development Project: A Traditional Foods Resource for Northern and First Nation Communities

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Food Matters Manitoba
Description
Resources available in this guide include: a template guide to developing a traditional food strategy, a list of traditional foods available in Manitoba, a list of barriers experienced that limit access to traditional foods, and results from a Sharing Our Food Stories session.
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Margaret Eagle Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Margaret Eagle
Evelyn Sit
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she gives an account of the preparation and tanning of hides.
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Margaret Siwallace Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Margaret Siwallace
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with Margaret Siwallace where she mentions a flood legend of her people. She briefly describes the initital encounter of her people with Alexander MacKenzie.
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Marie Osecap 2 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marie Osecap
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes a description of life on the reserve that describes milking, sheep-shearing and fishing weirs. It also consists of stories about a woman whose husband turned into a lizard; a story of Wisakedjak; and how Thunder Blanket killed his wife and then himself.
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Marie Osecap 3 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marie Osecap
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview consists of childhood hunting expeditions for rabbit, gophers and duck. Also included is a description of the police stopping a Sundance.
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Marine Shielings in Medieval Norse Greenland

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christian Koch Madsen
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 56, no. 1, 2019, pp. 119-159
Description
Study reviews document records and archaeological site evidence of medieval Norse marine-resource use in Greenland on local to regional scales; results imply the existence of at least four types of seasonally occupied, specialized satellite sites related to marine-resource use.
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Marion Carter Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marion Carter
Mary Mountain
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mrs. Carter tells a story of her life. She talks of the traditional way of living; residential schools and tells how she was given her name. During the interview she also relates a tale from her grandfather about the Cree raiding Blackfoot camps.
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Maritime Subsistence at a 9300 Year Old Shell Midden on Santa Rosa Island, California

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jon M. Erlandson
Torben C. Rick
Rene L. Vellanoweth
Douglas J. Kennett
Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 26, no. 3, Autumn, 1999, pp. 255-265
Description
Early Holocene site suggests a heavy reliance on marine resources, particularly abalone, and supplemented by plant foods that were distinct from the resources used on the coastal mainland.
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Mary Ann McKenzie Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mary Ann McKenzie
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mary Ann McKenzie talks about her childhood memories: food preparation, gardening, making moccasins, fish nets and snowshoes.
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Mary Fieldwalker Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mary Fieldwalker
David Stevenson
Indian History Film Project
Description
Describes old photographs in her possession and her life growing up near a saw mill.
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Max Ireland Interview #2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Max Ireland
Alex Cywink
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he gives accounts of storytelling amongst the Oneida; accounts of the educational system and its abuses.
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Meat-Smoking Tent

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Ludger Mueller-Wille
Description
Photograph. On information card: Tipi like structure: "Tent used for smoking dry caribou meat" (Chipewyan-Dene). Dunvegan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.
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Medical Survey of Nutrition among the Northern Manitoba Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P.E. Moore
H.D. Kruse
F.F. Tisdall
R.S.C. Corrigan
Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 54, no. 3, March 1946, pp. 223-233
Description
Study conducted by assessing records of purchases of staple food from the Hudson's Bay Company and physical examination of 400 individuals for diseases, concluded that malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies existed. Authors concluded characteristics of the "Indian race" such as"shiftlessness, indolence, improvidence and inertia" might be attributable to lack of suitable food.
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The Medicine Wheel Nutrition Intervention: A Diabetes Education Study With the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kendra K. Kattelmann
Kibbe Conti
Cuirong Ren
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 109, no. 9, September 2009, pp. 1532-1652
Description
Description of a study to determine if Northern Plains Indians with type 2 diabetes mellitus, introduced to the medicine wheel concept, had better control of their diabetes than those who received the usual dietary education.
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Mercury in the Traditional Diet of Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hing Man Chan
Olivier Receveur
Environmental Pollution, vol. 110, no. 1, October 2000, pp. 1-2
Description
Commentary states that the greatest concentrations of mercury were in those communities that had a higher usage of marine mammals as food.
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[Mercury Poisoning and the Cree]

Alternate Title
CBC Television News ; Oct. 18, 1976
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Susan Copeland
Description
Explains how the Federal government initially failed to inform people about the mercury poisoning of fish. Programs are now in place to say what species are most poisonous, and where it is safe to fish. Duration: 5:15
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Metabolic Profile in Two Physically Active Inuit Groups Consuming Either a Western or a Traditional Inuit Diet

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thor Munch-Andersen
David B. Olsen
Hans Søndergaard
Jens R. Daugaard
Anette Bysted
Dirk L. Christensen
Bengt Saltin
Jørn W. Helge
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 17342
Description
Study found that diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance was not found in Inuit on a traditional or a western diet probably due to the positive influence of high levels of physical activity.
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Methylmercury: A New Look at the Risks

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathryn R. Mahaffey
Public Health Reports, vol. 114, no. 5, September/October 1999, pp. 396-399, 402-413
Description
Discussion on mercury exposure risks to humans and wildlife, and how mercury is distributed in the environment.
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Métis Agriculture in Saskatchewan

Alternate Title
Agriculture: The Heart of Saskatchewan’s Past, Present, and Future
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Agriculture in the Classroom
Description
Topics include Métis identity, the 1885 Resistance, food and diet, and farming.
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Métis Farmers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Todd Paquin
Patrick Young
Darren R. Préfontaine
Description
Discussion of the role Métis have played in agricultural production.
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Métis Food and Diet

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patrick Young
Todd Paquin
Leah Dorion
Darren R.Préfontaine
Description
Outlines traditional consumption patterns and the effects of a move away from them in modern times.
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Métis Seasonal Cycles

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darren R. Préfontaine
Patrick Young
Todd Paquin
Description
Outlines historical relationship between Métis and their environment, particularly the harvesting of resources.
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Métis Traditional Food Number 1

Alternate Title
Métis Gathering
Métis Traditional Food #1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S)
Canadian Geographic Education
Description

Lesson plan for Grades 1-4 involves students learning about bannock, fried Saskatoon berries, and goose, making bannock, and Michif words associated with cooking and food.

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Métis Traditional Food Number 2

Alternate Title
Métis Traditional Food #2
Métis Gathering
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Teri Thrun
Description

Lesson plan for Grades 4-7 involves students learning and speaking Michef words associated with food and cooking, learning about bannock, fried Saskatoon berries, and goose, and making bannock.

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Mildred Redmond Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mildred Redmond
Evelyn Sit
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she tells of one of her ancestors, captured during the War of 1812, married into the tribe. Early organizer of native groups in Toronto.
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A Mixed Methods Inquiry into the Determinants of Traditional Food Consumption among Three Cree Communities of Eeyou Istchee from an Ecological Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Véronqiue Laberge Gaudin
Olivier Receveur
Leah Walz
Félix Girard
Louise Potvin
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 24918
Description
Study involved secondary analysis of 3 cross-sectional studies as part of the Multi-Community Environment and Health Longitudinal Study in Iyiyuu Aschii and focus groups from Cree Nation of Mistissini, Cree Nation of Eastmain, and Wemindji Cree First Nation.
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Modeling Modes of Hunter-Gatherer Food Storage

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Morgan
American Antiquity, vol. 77, no. 4, October 2012, pp. 714-736
Description
Compares advantages and disadvantages of various types of acorn storage methods employed by the Western Mono in California's Sierra Nevada region.
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Money and Food

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jill Kliener
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, September 1983, pp. 29-31
Description
Chronicles the changes in the diet and lifestyle of Australian Aboriginals since the arrival of Europeans.
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Mr. Birston & Miss Birston (Granddaughter) Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mr. Birston
Miss Birston
Margaret Stobie
Indian History Film Project
Description
General discussion of Mr. Birston's life with comments from his granddaughter and grandson. No date given, probably in the 1970's.
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Mrs. Ada Ladue and Mrs. Beatrice Nightraveller Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ada (Mrs.) Ladue
Christine Welsh
Beatrice Nightraveller
Indian History Film Project
Description
Ada Ladu was born on the Mistawasis Reserve, worked for wages in the 1930s, married and mother of five. Beatrice Nightraveller, daughter of Josie Cuthand, was born on the Little Pine Reserve, Saskatchewan, worked for wages in the 1930s, also married with five children.They share: a story of a white baby girl abducted and raised by Indians in the Prince Albert, Saskatchewan district; accounts of the Riel Rebellion (1885), especially the aftermath in the North Battleford district; philosophies of child-rearing; loss of portions of Little Pine Reserve and the death of Little Pine.
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