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This Last Frontier: Isolation and Aboriginal Health

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Jane McCallum
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 103-120
Description
Defining health in terms of isolation, body types and disease susceptibility contribute to rationale for providing health services that were intended to integrate/assimilate northerners.
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The Thling of Alaska

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bessie L. Putnam
Description
Extracted, probably, from Goldwaite's Geographical Magazine at pages 17 to 23.
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Three Yukon First Nations Elders Share Their Knowledge

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Josephine Holloway
[Gladys Johnston
Grace Dewhurst
Ann Geddes]
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 14, no. 4, Women of the North, Fall, 1994, pp. 62-69
Description
Presents excerpts from interviews with Elders by three researchers.
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Thule Culture Communal Houses in Labrador

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Schledermann
Arctic, vol. 29, no. 1, March 1976, pp. 27-37
Description
Describes excavations of winter dwellings that could house up to 40 people and theorizes the origin of this type of architecture.
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Thule Winter Site Demography in the High Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert W. Park
American Antiquity, vol. 62, no. 2, April 1997, pp. 273-284
Description
Discusses lack of consensus on settlement patterns based on wide variation in number of dwellings. Study of a site at Porden Point, N.W.T. found structures were not all constructed or occupied at the same time.
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Time to Sing a New Song

Alternate Title
Time to Sing a New Song [Establishing Aboriginal Governments Within Canada Program, Banff, Alberta
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Allison Kydd
Windspeaker, vol. 16, no. 11, March 1999, p. A26
Description

First Nations, Inuit, and Metis spokespersons discuss the establishment of Aboriginal self-government in Canada by creating some viable models that reflect the traditional values of the people.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.38.

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Traditional Food and Monetary Access to Market-Food: Correlates of Food Insecurity Among Inuit Preschoolers

Alternate Title
Food Insecurity in Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Grace M. Egeland
Laakkuluk Williamson-Bathory
Louise Johnson-Down
Isaac Sobol
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 4, 2011, pp. 373-383
Description
Uses data from the Nunanvut Child Health Survey to assess household and nutritional characteristics, as well as reliance on traditional foods.
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Tragedy at Crooks Inlet

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann Meekitjuk
The Beaver, vol. 81, no. 6, December/January 2001/2002, pp. 39-[?]
Description
Three descriptions of an epidemic that decimated an entire Inuit village within days.
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Trans-Indian Identity and the Inuit "Other": Relations Between the Chipewyan and Neighboring Aboriginal Communities in the Eighteenth Century

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Strother E. Roberts
Ethnohistory, vol. 57, no. 4, Fall, 2010, pp. 597-624
Description
Looks at how trading, cohabitation, and war-making created culturally constructed inter-community identities between Chipewyan natives and their Inuit neighbors in the eighteenth century.
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Transportation

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
Various modes of transport: sleds and Skidoos. [Rankin Inlet, NU]
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Tuberculosis in the Inuit Community of Quebec, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dao Nguyen
Jean-François Proulx
Jennifer Westley
Louise Thibert
Serge Dery
Marcel A. Behr
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 168, no. 11, December 1, 2003, pp. 1353-1357
Description
Findings indicated a relatively high transmission rate in a geographically isolated, sparsely populated region, made control and eliminating TB more challenging.
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Tungasuvvingat Inuit

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Tungasuvvingat Inuit
Description
"Tungasuvvingat Inuit provides Inuit specific programs, services, and support to empower and enhance the lives of Inuit. in Ontario." Includes newsletter, links to Ottawa Inuit organizations and information about non-insured health benefits.
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Tunngajuq: Stress and Resilience Among Inuit Youth in Nunavut, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael J. Kral
Ida Salusky
Pakkak Inuksuk
Leah Angutimarik
Nathan Tulugardjuk
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 5, Indigenous Youth Resilience in the Arctic, 2014, pp. 673-692
Description
Interviews Inuit youth about experiences, stressors and resilience strategies in the community of Igloolik.
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Umyuangcaryaraq “Reflecting”: Multidimensional Assessment of Reflective Processes on the Consequences of Alcohol Use Among Rural Yup’ik Alaska Native Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Allen
Carlotta Ching Ting Fok
David Henry
Monica Skewes
People Awakening Team
The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, vol. 38, no. 5, September 2012, pp. 468-475
Description
Looks at a scale developed as a measure of youth awareness and mindfulness regarding potential negative results of alcohol consumption.
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Understanding Fall-Risk Factors for Inuvialuit Elders in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julia S. Frigault
Audrey R. Giles
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 1, March 31, 2019, pp. 13-27
Description
Study uses the social determinants of Inuit health (SDoIH) as a conceptual framework, conducts 12 semi structured interviews and participant observations to assess how factors of personal health status and conditions, personal health practices and coping skills, physical environments, social support networks, and access to health services affect older Inuvialuit adults’ likelihood of experiencing a fall.
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Understanding the Social and Economic Impacts of Mining Development in Inuit Communities: Experiences With Past and Present Mines in Inuit Nunangat

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thierry Rodon
Francis Lévesque
The Northern Review, no. 41, Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic , 2015, pp. 13-39
Description
Looks at how the Salluit and Kangiqsujuaq (Nanavik) and Raglan nickel mine and Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake, Nunavut) and Meadowbank gold mine have impacted Inuit communities.
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Une approche de recherche en écosanté peut-elle aider à résoudre les problématiques liées aux chiens à Kuujjuaq ?

Alternate Title
Can an Ecohealth Research Approach Contribute to the Resolution of Dog-Related Issues in Kuujjuaq?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Audrey Simon
Johanne Saint-Charles
Francis Lévesque
André Ravel
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 307-325
Description
Authors of this study examine the tensions, concerns, and cultural factors around dog management in a community in Nunavik, Quebec; following this community assessment they work to articulate an EcoHealth approach to this issue that will engage the myriad of factors surround the controversy. Text in French.
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Unikkaartuit: Meanings and Experiences of Suicide Among Inuit in Nunavut, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael J. Kral
Lori Idlout
J. Bruce Minore
Ronald J. Dyck
Laurence J. Kirmayer
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 10, no. 1, [Sharing Knowledge Across Nations], December 2014, pp. 55-68
Description
Project involved interviewing participants from the communities of Igloolik and Qikiqtarjuaq. Common themes were: loneliness, romantic relationship problems, family problems, anger at family or romantic partners, hiding suicidal thoughts or distress, and youth copying each other.
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Unikkaartuit: Meanings of Well-Being, Unhappiness, Health, and Community Change Among Inuit in Nunavut, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael J. Kral
Lori Idlout
J. Bruce Minore
Ronald J. Dyck
Laurence J. Kirmayer
American Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 48, no. 3-4, 2011, pp. 426-438
Description
Presents a study which demonstrates that family life is essential to Inuit conceptions of well-being and that interventions for mental health promotion should be community-based and family centered.
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Unique Approaches in Public Health

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Canadian Nurse, vol. 105, no. 5, May 2009, p. 22
Description
Comments on the approach taken by Nunavut's Department of Health and Social Services to promote a healthy life style.
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