Pikangikum

Discusses failure of new protocols put in place to ensure safe drinking water on reserves and contrasts the response to the failure of water system in Walkerton, Ontario, which took place the same year.

Discusses the issues surrounding solvent abuse.

Natural Resources Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2011.

Natural Resources Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2013.

Looks at two examples of successful self-governance initiatives: the Pikangikum First Nation's Whitefeather Forest Initiative and the Haida's Turning Point Initiative in British Columbia.

Natural Resource Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2006.

Outlines how the Pikangikum customary stewardship approach of “Keeping the Land” provides the foundation for woodland caribou habitat conservation in the Whitefeather Forest.

Natural Resource and Environmental Management Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2010.

Reviews the deaths of 16 youths, ages 10-19, who died by suicide on the remote Ontario reserve.

Looks at the potential of research, development and marketing of non-timber forest products with partners.

Describes project initiated by three engineers to improve infrastructure and retrofit homes for access to running water and sewage disposal.

Summarizes the results of research with Pikangikum First Nation elders to learn about their perspectives and knowledge of fire in their traditional area.

File contains a presentation by Dave Mowat, a University of Manitoba student, regarding education funding, band governance, self-government, and issues he's encountered as a Bill C-31 person.

File contains a presentation by Sharon Pelletier at the University of Manitoba regarding her personal experiences as a mature student, single parent, and Bill C31 person. Following this is a discussion with the Commissioners also involving the preceding presenter, Dave Mowat, also a student at the University of Manitoba, regarding the issues raised in their two presentations.

Fieldwork study carried out in 1954-55 at Pekangekum, Ontario.