Website links to natural resources, history and culture, social equity, environmental justice and GIS mapping. Includes case studies comparing the environmental, social and cultural impact of natural resource development.
National Tax Journal, vol. 49, no. 3, September 1996, pp. 401-412
Description
Predicts that as casino gambling spreads, the returns will decline. Suggests more research is needed to weigh the social costs against the potential benefits.
Research on characteristics of elected Native leaders in various organizations in southeast Alaska. Results are organized using the eight assumptions for success.
Examines reasons for supporting Aboriginal participation in the management and development of surrounding land and resources for the economic sustainability of Aboriginal communities.
Focuses on integrated resource management throughout comprehensive claim territories in the Arctic and Subarctic, with special attention on the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 1986, pp. 333-349
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Indian reservations were surveyed regarding their consumption of wildlife. Calls for increased joint management efforts between provincial and Indian governments to identify all forces affecting wildlife populations and to create equitable conservation programs.
Canadian Journal of Economics , vol. 29, Special Issue: Part 1, April 1996, pp. S356-S360
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Discusses the findings of a harvesting study, including data on harvesting activities, numbers of animals reported harvested, and information on Cree subsistence economy cultural sustainability.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 1986, pp. 141-157
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History of a co-operative project between the Dene Nation and the University of British Columbia to develop a database on the effects of the Norman Wells Pipeline Expansion and the Pipeline Project.
Native Studies Review, vol. 11, no. 1, Native People in British Columbia: Recent Research, 1996, p. 49–64
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Discusses the issue of Aboriginal fishing & trading practices and how it relates to the present-day controversy on whether Native people should have commercial rights to fishing resources.
Canada. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples : People to People, Nation to Nation: Highlights from the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
E-Books
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
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Introduction to some of the main themes and conclusions in the final report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Prairie Forum, vol. 11, no. 2, Fall, 1986, pp. 171-183
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Looks at the First Nations commitment to continue the tradition to hunt, fish and garden despite the introduction to modern farming by the government, European traders and missionaries.
Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 2, 1986, pp. 1-45
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Paper attempts to provide an overview of Indian policy
developments in context of recent policy initiatives of the Minister of Indian Affairs, Concludes with with observations on the current status of policy reforms.Part I appeared in NSR, Vol.2, no.1
Journal of American Ethnic History, vol. 15, no. 4, Summer, June 1, 1996, pp. 53-59
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Book review of:
The Ordeal of the Longhouse: The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization by Daniel K. Richter,
A Country Between: The Upper Ohio Valley and its Peoples by Michael C. McConnell,
The Dividing Paths: Cherokees and South Carolinians Through the Era of Revolution by Tom Hatley,
The Founders of America: How Indians Discovered... by Francis Jennings.