Geography

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Desert Lake: Art, Science and Stories From Paruku

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sally Dixon
Aboriginal History, vol. 37, 2013, pp. 147-148
Description
Book review of: Desert Lake by Steve Morton, Mandy Martin, Kim Mahood and John Carty. Scroll down to page 147 to read review.
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Devil's Lake

Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of Devil's Lake during the time of the visit of the Half-Breed Commission, 1900.

Historical note:

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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
VIAs Inc
Description
A "hyperhistory in progress," with at least one interpretive episode added each month. Includes journal excerpts, First Nations history, natural history and geography. Includes Journal excerpts from The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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Disparities in Infant Health among American Indians and Alaska Natives in US Metropolitan Areas

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David C. Grossman
Laura-Mae Baldwin
Susan Casey
Brigitte Nixon
Walter Hollow
L. Gary Hart
Pediatrics, vol. 109, no. 4, April 2002, pp. 627-641
Description
Retrospective cohort study of geographic variation rates in infant mortality, low birth weight, prenatal care, and the availability of maternal-child health care found considerable variation.
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Diversity of Saami Terminology for Reindeer, Snow, and Ice

Alternate Title
Diversity of Sami Terminology for Reindeer, Snow, and Ice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ole Henrik Magga
International Social Science Journal, vol. 58, no. 187, March 2006, pp. 25-34
Description
Explains large vocabulary that the Sami use to express themselves regarding their physical environment .
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Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters & Social Imagination

Alternate Title
Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters and Social Imagination
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nelson H. H. Graburn
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 2, Summer, 2006, pp. 365-368
Description
Book review of: Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters & Social Imagination by Julie Cruikshank.
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Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kathy M'Closkey
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 149-152
Description
Book review of: Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country by Marsha L. Weisiger.
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The Drum as Map: Western Knowledge Systems and Northern Indigenous Map Making

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jouko Keski-Säntti
Ulla Lehtonen
Pauli Sivonen
Ville Vuolanto
Imago Mundi, vol. 55, 2003, pp. 120-125
Description
Discusses differences between Western and Indigenous understandings of what maps are, how they are made, how they look and what they do using two examples: one a drawing of north-eastern Siberia by a Chukchi man, the other by Sami of Lapland using marks on a drum in conjunction with Shamanistic performances as a means of mapping physical, spiritual and temporal elements of the environment.
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A Dry Oasis: The Canadian Plains in Late Prehistory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Daschuk
Prairie Forum, vol. 34, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 1-29
Description
Discusses how two key subsistence strategies, used by First Nations peoples to combat drought, were threatened when the ways of the modern world spread to the Great Plains.
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Early Blackfoot History

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Bird Grinnell
American Anthropologist, vol. 5, no. 2, April 1892, pp. 153-164
Description
Overview of stories collected in the late 19th century relating to the origins and migrations of the confederacy of Siksika, Kainai and Piikani peoples.
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Early Man in Western and North-Western Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wesley L. Bliss
Science, vol. 89, no. 2312, New Series, April 21, 1939, pp. 365-366
Description
Anthropological field party attempts to correlate early cultures with glacial chronology.
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Effigy Pipes, Diplomacy, and Myth: Exploring Interaction Between St. Lawrence Iroquoians and Eastern Iroquois in New York State

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony Wonderley
American Antiquity, vol. 70, no. 2, April 2005, pp. 211-240
Description
Describes how 500 year old smoking pipes left archaeological evidence that links the St. Lawrence Iroquoians of Jefferson County with the Mohawks, Oneidas, and Onondagas of Upstate New York.
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The Ellis Landing Shellmound

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.7, no.5
E-Books
Author/Creator
N. C. Nelson
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 7, (pp357-426).
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Emergency Management in the Arctic: The Context Explained

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Meredith Kravitz
Vanessa Gastaldo
Description
Discussions on the emergency preparedness needs of northern Indigenous communities with highlights of key issues and obstacles for success including geography, population density, infrastructure, communications, and climate change.
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