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Girls in "White" Dresses, Pretend Fathers: Interracial Sexuality and Intercultural Community in the Canadian Arctic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In 1903-04, men and officers of the Era and the Neptune and local Inuit socialized extensively while the two ships wintered near Fullerton Harbour (Nunavut).
Davis-Fisch, Heather
core   +1 more source

DNA evidence of bowhead whale exploitation by Greenlandic Paleo-Inuit 4,000 years ago

open access: yesNature Communications, 2016
The demographic history of Greenland is characterized by recurrent migrations and extinctions since the first humans arrived 4,500 years ago. Our current understanding of these extinct cultures relies primarily on preserved fossils found in their ...
F. Seersholm   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Language, Cultural Identity, and Spirituality —A Case Study of the Representation of Minority Ethnic Subjects in Chinese Ethnographic Documentary

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
Abstract Since the 1990s, there has been a surge in ethnographic films by Han directors in China, highlighting the complex interplay of power dynamics between these filmmakers and the minority communities they portray. This study examines these dynamics through the lens of spirituality and cultural representation, focusing on the film “Ashiq: The Last ...
Ruohan Tang, Yi Zou
wiley   +1 more source

Using Inuit traditional ecological knowledge for detecting and monitoring avian cholera among Common Eiders in the eastern Canadian Arctic

open access: yes, 2018
In recent decades, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) has played an increasing role in wildlife management and biodiversity conservation in Canada and elsewhere.
D. Henri   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Anthropology and change over the ‘land rights era’: Towards treaties?

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Australia has made no treaties with its Indigenous peoples. Despite that, over the past five decades (the ‘land rights era’ of the title), Australia has granted proportionally more land area to Indigenous interests than have other, treaty‐making Anglo settler colonies (Canada, the United States, New Zealand). Despite complexities of comparison
Francesca Merlan
wiley   +1 more source

“We call it soul food”: Inuit women and the role of country food in health and well-being in Nunavut

open access: yesArctic Science
Indigenous knowledge is central to understanding environment and health sciences in the Arctic, yet limited research in these fields has explored the human–animal–environment interface from the unique perspectives of Inuit women.
Amy Caughey   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Worlding and weirding with beaver: A more‐than‐human political ecology of ecosystem engineering

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper examines a model of Nature‐based Solutions that involves the strategic use of ecosystem engineers: animals, plants, and microbes with disproportionate ecological agency capable of regional or even planetary‐scale niche construction.
Jamie Lorimer
wiley   +1 more source

Inuit youth health and wellbeing programming in Canada

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health
Inuit youth face challenges in maintaining their wellbeing, stemming from continued impacts of colonisation. Recent work documented that urban centres, such as Winnipeg Canada, have large Inuit populations comprised of a high proportion of youth. However,
Jeevan S K Toor   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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