Northern Review articles from September 2008

Northern Review archives from September 2008

Introduction.
September 22, 2008... The Northern Review and the Northern Research Institute (NRI) were conceived and established at Yukon College with the common mission of building local research capacity in the Yukon and the North. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Yukon...

Science in the changing North.(Opinion)(Viewpoint essay)
September 22, 2008... Abstract: In the last five years, northern science has been rejuvenated as national and international attention has been drawn to the Arctic. The principal forces driving the increased interest in the Canadian North are the worldwide demand for...

"It's hard enough to control yourself; it's ridiculous to think you can control animals": competing views on "the bush" in contemporary Yukon.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Abstract: Aboriginal Athapaskan (Dineh)conceptions of the "bush" and its occupation by "other-than-human persons"--and the nature of proper relations between "human persons" and the bush and its occupants--stand in vivid contrast to...

A new skin for an old drum: changing contexts of Yukon Aboriginal Baha'i storytelling.(Personal account)
September 22, 2008... Abstract: This article examines the construction of the religious self through the storytelling processes of Yukon Aboriginal Baha'is. Previous anthropological work has studied the social factors involved in the maintenance of faith amongst...

Designing protected areas networks in the north: identifying representative area and the use of focal species in a Yukon case study.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Abstract: The science of conservation biology has made many contributions to improving biodiversity conservation within protected areas around the globe. Northern ecosystems are unique, and principles for protected areas design developed for...

The role of glacial lakes in the pre-contact human history of southwest Yukon territory: a late drainage hypothesis.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Abstract: Archaeological site KaVn-2, located in the White River valley near Beaver Creek in the southwest Yukon, was first occupied between 10,130 and 10,670 BP, shortly after the area became deglaciated at around 11,000 BR Despite the early...

Property ownership in north Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Abstract: This article examines the development of Dawson City during and immediately after the Klondike Gold Rush. The focus is on a series of cabin platforms recorded during archaeological survey on the hillside in north Dawson City. Property...

Observations on the natural history of bats in the Yukon.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Abstract: Until recently, bats have not been well surveyed or studied in the Yukon. The little brown bat was known to range north to Mayo and Dawson City in the summer, but little was known of its biology or natural history, or if other species...

Establishing the Northern Research Institute: a personal recollection.(Viewpoint essay)
September 22, 2008... Prologue: The Problem of the South The following is an excerpt from the editor's introduction to the first issue of The Northern Review (Senkpiel and Easton 1988:20). Some time ago several of us at Yukon College were sitting around...

The Northern Research Endowment Fund and fellowship grants, 1992-2007: reflections on the initiative for northern studies in the Yukon.
September 22, 2008... Research is, of course, something that everybody does even though what happens--the process, the type of outcomes--are quite different. Looking up information or finding answers is research. Making observations and collecting data, invoking...

Northern research endowment recipients.(List)
September 22, 2008... Northern Research Endowment Recipients 1992 Principal Amount Investigator Project Title Awarded ARMOUR, Robin Production and a...

Me Sexy: An Exploration of Native Sex and Sexuality.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Me Sexy: An Exploration of Native Sex and Sexuality edited by Drew Hayden Taylor. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2008. ISBN 9781553652762, 186 pages, illustrations. Drew Hayden Taylor's collection Me Sexy: An Exploration of Native Sex and...

Heart of the Yukon: A Natural and Cultural History of the Mayo Area.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Heart of the Yukon: A Natural and Cultural History of the Mayo Area edited by Lynette Bleiler, Christopher Burn, and Mark O'Donoghue. Mayo: Village of Mayo, 2006. ISBN 978026306, paperback, 138 pages, maps, B&W and colour illustrations, bib....

Indigenous Peoples: Self-Determination, Knowledge, Indigeneity.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Indigenous Peoples: Self-Determination, Knowledge, Indigeneity edited by Henry Minde in collaboration with Harald Gaski, Svein Jentoft, and Georges Midre. Delft, The Netherlands: Eburon Academic Publishers, 2008. ISBN 9789059722040, 296 pages....