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Autochtonia

Articles, books, briefs, theses, and research reports on the Indigenous peoples of Quebec (in French only). Some publications are freely available.

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Northern Quebec

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Avataq Cultural Institute

Three separate collections are available through the website: an archeology collection, an art and artifact collection, and archives of drawings, historical photos, and oral histories. The institute also houses a library that holds more than 4,000 publications, mostly concerning Nunavik, as well as information about other Arctic regions and indigenous peoples.

Subjects: Archeology, Artifacts, Arts, Inuit, Nunavik

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Bibliography of Native North Americans

Database containing over 300,000 records of journal articles, books, and government reports on Indigenous issues, including the themes of history, archeology, culture, governance, and intercultural relations. Its controlled vocabulary allows users to search by geographic region or Indigenous nation.

Subjects: Archeology, History, Indigenous peoples

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Bleuets et abricots

In Bleuets et apricots, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine’s poems bring to the fore the voices of indigenous women who stand up against the wounds of colonization. With the blueberry, native fruit of the Nordic territory, and the large apricots of Haiti, she invites dialogue, reconciliation and links that enrich peoples. This work earned her a nomination as a finalist for the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal.

Subjects: Côte-Nord, Indigenous authors, Indigenous communities, Indigenous literature, Innu, Innu-aitun

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Canadiana

A virtual library dedicated to Canadian history, providing access to prints from the era of early European settlers to the mid-20th century. Various collections related to autochthony and northernness are included, including those of the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Jesuit Relations and Native Studies (formerly called Early Canadiana Online)

Subjects: Colonialism, Europe, Hudson’s Bay Company, Indigenous peoples, Jesuits

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Cartes topographiques des villages autochtones du nord (2009-2011) à l’échelle de 1/2 000 (BDVN-2K) (Géoindex)

A collection of 22 layers of geospatial data comprising a valuable geographic reference tool for organizations working in these regions.

Subjects: Topographic maps, Northern Quebec, Topography, Villages

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Census Profile , 2016 Census (Statistics Canada) (Statistics Canada)

All census variables for northern Canada (territories) and northern Quebec (economic regions)

Subjects: Census, Indigenous peoples, Northern Canada, Northern Quebec

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Chasseur au harpon : un long récit de Markoosie

En pleine tempête de neige, un ours blanc attaque un campement inuit et éviscère de nombreux chiens. Convaincus que l’animal est malade et qu’il s’en prendra de nouveau aux leurs, des chasseurs se lancent à sa poursuite au péril de leur vie.

Subjects: Hunting and fishing, Indigenous authors, Indigenous communities, Inuit

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Circumpolar Health Atlas

Uses maps, tables, charts, and images to describe and explain the major health problems of the diverse peoples who inhabit the circumpolar region of the northern hemisphere.

Subjects: Atlas, Circumpolar North, Health, Indigenous peoples, Maps, Medical care, Social determinants of health

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Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database (ASTIS)

Records of publications on human health, including public health, medicine, and human biology in the circumpolar region. Subset of the ASTIS database.

Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Health, Indigenous peoples, Medicine, Public health

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Comment je perçois la vie, Grand-Mère : Eshi uapataman Nukum

This collection by Rita Mestokosho, Innu woman from the community of Ekuanitshit (Mingan), offers eight Innu-French bilingual texts, then twelve written directly in French.

Subjects: Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Poetry

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Contre le colonialisme dopé aux stéroïdes : le combat des Inuit du Québec pour leurs terres ancestrales

In this book, Zebedee Nungak provides his account of The Battle of James Bay from 1971-1975, where Inuit and Cree communities fought for their lands and waters against the Quebec government’s James Bay hydro project. (Zebedee Nungak, Montréal, Boréal, 2019, 181 p.)

Subjects: Colonialism, Indigenous authors, Inuit, James Bay, Quebec

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Corpus of Inuit Prints : Woodblock print (BAnQ)

Corpus of prints produced by Manuel Lau and published under the aegis of Puvirnituq Printshop. Since the inception of the Experimental Print Program in Cape Dorset, Puvirnituq has been one of four Inuit communities that has produced collections of prints on a regular basis. These works allow us to appreciate this practice of Inuit art which traditionally puts the world around it first. It includes, among other things, a tribute to the internationally renowned artist Davidialuk Alaasuaq Amittukinuit.

Subjects: Indigenous art, Inuit

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Corpus of Inuit prints: linocut (BAnQ)

Selection of prints made by Aisa Amittuq, son of the famous Inuit artist Davidialuk Alasua Amittu. Although Aisa is best known for his stone carvings, mostly carved from the dark stone found near Akulivik and Puvirnituq, this corpus bears witness to his experience in recording narrative accounts from Inuit oral tradition on prints in two dimensions.

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Corpus of Inuit prints: silkscreen (BAnQ)

This selection of prints illustrates screen printing practices within the Inuit community of Povungnituk during the 1980s, spurred on by the Cape Dorset art movement. This so-called contemporary artistic phase was characterized by a culture in full transition and coincided with the gradual “opening” of the North after the Second World War. This corpus highlights birds, marine mammals and land animals from the Arctic.

Subjects: Arts, Indigenous art, Inuit

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Corpus of Inuit Prints: Stone Engraving (BAnQ)

This selection of prints illustrates stonecutting practices within the Inuit art community of Povungnituk in the early 1980s. Featuring prominent Inuit printmakers of the time, it highlights the complex self-representation of the experience. Nordic, the founding myths of Inuit culture as well as traditional hunting and fishing techniques.

Subjects: Indigenous art, Inuit

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Cree Vision of Plan Nord

Presentation of the Cree people’s vision of the Northern Plan, including issues of governance, environmental protection, mining, economic development, transportation, tourism, and Cree culture and identity. (Cree Nations of Eeyou Istchee, 2011, 115 p.)

Subjects: Cree, Indigenous authors, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Northern Quebec, Plan Nord

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Croc fendu

Novel mixing myth and reality, poetry and prose, telling the childhood in the 1970s of a pregnant girl in Nunavut. The beauty of the place rubs shoulders with the ravages caused by alcohol and violence. Spirits and animals are also present. The author, Tanya Tagaq Gillis, is an internationally renowned Inuit artist who incorporates, among other things, throat singing into her musical pieces.

Subjects: Culture, Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Inuit

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Curio.ca (Radio-Canada)

Documentaries, television and radio programs, podcasts, etc., produced by the CBC, many of which deal with Aboriginal realities, as well as the northern world.

Subjects: Animals, Arctic Ocean, CBC, Climate change, Documentaries, Indian residential schools, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous women, Indigenous youth, Inuit, Reports

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Découpages socio-économiques (DSE 20K) 2017 (Géoindex)

A collection of 7 layers of geospatial data for Quebec representing certain boundaries in the fields of health, elections, education, justice, and land.

Subjects: Education, Elections, Geospatial data, Health, Justice, Quebec

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