Water

Overview of Sámi fishing practices in different regions from the Middle Ages to modern times.

Case study of a northern Ontario community from 1971 to 1982.

File contains reports from the Department of Natural Resources for the province of Saskatchewan, one of which discusses domestic and free indigenous fishing.

Image of John Diefenbaker in ceremonial head dress at South Saskatchewan River Dam Opening. A crowd surrounds him and an interviewer takes a statement from a man in ceremonial dress standing beside Diefenbaker.

Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2014.

Discusses the exchange of scientific and traditional knowledge on the northern environment to gain a better understanding of the atmospheric and water environments in the Sahtu.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2000.

Docu-drama about a young man from the Lakota Sioux Nation in South Dakota who travels to Washington State to live with his uncle to learn about his relatives, the coastal Salish. In the process he also learns about the environment and the salmon. Duration: 43:59 See resource guide Shadow of the Salmon: Respect the Salmon, Respect Yourself.

Guide accompanies docu-drama, Shadow of the Salmon. Provides links for resources, suggestions for classroom activities, stories to read aloud in class and information about history and resource management in Washington State.

Study findings suggest that Greenlandic worker allergies are as common as they are in Canadian fishery workers.

Book review of: Social and Environmental Impacts of the James Bay Hydroelectric Project edited by James F. Horning.

Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 2004.

Overview of integration and political autonomy of the Cree people of northern Québec starting with the first settlers arriving in James Bay.

Photograph of man in ceremonial dress at Saskatchewan River Dam Opening.

Image depicts people wandering amongst tipis during the South Saskatchewan River Dam opening. Young boys in foreground near car.

Introduction to three articles based on presentations made at a national workshop, held at the University of Saskatchewan, on Aboriginal Water Rights.

Comments on the cost of mining to people and the environment, for corporate and government benefit.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1985

Provides historical overview of legal issues related to hunting and fishing.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2013.

Describes the evolution of project which was joint venture between the Nlaka’pamux Nation and Scuzzy Creek Hydro and Power. Paper from: Proceedings of Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2008.

Looks at a project that raises questions about the approach to carrying out the "duty to consult" in an effective way.

Strategy based on 41 commitments based on 5 themes: consultation and joint decision-making, long-term planning, water management, climate change and energy management, and development into departmental policies and processes.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Michigan, 2011.

Review essay of: Bitter Feast: Amerindians and Europeans in Northeaster North America, 1600-64 by Denis Delage. Lost Harvests: Prairie Indian Reserve Farmers and Government Policy by Sarah Carter. The Tangled Webs of History: Indians and the Law in Canada's Pacific Coast Fisheries by Diane Newell. Shingwauk's Vision: A History of Native Residential Schoolsby J.R. Miller.

Focuses on changing political, environmental and climatic conditions effecting the future of Tibet's unique nomadic pastoralism. To access this article, scroll down to page 12.

Comments on successful business partnership and their hydroelectric projects.

Looks at the Iceland scallop fishery, and data on the state of the scallop resource in Gilbert Bay.

Looks at the history of arsenic pollution from the mine and the present and future danger to Yellowknife's Dene First Nation.

Describes the contrasting approaches to water governance between First Nations and governments.

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

Looks at water and land rights of the San people. To access this article, scroll down to page 36.

Looks at the environmental law legislation on the state and federal levels; controlling international treaty law and amending the state nuisance law. Scroll down to page [997] to read article.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of British Columbia, 2012.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Victoria, 2014.

Presents history of the Garrison Dam and the resulting reservoir, Lake Sakakawea named after a Shoshone women that was a translator for Lewis and Clarke expedition.

Environmental Sciences and Policy Thesis (M.Sc.)--Northern Arizona University, 2005.

Booklet relating to the Tsimshian people of northern coastal BC, describing various aspects of Tsimshian culture such as daily subsistence, spirituality, shamanism, family life and legends.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2012.

The first article recounts the author's childhood and young adulthood in the Manitoulin, Ontario area. The second article is entitled "Some Thoughts About Organization and Leadership; From A Paper Presented to the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood, 1967."

The first article comments on the cost of land settlements with aboriginals in the United States, with the author's hope that the Canadian government will resolve these claims in the manner the United States government has, no matter the financial cost.

Chronicles the upheaval suffered by the indigenous Embera people after a hydroelectric dam was constructed. To access this article scroll down to page 28.

Overview of the historical, cultural, environmental, and economic aspects of the Klamath River Basin area.

Polar Studies Thesis (M.Phil.)--University of Cambridge, 1989

This file consists of 7 items, including a newspaper article and typed copies of stories told by or about William McKay. The file also contains second and third copies of some of these items.

Autobiographical essay focuses on the oral history of a local river, the Waitohu Stream in New Zealand.

Commentary from the interviewee about life on the Waitohu Stream, in New Zealand, from a childhood perspective and, later, his adult observations of the same stream.