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Les autochtones et le Québec : des premiers contacts au Plan Nord (BAnQ)
Collective and interdisciplinary work which brings together more than twenty authors, including indigenous actors. It offers a series of eighteen essays that plunge into the heart of the historical and contemporary realities and issues of the eleven indigenous peoples of Quebec.
Subjects: geopolitics, Indigenous authors, Indigenous communities, Indigenous languages
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- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Les derniers peuples des glaces
Magnificent illustrated book portraying the different peoples of the Far North (Dolganes, Nénets, Tchouktches, Yakoutes, Sâmes, Koriaks and Inuits) through their traditional mores and customs. (Francis Latreille et Erik Orsenna, Paris, Gallimard, 2018, 231 p.)
Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Customs, Indigenous communities, Photographs
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Les Innus et le territoire: Innu tipenitamun (BAnQ)
Book examining, from a territorial perspective, questions such as those of the universe of Innu society, its values and its legal order at the time of the arrival of Europeans and its subsequent transformation. The work is intended to be a contribution to the application of the principles of Innu and Nitassinan law.
Subjects: Innu territory, Land occupancy, Law
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- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Les Inuit et les Cris du Nord du Québec Territoire, gouvernance, société et culture (BAnQ)
This book consists of understanding how the Cree and Inuit populations of northern Quebec are building the foundations of a new institutional and social framework in the face of recent social changes while maintaining their traditions. Cree society and Inuit society are approached through the prism of three axes: territory-law-governance, society-environment-health and language-culture-heritage.
Subjects: geopolitics, Innu, Inuit, Land occupancy, Self-government, Politics
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- Health Sciences
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- Natural Sciences
Les Inuits du Nunavik : territoire, histoire et société
The history of the Inuit of Nunavik, since prehistoric times, is outlined in this publication. The author also discusses issues concerning contemporary Inuit society, particularly in the areas of education, health, social services, culture, economy, and the environment, among other topics. (Marcel Rousseau, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2021, 608 p.)
Subjects: History, Inuit, Nunavik, Prehistory, Social sciences
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Les récits de notre terre : Les Innus (BAnQ)
This book offers corpus of oral accounts collected from representatives of the Innu people and anthropologists. Some are unpublished. The stories are divided into ten sections: “The origins”, “Stories of the Receiver”, “Tshakapesh”, “Atshen”, “Other heroes”, “Unusual couples”, “The masters of animals”, “Animals”, “In contact with other nations” and “Various stories”.
Subjects: Innu, Innu-aitun, Oral narratives
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Les récits de notre terre : Les Naskapis (BAnQ)
This book is a collection of ancestral stories allows us to better understand the soul of the Naskapi people. It will certainly be able to feed the pen of researchers in native studies and make these stories more accessible to the general public as well as to the main stakeholders, the members of the Naskapi nation.
Subjects: Land occupancy, Naskapis, Oral narratives
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Lettre à un Inuit de 2022 : Un regard angoissé sur le destin d’un peuple
A letter from a Frenchman who has made the Arctic his home for 60 years to convince the Inuit, the Greenlanders and the 26 nationalities of northern Siberia to withstand the temptations of the current system and to establish an ecological humanism in order to live in a healthy, unpolluted environment. (Jean Malaurie, Paris, Fayard, 2015, 157 p.)
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Ma peau aime le Nord
First collection of poetry by the young Innu of Ekuanitshit (Mingan) Manon Nolin, Ma peau aime le Nord reveals the boundless attachment that the Innu poet has for her culture, for the traditions of her ancestors, for her territory. Her writing takes an intimate look at the fragility of a disappearing Innu culture, whose strength we can still feel in the thousand-year-old teachings of nature.
Subjects: Côte-Nord, Indigenous authors, Indigenous communities, Indigenous literature, Innu
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Manikanetish : Petite Marguerite
This novel by Naomie Fontaine, Innu from Uashat, depicts the universe of a French teacher posted on an Indian reserve on the North Shore, that of her students who seek to take charge of themselves. Native, she will do everything to save them from despair, even go into the theater with them. The author was a finalist for the 2019 Radio-Canada National Book Combat, a finalist for the 2018 Geneva Book Fair Audience Award and many others.
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Narrative of a voyage to Hudson’s Bay in His Majesty’s ship Rosamond containing some account of the north-eastern coast of America and of the tribes inhabiting that remote region
An account of British Lieutenant Edward Chappell’s journey to Hudson Bay, published in 1817 and containing maps and illustrations. (Edward Chappell, London, J. Mawman, 1817, 279 p.)
Subjects: British expeditions, Exploration, History, Hudson Bay
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Nipimanitu : l’esprit de l’eau
This philosophical poetry collection by sociologist Pierrot Ross-Tremblay, Innu of the Essipit community, proposes a change of course in our relationship with the environment and nature, a reorientation for the future, otherwise we would head straight into a reef. Rather, the author lets nature speak for itself and recalls the urgency to act and get back to basics.
Subjects: Cosmogonic narratives, Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Innu-aitun, Poetry
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- Natural Sciences
Northern visions : new perspectives on the North in Canadian history
A collection of essays presenting a variety of perspectives on the history of the North and on research into the history of the Canadian North. (Kerry Abel et Ken S. Coates, Peterborough : Broadview Press, 2001, 224 p.)
Subjects: History, Northern Canada, Research
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Nunavik: Inuit place name map series
Collection of large maps featuring traditional place names of places, lakes, and rivers Text in Inuktitut (syllabic fonts), English, and French.
Subjects: Atlas, Indigenous peoples, Maps, Northern Quebec, Nunavik
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- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Objectif Nord : le Québec au-delà du 49e
Illustrated bilingual book (French and English) with pictures showing the beauty and vastness of northern Quebec and texts expressing the love and passion of their authors for this territory. (Serge Bouchard & Jean Désy, Québec, Éditions Sylvain Harvey, 2013, 199 p.)
Subjects: Côte-Nord, Northern Quebec, Nordicity, Photographs
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Polar circus : les explorations polaires à la française
Non-fiction book on the history of the exploration of the circumpolar north by France, between the 17th and 20th centuries. (Stéphane Dugast, Paris, Éditions du Trésor, 2019, 233 p.)
Subjects: Circumpolar North, Exploration, French expeditions, History
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Polar explorations (National Geographic Society)
Documentary series produced by the National Geographic Society and focusing on the two most extreme areas of the planet: the Arctic and the Antarctic. Discover the typical landscapes, the inhabitants, the wildlife and much more in this high quality educational series (22 episodes).
Subjects: Arctic fauna, Geology, History, Indigenous communities, Landscapes
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- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Préhistoire béringienne : Étude archéologique des grottes du Poisson-Bleu (Yukon)
The Bluefish Caves, home to the first Beringians, are unveiling their secrets through zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of the fauna. The findings suggest that the settlement of North America occurred much earlier than previously thought. (Lauriane Bourgeon, Gatineau, Musée canadien de l’histoire & Ottawa, Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa, 2018, 93 p. )
Subjects: Archeology, Bering Strait, Indigenous peoples, Prehistory, Yukon
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- Free - BAnQ Subscribers
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
Qu’as-tu fait de mon pays? Tanite nene etutamin nitassi?
This novel tells the story of the dispossession of indigenous peoples and the abuses of the colonial system in the form of a philosophical tale. In this work, An Antane Kapesh, the first Innu author, interprets the forest and those who endured colonial history in their flesh and their dignity and explains the world as it was before colonization.
Subjects: Colonization, Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Innu, Innu territory
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- Humanities and Social Sciences
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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- Humanities and Social Sciences