BC Studies, no. 179, Ethnobotany in BC, Autumn, 2013, pp. 231-232
Description
Book review of Asserting Native Resilience edited by Zoltan Grossman and Alan Parker.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 231.
East Asia-Arctic Relations: Boundary, Security and International Politics ; paper no. 5
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
P. Whitney Lackenbauer
James Manicom
Description
Suggests the intersection of Asian and Canadian interests in the arctic are convergent and makes recommendations for Canada to safeguard its interests to enhance cooperation and sustainable development.
Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Cultures of Peru (CHIRAPAQ)
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Description
Indigenous women exchanged experiences on how the lack of consultation on mining, forestry, oil and natural gas extraction and hydroelectric projects have affected their communities.
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 1, January 2013, pp. 68-88
Description
Shows how changes to food production and collection was affected by uncertainty brought about by disease, colonial competition and loss of community members.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, Special Issue: Exploring the Governance Landscape of Indigenous Peoples and Water in Canada, Spring, 2013, pp. 1-18
Description
Looks at Inuit uses and relationships with the river.
Discusses how ancestral law and traditional practices of the Diné are understood and applied by the Navajo Nation Council and other cultural and environmental organizations.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, The Seventh Generation: Spotlight on Indigenous Youth, June 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses Earth Guardians, the organization devoted to youth environmental activism, and their current work advocating for a statewide ban on fracking in Colorado. Highlights activist, Xiuihtezcatl Martinez.
Case studies of Marine Plan Partnership for the Pacific North Coast and the Great Bear Initiative and discussion of how principles involved might apply in the New Zealand context.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 47, no. 1, Winter, 2013, pp. 91-121
Description
Looks at two examples of successful self-governance initiatives: the Pikangikum First Nation's Whitefeather Forest Initiative and the Haida's Turning Point Initiative in British Columbia.
Looks into the holistic view of life and development shared by Indigenous peoples worldwide.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 4.
Reports on implementation of recommendations in four areas: land; people; community economics, and territorial economics. Information will be used to develop a second Nunavut Economic Development Strategy for 2014-2024.
Discusses key features of intellectual property protection, copyright, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial designs, protection against unfair competition, and trade secrets. Includes examples from various countries around the world.
Discusses Indigenous Nations on the land using case studies from the Sámi in Finland and Murmansk Russia and two nomadic communities in the Republic of Sakha-Yakutia, Siberia, Russia.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
Description
Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 9-30
Description
Looks at reasons for the population's poor health and difficulties encountered when a tribes try to control production, quality and distribution of food. Some of the issues include definition of "traditional food", access, environmental degradation, poaching and invasive species.
Explores the many contributions made by Indigenous peoples to North and South American societies and the long history of settler exploitation of the land, resources, and people of the two continents.
Documents sixteen case studies and highlights innovative tools and approaches developed to help local communities address critical challenges that affect their natural and cultural resources.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-22
Description
Provides a legal and policy framework that allows participation by Indigenous local communities (ILCs) to access the economic potential of traditional knowledge.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 35-60
Description
Authors review history, ethnography, and archaeology literatures and conduct interviews with Elders from the Canadian prairies; use Indigenous languages and oral tradition to present Indigenous knowledge and values around mineral extraction, use and trade.
Provides evaluation of how forestry-related research involving Aboriginal peoples has responded to shift in Aboriginal research in Canada.
Chapter two from Voting, Governance, and Research Methodology edited by Jerry P. White, Julie Peters, Dan Beavon, and Peter Dinsdale, which is vol. 10 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, The Seventh Generation: Spotlight on Indigenous Youth, June 2013, p. [?]
Description
Describes effective grant-making strategies to support sustainable and culturally appropriate development projects, planned and implemented by and for Indigenous communities.