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The dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference documents listed here are either specific to northern, Arctic or Indigenous studies or contain significant content related to these fields. The documents provide access to review papers by specialists. Dictionaries of northern Indigenous languages are also listed here.Some of the resources are freely available in full-text format, while others are restricted to members of the universities mentioned (restricted access), and are available under institutional licenses only. Reference works only available in print format are also listed.To consult the various categories and subcategories that this collection contains, use the filter Collection.

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Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Porsild’s Illustrated Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (1957, 1964) has been the authority for vascular plants of Canada’s Arctic islands for more than 40 years, during which time there has been considerable research on Arctic vascular plants. The present document summarizes the post-1957 literature, the information resulting from the Panarctic Flora project (Nordal and Razzhivin 1999, Elven et al. 2003), and the current nomenclature for Arctic flora included in Flora of North America.

Subjects: Arctic flora, Plant morphology, Plants

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Forme et sens des mots du Tunumiisut. Lexique inuit du Groenland oriental: Lexique tunumiisut-anglais-danois

Forme et sens des mots du Tunumiisut. Lexique inuit du Groenland oriental: Lexique tunumiisut-anglais-danois

Trilingual dictionary of the Tunumiisut dialect of Inuktitut (also known as Ammassalik).

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Glossary of Permafrost Science and Engineering

Glossary of Permafrost Science and Engineering

Canadian Permafrost Association (Permafrost Terminology Action Group)

The Glossary of Permafrost Science and Engineering is intended to provide technical definitions for use by researchers, practitioners and post-secondary students.

Subjects: Earth sciences, Environment, Geology, Ice, Linguistic, Permafrost, Soils

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Handbook of the politics of the Arctic

Handbook of the politics of the Arctic

A reference work devoted to contemporary geopolitical issues related to climate change, Indigenous Peoples, energy, borders, marine resources, and pollution.

Subjects: Borders, Climate change, Energy, geopolitics, Indigenous peoples

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Historical dictionary of the Inuit

Historical dictionary of the Inuit

A dictionary with over 450 articles on the social, political, economic, educational, and environmental history of the Inuit in the Circumpolar North.

Subjects: History, Indigenous peoples, Inuit

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Ililîmôwasinahikan : Ililîmowin – Wemištikôšmowin = A dictionary of Moose Cree : Cree – English

Ililîmôwasinahikan : Ililîmowin – Wemištikôšmowin = A dictionary of Moose Cree : Cree – English

Dictionary of the Moose Cree dialect spoken by the Cree in Moose Factory, Ontario, south of Hudson Bay.

Subjects: Cree, Cree dialects, Cree dictionary, Hudson Bay, Indigenous peoples, Moose Cree

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Innu placenames

Innu placenames

A directory of Innu place names put together by the Innu Nation and Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation.

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Innu, Innu place names, Innu territory

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Innu-Aimun Glossary

Innu-Aimun Glossary

Innu–English glossary for the following fields: Medical, Teaching, Environmental Impact Assessment, Family Law and Criminal Law.

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Innu, Innu dictionary, Innu glossary, Innu language, Innu-aimun

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Innu-English dictionary

Innu-English dictionary

Dictionnaires grand format de la langue innu en deux volumes qui présente les dialectes parlés au Québec et au Labrador.

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Innu, Innu dialects, Innu dictionary, Innu language, Innu-aimun

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Inuit uqausillaringit : ulirnaisigutiit

Inuit uqausillaringit : ulirnaisigutiit

Trilingual dictionary of the Tunumiisut dialect of Inuktitut (also known as Ammassalik).

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Inuktitut dictionary : Tununiq dialect

Inuktitut dictionary : Tununiq dialect

A dictionary of the Tununiq dialect of Inuktitut (Baffin Island). Text in syllabic fonts only.

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Inuktitut Tusaalanga Glossary

Inuktitut Tusaalanga Glossary

Glossary of 5 Inuktitut dialects spoken in Nunavut: Inuinnaqtun, Nattilinmiut, Saallirmiut, South Qikiqtaaluk, and North Qikiqtaaluk.

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Inuktitut, Inuktitut dialects, Inuktitut language, Nunavut

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Labrador Inuttut Dictionary

Labrador Inuttut Dictionary

Inuttut–English and English–Inuttut dictionary produced by the Virtual Museum of Labrador. Inuttut is a dialect of Inuktitut spoken in Labrador.

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Nametau Innu Glossary

Nametau Innu Glossary

Glossary of the Innu language in English and French. Produced by Musée régional de la Côte-Nord.

Subjects: Innu, Innu dictionary, Innu language, Innu-aimun, Labrador, Northern Quebec

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Native American women: a biographical dictionary

Native American women: a biographical dictionary

Contains biographical entries on over 250 Indigenous women born between 1499 and 1965.

Subjects: History, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous women

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Online Cree Dictionary

Online Cree Dictionary

English–Cree dictionary in syllabics and Roman orthography. Produced by Miyo Wahkohtowin Education and the University of Alberta.

Subjects: Cree, Cree dictionary, Cree language, Indigenous peoples, Syllabic writing

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Oxford Handbook of the Prehistoric Arctic

Oxford Handbook of the Prehistoric Arctic

Handbook on the cultural history of the Arctic, covering topics such as climate change impacts on human societies and European colonial expansion.

Subjects: Climate change, Colonialism, History, Indigenous peoples, Prehistory

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Practical dictionary of Siberia and the North = Severnaia͡ ents͡ikloediia͡a

Practical dictionary of Siberia and the North = Severnaia͡ ents͡ikloediia͡a

A compilation of over 4,000 articles by Russian specialists on scientific, historical, and geographic issues related to Siberia, Scandinavia, Canada, Alaska, the North Pole, and Russia.

Subjects: Circumpolar North, Geography, History, Russia, Siberia

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Reference encyclopedia of the American Indian

Reference encyclopedia of the American Indian

Presentation of treaties made with more than 500 Indigenous peoples or Indigenous groups regarding land sharing, self-government, cultural protection and financial assistance.

Subjects: Bibliography, Economy, Education, Health, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples

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    • Free - BAnQ Subscribers

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Russian Arctic Seas: Navigational conditions and accidents

Russian Arctic Seas: Navigational conditions and accidents

Bilingual (Russian–English) accounts of activities in the Russian Arctic seas that have resulted in accidents. Specifically, the physical environment and navigation issues in the Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, and Chukchi Seas. Half of the book is devoted to detailed descriptions of nearly 100 accidents caused by heavy ice conditions since 1900. The accidents are categorized according to type and cause, e.g., shipwrecks, forced drift (ice jets in one particular case), overwintering, and various types of vessel damage.

Subjects: Earth sciences, Environmental sciences, Oceanography, Russia

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