Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bert Waslander
Tyler Minty
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Compared 239 First Nations communities to similar mainstream communities matched by location and population size using five variables: connection to cities, economic base, local capacity, housing and recent growth.
Compilation of 14 case study reports of initiatives in areas of education, economic development, community problem-solving, environmental and organizational management, service delivery, housing, and conducting negotiations.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 29-56
Description
Examines the National Reclamation Act and how many people in the Gila River and Casa Grande valleys, including government officials, thought that the first reclamation project would be built in Arizona.
Anglican Journal, vol. 123, no. 6, June 1997, p. 7
Description
Concerns voiced that nickel mine project could prove disastrous for the region's environment and people. Activists want land claims settled before development moves forward.
A Framework for Effective Industry / First Nations Collaboration: A Case Study of the Partnership Between the Alexis First Nation and Millar Western Forest Products Ltd
Theses
Author/Creator
Pia Wilkinson Chapman
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2004.
Argues that the appropriation of the totems for use as one of the symbols for the Canadian nation state masks the reality of the Aboriginal-settler relationship.
CUJAH: Concordia Undergraduate Journal of Art History, vol. 1, [2004-2005], p. [?]
Description
Argues that the transformation of a consumer good into Northwest Coast style masks is a commentary on both the exploitation of sweatshop workers and the commodification of First Nations' symbols.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 22, no. 1, 1997/1998, pp. 37-64
Description
Discusses Supreme Court decisions in the cases R. v. Vanderpeet, R. v. Gladstone, R. v. N.T.C Smokehouse, R. v. Pamajewon as they pertain to defining Aboriginal rights.
New Scientist, vol. 184, no. 2468, October 9, 2004, pp. 8[-?]
Description
Signed agreement between Pacific island nation of Samoa and the University of California, will split equally revenues from potential prostratin-based drugs, extracted from the mamala tree bark. Samoan healers were the first to recognize the trees medicinal potential.
Discusses how communities in and around the City of Yellowknife are becoming involved in the economic and environmental issues surrounding mineral extraction in their region.
Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie Irlbacher Fox
Description
Outlines government institutions and key governance issues including land claims, self-government agreements, intergovernmental processes, wildlife and resource management, institutional governance, and economic development.
Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
Overview of joint venture between Meadow Lake Tribal Council of Saskatchewan and two Nicaraguan agencies, Contigo International, the and the Limi-Nawah Corporation.
ANZAM 2004 : Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bob Kayseas
Kevin Hindle
Robert B. Anderson
Description
Looks at the socioeconomic conditions of Indigenous Canadians and indicators to measure their well-being and socioeconomic status; examines the capacity and indicators of Indigenous entrepreneurship and business development; and identifies information available from secondary sources relating to these indicators.
Human Ecology, vol. 32, no. 4, August 2004, pp. 421-441
Description
Assesses the impacts of the 1984 change in Alaska fire policy from one of exclusion to one of management on Native land use in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife
Refuge.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 634-648
Description
Discussion of aboriginal efforts to improve their socioeconomic status through entrepreneurship and business development fuelled by land claims settlements.
Round table discussion on Indigenous Peoples, Asia-Pactific Economic Co-operation (APEC) and Canadian Foreign Policy; included participants from: Canada, the Pacific, Asia and Central America.
Journal of Sustainable Tourism, vol. 12, no. 1, 2004, pp. 29-54
Description
Examines the current issues in the Aboriginal tourism industry and the growth potential for a sustainable form of tourism including the development of an Aboriginal tourism product; market reconnaissance and market development; and the evolution of a partnership between Aboriginal tourism product suppliers and the travel trade.