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Records of atmospheric mercury deposition and post-depositional mobility in peat permafrost archives from central and northern Yukon, Canada
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Environmental archives provide a feasible means for studying the biogeochemical cycling of heavy metals including mercury (Hg). Although many temperate peat bogs have been successfully used to reconstruct natural and anthropogenic atmospheric Hg deposition fluxes, northern circumpolar permafrost...
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Spring 2013
This dissertation is an exploration of forests as understood and encountered from numerous perspectives in the Yukon Territory. Dealing primarily with non-indigenous Yukon residents who hunt, trap, work, recreate within, and aim to protect Yukon forests, it addresses the origins and implications...
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Spatiotemporal Patterns and Population Characteristics of Harvested Wolverine (Gulo gulo) in Yukon
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Wolverines (Gulo gulo) are harvested for fur in Yukon, Canada, but little is known about the sustainability of their harvest. In the absence of population data, harvest management relies on harvest data to assess the efficacy of regulations and harvest sustainability. I examined the...
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The Late Holocene White River Ash East Eruption and Pre-contact Culture Change in Northwest North America
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The White River Ash East eruption of A.D. 846-848 blanketed portions of Subarctic Yukon and Northwest Territories, Canada in volcanic ash. This dissertation examines impacts of the eruption on pre-contact hunter-gatherer social relationships. The main bodies of data on which interpretations are...
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Fall 2015
Three Black Crows is an original work of fiction exploring colonial violence and resistance through the archetypal narrative of the hunt and the relationship between big game hunter and native guide. The novel is based in a tradition of Canadian prairie fiction and conventions of the Western...