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

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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.

Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research ) (Conseil de recherche en sciences humaines du Canada, Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada)

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A joint policy of Canada's three federal research agencies stemming from public consultations that sets out internationally recognized ethics standards. See Chapter 9, in particular, entitled “Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples of Canada” (p.121-127).

Tshakapesh: Montagnais-Naskapi stories (BAnQ)

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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.

Uashtessiu : lumière d'automne

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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.

Uiesh : Quelque part

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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.

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

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

Umiujaq. ᐅᒥᐅᔭᖅ. Regards inuits sur le paysage. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᓚᒥ ᑕᑯᒡᓇᓂᒡᓇ. Inuit Views on the Landscape

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Trilingual album (French, Inuktitut, English) of amateur photographs taken in the region of Imiujaq (Nunavik) and addressing the idea of landscape among the Inuit.
(Fabienne Joliet, Montréal, Imaginaire|Nord, coll. «Isberg», 2012, 150 p.)

Une histoire du monde arctique : le dernier territoire imaginaire

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History of the Arctic, from the postglacial era to the present day, and from Siberia to Baffin Land, where scientific approaches to archeology and anthropology are used. French version of "The last imaginary place: A human history of the Arctic world". (Robert McGhee, Saint-Laurent, Fides, 2006, 300 p.)

Unfreezing the Arctic: science, colonialism, and the transformation of Inuit lands

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This book analyses the impacts of colonialism on the climate crisis in the Arctic. (Andrew Stuhl, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 2016, 232 p. )

US Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

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OSTI.GOV covers over 70 years of research results from the U.S. Department of Energy. Journal articles, accepted manuscripts, technical reports, datasets, scientific software, patents, conference proceedings, books, theses, and multimedia. Approximately 3 million citations and over 445,000 freely available documents.

Web of Science

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Database containing over 55 million article and conference proceedings citations, primarily in the sciences, but also in the humanities and social sciences. Features significant coverage of northern and Arctic studies. The database can be searched by citation to find articles cited by other publications.

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

BAnQ (eBook)

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.)

What is the imaginated North? Ethical Principles

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Essay on the multidisciplinary methodology of the North and the cultural Arctic and its ethical principles. (Daniel Chartier, Montréal and Harstad (Norway), Imaginaire Nord and Arctic Arts Summit, coll. « Isberg », 2018, 157 p. Translated from French by Christina Duck Kannenberg.)

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

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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.)

Yukon (Statistics Canada) (Statistics Canada)

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Census Program key indicators for the Yukon.

Yukon Biodiversity Database (ASTIS)

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Descriptions of 8,900 publications resulting from research projects on the biology (including botany, zoology, ecology, and environmental protection) of the Yukon and the Beaufort Sea.

Yupʼik Eskimo dictionary

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