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Social Science Regional Studies

Human Ecology, Volume II

Issues in the North

edited by Rick Riewe & Jill Oakes

Publisher
The University of Alberta Press, Faculty of Home Economics
Initial publish date
Jan 1993
Category
Regional Studies, Research
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781772121834
    Publish Date
    Jan 1993
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919058873
    Publish Date
    Jan 1993
    List Price
    $15.00

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Description

Contributions include Aboriginal people and the education system; health problems and traditional aboriginal healing practices; environmental legislation in the NWT; and the physiology behind the 'Canadian Cold Buster Bar.' Papers by: Olive Patricia Dickason; Denis Wall; Lorraine Sinclair; Ernie Lennie; Debbie Caseburg; Kirsti Pedersen; William O. Pruitt, Jr., Ross W. Wein; Larry A. Reynolds; and Lawrence C.H. Wang

About the authors

Rick Riewe's research interests include human interactions with climate change in the Hudson Bay Region; impacts of northern development upon circumpolar peoples; wildlife ecology; boreal ecology; northern wildlife management; northern native harvesting and utilization of wildlife; northern land claims; environmental impact assessment; and the ecology of prairie grasslandsl; wildlife products utilized by Circumpolar Aboriginal peoples; the roles of aboriginal women in the domestic economy; and the ethnology of Circumpolar Peoples. He received a Ph.D. in Zoology from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and the University of Manitoba.

Rick Riewe's profile page

Dr. Oakes is Professor in the Department of Environment and Geology at the University of Manitoba. She studies the relationships between people, belief systems, and the environment. She is also interested in the meaning and importance of traditional activities, and works to document the traditional knowledge of First Nations elders.

Jill Oakes' profile page