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
Postcards: Canadian Far North Mission and Eskimo Mission (BAnQ)
Corpus of postcards 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.
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, Hunting and fishing, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous communitiesPréhistoire béringienne : Étude archéologique des grottes du Poisson-Bleu (Yukon)
The Bluefish Caves, home to the first Beringians, are unveiling their secrets through zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of the fauna. The findings suggest that the settlement of North America occurred much earlier than previously thought. (Lauriane Bourgeon, Gatineau, Musée canadien de l'histoire & Ottawa, Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa, 2018, 93 p. )
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Historical Perspectives, *** First Peoples of the North ***
Free - BAnQ Subscribers, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Yukon, Bering Strait, Archeology, Indigenous peoples, PrehistoryPrints inspired by the Inuit imagination (BAnQ)
Prints by artist Michèle Laforest that highlight several elements inspired by the Inuit imagination. It includes serigraphs as well as a linocut that represents Iriook, Agaguk’s wife, characters derived from Yves Thériault’s novel, the very first on Inuit life in Quebec.
Collection(s): *** Archives and Primary Sources ***, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Archives and Primary Sources
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Inuit, ArtsPublications de la Société Makivik (BAnQ)
Five digitized Makivik Corporation publications: Atuaqnik, Makivik Annual Report Corporation, Makivik Magazine, Makivik News and Taqralik. Makivik Corporation promotes the preservation of Inuit culture and language, as well as the health, well-being and education of Inuit in their communities.
Collection(s): *** Archives and Primary Sources ***, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Archives and Primary Sources
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Inuit, Periodicals, Makivik societyQu'as-tu fait de mon pays? Tanite nene etutamin nitassi?
BAnQ (eBook) | Concordia (eBook) | INRS (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book) | UQAM (Print Book) | UQTR (Print Book)
This novel tells the story of the dispossession of indigenous peoples and the abuses of the colonial system in the form of a philosophical tale. In this work, An Antane Kapesh, the first Innu author, interprets the forest and those who endured colonial history in their flesh and their dignity and explains the world as it was before colonization.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Indigenous novels and poetry
Free - BAnQ Subscribers, Print Document, Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Colonization, Innu, Innu territory, Indigenous literature, Indigenous authorsQummut qukiria!: art, culture, and sovereignty across Inuit Nunaat and Sápmi : mobilizing the circumpolar north
Qummut Qukiria! celebrates art and culture within and beyond traditional Inuit and Sámi homelands in the Circumpolar Arctic -- from the recovery of traditional practices such as storytelling and skin sewing to the development of innovative new art forms such as throatboxing (a hybrid of traditional Inuit throat singing and beatboxing). In this illuminating book, curators, scholars, artists, and activists from Inuit Nunangat, Kalaallit Nunaat, Sápmi, Canada, and Scandinavia address topics as diverse as Sámi rematriation and the revival of the ládjogahpir (a traditional woman's headgear), the experience of bringing Inuit stone carving to a workshop for inner-city youth, and the decolonizing potential of Traditional Knowledge and its role in contemporary design and beyond. Qummut Qukiria! showcases the thriving art and culture of the Indigenous Circumpolar peoples in the present and demonstrates its importance for the revitalization of language, social well-being, and cultural identity (Igloliorte, H. L., Lundström, J.-E., & Hudson, A. (2022). Qummut qukiria!: Art, culture, and sovereignty across Inuit Nunaat and Sápmi: Mobilizing the circumpolar north. Goose Lane Editions)
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Indigenous Authors (Essays), Maps, Atlases, and Geospatial Data, Circumpolar North, *** General Public ***, Indigenous Peoples
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Inuit, Circumpolar Arctic, Circumpolar North, Indigenous art, Indigenous artists, Cultural identity, Indigenous languagesRediscovery of Traditional Ecological Knowledge as Adaptive Management
Concordia (Reserved Access) | INRS (Reserved Access) | Laval (Reserved Access) | McGill (Reserved Access) | UQAM (Reserved Access) | UQTR (Reserved Access)
Article that considers indigenous traditional knowledge and practices to ensure ecosystem management. (F. Berkes et al., Ecological Applications, vol. 10, no 5, 2000.)
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Sustainable Development and First Nations
Reserved Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, EnvironmentReference encyclopedia of the American Indian
BAnQ (Print Book) | Concordia (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book) | McGill (Print Book) | UQAM (Print Book)
Presentation of treaties made with more than 500 Indigenous peoples or Indigenous groups regarding land sharing, self-government, cultural protection and financial assistance.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Others, *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Humanities and Social Sciences
Free - BAnQ Subscribers, Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous peoples, Bibliography, Indigenous communities, Economy, Education, HealthRevue Makivik news (BAnQ)
Corpus of the various issues of the quarterly magazine Makivik News. This review, published by the Makivik Corporation, presents the socioeconomic events taking place in the region and also describes the activities organized for the benefit of the Inuit of Nunavik as well as their achievements.
Collection(s): *** Archives and Primary Sources ***, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Archives and Primary Sources
Free - Open Access, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Subjects: Indigenous affairs, Indigenous communities, Indigenous languagesS'agripper aux fleurs : collectif de femmes innues
BAnQ (eBook) | Laval (Print Book) | UQAM (Print Book) | UQTR (Print Book)
Three Innu women (Louise Canapé, Louve Mathieu and Shan dak/Jeanne’Arc Vollant), natives of the North Shore (Quebec), sign this collection imbued with a typically Aboriginal flavor. Their haikus reveal the naked truth of a people of the great outdoors confined to the "reserve", a reserve which perhaps has the merit of protecting the identity, but which nevertheless cuts wings.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Indigenous novels and poetry, *** General Public ***, Indigenous novels and poetry
Free - BAnQ Subscribers, Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Innu-aitun, Innu, Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, PoetrySahtu Settlement Area Database (ASTIS)
Some 2,100 records describing grey literature (reports by government agencies, Indigenous organizations, universities, and industry), journal articles, conference proceedings, theses, and books resulting from research projects in the Sahtu region in the Northwest Territories’ central MacKenzie Valley.
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, Sahtu, Environmental sciences, Social sciences, Northwest TerritoriesSanaaq : an Inuit novel
BAnQ (Print Book) | Concordia (eBook) | Laval (Print Book) | UQAM (Print Book) | UQTR (eBook)
This novel by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk (transliterated and translated from Inuktitut to English) recounts the fortunes and misfortunes of Sanaaq before and after the arrival of the first whites in Inuit country. Mitiarjuk allows the reader to discover, as no Westerner anthropologist has yet been able to do it, the life and psychology of the Inuit confronted with extreme nature, the need for sharing and the invasion of their territory by white people and their civilization.
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
Subjects: Inuit, Indigenous literature, Indigenous authors, ColonialismSaqiyuq: stories from the lives of three Inuit women
Concordia (eBook) | Laval (eBook) | UQTR (eBook)
Through the stories of three Inuit women over three generations, Saqiyuq discusses the colonization of the North and the Inuit communities' struggles to maintain and reclaim traditional knowledge and practices. (Nancy Wachowich ; in collaboration with Apphia Agalakti Awa, Rhoda Kaukjak Katsak, and Sandra Pikujak Katsak, Montreal, McGill Queen's University Press, 1999, 309 p.)
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Indigenous Authors (Essays)
Reserved Access
Subjects: Indigenous women, Colonization, InuitSeries of photographs: daily life of the Inuit of Nouveau-Québec (now called Nord-du-Québec) (BAnQ)
Series of photographs (1959-1967) taken by Armor Landry in the Nord-du-Québec region during his career as a photojournalist. These photographs are living witnesses of Inuit culture and find their basis in an ethnographic perspective. The Inuit are presented there as part of their daily life, as a family and as a guide to their territory. There are also aerial views of the surrounding flora and photographs of a former Hudson's Bay Company trading post converted into supply stores. These photos were used for the illustration of newspaper articles and the preparation of reports.
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, Northern Quebec, Nouveau-Québec, Cultural identity, Hunting and fishingSeries of photographs: Health care of the Innu communities of the Lower North Shore (BAnQ)
Corpus of photographs taken from the Pauline Laurin (1923-1994) archival fonds. She was the first nurse of the Montagnais communities (Innu) of the Lower North Shore. Between 1949 and 1960, she photographed the daily life of the Innu communities of Mingan, Natashquan and La Romaine. These photographs also reflect the health intervention work and care provided by the Department of Health and Welfare Canada to these communities.
Collection(s): *** Archives and Primary Sources ***, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Archives and Primary Sources
Free - Open Access, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Innu territory, Innu, Naskapis, Social determinants of health, Health, Medical careSiglit Inuvialuit uqautchiita nutaat kipuktirutait aglipkaqtat = Siglit Inuvialuit Eskimo dictionary
BAnQ (Print Book) | Concordia (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book) | McGill (Print Book) | UQAM (Print Book)
Dictionary of the Siglit dialect of Inuktitut spoken in the Western Canadian Arctic.
Collection(s): *** First Peoples of the North ***, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Languages, *** Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ***, Humanities and Social Sciences, Languages
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Western Arctic, Indigenous peoples, Inuktitut dialects, Inuktitut Dictionary, Inuit, Inuktitut, SiglitSivumut: towards the future together: Inuit women educational leaders in Nunavut and Nunavik
Concordia (Print Book) | Laval (Print Book)
A collection of essays of Inuit women and educational leaders who were part of the first graduate-level university degree for Inuit educators offered in Nunavut: the UPEI Master of Education. These essays touch upon the writers’ experiences with colonial violence and Inuit education. (Fiona Walton and Darlene O'Leary eds., Toronto, Women's Press, 2015, 166 p.)
Collection(s): *** Studying the North ***, Perspectives on Decolonization, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Indigenous Authors (Essays)
Print Document, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Decolonization, Indigenous women, Education, Indigenous authorsSocial History of the Eastern Arctic Database
This database contains abstracts of documents that deal principally with what is now Nunavut Territory and includes other material from the Inuvialuit Settlement Area, the Northwest Territories and Nunavik (Arctic Quebec).Designed to provide users with access to documents related to the social history of the Eastern Arctic that are in the archives of Canada. Contains references only.
Collection(s): *** Archives and Primary Sources ***, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Archives and Primary Sources
Free - Reference only, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Eastern Arctic, History, Inuit, Nunavut, Primary SourcesSPRI Museum catalogue
Bank of more than 5000 images from the collections of the Polar Museum at the Scott Polar Research Institute (University of Cambridge). The images are grouped into eight collections, including the Arctic Material Culture Collection, the Polar Art Collection and the Inuit Art Collection.
Collection(s): *** Archives and Primary Sources ***, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Archives and Primary Sources
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: Arts, Material culture, Images, Inuit, Scott Polar Research InstituteSPRI 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.
Collection(s): *** Archives and Primary Sources ***, *** First Peoples of the North ***, Archives and Primary Sources
Free - Open Access, Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: British expeditions, Exploration, Photographs, Scott Polar Research Institute