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First Peoples of the North

This collection is developed for Native communities​ and both for students and researchers in Native Studies. It brings together a selection of varied and high-quality resources dedicated, in whole or in part, to First Peoples of the North, including the Northern First Nations and Inuit.

Most of the information resources listed are free of charge and freely available. Restricted access resources are only accessible to mentionned universities’ members, but can however be consulted on site.

To consult the various categories and subcategories that this collection contains, use the filter Collection.

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First Nations Food, Nutrition, and Environment Study

First Nations Food, Nutrition, and Environment Study

A Canadian scope study on the benefits and risks of food and water in First Nations communities.

Subjects: Environmental health, Food security, Indigenous peoples, Water, Nutrition

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    • Health Sciences
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First Nations of Quebec and Labrador sustainable development strategy

First Nations of Quebec and Labrador sustainable development strategy

Report addressing the issues (culture, languages, natural resources, economic development, governance) related to the issue of sustainable development among the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador. (Catherine Johnson et Suzy Basile, First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Sustainable Development Institute, 2006, 29 p.)

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    • Humanities and Social Sciences
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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).

Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters

Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters

Printed books, government, legal and commercial documents, newspapers and magazines, maps, photographs, etc., dealing with the theme of the borderlands and colonization during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Includes 18 archival collections from the United States and Canada, including the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives (Archives of Manitoba) and thematic guides on First Nations, exploration, expeditions and travel.

GEOBASE

GEOBASE

Database featuring over 3 million references to journal articles and geoscience conference proceedings, including those in the fields of geography, earth sciences, ecology, geology, oceanography, and nature conservation. Boasts a rich controlled vocabulary accessible via a thesaurus that allows users to search by geographic region of the North and the Arctic. Also includes significant content on Indigenous studies.

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    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
GéoInfo – Territoire nordique (Gouvernement du Québec)

GéoInfo – Territoire nordique (Gouvernement du Québec)

Compilation of data on Northern Quebec, some of which is freely accessible.

Subjects: Cartography, Geospatial data, Northern Quebec

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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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High North Research Documents

High North Research Documents

Freely available articles, theses, reports, books, maps, videos, and other documents dealing with the North and the Far North.

Subjects: Caribou, Climate change, Ice, Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Oceanography, Permafrost, Sami, Tundra

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  • Domain
    • Engineering and Technology
    • Health Sciences
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    • Natural Sciences
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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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    • Reserved Access
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Hubert Wenger Eskimo Database

Hubert Wenger Eskimo Database

Bibliography of literature reporting first contact and first observations of the Inuit, hosted by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

Subjects: Bibliography, First contact, Inuit, Literature

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Hunter with Harpoon (BAnQ)

Hunter with Harpoon (BAnQ)

Published fifty years ago under the title Harpoon of the Hunter, Markoosie Patsauq’s novel helped establish the genre of Indigenous fiction in Canada. This new English translation unfolds the story of Kamik, a young hero who comes to manhood while on a perilous hunt for a wounded polar bear. In this astonishing tale of a people struggling for survival in a brutal environment, Patsauq describes a life in the Canadian Arctic as one that is reliant on cooperation and vigilance.

Subjects: Canadian arctic, Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Inuit

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    • Free - BAnQ Subscribers
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    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
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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Illustrations taken from Quebec periodicals: Inuit mores and customs (BAnQ)

Illustrations taken from Quebec periodicals: Inuit mores and customs (BAnQ)

19th century documentary iconography corpus. These images, taken from Quebec magazines: L’Opinion publique (1870-1883), Monde Illustré (1884-1902,1907) and L’Album Univers (1902-1907), paint a picture of the cultural and social life of the Inuit in a time when photographs were uncommon.

Subjects: Cultural identity, Hunting and fishing, Inuit, Villages

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Images du Nord et de l’Arctique

Images du Nord et de l’Arctique

Photographs and postcards of the Université Laval library, representing First Nations and Inuit, settlers, missionaries, explorers and landscapes from Canada’s Arctic and Northern Quebec. Includes photographs of the Judicial Expedition in 1923 at Pond Inlet (Baffin Island), with Captain Bernier.

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In the Way of Development : Indigenous Peoples, Life Projects and Globalization

In the Way of Development : Indigenous Peoples, Life Projects and Globalization

Indigenous reflections and strategies on globalization and sustainable development. (Mario Blaser, Harvey A. Feit, et Glenn McRae [éd.], Zed, IDRC, 2004, 384 p.)

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Sustainable development

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Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. First Nation profiles

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. First Nation profiles

Demographic and socio-economic data on registered and non-registered Indians in the North.

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    • Humanities and Social Sciences
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Indigenous Cultures (Musée McCord Stewart)

Indigenous Cultures (Musée McCord Stewart)

5800 archaeological and historical objects from the McCord Stewart Museum documenting the material culture of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada, primarily, but also of Siberia and Greenland.

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Indigenous Peoples. North America

Indigenous Peoples. North America

Includes extensive monograph, manuscript, newspaper, periodical and photograph collections. McGill has text mining rights for Gale Databases for our researchers. Please contact a librarian for more information.

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, North America, Primary Sources

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Indigenous Studies Portal

Indigenous Studies Portal

Books, articles, theses, and visual documents on Canada’s Indigenous Peoples. Allows users to search free-access content.

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Northern Canada

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Indigenous writes : A guide to First Nations, Métis and Inuit issues in Canada

Indigenous writes : A guide to First Nations, Métis and Inuit issues in Canada

A collection of committed essays by Metis activist, teacher and intellectual Chelsea Vowel on the relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada, aimed at breaking down the misconceptions still entrenched in the consciousness of non-Indigenous people, and thus offering the reader a straightforward conversation about various difficult First Nations related issues. (Chelsea Vowel, Winnipeg, HighWater Press, 2016, 290 p.)

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