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Eastern James Bay Cree-English-French Dictionary

A dictionary created by EastCree.Org, a non-profit partnership between the Cree School Board and Prof. Marie-Odile Junker at Carleton University, Ottawa.

Subjects: Cree, Cree dictionary, Cree language, Indigenous peoples, James Bay

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Elements of Indigenous style: a guide for writing by and about Indigenous Peoples

This book acts as a guide for writers, editors, and publishers to decolonize the way that they write about Indigenous Peoples. It provides an overview of the way Indigenous peoples have been portrayed in literature, and offers tips and on writing in a culturally sensitive and respectful manner. (Gregory Younging, Edmonton, Brush Education, 2018, 154 p. )

Subjects: Decolonization, Indigenous authors, Research ethics

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Empire Online

Manuscripts, printed works, correspondence, maps, photographs, etc., related to history, politics, culture and colonial societies from the collections of 23 libraries in the United States and the United Kingdom. Opportunity to filter by geographic region (North America).

Subjects: Colonialism, History, Indigenous peoples, Politics, Primary Sources

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Encyclopedia of American Indian History

A four-volume encyclopedia set on the key events, places, and figures in Native American history, from human origins to present-day controversies. ULaval

Subjects: History, Indigenous peoples

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Encyclopedia of Native American Artists

Encyclopedia featuring the work and lives of over 70 Indigenous artists and crafters specializing in sculpture, painting, photography, weaving, basketry, and pottery.

Subjects: Indigenous art, Indigenous artists, Indigenous peoples, Painting, Photographs, Sculpture

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Encyclopedia of North American Indians

Encyclopedia featuring articles by 260 specialists on the tribes, main languages, key figures, historic events, and other topics related to North American Indigenous Peoples.

Subjects: History, Indigenous languages, Indigenous peoples

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Encyclopedia of snow, ice and glaciers

An encyclopedia with a focus on the formation of snow and the transformation of snow to ice, as well as the classification of ice and glaciers, hydrology and sedimentary systems, permafrost, and the impact of climate change.

Subjects: Climate change, Hydrology, Ice, Snow, Permafrost

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Encyclopedia of the Arctic

A three-volume set of essays on the Arctic’s environment, climate, peoples, ecology, wildlife, history, economics, and politics.

Subjects: Animals, Climate change, Ecology, Economy, Environment, History, Indigenous peoples, Politics

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English-Innu dictionary/Innu-English dictionnary

A two-volume dictionary set of the Innu language, featuring dialects spoken in Quebec and Labrador.

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

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Engravings: Canadian Far North Mission and Eskimo Mission (BAnQ)

Corpus of engravings from Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a religious community responsible for relaunching missions in Canada. This selection offers an unprecedented look at scenes from the everyday life of the natives of the Canadian Far North, such as the construction of canoes and camps.

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

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Environmental Law, Sustainable Development and Food Security in Nunavik

Chapter dealing with environmental laws related to sustainable development in Nunavik. (Paule Halley et Marie-Josée Verrault, chapitre 10 de Sustainable Food Security in the Arctic, State of Knowledge, Québec/Edmonton, GÉTIC Université Laval/Canadian Circumpolar Institute University of Alberta, 2002, p. 177-188.)

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

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Ethical principles for the conduct or research in the north (Association universitaire canadienne d’études nordiques)

A statement of ethical principles that reflects the needs and concerns of northern communities and researchers.

Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Research ethics, Research, Research with Indigenous peoples, Research by Indigenous peoples

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Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory (BAnQ)

Originally published in 1894 as a part of the eleventh annual report of the Smithsonian Institution, this reissue of Lucien M. Turner’s classic book chronicles his observations of Indigenous culture on his journey along the Quebec-Labrador coast and during his stay in Fort-Chimo towards the end of the 19th century.

Subjects: Culture, Exploration, Innu, Innu-aitun, Inuit

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Études Inuit Studies (CIÉRA, Université Laval)

This international journal is devoted to the study of all traditional and contemporary Inuit societies from a broad social science and humanities perspective. (Québec, Centre interuniversitaire d’études et de recherches autochtones, 1977 to the present.)

Subjects: Culture, Indigenous studies

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Eukuan nin matshi-manitu innushkueu : Je suis une maudite sauvagesse

In this novel, Antane Kapesh wrote to preserve and share her culture, experience, and knowledge, all of which, she felt, were disappearing at an alarming rate because many Elders – like herself – were aged or dying. She wanted to publicly denounce the conditions in which she and the Innu were made to live, and to address the changes she was witnessing due to land dispossession and loss of hunting territory, police brutality, and the effects of the residential school system.

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

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Expédition Coppermine (1819-1822) (Géoindex)

This collection of 6 layers of geospatial data is a spatial and historical reference tool on the Coppermine expedition headed by British explorer John Franklin between 1819 and 1822. An educational and research tool for the polar regions.

Subjects: Exploration, John Franklin, Geospatial data, Cartography, Coppermine expedition

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Eye on the Arctic (Radio-Canada International)

Videos and news articles by journalists from the world’s circumpolar countries, reporting about Arctic climate change and reality of Arctic communities and peoples.

Subjects: CBC, Documentaries, Television programs, Reports, Videos

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Far off Metal River : Inuit lands, settler stories, and the makings of the contemporary Arctic

In analysing the way that the alleged Bloody Falls massacre assisted in shaping the colonial narrative of the Arctic, Emilie Cameron addresses the problematic notion of the North as a blank slate and the racist treatment of its Indigenous communities. (Emilie Cameron, Vancouver, UBC Press, 2015, 273 p.)

Subjects: Colonialism, Decolonization

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Fatty Legs: A True Story

A memoir of Margaret Pokiak-Fenton’s experience at a northern Residential School. (Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, Toronto, Annick Press, 104 p.)

Subjects: Indian residential schools

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Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America : containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N (BAnQ)

Three volumes of the scientific work Fauna Boreali-Americana, written by John Richardson with contributions from William Swainson and Reverend William Kriby. John Richardson participated in Sir John Franklin’s first two Arctic expeditions as a physician and naturalist. Published between 1829 and 1837, each of these three volumes is dedicated to a specific animal species: insects, birds and quadrupeds. This work is an interesting example of Predarwinian natural history, containing detailed descriptions of the appearance, anatomy and behavior of different species. Descriptions of species sometimes include details about their interactions with humans.

Subjects: Animals, Arctic fauna, Canadian arctic

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