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Merran Smith
Art Sterritt
Description
Looks at how the collaborative efforts between the British Columbia government, First Nations, environmental groups and the forest companies transformed an era of conflict into a ground-breaking approach to conservation leading to a shift in the way coastal rainforests are managed and the successful integration of Indigenous decision making and community wellbeing.
From Homeland to Oil Sands: The Impact of Oil and Gas Development on the Lubicon Cree of Canada
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Amnesty International
Description
Reports on the consequences of oil development to the Lubicon livelihood and society.
Fur Trade Game
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McCord Museum
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Goal of role playing game is to teach students about the importance of bartering between Europeans and First Nations in the fur trading activities of New France.
Trading Cards
Game Cards
Good Practice Guide: Indigenous Peoples and Mining
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International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)
The Government of Alberta’s First Nations Consultation Policy on Land Management and Resource Development
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Government of Alberta
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Policy outlines Alberta's approach to how it will meet its consultation responsibilities and Alberta's expectations of resource companies and First Nations in achieving the goal of increasing certainty for all parties with respect to land management and resource development activities.
The Government of Alberta's Policy on Consultation with First Nations on Land and Natural Resource Management, 2013
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Government of Alberta
Description
Discusses the legal and constitutional duty to consult First Nations and accommodate their interests when Crown land and natural resource management decisions may adversely impact Treaty rights protected under the Constitution Act, 1982.
Impact and Benefit Agreements: Are They Working?
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Jason Prno
Ben Bradshaw
Dianne Lapierre
Description
Discussion on the effectiveness of a number of agreements negotiated directly between mineral resource developers and Aboriginal communities in support of three northern Canadian diamond mines.
Implementing First Nations Land Use Plans: Challenges and Results
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Description
Discusses First Nations land use planning; and looks at how the Lil’wat Nation is implementing aspects of its land use plan by taking advantage of provincial strategic planning initiatives.
In Brief: Idle No More
Alternate Title
In Brief (Ontario Justice Education Network)
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Ontario Justice Education Network
Description
Background and history of the movement, explanation of the Acts involved, and discussion questions.
For use in Grades 10, 11, and 12 classrooms.
Indian Oil and Gas Act (R.S., 1985, c. I-7)
Alternate Title
An Act respecting Oil and Gas in Indian Lands
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Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Federal legislation providing for regulation of leases, licences and dispositions related to royalties from certain resources on First Nation lands.
Indian Self-Government in Canada: Report of the Special Committee
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Minutes of Proceedings of the Special Committee on Indian Self-Government
Penner Report
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Keith Penner
Stan Schellenberger
Warren Allmand
Jim Manly
Frank Oberle ... [et al.]
Description
Committee investigated numerous issues related to self-government including: social conditions, need for a new Canadian/Aboriginal relationship, structures and powers of First Nations governments, fiscal arrangements, land and resources, and trust relationship with the Crown.
Indigenous Community Governance Project: Annotated Bibliography
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ANU (Australian National University) College of Arts and Social Sciences
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Focuses on material dealing with Australia. Sub-divided by topic and current as of 2008.
Indigenous Knowledge Centres - The Queensland Experience Six Years On
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Author/Creator
Lyn Thompson
Renee Colless
Description
The Indigenous Knowledge Centre (IKC) Administrator from Boigu Island describes the community involvement and its impact since the IKC was established.
Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Resource Rights: A Basis for Equitable Relationships?
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Author/Creator
Darrell Addison Posey
Description
Looks at findings and recommendations from the workshop held at Green College.
Indigenous Peoples from an International Perspective:
How is Canada Faring?
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Frontier Centre Policy Series ; no. 41
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Author/Creator
Joseph Quesnel
Description
Study compares major areas of social and economic well-being, including life expectancy, educational attainment and median income in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Indigenous Peoples’ Land And Resource Rights
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Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
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Robert B. Anderson
Bettina Schneider
Bob Kayseas
Description
Examines Roque Roldán Ortiga’s six criteria for judging the quality of a particular land and resources rights regime with regards to Indigenous governments; and looks at how those criteria can be used to measure the degree to which Aboriginal peoples in Canada have been successful with their struggle to have of their land, resource and other rights recognized.
Indigenous Self-Determination and the State
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Shin Imai
Description
Describes why indigenous self-determination, now accepted at both the national and international level,
are hard rights to exercise due to the fact that they are not expressed in any specific institutional arrangement.
*Research paper from Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy.
Integrating Aboriginal People in Natural Resource Management
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Annual Inter-Jurisdictional Conference on Aboriginal Involvement in Natural Resource Management: Report on Proceedings ; 3rd
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[Blue Sky Planners & Consultants]
Description
Overview and summary of presentations at the 3rd Inter-Jurisdiction Conference on Aboriginal Involvement in Natural Resource Management held June 21-24, 2005.
International Comparison of Solutions to Aboriginal Rights Issues Associated With Mineral Development: Free, Prior and Informed Consent: The Canadian Context
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Alexandria J. Pike
Sarah V. Powell
Description
Contends that Impact and Benefit Agreements (IBAs) can help to build constructive and mutually beneficial relationships between mining companies and Aboriginal communities.
Part of: Proceedings of the 59th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute (2013)
An Introduction to the Use of Publicly Available Information in Assessing and Managing Aboriginal Risks
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[Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation Research Seminar, 2005]
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A. W. (Sandy) Carpenter
Peter D. Feldberg
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Presents available information on rights, traditional territory, and site specific issues for assessing risks associated with oil and gas development in remote areas.
Inuit Art and HBC: Lesson Plan
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Inuit Art and the Hudson's Bay Company: Lesson Plan
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Author/Creator
Dawn Martens
Connie Wyatt Anderson
Description
Examines the company's role in fostering the development, promotion, collection and market for Inuit art. Suitable for Grades 4 to 12.
Issues and Options for a Policy on Impact and Benefits Agreements
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Author/Creator
Steven A. Kennett
Description
Reviews legal and regulatory circumstances in the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, the Inuvialuit Final Agreement, and the Umbrella Final Agreement.
The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement: Natural Resources, Public Lands, and the Implementation of a Native Land Claim Settlement
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Author/Creator
Alan Penn
Description
Looks at the provisions in the Agreement relating to James Bay Cree involvement in environmental protection and natural resource management.
Keeyask Generation Project: Report on Public Hearing
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Description
This report contained a list of recommendations for the construction and operation of the Keeyask Generation Project.
Labrador Inuit Harvesting and the Politics of Land Claims
Alternate Title
Inuit Studies Conference ; 17th, 2010
[Inuit People and the Aboriginal World]
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Author/Creator
Andrea Procter
Description
Looks at influences regulating Inuit economic activities, the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement, and new governance arrangements.
Land of Oil and Water: Educational Resource
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Docs for Schools
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Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's resource for use with Land of Oil and Water a documentary by Warren Cariou and Neil McArthur about the issues surrounding the possible development of oil sands found in Northern Saskatchewan.
Learn about Western Canada in the Early 1900s through the Art of C.D. Hoy: Teacher Resource Guide for Grades 7-12
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Author/Creator
Art Canada Institute
Description
Hoy was a photographer who worked in Quesnel, British Columbia at the start of the twentieth century, when the Fraser River and Cariboo Gold Rushes were taking place, resulting in different cultural groups coming together in one location. Many of his portraits were of Indigenous people living in the area. Designed to complement the online exhibition Through the Lens of C.D. Hoy: How a Chinese Canadian Photographer Memorialized a Community.
License to Operate: Indigenous Relations and Free Prior and Informed Consent in the Mining Industry
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Author/Creator
Irene Sosa
Description
Sustainability Framework report supports Indigenous rights to take part in decisions affecting land and resources.
Living and Working in Oona River: A Teacher’s Guide
Alternate Title
Forests for the Future ; Unit 6
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Author/Creator
Kenneth Campbell
Description
Recommended for Grade 11 Social Studies.
Additional material: The River People: Living and Working in Oona River student resource book.
The Management of Fisheries and Oceans in Canada's Western Arctic: Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
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Bill Rompkey
Dennis Glen Patterson
Ethel M. Cochrane
Roméo Dallaire
Elizabeth Hubley ... [et al.]
Description
Discusses the Department of Fisheries and Oceans role in the ongoing stewardship of northern aquatic resources; the emerging development opportunities; and the consequences of climate change and economic development for wildlife in the North, including fish and their habitat.
Mapping the Road Ahead: Finding Common Ground On Resource Revenue Sharing: Discussion Paper
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Christopher Cornish
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Discussion on resource revenue sharing and perspectives on resource revenue sharing between the mining industry, governments and Aboriginal groups; and looks at some of the factors and issues worth considering in developing positions and strategies.
Meaningful Consultation and Participation in the Mining Sector? A Review of the Consultation and Participation of Indigenous Peoples within the International Mining Sector
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Author/Creator
Gail Whiteman
Katy Mamen
Description
Literature review on the rights of Indigenous peoples to meaningful consultation and participation in natural resources management.
Mikesew Cree First Nation Traditional Land Use Impact Assessment: Husky Sunrise Thermal Project
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Husky Oil Operations Limited
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Addresses concerns about traditional resources and resource harvesting in the Athabasca oil sands area that the Mikesew Cree First Nation is dependent on.
Mining and Aboriginal Rights in the Yukon: How Certainty Affects Investor Confidence
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Author/Creator
Malcolm Lavoie
Dwight Newman
Description
Looks at crowning legal uncertainty about Aboriginal land claims and the resource sector investment.
Mining Information Kit for Aboriginal Communities
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Description
Discusses the mining cycle, including mineral exploration, mine development, mine operations, and mine closure and reclamation.
Modernizing Ontario’s Mining Act : Finding A Balance - Discussion Paper
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Discussion paper outlines five critical policy issues including: mineral tenure system and security of investment; Aboriginal rights and interests related to mining development; regulatory processes for exploration activities on Crown Land; land use planning in Ontario’s Far North; and private rights and interests relating to mining development.
Native People and the Land: The A:shiwi (Zuni) People: A Study in Environment, Adaptation, and Agricultural Practices
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Author/Creator
National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institute
Description
Teaching poster designed to teach students how the Zuni people adapt to their environment and the cyclical aspects of their culture. For use with students in grade 6-8.
Native Studies 20: Case Studies and Readings Package
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Saskatchewan Learning
Description
Supplemental and alternative material to enhance delivery of Grade 11 curriculum.
Can be used in conjunction with Native Studies 20: Student Resource Guide.
Native Studies 20: Student Resource Guide
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Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Learning
Description
Compilation of readings from various sources.
Can be used in conjunction with Native Studies 20: Case Studies and Readings Package.
Native Studies: A Curriculum Guide for Grade 11: International Indigenous Issues
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Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Education
Description
Covers historical bases for current issues, philosophies which form foundations of culture and development, and implementation of action plans for social change.
Natural Resource Management Agreements in First Nations' Territories
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Author/Creator
Laurie K. Montour
Description
Examples were chosen based upon geographic representativity, types of natural resources, aspiration, and success or lack of it. Looks at agreements from Saskatchewan, Ontario, British Columbia, New Mexico, Northwest Territories, and one that is general to the United States.
Negotiation as a Means of Quantifying Indian Water Rights
Alternate Title
The Federal Impact on State Water Rights : Summer Conference
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Author/Creator
Joseph R. Membrino
Description
Looks at the existing federal laws and negotiations of water rights.
New Beginnings: How Canada's Natural Resource Wealth Could Re-shape Relations With Aboriginal People
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Canada and the Natural Resource Economy Series ; 1
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Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Brian Lee Crowley
Description
Looks at engagement, collaboration and growing Aboriginal empowerment within resource development.
Nishnawbe Aski Nation: A Handbook on Consultation in Natural Resource Development
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Author/Creator
Nishnawbe Aski Nation
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Outline of plan to bring clarity to First Nations, government and project developers regarding Aboriginal and Treaty rights.
3rd Edition.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
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Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Plain Language Guide to the Nisga'a Agreement
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Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)
Description
Topics in the guide include: lands, land title, natural resources, environmental assessment, etc.
Planning for Prosperity: First Nations, Intergovernmental Cooperation and Treaties: A Leaders' Forum
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Author/Creator
Barry Stuart
Edmond Wright
Colin Kinsley
Barry Seymour
Finlay Sinclair ... [et al.]
Description
Overview of fourth conference series with focus on positive relationships and emerging partnerships between industry and Aboriginal communities.
Policy Tools for Indigenous Governments for Exploration and Mining
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Author/Creator
Ginger Gibson
Larry Innes
Description
Workshop offers information on three tools for managing exploration and mining development in traditional lands.
Preparatory Report from the Sami Parliament in Sweden/Sámediggi/Sámedigge/Saemiedigkie/Sametinget for the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Ms.Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Prior to Her 2015 August visit to Sápmi and Sweden
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India Reed Bowers
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Some of issues discussed are women's rights and circumstances, resource extraction, lack of legal-political structures for self-determination and Sweden's Race Biology and eugenics programs.
Proceedings at Hearing: Topic-Specific Session: Asserted or Established Aboriginal Rights and Treaty Rights, January 17, 2014, Volume 23
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Canada Environmental Assessment Agency
British Columbia Environmental Assessment Agency
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In the Matter of the Joint Review Panel ("Joint Panel" ) Established to Review the Site C Clean Energy Project ("Project") Proposed by British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority ("BC Hydro").