Geography
The Epidemiology of Diabetes in the Manitoba-Registered First Nation Population: Current Patterns and Comparative Trends
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Green
James F. Blanchard
T. Kue Young
Jane Griffith
Diabetes Care, vol. 26, no. 7, July 2003, pp. 1993-1998
Description
Analysis of data from the Manitoba Diabetes Database to compare demographic and geographic patterns in First Nation and non-First Nation population.
Ethics in the Landscape: Prehistoric Archaeology and Local Sámi Knowledge in Interior Finnmark, Northern Norway
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marianne Skandfer
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 46, no. 1/2, The Tops of the World, 2009, pp. 89-102
Description
Author states that Sámi oral tradition is relevant and should be employed in order to better experience the local landscapes.
Ethnographic Film-Making in Australia: The First Seventy Years (1898-1968)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian Dunlop
Aboriginal History , vol. 3, no. 2, 1979, pp. 115-119
Description
Begins with at an expedition to the Torres Trait where recording equipment and a Lumiére camera were used by Alfred Cort Haddon, a zoologist from England.
The Ethnography of Memory in East Siberia: Do Life Histories from the Arctic Coast Matter?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Florian Stammler
Aytalina Ivanova
Lena Sidorova
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-23
Description
Authors discuss how oral histories can influence and change collective memories and memory negotiation; argue that collective memory which includes a diversity of perspective is vital increasing human understanding of the past and a sense of belonging in the present.
Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute
Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.33, no.3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Julian H. Steward
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 33, (pp233-350).
Evaluating the Floe Edge Service: How Well Can SAR Imagery Address Inuit Community Concerns Around Sea Ice Change and Travel Safety?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gita J. Laidler
Tom Hirose
Mark Kapfer
Theo Ikummaq
Eric Joamie
Pootoogoo Elee
Canadian Geographer, vol. 55, no. 1, Geographies of Inuit Sea Ice Use, Spring, 2011, p. 91–107
Description
Looks at the value of the satellite imagery service as a monitoring and safety tool and discusses the need for developing integrated monitoring systems to help evaluate sea ice conditions.
An Evaluation of the Interaction of Place and Community-based Participatory Research as a Research Methodology in the Implementation of a Sexually Transmitted Infection Intervention for Greenlandic Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Rink
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, Sexual and Reproductive Health Promotion in Circumpolar North, 2016, p. article no. 32239
Description
Overview of research study, Innuulluataarneq looks at how place effected a three year community-based participatory study on Inuit youth 15-18 and parents or guardians.
The Excess of Females Among the Cree Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clark Wissler
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 22, no. 3, March 15, 1936, pp. 151-153
Description
Survey of population data for tribes occupying Northern Plains during the years 1909-1934, found greatest disparity in sex ratio existed amongst Woods Cree.
Expedition Yukon 1967: Centennial and the Politics of Mountaineering in Kluane
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
PearlAnn Reichwein
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 92, no. 3, September 2011, pp. 481-514
Description
Discusses how the mountaineers narratives associated with the Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition can offer insights to an epistemology of place where landscapes, nature and culture exist as an integrated entity.
An Explorer's Guide to Treaties in Manitoba: An Exercise in Mapping Skills
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba
Description
Activities teach about types of maps, using a map grid, absolute and relative location, latitude and longitude, reading a key, determining directions, etc. Maps appear at end of document.
Factors Contributing to the Cultural and Spatial Variability of Landscape Burning by Native Peoples of Interior Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David C. Natcher
Monika Calef
Orville Huntington
Sarah Trainor
Henry P. Huntington
La'ona Dewilde
Scott Rupp
F. Stuart Chapin
Ecology and Society, vol. 12, no. 1, 2007, pp. 1-12
Description
Analyzes the geographical extent to which native peoples of Interior Alaska used fire to modify the landscape at the time of European contact.
Fearing Social and Cultural Death: Genocide and Elimination in Settler Colonial Canada: An Indigenous Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Wildcat
Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 17, no. 4, Special Issue on Canadian and Colonial Genocide, 2015, pp. 391-409
Description
Looks at the theory of refusal in Mohawk Interruptus by Audra Simpson and details of the changes on the northern plains in late nineteenth century in Clearing the Plains by James Daschuk and Metis and the Medicine Line by Michel Hogue.
Final Report: Historical Place Names: A Case Study of Three Townships on the County of Peterborough
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ellery Leitch
Subitha Premkumar
Kathleen Watt
Description
Study of the origin and meaning of names of bodies of water and some land forms, and changes to them which occurred in Curve Lake First Nation and municipalities of North Kawartha, and Cavendish, Galway-Harvey.
First Peoples of Canada: Presenting the History and Continuing Presence of Aboriginal People in Canada
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Stephen Augustine
Morgan Baillargeon
Ian Dyck
David Keenlyside
Andrea Laforet ... [et al.]
Description
Virtual exhibition includes topics such as demography, geography. hunting, fishing, trapping, trade, and the Metis; includes several short biographies.
Flooding Hope and Livelihoods: Lake St. Martin First Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Myrle Ballard
Shirley Thompson
Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 43-65
Description
Examines the consequences of community displacement on sustainable livelihoods, homes, health and socio-cultural integrity.