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...