Whaling for food has been a part of Faroese life for the past thousand years. Late in the 20th century, this community-based activity came under en...

"Traditional food production and food economies have changed drastically as a result of social, economic, and political influences. A decrease in s...

The second in a series of workshops examining global change in the Arctic from a variety of perspectives. Topics include traditional knowledge and ...

Papers of the Symposium on Unexpected Consequences of Economic Change in Circumpolar Regions at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied ...

The international conference People, Wildlife, and Hunting: Emerging Conservation Paradigms brought together hunters, outfitters, community represe...

There are many currents moving through the polar regions. Physical currents are changing the landscape. Cultural and linguistic currents are always...

C. Ian Jackson was one of four graduate students who embarked upon Operation Hazen, part of Canada's contribution to the 1957-58 International Geop...

A compilation of highly sought-after research focusing on wolf management and recovery programs in North America. Reviews the status of wolves in C...

Evenkis comprise the largest ethnos among the 'numerically small' peoples of Siberia. They are unique in having been the only people that historica...

Fishing often makes an important contribution to food security in northern regions, where agriculture is impossible or marginal at best, as well as...

Climatic conditions, economic development strategies, health and education concerns, social relationships, and shifting political agendas all contr...

Offers a perspective of northern native societies that have depended upon whaling for centuries. Alaskan and Western Canadian Arctic coastal reside...

The traditional pursuit of whales by Eskimo hunters remains an area in which humans articulate directly with natural processes. This volume traces ...

Inuit have been hunting polar bear for centuries and have built up a rich knowledge about their habitat and behaviour-a knowledge expressed in the ...

The aim of this book is to contribute to culturally inclusive, equitable and effective wildlife conservation and management in the northern regions...

Health and healing; Traditional Aboriginal education; Cross-cultural methods of learning and identity; Self-government and the northern cooperative...

Cultural and economic benefits of Aboriginal resource management; Effects of contaminants on Aboriginal lifestyles; Aboriginal self-government' Dec...

Health and healing; Aboriginal education and curriculum development; Economic, environmental, political, and cultural issues; and, Northern fisheri...

This work documents the lives of a group of hunters and reindeer herders living at the headwaters of the Lower Tunguska River at the end of the 20t...

Contains variations of the Inuit legend of Keeveeok, in text and illustration. Baker Lake artist Victoria Mamnguqsualuk transforms these myths visu...

The Bronze Age cemetery of Khuzhir-Nuge XIV (KN XIV) is located on the west coast of the Little Sea region of Lake Baikal, near the southern end of...

Presents comprehensive archaeological data from fieldwork at Khuzhir-Nuge XIV. Mortuary sites have provided the primary data that inform a number o...

Features important information about Dene community life in the 1960s during the crucial period immediately following the move from bush to town. D...

The third site monograph published as part of the Baikal Archaeology Project presents both archaeological and human osteological data from fieldwor...

émile Petitot lived and worked in the Athabasca-Mackenzie area from 1862 to 1883. Accompanied by native guides, he made several journeys to the Arc...

This book provides an introduction to the study of migration in the circumpolar north, a region that includes the northern parts of eight Arctic na...

The advent of perestroika, and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union have had an enormous impact on indigenous peoples in the Russian Arctic....

Focuses on issues and practices associated with development-related disturbances in the North. The papers report on long-term experimental work rel...

This volume is aimed at individuals requiring an understanding of the background concepts and issues relating to Nunavut. It follows the historical...

The Nunavut Atlas resulted from a project that assisted the Inuit in selecting the lands they would retain with the settlement of the Nunavut claim...

For centuries Canada's Aboriginal peoples have sought to enter into treaties of peace and friendship with colonial settlers based on the principles...

This program deals with hunter-gatherer cultural change and continuity in the Middle Holocene of the Cis-Baikal, Siberia. From about 9000 to 3000 B...

Focuses on the aboriginal beginnings, histories, present conditions, and future prospects of the regions, touching on prehistory and early contact,...

Annotated list of materials related to the development and operation of pulp mills in northern Alberta.

Stuck in the ice-pack during the winter of 1924-25, the Jean Revillon needed repair and a crew to make it back to its hauling location at Shelburne...

Focusing on the internal workings of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the author explores the impact of political and economic imperativ...

This volume provides insight into whether or how sport hunting might play a strategic role in the conservation and management of polar bear in Cana...

Stories Told takes you back into the epic journey of the Berger Inquiry, as Judge Berger travelled from community to community to hear stories told...

Talking Tools: Faces of Aboriginal Oral Tradition in Contemporary Society explores the power of oral tradition in Aboriginal society as a foundatio...

Greenland's Inuit have for generations depended upon the hunting and sharing of whales to fulfill their needs. Yet their ability to continue their ...

Imagine living through an arctic winter in shelter with no plumbing, not even an outhouse. For two months, the sun does not rise above the horizon,...

This volume documents healing traditions in Eastern Siberia in an area extending from Lake Baikal to the Arctic Ocean. The region shows an interest...

Promotes healthy eating habits and information on the benefits of traditional and selected market foods. Topics include past and present food patte...

Presentations and discussions from a workshop focusing on issues pertaining to the use of science in EIA, including past and present problems and r...

Considers the sometimes problematic relationship between traditional and scientific wildlife management knowledge and practices: environmental ethi...