Author: Peter Armitage
Publisher: Facts On File
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Examines the history, culture, changing fortunes, and future prospects of the Montagnais-Naskapi Indians. Includes a picture essay on their crafts.
The Innu (the Montagnais-Naskapi)
Author: Peter Armitage
Publisher: Facts On File
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Examines the history, culture, changing fortunes, and future prospects of the Montagnais-Naskapi Indians. Includes a picture essay on their crafts.
Publisher: Facts On File
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Examines the history, culture, changing fortunes, and future prospects of the Montagnais-Naskapi Indians. Includes a picture essay on their crafts.
Offshore Waste Treatment Guidelines
Author: Canada. National Energy Board
Publisher: [St. John's, N.L.] : National Energy Board
ISBN: 9780921569404
Category : Offshore oil industry
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher: [St. John's, N.L.] : National Energy Board
ISBN: 9780921569404
Category : Offshore oil industry
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The People of Sheshatshit
Author: José Mailhot
Publisher: St. John's, Nfld. : ISER Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The People of Sheshatshit and their fellow lnnu attracted world-wide attention with a campaign against low-level flying exercises conducted over their land by NATO air forces. Thanks to Jose Mailhot's thirty-year-long acquaintance with this Labrador community. The book gives us far more than the conventional media image of Native Canadian society. This study of Innu social organization is based on the aboriginal point of view rather than the anthropologist's own theories. Readers will learn that contact between Europeans and the people of Sheshatshit created a particular form of social hierarchy not seen in other Innu communities and that in the system of proper names, Innu given names and nicknames are more important than family names, which are European.
Publisher: St. John's, Nfld. : ISER Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The People of Sheshatshit and their fellow lnnu attracted world-wide attention with a campaign against low-level flying exercises conducted over their land by NATO air forces. Thanks to Jose Mailhot's thirty-year-long acquaintance with this Labrador community. The book gives us far more than the conventional media image of Native Canadian society. This study of Innu social organization is based on the aboriginal point of view rather than the anthropologist's own theories. Readers will learn that contact between Europeans and the people of Sheshatshit created a particular form of social hierarchy not seen in other Innu communities and that in the system of proper names, Innu given names and nicknames are more important than family names, which are European.
Working with Indigenous Knowledge
Author: Louise Grenier
Publisher: IDRC
ISBN: 0889368473
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Working with Indigenous Knowledge: A guide for researchers
Publisher: IDRC
ISBN: 0889368473
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Working with Indigenous Knowledge: A guide for researchers
Rationalizing Epidemics
Author: David S. JONES
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674039238
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Ever since their arrival in North America, European colonists and their descendants have struggled to explain the epidemics that decimated native populations. Century after century, they tried to understand the causes of epidemics, the vulnerability of American Indians, and the persistence of health disparities. They confronted their own responsibility for the epidemics, accepted the obligation to intervene, and imposed social and medical reforms to improve conditions. In Rationalizing Epidemics, David Jones examines crucial episodes in this history: Puritan responses to Indian depopulation in the seventeenth century; attempts to spread or prevent smallpox on the Western frontier in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; tuberculosis campaigns on the Sioux reservations from 1870 until 1910; and programs to test new antibiotics and implement modern medicine on the Navajo reservation in the 1950s. These encounters were always complex. Colonists, traders, physicians, and bureaucrats often saw epidemics as markers of social injustice and worked to improve Indians' health. At the same time, they exploited epidemics to obtain land, fur, and research subjects, and used health disparities as grounds for "civilizing" American Indians. Revealing the economic and political patterns that link these cases, Jones provides insight into the dilemmas of modern health policy in which desire and action stand alongside indifference and inaction. Table of Contents: List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Expecting Providence 2. Meanings of Depopulation 3. Frontiers of Smallpox 4. Using Smallpox 5. Race to Extinction 6. Impossible Responsibilities 7. Pursuit of Efficacy 8. Experiments at Many Farms Epilogue and Conclusions Notes Index Rationalizing Epidemics is a superb work of scholarship. By contextualizing his deep and thorough research in original documents within the larger literature on the history and nature of epidemics, Jones has produced a profound account of how epidemics are social and cultural phenomena, not just biological. This book will be of great interest to scholars of American Indian history and the history of medicine, and with its engaging and accessible writing style, it promises to be a book that students and the general public will appreciate as well. --Nancy Shoemaker, University of Connecticut An imaginative and insightful approach to health and disease among American Indians, Rationalizing Epidemics represents a remarkable accomplishment. The breadth of reading and depth of research, the subtlety used in explaining each case, and the original approach to the material are altogether impressive. Jones's book undoubtedly will be a major contribution to American history. --Daniel H. Usner, Jr., Vanderbilt University
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674039238
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Ever since their arrival in North America, European colonists and their descendants have struggled to explain the epidemics that decimated native populations. Century after century, they tried to understand the causes of epidemics, the vulnerability of American Indians, and the persistence of health disparities. They confronted their own responsibility for the epidemics, accepted the obligation to intervene, and imposed social and medical reforms to improve conditions. In Rationalizing Epidemics, David Jones examines crucial episodes in this history: Puritan responses to Indian depopulation in the seventeenth century; attempts to spread or prevent smallpox on the Western frontier in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; tuberculosis campaigns on the Sioux reservations from 1870 until 1910; and programs to test new antibiotics and implement modern medicine on the Navajo reservation in the 1950s. These encounters were always complex. Colonists, traders, physicians, and bureaucrats often saw epidemics as markers of social injustice and worked to improve Indians' health. At the same time, they exploited epidemics to obtain land, fur, and research subjects, and used health disparities as grounds for "civilizing" American Indians. Revealing the economic and political patterns that link these cases, Jones provides insight into the dilemmas of modern health policy in which desire and action stand alongside indifference and inaction. Table of Contents: List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Expecting Providence 2. Meanings of Depopulation 3. Frontiers of Smallpox 4. Using Smallpox 5. Race to Extinction 6. Impossible Responsibilities 7. Pursuit of Efficacy 8. Experiments at Many Farms Epilogue and Conclusions Notes Index Rationalizing Epidemics is a superb work of scholarship. By contextualizing his deep and thorough research in original documents within the larger literature on the history and nature of epidemics, Jones has produced a profound account of how epidemics are social and cultural phenomena, not just biological. This book will be of great interest to scholars of American Indian history and the history of medicine, and with its engaging and accessible writing style, it promises to be a book that students and the general public will appreciate as well. --Nancy Shoemaker, University of Connecticut An imaginative and insightful approach to health and disease among American Indians, Rationalizing Epidemics represents a remarkable accomplishment. The breadth of reading and depth of research, the subtlety used in explaining each case, and the original approach to the material are altogether impressive. Jones's book undoubtedly will be a major contribution to American history. --Daniel H. Usner, Jr., Vanderbilt University
Conservation of Marine Birds
Author: Lindsay Young
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0323885403
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Conservation of Marine Birds is the first book to outline and synthesize the myriad of threats faced by one of the most imperiled groups of birds on earth. With more than half of all 346 seabird species worldwide experiencing population declines and 29% of species recognized as globally threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the timing to determine solutions to threats could not be more urgent. Written by a diverse team of international experts on marine birds, this book explores the environmental and biogeographical factors that influence seabird conservation and provides concrete recommendations for mounting climate change issues. This book will be an important resource for researchers and conservationists, as well as ecologists and students who want to understand seabirds, the threats they are facing, and tactics to help conserve and protect them. - Outlines both threats and solutions in the marine and terrestrial realm - Synthesizes information to provide a comprehensive strategy moving forward, especially considering climate change - Created by a team of experts with the latest and most comprehensive knowledge of seabird conservation
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0323885403
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Conservation of Marine Birds is the first book to outline and synthesize the myriad of threats faced by one of the most imperiled groups of birds on earth. With more than half of all 346 seabird species worldwide experiencing population declines and 29% of species recognized as globally threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the timing to determine solutions to threats could not be more urgent. Written by a diverse team of international experts on marine birds, this book explores the environmental and biogeographical factors that influence seabird conservation and provides concrete recommendations for mounting climate change issues. This book will be an important resource for researchers and conservationists, as well as ecologists and students who want to understand seabirds, the threats they are facing, and tactics to help conserve and protect them. - Outlines both threats and solutions in the marine and terrestrial realm - Synthesizes information to provide a comprehensive strategy moving forward, especially considering climate change - Created by a team of experts with the latest and most comprehensive knowledge of seabird conservation
EXPLORATIONS IN THE INTERIOR O
Author: Henry Youle 1823-1908 Hind
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781362572305
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781362572305
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Cumulative Environmental Effects
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Applications of Ecological Theory to Environmental Problems
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Cumulative effects of multiple environmental perturbations of natural and social systems were identified as needing study because of a lack of a clear and unambiguous definition of cumulative effects assessment, despite the widespread recognition of its importance. There is increasing concern that neither scientists nor institutions work at the temporal and spatial scales needed for the assessment of cumulative effects. The workshop explored these issues, identified current scientific and management techniques of dealing with cumulative effects, and to recommended research and management priorities for improving the management of cumulative effects.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Cumulative effects of multiple environmental perturbations of natural and social systems were identified as needing study because of a lack of a clear and unambiguous definition of cumulative effects assessment, despite the widespread recognition of its importance. There is increasing concern that neither scientists nor institutions work at the temporal and spatial scales needed for the assessment of cumulative effects. The workshop explored these issues, identified current scientific and management techniques of dealing with cumulative effects, and to recommended research and management priorities for improving the management of cumulative effects.
Our Footprints are Everywhere
Author: Labrador Inuit Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eskimos
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eskimos
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Labrador Inuit and Europeans in the Strait of Belle Isle
Author: Réginald Auger
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belle Isle, Strait of (N.L.)
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This study describes and analyzes excavation of a number of archaeological sites around the Strait of Belle Isle between Newfoundland and southern Labrador, and discusses the possible sequence and extent of settlement by Europeans and use of the area by Inuit.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belle Isle, Strait of (N.L.)
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This study describes and analyzes excavation of a number of archaeological sites around the Strait of Belle Isle between Newfoundland and southern Labrador, and discusses the possible sequence and extent of settlement by Europeans and use of the area by Inuit.