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The Birth of the Cooperative at Holman Island

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Henri Tardy
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Summer, 2001, pp. 26-29
Description
Comments on the evolution of the co-op and printmaking. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 26.
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The "Blond" Eskimos

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diamond Jenness
American Anthropologist, vol. 23, no. 3, July-September 1921, pp. 257-267
Description
Discusses the physical characteristics of the Victorian Islanders particularly hair, beard, and eye colour.
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Blood Pressure Among the Inuit (Eskimo) Populations in the Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Bjerregaard
Eric Dewailly
T. Kue Young
Carole Blanchet
Robert A. Hegele ... [et al.]
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, vol. 31, no. 2, 2003, pp. 92-99
Description
Study shows that Inuit blood pressures rank intermediate on a global scale but low compared with most European populations.
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Book review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ron Welburn
Wendy G. Teeter
Steven D. Gomez
Donald L. Fixico
Stephen Wall
Gregory R. Campbell
Gus Pànthái:dê Palmer
Martha J. Macri
James Mackay
Anthony K. Webster
Rebecca Tsosie
Anya Montiel
Maria Williams
Kevin J. White
Sarah Deer
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 3, 2009, pp. 111-165
Description
Book reviews of 20 books: The American Indian Oral History Manual: Making Many Voices Heard by Charles E. Trimble, Barbara W. Sommer and Mary Kay Quinlan. Collaborating at the Trowel's Edge: Teaching and Learning in Indigenous Archaeology edited by Stephen W. Silliman. Doctor to the North: Thirty Years Treating Heart Disease Among the Inuit by John H.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Olive Patricia Dickason
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 357-358
Description
Book review of: The Northern Copper Inuit: A History by Richard G. Condon, Julia Ogina and Holman Elders.
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Book Review Essay: Recent Books on Inuit Oral History

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Murielle Nagy
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, The Influence of Marcel Mauss, 2006, pp. 209-219
Description
Reviews several books: Across the Time and Tundra: The Inuvialuit of the Western Arctic by Ishamael Alunik, D.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Patricia A. McCormack
Ken Hanly
Guy Lanoue
Ron Nestor
David J. Norton
et al.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, 1994, pp. 395-434
Description
Book review of 14 books: Drum Songs: Glimpses of Dene History by Kerry Abel. Names, Numbers, and Northern Policy by Valerie Alia. Sacred Stories of the Sweet Grass Cree by Leonard Bloomfield. Guide to Oral History Collections in Canada/Guide des fonds d'histoire orale au Canada by Normand Fortier. The Mohicans of Stockbridge by Patrick Frazier. 500 Jahre danach: Zur heutigen Lage der indigenen Volker beider Amerika (500 Years Thereafter: The Present Day Situation of the Indigenous Peoples of Both Americas) edited by Peter R.
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Brains Before Brawn?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lisa Kiperqualuk
Inuktitut, no. 100, Spring, 2006, pp. 38-46
Description

Discusses the benefits of physical activity.

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Brief Respecting Social Housing in Nunavik

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Makivik Corporation
Description
Report presented to the Standing Committee on Finance concerning pre-budget consultations on the housing crisis and lack of action by Canadian government.
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Brief Respecting Social Housing in Nunavik

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Makivik Corporation
Kativik Regional Government
Description
Report to Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development about Canada's failure to address housing needs in Nunavik.
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A BScN Program for Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary L. Ellerton
Heather Fudge
Ruth Martin-Misener
Catherine Thibeault
Canadian Nurse, vol. 95, no. 10, 1999, p. 31
Description
Discussion of the Nunavut Act which required that 80 per cent of the nursing positions in Nunavut be occupied by Inuit and the creation of BScN program.
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Buckland

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Conley Stone McAnally
Whispering Wind, vol. 36, no. 4, Issue 254, January-February 2007, pp. 24-25
Description
1913 report on the village from the Superintendent of the N.W. District, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Alaskan Division. Includes photographs.
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Building an Igloo

Images » Photographs
Description
An Inuit man poses in front of an Igloo he is building in the vicinity of Churchill, Manitoba circa the late 1920s, early 1930s.
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Building on Strengths in Naujaat: The Process of Engaging Inuit Youth in Suicide Prevention

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 2017 Northern, Rural, and Remote Health conference
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Polina Anang
Elizabeth Haqpi Naujaat Elder
Ellen Gordon
Nora Gottlieb
Maria Bronson
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 2, Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North..., 2019
Description
Describes the process used by researchers, Inuit youth, and a Naujaat Elder to create a resiliency based community youth project designed increase protective factors against youth suicide.
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Call Me Angakkuq: Captain George Comer and the Inuit of Qatiktalik

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bernadette Driscoll Engelstad
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, Arctic Collections and Museology: Presentations, Disseminations, and Interpretations, 2018, pp. 61-86
Description
Article examines the almost 250 facial casts made by Captain Comer of Aivilingmiut and Iglulingmiut peoples from Hudson’s Bay; Qaernermiut, Hauneqtormiut, and Netsilingmiut from the interior areas of the region, Tununermiut people from Baffin Island; and Padlimiut people from an area north of what is now Churchill.
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Camp on the North Nahanni River

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
J.B. Mawdsley
Description
Camp setting with a tipi and tent, male in foreground facing camera. Trees and mountains in background; summer scene.
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Can University/Community Collaboration Create Spaces for Aboriginal Reconciliation? Case Study of the Healing of The Seven Generations and Four Directions Community Projects and Wilfrid Laurier University

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ginette Lafrenière
Papa Lamine Diallo
Donna Dubie
Lou Henry
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 2005, pp. 53-66
Description
Illustrates two community-based projects that were developed because of four people who believed in the project.
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Canadian Inuit Art and Coops: Father Steinman of Povungnituk

Alternate Title
Canadian Inuit Art and Co-ops
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nelson Graburn
Museum Anthropology, vol. 24, no. 1, Spring/Summer, 2000, pp. 14-25
Description
Discusses the missionary's influence on the arts and his role in the creation of the Povungnituk Sculptures Society and La Fèdèration des Coopèratives du Nouveau Quèbec.
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Canadian Inuit Newspapers and Periodicals: Past,

Present and Future

Alternate Title
Libraries without Borders: Navigating towards Global Understanding
World Library and Information Congress ; 74th, 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sharon Rankin
Description
Survey of publications (and their library holdings) by and about Canadian Inuit, over the last fifty years.
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"Caribou I.N.S."

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies fonds
Description
"Applied Anthropology course student P. Sullivan interviewing ceramic artist Aksadjuak at Rankin Inlet, N.W.T." [NU]
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A Case Compounded Error: The Inuit Resettlement Project, 1953, and the Government Response, 1990

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shelagh D. Grant
Northern Perspectives, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 1991, pp. [3-29]
Description
Looks at the resettlement of seven families from northern Quebec and three families from Pond Inlet to Resolute Bay on Corwallis Island and Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island and the lack of recognition and apology for contributions made to arctic sovereignty.
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Cathedral 'Can't be Restored'

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 132, no. 3, March 2006, pp. 1-2
Description
St. Jude's Anglican Cathedral, the "igloo church", in Iqaluit, Nunavut declared structurally unsound after fire.
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CBQM

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Allen
Description
Glimpses of life in the northern community of Fort McPherson through local radio station or the "Moccasin Telegraph". Duration: 66:02.
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Celebrate Spring!

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mosha Folger
Inuktitut, no. 100, Spring, 2006, pp. 10-17
Description
Four springtime photos by Nick Newbery, a high school teacher in the eastern Arctic.
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Cell Phones in Greenland

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sydney Sackett
Inuktitut, no. 92, 2002, pp. 6-[?]
Description
Reflections on how technology has changed life in the North within a relatively short period of time.
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Cemetery

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
The cemetery at Igloolik, N.W.T. [NU].
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The Central Eskimo

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
Description
Gives account of observations made when travelling to Cumberland Sound and Davis Strait in Nunavut. Section from book, Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885 edited by J.W. Powell.
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