Arctic, vol. 71, no. 4, December 19, 2018, pp. 422-430
Description
Study compares bird use of rehabilitated oil extraction sites with that of nearby reference sites; finding demonstrate that sites studied 3 to 10 years post-site rehabilitation are not comparable to nearby reference site in regards to shorebird and passerine habitat (nesting/breeding), but they do seem to support waterfowl. Additional shorebirds and passerines are using these sites for foraging and resting.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 3, Native Narratives of Indigenous History and Culture, 2018, pp. 183-202
Description
Article describes the history, the decolonizing practices, and the publications of the tribally owned and operated press in the United States; connects the press to national cultural revitalization efforts.
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Red Readings, December 30, 2018, pp. 80-112
Description
Paper combines interviews and legal scholarship to discuss the outcomes of oil extraction in Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation (MHA) territory while considering past appropriations of tribal land, environmental consequences, and Indigenous sovereignty.
Looks at the issue in the context of gender-based violence as a human rights violation which is rooted in deep, structural discrimination and intersects with socio-economic and cultural rights violations. Outlines essential elements of a human-rights based response and identifies three keys to effectiveness.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change, and Environmental Stewardship, July 2018, p. Article 5
Description
Contextualizes the issues by focusing on published literature on energy and allied renewable resources partnerships with Indigenous communities; analyzes the social, perspective and issue, and problem and solution frames.
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 174-198
Description
Three case studies of Indigenous opposition to state-sanctioned resource development projects: the Winnemem Wintu efforts to stop the proposed raise of Shasta Dam; the Maidu Summit’s work to regain ownership of former Pacific Gas & Electric company land; and the Pit River Tribe’s struggle to protect the sacred Medicine Lake Highlands.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 3, Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change, and Environmental Stewardship, April 2018, p. Article 7
Description
Argues that Western governments are faced with two choices: meaningful engagement with the principle free, prior and informed consent or facing large-scale shutdowns from alliances of Indigenous peoples, environmentalists and concerned citizens.
Northern Review, no. 47, Dealing with Resource Development in Canada's North, August 03, 2018, pp. 9-29
Description
Discusses different investment and distribution models and their positive and negative impacts on Indigenous communities. Includes literature review, assessment of sustainability, and reports results of survey and follow-up interviews from 21 First Nations that had signed an IBA prior to 2016.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 54-71
Description
Describes Miranda’s tribal memoir as an act of resistance which disrupts archival and mainstream narratives around Indigenous nations, dispossession, and human-land relationships. Focuses of female voices and perspectives, and on narrative sovereignty.
Northern Review, no. 47, Dealing with Resource Development in Canada's North, August 03, 2018, pp. 3-8
Description
Editorial introduction to the issue on Northern resource development, discusses history of Northern resource extraction practices and Indigenous perspectives around those practices. Examines contemporary discourses surrounding extractive resource practices in the North and ties issue articles to this discussion.
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 1-18
Description
Introduction to the special issue “Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water,” discusses water as a fundamental piece in decolonization and as central to autonomy, sovereignty, resistance, and to the survival of Indigenous nations.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 1, Winter, 2018, pp. 117-133
Description
Interview with co-producer and co-writer of My Louisiana Love, a documentary which details the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the BP oil spills on her family and community.
Individuals from across Inuit Nunangat Greenland, and Alaska discuss the changes to their environment due to global warming and the resulting impacts on their traditional way of life.
Duration: 22:53.
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 159-172
Description
Discusses the Mushkegowuk people’s relationship to water and how it has been ruptured in the interests of extractive industries and economic development. Also discusses efforts to reconnect with and protect waterways.
Author addresses how contemporary mining law is rooted colonial legislation dealing with "free entry", which negates Indigenous presence on the land. Includes discussion of: The Gold Fields Act, 1859; Oregon Treaty of 1846; Treaty of NiagaraRoyal Proclamation, 1763; and the Mineral Tenure Act, 1996.
2018 Economic Report Series (Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers) ; book 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP)
Description
Discusses the evolving relationship between the industry and Indigenous peoples, gives examples of successful initiatives, and makes recommendations to the Government of Canada for facilitating future development.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Description
Report draws on the findings of 28 knowledge synthesis reports, and insights from exchanges between researchers and leaders from Indigenous communities and the public, private and non-profit sectors. Results are listed under six themes: Indigenous research; arts, language and culture; teaching and learning; community and social well-being; economic self-determination and business; self-governance, Indigenous law and resource rights.
This Space Here: Tribes Build a Traditional Watch House to Stop Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion: And Since the Fall, Tiny House Warriors Have Been Putting Homes in the Path of the Pipeline
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Cantieri
BC Studies, no. 198, Summer, 2018, pp. 7-12
Description
Describes campaign of direct actions, including Protect the Inlet and Tiny House Warriors, taken in opposition to the pipeline, currently under construction to carry oil from Alberta Tar Sands to the tide water port in Vancouver. Examines the conflict in terms of traditional cultural values, environmental activism, and discusses the use of art to build a culture of resistance.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 36-53
Description
Discusses Ortiz’s essay in the context of contemporary concerns surrounding water and environmental damage as forms of oppression of marginalized peoples. Calls for Indigenous led resistance to government and corporate control, and for dismantling systemic factors of oppression which sacrifice peoples and lands in favour of neocolonial and corporate interests.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 1-9
Description
Discusses some of the sociopolitical issues and topics addressed in special issue including #NoDAPL, the cuts to the American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), water sovereignty, regulation and distribution, and extractive practices.
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 200-214
Description
Focuses on Standing Rock Sioux Water Protectors' fight against construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, United States v. Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska’s defense of Blackbird Bend.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 10-35
Description
Examines author Leslie Marmon Silko’s post-1990 works, Almanac of the Dead, Sacred Waters, Gardens in the Dunes, and Oceanstory in the context of a growing focus on water scarcity and sovereignty; highlights Aboriginal and Native American perspective on the privatization of water for profit, and neocolonial and imperial interests.