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Nunatuqaq: Geographic DNA

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Zebedee Nungak
Inuktitut, no. 96, Spring, 2005, pp. 51-58
Description
Describes in words, maps and illustrations the Inuit sense of connection to the land.
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The Nunavut Settlement: A Critical Appraisal

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Hamley
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 12, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, Fall, 1995, pp. [221]-234
Description
Reviews opportunities, challenges and difficulties that could arise from implementation of northern land claims. Scroll down to page 221 to read article.
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On the Nature of Sea Ice Around Igloolik

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aipilik Inuksuk
Canadian Geographer, vol. 55, no. 1, Geographies of Inuit Sea Ice Use, Spring, 2011, p. 36–41
Description
Interview by Paul Irngaut with Aipilik Inuksuk on his knowledge of sea ice.
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One West, Two Myths: A Comparative Reader

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael Childers
The American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 739-741
Description
Book review of: One West, Two Myths edited by Carol Higham and Robert Thacker; book deals with the impact of the 49th parallel on the relations between and among First Nations and governments.
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The Oral Tradition is Like the Mackenzie Delta

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Kroetsch
Northern Review, no. 28, Spring, 2008, pp. 181-186
Description
Argues that the oral story is part of our bodies, not part of a book, and each story tells the story of all of us.
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Origin of Naming of Frenchman River - Correspondence. - 1955.

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye
Description
Correspondence between the principal of Val-Marie School and the University of Saskatchewan Archives relating to the etymology of the Frenchman River in Saskatchewan. Included is an typed excerpt of a journal written by the explorer Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye.

Historical note:

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Origins of the Denes¶øiné

Alternate Title
Origins of the Denesuline
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre
Description
SICC overview about Denes¶øiné (Dene) migration from the Southwest United States to Northern Canada.
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Outlaws and Citizens: Indigenous People and the ‘New Media Nation’

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Alia
International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, vol. 5, no. 1 & 2, 2009, p. 39–54
Description
Discusses the evolution of technologies used to restore and create space to preserve languages and cultures while communicating across cultural, political, and geographical boundaries.
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A Paleoeskimo Occupation on Southern Banks Island, N.W.T.

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles D. Arnold
Arctic, vol. 33, no. 3, September 1980, pp. 400-426
Description
Studies the Lagoon site in the lower Masik River valley which contains artifacts that support a different theory about typological-historical frameworks.
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Pan Inuit Trails

Alternate Title
The Northwest Passage and the Construction of Inuit Pan-Arctic Identities
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Claudio Aporta
Michael Bravo
Fraser Taylor
Description
Atlas focuses on Eastern and Central Canadian Arctic and provides synoptic view of "Inuit mobility and occupancy of Arctic waters, coasts and lands, including its icescapes, as documented in written historical records (maps of trails and place names)".
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The Persistence of Aboriginal Kinship and Marriage Rules in Australia: Adapting Traditional Ways into Modern Practices

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeanie Bell
Journal of European Association for Studies of Australia, vol. 4, no. 1, Special Issue: Indigenous Marriage, Family and Kinship in Australia:The Persistence of Life and Hope, 2013, pp. 65-75
Description
Looks at traditional language and practices of marriage rules in southeast Queensland from Brisbane north to Hervey Bay and the community of Cherboug.
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