American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, 2005, pp. 45-58
Description
Focuses on the mobilization of Native American Tribes in a concerted effort to attain economic goals, with an empahasis on tactics used in relation to gaming on-reserve.
Looks at how ethnography can add to the understanding of intellectual, social, and cultural life and the collaboration between scholars and research subjects.
Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.
Discusses how the lack of recognition and respect of Aboriginal and treaty rights pose a barrier to maintaining healthy relationships between Anishinabek First Nations, government and police services.
Focuses on the use of Indigenous traditional knowledge in forest management in Canada, but also addresses some issues in parks management and wildlife management outside forest ecosystems.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 2, Special Edition: The State of the Aboriginal Economy: 10 Years After RCAP, Fall, 2005, pp. 120-128
Description
Discusses key determinants of economic success such as sovereignty, institution and cultural matters.
Reports results of 397 telephone interviews with individuals drawn from the information enquiry database of the NWT Arctic Tourism records of people who had attended consumer shows and requested information from tourism booths.
Atiik Askii: Land of the Caribou - A Best Practice Case Study in Community Tourism Development
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael E. Kelly
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Description
Case study of the Northwest Manitoba Regional Tourism Strategy, that looks at best practices in the strategic planning process on community tourism development.
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Bruce
Amanda Marlin
Mary Beth Doucette
Description
Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat (APCFNC) is a policy research organization that analyzes and develops culturally relevant alternatives to federal policies that impact on the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy and Innu Aboriginal communities and peoples.
Looks at a variety of indicators measuring economic development to provide the Atlantic Aboriginal community with a tool to measure progress in its economy; and to collect, analyse, and report on indicators of socio-economic progress.
The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard University
Description
Discusses the environmental damage that mining, including exploration, has caused the Takla Lake First Nation. The paper includes an overview of international and domestic Aboriginal rights law; analyzes the problems mining raises for First Nations; and concludes that structural, procedural, and substantive legal reforms are needed.
BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management, vol. 10, no. 3
Description
Looks at the parallels that exist between structures of traditional Indigenous resource management systems and those based in western science to develop forest practice standards in the coastal temperate rainforest in Clayoquot Sound.
Buffett enter for International and Comparative Studies Energy Series ; Working Paper no.10-005
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ian Urquhart
Description
Paper presented at Conference on Canadian-United States Energy Issues After Copenhagen: Oil Sands and Energy Interdependence. Looks at the First Nations relationships to mining development as both critics and supporters.
Looks at the least prosperous demographic group in Canada.
Introduction from: Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights by Tom Flanagan, Christopher Alcantara, Andre Le Dressay.
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; LS-510E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlisa Tiedemann
Description
Brief description of background and contents of the Bill, which provides First Nations with the option of managing and regulating oil and gas exploration and exploitation and receiving moneys otherwise held for them by Canada.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 2, Special Edition: The State of the Aboriginal Economy: 10 Years After RCAP, Fall, 2005, pp. 141-142
Description
Book review of: Water and Fishing edited by Paul Kauffman.
Plain language version of Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North edited by Fikret Berkes, Rob Huebert, Helen Fast, Micheline Manseau, and Alan Diduck.
Discusses a unique governance system and challenges facing tribal governments and communities.
Duration: 41:32. Includes textual transcript.
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Study examines local capacity for local business creation by conducting a needs assessment of knowledge, skills and required training and creation of a supportive social-political environment.
Discussion on the development of the Federal Framework for Aboriginal Economic Development; recent Federal measures including the Northern Strategy; a series of agreements between government and Aboriginal communities, including self-government and Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements; and examines how they can play a central role in strengthening the northern economy.
Guide prepared by federal, provincial, First Nation and other agencies, intended for use as an information resource for negotiation of service arrangements between the Boards of Education and First Nations.
Discusses the strategic plan that includes enhancing capacity within First Nation governance, encourages access to education, assists British Columbia First Nations to protect and revive their languages and cultures, supports initiatives that engage youth and elders, and advances economic development opportunities.