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.
Resources
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.)
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Sustainable Development and First Nations
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Sustainable development, Labrador, Northern Quebec, Indigenous authors
Forme et sens des mots du Tunumiisut. Lexique inuit du Groenland oriental: Lexique tunumiisut-anglais-danois
BAnQ (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book)
Trilingual dictionary of the Tunumiisut dialect of Inuktitut (also known as Ammassalik).
Collection(s): *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Humanities and Social Sciences, Languages, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Languages
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Inuktitut dialects, Inuktitut Dictionary, Greenland, Inuit, Inuktitut language, Tunumiisut lexicon, Tunumiisut
Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters
Concordia (Reserved Access) | INRS (Reserved Access) | Laval (Reserved Access) | McGill (Reserved Access)
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.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Archives and Primary Sources, *** Archives and Primary Sources ***
Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Colonialism, Hudson’s Bay Company, Exploration, Borders, Primary Sources
GEOBASE
Concordia (Reserved Access) | Laval (Reserved Access) | McGill (Reserved Access)
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.
Collection(s): *** Databases ***, Natural Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Databases
Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Conservation, Ecology, Earth sciences, Environmental sciences
GéoInfo – Territoire nordique (Gouvernement du Québec)
Compilation of data on Northern Quebec, some of which is freely accessible.
Collection(s): *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Geospatial Data, Northern Quebec, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Maps, Atlases, and Geospatial Data, Geospatial Data, Northern Quebec
Free - Open Access, Free - Reference only, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Cartography, Geospatial data, Northern Quebec
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.
Collection(s): *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Humanities and Social Sciences, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Others
Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Climate change, Energy, Borders, geopolitics
High North Research Documents
Freely available articles, theses, reports, books, maps, videos, and other documents dealing with the North and the Far North.
Collection(s): *** Databases ***, Multidisciplinary, Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Databases
Free - Open Access, Engineering and Technology, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Caribou, Climate change, Ice, Inuit, Oceanography, Permafrost, Sami, Tundra
Historical dictionary of the Inuit
Concordia (Print book) | Laval (Print Book) | McGill (Print Book) | UQTR (eBook)
A dictionary with over 450 articles on the social, political, economic, educational, and environmental history of the Inuit in the Circumpolar North.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Others, *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***
Print Document, Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, History, Inuit
Hubert Wenger Eskimo Database
Bibliography of literature reporting first contact and first observations of the Inuit, hosted by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Collection(s): *** Archives and Primary Sources ***, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Archives and Primary Sources, Databases
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Bibliography, Inuit, Literature, First contact
Hunter with Harpoon (BAnQ)
BAnQ (Print Book) | Concordia (eBook) | Concordia (Print Book) | Laval (eBook) | McGill (eBook) | UQAM (eBook) | UQTR (eBook)
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.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Indigenous novels and poetry, *** General Public ***, Indigenous novels and poetry
Free - BAnQ Subscribers, Print Document, Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Inuit, Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Canadian arctic
Ililîmôwasinahikan : Ililîmowin - Wemištikôšmowin = A dictionary of Moose Cree : Cree - English
BAnQ (Digital Document) | Laval (Print Book)
Dictionary of the Moose Cree dialect spoken by the Cree in Moose Factory, Ontario, south of Hudson Bay.
Collection(s): *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Humanities and Social Sciences, Languages, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Languages
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Hudson Bay, Cree, Cree dialects, Cree dictionary, Moose Cree
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.
Collection(s): *** Archives and Primary Sources ***, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Archives and Primary Sources
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Inuit, Cultural identity, Hunting and fishing, Villages
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.
Collection(s): *** Archives and Primary Sources ***, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Archives and Primary Sources
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Canadian arctic, Indigenous peoples, Postcards, Joseph-Elzéar Bernier, Missionaries, Northern Quebec, Photographs
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.)
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Sustainable Development and First Nations
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Sustainable development
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. First Nation profiles
Demographic and socio-economic data on registered and non-registered Indians in the North.
Collection(s): *** Statistics ***, Socio-economic Statistics, Indigenous Peoples, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Statistics
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Northern Canada, Demographic statistics, Socio-economic statistics
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.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Archives and Primary Sources, *** Archives and Primary Sources ***
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Archeology, Material culture, Canada, Siberia, Greenland, United States
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.
Collection(s): *** Archives and Primary Sources ***, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Archives and Primary Sources
Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: North America, Indigenous peoples, Primary Sources
Indigenous Studies Portal
Books, articles, theses, and visual documents on Canada's Indigenous Peoples. Allows users to search free-access content.
Collection(s): *** Databases ***, Humanities and Social Sciences, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Databases
Free - Open Access, Free - Reference only, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Northern Canada
Indigenous writes : A guide to First Nations, Métis and Inuit issues in Canada
BAnQ (eBook) | BAnQ (Print Book) | Concordia (eBook) | Laval (eBook) | McGill (eBook) | UQAM (eBook) | UQTR (eBook)
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.)
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Indigenous Authors (Essays), *** General Public ***, Books (essays), Indigenous Peoples
Free - BAnQ Subscribers, Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Canada, Indigenous affairs, Cultural identity, Metis, Inuit, Indigenous authors
Innu placenames
A directory of Innu place names put together by the Innu Nation and Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation.
Collection(s): *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Humanities and Social Sciences, Languages, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Languages
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Innu, Innu place names, Innu territory