Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 2, Aboriginal Peoples and National Rights Issues in Quebec, 1999, pp. 93-110
Description
Discusses how global economic and political developments such as the Multilateral Agreement on Investment can affect traditional concepts of state territorial sovereignty.
Osgoode Hall Law Journal, vol. 37, no. 4, 1999, pp. 712-774
Description
Looks at the legal and regulatory basis of forest management, and assess how new tenure systems might be developed that would uphold traditional values while providing economic and employment opportunities.
Case studies provide an overview of how aboriginal communities have come to terms with mining and mineral exploration in their territories. They are: Innu Nation and Inco's Voisey's Bay Nickel Mine/Mill; Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation and BHP Diamonds Inc.; Tahltan First Nation, the mining industry, and environmental assessment; Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation and B.Y.G. Mt. Nansen Gold Mine; Makivik Corporation and Falconbridge's Raglan Mine; and Nishnawbi-Aski Nation and Ontario's living legacy.
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 2, Aboriginal Peoples and National Rights Issues in Quebec, 1999, pp. 121-134
Description
Discusses the Cree's right to refuse to secede from Canada if Quebec separatists were successful and the lack of federal government's acknowledgement of, or support for, their position.
Shows locations and gives contact information.
Sources: Ministère des Affaires autochtones et du développement du Nord canadien,Registre des Indiens, 31 décembre 2010.Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec,
Registres des bénéficiaires cris, inuits et naskapis de la Convention de la Baie-James et du Nord québécois et de la Convention du Nord-Est québécois, 1er avril 2011.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, Fall, 1999, pp. 6-16
Description
Overview of the organization which began as the Canadian Handicrafts Guild and the events which preceded the first exhibition of Eskimo Art in 1949 as well as the following four years.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 6.
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 2, Aboriginal Peoples and National Rights Issues in Quebec, 1999, pp. 149-150
Description
Review of: Never Without Consent: James Bay Cree's Stand Against Forcible Inclusion Into an Independent Quebec by the Grand Council of Crees (Eeyou Astchee).
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, Fall, 1999, pp. 31-33
Description
Suggests that developments and changes in Inuit art may occur as a result of Nunavut entering confederation.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 31.
Environmental Research, vol. 80, no. 2, February 1999, pp. S213-S222
Description
Discusses a 1996-1997 study to research the health risks of contaminant exposure and the correlation to freshwater fish consumption in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake.
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 2, Aboriginal Peoples and National Rights Issues in Quebec, 1999, pp. 115-120
Description
Grand Chief of the Grand Council of Crees discusses the stance of the James Bay Cree with respect to the right to determine their own political future whether or not Quebec decides to separate.
[James Bay Project: Cree Surrender Land in Historic Agreement]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Richard Inwood
Robert Bourassa
Description
Brief news clip about agreement in which the Cree and Inuit were compensated $225 million for land flooded by the James Bay Project. Includes synopsis.
Duration: 1:30.
Briefing (Conference Board of Canada) ; February 2011
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-201]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Palladini
Description
This report calculates and compares the gross domestic product output in Canada’s Northern regions, including the three territories and the Northern parts of seven provinces, between 1999 and 2009.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 35, no. 1-2, Propriété Intellectuelle et Éthique / Intellectual Property and Ethics, 2011, pp. 245-263
Description
Study found that Inuit youths' sense of identity combined traditional values with elements of global culture. Based on interviews with 27 individuals between the ages of 15 and 25, and 15 adults.