Indigenuity
A creative take on issues affecting Canada’s First Peoples.
Spring 2016
Contents
Medicine
Medicine
A prescription for better health
The key to improving the well-being of Indigenous communities, says Darlene Kitty, is to teach medical students the link between Indigenous culture an…
Education
Education
Truth and reconciliation in the classroom
Teaching future teachers about the legacy of residential schools is a lesson in opening education to Indigenous world views.
History
History
Curing the world’s woes
By inviting us to reconnect with Amerindian cosmology, Georges Sioui is pointing the way toward transformative change in modern society.
Biology
Biology
A toxic legacy
For more than 50 years, the Giant Mine contaminated the air, land and water around Yellowknife with arsenic. Environmental toxicologists Jules Blais a…
Law
Law
Forgotten claims
Do the Métis have treaty rights? An unprecedented legal study aims to set the murky record straight.
Health
Health
Weathering change
The shifting climate is affecting what people eat in Canada’s North. Teaching Inuvialuit and Gwich’in youth how to prepare and share food from the lan…
Health
Health
Treacherous waters
Northern Canada has the highest drowning rate in the country. Audrey Giles is working with Arctic communities to reduce that tragic toll.
Law
Law
A close look at Indigenous legal tradition
Ghislain Otis calls for the concerted recognition of Indigenous legal systems around the world.
Anthropology
Anthropology
Exploring contradictions deep down
A symbol of conflict or a model of cooperation? Karine Vanthuyne compares the relationship that Indigenous peoples in Canada and Guatemala have with m…
Geography
Geography
Rites of the Northwest Passage
Shrinking sea ice is triggering a tourism shipping boom in the Arctic. But increased traffic may be a mixed blessing for Northerners.
Law
Law
The deeper roots of violence
Angela Cameron urges the public inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls to look at the links between poverty, economic developmen…
Health
Health
Back to the land?
Access to nutritious foods is a growing problem in northern First Nations. Michael Robidoux and François Haman are finding local solutions — with a pr…
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