Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, First Year of Evo Morales Presidency, June 2007, pp. 72-75
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Interview with the new vice-president of CIDOB (the Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of the Bolivian Oriente/Confereración de Pueblos Indígenas del Oriente Boliviano).
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Outlines how the Pikangikum customary stewardship approach of “Keeping the Land” provides the foundation for woodland caribou habitat conservation in the Whitefeather Forest.
Review of Constitutional Studies, vol. 12, no. 2, 2007, pp. 173-213
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Uses critical legal history to fill in the historical context of paragraph 12 of the National Resources Transfer Agreement, and looks at the importance of treaties to First Nations traditional livelihood.
Report commissioned to provide an introduction to relevant issues and policies with the purpose of stimulating discussion at the National Native American Economic Summit held in Phoenix, Arizona on May 15-17, 2007.
Discusses challenges faced by First Nations and commercial fishers, and the Pacific fisheries support program designed to re-integrate the West Coast fishery.
Incorporates data available as of July 2006. Primary data source is Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM2).
American Literary History, vol. 19, no. 4, Winter, 2007, pp. 771-799
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Discusses the events of the Black Hawk War of 1832 which resulted in the creation of "Peace and Friendship" medals, an outcome of U.S. practices in Treaty negotiations.
Society and Natural Resources, vol. 20, no. 3, March 2007, pp. 271-279
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Presents some of the institutional and ideological factors that continue to influence the way in which lands and resources are managed by First Nations in the Yukon.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, 2007, pp. 145-198
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Book review of:
Becoming Two-Spirit: Gay Identity and Social Acceptance in Indian Country Brian Joseph Gilley.
Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes.
Canyon Gardens: The Ancient Pueblo Landscapes of the American Southwest edited by V. B. Price and Baker H. Morrow.
The Cherokee Nation in the Civil War by Clarissa W. Confer.
Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country edited by Tiya Miles and Sharon P.
Discusses the exchange of scientific and traditional knowledge on the northern environment to gain a better understanding of the atmospheric and water environments in the Sahtu.
Summary: SERC 2: Natural Resources, Local Development, Social Economic Enterprises and Rural Revitalization in Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wendy Aupers
Description
"The research of SERC 2, has been undertaken to determine if countervailing opportunities for such communities in other natural resources sectors with respect to the sectors of non-timber forest resources, non-traditional fisheries, local and organic food systems, renewable energy, and eco-tourism existed within Alberta and B.C."
Docu-drama about a young man from the Lakota Sioux Nation in South Dakota who travels to Washington State to live with his uncle to learn about his relatives, the coastal Salish. In the process he also learns about the environment and the salmon.
Duration: 43:59
See resource guide Shadow of the Salmon: Respect the Salmon, Respect Yourself.
Discusses six "faces" of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) including, factual observations, management systems, past and current land uses, ethics and values, culture and identity, and cosmology.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, First Year of Evo Morales Presidency, 2007, pp. 24-35
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Looks at history, economics and politics to explain internal instability and the exploitation of resources.
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Strategy based on 41 commitments based on 5 themes: consultation and joint decision-making, long-term planning, water management, climate change and energy management, and development into departmental policies and processes.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 2, February 2007, p. 13
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Looks at a Saskatchewan First Nation partnering with Western Lakota Energy Service to create employment and wealth.
Article located by scrolling to page 13.
Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 42, no. 4, 2007, pp. 541-562
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Looks at how an Aboriginal community confronted Century Zinc Mine in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria when they didn't live up to a previously signed agreement.
Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, vol. 25, no. 1, March 2007, pp. 27-41
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Assesses the strengths of the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board and the Environmental Assessment process to determine the weaknesses of the Environmental Assessment process, especially in the context of resource developments affecting Aboriginal peoples.
World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Journal, 2007, p. [?]
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Commentary from the interviewee about life on the Waitohu Stream, in New Zealand, from a childhood perspective and, later, his adult observations of the same stream.
Local Environment, vol. 12, no. 6, December 2007, pp. 565-577
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Argues that neo-liberal reform in Ontario has served to exacerbate historical disparities in the health, environment
and well-being of First Nations in southern Ontario.
Whitefish Lake Band of Indians and the Attorney General of Canada and Lac Seul First Nation, Lawrynowicz and Associates, Snuneymuxw First Nation, Snaw-naw-as First Nation, Malahat First Nation, Songhees First Nation, Sci' Anew First Nation, T' sou-ke ...
Whitefish Lake Band v. A.-G. Canada and Lac Seul First Nation ...
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Author/Creator
Ontario Court of Appeal
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Appeal regarding the compensation for the breach of fiduciary duty to the Whitefish Band 120 years ago and the determination of a fair value for Whitefish's timber rights in 1886.