The Forestry Chronicle, vol. 82, no. 4, July/August 2006, pp. 484-495
Description
Discusses co-management of The John Prince Research Forest (JPRF) between Tl’azt’en Nation and the University of Northern British Columbia, and looks at how the partners were able to blend their ways of understanding and managing forests to contribute to ecological and social sustainability.
Looks at the historical time line of the Gitksan peoples since colonization.
Pre-publication of book chapter: Potlatch at Gisegukla: William Beyon's 1945 Fieldbooks edited by Margaret Anderson and Marjorie Halpin.
London Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 16, Continuities and Changing Realities: Meanings and Identities Among Canadas Aboriginal Peoples, 2000/2001, pp. 69-87
Description
Surveys adults and teenagers in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia and Cree from Fish River, Manitoba.
BC Studies, no. 152, Past Emergent, Winter, 2006, pp. 111-112
Description
Book review of: Leaving Paradise: Indigenous Hawaiians in the Pacific Northwest, 1987-1898 by Jean Barman, Bruce McIntyre Watson.
Scroll down to page 111 to read review.
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities.This audio recording is from Salmon Arm, British Columbia.
Duration: 54:28.
Canadian Materials, vol. 7, no. 6, November 17, 2000
Description
Review of National Film Board video designed for Grade 10, which uses the traditional story of Siwash Rock with a contemporary application concerning teenage pregnancy.
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This audio recording is from Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.
Duration: 54:55
Discusses the importance of audio recordings and describes work done with First Nations in British Columbia ; the recordings have now been digitized, compiled and mounted online as part of the Ridington/Dane-zaa audio archive. Gives descriptions of a random sample of archive's content.
Agreement between the First Nation, Canada and British Columbia, concerning land, resource, governance, fiscal, culture, environment and other matters.
Report commissioned by the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business to assist in developing and building effective relationships. The report uses case studies of corporate and Aboriginal partnerships and successful initiatives garnered in British Columbia and Yukon.
2nd ed.
Discusses different aspects of duty to consult, the relationship between consultation and accommodation, and whether or not the B.C. Provincial Policy for Consultation with First Nations is meeting the demands of consultation.
Provides information for Indigenous service organizations wishing to develop a mentoring strategy, including: deciding upon guiding principles and values, applications for mentoring and mentors, contracts to work together, joint obligations, expectations, and conflict resolution.
Presents findings and recommendations resulting from six regional Sharing Circles, 23 key informant interviews, survey of 81 respondents, and a focused literature review.
Book review of:
What It Is to Be Métis: The Stories and Recollections of the Elders and the Prince George Métis Society edited by Mike Evans, Marcelle Gareau, [... et al.]
I Knew Two Métis Women: The Lives of Dorothy Scofield and Georgina Houle Young by Gregory Scofield.
Thunder through My Veins: Memories of a Métis Childhood by Gregory Scofield.
Ministry of Advanced Education Annual Post-Secondary Education Forum ; 3rd, 2006
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Garry Merkel
Description
Primary focus of discussions was the B.C. Ministry of Advanced Education's document Proposed Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education Strategy and its Aboriginal post-secondary Enhancement Plans.
Advances in Knowledge Organization, vol. 10, [2006?], pp. 1-10
Description
Recounts the author's experiences in a First Nations library and how these experiences shaped her doctoral research project on Indigenous knowledge organization.
Comments on British Columbia and Ontario communities that worked in partnership with university researchers to develop an intervention program aimed at preventing alcohol-related birth defects in children.