Coates, Ken
Ken Coates
University of Saskatchewan, History
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Financing Autonomy: Limits and Opportunities within Existing Funding Arrangements
Alternate Title
Nation Rebuilding Series ; vol. 5
Research Report (Northern Policy Institute) ; Fall, 2022
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
First Nations and the Yukon Territorial Government: Toward a New Relationship: Paper Prepared as Part of the Research Program of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Description
Looks at past administrative arrangements and discusses how negotiations and settlements of land claims agreements affected self-government initiatives and changed aspects of territorial governance.
First Nations Engagement in the Energy Sector in Western Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Description
Discusses whether the relationship is one of positive collaboration or a potential source of conflict and confrontation.
From Tortured Past to a Movement of Hope for Aboriginal People
Alternate Title
Commentary (Macdonald-Laurier Institute) ; April 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken. S. Coates
Description
Briefly examines the history of the relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples and the birth of the Idle No More movement.
From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for all Canadians
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christian Allan Bertelsen
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 18-19
Description
Book review of: From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for all Canadians by Greg Poelzer and Ken S. Coates.
Several book reviews on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 18.
From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Roadmap for All Canadians
E-Books
Author/Creator
Greg Poelzer
Ken S. Coates
From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare: Why Indian Policy Failed in the Prairie Provinces (Book)
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Ethnic & Racial Studies, vol. 17, no. 3, July 1994, pp. 567-568
Description
Book review of: From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare: Why Indian Policy Failed in the Prairie Provinces by Helen Buckley.
Furs Along the Yukon: Hudson's Bay Company — Native Trade in the Yukon River Basin, 1830-1893
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth Coates
BC Studies, no. 55, Autumn, 1982, pp. 50-78
Description
Discusses the early economic structure of the area before the Klondike Gold Rush and the impact of Aboriginal-European contact.
Governance and Entrepreneurship in Northern and Indigenous Areas
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Humans in the Arctic: How to Create a Climate for Change
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Description
Discusses economic realities, challenges and opportunities in the Arctic and argues that there is strong support from both the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community for energy production and exploitation as an opportunity for an improved quality of life.
Duration: 27:29.
Île-à-la-Crosse Northern Village, Saskatchewan: A New Approach to Understanding Northern Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Greg Finnegan
Ken Coates
The Northern Review, no. 42, Northern Inequalities - Global Processes, Local Legacies, 2016, pp. 131-175
Description
Looks at a community based approach to data collection and analysis developed by the Centre for Northern Governance and Development.
Indian Education in Canada, Volume 1: The Legacy
Alternate Title
Nakoda Institute Occasional Paper ; no. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marie Battiste
Cornelius J. Jaenen
J. Donald Wilson
Jacqueline Gresko
Jean Barman
Ken Coates
Diane Persson
Indigenous Engagement with the Canadian Energy Economy: How Far We've Come
Alternate Title
Front Lines of Reconciliation ; no. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken S. Coates
Description
Discusses positive changes in the relationship between some oil and gas companies and Indigenous communities as the political, legal, and economic context has changed.
Introduction: Political and Economic Change in Canada's Provincial North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Greg Poelzer
Ken Coates
Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 3-5
Description
Introduction to special issue containing essays presented at the International Centre for Northern Governance and Development Conference held in Saskatoon in 2012.
Introduction: The North and the First World War
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brent Slobodin
Ken Coates
Northern Review, no. 44, The North and the First World War, April 2017, pp. 3-8
Description
Introduces a special collection of papers originally presented at "The North and First World War" conference held May 2016 in Whitehorse, Yukon.
J.J Fletcher. Clean, Clad and Courteous: A History of Aboriginal Education in New South Wales
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Historical Studies in Education, Spring, 1992, pp. 151-152
Description
Book review of: Clean, Clad and Courteous: A History of Aboriginal Education in New South Wales by J.J Fletcher.
J.R. Miller. Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens: A History of Indian-White Relations in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Historical Studies in Education, Spring, 1991, pp. 157-160
Description
Book review of: Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens: A History of Indian-White Relations in Canada by J.R. Miller.
Ken Coates in Inside Policy: Five priorities for Aboriginal Canada in election 2015
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Description
Discusses the need for a new Canadian Indigenous policy based upon a collaboration between the Federal government and Indigenous communities.
Ken S. Coates, Robin Fisher, eds. Out of the Background: Readings on Canadian Native History
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cam McEachern
September 1997
Description
Book review of: Out of the Background: Readings on Canadian Native History edited by Ken S. Coates and Robin Fisher.
Ken S. Coates. Best Left as Indians: Native-White Relations in the Yukon Territory, 1840-1973
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brian Titley
Historical Studies in Education, Spring, 1993, pp. 144-146
Description
Book review of: Best Left as Indians: Native-White Relations in the Yukon Territory, 1840-1973 by Ken Coates.
Knowledge Synthesis: Aboriginal Workplace Integration in the North
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Heather Hall
Hayley Hesseln
Description
Project had three phases: initial scan of academic and grey literature dealing with training, education and workforce development programs, jurisdictional scan of government, industry, and Aboriginal-led programs in six case-study regions, and subsequent discussions with stakeholders about findings.
Learning from Others: Comparative History and the Study of Indigenous-Newcomer Relations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Native Studies Review, vol. 16, no. 1, 2005, pp. 3-14
Description
Cites the challenges of overcoming a national focus and suggests increased collaborative work can provide new insights for historians.
Managing the Forgotten North: Governance Structures and Administrative Operations of Canada's Provincial Norths
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Carin Holroyd
Joelena Leader
Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 6-54
Description
Review of government structures and regional operations in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec.
Modern North: People, Politics and the Rejection of Colonialism
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kenneth Coates
Judith Powell
Module 12: Land Claims, Ownership and Co-Management
Alternate Title
Module Twelve: Land Claims, Ownership and Co-Management
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 331: Contemporary Issues of the Circumpolar World I]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Greg Poelzer
Description
Discussion of land tenure rights and systems, and conflicts and outcomes of disputes including key court decisions, legislation and modern treaties.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 2: People of the Forest
Alternate Title
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Two: People of the Forest
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses traditional economies and lifeways of Indigenous peoples living in the subarctic boreal forest, focusing on hunting, fishing, gathering and small-scale reindeer herding.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.