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The Fur Trade Today, 1935

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard H. G. Bonnycastle
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 10, Series 3, 1953-1954, p. [?]
Description
Former employee of Hudson's Bay Company presented the paper in 1935 describing conditions in trading and outposts of the North.
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The Future of the Eskimo

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Lotz
Futures, vol. 1, no. 1, 1969, pp. 54-65
Description
Contends that the study of different cultures should be regarded as complimentary and not peripheral to the modern world.
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Genuine Community Ownership of Northern Education: From Theory to Practice

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donald J. Taylor
Roxane de la Sablonnière
Laura French Bourgeos
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Report 2014: Revitalizing Education in Inuit Nunangat, 2014, pp. 55-59
Description
Discusses issues of poor school attendance through a cultural identity lens that encompasses the impacts of colonization on all aspects of Inuit life.
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Giving Birth the "White Man's Way"

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sheila Jennings Linehan
Healthsharing, vol. 13, no. 2, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 11-15
Description
Talks about the Inuit philosophy of child birth and compares it to the southern obstetrical practices. Journal on one pdf. Scroll down to page 11 to read article.
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Going Off, Growing Strong: A Program to Enhance Individual Youth and Community Resilience in the Face of Change in Nain, Nunatsiavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rachel Hirsch
Chris Furgal
Christina Hackett
Tom Sheldon
Trevor Bell ... [et al.]
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, Inuit Health, 2016, pp. 63-84
Description
Concerns over suicide in youth and the lack of access to outings on the land to learn traditional skills led to the pilot outreach program for youths 14 to 21.
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Governance in Nunavut: Capacity vs. Culture?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Graham White
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, p. 57
Description
Discusses the basic structure, operation, and initiatives of the Government of Nunavut.
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Graves

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
Grave sites at Coral Harbour, N.W.T. [NU].
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Gwich'in Place Names Atlas

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute
Description
Interactive online atlas of history, culture and traditional knowledge of the Gwich'in.
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Healing Through Photography: A Reflection on the Brightening Our Home Fires Project in the Remote Hamlet of Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annie Goose
Dorothy Badry
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 8, no. 1, Special Issue: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), 2013, pp. [161]-170
Description
Project related to prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) by giving a voice to unheard voices on areas of health.
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Healing Words

Articles » General
Healing Words, vol. 4, no. 3, Fall, 2004
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles.
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High Prevalence of Markers of Coronary Heart Disease among Greenland Inuit

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marit Eika Jørgensen
Peter Bjerregaard
Jens Jørgen Kjærgaard
Knut Borch-Johnsen
Atherosclerosis, vol. 196, no. 2, February 2008, pp. 772-778
Description
Study of the prevalence of angina pectoris, self-reported myocardial infarction, and ECG defined myocardial infarction.
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High Rate of Simkania Negevensis Among Canadian Inuit Infants Hospitalized With Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Greenberg
Anna Banerji
Maureen G. Friedman
Cheng-Hsun Chiu
Simona Kahane
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 35, no. 8, August 2003, pp. 506-508
Description
Mixed infections with other viruses were found, the high negevensis rate was felt to be opportunistic rather than a true pathogen.
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History of Education in the Baffin Region, 1950-75

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David King
The Quint, vol. 4, no. 4, 2012, pp. 5-24
Description
Comments on teaching the same curriculum to students in northern Canada as southern Canada and the arising difficulties. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 5.
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The History of My Forefathers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Armand Tagoona
Inuktitut, no. 94, 2004, pp. 28-[?]
Description
Excerpt from the book The Voices of the Natives: The Canadian North and Alaska discusses changing lifestyles and habits among the Inuit.
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Holman Printmaking

Theses
Author/Creator
Angela R. Skinner
Description
Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1990.
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The Holmberg Collection of Skin Clothing from Kodiak Island at the National Museum of Denmark

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Lisbeth Schmidt
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, Arctic Collections and Museology: Presentations, Disseminations, and Interpretations, 2018, pp. 117-136
Description
Author describes the collection of artifacts and clothing amassed by Finnish scientist Henrik Johan Holmberg during an 1851 expedition, and how that collection was purchased by Christian Jürgensen Thomsen for the Museum of Northern Antiquities and is now part of a large collection of skin clothing made by circumpolar Indigenous peoples.
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How Participatory is Research in Northern Canada?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nicolas D. Brunet
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 3, no. 2, Building New Partnerships, March 2015, pp. 40-41
Description
Comments on participatory practices aligning with local community priorities.
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How Raven Marked the Land When the Earth Was New

Alternate Title
Comment Corbeau a marqué le territoire alors que la Terre était nouvelle
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann Fienup-Riordan
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 215-241
Description
Examines the role and actions of Raven in Yup’ik creation narratives and traditional stories; and how those stories are recorded in the place names and understandings of the land.
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