Environmental Politics, vol. 14, no. 5, November 2005, pp. 629-647
Description
Examines the essence of environmental provisions in agreements which allow for Indigenous participation in environmental management between Aboriginal peoples and mining project developers.
Journal of Business Ethnics , vol. 56, no. 3, February 2005, pp. 239-254
Description
Expands the work of a previous article: Journal of Business Ethnics "Indigenous Human Resource Practices in Australian Mining Companies: Towards an Ethical Model" 2003 vol. 45, no. 4, p. 361-373.
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.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 1, 2005, pp. 185-206
Description
Findings from a case study of a northern Cree community that indicates that social, cultural, political and environmental factors are considerations by First Nation communities pursuing tourism.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3, Fair Trade and Indigenous Peoples, Fall, 2005
Description
Discusses a six-day indigenous youth conference, attended by worldwide delegates, and the declarations the youth made regarding destructive dams, logging and mining on or near indigenous lands.
Study monitored water quality and flow during the summer of 2004 and winters of 2004 and 2005 in order to: contribute to a long-term data base of water quality, examine how natural watershed features and natural disturbances affect water quality and compare this to the impacts of human activities.
Arctic, vol. 58, no. 4, December 2005, pp. 395-405
Description
Using information from interviews and reviews of documents, examines Saskatchewan uranium mining operations, the Ekati diamond project and the Voisey's Bay mine/mill project.
Includes speaking notes for president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, text of partnership agreement between the Canadian government and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, paper on Inuit-specific needs in the area federal government programming, and background papers on health, education, housing, economic development, etc.
The American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, vol. 13, no. 3, 2005, pp. 597-631
Description
Uses fictitious story of tribally-run school which eventually is taken over by non-Indians as an allegory for the European conquest of Indigenous peoples.
Examines the current status of the Mackenzie Gas Project; and Aboriginal issues pertaining to the construction of the pipeline including the environmental impact assessment and current socio-economic issues.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 2, Sustainability, Winter, 2005
Description
Looks at agreement signed between the Sustainable Development Institute at the College of Menominee Nation (CNM) and Galen University of San Ignacio to foster collaborative research in sustainable development.
Addresses concerns about traditional resources and resource harvesting in the Athabasca oil sands area that the Mikesew Cree First Nation is dependent on.
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 331: Contemporary Issues of the Circumpolar World I]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Johnston
Dave Twynam
Description
Looks at role played by tourism and potential benefits and problems associated with it. Includes case studies from Greenland and Nunavut.
Developed for class delivered by University of the Arctic.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 43-63
Description
Evaluates the success of the campaign in the context of targeted marketing to ethnic minorities and representation of Native Americans in advertisements, and presents two case studies which assess whether the company successfully engaged with youth via Twitter.
Presents an overview of oil and gas prospects and the potential oil and gas development scenario in North Yukon, and then assess the local benefits and challenges to the Yukon people.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 5-29
Description
Authors use bills of sale for horses from 1909-12 as primary documents to explore the roles women on the Yakima reservation played in their nation’s economy and their resistance to conforming to Western or Christian gender roles.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 1, 2005, pp. 289-310
Description
Article evaluates current Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) scholarship, and then examines some past uses and interpretations. Options for adressing concerns with inclusion of Aboriginal peoples in resource management participation are explored.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 2, Special Edition: The State of the Aboriginal Economy: 10 Years After RCAP, Fall, 2005, pp. 109-119
Description
Discusses the importance of understanding the northern cultural context before embarking upon initiatives.
Outlines the commercial and First Nations use of non-timber forest products including wild mushrooms and other wild foods, botanical medicinals, arts and crafts, floral greenery, bio-fuels, and forest recreation/tourism based on the forest botanical resources.
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.