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SPRI Picture Library

One of the largest historical and contemporary photographic libraries related to Arctic and Antarctic exploration, housed by the Scott Polar Research Institute (University of Cambridge). Of particular interest is the Picture Library catalog, which gives access to more than 20,000 photographs of British expeditions carried out between 1845 and 1960.

Subjects: British expeditions, Exploration, Photographs, Scott Polar Research Institute

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Statistic Profile – Nord-du-Québec (Institut de la statistique du Québec) (Institut de la statistique du Québec)

Statistical data on the RCMs of the James Bay region and the Kativik Regional Government.

Subjects: Demographic statistics, Economy, Jamesie, Kativik

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Statistique régional – Nord-du-Québec (Institut de la statistique du Québec) (Institut de la statistique du Québec)

Socio-economic statistics on northern Quebec.

Subjects: Demographic statistics, Economy, Education, Northern Quebec, Socio-economic Statistics

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Sustainable development action plan 2010-2013

Objectives to promote the practice of sustainable development in the Kativik region of northern Quebec. (Commission de la Qualité de l’environnement Kativik, 2006, 4 p.)

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Kativik, Sustainable development, Northern Quebec, Nunavik

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Sustainable Development. Voices of First Nations Young Adults

Reflections from Aboriginal youth in Quebec and Labrador on the issue of sustainable development. (Institut de développement durable des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador, 2017, 143 p.)

Subjects: Indigenous authors, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous youth, Labrador, Sustainable development, Northern Quebec

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Taqralik magazine: 1974-1986 (BAnQ)

Corpus of the various volumes of the quarterly review Taqralik, formerly published by the Association des Inuit du Nouveau-Québec. This magazine was delivered free of charge to all households benefiting from the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement in all Nunavik communities.

Subjects: Indigenous affairs, Indigenous communities, Indigenous languages

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Territoires du Nord-Ouest (Statistique Canada)

Indicateurs clés du Recensement de la population pour les Territoires du Nord-Ouest.

Subjects: Census, Demographic statistics, Indigenous peoples, Northwest Territories

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The Atlas of Canada – Toporama (Gouvernement du Canada)

National, regional, and local topographic maps.

Subjects: Atlas, Maps, Topography, Toponyms

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The Labrador Inuit Through Moravian Eyes

Provides photographs, maps, drawings, and manuscripts on the 250-year relationship between Moravian missionaries and the Inuit of Labrador.

Subjects: Inuit, Labrador, Missionaries, Moravian, Primary Sources

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The right to be cold : One woman’s story of protecting her culture, the Arctic and the whole planet

Sheila Watt-Cloutier

Climate change disrupts and threatens the Inuit way of life, their culture and their economic autonomy. Biographical story of an environmental activist (Sheila Watt-Cloutier, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007) who wants to make climate change a human rights issue. Also available in French under the title “Le droit au froid : le combat d’une femme pour protéger sa culture, l’Arctique et notre planète” (2019). (Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Toronto, Allen Lane, 2015, 356 p.)

Subjects: Climate change, Indigenous affairs, Indigenous authors, Inuit, Law

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Traditional Animal Foods of Indigenous Peoples of Northern North America

Dr. Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Dr. Murray M. Humphries

Describes and references the published literature on traditional animal foods known and used by Indigenous Peoples of northern North America; organized by animal, culture, and nutrients.

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Nutrition

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Treaties with American Indians : an encyclopedia of rights, conflicts, and sovereignty

Donald Lee Fixico

Présentation des traités réalisés avec plus de 500 peuples ou groupes autochtones concernant le partage des terres, l’autonomie gouvernementale, la protection culturelle et l’aide financière.

Subjects: History, Indigenous peoples, Land sharing, Self-government, Treaties

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Tshakapesh: Montagnais-Naskapi stories

Madeleine Lefebvre

Tale of Tshakapesh presented in seven variations by different indigenous storytellers. It is an oral poetry colligation primarily focused on Algonquin spirituality and mythology, which introduces us to the time when humans and animals really shared everything, including the mysterious dream world.

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Uashtessiu : lumière d’automne

Jean Désy, Rita Mestokosho

In this book, two nomads, poets, healers, one Innu, the other from Quebec, share a love for the same territory: the North Shore and, beyond, the North. Rita Mestokosho is the first Innu poet to have published a collection in Quebec, while Jean Désy is a traveling poet who sails between the South and the North and the worlds of autochthony. Two sensibilities intersect in the space of this poetic exchange which will have lasted four seasons.

Subjects: Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Innu, Innu-aimun, Innu-aitun, Poetry

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Uiesh : Quelque part

Joséphine Bacon

This bilingual French-Innu aimum collection of poetry chronicles the life of a city-dweller whose soul and heart have remained in a lost land. Being a tribute to the territory of her ancestors, this book won Joséphine Bacon the Prix des libraires 2019.

Subjects: Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Innu territory, Innu-aitun, Poetry

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Ulirnaisigutiit : an Inuktitut-English dictionary of Northern Quebec, Labrador and Eastern Arctic dialects (with an English-Inuktitut index)

Lucien Schneider

An English–Inuktitut dictionary of dialects spoken Northern Quebec, Labrador, and the Eastern Arctic.

Subjects: Eastern Arctic, Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Inuktitut, Inuktitut dialects, Inuktitut Dictionary, Inuktitut language, Labrador, Northern Quebec

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What I remember, what I know: The life of a high Arctic exile

Larry Audlaluk

Larry Audlaluk was born in Uugaqsiuvik, a traditional settlement west of Inujjuak in northern Quebec, or Nunavik. He was almost three years old when his family was chosen by the government to be one of seven Inuit families relocated from Nunavik to the High Arctic in the early 1950s.They were promised a land of plenty. They were given an inhospitable polar desert. (Larry Audlaluk, Iqaluit, Inhabit Media, 2020.)

Subjects: Cultural identity, Inuit, Nunavik

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Wrestling with colonialism on steroids: Quebec Inuit fight for their homeland

Zebedee Nungak

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, Montreal, Véhicule Press, 2017, 129p.)

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

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Yukon (Statistics Canada)

Statistics Canada

Census Program key indicators for the Yukon.

Subjects: Census, Demographic statistics, Indigenous peoples, Yukon

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Yupʼik Eskimo dictionary

Steven A Jacobson, Alaska Native Language Center

A large-format, two-volume dictionary of the Inuit language of the Yupik of Central Alaska.

Subjects: Alaska, Indigenous peoples, Yup’ik dictionary, Yup’ik language, Yup’ik

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