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Vitamin D Status in Greenland - Dermal and Dietary Donations

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stig Andersen
Anna Jakobsen
Hanne Lynge Rex
Folmer Lyngaard
Inge-Lise Kleist
Peder Kern
Peter Laurberg
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21225
Description
Study results indicate that vitamin D deficiency in Greenland increases with dietary transition to a non-traditional diet.
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Vulnerability to Freshwater Changes in the Inuit Settlement Region of Nunatsiavut, Labrador: A Case Study from Rigolet

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Goldhar
Trevor Bell
Johanna Wolf
Arctic, vol. 67, no. 1, March 2014, pp. 71-83
Description
Researchers conducted 89 household interviews about changes in the watershed and how this had affected residents' food and water security. Findings indicated that while adaptation was taking place, it was not without difficulties.
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Walrus on Peterhead

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
A walrus carcass on the deck of a Peterhead boat. Coral Harbour, N.W.T. [NU].
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Wanuskewin: A Walk Through Wanuskewin

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Theresa Hohne
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 23, no. 4, May 1994, p. 14
Description
Describes main exhibit, buffalo jump, theatre, trails and experiences Wanuskewin Heritage Park near Saskatoon offers to visitors.
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A Way of Life

E-Books
Author/Creator
Marianne Bromley
[Ed Hall]
[Melanie Hadlereena]
[Attima Hadlari]
[Maureen Jensen]
[et al.]
Description

Discusses the history of the fur trade in the Northwest Territories and contemporary trapping practices, and gives detailed instructions for making snowshoes, kamiks, spruce canoes, and trap sets and preparing and eating country food.

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"We Are Not Being Heard": Aboriginal Perspectives on Traditional Foods Access and Food Security

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bethany Elliott
Deepthi Jayatilaka
Contessa Brown
Leslie Varley
Kitty K. Corbett
Journal of Environmental and Public Health, vol. 2012, 2012, p. article no. 130945
Description
Discusses project in which Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal partners collaborated to assess challenges and barriers to access in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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We'll Do Our Fishing

Alternate Title
West Coast Oil Ports Inquiry
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
James Bizzocchi
Peter Kellington
Description
Looks at salmon fishing, filleting and drying, and discusses the importance of the fish to First Nations peoples. Duration: 10:00.
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What Can We Learn from Indigenous Technologies?

Alternate Title
[Exploring Indigenous Technologies: The Grinding Stone]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kahehtoktha Janice Brant
Description

Discusses the characteristics and use of an ancient mortar and pestle.

Accompanying Material: Video.

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What's to Eat?: Improving Food Literacy in Canada

Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; October 2013
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 14-091]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alison Howard
Jessica Brichta
Description
Examines why food literacy matters, the state of food literacy in Canada, current efforts to develop food literacy, and recommends strategies to further improve Canadian household attitudes, skills, and knowledge about food.
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"Where our women used to get the food": Cumulative Effects and Loss of Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Practice; Case Study From Coastal British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy J. Turner
Katherine L. Turner
Botany, vol. 86, no. 2, Special Issue on Ethnobotany, 2008, pp. 103-115
Description
Reviews examples of culturally valued food plants and identifies factors that have resulted in decreased use and loss of cultural knowledge about them over the past 150 years.
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Wiisinadaa: Let's Eat

Alternate Title
OFIFC Research Series ; vol. 3
Traditional Foods & Diabetes Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joan Chalifoux
Rebecca Martell
Description
Research project documented regional approaches to traditional food production and consumption to improve community health.
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Wild Food Summit: Anishinaabe Relearning Traditional Gathering Practices

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Barbara Ellen Sorensen
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 3, Food Sovereignty, Spring, 2011, pp. 32-34
Description
Comments on a summit developed to give knowledge about edible plants and discusses the advantages of including traditional foods in a healthy diet.
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Wild Foods of New South Wales

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nola Roberts
Brenda Randall
June Barker
Margaret Ward
Pat Owen
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, March 1980, pp. 13-18
Description
Presents food lists from the wild and arranged by nutritional values developed by Aboriginal health workers.
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Wild Rice And Ethics

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Winona LaDuke
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3, The International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People, Fall, 2004, p. [?]
Description
Looks at the Minnesota Anishinaabeg community's objections to genetic research on the plant.
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Wild Rice and the Ojibway People

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Punter
Prairie Forum, vol. 16, no. 1, Spring, 1991, pp. 123-125
Description
Book review of: Wild Rice and the Ojibway People by Thomas Vennum.
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Wilfred & Harriet Chocan Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Wilfred Chocan
Harriet Chocan
Mary Mountain
Iris Baker
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview with Wilfred and Harriet Chocan about the joys and challenges in their lives from childbirth to caring for the elderly and death.
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William & Helen Trudeau 1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Trudeau
Helen Trudeau
Tony Snowsill
Christine Welsh
Ernest Debassigae
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mrs. Trudeau talks about being adopted and the schooling she received as a child. Mr. Trudeau talks about growing up on the farm, and later working in the lumber and fishing industries. Interpreter : Ernest Debassigae ; transcriber : Joanne Greenwood.
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William & Helen Trudeau 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Trudeau
Helen Trudeau
Tony Snowsill
Christine Welsh
Ernest Debassigae
Indian History Film Project
Description
William and Helen Trudeau discuss the traditional ways of gathering, preserving and storing food. They also talk about the origins of some traditional stories. Interpreter : E. Debassigae ; transcribed by J. Greenwood.
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William Okeymaw Interview 1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Okeymaw
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
William Okeymaw was 12 years old at the time when he attended the Treaty #8 negotiations.He describes the negotiations and his understanding of the promises made; the role of the missionaries; talks of some of the Indian agents; and the abundance of buffalo in Lesser Slave Lake area at one time.
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William Tooshkenig Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
William Tooshkenig
Burton Jacobs
Gladys Tooshkenig
Indian History Film Project
Description
Deals with a farming operation on Walpole Island.
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Winter Fishing 2013 Lac La Ronge, Sask.

Alternate Title
Ice Fishing
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jonas Bird
Pat Cardinal
Allan Adam
Description
Demonstration of techniques used in ice fishing with a net. Duration: 12:00.
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Wollaston Lake 1978 Caribou Project

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Gill Gracie (photographer)
Lois Dalby (photographer)
Description
A set of 44 photos of a caribou project at Wollaston Lake that involved students in preparing and cooking caribou meat, making dry meat, drying the hides, and taking part in follow-up activities in the classroom.
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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
Description
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 Indigenous Peoples to Foster Sustainable Food Systems

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kent Mullinix
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, vol. 5, no. 4, Commentaries on Race and Ethnicity in Food Systems Work, Summer, 2015, pp. 3-6
Description
Describes the activities of the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems at the Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
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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
Description
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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Workshop on Aboriginal Bush Foods

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, September 1983, pp. 59-60
Description
Promotional article for an informal workshop on Aboriginal bush foods that was set to take place in November 1983 at Griffith University in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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