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
North Circumpolar Map (Gouvernement du Canada)
Polar projection map produced in 2016 indicating settlements, boundaries, transportation networks, glaciers, and national parks.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Maps, Atlases, and Geospatial Data, Map and Atlases, Circumpolar North, *** General Public ***, Maps and Atlases, Circumpolar North, *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Maps and Atlases, Circumpolar North
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Maps, Circumpolar North, Polar projectionNorthern Quebec (Environment Canada) (Environnement Canada)
Map depicting Indigenous lands, nations, and marine regions, as well as administrative regions, municipalities, and hydroelectric power plants.
Collection(s): *** General Public ***, Maps and Atlases, Northern Quebec, *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Maps and Atlases, Northern Quebec, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Maps, Atlases, and Geospatial Data, Map and Atlases, Northern Quebec
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Maps, Northern Quebec, NunavikNorthwest Territories (Statistics Canada) (Statistics Canada)
Census Program key indicators for the Northwest Territories.
Collection(s): *** Statistics ***, Socio-economic Statistics, Census Profile, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Statistics
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Census, Demographic statistics, Northwest TerritoriesNunavik Bibliography (ASTIS)
Contains 8,000 records of publications dealing with various facets of northern Quebec, including geoscience, life sciences, humanities, and social science.
Collection(s): *** Databases ***, Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Databases
Free - Open Access, Free - Reference only, Engineering and Technology, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Northern Quebec, Nunavik, Earth sciences, Environmental sciences, Social sciencesNunavik: Inuit place name map series
BAnQ (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book) | McGill (Print Book)
Collection of large maps featuring traditional place names of places, lakes, and rivers Text in Inuktitut (syllabic fonts), English, and French.
Collection(s): *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Maps and Atlases, Northern Quebec, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Maps, Atlases, and Geospatial Data, Map and Atlases, Northern Quebec
Free - BAnQ Subscribers, Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Atlas, Indigenous peoples, Maps, Northern Quebec, NunavikNunavut (Statistics Canada)
Census Program key indicators for Nunavut.
Collection(s): *** Statistics ***, Socio-economic Statistics, Census Profile, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Statistics
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Nunavut, Census, Demographic statisticsNunavut Atlas
Concordia (Print book) | Laval (Print Book) | McGill (Print Book) | UQAM (Print Book)
Atlas depicting land and resource use as claimed by the Inuit as part of the process of the creation of Nunavut. Includes maps on the communities, wildlife, and geographic boundaries of the Inuit world.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Maps, Atlases, and Geospatial Data, Map and Atlases, Northern Canada, *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Maps and Atlases, Northern Canada
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Atlas, Indigenous peoples, Maps, Borders, Inuit, NunavutNunavut Database (ASTIS)
Descriptions of nearly 35,000 grey literature publications (reports by government agencies, Inuit organizations, universities, and industry), journal articles, conference proceedings, theses, and books on Nunavut, the Canadian Arctic, and the circumpolar Arctic.
Collection(s): *** Databases ***, Natural Sciences, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Databases
Free - Open Access, Free - Reference only, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Inuit, Nunavut, Environmental sciences, Social sciencesNunivaat – Nunavik Statistics Program (Université Laval)
Socio-economic statistics on Nunavik.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Statistics, *** Statistics ***, Socio-economic Statistics, Indigenous Peoples
Free - Reference only, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Nunavik, Social statistics, Socio-economic statisticsOnline Cree Dictionary
English–Cree dictionary in syllabics and Roman orthography. Produced by Miyo Wahkohtowin Education and the University of Alberta.
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, Cree, Cree dictionary, Syllabic writing, Cree languageOrthophotographie noir et blanc des villages nordiques 1/10 000 (2004) (Géoindex)
Concordia (Reserved Access) | INRS (Reserved Access) | Laval (Reserved Access) | McGill (Reserved Access) | UQAM (Reserved Access) | UQTR (Reserved Access)
Set of 161 digital orthophotos representing northern villages (1:10,000).
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Maps, Atlases, and Geospatial Data, Geospatial Data, Northern Quebec, *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Geospatial Data, Northern Quebec
Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Inuit, Orthophotographs, Quebec, VillagesOur Responsibility to The Seventh Generation. Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development
Indigenous perspectives on sustainable development, addressing the relationship to the environment, environmental degradation, respect for life, and the well-being of current and future generations. (Linda Clarkson, Vern Morrissette et Gabriel Régallet, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1992, 92 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, EnvironmentOur Ways Will Continue On: Indigenous Approaches to Sustainability
Indigenous perspectives on sustainable development in international law. (Jeffrey Corntassel, The Internationalization of Indigenous Rights, 2011, p. 65-71.)
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Sustainable Development and First Nations
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Sustainable development, LawOxford Handbook of the Prehistoric Arctic
Concordia (eBook) | Laval (eBook) | McGill (Reserved Access)
Handbook on the cultural history of the Arctic, covering topics such as climate change impacts on human societies and European colonial expansion.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Others, *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Humanities and Social Sciences
Print Document, Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Climate change, Colonialism, History, PrehistoryPAIS Index
Concordia (Reserved Access) | Laval (Reserved Access) | McGill (Reserved Access)
Base de données qui compte des références d’articles de revues, d’articles de conférences, de livres et de rapports sur les politiques publiques et sociales, les affaires publiques et les relations internationales. Produit pertinent pour différents domaines liés aux études nordiques, dont le développement économique, les questions judiciaires, d’éducation, de ressources naturelles, de droits humaines, etc. La base possède un riche vocabulaire contrôlé accessible par un thésaurus.
Collection(s): *** Databases ***, Humanities and Social Sciences, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Databases
Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Economy, Education, Public policy, Natural resourcesPan Inuit Trails
Atlas showing Inuit occupancy of the Northwest Passage region, specifically traditional Inuit trails across the Arctic.
Collection(s): *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Maps and Atlases, Northern Canada, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Maps, Atlases, and Geospatial Data, Map and Atlases, Northern Canada
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Maps, Inuit, Northwest Passage, TrailsPhotographic serie: exhibition of Inuit sculptures and engravings (BAnQ)
Corpus of photographs taken during an exhibition held in 1964 by Jacques Rousseau, geographer and northerner, and devoted to Inuit art. These iconographic documents showcase remarkable stone carvings and carvings on walrus ivory from New Quebec (or Nunavik, as it is now called).
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Archives and Primary Sources
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous art, ArtifactsPhotographic serie: Montagnais and Naskapi communities of the Côte-Nord and Labrador (BAnQ)
This photographic series was taken by Paul Provencher and bears witness to his career as a forest engineer for the Quebec North Shore company between 1929 and 1963. During this period, he explored, surveyed and inventoried the boreal forest of the Côte-Nord and du Labrador. He meets and accompanies the Innu along the Manicouagan and Toulnustouc rivers and visits the communities of Betsiamites (Pessamit), Sept-Îles (Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam), La Romaine (Unamen Shipi), Moisie Fort Mackenzie (Kawawachikamach, Matimekosh). His photographs bear witness to the Innu-aitun culture and promote the recognition of ancestral aboriginal practices that have been tested and proven for centuries.
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: Innu territory, Innu-aitun, Innu, Forestry, Forests, Labrador, Côte-Nord, Cultural identity, Natural resourcesPhotographic serie: supplying Hudson's Bay Company posts and patrolling arctic waters (BAnQ)
Photographs taken during the summer of 1944 by the geographer Pierre Dagenais during a long-haul journey towards Labrador with stops at Cartwright, Hebron and Baffin (Cape Dorset) on board the Nascopie, a supply ship for remote posts of the Far North of the Hudson's Bay Company. These annual excursions under the aegis of the federal government were designed to establish Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic and study related emerging issues. These photographs highlight scenes related to the provision of food and everyday consumer goods to island Inuit communities.
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, Indigenous communities, Navigation, Arctic OceanPlan Nord maps (BAnQ)
Collection of geographic and thematic maps (actives mines and mining projects, electricity generation, wildlife areas, vegetation zones, aboriginal communities, etc.) from the Plan Nord program, dedicated to the sustainable development and the enhancement of the resources of northern Quebec.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Maps, Atlases, and Geospatial Data, Map and Atlases, Northern Quebec, *** General Public ***, Maps and Atlases, Northern Quebec, *** Maps, Atlases and Geospatial Data ***, Maps and Atlases, Northern Quebec
Free - Open Access, Engineering and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous communities, Energy, Mine exploration, Mining, Arctic fauna, Mines, Vegetation