Hunting, Fishing, Trapping & Gathering

Discusses importance of the impact of environmental change on food security due to widespread poverty, contamination causing toxic impacts, and government policies restricting access to land and resources. Chapter 3 from Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North edited by Fikret Berkes, Rob Huebert, Helen Fast, Micheline Manseau, Alan Diduck.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1995.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Alberta, 1989.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2004.

Examines prehistoric village locations as they relate to the bowhead whale migration routes.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brown University, 1996.

Looks at the challenges and conflicts in co-management systems to conserve polar bears, including climate change and overhunting.

Environmental Studies Thesis (M.E.S.)--Dalhousie University, 2002.

Looks at meat handling practices in the communities of Kuujjuaq, Kangiqsualujjuaq and Tasiujaq.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2010.

Results of interviews, conducted in seven Alaska communities, confirmed changes in the bear diet presumably due to the effects of climate change.

Discusses factors effecting hunters' ability to travel on the ice and harvest seal and walrus.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1998.

Reports on discussions which took place in a series of workshops focusing on environmental change and how it effects the four Inuit regions of the Canadian Arctic. Pre-release English only version.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1997.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Alberta, 1986.

Examines the social aspects of the mixed economy involving polar bears and how interconnected the monetary economy, subsistence economy, and cultural ideology are in Inuit society.

Documentary looks at two Inuit communities on Baffin Island and Northwest Greenland and how they are connected and adapting to social and environmental changes. Includes English sub-titles. Duration: 82:23.

Analysis of animal bones to determine subsistence information from two sites on the Kazan River.

Tests raw and cooked foods most commonly eaten in a seal hunting camp.

Focuses on how extreme climate-related conditions in 2006 interacted with the food system to affect food security for traditional foods.

Researchers explore the vulnerability of the subsistence existence in the Cup’ik village of Chevak and Yup’ik village of Kotlik; findings indicate that a high level of adaptability and ingenuity exists in these communities, but raise concerns of new barriers and vulnerabilities arising from accelerating climate change and socio-cultural changes.

American Culture Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Michigan, 1986.

Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--Lund University Centre for sustainability Studies, 2012.

Photo displays several walrus heads located on rocks by the shoreline.

Photo depicts local Inuit arranging walrus meat for drying along the rocky shoreline.

Looks at representative cases regarding the master of the fish in Indigenous and Inuit communities throughout North American. These fish religions are usually related to fish populations and meant to bring good luck to groups that rely on fish for their livelihoods.

Book review of: Whaling and Eskimos: Hudson Bay 1860-1951> by Gillies Ross.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1992.

Discussion historical contact with the Inuit including a silent film entitled The Silent Enemy.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Colorado at Boulder, 2004.

Comparative investigation reveals that declines have been recorded in total volume and per capita availability of wild foods in most settlements compared to the early 1980s.

Article extends Lorraine Brooke’s 1995 study of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA) and its effectiveness in creating a wildlife co-management regime; concludes that little progress has been made since 1995, and the power relationships between Inuit and non-Inuit Government agencies remains problematic.

Recreation and Leisure Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1989.

Ray Waska reflects on life and teaches his grandchildren how to fish during the salmon run. Duration: 7:15.

Norman Zepp narrates introduction to unique collection of 250 works of art from the Historic, Classic and Contemporary periods. The collection includes archival material of Inuit art and artists with photographs, slides, interviews, correspondence and exhibition catalogues. Collection has been certified as Canadian cultural property recognizing the collection for its outstanding significance and national importance. Duration:18:22.