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2008 October 19 · Leave a Comment

[My apologies for the messy formatting and duplicates. I still can't get the Yahoo Pipes Cleaner to work properly. It isn't collecting all requested and doesn't clean up after itself. But the links should all work.]
The latest from Tumblr Regular Post Digest for hlthenvt

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Tags: digest · updates

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2008 July 22 · Leave a Comment

Tumblr Regular Post Digest for hlthenvt [Not much of a weekly update, eh?]

[trash] Plastic bags banished from Old Crow

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/07/22/oldcrow-bags.html?ref=rss
People in the isolated Gwich’in community of Old Crow, Yukon, are using
plastic bags – more precisely, the absence of them – to help make a
stand against oil drilling in Alaska.

[environmental change, tundra] SNRAS scientists’ work featured on [...]

Tags: updates

Tumblred April 26, May 2, May 9

2008 May 13 · Leave a Comment

environmental change] New WWF Report Available – Arctic Climate Impact Science
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 06:00:00 -0400 To: “ArcticInfo” Subject: New WWF Report Available – “Arctic Climate Impact Science – an Update since ACIA” The full report can be downloaded at: http://www.panda.org/arctic The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)’s International Arctic Programme announces the publication of an [...]

Tags: Alaska · ES&H · anthropology · digest · environmental change · health · more than thought · organizational culture · planning · rural · sanitation · solid waste

Sources of indigenous peoples info from Librarians’ Internet Index

2007 June 29 · Leave a Comment

LII is such a great resource, available through RSS feed.
Librarians’ Internet Index: New This Week New and newly-discovered Web sites for librarians and everyone else, updated every Thursday morning. See more resources on our site

http://lii.org/

CBC News In Depth: Aboriginal Canadians
News and feature stories about Canada’s aboriginal population of Indians, Métis, and Inuit, which “is [...]

Tags: communities · resources

Traditional foods guide

2007 April 12 · 2 Comments

from NAEP Native Access to Engineering Programme First aboriginal food guide balances traditional, practical
and from CBC [read the entire story here]

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/04/12/food-guide.html

“Bannock, berries, wild game and canned milk are part of a new version of Canada’s Food Guide, created specifically for First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
“With this guide, First Nations, Inuit and Métis will have [...]

Tags: AI/AN · Eskimo · health

Inuktitut-based Bible

2006 October 19 · Leave a Comment

The Yup’ik Eskimo language Bible (sponsored by the Alaska Moravian Church) is also getting a major revision. It is written in the Roman or Latin script. See previous post

Yup’ik Bible -
http://13c4.wordpress.com/2006/01/11/ regional-bookstore-planning/

This version described in this newstory,

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/10/17/moravian-bible.html

is written in the Inuit script, Inuktitut
The Inuktitut syllabary is actually only used in Canada, especially [...]

Tags: Eskimo