Reports results of document search and interviews with representatives from regional First nations data governance centres. Focus of environment scan and research included: state and history of initiatives, regional considerations around the government-First Nation relationship, and regional data sovereignty, Nation building and intergovernmental relationships.
Scientific Panel for Sustainable Forest Practices in Clayoquot Sound
Description
Looks at a framework for developing new forest practices standards that include Nuu-Chah-Nulth participation in co-managing the area and its resources by using their knowledge and personal experience.
Part 1: Welcome by Darren Blaney; general remarks by John Gagnon, CEO of Wawatay Native Communications Society.
Part 2: Nuxalk Radio featuring Banchi Hanuse; Siem-nu-ts-lhhwulmuhw host Natasha Bob speaks about how the program came about and its content.
Part 3: Gunargie O'Sullivan, a volunteer programmer, talked about the importance of Indigenous presence on community and campus radio stations; Doreen Manuel shared history of Secwepemc Radio.
Part 5: Talk on CiTR Indigenous Collective and the program Unceded Airwaves, presented by Lisa Girbav, Mario P
Website provides learning materials about the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia before the province was created. Contains links to complete collection of correspondence from 1846 to 1871. One section of teacher material deals with question "Were the Douglas Treaties and the Numbered Treaties Fairly Negotiated?"
Briefly defines rights, explains rights of Status and Non-Status Indians and Métis people, and discusses conservation, public and safety rules, and where to get help if charged with a harvesting offence. Information specific to British Columbia.
Third edition.
Developed to assist British Columbia First Nations with agreement-in-principle (AIP) approvals and ratification votes as part of the treaty negotiation process.
Council of the Haida Nation and Guujaaw on their own behalf and on behalf of all member of the Haida Nation PLAINTIFFS (Appellants) [...]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Court of Appeal for British Columbia
Description
Principal issue was obligation on the Crown and third parties to consult with an Aboriginal people who have claimed Aboriginal title about possible infringements before claim has been decided.
Report on the Health of British Columbians: Provincial Health Officer’s Annual Report 2001
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Office of the Provincial Health Officer [British Columbia]
Description
Looks at health status, community environments, healthy growth and development, physical environment, health services, and disease and injury prevention. Identifies areas where significant health benefits can be made.
Related material: Pathways to Health and Healing (Second Report).
Investigation into the disappearance and murdered women on highway 16 in northern British Columbia known to the locals as the highway of tears.
Duration 39:12.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, 1995, pp. 211-214
Description
Presents a letter, protesting the nonrenewal of Morris Swadesh's contract by the City College of New York in 1949, signed by the chief of the Mowachat band. Morris Swadesh, who taught people how to write their language (Nuu-chah-nulth or Nootka), was much appreciated by the Aht people, thus his nonrenewal caused great concern.
American Anthropologist, vol. 119, no. 3, September 2017, p. 448–463
Description
Describes methods and initial results for documenting history of cultural landscapes at three sites in British Columbia: Hauyat, Laxgalts’ap (Old Town) and Dałk Gyilakyaw (Robin Town).
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 61, no. 2, 2002, pp. 104-109
Description
Study to determine the prevalence of HIV and hepatitis B infection in First Nations people entering alcohol and drug treatment centres in British Columbia.
Gathered information on traditional concepts of retirement and how they could be applied in contemporary contexts, and how employees could be culturally supported as they transition from the work force.
Where Am I Going to Go?: Intersectional Approaches to Ending LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness in Canada & the U.S.
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Saewyc
Brooke Mounsey
Jessica Tourand
Dana Brunanski
David Kirk … [et al.]
Description
Uses data collected as part of the 2014 BC Homeless & Street-Involved Youth Survey. Three types of analysis were done: descriptive data, compared Indigenous LGBTQ2S to their heterosexual Indigenous peers, and to non-Indigenous LGBTQ2S youth.
Honoring the Seasons of Your Life: Planning Holistically for Your Retirement and Journey as an Elder
Honouring the Seasons of Your Life: Planning Holistically for Your Retirement and Journey as an Elder: Workshop Curriculum Developed for Aboriginal Non-Profit Sector Agencies: Participant Workbook
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 4, Fall, 2017, pp. 299-335
Description
Traces women's political activities from the 1950s through the 1970s to the Splatsín te Secwépemc child welfare bylaw and Indian Child Caravan in 1980.
The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. 1, no. 2, June 1995, pp. 273-299
Description
Reinterprets the evidence for changing settlement strategies and demonstrates the use of ethnographic and historical observation in settlement archaeology.
Includes reports for Athabasca Denesuline Inquiry, the Fond du Lac claim, Black Lake and Hatchet Lake First Nations; Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band Inquiry and claim, Young Chipeewayan Inquiry, claim regarding Stoney Knoll Indian Reserve No. 107, Micmacs of Gesgapegiag Inquiry, claim to Horse Island, Chippewas of the Thames Inquiry, Muney Land Claim.
Reports include the Esketemc First Nation Inquiry, the Fishing Lake First Nation, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation Inquiry and the Mistawasis First Nation Inquiry. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Brief discussion of project which looked at effects of situating camps associated with Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project close to small and already vulnerable communities.
Case studies of Marine Plan Partnership for the Pacific North Coast and the Great Bear Initiative and discussion of how principles involved might apply in the New Zealand context.