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The Inuit Petition as a Bridge? Beyond Dialectics of Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples' Rights

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hari M. Osofsky
American Indian Law Review, vol. 31, no. 2, Symposium: Lands, Liberties, and Legacies:Indigenous Peoples and International Law , 2006/2007, pp. 675-697
Description
Analyzes the legal issues surrounding the claim by Canadian and American Inuit that U.S. climate change policy violates their right to enjoy the benefits of their culture, use and enjoy their land, and use and enjoy their personal property.
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Inuit Siku (Sea Ice) Atlas

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Inuit Sea Ice Use and Occupancy Project (ISIUOP)
Description
Interactive website provides Inuit knowledge of arctic sea ice around Baffin Island, Nunavut. Intended as a resource for northern schools, youth and scientists.
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Investigating Indigenous Adaptations to British Columbia's Exposed Outer Coast: Introduction to These Outer Shores

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan D. McMillan
Iain McKenchnie
BC Studies, no. 187, These Outer Shores: Archaeological Insights into Indigenous Lifeways Along the Exposed Coasts of Bri, Autumn, 2015, pp. 304-305
Description
Looks at archaeological research from the islands of southeast Alaska in the north to the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State in the south.
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Is Arctic Medicine a Distinct Science? A Russian Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dimitrii G. Tikhonov
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 21248
Description
Article asserts that Arctic Medicine is indeed a distinct branch of medical science and promoted as such.
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The Isolated Eastern Cherokee

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harriet J. Kupferer
American Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, Indian Today, Fall, 1965, pp. 124-134
Description
Overviews the beginnings of a Native American movement for preserved identity and higher standards of living.
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Issues in the North, [Volumes 1, 2, 3]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Floyd McCormick
The Northern Review, no. 23, Special Issue: [Northern communities and the State], Summer, 2001, pp. 185-187
Description
Book review of: Issues in the North edited by Jill Oakes and Rick Riewe.
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“It’s All about the Scenery”: Tourists’ Perceptions of Cultural Ecosystem Services in the Lofoten Islands, Norway

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bjørn P. Kaltenborn
Eivind F. Kaltenborn
John D.C. Linnell
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 1, March 31, 2019, pp. 1-12
Description
Examines the tourism policy of the Lofoten Islands in Norway. Suggests that future policy requires better documentation and incorporation of the non-economic considerations of the tourism industry, including aesthetics, recreational opportunities, inspiration, social relations, cultural heritage, knowledge, spirituality, and identity. Also notes that landscape preservation is seen to be the highest priority.
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Iyatayet Revisited: A Report on Renewed Investigations of a Stratified Middle-to-Late Holocene Coastal Campsite in Norton Sound, Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew H. Tremayne
Christyann M. Darwent
John Darwent
Kelly A. Eldridge
Jeffrey T. Rasic
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 1, 2018, pp. 1-23
Description
Describes the archaeological reassessment of the Iyatayet, a Holocene site at Cape Denbigh, Alaska. New data collected in 2012 and 2013 provides insight into the site’s occupation by three different cultural groups: the Denbigh, the Norton, and the Thule.
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The Journals of Cumberland House

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alex R. Cameron
Saskatchewan History, vol. 6, no. 1, Winter, 1953, pp. 31-34
Description
Describes the establishment of Cumberland House, the Hudson Bay Company’s (HBC) first inland post, as a shift in company policy, allowing it to better compete with the North-West Company (NWC). Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 31.
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The Kandik Map

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Glenn Iceton
The Northern Review, no. 34, Fall, 2011, pp. 100-102
Description
Book review of: The Kandik Map by Linda Johnson
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Kitselas Canyon 1

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[George F. MacDonald]
[Bill Reid Centre]
Description

Video features historical photos of villages located in the Kitselas Canyon in British Columbia and archaeological digs that took place in the late 1960's and 1970's.

Duration: 19:55.

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Kitselas Canyon 2

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[George F. MacDonald]
[Bill Reid Centre]
Description

Video features historical photos of area and excavated Kitselas fortress site in the canyon.

Duration: 26:42.

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The Kogi: An Urgent Call from Guardians of the Heart of the World

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Atossa Soltani
Evelyn Arce
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the spiritual values and traditions of the Kogi people, and their responsibilities to protect nature, ancient burial grounds, and sacred sites.
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Land Rights NOT Mining Rights: Free Bob Lovelace and the KI 6

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Social Justice and Democracy
Ryerson University]
Description
Ryerson University Rally supporting Robert Lovelace, KI Chief Donny Morris of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) community, (Ontario) and councillors who were jailed for protesting mining development on traditional land. Duration: 10:00.
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Learning to Talk to the Land: Online Stewardship in Taku River Tlingit Territory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Schreyer
Jon Corbett
Nicole Gordon
Colleen Larson
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. 106-133
Description
Article describes a web-based participatory mapping tool(https://trt.geolive.ca/) which combines ideologies of stewardship with place names and stories.
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