Overview of the changes regarding involvement of local people in the process of incorporating indigenous knowledge into resource management decision making.
File contains a presentation by John Edsu of Fort McPherson. Edsu discusses his views on the trapping industry in the area and his view of its great importance to people of the north. Edsu protests southerners coming in as transient labour and taking jobs that he feels northerners are qualified to do. He also discusses rival claims over land by trappers and large multinational resource companies. He requests recognition from the federal Government of the importance of the trapping industry to his people, and criticizes the anti-fur movement as destructive and naive.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert Alexis
Description
File contains a presentation by Robert Alexis, Vice Chief for Trapping. Alexis is Vice Chief of Trapping for the Gwich'in people of Fort McPherson and discusses the problems and concerns of trappers in his presentation. The most important issue facing trappers he states is the switiching of traps from traditional leg holds to conibear traps. He contrasts trapping with office work and professes his love for the lifestyle of the trap line. He discusses how the conibear is a bad substitute for the traditional leg hold traps.
Looks at the the social, economic, and political interplay that takes place between subsistence and wage economies, sharing and reciprocity, and regulatory regimes that mediate harvesting and distribution of wildlife resources.
Summary of discussions, during May and June of 2005, between the Department of Canadian Heritage and Aboriginal people to develop practical strategies for working in areas where the mandate, expertise and experience of the Department coincide with Aboriginal aspirations.